After dinner, we all went upstairs to sleep, but Xiao Qing, for some reason, insisted on sleeping in the same bed as me.
I disagreed, but I was afraid that someone would come and kill me in the middle of the night, so I drew a line on the 38th parallel and divided the bed in two, one half for each of us.
But judging from her expression, she still seemed somewhat dissatisfied.
I was thinking that if she said no, I would just spend the night with Ling'er. I would rather die than share a room with her again. I was determined not to let her have it.
"From now on, I belong to Miss. Miss, you must never leave me alone again."
Unexpectedly, Xiao Qing said something like that, which left me speechless, and the atmosphere felt rather strange.
This scene is so reminiscent of a romantic story where a hero saves a damsel in distress, and the damsel in distress offers herself to him.
I have never had the experience of a hero rescuing a damsel in distress, and I am completely helpless in situations where a beautiful woman wants to repay me with her body.
Of all the people who want to come here, only Luo Qingyun seems to have seen a lot. I'll leave that aside for now and ask Huoshui-di before giving her an answer.
He then said, "Let's go to sleep quickly. We have to travel early tomorrow morning. I've remembered everything you said. Please allow me to think about it."
"What's there to consider? You're getting more and more..." Xiao Qing was initially displeased, then wanted to say something, but stopped halfway through.
Fine, if you don't want to talk about it, then forget it. I don't want to hear it anyway.
She shook out the blanket and prepared to go to sleep.
"In short, Miss, don't leave me again. If there's a next time, I'll sell you to the biggest brothel in the capital, the Ecstasy Hall, so you can sing for me all day long."
Just as I was lying down to comfortably stretch my arms and legs, she said this to me again.
Can't we even get some sleep? Can we still keep a maid who's willing to sell her master to a brothel at the slightest provocation?
What's going on here? It's just that I didn't let her get on the carriage this morning, why are you holding such a grudge? I'm even willing to give her half of my bed now, do you know how hard it is for me? Everyone wants to take me to a brothel.
All I ever did was nag about sending disobedient people to brothels so the madams could discipline them. Why are you treating us like this?
I was doing it for their own good. Do you think this brothel is my family's property? Do you think it would cost me nothing to have my mother train you ignorant kids? I earned all of that money through hard work.
I've done so much selflessly, and all I get is praise, but instead, everyone's trying to push me into a fire pit. It's true what they say, good deeds go unrewarded.
"Did you hear me clearly, Miss? If you didn't hear me clearly, I'll repeat it again. I know you've been experiencing amnesia lately, so I'll say it again. It's no trouble at all."
"Listen carefully, very clearly. From now on, I will follow you every step of the way and make sure you can't miss me."
What can I do? I'm desperate too. This isn't a maid, this is practically a master. I can't say anything to her, I can't scold her, and most importantly, I can't beat her.
She's even harder to appease than Ji Ruchen. How could I have been so blind to save such a troublesome person?
No, that's not right. I shouldn't have brought her to Liangrenju, and I certainly shouldn't have let her serve Ji Ruchen.
Back then, I saw Xiao Qing, who was freezing and on the verge of death, at my doorstep after a heavy snowfall.
In the dead of winter, she was still wearing summer clothes. She was small and huddled in the corner of my vegetable garden, her eyes half-closed, asleep, with a slight upturn at the corners of her mouth, as if she was dreaming of something interesting.
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