Luo Yang did this deliberately. He held the clothes in his hands and pressed both hands straight toward the gauze screen in front of him, which was carved with pear blossom patterns.

“Ah!”

Zhao Quanzhi, sitting in the bathtub, felt a strong presence about to strike from behind. When he turned to look, he saw a shadow reflected on the screen before him. The shadow drew closer and closer. Accompanied by a low cry, the screen fell toward him. To avoid being struck by the screen, Zhao Quanzhi’s first reaction was to immediately stand up, intending to reach behind to block the falling screen. But ultimately he was still a bit too slow. His hand paused in mid-air as the screen pressed directly onto his wooden tub.

“Bang!” came the sound!

The screen’s frame smashed the wooden tub open, and the water inside immediately leaked out.

It flowed all over the floor.

The scene before them was Zhao Quanzhi standing in the broken wooden tub, completely naked, without a stitch of clothing, facing Luo Yang, who wore servant’s clothes and feigned a terrified expression.

Their four eyes met!

The air filled with a trace of awkwardness.

Luo Yang’s scheme having succeeded, he immediately searched the naked man before him for any traces of dog bites. Sure enough, a piece of gauze was stuck to Zhao Quanzhi’s arm. Because it had gotten wet, the gauze seemed about to fall off! To verify whether it was indeed a dog bite, Luo Yang immediately conceived another plan and stuffed the clothes in his hands into Zhao Quanzhi’s.

“Young Master Zhao, this servant didn’t do it on purpose. This servant’s feet don’t work well. It’s all this servant’s fault. I hope you won’t hold it against this lowly person.”

While stuffing the clothes over, he took the opportunity to directly tear off the gauze that was nearly falling from the other’s arm. Although in the next moment Zhao Quanzhi immediately hid his arm away, Luo Yang still saw clearly—beneath that gauze were unmistakably traces of a dog bite.

Zhao Quanzhi’s face filled with fury. Never mind that he had first been splashed all over with vegetable soup by this servant before him, never mind that he had been completely exposed, but now being groped all over by this person—he was simply furious to the point of explosion! Grinding his teeth in rage, clenching his fists, he immediately unfolded the clothes Luo Yang had stuffed into his hands, draped them over himself, and with one motion shoved Luo Yang away, rebuking him with a shout: “Get lost!”

Full of raging fury!

Luo Yang staggered back several steps. Seeing this, he quickly prepared to leave.

But before his feet could even step out, Zhao Quanzhi grabbed his back collar: “Want to leave?”

Fortunately, Luo Yang’s body was agile. When his back collar was grabbed, he immediately turned and prostrated himself on the ground, lowering his head and saying: “Young Master Zhao, I hope you won’t hold it against this lowly person. This servant really didn’t do it on purpose. I’ll get lost right now.”

“Making this young master so wretched, you want to leave? This young master must strip the skin off you.”

“Spare my life!”

“Spare your life? If I don’t teach you a lesson, you won’t know to be careful in your work.”

Luo Yang now needed to find a way to escape quickly, otherwise if Zhao Quanzhi recognized him, he definitely wouldn’t be able to get away.

Zhao Quanzhi had now put on his outer garments, just not his trousers, but once he tied the belt on his clothes, nothing could be seen. He was about to pull up the person on the ground…

Luo Yang gave a start and immediately reached out to undo the belt that Zhao Quanzhi had already tied on his clothes…

Then he rushed out the door.

“You, stop!”

Zhao Quanzhi hadn’t yet discovered that his clothes had been undone and directly chased out. In the courtyard, a gust of cold wind rushed up to meet him, blowing straight onto his body. Only then did he realize something was wrong. Looking down, he immediately wrapped the clothes around himself, his face completely red. Right now he just wanted to find a place to quickly hide—it was simply more unbearable than death.

Meanwhile, Luo Yang had already fled from the courtyard, disappearing without a trace. Because of the commotion from his room, it had attracted the attention of other young masters who came to watch. They were just in time to see Zhao Quanzhi chasing a figure out of the house, and moreover… naked.

Except for a single thin outer garment draped over his body!

When everyone saw this scene, they naturally had to discuss it. Several people even pointed at him, laughing loudly: “Haha, Zhao Quanzhi, what were you playing at in that room?”

