The Lord is always laughing
Treatment fee? Yu Qingluo was taken aback for a moment but then heard him say in sequence: “I heard that Miss Yu isn’t willing to be with us anymore, and that’s also ok. Both mine and Peng Ying’s injuries had almost completely healed. We shouldn’t delay Miss Yu any longer, therefore I have arranged the treatment fee so that Miss Yu can leave at any time.”
Shen Ying stared at the Lord surprised, was he the one mistaken? Was the Lord going to let Miss Yu go?
But… didn’t the Lord try to lure Miss Yu to the Capital by every possible means? To the point of even taking Nannan with him to leave first.
Now that everyone was in the Capital, he wanted to let Miss Yu leave instead. This… were their painstaking efforts all in vain?
Yu Qingluo was astonished and felt taken as she tried to absorb what she was hearing. When did he become this straightforward?
This is somewhat suspicious… No! This is very suspicious!
She understood very clearly that the reason why Ye Xiudu took such a big risk in bringing Nannan with him to the Capital, for the most part, was to lure her here. She wasn’t being self-centered nor narcissistic, but aware of how useful her identity as the Ghost Doctor was. Her abilities are all in plain view for others to see. If he had no desire of using her as one of his own, then she would cut her own head off and let others use it as a stool.
Especially after she arrived in this other courtyard. Before Nannan and Ye Xiudu’s arrival, she became even more sure of her suspicions.
Yu Qingluo thought that if she wanted to leave, Ye Xiudu would definitely think of every possible method to prevent her from doing so. He might even lock her or Nannan up, or use her son to threaten her.
But now…
She was somewhat puzzled, the doubts in the back of her mind made her feel a tad uncomfortable.
Ye Xiudu said these words, but it was almost as if he wanted to rush her out like someone shouting: ‘finished eating? Now get the money and get out!’
Yu Qingluo’s mood soured more and more, and because of this she directly forgot to settle the matters regarding Ye Xiudu taking Nannan away earlier.
“Miss Yu, is the food not up to your appetite?” Ye Xiudu saw that she was only holding her bowl but made no movement for some time. His mood couldn’t help but turn for the better “These meals were specially made by the kitchen. I think that since Miss Yu is leaving after today, maybe she won’t have a chance to taste the craftsmanship of the chefs in our residence again, so I asked them to cook the best, using the freshest ingredients. To arrange all the dishes like in the days we celebrate festivals.”
Shen Ying turned his head silently. Lord, was it really ok to cheat Miss Yu like that? Was this not forcing her to leave our residence earlier? What the hell are you thinking of?
Yu Qingluo raised her head to glare at him, then simply put down her chopsticks: “Where’s Liuli?”
Didn’t he say that she came to the dining hall before them?
Ye Xiudu raised his eyebrows and watched Nannan hoping to grab the chicken legs far away from him, so he went ahead and brought the dish near the kid, noticing that he seemed very satisfied by that. Then he went on to answer her question: “After Miss Jin ate, she left to inquire news about Ge momo.”
Jin Liuli went out? Why didn’t she tell her? If she left this residence then where would they meet again?
Yu Qingluo stared at Ye Xiudu wanting to see exactly what he was trying to achieve acting so shady, and wondering just what other plans did he have in his mind. But it didn’t matter how hard she looked at him, she couldn’t pick up any clues from his face.
That’s it! Eat first, then, after eating, she will leave. The most important is to take Nannan far away from him.
During the meal, except for Nannan’s voice sounding from time to time, the other two were completely silent as if the other party didn’t exist.
The sky outside was turning dark, so Yu Qingluo realised that it wasn’t early in the day anymore and it would be too late to find an inn to stay.
Thinking along those lines, she put down the chopsticks in her hand and proceeded to put away the bowl in front of Nannan, whose mouth was filled with grease as he didn’t know how the word ‘moderation’. Ignoring his glare filled with dissatisfaction, she gazed towards Ye Xiudu without a shred of courtesy: “I’m done. The treatment fee?”
Ye Xiudu’s movements were quite elegant. Wiping his mouth he said with a smile: “The silver is naturally deposited into the storeroom. Miss Yu, please follow me.”
