Chapter 371 - 370 Both Worried
Qi Sanshun grabbed Qi Jiaer, who was about to help Ye Xinyan free her sleeve, and shook his head, saying, "Forget it, women are always so clingy. Let’s go back out and wait to see if Uncle Guan and the others are returning today."
"Uh-huh, go wait for Lord Jiang to come back." Qi Jiaer immediately dropped the matter of extricating her and nodded in agreement.
Ye Xinyan looked at the two little ingrates as they left together, pursed her lips, pulled her sleeve from Zhou Biyao’s hand, and said with a tilt of her head, "It’s not that I want to criticize you, but you really need to change this habit of always grappling with people. Look at the young ladies from reputable families, do any of them behave like you? It’s not good, you know that."
Nanny Zhong hurriedly explained with an apologetic smile, "Lady Qi, don’t be offended. This is just our Second Miss trying to be close to you, she doesn’t act this way with others."
Her Second Miss truly did not act this way with others. Second Miss had said that she must act this way towards Lady Qi, for if she were proper and courteous, Lady Qi would certainly scorn her company, a woman who knew and could do nothing. Otherwise, wouldn’t she really be stuck in the back house for a lifetime?
Ye Xinyan felt helpless. Never mind, who knew why Zhou Bingyi had raised his daughter to be such an oddity, actually liking to cozy up to someone like her, an Abandoned Wife with neither status nor decent exposure.
Ye Xinyan watched as another maid and old woman servant continued to get down from the three carriages, along with four guards unloading item after item. She asked in surprise, "What’s going on here? These maids and guards, and these," she pointed at the various wrapped packages, boxes, and other items with her hand, and asked, "what’s all this about?"
Zhou Biyao replied, "They’re to stay here." Her tone was matter-of-fact, "Originally, father planned to send the festival gifts to your family before the New Year, but then he thought since I was coming here after the New Year, it’d be better to bring them all together. It’s not even the fifteenth yet—saves the trouble of traveling back and forth."