Legend of the Moon Sword
Gaffes

"I said, what did you do Xie Jia?"

Lin Mei was speechless, her mouth tightly shut. His eyebrows bend sharply, trying to hold back the anger he craves. He wanted to yell again, but already seeing that deathly gaze made him tremble by himself.

"Continue your work, clean up the shards right now." He spoke before leaving.

After Lin Mei's footsteps grew further away, Xie Jia rubbed her eyes then hugged Zhi Yuo from behind.

"Thank you brother Yuo.."

Zhi Yuo was silent, instantly his mind twitched. As Xie Jia's small and warm hands hugged her, it felt like something was strange. Something very strange. The boy was frightened, his body was trembling. When he said the word 'thank you', he actually said it in earnest. He felt greatly helped by the protection that Zhi Yuo gave him.

Zhi Yuo turned around, gently patting Xie Jia on the shoulder and smiling gently.

"Not a big deal for me, let's clean this up together."

Xie Jia wiped the tears that were still on her cheeks. With an innocent cheerful smile he said, "Alright!".

They cleaned up the remains of the broken glass that Xie Jia dropped earlier. And that's quite troublesome.

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Elsewhere, senior of all the servants present in the residence of Master Gu, Lin Mei was walking out of the residence.

His face was wrinkled, his eyebrows had remained bent ever since and it made the other servants who saw him bow in fear.

Lin Mei arrived at her destination, which was the backyard of the residence. With a mood filled with anger he shouted, "Yan Yan!".

After saying the name aloud, a figure came out from behind the backyard door. His hand that was carrying a pile of laundry immediately thrown, he was more concerned with the call of his senior.

Yan Yan Yan came, he was one of the young servants there. With his shabby clothes and weak thin body, Yan Yan became one of the subordinates that Lin Mei often commanded. He lowered his head slightly to answer Lin Mei's call.

"What did the senior call me?" He asked with a trembling voice.

Lin Mei snorted, "I have orders for you regarding the new servant."

Yan Yan Yan's eyes slightly widened, "Servant? Any more? Aren't there many servants? ".

Lin Mei who heard that hissed, "Close your mouth!".

Yan Yan closed his mouth immediately, he lowered his unwilling gaze to stare at Lin Mei's face at all. Lin Mei was twitching her dizzy forehead.

"I have orders for you." After saying that, he whispered in Yan Yan's ear.

"Give him the barn behind the Pavilion as his room. The warehouse is unused, no need to be cleaned. One more thing, keep him away from Xie Jia. Understood?"

Yan Yan retreated slowly, his breath hunting. He looked at Lin Mei's eyes in disbelief.

"Senior, you did that to Xie Jia, why now the new servants should also feel that."

After Yan Yan said that, the aura around him instantly turned gripping. Lin Mei's upper face blackened, her brows furrowed even more.

"So, now you mean to lecture me?" Lin Mei spoke in a soft tone but every sentence she spoke was so pressing.

Yan Yan Yan directly landed his knee on the ground. He bowed in fear, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean that..".

Lin Mei who saw Yan Yan needed forgiveness, readily defused her anger. He casually flicked his sleeves.

"Just run my orders. After all, I took care of this residence, not the sickly old man."

Lin Mei turned her body around before she again said, "Oh yeah, don't give the new waitress dinner. No rations for him."

Yan Yan nodded in response. Lin Mei left from there and returned to carrying out her duties. While Yan Yan Yan stood with great difficulty, his legs were slightly limping due to an old injury. He quickly walked through the house to find the new servant in question.

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Zhi Yuo complained, his body leaning leisurely on top of the peach tree near the pavilion. He took one cooked peach, then bit it greedily. His face signified boredom, sparrows perched on the branches occasionally perched above his hair.

Zhi Yuo yawned, he stared at the beautiful yet too boring afternoon sky for him.

He was bored, after helping Xie Jia clean the broken glass he did nothing more. Unwilling to be told that even though his current status was a servant, he was settling down with his small body and running towards somewhere that was the pavilion.

