But there are others who will care.
For example, Ah Qing and Shi Qingjun.
They were the first to notice the anomaly in Miss Lu.
It was inevitable. To the two who have touched the Qiankun Realm, the intense favor surrounding Miss Lu had reached a level that pierced the heavens, akin to them being able to observe stars and defy destiny. The fortune surrounding Miss Lu was nearly flowing like a torrent.
"..." Ah Qing’s eye twitched slightly, lowering her head, she said to Huang’Er beside her, "Steward Lu... is truly an extraordinary person."
"That’s right, Steward Lu is indeed a remarkable person." Huang’Er nodded vigorously.
"...Forget it."
Ah Qing thought to herself it has nothing to do with her; the sudden descent of favor could only quickly transform Miss Lu’s physique, making her a bit luckier, nothing more.
Lowered her gaze.
Ah Qing now has many troubles too, and is no longer surprised by strange occurrences.
After all, when faced with incomprehensible matters, attributing them to Young Master Xu is always correct.
This Miss Lu being able to attend the family banquet on stage must be soone Xu Chang’an recognizes.
Yet to this day Ah Qing doesn’t know Steward Lu’s na, which is a taboo within Flower Moon Building, unknown to anyone.
She simply pretended not to see.
——
Shi Qingjun watched Miss Lu from afar with surprise.
In Shi Qingjun’s eyes, having traveled further away, she saw another scene. This sudden appearance of Heaven’s Favor seed to proclaim Miss Lu as the protagonist of an era of great contention.
If she were the person she was before eting Xu Chang’an, upon seeing the rich ’Dao’ aura on Miss Lu, she would definitely eagerly want to take her as a disciple.
But now.
She no longer cared about Dao Rhy, let alone a Heavenly Favored.
Just puzzled.
Why would such a thing occur?
That girl, is she Tong Jun’s maid... or is it related to Xu Chang’an again?
At this ti, because Shi Qingjun was staring at Miss Lu, the won around her noticed and said, "Sister Shi, this is Steward Lu from our Flower Moon Building, isn’t she listening well? She’s a girl raised by Pingniang, naturally different from us."
"Steward Lu?" Shi Qingjun nodded and then asked, "What’s her na?"
This question imdiately froze the surrounding atmosphere.
The won glanced at each other, none spoke, except one who bravely whispered, "We all don’t know Steward Lu’s na, so sister asked, we don’t know either."
"No na?" Shi Qingjun pondered.
At her level, indeed no one knew her as ’Shi Qingjun’.
"Not at all, just that we don’t know, and dare not ask." A woman lowered her voice, "Sister Shi, don’t be curious, if you make the steward unhappy, we’ll be punished."
"Hmm." Shi Qingjun nodded; she just asked casually.
Miss Lu being Tong Jun’s maid will never leave, anything odd about her can be slowly observed, no hurry.
Seeing Shi Qingjun no longer curious, the won exhaled in relief.
Who dares to ask Steward Lu’s na?
Everyday everyone calls her Steward Lu, those privileged call her Ms. Lu; as for her na... it’s the biggest taboo in Flower Moon Building, worse than peeking at Pingniang bathing.
Dare not ask.
As for the willingness... girls are speculate-able.
Nothing more than an unpleasant na, after all, Zhu Pingniang’s naming skills are known, so regarding this bad luck topic, it’s tacitly understood.
"By the way, Qinglian, earlier the aunt brought you before Steward Lu, what did they ask you?" Suddenly soone grabbed a nearby lon-eating girl by the hand.
"Eh?" The lon-eating girl, stunned for a mont, seeing Sister Shi who was unbelievably pretty also looking over, blushed and said, "Aunt asked... if I’m lonely."
"?"
"...?"
"???"
In an instant, the won present were confused.
What’s going on, they couldn’t understand it.
"Lonely?" Shi Qingjun glanced at the waterlon in the lon-eating girl’s hand, picked a piece herself, and eating it thought she indeed wanted to have soone to talk to; is that loneliness?
