Ah Tao exclaimed loudly, "Miss, weren't you the one who wanted to buy clothes? How did it become about him? If you want to buy clothes for him, don't buy them here. We can go to another shop later and find something cheaper."
Then she muttered under her breath, "He's just a servant after all."
Ordinary servants generally have their food and clothing provided by the main family of the mansion. Their attire is uniformly arranged, and without the owner's permission, they are not allowed to wear clothes freely in the mansion.
Although Shen Chen's grandfather is the house steward, the owner gives him a bit of face, but as his grandson who has no labor ability in the house, it's the greatest mercy that the Ye Mansion takes him in at all.
Shen Chen also realized this, his face gloomy, and then he reacted—this black-hearted master was messing with him?
Not to mention the right to wear clothes, at this moment he was financially strapped.
His grandfather, as the steward, earned only fifty taels of silver a year. She wanted to embarrass him.
His slender, jointed hand had just released, and now it clenched tightly again.
The waiter, not aware of their little schemes, led the three to look at the clothing samples.
Ye Zhi picked up a piece and compared it with the boy, a purple brocade with gold and embroidered cloud cranes, not bad, very satisfying. Such a young age already shows the image vividly drawn by novelists.
This piece of clothing suits a treacherous minister boss well, "This will do, take him to measure for the size, and once done, deliver the clothes to number nine Ruyi Street, Ye Mansion, settlement will be done then."
She gave Ah Tao a shut-up look as well: if you want your lady to leave a whole corpse, keep quiet, you're such a pig of a teammate.
Ah Tao, upon receiving her cue, pursed her lips reluctantly and kept silent.
On the other side, Shen Chen, being taken to measure for fitting, froze again. Was this really a gift for him? What new scheme did she have?
The waiter, completely unaware of everyone's hidden thoughts, was wholeheartedly working for the clients.
Arm length, waist circumference, shoulder width, leg length…
After measuring, skillfully writing on a notebook with a brush, including the just given address, clearly looking very professional.
Within moments, the three had settled on a set of clothing and stepped out of the Jixiu Pavilion.
Ye Zhi didn't ask if he liked it; given his current situation, she suspected, if he had neither power nor status, he might want to eliminate her the moment he could, not wanting to wait until he was in a position of overwhelming influence.
Therefore, he wouldn't accept anything she gifted, only those forcefully given. Slowly cultivating goodwill.
The road is long and winding.
"Ahem, is there anything else you want to buy?" She forced herself to speak to break the slightly awkward atmosphere, her small, fair face slightly furrowed.
Upon hearing the little girl in front of him ask this, an unspeakable emotion flickered through Shen Chen's dark brown eyes, as he declined, "Thank you, Miss Third, for your concern, but no."
She knew it.
For some reason, when approaching Shen Chen, she always felt a chill nearby, her body involuntarily trembling. She had thought about this reason, maybe knowing the future outcome, a natural fearful reaction from her body, a deep-seated fear within her soul.
However, for now, he was unable to do anything to her because she was aware that in the shadows there were four guards from the Minister's Mansion following them.
As the daughter of the Chief of Staff, her father and mother could not let a thirteen-year-old maid take their seven-year-old treasured daughter out on her own, therefore every time they went out, there were at least four bodyguards for escort.
Money really is advantageous!
Oblivious to the strange atmosphere between the two, the carefree Ah Tao glanced around the market.
As the sun was setting, the three of them continued walking towards number nine Ruyi Street, Ye Mansion, bathed in the golden hue of the sun's afterglow.
With blue tiled roofs and red walls, the two characters for Ye Mansion were in bold printed gold, neatly hung in the center of the main gate.
In front of Ye Mansion.
"Miss, you've finally returned. Madam said if you didn't, she'd come and find you." Yun Xiu, today dressed in a peach-gold embroidered Hangzhou silk skirt, with a single pin in her hair and a single coil hairstyle, usually a calm little face, now showing a hint of urgency.