Brewed a pot, sipped a mouthful, frowned, and poured it out.
Brewed another pot, took another sip, frowned again, and knocked it out once more.
So on and so forth.
Rong Yi had been repeating this sequence of actions for a whole shichen.
Fu Chengfeng looked at Rong Yi, who was again putting tea leaves into a pot, and his patience was at breaking point. He snatched the kettle and did it himself. "How on earth did you get into the Moon Manor?" He asked as he poured water into the cup. He had only asked her to make a cup of tea, but she had spent a shichen fiddling with it. A person who could not even make a cup of tea was actually working as a maid at the Moon Manor.
"I bought my way in for ten taels of silver." Rong Yi answered honestly.
Fu Chengfeng didn't expect her to be so frank and was slightly taken aback. He picked up his cup of tea, looked her up and down lazily, and then teased her, "Are you here to pursue your precious future husband?"
"How did you know?" Rong Yi was surprised. She had never shared this idea with anyone before!
Seeing her reaction, Fu Chengfeng almost spat out a mouthful of tea he had just sipped. This girl is a bit too honest! "You won't be able to catch your precious future husband like this." Fu Chengfeng said.
Rong Yi rubbed her face while feeling wounded and asked, "Is it because I'm not pretty enough?"
"That's not it. You can still seduce men with your looks, but your emotional intelligence is worrying."
"Oh, even you can notice that." Rong Yi sighed in frustration, then said resolutely, "That's why I must find a husband who is the best in the world."
Fu Chengfeng was stunned. Was there a connection between having a worrying emotional intelligence and finding a future husband who was the best in the world? Wait, that's not the point. Did she just say that she wanted to find a future husband who was the best in the world?
Fu Chengfeng suddenly became interested in this little girl called 'Rong Yi'.
"Why do you want to find a husband who is the best in the world?" Fu Chengfeng asked.
"Because my parents and xiongzhang all have the best skills in the world, but not me. I have thought about it, and I can only find a husband who is the best in the world because I can't hope to be the best in this life by myself."
"Oh? Tell me what your father, mother, and brother are capable of."
"I can't tell you. My parents forbid me to mention their names outside."
"So your name is fake." Fu Chengfeng wondered how anyone could have such a strange name as 'Rong Yi'.
"It's not fake, but it's also not the real one."
In fact, Rong Yi's full name was Murong Yi. Before she began her journey of finding her future husband, her mom told her not to use the surname 'Murong' because it would attract too many people. Her dad told her not to use the surname 'Chu' because there were too many Chu enemies out there. Finally, her master gave her the idea of dropping the Mu out of 'Murong' and walking around in the jianghu with the name 'Rong Yi'.
If she had to say, this was a terrible idea. However, her parents seemed delighted with this name and wished they could let her use it for the rest of her life.
Mom said 'Rong Yi' was good because it was easy to remember.
Dad said, 'Rong Yi' was good because if your mother says it's good, then it's good.
Rong Yi was disgusted by her dad's act of selling his daughter for glory. But despite her contempt, she wanted to find a wife slave like her dad as a husband, and he had to be the best in the world.
Her mother's wealth was the best in the world, her father's martial arts skills were the best in the world, and her royal elder brother's power was the best in the world.
What else could be the best in the world to rival wealth, martial arts and power?
Rong Yi had thought about it for fourteen years and finally came to one conclusion—her husband. If only she could find a husband who was the best in the world, she would be able to raise her head high!
In the Imperial Palace, she could never find a man better than her xiongzhang, so Rong Yi decided to 'travel in disguise' and look for him among the people. As soon as she left the capital, Rong Yi heard that the Martial Arts Alliance Master, Yun Hendong, had invited all the world's heroes to hold a heroes' meeting at Moon Manor to choose a husband for his daughter, Yun Ni, the world's most beautiful woman. So Rong Yi decides to go to the Moon Manor. A place where heroes from all over the world would gather, a good place to find a good man.
Coincidentally, when Rong Yi arrived at the Moon Manor, the place was looking for a temporary worker to serve the heroes staying at the manor. So Rong Yi, who had neither a hero's invitation nor any potential as a maid, paid ten taels of silver to get in.
This incident again proved that Rong Yi had a skill, and that was—good luck.
*
"You want to find the number one husband in the world, so you came to Moon Manor. Are you not trying to seduce the manor owner, Master Yun?" Fu Chengfeng asked with a smile.
"Of course not! He's older than my Dad. I'm not going to marry an old man!"
"Then who are you going to marry? The young talents who have come to Moon Manor this time are all here for Yun Ni, the world's most beautiful woman and the pearl of the Martial Arts Alliance Master. They won't look at a little maid."
"Those who won't look at me, I won't look at them either." Rong Yi straightened her back and continued, "Although the purpose of the heroes' meeting is to choose a husband for Miss Yun, not all people who come here want to win the beautiful woman. There will definitely be some who are not interested in beauty and just want to join the fun in blocking Manor Master Yun from losing any face. I will choose from these people and be able to pick the best one in the world."
