123: save1 Unnatural Death
Thus, Lu Lele did not imdiately agree to Zhang Lenglan's proposal. Instead, she used her cheap father as a shield, saying:
"Teacher Zhang, I feel that for such an important matter, it is necessary to inform Father and hear his opinion. I should not make the decision myself."
In reality, Lu Lele truly intended to tell the Earl about this matter to see what his reaction would be.
And also, to see if she could use this to collect more information.
Zhang Lenglan appeared sowhat surprised. The smile on her face faded a bit, and the look she cast toward Lu Lele changed. It was obvious she hadn't expected Lu Lele to be this cautious. Even though she had been attracted to the idea, she didn't agree imdiately.
After all, the current Lu Lele was only twelve years old.
After a few seconds of silence, Zhang Lenglan answered:
"Of course. However, Miss, this matter requires you to make a decision as soon as possible. Otherwise, it may bring about bad consequences."
"Mm."
Lu Lele just felt that Zhang Lenglan's sentence was useless nonsense ant to scare her, so she didn't take it to heart at all.
As the Earl's daughter, Lu Lele adapted to the life of a noble young miss very quickly. In a single day, she basically achieved the point where she could act almost exactly like the previous Miss without deliberately following her mories, making it so no one could see any difference.
This perhaps had a certain relationship to the fact that in the previous world, Lu Lele had spent a lot of ti learning etiquette. Although the forms of etiquette were different, the core content and concepts were similar, making them easy to understand.
The only thing Lu Lele found difficult to play was maintaining the sickly appearance of the young miss. Many things required the help of others, which made Lu Lele, who was used to self-reliance, feel very unaccustod.
Zhang Lenglan did not ntion the matter of the leaf again in the subsequent lessons. The day's classes ended very quickly. As the sun set in the west, Zhang Lenglan finished the last lesson, curtsied to Lu Lele, and then left.
Lu Lele also stretched and let out a huge yawn.
A day in the life of a noble young miss was actually quite simple. It wasn't as troubleso or complex as she had imagined. It was just that this body was accustod to maintaining an elegant posture. Even though the body was frail, it remained the sa. After a whole day, Lu Lele only felt a backache and fatigue, wishing she could get into bed and sleep imdiately.
After resting for a while, Lu Lele suddenly discovered a matter she had overlooked.
That was that for so unknown reason, Helena hadn't appeared at all. She hadn't been seen since bringing lunch at noon.
This made Lu Lele feel a bit strange. Normally, Helena was always faithfully by her side. Although she would leave for a while when Zhang Lenglan was giving her lessons, it shouldn't be to the point where she couldn't be seen at all.
Lu Lele wanted to leave her room to investigate the reason, but the frailty of this body gave Lu Lele a new perspective on things. After attending classes for a whole day, she actually had no strength left at all. She couldn't even do the simple task of pushing open the wooden door. Then again, that wooden door was indeed made quite thick.
She thus shouted loudly inside the room for soone to co help her. As a result, no one actually ca over. This perhaps had so relation to the fact that Lu Lele's voice wasn't very loud, and usually, the area near the Miss's boudoir was an unspoken forbidden zone for the servants.
After a while, Lu Lele shouted herself tired and had to give up the idea of finding soone to help her, turning instead to waiting.
Perhaps Helena was just delayed by so matter, which was why she hadn't co to serve. Lu Lele comforted herself in this way.
But Lu Lele still instinctively felt that sothing was ominous, and this feeling deepened continuously with ti.
By dinnerti, Lu Lele still hadn't seen Helena's figure.
The person coming to deliver her al was the Head Maid, Wang Xiran.
"Where is Helena?"
As soon as Wang Xiran entered the room, Lu Lele asked impatiently.
Wang Xiran glanced at Lu Lele and answered:
"I don't know, Miss."
Lu Lele flared up instantly and said loudly:
"What does 'I don't know' an? Where is my personal maid, Helena?"
"Not clear. Miss, I didn't see her this afternoon. This is your dinner. Please enjoy."
Wang Xiran appeared unconcerned. She carried the tray to in front of Lu Lele and said:
"These are seafood recently purchased by the kitchen. They are delicacies you haven't tasted before..."
"I don't care about any seafood. Head Maid, please go find Helena for . I want her to serve my al. Right now, imdiately!"
Wang Xiran's face sank, and she said:
"Miss, why do you still care so much about that slave from the Far West Country?"
Lu Lele instantly felt a thick sense of unease. She pointed at Wang Xiran's face and questioned:
"Did you do sothing to Helena?"
Wang Xiran smiled slightly:
"Miss, do you have evidence? Without evidence, I hope you don't say such things casually. That isn't behavior becoming of a lady."
"..."
Lu Lele's face was incredibly gloomy. She stared dead at the Head Maid with angry eyes.
She could already guess what had happened. It was just that for a mont, she couldn't accept this reality.
"Miss, you need not look at with such eyes."
After seeing the expression on Lu Lele's face, the smile on the Head Maid's face grew even brighter:
"Rest assured, you will see your beloved personal maid very soon."
"It's just that she might not be in the sa condition."
"Wang Xiran, you!"
Lu Lele was furious. However, the current her was just a little girl with no strength to truss a chicken. And her cheap father was still out fooling around. Without Helena's help, she couldn't do anything about Wang Xiran at all. She could only scream abuse at Wang Xiran.
However, Wang Xiran just looked calmly at Lu Lele. After Lu Lele cursed herself out, she said words with a double aning:
"Please reflect well on your own behavior, Miss."
Subsequently, Wang Xiran left the room.
In the end, Helena's body was discovered in the moat surrounding the castle. In the pocket of her upper garnt, several pieces of the Earl's valuable jewelry were found.
The cause of the corpse's death remained unknown. This was because people would not spend money to hire a detective or a dical examiner to identify the body of a lowly Far West slave. Even if they spent money, they might not be able to get soone to help. After all, no one would be willing to examine the body of a person from the Far West.
However, the jewelry belonging to the Earl in Helena's pocket was authenticated. Every piece was quite valuable, and it undeniably belonged to the Earl.
There were many servants and maids in the castle who testified that they had seen Helena's sneaky behavior these past few days. They stated that they had already suspected Helena of stealing the Master's valuable items in the past.
Thus, this matter was quickly characterized. The Miss's personal maid coveted the Earl's property. After stealing several pieces of jewelry, she attempted to take them away from the castle. As a result, she accidentally fell into the moat and ultimately drowned to death.
Lu Lele was completely helpless regarding this. Even if she tried to talk to her father about it, the Earl only comforted her with a few words. He stated that he would soon find her a new personal maid and told Lu Lele not to talk nonsense or think wildly.
Obviously, Earl Lu Dashuai believed the words of Wang Xiran and the other servants. He felt that Lu Lele was just speaking deliriously from excessive grief, and he didn't take her words seriously at all.
Helena thus beca history, vanishing completely from Lu Lele's life.
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