Su Chen returned to the manor, ate, and then went to sleep. She slept very peacefully and soundly.
I was sleeping until... I was woken up by someone.
"Young mistress, I'm new here."
Su Chen strained to open her eyes and looked toward the source of the sound, only to find a little girl standing at the door. She looked to be no more than a teenager, wearing a pale yellow open-necked half-sleeved cloth shirt and a ribbed beige skirt. Her chubby face had a pair of bright, watery eyes, and she was quite adorable overall.
Su Chen's morning grumpiness vanished instantly, and she even wanted to rush over and pinch her cheeks, but she maintained a dignified demeanor on the surface.
"What's your name?" Su Chen's voice trailed off with a pleasant tone.
"This servant...this servant has no name, please bestow one upon me, young mistress." The maid said, then lowered her head.
Su Chen instantly conjured up a five-thousand-word plot in her mind: the girl was kidnapped by human traffickers, and because of her good looks, the steward couldn't bear to see her suffer, so he directly chose her to serve in the mansion...
The housekeeper sneezed several times inexplicably in his room.
"By the way, I wonder if the maid who was sent to the young mistress today will be able to serve her well..." He had just seen this girl at the matchmaker's place a few days ago and learned that she came from a poor family where her parents had to send their daughter to be a maid because they were starving.
When he first saw the girl, he didn't want to take her in because of her messy black hair. However, the girl was a neighbor of the matchmaker, who did him a favor and insisted on recommending her. So he reluctantly agreed, and when she was finally tidied up, she turned out quite cute.
I originally wanted to send her to the young master's room as a concubine, but recently the young master and young mistress seem to be getting along better and better. If I just rashly send her there, the young master might just give me a good scolding.
There has been some trouble in the manor these past few days, and the young mistress is short of servants. It just so happens that this girl comes from a respectable family and is honest and capable, so sending her to serve the young mistress would be a good idea.
This girl is a bit dull and not very clever; perhaps that's why her master doesn't like her...
However, the steward was overthinking it; Su Chen simply liked this lovely, taciturn girl.
“You’re wearing a pale yellow dress, so how about we call you…Shan’er?” Su Chen admitted that the first half of her statement was just a lie; she was essentially a good-for-nothing.
"Thank you for bestowing this name upon me, young mistress." Shan'er curtsied.
"You're welcome. From now on, I'll take care of your clothes and meals."
"Mmm." Shan'er nodded obediently.
Wow, she's so cute and adorable! Su Chen couldn't help but smile like a doting aunt. "Come here, let me see (pinch) your face."
Just as Su Chen was about to place her wicked hand on Shan'er's face, someone suddenly burst in from outside.
"It's terrible! It's terrible! Bandits from who-knows-where have entered the town! They've robbed several families!" A gatekeeper rushed into the house, his legs trembling as he collapsed to the ground.
[Ding-dong: The mission to wipe out that bandit gang has been triggered! Please arrive at the scene as soon as possible!]
"Go to the scene and get yourself killed? Or go to the scene and spread your arms wide, shouting 'Come and take me! Come and take me! Come and take me!'"
[Hmm... Given the host's past cowardly behavior during missions, this system recommends that the host choose to shout "Come and take it from me!"]
Su Chen ignored the system's irrelevant suggestions, walked up to the servant lying on the ground, squatted down, and asked, "Where is the town government?"
"No one from the government dares to go..." The servant trembled again after saying this, clearly quite frightened.
Su Chen turned to Shan'er and asked, "Do you dare to go?"
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