With a look of approval, Fu Chengfeng teased her, "Although you have a low emotional intelligence, your intelligence level is quite high."
"Of course. My mother is the smartest woman in the world, and although I haven't inherited her intelligence, I'm not stupid either." Rong Yi was so proud.
"I'm suddenly interested in your mother."
"My dad will kill you."
"Then, if I was interested in you, would your father kill me?"
Rong Yi froze. "You're interested in me?"
Fu Chengfeng unfolded his fan, and a suave smile appeared on his handsome face as he asked, "Since you have seen me looking like this, does it meet your standards of the number one husband in the world?"
Rong Yi studied Fu Fengfeng for a moment and asked very seriously, "Do you have the best skill in the world?"
"Allow me to think about it." Fu Chengfeng tapped his head with his folding fan and asked, "Does flirtation count?"
"The most flirtatious person in the world?" Rong Yi looked at Fu Chengfeng contemptuously and said, "With your conditions, you can only be considered low-class at best."
"What's wrong with my conditions?" Fu Chengfeng looked intrigued, curious to know just how bad his condition was in her eyes.
"You're poor! You can only talk about flirtation if you have money, but you can only be low-class if you don't." Rong Yi sized up Fu Chengfeng from head to toe and said, "Your clothes are made of sackcloth, the jade pendant is made of stone, and the sword is made of rotten iron. Shoes, um, shoes are okay. But it's still a bit shabby."
Fu Chengfeng was dumbfounded. Sackcloth? Stones? Iron? He was dressed in the most fashionable cotton and linen clothes, wore an ancient jade pendant, and a sword made of sharpened iron that could cut things like they were created from mud, but she made him look so bad. "And how about you? Did you paste gold on your face and step on jade with your feet?" Fu Chengfeng asked unconvincingly.
"I don't need to pretend to be flirtatious, so I don't need to wear anything that rich. Besides, my richness is natural, and I can dress like a nobleman even in coarse cloth and linen, so I don't need to put gold on my face and step on jade. You, on the other hand, are a poor man by nature. If you don't put some gold on your face, you won't be able to bring out your suave and elegant temperament!" [T/C]
"You, you, you......" Fu Chengfeng was so angry with Rong Yi that he spouted smoke through his seven orifices.
"How about this, I'll spend money to wrap you into a flirtatious gentry, and you help me find the best husband in the world. How about that?"
"You will spend money on me?"
"Yes, I will."
"How much money do you have?"
"Enough to turn you into one."
"It seems you are really rich." Fu Chengfeng clasped his hands to his chest, looking forward to being wrapped up by her as a 'flirtatious gentry'.
With her chest puffed out, Rong Yi held her head high. For the first time in her period as a maid at Moon Manor, she was full of confidence.
It wasn't easy to be flirtatious just by applying gold leaf to the face of a statue. And the last thing she needed was gold.
When she went out this time, her parents gave her some treasures. Her dad gave her a sword, telling her that 'when the sword lives, the person lives, and when the sword dies, the person dies'. Her mom gave her a warrant, instructing her to withdraw the silver tickets from the Huifeng Private Bank.
*
The following morning, Rong Yi sneaked out of Moon Manor and went to Huifeng Private Bank to collect the silver tickets. After collecting the silver tickets, she noticed the time was still early, so she went to a teahouse. She ordered a pot of good tea, threw a broken silver coin to the waiter and started to pry for information. "Little waiter, do you know who is the most flirtatious among those heroes invited by Manor Master Yun?"
The little waiter would naturally say everything he knew after receiving the reward. "The most flirtatious in today's martial world is naturally Breaking Sword That Reaches The End Of The World, the heroic Young Master Fu, Fu Chengfeng."
"Pfft—" Rong Yi spat out a mouthful of tea. "Is he really the most flirtatious person in the world?"
The little waiter nodded. "Not only is he the world's most flirtatious person, but also the world's most beautiful man." After saying this, the little waiter looked around thievishly, then lowered his voice, "Rumour has it that Miss Yun's preferred husband is him, and this time the heroes' meeting is actually held to recruit him as her husband."
Rong Yi nodded with understanding. She threw another silver coin to the little waiter and left the inn.
Rong Yi was frustrated, very frustrated.
She had originally wanted to wrap Fu Chengfeng into the world's most flamboyant man, but she had not expected him to be the world's most flirtatious gentry.
Should she admit that she was a frog in a well and had no knowledge of it? No way.
On the way back to Moon Manor, Rong Yi racked her brain and finally came up with a solution before she went through the door.
*
"The sun is already setting. If you keep leaving early and coming back late like this, I'll propose a change of maids." Fu Chengfeng threatened.
