Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Shen Luoxin ate porridge and took another nap. When she woke up, it was almost lunch time.

She didn't feel hungry, but her head was still a little heavy. After touching her forehead, the temperature had subsided. She could vaguely smell the fragrance of medicine. She put on her clothes and walked to the window. On the corridor, the little maid was having sex. The man was fanning the stove, and the medicine was boiling on the stove, bubbling and steaming.

There is a small kitchen in her yard, and she occasionally cooks simple meals on weekdays. The stove is usually placed in the small kitchen. Today, the little girl took it to the porch, obviously to keep herself safe while boiling medicine.

Staring at the stove as if facing a formidable enemy was a little distressing.

The wind was strong in the corridor, and the rain-stained wind was very cold. Even if she was sitting by the stove, the little girl couldn't help but wrap up her clothes. She carefully lifted the lid and looked out. She was confused by the mist, so she came closer and blew on it. , closed the lid, pinched the earlobe with the hot fingertips, and the red mark on the forehead was still there, which showed how much strength was used in kowtowing... like a silly girl.

Shen Luoxin shook his head and laughed, and did not bother to disturb the maid who had been looking like a frightened bird for the past two days. He only turned around to make the bed. His eyes touched the plain white handkerchief beside the pillow. After hesitating for a long time, he pursed his lips and suppressed his expression, seeming to be extraordinarily casual. He grabbed the handkerchief with a sluggish movement. Just as he was about to touch the square handkerchief, his grabbing motion changed. He twisted a small corner of the handkerchief with the tips of his two fingers and threw it aside to the washbasin. inside.

The water droplets splashed on the back of the hand, and it was obviously supposed to be a cold touch, but the skin where the cold water splashed seemed to be burned by boiling hot water, and it was numb and burning.

Shen Luoxin trembled all over and hurriedly wiped that patch of skin.

The little maid in the corridor was paying attention to the movements in the room from beginning to end. The sound of the handkerchief hitting the water was not loud, but she hurriedly stood up almost instantly. While Shen Luoxin was still rubbing the skin on the back of her hands, She had already appeared in front of the window, and was overjoyed to see Shen Luoxin who had already stood up, "Miss? Miss, are you awake? How do you feel? Are you still feverish? Do you have a cough? Last night, the slave listened to you cough. It’s very serious, why don’t you go find the doctor and come over to take a look?”

It seems really urgent. Shen Luoxin shook his head helplessly and laughed, "You asked me so many questions at once, where do you want me to start to answer you? Besides, you have forgotten that I am also a doctor, and the medicine I drink is prescribed by myself."

The maid seemed to have just remembered. Just as she was breathing a sigh of relief, she unexpectedly saw the handkerchief Shen Luoxin had thrown into the basin. She became nervous again and walked around from the window to the door in a few steps, rolling up her sleeves and whispering. He kept mumbling, "Girl, you haven't recovered from the cold yet, so you have to be careful. You should not touch this cold water... No matter what you wash, you can just ask the slaves, why do you need to do it yourself?" As he said this, he was already completely confused. Unconsciously, he stretched out his hand towards the veil in the copper basin...

Shen Luoxin, however, exclaimed as if he was a thief with a guilty conscience, "No need!"

The sudden voice, hoarse due to the cold wind, became more and more like a rusty blunt instrument grinding the bones back and forth. The maid who was already frightened was startled, she turned around with a white face and closed her hands. Kneeling and leaning over, he brought it to the washbasin stand. Fortunately, Shen Luoxin's quick eyes and hands stabilized the crumbling stand. But even so, a lot of water was still poured out, all on the shivering little maid.

She bowed her head and knelt down, not knowing where her mistake was, but she still trembled and apologized, "This slave deserves to die! This slave deserves to die! Girl, girl, you can hit me or scold me, so just, please show me your noble hand and don't drive me away." Get out..." He said, kowtowing again. Shen Luoxin calmed down and went to fish for the little maid again, but she was so busy that she couldn't care about the strange emotions she had just felt towards the handkerchief. She just pulled the little girl up from the ground and sighed helplessly. "Why are you so cowardly, you girl, who likes to kneel down and kowtow no matter what happens? Do you really want to leave some ugly scars on a perfectly good face? Or am I just that scary?"

The maid lowered her head, her voice was murmuring, and she said "no, no" all the time. Even with his head lowered to his chest, Shen Luoxin could still imagine the other person's lips trembling.

I don’t know where I worked as an errand before. Is it possible that I was punished, scolded, and kicked out every day, so I developed such a frightened appearance now?

Ziqiu had arranged for three maids to come over before. Shen Luoxin felt that she was just a guest, and she was used to doing everything by herself. She really didn't need so many people, so she only kept a little girl who seemed to be quiet and responsible. . The little girl is indeed calm, talks little, speaks in a low voice, and speaks slowly. She has a gentle temperament. She doesn't like to show up in front of others on weekdays. She quietly finishes her work and then retreats.

So much so that after spending time together, Shen Luoxin didn't even know what the other person's name was. She did ask, she asked once when this maid first came to this courtyard, but she forgot about it later, and she felt it was not polite to ask again, so she continued to get along with him like this "strange".

While Shen Luoxin was thinking about it, she took the time to ask Zi Qiu what this girl's name was, and sighed helplessly, "I'm not scary, so why are you always worried that I will kick you out? You girl is so timid. You don’t have to be like this in my place. I am just a guest. Don’t say that you have not offended me. Even if you have offended me, I have no right to kick you out. So, you can feel at ease and put it in my throat. Put your heart back in your belly and no one will drive you away.”

The little maid couldn't hide the matter and was obviously relieved when she heard this.

Shen Luoxin was curious. She sat at the table and looked at the other person with her chin raised and her eyebrows raised. After a while, she smiled softly and asked narrowly, "You are so worried about being kicked out...is it because the monthly salary given by the Ji family is extra large? "

The other party shook his head quickly at first, then nodded quickly, and then stood there awkwardly, with his fingertips clenched tightly. After a long while, he said softly, "The monthly payment given by the girl is indeed quite a lot... It's so good." I'm afraid that it will be difficult to find a second home, so I don't want to be kicked out..."

Stumbling.

Shen Luoxin's brows raised slightly, and the hand supporting her chin slowly retracted. She leaned back on the chair and once again looked at the little girl in front of her. She was a thin and unattractive little girl. She was not an ordinary timid girl. She knelt and knelt at every turn. He was trembling and his voice sounded like a mosquito.

Mosquitoes are louder than her at night in summer.

But somehow... Shen Luoxin suddenly felt that this girl was a little weird.