Chapter 15
Huizhi had just left when Shijiu came in.
"Miss, the water is ready. It's time to take a bath and go to bed."
"Oh, okay."
Urged by Shijiu, Su Wanxing left the main hall.
Nineteen looked at the unfinished pastries on the table, took them all, and threw them into the slop bucket.
Su Wanxing soaked in the bathtub, pondering Huizhi's words repeatedly.
According to the usual plot development, Huizhi must have a reason for doing this, but even if I ask him now, he might not tell me. Should I wait? Wait for the plot to unfold?
Su Wanxing was completely unaware of the arrival of the Nineteenth.
"Miss, would you like some water?"
Nineteen's voice startled Su Wanxing.
"Then, add a little bit."
Nineteen came to the bathtub with a water ladle, and Su Wanxing immediately covered her body.
"How did you get in here!"
"How can we add water if they don't come in?"
Nineteen deliberately squatted down and slowly poured water into the bathtub.
Nineteen's face was so close, the ripples on the water mirroring the ripples in Su Wanxing's heart.
"Miss, do you wish to marry Young Master Huizhi?"
"You were eavesdropping?"
Nineteen only wanted to pour tea for the young lady, and that's all she heard.
Nineteen looked at Su Wanxing without saying a word, and it seemed that she had found the answer in her heart.
Su Wanxing had been pursuing Huizhi for many years, and half the city knew it. How could a mere bought servant possibly replace him?
After pouring the water, Nineteen retreated behind the screen and quietly completed the task a servant should do.
The next day, Su Wanxing took the mint watermelon juice to Yao Ji and negotiated a price with her.
That's great! I can earn two taels of silver every day, making us a perfectly well-off family. But we can't be complacent. We need to quickly develop a new milk tea when autumn comes.
However, it was too hot in the summer, so Su Wanxing instructed the servants to stay in the mansion and go out less. On weekdays, she would make several pots of watermelon juice for everyone to cool off.
Two months have passed, and the weather is no longer as hot as before, so Su Wanxing no longer stays in her room.
"It's finally a bit cooler today."
Su Wanxing looked at Nineteen beside her without saying a word.
"Nineteen, have you been too embarrassed to talk lately because of this heat?"
"yes"
"I think autumn is coming soon. It's the 19th. Come with me to the market to buy some donkey-hide gelatin."
"yes"
"What! A pound of donkey-hide gelatin costs fifteen taels of silver?"
"Yes, this donkey-hide gelatin is a valuable item; my shop has very few of these."
Su Wanxing painfully rummaged through her money pouch, gritted her teeth, and took out some silver.
"Boss, give me a pound!"
Su Wanxing carefully handed the donkey-hide gelatin to Nineteen.
"Nineteen, you'd better take this carefully, this donkey-hide gelatin is really too expensive!"
"yes"
Back at her residence, Su Wanxing carefully added donkey-hide gelatin to the milk tea, along with a few goji berries. After preparing it, Su Wanxing poured a cup for Nineteen.
"Try it"
"yes"
"How about it?"
"Delicious"
Su Wanxing smiled and tried a glass herself.
Aren't you curious why I bought donkey-hide gelatin?
"Nineteen things I don't know"
"Nineteen, remember this well: throughout history, women's money is the easiest to earn! This donkey-hide gelatin nourishes blood and yin, and noble ladies will naturally come to buy it."
"Miss is brilliant."
"I'll make four jugs from this pound, and sell each jug to Yao Ji for ten taels of silver. I'll make a fortune then, hahahaha!"
Looking at Su Wanxing in front of her, it seemed that Miss had really gone to a lot of trouble to marry Huizhi.
"Nineteen, go to Mingyue Pavilion in a moment and discuss this matter with Yaoji."
"yes"
Nineteen immediately went out and did not return to the mansion until evening.
Hearing the noise from next door, Su Wanxing pushed the door open and went in.
"Nineteen, why are you so late?"
I strolled around on the street for a while.
"oh"
Su Wanxing looked at Nineteen and felt increasingly uneasy.
I've noticed you haven't been talking much lately.
"No"
Su Wanxing walked into the Nineteenth and stared intently at it.
Are you lying to me?
Nineteen remained silent.
"What's wrong with you? I'm really worried about you always acting like this."
Looking into Su Wanxing's eyes, Nineteen's possessiveness kicked in again.
"Is Miss really worried about me?"
Su Wanxing nodded firmly.
Nineteen tightly grasped Su Wanxing's hand and placed it on her chest.
"After Miss marries Huizhi, will there still be a place for me in her heart?"
Su Wanxing then realized that Nineteen was jealous of Huizhi and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Is Miss laughing at Nineteen's wishful thinking?"
"I didn't expect Nineteen to be so cute when she's jealous."
"Nineteen wouldn't dare be jealous."
"Then what are you doing?"
"Nineteen is just worried that Miss will abandon her; Nineteen is afraid that she will be discarded again."
Su Wanxing grasped Nineteen's hand in return.
Don't worry, I won't abandon you.
Nineteen, having made full mental preparations, told Su Wanxing everything about his past.
"At sixteen, I was sold into servitude. The master of the household, seeing my youth and strength, treated me with utmost care. At nineteen, I knew nothing of love between men and women, and quickly fell into the master's arms. We would meet secretly every night, and I had my trysts with him in every corner of the mansion. But one night, while I was being intimate with the master in the study, her husband discovered us and beat me half to death. I begged and pleaded, but the master blamed everything on me. Afterward, they sold me to the black market, but because they told the buyers about my crimes, no one was willing to buy me. From then on, I became a worthless commodity, drifting from one black market to another."
This is not your fault.
"No, Miss, it was all my fault. I didn't know how to refuse, I went against common sense, and I shouldn't have associated with a married woman. Just when I thought my life would be spent in darkness, Miss, you appeared. You didn't mind my filth and offered to help me. You even bought other kidnapped servants and sent them away. But I thought you were putting on an act. I saw that you were from a wealthy family and didn't have a husband, so I wanted to seduce you and get you to be with me."
No wonder I found your behavior unusual at the beginning.
"But after Miss stood up for Zhu Xuan of Mingyue Pavilion, I truly wanted to be with Miss. I wanted to have Miss, I wanted to spend every night with Miss. I know my status is not worthy of Miss, but as long as I can stay by Miss's side, Nineteen will be content."
Su Wanxing stroked Nineteen's crying face and wiped away his tears.
"I can feel it, Nineteen, I will stay by your side for the rest of my life."
Nineteen never expected that Su Wanxing would not care about his past, nor did he expect that Su Wanxing would take the initiative to kiss him.
At this moment, the two understood each other perfectly.
Su Wanxing pushed Nineteen to the bedside and blew out the candle.
Nineteen hugged Su Wanxing tightly as she sat on him, enjoying the light he gave her in the darkness.
Su Wanxing followed the neck and kissed Nineteen's Adam's apple deeply.
Nineteen's breathing had long since become erratic, and after Su Wanxing's kiss, his reason had completely vanished.
"Miss, I...I really..."
Nineteen's voice was trembling completely.
Su Wanxing also sensed the strangeness in Nineteen and gently inquired about it.
"Nineteen, is it okay? I want to be with you."
Before Su Wanxing could finish speaking, Nineteen eagerly answered.
"Yes, miss, I can."
The two belts were violently ripped off by the nineteenth man, and clothes were scattered all over the ground.
Only when a faint light came from outside the window did Nineteen embrace Su Wanxing and fall into a deep sleep.
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