But Ruan Mian pressed down on her hand, feeling her kindness, how could she bear to leave her behind?
"It’s okay, no one knows I took you with , apart from you, no one else knows I went to the master’s study, you won’t tell anyone, right?"
The maid quickly nodded, "Of course not! Don’t worry, miss."
Ruan Mian felt a bit sorry for her, her frail body had fainted before due to malnutrition and overwork, and now she was standing up for her.
With this in mind, Ruan Mian told her to rest well here and leave tomorrow at the latest.
Outside was chaotic, no one could manage anyone else.
The little maid initially wanted to leave, but couldn’t refuse Ruan Mian, and she directly locked the door, leaving her no choice but to stay temporarily.
Ruan Mian said she would go to the small kitchen to find so food, but in fact, she took so dried goods from her space, simply stir-fried so preserved at, and cooked a lean at egg soup to bring to her.
The little maid was stunned seeing so much delicious food, her eyes imdiately filled with warmth, and tears began to flow uncontrollably.
Later, after Ruan Mian inquired, she learned that while living here, she usually only had vegetable leaf soup, almost no at or fish.
Forget about at, they didn’t even have eggs.
Seduced by the fragrance of the food, she couldn’t resist and began to gobble it down.
Who knows how long she had been starving.
"Take it slow, if this isn’t enough, I can bring you so more."
The little maid was sobbing and swallowing at the sa ti, feeling imnsely grateful to Ruan Mian.
Not in a hurry to talk to her, while the maid was eating, Ruan Mian went to the side and wrote a letter.
Once she finished her al, Ruan Mian asked her: "Are you full?"
The maid was about to speak but couldn’t help but burp, blushing in embarrassnt and lowering her head, "Sorry... sorry miss, I ate too much."
Ruan Mian smiled, "What’s your na?"
"My na is Hong Ni, I’m the master’s cleaning girl, just turned fifteen this year, sold into the mansion eight years ago."
Ruan Mian didn’t expect her to quickly recount her family’s background, she smiled slightly then asked.
"You entered the mansion quite early, you must know so things about your mistress and the master?"
Seeing her stunned, Ruan Mian reassured her, "I am the guest your master invited, worried that the mistress might misunderstand, so I want to know so things about the mistress and the master. If an accident happens, I can have a way to respond."
No matter what Ruan Mian said, the little maid had great trust in her.
Without hesitation, she honestly told her, "I don’t know much, just that the master and mistress don’t get along well, they quarrel every day. The master even said not to let the mistress into the study, but... but I don’t know why the mistress ca today."
"Maybe the mistress knew the master went out for drinks and felt upset, so she ca here to vent. And all the maids around the master have been beaten by the mistress, yet... yet it doesn’t stop the master from bringing new maids every month."
Ruan Mian noticed a lot of bruises and wounds on her, and realized life here must be very hard.
Especially under Qin Fu’s oppression and the mistress’s unreasonable behavior.
Thinking of this, Ruan Mian took out so broken silver from her purse. Hong Ni realized what she was doing and quickly waved her hands, "Miss! How can I accept this? I’ve already received your dicine, I’m very grateful!"
Ruan Mian simply said, "When I was your age, I also faced despair and hardship, hoping soday a good person would descend from the sky to take out of this predicant."
"But I didn’t have that, I struggled until the brink of death before eting soone noble who gave a second chance."
"Hong Ni, eting you is fate, in this residence, your status is low, this small amount of silver is not much to , just use it to buy so good food, take care of yourself, maybe when you leave this mansion, you’ll have better days ahead?"
Recalling the original owner’s past experiences, wasn’t it also tragic?
Before I ca through, the original owner suffered greatly at the Qi Family, she had no one to rely on, didn’t dare return to her family, felt inferior, timid, until her death.
So, Ruan Mian took what she could do as a way to redeem the original owner, to accumulate rit for her.
Hong Ni could not refuse any longer, and deeply bowed her head to Ruan Mian.
Ruan Mian helped her up, "You can return to where you live tomorrow, hide this little broken silver well. In a few days, sothing will definitely happen at the Qin Mansion. If you can protect yourself and leave, and have nowhere to go, you can head to Wuheng City, and find Ruan Family people in a place called Jinsha Village."
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