Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Jiang Xiubai ended up taking me back after all.
According to him, I had ruined the clothes he spent a thousand taels on. I had to compensate him.
And so, I became a maid-of-all-work by his side.
But more importantly, Jiang Xiubai suspected I had a connection to Shen Shiji.
I heard that the rain poured down in torrents later that day.
The usually aloof Young Marquis Shen, disregarding the filth and grime, knelt amidst the pile of corpses and dug until his hands were bloodied.
He even personally shot down those bandits.
All for the sake of finding a Little Beggar.
As Jiang Xiubai recounted this to me, he couldn’t help but stroke his chin, sizing me up from head to toe.
Then he asked point-blank, “He’s looking for you.”
Though it was phrased as a question, his tone was one of certainty.
After all, I was the only survivor from that pile of bodies.
But I wasn’t about to admit it.
I simply gave a weak smile, adopting the spineless attitude of someone who had nothing left to lose. “I wouldn’t know.”
Jiang Xiubai clicked his tongue in annoyance.
But he didn’t press the matter any further.