Chapter 1807: 1807
Fu Chou spoke without hesitation, “I have no dealings with your young lady or the Gongsun Mansion. What urgent matter could there be? I’m sorry, I don’t have the ti to accompany you.” He lifted his foot to leave.
“Housekeeper Fu…” Xia He still wanted to block his way.
Fu Chou pushed her aside without any pity, and his figure disappeared into the crowd. To soone like him, apart from avenging the family feud, he had no interest in other matters. Recently, his master was trying to reverse his conviction, but unfortunately, evidence from fifteen years ago was elusive, leading to a stalemate. He was in a very bad mood.
Xia He was intimidated by his deanor; this Housekeeper Fu was as crude as a murderer. Her young lady was the number one beauty in the capital city… well, not anymore; in the past several months, the title of the number one beauty had been snatched by Su Qingyue. Her young lady could at least rank as the second beauty…
Xia He dismally returned to the inn private room that the young lady had booked. She was no longer afraid of being scolded; the young lady’s status in the Gongsun Family had plumted, and if she dared to lay hands on her again, Xia He could simply refuse to serve her.
“How did it go?” In the inn private room, Gongsun Qianru grasped Xia He’s hand to ask.
“Housekeeper Fu said he doesn’t have ti to see you.” Xia He said discontentedly, “Young Lady, that Fu is just a housekeeper at Tianji Pavilion, yet he refuses to acknowledge you… truly…” On the surface, she was standing up for the young lady, but in reality, she was forcing her to recognize her diminished status. She was no longer the cherished legitimate daughter.
Gongsun Qianru used to frequently abuse Xia He. Now, there was only this one maid at her disposal, so how could she not hear the sarcasm in her words, “It’s fine, you can go back first.”
“But… it’s difficult for the maid to explain to the Lady…”
“My mom is not my biological mother. Older brother doesn’t care for either. I just want to take a walk by myself; no one will pay attention.”
“Alright then.”
Once Xia He left, Gongsun Qianru went to the street alone and headed for a yard in an alley.
She had long paid to find out Fu Chou’s residence. If he wouldn’t co to see her, then she would personally go.
After circling outside the courtyard, she noticed a flatbed cart parked several ters away. There was no one by the cart, so she pushed it to the base of the fence, climbed onto it, and got onto Fu Chou’s fence.
Climbing the fence, she found the inside was still quite high with nothing to step on, and she didn’t dare jump down. Frustrated, she climbed back to the courtyard outside.
Simply knocking on Fu Chou’s door.
“Who is it?” An old doorman opened the courtyard door, seeing a beautiful young woman outside, he inquired, “Young lady, whom do you seek?”
Gongsun Qianru smiled and said, “This is Housekeeper Fu’s ho, right?”
“Yes, yes.”
“Housekeeper Fu asked to wait at his house.” Saying so, she proactively entered through the door.
“Hey, young lady, what is your relationship with Housekeeper Fu…”
“I am his woman.” Upon saying this, the old servant was montarily stunned, but did not doubt her further, “Oh dear, Housekeeper Fu has finally changed, willing to find a woman.”
Gongsun Qianru blushed, glanced at the sky, it was already getting dark, “Housekeeper Fu should be returning soon, I’ll… wait inside.”
“Please, let this old servant serve you tea.”
Gongsun Qianru tipped the old servant with a tael and urged him to retire early and rest.
The old servant thanked profusely and left first, never suspecting such a beautiful and seemingly richly dressed young lady would deceive him.
Gongsun Qianru carefully examined the house; it was a three-section ordinary hostead, which was lacking compared to the Gongsun family. It seed there was nothing of value inside the residence. Could it be that Fu Chou worked at Tianji Pavilion as a housekeeper yet never took the opportunity to accumulate riches?
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