Path of the Lilies

98. Curved Dagger (2)

The day passed quietly as Ye Jiao spent the day to practice fighting with a sword. By night, Lu Wan asked the servants to prepare a room for her in the main residence. Even though the servants were surprised, they prepared her a room near Lu Wan's.

"I don't understand what you're thinking with this order," Ye Jiao sighed.

Lu Wan shrugged. "It's not like they're going to criticize me because of a small matter. If I want a servant to live close to me, they can't refuse because my order is absolute."

"You're absolutely arrogant, Senior Brother Lu."

"Thank you for the compliment," Lu Wan stretched his body. "I'm going to rest, so you should rest too. If there's anything you want, just tell me and I'll ask them to prepare it."

"There's no need. Thank you."

Ye Jiao refused flatly and entered the room. Even though it was only a small room, she still found it to be rather large. She had gotten used with her life at the bottom of the ladder where she was treated worse than trash, so the simple room was already too much for her. She was glad that there was barely any accessory in the room or she might think that she was a guest rather than 'servant.'

In the eyes of the others, she was just a small servant that had Lu Wan interest. The two of them didn't try to correct the mistakes as it was better for her to just be known as a small servant. The misunderstanding would pass as there will be much more interesting events that happened.

While thinking of her plan, Ye Jiao cleaned up her body and rested on the bed.

'It's really soft.'

Comparing the bed with the one she had in Hell Island, Ye Jiao giggled for a bit. There was simply no way to compare them at all.

By morning, Ye Jiao felt refreshed. She prepared herself and wore the servant's clothes that other servants gave to her last night. As her build was still too small, she decided to wear her usual clothes underneath or the clothes would look too big on her.

"Servant clothes didn't seem suitable for you," Lu Wan commented when he saw Ye Jiao stood not far from his door.

Ye Jiao rolled her eyes. "At least, no one will find me weird in this residence again."

Lu Wan merely shrugged and headed to the training hall. If he had to say, Ye Jiao's disposition made it hard for him to see her as a servant. She looked more unrestrained and carefree, which was unsuitable for the image of a servant.

"I'm going to train, so don't bother me," Lu Wan said to the nearby servant in his usual stern tone.

"Yes, Young Master."

Lu Wan entered the training hall with Ye Jiao. He pointed to Ye Jiao's clothes. "Change it to your training clothes. It'll be more convenient to use."

"Fine," Ye Jiao took off the clothes. She had worn her usual clothes underneath, so it only took several seconds to take it off.

Seeing that, Lu Wan's lips twitched. He had forgotten that there were no servants around the age of Ye Jiao in this residence. There were some child servants who worked here because of their family background, but most of them had to enter the training first. As the result, the children here usually already reached the age of 11 to 12 at the youngest.

The clothes Ye Jiao had were simply too big for her.

"Ye Jiao..."

"Brats!"

Before Lu Wan could finish his sentence, the two of them heard the familiar voice. They turned their head to the other side of the hall as they saw their master entered leisurely. He waved his hand.