Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Six maids were running around behind the old lady. Two of them were busy drying her hair, two of them hurriedly brought a quilt to cover her, and two of them used hot pebbles wrapped in cloth to massage her arms. Only then did the old lady’s face, which had turned pale and purple from the cold, improve slightly.
She took a breath to relax, then looked up at Lu Huan: “You saved me, is there anything you want?”
When the old lady asked this, Lady Ning’s face turned unhappy.
Today she invited the old lady to come out and appreciate the plum blossoms, intending to please her, but who knew that such an accident would happen as if she had seen a ghost! It would be fine if Wenxiu was hated by and even angered the old lady, but he also let Lu Huan take advantage of him where he won the old lady’s favor!
The old lady had the final say in Ning Wang’s mansion. Even Ning Wang was a little afraid of his mother who came from a family of military generals. If Lu Huan was appreciated by the old lady, won’t his life be smooth in the future?
But what could he want? What else could a bast**d want? Of course, he would want to be on an equal footing with the two legitimate sons!
Lady Ning was angry, but she didn’t dare to show it. She just stood beside the old lady with concern and said to Lu Huan softly, “Since the old lady wants to reward you, just say it boldly.”
The old lady naturally had some considerations in her mind.
Although she didn’t often come out of Mei’an Garden, she was always very accurate in judging people.
Among the three children of Ning Wang’s Mansion, although Lu Yu’an was mature and steady, he was too mediocre and had no bright spots or sharpness! As for Lu Wenxiu, it was needless to say that he looked like a complete waste today!
In such a huge Ning Wang Mansion, it was only this illegitimate son who had outstanding abilities, far surpassing the other two.
What’s more, he jumped into the freezing cold water to save her today. It was only right and reasonable that she should reward him.
However, the old lady knew very well that there was a difference between legitimate and illegitimate children. It would be fine if Lu Huan made other financial demands, but if he wanted to be on an equal footing with his two legitimate brothers, that would be too greedy.
Just as she was thinking this, she heard Lu Huan speak.
“Lu Huan prefers quietness to noise. I hope that no one can come in and out of my residence at will from now on. I hope the old lady will agree.”
Lady Ning and the old lady were both surprised –
The old lady was stunned: “That’s it?”
The boy’s voice was cold and emotionless: “That’s it.”
Lu Wenxiu, who was kneeling on the ground, turned pale and blue. What did Lu Huan mean by his words? He liked quietness and not noise. Was he hinting at the fact that he had led everyone to frame him a few days ago? Could it be that he wanted to take the opportunity to settle the score in front of the old lady?!
The old lady never expected that Lu Huan’s request would be so simple. Did he just want a quiet place to live?
But then she thought of how the firewood shed where Lu Huan lived was indeed mixed with the servants’ residences, and it was a mixed crowd, so it was bound to be noisy.
Even for a bast**d, being treated so harshly was really too much. These matters were always handled by the steward, and it was clear who was behind the steward.
But the old lady had no intention of caring about these trivial matters before and had always turned a blind eye to them just like Ning Wang. It was only then that she suddenly realized the difficult situation of her illegitimate grandson’s survival in the mansion.
How could it not be difficult? She had just left Mei’an Garden today when she heard that Lu Wenxiu had gone to Lu Huan a few days ago and framed him but failed and made a big joke.
Lu Huan must have made this request because he was fed up with his second elder brother’s constant finding fault.
The old lady felt a little complicated for a moment.
She had already promised this bast**d whatever he wanted, but he only made such a trivial request. Did he really want nothing?
The old lady thought for a moment, then instructed the maid beside her, “Go tell the steward that I have given Lu Huan a house as a reward and tell all the servants living around him to move out. From now on, no one is allowed to approach his residence at will! If anyone dares to disobey, they can go and accept the punishment! In addition, give Huan’er an extra three taels of silver every month.”
Lady Ning and Lu Wenxiu both looked a little unhappy.
Even the Fourth Aunt did not have an entire house and lived with some maids. Now, it was Lu Huan who had an entire house to himself.
He also had three taels of silver every month. Although it was not much, it was at least enough for him to manage some servants. It was much better than the previous situation where he was treated harshly everywhere.
The servants kneeling on the ground around them were also observing the situation with their eyes bent to their noses, and they also had their own thoughts in mind.
Previously, they had all looked down upon Lu Huan because no one in the entire Ning Wang Mansion cared whether Lu Huan lived or died. But now that Lu Huan had saved the old lady, they might not be able to treat him so lightly in the future.
This day, something seemed to have changed.
“As for you.” The old lady turned to look at Lu Wenxiu, her face showing disdain, “Why don’t you go back and reflect on your mistakes for a month?! Why are you kneeling here and getting in the way?”
Lu Wenxiu felt angry and aggrieved, and wanted to argue, saying: “Grandma, how can you give Lu Huan a house? Even I–“
Before he could finish his words, the old lady kicked him again in anger, “Coward, waste…” Why didn’t he look at what he had done first, and he was still so ignorant as to be jealous of Lu Huan in front of her.
“If it weren’t for Lu Huan, my old bones would have been dragged down by a useless thing like you and ended up in the stream today. What are you still complaining about? It’s good that I didn’t punish you to kneel in the ancestral hall!”
