Mu Anxiao watched the first woman's provocative demeanor and thought she couldn't waste any more time.
With that thought, she deliberately ignored the first woman and focused her gaze on the second woman's face.
The second woman, seeing Mu Anxiao look at her, couldn't help but avert her gaze and said, "You ask me, I don't know. Shu'er hasn't returned yet."
The first woman, seeing the second woman honestly respond to Mu Anxiao, became angry, "Are you crazy? She's a petty thief, how can you... all you..."
Unexpectedly, the first woman was interrupted by Mu Anxiao, who said deliberately, "Is that so? Then can you tell me about her situation here?" She felt that this second woman was still approachable.
The first woman frowned, seeing that Mu Anxiao deliberately interrupted her.
The first woman's status in the mansion was not low, so the second woman had been observing the first woman's facial expressions out of the corner of her eye. Now, seeing it at a glance, she naturally dared not say more.
Mu Anxiao noticed the second woman's furtive glance at the first woman, so she forced herself to smile and turned her gaze back to the first woman, asking, "What is your monthly wage?"
"The fox's tail is showing," the first woman said, narrowing her eyes.
Mu Anxiao knew the first woman would say this about her, so she put on a playful smile, "What do you mean the fox's tail is showing? I'm human, not a fox. Besides, aren't all foxes female?" She deliberately played dumb to amuse the first woman.
Unexpectedly, the first woman was not fooled by Mu Anxiao's act at all. Instead, the moment Mu Anxiao said this, she put on a stern face, "You need to know when to play dumb. Looking at your dishonesty, indeed, you cannot be kept." With that, she began to look around.
Seeing this, the second woman, not wanting to be implicated, lowered her head.
Mu Anxiao saw the first woman looking around and understood that she was about to call for help.
So, Mu Anxiao had a sudden inspiration and said, "I was just asking about your wages casually. In other words, I'm really not a thief, I'm truly Shu'er's relative. Actually," she smiled, "she always writes letters to me, speaking well of you all."
"Writing letters, how do you speak well of us?" The first woman deliberately picked at the words.
Then, Mu Anxiao looked at the first woman, who was picking at words for no reason, with a speechless expression. She sighed softly and patiently replied, "I think you misunderstood my meaning. What I mean is, she mentioned you in her letters, saying you are all very good to her."
Mu Anxiao had also heard about Shu'er's affairs from Shu'er herself. She thought that perhaps what Shu'er considered painful, those who bullied her might not consider anything at all, perhaps even thinking that Shu'er enjoyed the torment they inflicted upon her.
Therefore, holding this thought, she guessed that the first woman must believe she held a very high status in Shu'er's eyes.
"All of us?" The first woman repeated, sneering, "Did she not emphasize anyone?"
"Emphasize? What's your name? Tell me, let me think, because she wrote too many letters to me," Mu Anxiao said deliberately.
On the contrary, the first woman believed her, "My name is Ju Hua, do you have any impression?"
"Ju Hua," Mu Anxiao repeated, staring at the first woman's face for a few seconds, then smiled, "Are you joking with me? Who would have such a name?" She felt that the first woman was being deliberate, so to avoid falling into a trap, she put on a deliberately disbelieving expression.
Then, the first woman smiled.
Seeing this, Mu Anxiao also giggled along with her.
The second woman also smiled.
Thus, the three of them laughed at the courtyard entrance.
Not far away.
Feng Qi Shi slightly moved out from behind a tall tree, looking calmly at Mu Anxiao, who was laughing with the two women, and muttered, "Silly Mu, she can actually chat with them. Terrifying." He shook his head slightly.
At the courtyard gate, after a brief period of silly laughter with them, Mu Anxiao stopped.
"What are you laughing at?" The first woman suddenly became serious.
Mu Anxiao knew the first woman was playing this game, so she said, "You laugh, I laugh, everyone laughs. That way, no one is embarrassed."
"You brat, your mind is quite clear."
Then, Mu Anxiao smiled at the first woman again and said, "I just remembered something. I don't know if I should say it."
"Speak, if you say something human, I'll believe you're not a petty thief."
"You still think I'm a petty thief?" Mu Anxiao hadn't encountered such a persistent person in a long time, so after this round of communication with the first woman, her heart was weary.
The first woman: "Everything requires evidence. Without your proof, I naturally can't easily believe you are related to Shu'er."
"Then what kind of evidence do you want?"
"You speak first, then talk about other things."
"You..." Mu Anxiao hesitated, took a deep breath, and decided to indulge the woman first, "Alright, I'll finish speaking. Shu'er wrote in her letter that you all treated her exceptionally well, but she specifically mentioned a name, I forgot, but..."
"Just keep making things up," the first woman interrupted suddenly.
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao's face immediately fell, "Can you let me finish speaking?" Her attitude turned cold.
This first woman was also someone who was tough on the weak and weak on the tough. As Mu Anxiao's demeanor shifted, her attitude softened, "Speak, I won't interrupt you, won't interrupt you." In her eyes, Mu Anxiao was still an unidentified man. She thought, if she offended Mu Anxiao and lost her life, it wouldn't be worth it.
Therefore, for her own sake, she dared not be arrogant any longer.
Mu Anxiao calmly looked at the first woman, who was frightened by her words, and said, "Her mother also knows about this. Before I came, she specifically gave me ten taels of silver, saying she wanted to thank the person who took care of Shu'er. Unfortunately, I forgot that name. If possible, can you tell me your name? If it's you, I'll give you the silver."
"Really?" The first woman's eyes lit up at the sight of money.
The second woman's status was slightly lower than the first woman's, so she dared not speak, but her heart was moved.
Mu Anxiao glanced at the second woman and deliberately said, "You tell me your name too."
Hearing this, the second woman looked up at Mu Anxiao and said, "My name is Xiao Yue."
"Xiao Yue," Mu Anxiao repeated, then looked at the first woman, who had suddenly started staring at Xiao Yue, and said, "Don't worry, it's not her. What's your name?"
Upon hearing this, the first woman quickly turned back to Mu Anxiao and said, "My name is A Ju."
"..." Mu Anxiao fell silent. To prevent the first woman from tricking her again, she deliberately adopted an expression of distrust.