Did Miss become a nun today?

Hui Niang sat down next to Xie Yun Chu, holding a bowl, and asked softly, "Is she really the young lady from the Grand Tutor's family?"

Xie Yunchu nodded.

"But she looks like she hasn't eaten for days. Is the young lady of the Grand Tutor's family also living in such dire straits?"

Lu Zhaoran used to be taught to eat slowly and carefully in the Grand Tutor's mansion, and to follow the proper etiquette of a young lady, and not to make a sound while eating.

Sitting in front of Xie Yun Chu and Hui Niang today, I don't care about etiquette at all.

After finishing three bowls of noodles, he even let out a burp.

"Are you full?"

She nodded. "Mm."

Hui Niang got up and took the bowl to wash. Xie Yun Chu helped Lu Zhao Ran up. "You should have a place to stay in the nunnery, right? I'll take you back."

"No!" She shook her head. "I...I'm not going back."

"Fear?"

"......Um."

Helpless, Xie Yun Chu had no choice but to find a quilt and set up a bamboo bed for her. It wasn't spacious, but it was enough for one person to sleep on.

"Then you can sleep here tonight."

After saying that, he went out to wash up, and Lu Zhaoran followed him. He washed up quickly and then lay down.

Having gotten used to sleeping in his own soft bed, he tossed and turned on the bamboo bed, unable to fall asleep.

It's uncomfortable to the touch.

She muttered something under her breath, which Xie Yun Chu didn't hear clearly, but she knew it meant she was complaining about the bed being uncomfortable.

He then said, "It's good enough to have a place to sleep. If you're not comfortable, go back to your place."

After she finished speaking, there was finally no sound from the other end. Hui Niang smiled, covered herself with the quilt, and went to sleep.

The next morning, Xie Yun Chu and Hui Niang still got up before dawn. Lu Zhao Ran had a nightmare last night and couldn't get up in the morning, so they didn't wake her up and consciously moved around quietly.

On the way, Hui Niang asked in a low voice, "Are you on good terms with that Miss Lu?"

"No, there's a holiday."

"Then why are you still bothered by her?" Hui Niang raised her voice. "Did she bully you before?"

Xie Yun Chu chuckled, "No, if she had really bullied me, would I have kept her around last night?"

"You're a good person, but that's hard to say."

The two went to the main hall, had their meal after morning prayers, and brought Lu Zhaoran a meal on their way back.

The person is already up, and the bamboo bed and bedding have been tidied up. Although they don't look very nice, they are quite sensible.

After the meal, Xie Yun Chu started working, and then she had to supervise the work, with Lu Zhao Ran following her the whole time.

She was washing clothes, and I helped her fetch water, but I ended up spilling water all over myself.

She was hanging up the clothes and helping to carry them when she tripped and fell, spilling all the clothes she had washed onto the ground. She had to wash them all over again.

She was sewing and wanted to help her, but Xie Yun Chu didn't dare let her touch anything anymore. "I don't need your help, you can go back now."

"I......"

She sighed, "You are a pilgrim, and I am a nun in the temple. I should take better care of you, but you can't follow me around forever."

"I have a lot of work to do every day, so please don't add to my burden."

Lu Zhaoran bit her lip, somewhat unconvinced, and threw the clothes in her hand onto the bed. "I was just trying to help you, don't be ungrateful!"

"Yes, yes, I know you mean well, but I don't need you, okay?"

"So, can you leave now?"

The person in front of her stood still, about to cry again. Hui Niang happened to come in, saw this, and pouted, "I say, Miss Lu, you can't do anything, yet you think you're so reasonable."

"Yun Chu saved you, so don't repay kindness with enmity. Go back now, we don't keep idle people here."

Lu Zhaoran had suffered a lot at Qingyun Nunnery for half a month, and had already restrained her temper today, but she still felt wronged by what people said to her.

"What's wrong with me, a young lady from the Grand Tutor's family, helping her with chores? It's her honor, and you're all looking down on me!"

Hui Niang rolled her eyes. "Yes, you are the daughter of the Grand Tutor's family. Then you should go back to being a young lady. Our little temple can't accommodate you."

Lu Zhaoran felt even more aggrieved. Although she was scared last night, she held back her tears after going to bed. Today, she poured them all out and couldn't stop crying.

Xie Yun Chu closed her eyes; it was really too noisy.

He grabbed a piece of cloth from the side and stuffed it into her mouth, saying, "Stop crying, or I'll throw you out."

Lu Zhaoran quickly threw the rag away. He was about to curse, but when he met her eyes, he didn't dare to say a word.

"Didn't your dad say when he's going to pick you up?"

"He didn't say."

"Then what did your father say you could do to go back?"

Lu Zhaoran lowered her head. "My father told me to go back when I'm more mature."

"..."

Xie Yun Chu finally understood: Madam Lu had done something wrong and was being confined to the courtyard by Grand Tutor Lu, who forbade her to leave.

Lu Zhaoran felt sorry for her mother and wanted to plead for her release, but Grand Tutor Lu refused, and the father and daughter started arguing.

Grand Tutor Lu said some offensive things, so Lu Zhaoran asked, "Am I really your daughter?"

To everyone's surprise, Grand Tutor Lu said, "You are indeed not my daughter."

Xie Yun Chu had heard from her aunt that the current Madam Lu was the wife of Lu Taifu's elder brother. Back then, Lu's eldest son died young, so Madam Lu married her fiancé's younger brother.

Outsiders had no idea what happened back then, but now they learned from Lu Zhaoran that Lu Taifu and his wife were not married. It was just that Lu's wife was pregnant at the time, so the family came up with this plan.

Lu Heng was disheartened at the time, so he did not refuse and took the person back to the capital, saying that he was his child.

He decided not to remarry and would leave the family business to his nephew.

Originally, Madam Lu was only confined to her home, but after Lu Zhaoran's outburst, she was sent back to her hometown of Changning and will never be able to return.

She was also abandoned at Qingyun Nunnery, and her family no longer cared about her.

Hui Niang laughed out loud after hearing this, "I really thought you were a young lady from the Grand Tutor's family. It turns out you're just a shameless sister-in-law who married your brother-in-law. Not only have you enjoyed a good life in the Grand Tutor's mansion for so many years, but you also want to bully and harm others."

Her words were harsh, and Lu Zhaoran's face turned pale, but she didn't refute them.

Xie Yun Chu no longer cared whether Grand Tutor Lu was married or not, and now that she knew, she had no particular feelings about it.

"That's a matter for your Lu family, it has nothing to do with us. Letting you stay for one night is already an act of kindness from Buddha. You should go back to your place."

"But...but I don't have any money..."

She has no money and no food every day. Yesterday, she had no choice but to go out, and then she ran into bad guys.

Those who live in Qingyun Nunnery either work or pay money; no one eats or lives there for free.

She has no money, so she probably won't even have a place to stay, let alone food.

"You spoiled rich girl, you're not very bright. Your father told you to be more sensible before going back home, can't you just give in? Why suffer here?"

Lu Zhaoran was already heartbroken, and hearing her say that made her even more upset.

"My brain isn't malfunctioning, sob sob..."