Lady Ning was afraid that her foolish son would say something to further anger the old lady, so she quickly stopped him and said to the two maids, “Why don’t you take the second young master back home to reflect on his mistakes?!”
Before Lu Wenxiu was taken away by two servants, he glared at Lu Huan with gritted teeth.
Lu Huan just raised his head and looked at him with cold eyes.
The old lady said no more and hurried back to keep warm. Lady Ning and the group of people surrounding her also left, and the crowd in the corridor finally dispersed.
Water was still dripping from Lu Huan’s black hair. But he turned around, took the concubine’s daughter’s hand, and sent her back to the Fourth Aunt first.
On the other hand, on Su Xi’s mobile phone, a message popped up from the system.
“Congratulations: 1/2 of the main quest (gaining the appreciation of the old lady of Ning Wang’s Mansion) has been completed. The protagonist has received a piece of land as reward, gold coins +25, and points +3.”
Seeing that the task was initially completed, Su Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although she didn’t know why only half of this main quest had been completed, she thought there would be another task with some connection with the old lady later.
The system said: “When the points accumulate to 11, you can unlock another area. Which area do you want to unlock?”
Su Xi did not hesitate and of course unlocked the land that the old lady had rewarded to Lu Huan.
Although the process of getting it was a bit tortuous and difficult, her cub finally became the owner of a house and was no longer someone who only owned a small hut.
Su Xi was a little excited for the game character. He had land and houses, so how far were they from dominating the Forbidden City?!
The nurse outside knocked on the door. Su Xi wiped her face with a towel, skipped to the door of the ward, took the breakfast brought by the nurse, and said thank you with a smile.
The nurse was puzzled: “Why is patient from Bed 26 so happy so early in the morning?”
Su Xi smiled and returned to the bed with her breakfast.
She took a few bites of breakfast, turned the game screen, opened the map with relish, and looked at the overall picture of the land rewarded by the old lady.
Although it was called a mansion, it was certainly not as elegant and luxurious as Yameixuan and Yaxin’an where Lady Ning Wang and Lu Yu’an live, with winding corridors and lush flowers and trees everywhere.
It was just a bare piece of land with nothing on it.
But–
So big!
Su Xi was in a very excited mood, there was such a large open space!
There were only a few large firewood courtyards on the large open space, and other than that there was a bamboo forest, which was now covered with snow.
But Su Xi was still very happy. Such a large piece of land, although a little simple, but if there were no servants and Lu Wenxiu rushing in to disturb her, she could just help the cub to open up the wasteland, raise some chickens, ducks and fish, and plant some cabbage, potatoes and so on. The cub could now live a good life!
At the very least, he won’t have to worry about food and clothing anymore.
It seemed like everything had new hope, right?
And obviously, the little character in the game on the screen thought the same thing. Although he was soaked, his dark eyes were bright and his steps back were much easier.
The servants who originally lived around the firewood yard were now being dispersed by the housekeeper. Before leaving, they talked in low voices, recalling whether they had offended the third young master before.
There were even a few cunning servants who were discussing whether they should go up and apologize. Otherwise, if the situation changed and this bast**d really became a favorite of the old lady, wouldn’t those of them who had deliberately targeted him have no way to survive?
However, Lu Huan ignored all of this.
He returned to the firewood yard and went to boil some water. He was freezing cold all over. If he didn’t warm up quickly, he would probably catch a cold.
….
When he picked up the bucket, he recalled the scene by the stream just now and couldn’t help frowning. It was chaotic at that time and he didn’t see clearly how Lu Wenxiu asked the servant to push the old lady into the stream.
Although Lu Wenxiu shot himself in the foot, his luck had been too bad recently.
Could it be that it was the same as the last food incident, and someone was helping him?
This thought flashed through Lu Huan’s mind, and then he began to feel some subtle, erratic emotions.
He realized his emotions and his face immediately darkened.
Helping me secretly? This thought, which seemed like a desire, was too ridiculous.
There was nothing to gain from him, so how could anyone help him without asking for anything in return?
When he was young, he still had some trust in people and helped a servant, but the servant immediately turned against him and caused Lady Ning to catch him and beat him up. During those days, when he was dying and bleeding, people came and went around him, but no one helped him. The scars on his body had not healed to this day.
From birth till now, if he hadn’t been lucky, he would have died thousands of times.
Human life was cheap and as insignificant as that of an ant in this place.
In Ning Wang’s Mansion, his survival was a hundred to ten thousand times more difficult than that of others.
He knew very well that the only person he could trust in this world was himself.
As for the person who was hiding in the dark –
Lu Huan’s eyes fell on the charcoal fire in the corner that was still burning, and his fingers curled up nervously.
He tried his best to ignore the pitiful warmth, the subtle feeling that fell on his frozen skin and quietly spread through his blood to his heart and turned his eyes away with indifference and mockery.
No matter how he stayed in the dark, he would always be exposed and found out by him.
Although he didn’t know the other party’s purpose for the time being, he would eventually find out.
Believing that there was someone in this world who was kind to him was something Lu Huan would rather die than do.
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