Hmm.
Caring for the empty-nest sect leader.
"Yes, aunt is definitely testing her." The won who recovered stated confidently, "Didn’t aunt just spend silver hiring a scholar from the academy for this girl?"
"Makes sense."
"Indeed, Qinglian, how did you reply? Don’t let the aunt feel like the silver spent sending you to school was wasted."
"..." The lon-eating girl blinked, "I said I was fine."
"...That’s a negative score answer."
"Exactly."
"Go back and say it again."
At this mont, a few won huddled together, whispering among themselves, then with Shi Qingjun’s calm gaze, ca up with a cultured response.
"Girl, go back and tell the steward, no, tell aunt this." The elegant Hua Shang whispered beside the lon-eating girl, "Just say... taking apart the word ’lonely’, there are girls, fruits, beasts, and mosquitoes, enough to prop up the street corner of a sumr evening."
Girl: "...?"
At this mont, another woman chid in.
"On a sumr evening, watching the flies buzzing in the air, the Li Hua cat jumping on the eaves, holding a half-eaten waterlon, suddenly feeling as if half a lifeti has passed, yet also like only half a minute... this is the feeling of loneliness."
Their schooling is not in vain.
lon-eating girl: "..."
The girl looked at the half-eaten waterlon in her hand, then at Shi Qingjun’s rarely-seen dazed expression beside her, and it seed like this wasn’t the case.
The lon tasted good, how did it make her lonely?
Yet the won didn’t give her ti to react, they urged the lon-eating girl to go back and give the answer again.
After all, if they let aunt think this girl wasted her education, they too would be in trouble.
Shi Qingjun watched the girl, bewildered, walking toward Miss Lu, a slight smile unnoticed by herself appeared at the corner of her mouth.
She suddenly realized these won here were interesting people.
The waterlon tasted nice too.
But... lonely?
She had walked alone all along, yet the past Shi Qingjun’s eyes couldn’t see the buzzing flies in the air, couldn’t see the Li Hua from the mortal world jumping onto the eaves, never tasted any fruits.
Thus, in the past she didn’t know the taste of loneliness.
Now, however, she understands a bit.
Shi Qingjun finished the piece of waterlon cleanly, wiped her mouth, then another woman handed her a piece, seemingly aware she could eat a lot.
Taking the waterlon, Shi Qingjun suddenly changed her mind.
Originally, she ca because Xu Chang’an was here, just to have a look.
But now, it seed she could visit often, there are countless reasons, besides Zhu Tongjun, the earlier seemingly Heavenly Favored Miss Lu is simply a perfect excuse.
Additionally, Yun Qian and Xu Chang’an were originally from Beisang City before ascending Chaoyun.
"Sister, do you like it here?" A woman appropriately asked Shi Qingjun, "If you like it, co often to play."
"Hmm." Shi Qingjun nodded.
At this mont, sothing quite strange happened—Immortal Chaoyun, after who knows how many years, spoke of having sothing she liked for the first ti.
"Really should co often to play later. Sister Shi, you’re so generous, you must co support our sisters’ business." A mischievous woman laughed.
"You only care about silver." Imdiately so girls teased, and the two began playfully arguing.
Shi Qingjun withdrew her gaze, watching from afar as the lon-eating girl blushing talked to her aunt.
And Miss Lu and the aunt hearing the girl’s literate words laughed heartily.
Her clear eyes rippled.
"Sister Shi, don’t listen to their nonsense, next ti you visit, I’ll have the sisters arrange a good show." A woman apologized to Shi Qingjun, "Just that, here our actors lack a Qingyi, so sister, don’t be disappointed."
Shi Qingjun responded.
She’ll occasionally co listen to the girls’ plays here, munching on so sweets and preserves.
At this mont.
Immortal Chaoyun.
Lord of Qingzhou.
Qingzhou’s biggest hobody... suddenly wanted to beco a regular at Flower Moon Building.
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