Yu Qingluo hugged Nannan, who wanted to take the opportunity to steal some more food, and silently followed him.
When the three of them left, the maidservant in the front hall finally couldn’t hold still anymore and ran away to Shen Ying: “Master Shen, was that really our Lord? The Lord has been smiling all day long, what’s wrong with him?!”
“… A good mood, he’s only in a good mood.” just how could he understand what happened to the Lord lately? After seeing Miss Yu, the Lord seemed like a whole new person. He smiled from time to time. But whether it was as a jeer or a sneer, or even a happy smile, every time he saw it happen, he also felt horrified in his heart, ok?
“But I have never seen the Lord’s mood being that good. It almost seems as if… as if he is facing a loved one.” The woman, experienced in this field, couldn’t help but say that in a puzzled way. “Master Shen, furthermore, haven’t you seen the Lord’s eyes every time he is looking at Miss Yu? It’s not as cold as it was before, instead, it seems almost…. filled with gentleness and patience.”
Shen Ying took two steps back in pure horror. ‘Facing the person one loves’? ‘Eyes filled with gentleness and patience’?
“Mother Lin[1], don’t scare me. How could the Lord like Miss Yu? that Miss Yu even…” has children.
(TL: Again, this is Ancient Times, even losing your innocence as a woman was something others saw as undesirable. Maybe if they were peasants and YXD was also a widower or had his own children, it might be a bit more acceptable to others, but he is single, childless and seems like a nobleman. Very unusual attitude. I guess this is the romantic subplot filters :D)
Many possibilities had passed through Shen Ying’s mind, but he had never considered this scenario. He thought that the Lord’s attitude towards Miss Yu was exceptional because he valued her talents. Furthermore, she indeed had the same guts as him, so it was normal for them to talk eye-to-eye.
How, how could he ever consider the possibility that the Lord could… have been moved by Miss Yu?
If, if it really was that way…
Shen Ying suddenly touched his neck, feeling difficulty swallowing. He remembered that, when they were in Jiang Cheng and he walked close to Miss Yu, the Lord’s eyes turned very cold towards him and suddenly felt very stupid.
Mother Lin glanced at him before angrily slapping him on the arm: “You! You are still young and haven’t experienced enough. So how can you understand this type of emotional matter? Besides, have you noticed the Lord’s patience towards that child named Nannan? It was almost as if he was his own child. Oh, Master Shen, is that child the Lord’s own?”
“Pft…” Shen Ying forcefully let out a mouthful of cold air and hurriedly scolded: “Mother Lin, you can’t talk nonsense like this.”
This idea was too bold, way too bold.
Mother Lin was shocked by his response and immediately shrunk her neck, replying in a low voice: “Ok, I won’t talk nonsense anymore. Aren’t I just saying this to you? Master Shen, you have a good heart so don’t tell this to the Lord’s face. If it was Master Mo or Master Wen in front of me instead, I wouldn’t dare say things like that.”
But, she really felt that… the Lord and that small child named Nannan really felt like a father and his son.
Could it be that none of them has thought about that?
Shen Ying felt he was going crazy after being told those words by Mother Lin. He hurried to admonish the yatou[2] and pozi[3] in the front hall not to talk about the Lord and Miss Yu. He couldn’t wait any longer and wanted to hurry back to follow them into the treasury.
But in his mind, the words said by Mother Lin kept repeating over and over, almost as if they had somewhat taken root in his mind.
Translated by C, The Apostle of Coffee
Edited by NoveLeo, Life is a Drama
Translator’s Notes
[1] I believe this is Lin momo. Usually, the momo’s are older, experienced women and they even feed the babies (so they had children themselves) and the people of the house who are closer to them address them as ‘mother’ or ‘momo’. In this case, he calls her 林妈 = Mother Lin. So I let this translation stand!
[2] 丫鬟- ‘Yatou’, I’m keeping the pinyin for this. But they are basically younger maids. For those learning Chinese, be careful and not to confuse with 丫头 (which has the same pinyin, but it means ‘girl’)
[3] 婆子 – ‘Pozi’ they are older maids but usually, they don’t serve close to their masters, instead, they take care of other work in the house.
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