He sat on the peach tree for about two hours, and it made him sleepy.

"The house is luxurious but boring, there is nothing interesting here! ".

Just about to close his eyes to sleep, Zhi Yuo heard something. When he turned his head, it turned out to be the ringing sound of a sliding door. Zhi Yuo confirmed his sitting position, looked at the source of the sound, and what he found was a woman opening an old door not far from the pavilion.

It was Yan Yan, with a little effort he opened the old door. The sound of the old door swiping with the weathered wooden lattice really made it uncomfortable. After the door opened wide, he looked inside.

Weathered and worn aroma wafted. The smell of rat carcasses was everywhere. The Wood Floor was slightly sandy, making him cough a few times.

"I have to clean this up, before I find the new waiter." Mumbled.

Not one step he got into the shed, something touched his waist, and it was a little boy's hand.

He was about to scream before he turned around and found the skinny boy in the clothes of the slum country girl behind him. Yes, it is Zhi Yuo.

Zhi Yuo pulled the tip of Yan Yan's clothes. With one eyebrow rising he asked, "Who are you? What are you doing here?".

Yan Yan Yan almost had a heart attack. Seeing this small, skinny, and moustached boy made him almost faint because he originally thought this boy was a ghost. Just look at her appearance, with long hair that is twisted irregularly and makeup that has worn off, making it more creepy and sad at the same time.

Yan Yan stroked his chest, "You startled me, I should have asked you. You who?".

Zhi Yuo glanced back and forth before replying, "I'm Zhi Yuo, the new servant here."

Yan Yan was instantly startled, he noticed Zhi Yuo's appearance with detail. He found a little awkward.

"There's something different about her, like it's no ordinary country girl.." Yan Yan muttered inwardly.

"What are you doing here?" Zhi Yuo broke his reverie. Yan Yan Yan regained his senses, quickly he shook his head and cleared his throat to respond to Zhi Yuo's question.

"Want to clean this warehouse, you wait ahead."

Zhi Yuo glanced at Yan Yan at a glance, before his eyes glazed over the old warehouse. He asked, "What is the event until the warehouse is cleaned?".

Yan Yan looked nervous, he glanced here and there to avoid Zhi Yuo's gaze. Trying to find an excuse, he instead remembered the last time he locked Xie Jia in this warehouse. The little girl last turned 12, she cried loudly as Yan Yan forcedly locked her inside devoured by darkness.

And now Yan Yan Yan should do the same? Not want! Actually, he was fed up with the behavior of Lin Mei who at will told him who was weak and behaved ruthlessly to anyone. His gentle nature when he was in the presence of Master Gu was nothing but nonsense.

But how else? She is just a weak sick woman. Sold his family into a slave, and now stranded at Mr. Gu's residence. Instead of having a comfortable life, he instead suffered from having to torture people on Lin Mei's orders.

Yan Yan shook his head and replied, "There is nothing here. This warehouse is too dirty, I have to clean it."

Before Yan Yan entered, he smiled at Zhi Yuo, "Tonight you can sleep in my room. But it has to be stealthy."

Zhi Yuo raised next to his brows, casually he leaned against the door of the warehouse. His hands were folded in front of his chest. With his trademark ignorant smile he looked at Yan Yan's back.

"No need, this will be my room."

Yan Yan Yan's eyes fumbled instantly. He turned around, looking at Zhi Yuo. Zhi Yuo only responded with his annoying-looking smile.

"I know, you cleaned this up for me, right?".

Zhi Yuo took a few steps forward before Yan Yan, "Don't worry, tell your senior I obey his orders by sleeping here."

Yan Yan Yan could only gawk, he did not blink at all hearing every single remark that came out from Zhi Yuo's mouth. Zhi Yuo chuckled, he jumped on the branch of the window, leaning there leisurely.

"But, tell your senior that I can repay him for telling me to sleep here."

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