Yu Niang stood up and flashed an awkward smile towards Master Yuzhi when she noticed the tall, skinny nun was behind them.
"Master Yuzhi, you're here."
Master Yuzhi acknowledged Yu Niang's greeting and carried the vegetables she'd cleaned into the kitchen.
Feeling the nudge from Yu Niang, Yu Shuya greeted Master Yuzhi with a smile too.
"Hello, Master Yuzhi."
Master Yuzhi answered her greeting with an icy acknowledgment.
Yu Shuya waited for a moment but heard nothing from the tall, skinny nun. It was no wonder that other nuns would target her for bullying.
For a nun who lowered her head all the time and dared not raise her head to face others, many would think that she was timid
Looking at the nun who lowered her head and did not dare to look at others, many people would probably think that she was weak and petty, a person that spoke little.
But when she spoke, she only gave a one-word reply paired with an icy-cold and arrogant expression. She even laced her one-word reply with disdain.
Yu Shuya turned away from her. But she couldn't help staring at Master Yuzhi again after a while. It was just because Yu Shuya couldn't help thinking with her eyes squinted as she watched Master Yuzhi slicing the vegetables.
Although she wasn't working quickly, every slice she made seemed to be of extreme precision. The pieces of cut radishes were of the same thickness.
It was an enjoyment to watch her slicing up the vegetables, although she worked slowly on the vegetables, cutting them into smaller pieces. She seemed to love the action of slicing non-stop with the knife in her hand.
Just when Yu Shuya uncontrollably moved forward to take a closer look, the kitchen knife suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.
Swift.
That was the first word that came to Yu Shuya's mind.
The knife was almost touching the tip of her nose when she came to her senses. Fear rose in her.
"Yu Niang, save me."
Yu Shuya pretended to cry in fear as she threw herself into Yu Niang's arms.
"Master Yuzhi, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. She was an insensible child and had offended you. Please forgive her."
Yu Niang quickly begged for forgiveness when she saw the large kitchen knife in Master Yuzhi's hand.
Although she was afraid, her heart couldn't stop grumbling.
Her young mistress merely glanced at her a few times out of curiosity. Was there a need for her to frighten a child? It was the first time that she felt the nuns here loved to bully others.
Madam Yuzhi glared at Yu Shuya for a while more before retracting the knife in her hand. She turned around and went back to her task of slicing the vegetables.
Knowing that she was no longer in danger, Yu Shuya got out from Yu Niang's embrace and patted her chest, letting out a long breath.
Perhaps due to the emotional rollercoaster earlier, her angina was acting up again. She could feel the faint throbbing pain in her chest.
"Young mistress, are you alright? Do you want to go back to your room to rest for a while?"
Yu Niang caressed Yu Shuya's pale little face with concern as she asked in a worried tone.
Yu Shuya shook her head. She refused to return to her room no matter how Yu Niang tried to persuade her.
After the pain in her heart subsided, Yu Shuya sat on the small stool and pondered to herself.
She wanted to continue observing Master Yuzhi. But after the warning she received earlier, she dismissed the idea out of fear.
She now suspected Master Yuzhi to be an assassin.
Neither the way she moved in silence nor the flash of murderous intent led Yu Shuya to make such a guess.
It was the way Master Yuzhi looked at her.
The icy gaze with no emotion, as if she was looking at a lifeless piece of something.
Yu Shuya had seen many of such expressions in her previous life, and all of them came from only one type of person. An assassin.
All the assassins she met, no matter those she hired or those hired to kill her, had the same expression.
Yu Shuya clutched her intense, beating heart as she silently wondered what kind of world she was now living in.