Nian Nian, however, was entirely focused on the cloth bag in her hand and didn’t notice the housekeeper’s gesture. Tao Yu saw this clearly and, holding Nian Nian’s hand, sat down at the table casually, saying, “Alright, I don’t intend to do anything to you. Go about your business.”
The housekeeper’s expression stiffened for a moment: “The way you’re speaking makes it seem like I’m particularly wary of you…”
“Aren’t you?” Tao Yu looked at him with a half-smile.
The housekeeper forced a smile and tried to make conversation: “How… how did you come back?” In fact, he wanted to ask how she had come back to life after being killed, but he didn’t dare ask directly, afraid she might go mad and harm the young miss.
“I just came back. Since I’m not an ordinary person, naturally I have some abilities ordinary people don’t,” Tao Yu said indifferently. “Don’t worry, I’m alive, not some vengeful ghost.”
The housekeeper wanted to say something more, but was stopped by a glance from Tao Yu and dared not continue. He could only pray that Yue Linze would not return at this moment, lest she be reminded of something unpleasant.
However, contrary to his wishes, the more he thought this, the earlier Yue Linze returned. Just as Tao Yu sat down with Nian Nian, Yue Linze hurriedly came back from outside, seeing Tao Yu and laughing awkwardly, hesitantly sitting beside her.
Tao Yu glanced at him and handed him a pair of chopsticks and a bowl. Yue Linze’s first action was to serve food for the two young girls. The housekeeper stared blankly, somewhat at a loss. Looking at the lord and young miss’s attitude, it seemed as if the madam had been back for a long time, but he clearly remembered she had just returned.
“Housekeeper, there’s nothing more here. Please go back,” Yue Linze said. The housekeeper’s curiosity was too obvious, but now was not the time to discuss it, so he could only send him away.
The housekeeper hesitated but, seeing Yue Linze’s insistence, left. After leaving, he still felt uneasy and called several guards to stand at the door, ready to rush in and rescue them if they heard any strange sounds.
