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340. Escaping the Huang Mansion 6

Having calculated the maximum amount of money she could obtain, Huang Muyan breathed a sigh of relief. If she could find the small box she had buried in her old home, she could save enough money for the journey and run away with "Xiao Wan".

These next few days, there should only be fewer people in the courtyards on Dad's birthday, Huang Muyan thought. Then I'll have to wait. Besides, they'll definitely keep a close eye on me. I'll keep quiet for a couple of days, and once they've lowered their guard, I'll take Xiao Wan and run away.

As Huang Muyan was thinking this, she heard the maid leading the way say, "We've arrived." Huang Muyan and Lu Renkui, who was inside Mu Wanqing's body, both looked up and realized that this place was Master Huang's study.

Huang Muyan went in, while Lu Renkui, who was with Mu Wanqing, was stopped by a maid: "Master said that we servants are not allowed to enter the study, unless we are the personal maids of the ladies."

Lu Renkui, who was initially worried that Master Huang might be aroused by Mu Wanqing's body, was relieved and began to worry about whether Huang Muyan would quarrel with Master Huang again.

Huang Muyan had been inside for three minutes when she felt like arguing, but in this situation, she would have to argue with two people.

So when exactly did I, the royalist elder brother, return? Huang Muyan listened to the two people in front of her nagging her to find someone to marry, and repeatedly told herself to stay calm, stay calm, stay calm. She couldn't argue, she couldn't argue, she couldn't argue. She had to lower their guard, she had to lower their guard.

After talking for a while, Master Huang's mouth was a little dry. He took a sip of tea and glanced sideways at the expression on his youngest daughter's face.

Unfortunately, Mr. Huang did not see the expression he hoped for—he had hoped that his daughter would show regret on her face, realizing how wrong her previous ideas had been.

However, the youngest daughter did not show any regret. She just had a stern face. Although her expression was not clear, Mr. Huang could still sense her resentment.

"Hua Lu (Huang Muyan's nickname), I've told you so much just now, don't you have anything to say?" Old Master Huang said with a stern face, picking up a brush and writing a few characters that he had only recently learned.

Huang Shuiyun, the eldest son of Master Huang and the elder brother of Huang Muyan, was grinding ink for his father while scolding Huang Muyan: "Look at you, all your studying has gone to waste. You should answer your father's questions quickly. You don't say a word and you don't know any manners at all."

Huang Muyan remained silent—she knew that if she opened her mouth, she would be about to start cursing.

"Hua Lu! I'm asking you a question. Which of your cousins ​​do you think is good? If you marry one of them, it will strengthen family ties and make our connections with each other even closer." Master Huang was gradually losing patience.

"If you don't like any of them, then choose Zhao Haosheng from the Zhao family, Mo Yi'an from the Mo family, or Zhou Bingdao from the Zhou family. I happen to have business dealings with them. If you're literate and marry into their family, they'll appreciate it. If you're sensible and bring in more business for our family, then our family will be wealthy, and your life there won't be too bad. Do you understand this principle?"

Huang Muyan remained silent, stubbornly keeping her head down, staring at the ink on the table that reflected a little sunlight.

"Hua Lu, tell me," Huang Shuiyun said, getting a little anxious.

"..." Huang Muyan remained silent.

Lu Renkui strained her ears to listen to the conversation inside the study. She couldn't hear Huang Muyan's voice, but could hear the voices of two men alternating inside.

At this moment, footsteps came from outside the study. Lu Renkui turned his head and saw Shuiqiu, the fourth wife's personal maid, appear at the study door.

Upon seeing the Fourth Madam approaching, Lu Renkui took two steps back and waited until the group of people had reached a suitable position before bowing and saying at the top of his lungs, "Greetings, Fourth Madam."

"Oh, good child, get up." The fourth wife smiled and asked softly, "Is Master Huang inside?"

"Fourth Madam, Master is inside," Lu Renkui replied truthfully, head bowed.

"Ah, that's good." The fourth wife moved the round fan she was holding away from her face, then lifted her skirt and quickened her pace as she entered Master Huang's study. "Master~"

The group of maids that the fourth wife brought from outside just stood at the door of the study, without moving.

Fourth Madam arrived, and Lu Renkui thought for a moment that Huang Muyan should be coming out soon as well.

As Lu Renkui had predicted, the fourth wife entered the study, and Master Huang then said a few more words to Huang Muyan before sending her out.

Lu Renkui originally intended to greet Huang Muyan at the door, but unexpectedly saw a man with most of his head shaved and a long braid coming out of the study first. Lu Renkui immediately stopped and lowered his head, not looking at the man's face.

"There are still people who haven't cut their braids," Lu Renkui thought to herself. She had assumed that men this age would have already shaved their braids by now.

Lu Renkui looked down and saw the man's shoes come into view. She took two steps, almost out of sight, when she saw the shoes turn. Then, a voice came from above her: "You're not Fourth Madam's personal maid, so whose maid are you?"

Who is this guy? Lu Renkui wondered to herself, who was this man with that kind of braid?

Finally, the system WQBYRZM spoke up: "This is Huang Muyan's older brother, Huang Shuiyun."

“Reporting to Young Master, this servant is Miss’s person.” Lu Renkui said, staring intently at the pair of shoes that looked extremely expensive.

"Really? So what do you usually do..." Huang Shuiyun's question was interrupted by Huang Muyan without her noticing.

“Guixi is just a new servant who was transferred to my side. My parents came here to take care of me so that it would be convenient for me.” Huang Muyan looked into her older brother’s eyes and said, “If you have any questions, you might as well just ask me directly.”