The screen shattered, and a petite figure was already being choked.
Zu An frowned, never expecting a little girl to be hiding here. His voice turned cold: "Who are you?"
The little girl blushed and frantically patted his hand, indicating that he was holding her too tightly.
Zu An didn't sense any fluctuations in her spiritual energy, so he figured she was probably just an ordinary person. However, he didn't let his guard down and simply loosened his grip slightly: "Speak!"
"I...I am a red date," the little girl said, her voice trembling with tears.
"Red date?" Zu An frowned. What a terrible name.
Seeing him frown, the girl panicked and hurriedly explained, "I...I am Miss's maid."
Zu An paused for a moment, then remembered that Pei Mianman had mentioned a little girl. He snorted, "Then why are you hiding here so suspiciously?"
The little girl cried as she said, "I...I didn't hide. I was just helping Miss tidy up the room, and then I waited...waited for Miss to come back, but she didn't come back, and I drifted off to sleep. Later...later..."
He started to stammer towards the end, and couldn't say anything for a long time.
"After seeing that your young lady and I had returned, you were too afraid to come out?" Zu An, with her keen mind, quickly guessed what had happened.
Most likely, she saw Pei Mianman return with a strange man, and they were being very affectionate. She was afraid and didn't dare to come out and acknowledge them.
Come to think of it, I was just careless. I was so engrossed in talking about love with Pei Mianman that I never imagined there was someone else in her boudoir.
"I didn't see anything, I didn't hear anything, don't kill me... Waaah..." Hongzao cried as she spoke.
Zuan was speechless. This stupid girl, isn't saying that she told everyone that she heard and saw everything?
Things are really complicated now. If the other party were a man, Daji could be used to modify his memories; but since the other party is a young girl, there's really no way to do it.
He himself didn't care, but it concerned Pei Mianman's reputation. Although this world is more open than in ancient times, there is still a limit.
If a young lady from a respectable family like Pei Mianman were to secretly have an affair with a man outside the family, it would be a huge scandal once it got out.
Moreover, they are currently discussing a marriage alliance with the heir apparent of the Prince of Qi. To avoid bringing shame upon the family, the Pei family might even drown him in the river.
Just as he was hesitating, a tense voice came: "They're all on our side, Ah Zu, let her go."
A series of footsteps sounded, and Pei Mianman was just running up from downstairs.
“But she was hiding here just now, she saw and heard everything,” Zuan said worriedly.
"Waaah..." Red Date felt incredibly wronged. Was my lie so easily exposed?
Although Zu An said that, he still let go of her hand. Hongzao hurriedly hid behind Pei Mianman, coughing while covering her neck and peeking at him fearfully.
Pei Mianman supported her and gently patted her back to comfort her for a few moments before saying to Zu An, "Hongzao and I have depended on each other since we were little. She wouldn't do anything to betray me. I trust her."
The two were nominally mistress and servant, but in reality, they were sisters.
Zuan smiled and said, "That's perfect, that's exactly what I was struggling with."
"Look how scared you made her." Pei Mianman gave him a coquettish look.
Seeing that the little girl didn't dare to look at him, Zu An felt a little embarrassed. After thinking for a moment, he took out a hairpin from the glass bead and handed it to her: "I'm really sorry, I scared you just now. I'll give this to you as an apology."
Back then, the Red Dragon Cave had quite a few such pieces of jewelry, all of them sparkly, and the Red Dragon clearly liked them very much.
"This is too precious, I can't accept it..." Hongzao waved her hands frantically and shook her head like a rattle drum.
“Who gives a girl a hairpin as soon as they meet her?” Pei Mianman rolled her eyes at Zu An, but still comforted Hongzao, “Since he gave it to you, just accept it.”
Hearing that the young lady had said this, Hongzao tremblingly accepted the hairpin, never daring to look Zu'an in the eye.
However, when she held the hairpin in her hand and saw its exquisite and gorgeous patterns, she was suddenly stunned. Was this beautiful hairpin really meant for her?
I'm just a maid.
Is something so valuable... a betrothal gift for me?
It's no wonder she thought that way, because she was the young lady's maid, and she would follow whoever the young lady married.
On weekdays, they not only have to serve the young lady, but also take her place in serving the young master when the young lady is unwell, and help the young lady compete for the favor of the other women in the other households.
Thinking of this, she finally couldn't help but raise her head and steal a glance at Zu An.
After all, this man was most likely her future son-in-law and master, and the girl's instincts told her to at least see what he looked like.
Clad in white, her eyebrows as black as ink, her eyes more beautiful than jewels…
As she looked at Hongzao, her face flushed. She thought he was even more handsome than the Prince of Qi, especially since he seemed to have a certain composure and elegance about him. He seemed more mature and reassuring than the Prince of Qi.
"Red Date, what's wrong with you?" At this moment, Pei Mianman also noticed her little girl's unusual behavior and asked curiously.
"Ah? No, nothing..." Hongzao said in a fluster, looking down at her toes, but she seemed to have gained a little weight recently and couldn't see her toes anymore.
Pei Mianman assumed she was just startled and didn't think much of it: "Go prepare some hot water, I... cough cough I need to take a bath and change later."
"Yes!" Hongzao hurriedly left, but when she went downstairs she secretly glanced back and saw that the man seemed to be smiling at her. Her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly turned around and went downstairs, but she slipped and almost tumbled down.
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