Chapter 23: 處理
[Handling/ Dealing with it]
After leaving the residence, Ji Ling came all the way to the place where Cai Yue was kept, the woodshed in the backyard. He saw that the maid, who used to be the most glamorous maid in the house, had turned into an ugly mess, and was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday, only that they were full of fishy odour. When she saw Ji Ling coming, a bright light came out from her eyes, and she crawled towards Ji Ling’s direction, “Young master, please let me go, I won’t dare to do it again.”
Until yesterday when she was locked up here, only then did she know what she did wrong, she shouldn’t have thought that Ji Ling was kind toward Tang Xiaobao, then he would be good to them too, after all they are just a group of subordinates who can be slaughtered. If she hadn’t made a mistake yesterday, she would still be the senior or chief maid in this house, and apart from the two masters, everyone would have to give her some face. She really regretted it.
Ji Ling just took a glance and diverted his eyes away, then said towards Feng Ling behind him, “It’s too noisy, dumb it and send it to Yilan Garden.”
“Yes.”
Hearing Ji Ling’s words, Cai Yue’s body shook, and then she screamed miserably, she couldn’t go to that filthy place. Before she could scream a few more times, she was quickly gagged and tied up like dead meat.
After Ji Ling had left, an old Sister came over with a bowl of medicine, looking at the once graceful girl, her eyes filled with gloom and doom. “Miss Cai Yue, the young master is not something those little maids can fantasise about, and likewise is not something a cheap servant girl like you can touch. In the past, you didn’t put me in your eyes, but now that I’m still alive and well, I’m afraid that Miss Cai Yue won’t be able to be called Miss Cai Yue again in the future. Perhaps you will have a new stage name, such as “Miss Mute” or something like that.”
Hearing the old Sister’s words, Cai Yue looked at her with anger in her eyes and repeatedly shook her head as she resisted the bowl of medicine in her hand.
The old Sister looked at the people who kept retreating and gave a wink to the left and right, soon the people firmly held Cai Yue down and forced the medicine down.
“Eh, eh.”
Looking at the person who was keying his throat and desperately trying to get the medicine out, the old Sister who fed the medicine down didn’t have the slightest bit of sympathy, and said indifferently, “Miss Cai Yue, the Young Master has already arranged a good place for you to go to, and someone will be there to send you there later.”
Waiting until Tang Xiaobao finally couldn’t stand the hunger to come out from the quilt and took a bath, sitting there to eat, only to find that the person who help himself changed cloth and cook had changed into another little maid,while he didn’t know where is Cai Yue, where she had gone.
“Where is Cai Yue? Where did she go?” Tang Xiaobao ate his food, somewhat puzzled, it was usually Cai Yue who did these things, how come suddenly the maid was changed.
The little girl bowed towards Tang Xiaobao and said clearly, “Cai Yue’s family is sick, so she went back to serve, because she left in a hurry and didn’t have time to report to the madam. When the Young Master learnt about it, he sent me to serve you.”
Hearing the maid mention Ji Ling, Tang Xiaobao reflexively thought of something bad, so he didn’t ask any more questions, he just asked the maid’s name and then started eating.
When Ji Ling came back at noon, he saw Tang Xiaobao and the new maid assigned to him chatting and laughing, without the slightest hint of crying at all. Ji Ling, who was originally still thinking about how to coax him if he cried when came back today, was instantly relieved.
Tang Xiaobao felt that this maid was more to his liking than the previous Cai Yue, although it was a bit bad to say so, but he always felt that Cai Yue seemed to have something in mind for him. And now this obviously is more in tune with him, what he likes to eat, she also likes, what he is interested in, she also knows. Originally just casually asked Tang Xiaobao this time, he is more interested in the maid’s reaction, the more the two people chat, the more energetically.
When Ji Ling walked into the room, Tang Xiaobao was chatting vigorously, and did not notice that he had entered the room. Ji Ling turned his head to look at the maid across from him. She looked like a well-behaved girl, but she seemed to be a smart one.