Rong Yi gave him a blank look and said, "It will be most welcome. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have proposed to change the master."
"......"
"When I went to the street today, I heard something."
"What is it?"
"You really are the most flirtatious man in the world."
"I'm glad you've had the sense to face the truth."
"So I found a problem."
"What's the problem?"
"Jianghu people are so ignorant!"
"......"
"Even if you can be considered the world's most flirtatious and beautiful man while looking like this, wouldn't my dad be the most flirtatious and beautiful man in the entire universe?"
"......"
"No, my dad is not a flirt."
"......"
Rong Yi was still rambling about how his father had completely defeated the shabby bumpkin in front of her. Fu Chengfeng had been internally wounded.
After trampling Fu Chengfeng's arrogance under her feet, Rong Yi said what she had been pondering all the way. "Since you are already considered stunning in the eyes of your jianghu people, I won't bother wrapping you up."
Fu Chengfeng immediately regained his fighting strength and gazed at Rong Yi thoughtfully for a while before saying with a smile, "You should just admit that you're not that knowledgeable."
Rong Yi was embarrassed beyond words and sighed silently in her heart. After going around in such a big circle, she was still being discovered.
"There is nothing better than knowing your mistakes and being able to correct them. I am a generous person and will never make fun of you. From now on, you will be my honest little attendant, and I will take you out to see the world."
Rong Yi was stunned. She didn't expect him not only not to make fun of her but also to be willing to take her out into the world, regardless of her past. How wonderful! She was fortunate to meet a good person as soon as she left the house.
The inexperienced Rong Yi was so touched by Fu Chengfeng's generosity that she tearfully took out two silver tickets from her pocket and handed them to him.
With a puzzled look on Fu Chengfeng's face, he asked, "Why are you giving me silver tickets for no good reason?"
Rong Yi wiped away two lines of tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "I was too moved."
Fu Chengfeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "You gave me the silver tickets because you were touched?"
Rong Yi nodded. This was how she had always expressed her gratitude since she was a child. And as far as she knew, the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace all liked her this way very much. [T/C]
Seeing Rong Yi's expression of 'you are a great man', Fu Chengfeng suddenly felt ashamed. His words, 'I won't make fun of you', were simply false. He had already made plans to make fun of her for three months, and the words that followed, 'From now on, you will be my honest little attendant, and I will take you out to see the world', were purely to show his superiority of having seen a lot of things. There was no substance to it.
He didn't expect......
She......
That was it. How could he say he was joking when she was already feeling grateful towards him?
It was just that, having started at thirteen and travelled the world for dozens of years, he had always been a loner. He had made numerous friends but never had a companion. He didn't know whether it was right or wrong to bring her around now.
He secretly sighed. Many beautiful women had tried their best to accompany him without success, but this yellow-haired girl, whose face had not even looked like a grown-up yet, was too much for him to refuse.
Maybe this was fate?
*
After she became Fu Chengfeng's little sidekick, Rong Yi completely abandoned her status as a maid—she was only a temporary worker and did not sell herself to Moon Manor. This made Fu Chengfeng speechless. This girl obviously did not understand the duties of an 'attendant'.
After Rong Yi had ordered Fu Chengfeng to run errands for her for the eighteenth time, Fu Chengfeng exploded, "I agreed to accept you as my attendant, not asking you to be my master."
Rong Yi was stunned, and then she hurriedly apologised. "Sorry, I'm used to ordering people around. Since I'm not a maid anymore, I think I'm a master, sorry."
Fu Chengfeng was speechless. "You don't have to treat me like a servant even if you treat yourself like a master, okay?"
"But there is no one else in this garden but you! If not you, then should I treat myself as a servant? Why don't you just ask Master Yun for two maids?"
How dare you even want a maid to serve you! Fu Chengfeng really wanted to knock her head with his knuckles twice, but on second thought, she had a point. She was no longer a maid at Moon Manor, so he should be given a replacement maid. "You go and talk to the steward." Fu Chengfeng instructed.
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"You're ordering me?"
"Can't I? You are my attendant now. The word 'attendant' means 'page boy' in a more literary sense or 'servant' in a more colloquial sense."
Rong Yi tilted her head and thought about it. "Doesn't 'attendant' mean companion?"
"Well, you could say that, but......"
"Companions are supposed to be equal. We are equals, so no one can order anyone around."
"But you just ordered me around."
"It was my fault just now; I won't order you around anymore."
"Okay."
A few seconds later, Fu Chengfeng suddenly realised that he seemed to have been wound up by her. Previously, they were still in the relationship between the master and the attendant, but after the detour just now, it had become the relationship between the master and the master. Looking at Rong Yi innocently eating her pastry, she did not show any sign of a flourishing villain after she had cheated on someone.
She actually had no intention of doing it that way, right?
Fu Chengfeng felt so defeated that he had accidentally been tricked by a little girl who had done it unintentionally!
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