224
"Why hasn't anyone gone to bed?" Fu Hanwen asked as he pushed open the courtyard door, seeing two people holding lanterns in the yard. He furrowed his brows slightly and drove the ox cart into the courtyard.
"Young Master..."
Du Runiang saw that Xiao Ruo had no intention of speaking up for her, so she had to speak for herself.
But Fu Hanwen was after all an outsider, and even though much younger than herself, she didn't know how to continue speaking once she started.
Seeing this, Xiao Ruo said, "Runiang, go back to your room and sleep. I'll talk with Brother Fu first."
She wanted to know why, among so many kitchen maids, Brother Fu didn't hire others, but instead, he brought a woman with deep-seated hatred and no capability for revenge home.
