Mu Anxiao watched the maid's aggressive demeanor towards the young Mu Anxiao, and seeing the young Mu Anxiao's frightened state, she said, "If you're not dead, you're not dead, why say it so many times?"
Upon hearing this, the maid shifted her gaze to Mu Anxiao, "You servant, what right do you have to speak?"
"Oh, I'm a servant, and you're not like a servant, you..." Mid-sentence, Mu Anxiao suddenly realized that the maid's mental state seemed abnormal, "Who are you, do you know?"
"I..." The maid sneered, "I am the young madam of the Mu Mansion. You low-born person, get out." As she spoke, she stood up, appearing seemingly normal, walked around Mu Anxiao, and came before Shen Yan.
Shen Yan looked down at the maid coldly, saying nothing.
The maid said, "Move aside."
"..." Shen Yan remained silent, supporting young Mu Anxiao's arm with her back, and took a step back.
Mu Anxiao frowned at the maid's deranged appearance, "She's really crazy."
When the maid heard this, she immediately turned her gaze to Mu Anxiao's face, "You servant, you..." Mid-sentence, tears welled up in her eyes, and she choked out, "It's you."
Mu Anxiao was stunned, a sense of foreboding rising within her.
The maid asked, "Husband, is it you?"
Husband?
Mu Anxiao was clearly startled by the maid's words, "What did you call me?" She wanted to confirm if she had misheard.
"Husband," the maid shifted her direction, quickly walked up to Mu Anxiao, reached out and cupped Mu Anxiao's cheek, "I miss you so much, I've been waiting..."
"Wait." Mu Anxiao was truly startled by the maid's actions, and quickly raised her hand to grasp her wrist, "I am not your husband, you have the wrong person."
"You are, you are Mu Xi, you are my husband, hus..." Tears streamed down the maid's eyes, "No, you didn't marry me, you were going to marry another woman, you lied to me, you are a liar." As she spoke, she flung Mu Anxiao's hand away,
And tightly clutched Mu Anxiao's collar.
Over the decades, Mu Anxiao had met all sorts of people, and she had encountered many madmen like this. However, she had always observed from a distance and had never interacted with a madman this closely.
Looking at the maid with a contorted face now, she couldn't help but feel nervous, "Let me go, I'm not..."
"You are Mu Xi, you ruined me, you ruined everything I have, and you're still going to sell me to a brothel, you liar, I'll kill you." With that, she freed one hand and took out a wooden hairpin from her怀, then held one end of the wooden hairpin, slowly raised it, and said tearfully, "I'll kill you."
She's gone mad, truly mad.
Mu Anxiao looked up at the sharp hairpin tip, her eyes widened, and a thought flashed through her mind as she yelled, "I love you."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yan's hand, which was about to cast a spell, paused.
Young Mu Anxiao peeked at Mu Anxiao, who was looking attentively at the maid, and dared not speak.
Over there.
After Mu Anxiao spoke, the maid released the wooden hairpin, letting it fall, and then asked, "What... what did you say?" She released the grip on Mu Anxiao's collar.
Mu Anxiao forced herself to smile, stood on tiptoe, trying to appear taller, and said, "I said, I love you." As she spoke, she didn't forget to straighten her collar, which had been creased by the maid.
"Words like that, you said to me..."
"I'll marry you." Mu Anxiao said excitedly, beginning to wonder how she resembled Mu Xi so much.
"Really?" The maid's eyes were filled with tears.
Mu Anxiao nodded, and casually took out a red handkerchief she didn't remember where she found, unfolded it, and covered the maid's head with it, saying, "Wedding veil."
Young Mu Anxiao whispered, "She actually has a red handkerchief?"
Shen Yan glanced at young Mu Anxiao and was suddenly surprised by Mu Anxiao's actions.
"This is the wedding veil," the maid raised her hand to touch the handkerchief on her head, crying as she said, "You're finally marrying me."
"Yes, I said I would marry you, you..." Mu Anxiao's foot twitched, and she deliberately leaned against the wall, saying, "You are the most beautiful bride I have ever seen."
"I don't have a wedding dress," the maid said softly.
Mu Anxiao replied, "Who says you don't have a wedding dress? You are wearing it right now, and you are the most beautiful bride I have ever seen, surpassing all the brides here."
"Really?" The maid nodded.
Mu Anxiao said, "Really, I don't lie. That..." She looked to both sides, then fixed her gaze on a stone in the corner of the wall, "Come here." As she spoke, she took the maid's hand.
The maid asked, "Husband, what are you going to do?"
"Come, come here," Mu Anxiao said, holding the maid's hand as they walked to the stone, "Sit down." As she spoke, she supported the maid's arm.
The maid responded, "Okay." and slowly sat on the stone.
Mu Anxiao straightened up and smiled, "It's still early, I need to go entertain the guests. As for you, if you're hungry..." Mid-sentence, she gently tapped her own mouth, then took out a flatbread from her sleeve, bent down, and offered it to the maid, "Have some flatbread."
Upon hearing this, the maid reached out and took the flatbread, saying, "Thank you, husband, but we haven't paid our respects to our elders yet."
Mu Anxiao had intended to casually brush it off, but she didn't expect this mad maid to be so bound by etiquette. So, she thought for a moment and said, "Oh, you forgot, our custom here is not to pay respects to our elders."
"For..."
"My father is an official, and I'm a young master pampered at home every day. If we had a grand wedding, it would tarnish our family's... reputation and make some people target our household. Therefore, we only need to sign a... marriage contract."
"Whatever my husband says is right," the maid said with a smile.
Mu Anxiao also smiled, "Alright, I'll see you tonight. You stay here and don't move. If you get sleepy, lean against the wall and sleep." As she spoke, she quietly stepped back.
The maid responded, "Okay." She folded her hands on her lap, her face beaming with happiness.
At that moment, the maid truly believed she was sitting on a wedding bed, not only that, but she was also wearing the most beautiful wedding dress, with a red veil embroidered with mandarin ducks on her head. Gradually, she began to look forward to their future life.
In reality, however, she was merely sitting on a cold stone, her clothes tattered, and the red handkerchief on her head, though large, had an incredibly hideous pattern.
In short, Mu Anxiao looked at the maid, who was immersed in her own imagination, with a mix of helplessness and heartache.
Shen Yan watched Mu Anxiao quietly step back, grabbed young Mu Anxiao's arm, and turned to walk out.
Mu Anxiao stopped, hesitated for a moment, considering setting up a barrier around the maid, and then decided to ask Shen Yan for help after things were settled.