His Peasant Wife: Yao Ling [Part 1]

Chapter 43: See Something That Shouldn't Be Seen, Part 1&2

— Part 1

"I will go back home first. Don't forget to come to 'Fu Rong' tomorrow, if you want to have a better salary." Yao Ling reminded Ning jie which earned her an excited nod. Yao Ling smiled in return.

"Xiao Xia, Xiao Li, can you send Yao gong zi back to the main street?" Ning Qing Xue asked for the kids' help. Even though Yao Ling was in disguise, it didn't sit well for Ning Qing Xue to let Yao Ling go back alone. After all, Yao Ling is still a woman. At the very least, if something did happen, the kids could help her. They knew the road better than Yao Ling.

Yao Ling accepted their help and she safely arrived at the main street. After saying goodbye to the two children, Yao Ling went back home leisurely. She was disappointed because she didn't have the chance to play around. She sighed inwardly. If it wasn't because of the long conversation with Ning jie, she would have the time to look around. Next time then...

Yao Ling went back to her own room just like how she previously went out. When Xiao Yu saw her young mistress, all of her wariness was gone. "Young Mistress, you've finally arrived!"

"Did someone look for me?"

"Yes! The three concubines came. They visited young mistress after they heard that young mistress are sick! Maybe trying to curry favor, but this servant managed to drive them away by saying that young mistress was sleeping." Xiao Yu told her.

"Do you think they feel suspicious?"

Xiao Yu shook her head. "No, this servant doesn't think so. They just went back after knowing that young mistress was sleeping."

"Was there any maids that tried to come inside my room?"

"Only Qiu Qiu ah~ She said that she wanted to help me clean the room, but this servant flatly refused her and stick to the story that young mistress needed rest and slept." Xiao Yu didn't feel something wrong with it. Qiu Qiu was in charge of cleaning young mistress' room and she didn't want to implicate other people – just in case someone found out about young mistress' disappearance.

Yao Ling took note about this maid called Qiu Qiu. The other servants were obeying her order and not disturbing her, and yet she was trying to get inside. Was she trying to check out whether she was really inside or not? Or she was just too kind? Yao Ling sneered to herself. She believed that Qiu Qiu was up to no good.

"Ah~ I see."

Listening to her young mistress' reply, Xiao Yu felt that something wasn't right, but she didn't know what and she didn't dwell on that matter. She decided to change the subject and asked her young mistress' activities when she left 'Wang Fu'.

"Young Mistress, what did you do just now?" Xiao Yu looked at Yao Ling with a face full of curiosity.

"Visiting Xiao Xia. One of the children is sick, so I helped them by buying and brewing the medicine. That was why it took me a long time to go back. At least, I came back within the designated time," Yao Ling explained briefly.

"Young Mistress... did you give them money again?" Xiao Yu asked.

"Yes. They didn't have money to buy the medicine and I helped them buy it."

Xiao Yu felt that young mistress was too kind. "Young Mistress, with the rate of how Young Mistress helps people, I think your money will be depleted in no time ah~"

Yao Ling laughed at what Xiao Yu had said. "Indeed, I used up almost half of my pocket money. At least, I could save people. Fortunately, Father is quite generous when giving us pocket money, otherwise, I could only look at them without any power to help."