At that moment, A Chu rushed to Mu Anxiao's side and asked, "Are you alright?"
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao set aside her doubts and turned to look at A Chu, shaking her head.
Seeing that Mu Anxiao's expression was not right, A Chu asked again, "By the way, what did she say to you just now?" As she spoke, she suddenly reached out and grabbed Mu Anxiao's arm.
At this moment, Mu Anxiao had no intention of communicating with A Chu. Instead, the coachman's voice began to echo in her ears. Lowering her gaze, she recalled all her previous reactions, the black light that suddenly appeared at her feet, and Ouyang Ye's instructions. She swallowed and looked at A Chu, asking, "Do you know the person who was just talking to me?"
"I do," A Chu nodded, and pulled Mu Anxiao away.
Seeing that A Chu seemed to know everything, Mu Anxiao cooperated and left with her.
On the other side.
Under Mu Anxiao's coercion, Song Xu arrived at the front gate of Feng Qi Shi and hesitated.
The doorman on duty watched Song Xu calmly, not saying a word. The reason for the doorman's indifference to Song Xu was simple: Song Xu used to loiter around this place from time to time. At first, the doorman would ask him a few questions. Later, after they learned that Song Xu was afraid to go in, they stopped paying attention to him.
Now, seeing Song Xu's hesitant expression, the doorman found it quite speechless.
Unexpectedly, just as the doorman was feeling speechless, Song Xu walked up to him. "Why aren't you talking to me?" he asked.
In the past, Song Xu had never bothered to talk to the doorman. Now that Song Xu suddenly asked, the doorman, unable to resist, asked softly, "Young master, are you going in?"
After the doorman finished speaking, Song Xu suddenly lowered his head.
Seeing this, the doorman involuntarily looked away.
Then, Song Xu said with his head down, "I don't dare to go in."
Upon hearing this, the doorman slowly turned his head to look at Song Xu. However, he still didn't dare to say much.
"..."
Song Xu sighed, raised his face, and met the doorman's eyes intently. "You look down on me," he said, pouting.
The doorman was confused. "Young master, I am just a doorman, how could I possibly look down on you?" After speaking, his gaze visibly avoided Song Xu's.
Song Xu sneered, "Servants only speak nicely, without a word of truth, it's not fun." Saying this, he shook his head, turned and walked to the steps, hesitated for a moment, and sat down.
The doorman watched Song Xu's retreating back, thought for a moment, and did not intervene.
At the same time, Mu Anxiao was brought back to the inn by A Chu. The waiter, seeing Mu Anxiao return, ran over excitedly. "Guest, you're back," he said obsequiously, ignoring A Chu.
Now, in A Chu's eyes, Mu Anxiao was her business. Seeing the waiter's obsequiousness and his disregard for her, she became angry. "Can't you see me?"
Hearing this, the waiter finally turned his gaze back to A Chu's face. "You're back too," he said coldly.
All along, A Chu had only allowed Song Xu to eat in her private room, and no other guests. Because of this rule, the waiter had lost a lot of wages. Gradually, he also developed a bad attitude towards A Chu. A Chu usually ignored him when she saw him.
Over time, neither of them paid attention to the other.
Now he responded only because she spoke first. If she hadn't spoken, he would have continued to ignore her.
"Serve a pot of good tea," A Chu ordered, looking at Mu Anxiao. "Come on, let's go to my room."
"This might not be appropriate," Mu Anxiao said awkwardly.
A Chu: "What's inappropriate about it? We're in the same boat, let's go." Saying this, she pulled Mu Anxiao towards the stairs.
The waiter was stunned for a moment when A Chu said this. "No, didn't she have a good relationship with that young master Song? How is it now... she's gotten close to young master Song's friend. This... it's too complicated." Saying this, he shook his head in disbelief and walked away.
....
As soon as they entered the room, Mu Anxiao was overwhelmed by the scent of roses, causing her to sneeze uncontrollably. She stopped, her sneezing movements and expressions becoming increasingly exaggerated.
Seeing Mu Anxiao like this, A Chu couldn't help but show a look of disdain. "Is it that exaggerated?" she said, spreading one hand and retracting the fragrance. "I've withdrawn the scent, so you should be fine now."
Mu Anxiao listened to A Chu's words and said helplessly, "The way you say that makes it sound like I'm faking it. Achoo, achoo, aaaaachooo."
"You're too exaggerated."
"I really don't know how Song Xu managed to get in," Mu Anxiao said, rubbing the tip of her nose vigorously with her finger.
Hearing Mu Anxiao's words, A Chu said in a low voice, "Song Xu really likes this scent. It's because of him that I made this room so fragrant." Saying this, she turned and closed the door.
Mu Anxiao glanced at A Chu's back and walked to the table herself, sitting down.
A Chu turned around and asked, "Aren't you curious why I brought you here?"
"You must have something to tell me," Mu Anxiao said, picking up an empty cup and looking into it. "There's a fragrance, how can I drink water from this?" Saying this, she put down the cup and looked up at A Chu, who had walked around to face her.
Immediately, A Chu said, "Mai is like you."
"What do you mean?" Mu Anxiao didn't understand A Chu's meaning.
A Chu: "Didn't you want to know just now? It wasn't convenient to say it over there, so I brought you back. What, you don't want to know anymore?"
"Of course I do," Mu Anxiao said, fixing her gaze on A Chu's face. "Why are you telling me this?"
"You haven't been with the master for long, so naturally you don't know about our internal affairs. I," A Chu had completely regarded Mu Anxiao as one of her own, "just want to tell you about it."
"That generous?"
A Chu smiled. "Of course I'm not that generous. If I tell you this, you'll have to do your best in my matters. When you go back, help me supervise Song Xu."
"..." Mu Anxiao was stunned.
Seeing Mu Anxiao's stunned expression, A Chu added, "I know Song Xu ran away. He would never prepare any betrothal gifts for me. Of course," she said with a bitter expression, "I don't need any betrothal gifts. I just want a home, a husband, and that's enough."
"You mean, you want me to put in a good word for you with Song Xu?" Mu Anxiao stated directly.
A Chu nodded. "Yes, if you agree, I'll tell you everything you want to know. I keep my word." She said with determination.
Mu Anxiao was speechless.
At the same time, the waiter kicked the door open and came in.
"Your tea is here," he said, walking over directly.