At the first contact with Ji Ling’s gaze, the maid turned formal and called out respectfully.
Seeing the maid’s reaction, Tang Xiaobao stopped laughing and stood there without turning around.
Ji Ling waved his hand and told the maid to go out, the maid hesitantly glanced at Tang Xiaobao, then gave a salute to both of them and left.
After the maid left, looking at Tang Xiaobao, who was still avoiding himself, Ji Ling walked slowly in front of him and looked at him steadily. Seeing that he lowered his head and didn’t look at himself, he reached out and hooked up his chin, only to see that it was completely different from his own imagination that Tang Xiaobao was crying with lowered eyebrows, at this moment, Tang Xiaobao looked at himself with a blush on his face, yet his eyes were still very evasive.
He seemed to be embarrassed by Ji Ling’s look, slapped away Ji Ling’s hand, Tang Xiaobao lowered his head again in embarrassment. Tang Xiaobao, whose heart was beating like a drum, didn’t know what to do, he felt that something was wrong with him, obviously, Ji Ling did that to him, he should scold him, but when he thought of what happened last night, he felt panicky, even his cheeks started to redden unconsciously, and he didn’t need to touch them to know that they must be boiling hot now.
Seeing Tang Xiaobao’s reaction, Ji Ling understood after a moment’s thought, so he didn’t say anything and just stood there quietly looking at him.
The heart beat violently for a while, found that Ji Ling did not have the intention to leave, so one side told himself not to panic secretly give himself a boost, one side lifted his head to look at Ji Ling, he has not forgotten what Ji Ling said before, “Didn’t you say that before, if I did not agree, you promise not to touch me yet you, yesterday, why do you do that kind of thing?”
Staring at Tang Xiaobao like a bullied little animal, restraining his own appearance, Ji Ling suddenly felt a soft heart a mess, how come before he did not know that there will be such a person, how to protect are not enough, afraid that he will be sad, get hurt a little harm.
See Ji Ling staring at his own, not saying anything, thinking that he still does not know repentance, think of the ups and downs experienced in the past few days, Tang Xiaobao very angry and look at him, ” Say ah, why do not you say anything? You should give me an explanation right?”
Looking at this kind of Tang Xiaobao, Ji Ling couldn’t help but hug the person and press his head into his arms. Let him look at himself like this, he does not know what he will do, he is like the small puppy he raised when he was a child, obviously not very powerful, but he feels that he is the world’s most ferocious look. But later, the puppy disappeared, and finally he only found the body of the puppy, he personally buried the body of the puppy, and since then has never had a dog.
Being pressed in Ji Ling’s embrace, Tang Xiaobao felt this gradually becoming a stronger embrace, and his cheeks that had already subsided began to become hot again, thinking to himself, even if he becomes bent, he can’t become so fast, he has to hold on.
“Because I like you ah.” The ear drifted a light sigh, and in the past those cold tones were not the same at all, very gentle, straight to their ears to drill. Tang Xiaobao’s ears also began to turn a little bit of red, quietly embracing Ji Ling. Tang Xiaobao in his heart can not help but think, mum and dad, probably I really can not resist it.
Sensing Tang Xiaobao’s hand around himself, Ji Ling’s mouth revealed a smile that he did not realise.
The two hugged for a while, until Tang Xiaobao felt like standing for a long time, only then did Ji Ling let go of him, staring at the person who had already regained his original form, said, “Still angry now?”
Tang Xiaobao lifted his eyes and looked at him carefully, and said in a low voice: “Not so angry anymore.”
In the following days, Ji Ling and Tang Xiaobao gradually warmed up to each other.
“Young Madam, I think Young Master is really good to you.” Green Lotus said with emotion, while putting firewood towards the fire, watching the sparks inside carefully make it bigger.
Hearing Green Lotus say this, Tang Xiaobao was a bit shy, stopping his kneading hands, looking at her and asking in a small voice: “Really?” He had already heard so many people say this, but he had never had a clear understanding of it himself.
