DOOMED TO BE CANNON FODDER -1

CHAPTER -95

Xiao Shi’s eyes widened in fear as her face turned ashen white. “Madame Lisa, we should send someone to tell the prince about someone threatening you.”

Lisa felt her hands being clutched tightly. Even Bao Qin was very shocked and agreed with Xiao Shi’s views.

“He…the prince is very busy, so we don’t need to tell him about such minor matters.” He’d even been angry when he left. He probably wouldn’t pay attention to whether she lived or died. She wasn’t the female lead, so thinking too highly of herself would only cause her to tumble to her death. Besides, even if they told him, it’d be hard for him to come back!

“There’s no rush. Murder requires courage, too. They won’t be making another move in the next few days.”

“Madame Lisa, how could you say such things?” Xiao Shi was almost ready to cry from anxiousness. How could her mistress be so casual about the whole affair? It wasn’t that Lisa was fearless but more that she felt that she had to rely on herself for everything. Namjoon wasn’t a simple character either, so perhaps he’d get to the bottom of things.

Regardless, the most important thing was still the cotton clothing. She’d already displeased one boss, so she couldn’t afford to displease the other.

Namjoon was investigating the fire, so she’d take charge of the clothes. Though the larger workshops weren’t accepting orders, they could still find some of the smaller ones to compensate. This just required time and manpower.

She didn’t know any competent people to depend on, so she could only leave the estate in a carriage to look for workshops herself.

But once Namjoon found out, he still sent someone familiar with the capital to help her. Within a day of searching, they managed to find a few shops.

There were over 100 people in the prince’s estate that needed cotton clothing. All of the masters and mistresses had their clothing made by the servants, so at least they didn’t need clothes from these workshops. But this was the season for cotton clothing, so all the workshops were very busy. Moreover, the materials on hand weren’t of the best quality either.

After going through a few shops, Lisa came up with an idea. She could buy the materials herself and have the workshops just make the clothes, as long as she made sure the handiwork was good. This took both time and energy, but it was indeed a good idea. Mistakes would also be less likely. Thus, Lisa spent a few days leaving early and returning late until she finally finished the job.

Every night, she would haul her tired body back. Because she would let the carriage go back at night, she ended up walking back to the estate on foot with Xiao Shi and Bao Yue. After sitting in the carriage all day, she felt like her entire body had turned stiff.

The three females warmed up their joints as they walked, all looking quite exhausted. Bao Yue felt even more uncomfortable because this was her first day. In the past, it was Bao Qin who’d gone along with the Fourth Madame and Xiao Shi.

But she’d fallen sick, and so Bao Yue had taken her place. At first, she thought it would be fun to leave the estate, but she certainly didn’t feel that way anymore after sitting in a carriage all day. They were kneading their waists as they walked when they heard a sudden, discordant cry.

All three of them were grown-up girls, and thus very sensitive to such noises. They couldn’t help the cold sweat that broke out as they exchanged glances. Should they hide? But that wasn’t right. They were in charge of the affairs of the household, so they shouldn’t leave at a time like this. That would be doing Old Madame a disservice.

Still, did they have to oversee this kind of affair as well?

Secret liaisons and things of that sort were depressing to handle.