“You really have such refined interests!”

“Didn’t expect you’d bring all those tricks from the capital to here. Not bad! But you should also pay attention to the occasion. This is Ning’an Manor, such a respectable place. You doing this—I really don’t know what to say about you.”

…

Everyone spoke one sentence after another.

Their tone carried mockery, their words sharp and cutting, as if they wanted to poke countless holes in Zhao Quanzhi’s body.

Zhao Quanzhi: “Shut up! What are you laughing at?”

Then he returned to his room and slammed the door shut heavily!

“Bang!”

Outside the door, endless laughter still echoed.

Zhao Quanzhi felt both angry and extremely embarrassed. Looking at the fallen screen and smashed bathtub before him, as well as the water all over the floor, he felt every cell in his body boiling.

This was the most wretched he had ever been in his life!

Once he returned to the capital, this incident would probably become everyone’s idle gossip over tea.

He immediately clenched his fist in anger and fiercely smashed it against the door frame.

“Bang!”

“This young master will absolutely not let you off!”

…

After Luo Yang came out, having completed the task Ji Yunshu had assigned him, he hurried to find her.

At this moment, under Ji Yunshu’s comfort, Zhu Yao had already finished her medicine and was resting.

After she came out of the room, Cai’er pulled her aside at the door, thanking her repeatedly: “Miss Ji, thank you so much. If not for you, I wouldn’t have known what to do.”

Her tone carried a trace of choking emotion.

Ji Yunshu patted the back of her hand in return, saying: “Your young lady is temporarily fine now. Don’t worry too much. Just take good care of her.”

“Yes, I will. Miss Ji, you’re such a good person.”

She smiled without speaking.

“Those other people—if not for seeing my master here, they wouldn’t have even come to look once. Only you truly care about treating my young lady well.”

“You silly girl, the person who truly cares about your young lady is actually you yourself.”

“Me?”

“With you by her side taking care of her, it’s Miss Zhu’s good fortune.”

Originally Cai’er had been anxious and worried, her eyes brimming with tears. Now being told this, her entire face suddenly turned red, feeling very embarrassed. She pointed at herself asking: “Me? Miss Ji, please don’t tease me. I’m just a maid. Being able to serve the young lady should be my good fortune.”

Ji Yunshu smiled at her slightly: “You’re truly wonderful.”

You’re truly wonderful!

These four words were undoubtedly complete affirmation of all of Cai’er’s years. She had served at Zhu Yao’s side since childhood, had long been accustomed to working hard without complaint. Even her closest young lady had never said such words to her. Now hearing them from someone else’s mouth, she didn’t know what kind of feeling filled her heart—only that it felt warm. For a moment she couldn’t help her racing heartbeat. Looking shyly at the extremely beautiful Ji Yunshu before her, she felt the other’s eyes seemed able to speak. When they fell upon her, she felt incomparably secure, as if just being looked at once like this made any grievance or hardship worthwhile!

She lowered her head, her face flushed red, saying: “Thank you, Miss Ji.”

Ji Yunshu still wore a smile: “Then I’ll go first. Just take good care of your young lady.”

“Yes.”

Ji Yunshu turned to walk toward her own room. Something suddenly fell from her body, lightly floating down to the ground.

Hm?

But she didn’t notice at all.

However, Cai’er, who had been lowering her head, saw it immediately and called out to her: “Wait, Miss Ji, you dropped something.”

It was a white handkerchief.

When it fell to the ground, it was folded neatly.

As Cai’er called out to her, she immediately bent down to pick up the handkerchief, and even patted off the dust that had gotten on it, holding it clean and neat toward Ji Yunshu.

When Ji Yunshu turned around, she saw Cai’er holding the handkerchief before her.

It was a handkerchief printed with a blood-colored pattern.

“Miss Cai’er, thank you. If this thing were lost, it would probably be troublesome.”

“This important?” Cai’er’s hand trembled. Just then a gust of wind rolled through the courtyard, lifting a corner of the handkerchief. The blood-colored pattern on it came into her view.

Why did it look so familiar?

After Ji Yunshu took it back, Cai’er muttered: “This pattern?”

“What about the pattern?”

Cai’er said: “This pattern… is very familiar.”