True to its reputation as the number one manor, it was large, beautiful, and luxurious, but also… boring. Mei Kaiye wandered around, feeling drowsy, wishing she could sleep while standing. Suddenly, a pleasant voice came from nearby, “Madam looks quite kind!”
Mei Kaiye instantly perked up, forcing a laugh, “Hehe, is that so?”
Liu Yuebai spoke again, a hint of sadness in his voice, “She looks very much like my… late wife.”
“Pfft—” Mei Kaiye spat out, thinking, Liu Yuebai, could you not say something so shocking?
“I apologize, madam,” Liu Yuebai’s guilt flashed in his eyes, “I mean no offense. It’s just… she looks so similar.”
“It’s fine,” Mei Kaiye smiled, thinking to herself, What a two-faced guy!
Then Liu Yuebai continued to show them around before returning to a hall to prepare lunch. The meal was sumptuous, but Mei Kaiye had no appetite.
Several maidservants who had seen her during her wedding were looking at her in shock. Especially the one called Xiao Chong, who was so startled that she dropped the plate in her hand.
“M-madam…” Xiao Chong cried out, “Weren’t you dead?”
Mei Kaiye retorted impatiently, “I’m resurrected!” Did Liu Yuebai tell everyone she had died after she left? What a weird sense of humor!
Several maids with weaker constitutions fainted on the spot.
“Ahem,” Mo Yi coughed, “Madam, please don’t tease them.”
Mei Kaiye pouted and told Xiao Chong, “Alright, calm down, I’m alive!” Though the words sounded strange even to her.
A man with a face full of bulging flesh walked out from the crowd, pinching the woman’s chin. “This girl looks pretty good, why don’t you come with me!”
The woman’s almond-shaped eyes filled with tears. “Sir, this woman is selling herself to bury her father…”
The sleazy man laughed, “How much silver do you want?”
The woman lowered her head, softly saying, “Three taels of silver will suffice.”
The sleazy man sneered, “You think you’re worth three taels of silver?”
As she spoke, the woman’s tears began to fall, truly pitiful.
The sleazy man brazenly grabbed the woman. “Come with me first, I’ll give you the silver later.”
The people around began to whisper and discuss. This bully was notorious, and it was clear he didn’t intend to pay.
