In the mountains of Wo Long Temple, when the sky was getting dark in the evening, it started to drizzle. The cold air of the rainwater hit one's face. Gu Yu closed the windows and looked at Shen Miao, "Young Lady be careful not to catch a cold."
Jing Zhe draped a cloak over Shen Miao and said worriedly, "The mountain road is not easy to walk on. If it rains for an entire night, one do not know if one would be able to continue the journey after the incense sticks. One might have to rest here for another day if one were to walk on the muddy road. "
"Rest for another day then rest for another day." Gu Yu smiled, "The scenery here is very good and the environment is quiet. It is better than …" She swallowed the rest of the words back into her stomach. She thought that it was better than those hypocritical people in the Shen residence.
Shen Miao sat in front of the table playing chess. Nowadays she loved to play chess more and more but unfortunately the few maids around her did not know how to play, thus she was always playing alone. Occasionally Gu Yu and Jing Zhe would also feel strange. When their Young Lady was playing alone, she would sometimes show a strange expression that made one's heart turn cold.
The door was pushed open and Gui Momo walked in with a face full of smiles. She was holding some food in her hands and smiled, "Young Lady, this is the vegetarian food in the temple. Even though it is vegetarian food, but the vegetarian food in Wo Long Temple is not bad. This old servant had specially ordered a bowl of crystal osmanthus flower soup. Eldest Young Lady and Second Young Lady had already eaten it and said that it is not bad. "
"Oh, place it there." Shen Miao said lightly.
"It is best for Young Lady to eat it while it is hot. It would not taste good when it is cold." Gui Momo warmly picked up the bowl and was about to pass it to Shen Miao.
"Momo what is the hurry." Jing Zhe took the porcelain bowl from Gui Momo's hands without a trace and said with a smile, "Did not Young Lady say to place it there. Just now there was some discomfort so it can be used after a while. "
Gui Momo's heart was somewhat annoyed but seeing Shen Miao's noncommittal look towards Jing Zhe's words, she secretly gritted her teeth. Previously Shen Miao always took Gui Momo's words as the most important and if Gui Momo had a dispute with the few maids, she would definitely punish the maids first. One did not know when it started but Jing Zhe, Gu Yu and the few maids started to give Shen Miao face.
Just as she was pondering, she suddenly heard Shen Miao say, "Momo has accompanied me for fourteen years."
Gui Momo's heart jumped as she looked at Shen Miao. Shen Miao also looked over at the same time. Her pair of clear eyes were as usual, like a child's innocence. Gui Momo was also in a trance.
Unknowingly, the infant who was crying piteously for food had grown into a delicate little girl, and then into the slender young lady in front of him. Gui Momo sighed in her heart. At that time Shen Xin and wife fought on the battlefield all year round and instructed her to take good care of Shen Miao, but in a flash fourteen years had passed.
"Ever since Momo was close to me." Shen Miao said softly, "Remember that there was one night when I had a fever and it was raining outside like now. The residence took the invitation to invite a physician but did not come. Momo was worried and ran out to look for one. In the end, she slipped and fell on the road and broke her head but still insisted on looking for another physician."
Gui Momo was surprised for a moment and her expression could not help but soften, "Young Lady still remember these."
"Of course I remember. Nanny has been with me for more than ten years. My parents didn't spend as much time as Nanny. I regard Nanny as my family. "
"Miss, you're making this old servant suffer." Gui Momo sighed in her heart. She did not expect that Shen Miao, who had been cold to her all this while, would suddenly be this close today. As she sighed, her heart could not bear it. One was not like this from the beginning. At the beginning when Shen Xin and wife made her Shen Miao's Momo, her son had not married yet and did not have any grandchildren, thus she treated Shen Miao as her own granddaughter. There were times when she treated her with true feelings, but … Every man for himself and heaven and earth destroy him. Shen Miao was after all not her biological granddaughter and the First household had promised that if the matter was successful, her son's entire family would benefit.
Riches were sought in danger and moreover Shen Miao really could not bring anything to her. The expression in Gui Momo's eyes changed a few times but at the end she still smiled, "Young Lady, the weather is cold and the night is heavy. It is better to have an early meal and rest. When one is tired, light a stick of incense and have a good sleep. It would be good to light the incense tomorrow morning to pray for Furen and Master."
"Many thanks for Momo's concern." Shen Miao also smiled but her smile seemed to contain some unknown meaning. She said, "Momo can withdraw first. I will have a meal myself."
Gui Momo still wanted to stay a little longer but upon seeing Shen Miao's manner of chasing her away, she could only withdraw in embarrassment. After she left the room, she did not go far but walked to the window and listened carefully to the movements inside.
After a moment in the room, Gu Yu's voice sounded, "Young Lady, the food is getting cold."
"Set the food."
Following that, there was the sound of bowls and chopsticks clanking, as if someone was sitting at the table to eat. Jing Zhe asked, "Does Young Lady feel that this Osmanthus soup is good?"
"Not bad." Shen Miao's voice sounded, "It is very agreeable."
"Then eat more." Gu Yu said with a smile.
After listening for a while, it seemed that Shen Miao had finished eating and there was the sound of the bowls and chopsticks being tidied up as Gu Yu carried the food basket out. One heard Jing Zhe said, "Does Young Lady still want to read for a while?"
"Somewhat tired. Read for a moment more. Go and light the incense." Shen Miao's voice was weak.
Gui Momo straightened her body and gave a deep sigh of relief before turning her head to look at the window again before walking out of the courtyard. When she was out of the courtyard, she could not help but turn her head back and whisper, "Young Lady, do not blame this old servant for being ruthless. If Eldest Furen wants to deal with you, no one can stop her."
After Gui Momo left, one did not see a male figure appearing behind her. He looked at Gui Momo's hurried back view and a look of anger appeared on his face.
In the room, Jing Zhe looked at Shen Miao worriedly, "Young Lady, Gu Yu had already gone out. This servant still do not understand what Young Lady wants to do?"
One did not know why but Jing Zhe's heart was somewhat uneasy, as if something was going to happen in this quiet deep mountain. She asked, "Young Lady just put up that play to deceive Gui Momo. Could it be that Gui Momo has some tricks up her sleeves?" And Shen Miao's kind words to Gui Momo made Jing Zhe very nervous, fearing that Shen Miao would be as obedient to Gui Momo as she was in the past.
Shen Miao looked at the flickering lights and the tiny sparks made a crackling sound, forming a sharp contrast with the pitter-patter of rain outside.
Pretending to eat and pretending to light the incense were just expedient measures. As for why she said those words to Gui Momo, it was not because she was softhearted.
No one could turn back on this path of revenge. If it was not due to the kindness in the past, then it would be a reason to commit a mistake in the future. Evil people were never worthy of pity. Those were like the words of the winner to the loser in the Inner Palace, the words of the winner before the decapitation.
She gently closed her eyes.
"Young Lady, what to do now?" Seeing that Shen Miao did not answer her, Jing Zhe could only change the question.
"Wait."
"Wait for what?"
The young female's eyelashes moved slightly and her lips slightly hooked up.
"Wait for the moonless and windy night to kill and steal."
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