Chapter 334: Cousin
What Xu Zhou said was a little too heartwarming.
So much so that Lu Qin choked up and nodded, tears welling in her eyes, and said gratefully, "I understand."
"Thank you, sir."
Xu Zhou didn't say anything more to her.
He simply gave her a few instructions, and asked someone to tell her how to organize the books and how to grind the ink, then he left the study.
The person who taught Lu Qin how to do these things was a maid. She had a round face and looked gentle and kind, but there was always a hint of ambiguous inquiry in her eyes.
It was as if I was looking through her to see another person.
Lu Qin's brows couldn't help but furrow slowly.
The maid smiled instead, "Why are you frowning for no reason?"
"You shouldn't frown with this face. You should smile more. It looks better when you smile more."
Smiling more will make people love you.
Lu Qin felt that this was strange, but she couldn't tell what was strange about it. She just nodded silently and said, "I understand. Thank you, sister."
When she heard her call "sister", the maid's expression became even stranger.
After a pause, the maid said, "Please don't call me sister. I can't bear your words. Sister, you have great potential."
"You're not like the rest of us."
Lu Qin: “…”
If she wanted to ask what was different, the round-faced maid would act very secretive and refused to say anything more.
Lu Qin frowned tightly, and the feeling of suffocation came over her again. She felt as if a dense swarm of insects were crawling all over her body, making her feel uncomfortable.
She took two deep breaths and held the handkerchief she had just been given. "I don't understand what you're saying, sister. But you've been so kind to me, so I'll just do my part."
The round-faced maid raised her eyebrows.
"Well, you did your job well."
Instead of being as secretive as ever, it seems like he wants to say something but refuses to say it clearly.
It is so unclear and incomprehensible that it feels like being on the edge of a cliff shrouded in thick fog. If you accidentally take a wrong step, you will fall into the abyss.
The days passed slowly. Lu Qin worked hard during the day, ate well, and slept well at night.
After about a month, she was completely transformed and looked like a completely different person.
His skin color has become much whiter, and he is starting to gain some flesh.
My originally dry hair has become much more shiny by applying hair oil every day.
Not as smooth as satin though.
But at least it is not as dirty as dead grass as before.
Xu Zhou didn't come to the study often, and he didn't know what he was busy with in the past ten days, so he didn't go home. So when he returned home today and saw the changes in Lu Qin, he was suddenly stunned.
"you……"
He stared at Lu Qin blankly, standing there in a daze, his lips trembling slightly.
Lu Qin felt uncomfortable with his gaze and subconsciously reached out and tugged at her sleeve. She would do this when she was nervous.
It was because of this subtle difference that Xu Zhou immediately woke up.
Xu Zhou took two deep breaths, and his vision suddenly became clear. He looked at her with complicated eyes for a long time.
After a long while, Xu Zhou finally spoke: "You look quite nice now, but your hair needs some care. It would be great if it could be as smooth as silk."
Lu Qin: “…”
Lu Qin coughed silently twice, thinking that rich families are different. Even maids have to have hair that is as itchy as silk to be qualified as maids.
She was afraid that after staying in the Xu family for too long, her personality would start to become arrogant, extravagant and dissolute.
After all, there is a saying that goes, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
If one day she saved enough money and left the Xu family.
I'm afraid that by then, she won't be able to get used to the hard life.
What a sin, what a sin!
Lu Qin couldn't help but scream wildly in her heart.
She must not become a spendthrift!
Always remember where you came from!
She scratched her sleeves, took a deep breath, and smiled at Xu Zhou again, "Sir, I remember everything you said."
"From now on, I will be more diligent in taking care of my hair, and strive to make it as smooth as silk as you said."
She was afraid that if she couldn't keep her hair smooth, she would be kicked out of the Xu family.
So from that day on, Lu Qin ate harder, worked harder, and took better care of her hair.
Finally, after about another month, she finally had silky smooth hair, just as Xu Zhou had expected.
She nervously grabbed her sleeve, waiting for Xu Zhou's comment.
Xu Zhou looked at her for a long while before he slowly said, "It's okay, now."
"It looks great now."
"But I see you always like to pull at your sleeves. This is a bad habit. Try to change it in the future."
Lu Qin was stunned.
She has had this habit for a long time. Why didn't Xu Zhou say anything about it before, but suddenly brought it up now?
However, Lu Qin did not force herself to delve deeper into the matter that she could not understand.
Since her master said that her habit was bad, she would just change it.
As a servant, all she wanted was to serve her master well and make him happy.
Since her master found her habit unpleasant, she had to abandon it.
After all, whether she changes this habit or not, it doesn't seem to affect her at all.
Her life will not be turned upside down just because she suddenly stops the habit of pulling her sleeves.
At that time, Lu Qin was still a teenage girl. Even though she had experienced great changes in her life, she still retained a bit of innocence.
Little did she know that just by changing this small habit, her life would change dramatically.
In the third month after Lu Qin entered the mansion, Xu's cousin came.
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