Chapter 335: White Moonlight
The cousin of the Xu family is surnamed Shao and given name Rong.
Logically speaking, she shouldn't have been able to see the little girl that day.
That day, Xu Zhou granted her leave, and she had a rare day off.
Unfortunately, the maid who lived with her happened to be sick, and some things needed to be delivered to her.
Lu Qin herself has received help and favors from others. Now that the time has come for her to help others, she will naturally not hesitate.
Besides, she felt that giving a gift was a trivial matter.
She just needs to send it back.
That thing needs to be sent to the study.
When Lu Qin delivered these things, the door of the study was not closed, and she happened to see her cousin Shao Rong looking at Xu Zhou with red eyes and aggrieved look.
She seemed to want to say something, but in the end she said nothing.
He looked at Xu Zhou with resentful eyes for a long time and turned to leave, but when he glanced over, he ran into Lu Qin, who looked somewhat similar to him.
Her face suddenly turned from white to blue and then to purple, and she stared at Lu Qin with deep and complicated eyes for a long time.
Lu Qin shuddered, feeling as if she was being stared at by a snake in the gutter. She immediately lowered her head and saluted the other party.
Shao Rong turned her head and stared at Xu Zhou with a resentful look in her eyes. Tears fell one by one, and her voice choked with sobs, "Cousin..."
Shao Rong's slender body swayed slightly. She clutched the handkerchief tightly in her hand. Her face turned pale and she even felt unsteady. She took a few steps back. "Cousin, what do you mean?"
Xu Zhou's expression suddenly became extremely ugly. He did not answer Shao Rong's words immediately, but cast a gloomy look on Lu Qin.
His face was so gloomy that water could almost drip out of it. He stared at her intently and asked in a cold voice, "Didn't I tell you to stay put today? What are you doing here?"
"Who asked you to come here?"
Lu Qin usually met the extremely gentle Xu Zhou.
It was the first time I saw his face so gloomy. I didn't care about what he said before, I immediately knelt down and apologized with fear and trepidation, "Master, please forgive me. Xiao Tao was sick today and couldn't get out of bed, so I brought her things here."
Xu Zhou frowned, but said nothing. He just said in a cold voice, "Next time, even if something big happens, I won't ask you to come and deliver it."
"Don't act like a pushover there."
Lu Qin's face turned pale and blue, not knowing why the young master suddenly became so angry. She thought it was because he had a quarrel with his cousin, so he took his anger out on her.
She didn't dare to say anything, but just lowered her head and said, "Master is right, I'll take note of it."
She was about to stand up and leave.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Shao Rong snorted coldly, glanced at Xu Zhou expressionlessly, and said angrily, "I thought the rules in my cousin's house were not strict, but I didn't expect that they would even be so lenient towards the maids."
"How dare a maid yell 'you, my, my' in front of the master? Shouldn't I call myself a slave?"
"If we were in the Shao family, if we encountered such a daring maid, we would have had her dragged away and beaten to death."
As she said this, she stared at Xu Zhou without blinking, her gaze was so intense that it almost dug holes in Xu Zhou's body.
Xu Zhou didn't know what he was thinking about. He suddenly lowered his head and sneered. Then he raised his eyes and glanced at Shao Rong expressionlessly.
"My cousin's family does have strict rules."
"But since my cousin knows that the Shao family has strict rules, she shouldn't go to the Xu family again and again."
"Cousin, you're so shameless, aren't you afraid of being scolded by your family when you get home?"
His tone was quite serious.
This made Shao Rong's face paler, and there was even a hint of anger in her eyes. She stared at Xu Zhou intently, her teeth trembling, "Cousin, you humiliate me like this for a slave?!"
"I was blind to still think about our brother-sister relationship. I never thought that in my cousin's eyes, I am not even as good as a lowly servant!"
She flicked her sleeves and turned away.
But he stopped halfway, turned his head and glanced at Lu Qin who was kneeling on the ground, hummed a sound from his nose, stared at her for a long time, then slowly raised his eyes and set his gaze on Xu Zhou again.
"But I also want to remind my cousin."
"Fish eyes are fish eyes after all. If you insist on deceiving yourself, then Mu Mu will be a rare pearl. I am afraid you will end up being ridiculed by the world."
"Cousin, it's okay if you deceive others, but please don't deceive yourself."
After saying this, Shao Rong flicked her handkerchief and never looked back.
Lu Qin's face turned pale and she looked completely dumbfounded.
She didn't expect that she would encounter such a scene just because she came to help deliver something.
At this moment, she was kneeling on the ground, not knowing whether to stand up or not. She just hoped that the young master would chase him out quickly so that she could quietly stand up and leave.
But who knew that Xu Zhou's deep gaze fell on her, and he looked at her for a long time. After a while, he said: "Lv Qin, have you ever been engaged?"
Lu Qin shuddered, not understanding why the young master would suddenly ask such a strange question. But the other party happened to be the master, and as a servant, how could she dare not answer the master's questions.
She could only lower her head and said hesitantly, "In reply to the young master, this servant has never been engaged before."
Originally, her parents wanted to arrange a marriage for her after a while.
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. The flood took the lives of her parents, and she herself almost died in the flood.
After that, all Lu Qin had to consider was whether she could survive.
How could I have the time to think about whether to get engaged or not?
Later, when she came to the Xu family, she also thought about fulfilling her duties as a servant. After she had repaid the favor and left the Xu family, she would work hard to live on her own.
She had never thought about any romantic affairs, and if her master hadn't suddenly asked her about it, she would have even forgotten that she needed to get married.
Xu Zhou just stared at her face, frowned and looked at her for a long time, but said nothing.
He flicked his sleeves and turned away.
I just don't know if he is looking for that cousin.
Lu Qin sighed and thought to himself that these masters were difficult to serve.
Especially that cousin, how could she be so... so harsh in her words at such a young age?
Lu Qin shook her head, didn't think about anything, just rubbed her knees, turned around and left.
She thought it was just an unimportant matter.
The master and the master were quarreling, and although it accidentally affected her at that time, it was really just a small matter. After they quarreled, she still had to work as a slave.
Just because they had a fight, it didn't mean she had less work to do.
But who knew that this matter would reach Mrs. Xu's eyes the next day.
Mrs. Xu even came to the study specifically and asked to see Lu Qin by name.
When she saw Lu Qin's face clearly, Mrs. Xu's usually dignified face seemed to have a slight crack.
She clutched the handkerchief in her hand and her eyes fell on Lu Qin. "Come closer, let me take a closer look."
How could Lu Qin dare to say no? Naturally, whatever the master said was what she did. She stood up and walked closer silently.
Perhaps it was because the study was too quiet today, but Lu Qin could actually hear Madam Xu's breathing.
"lady……"
Mrs. Xu put down the handkerchief in her hand, smiled kindly, and looked at Lu Qin with a somewhat gentle look.
"What a neat kid."
"You have a nice face, and I heard you serve the young master diligently. Since the young master has already given you a monthly allowance of two taels of silver, you will serve him in his room from today on."
Lu Qin was confused and didn't react at first. "This... this servant is serving in the young master's study."
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