After Dressing Up As a Little Fulang

“By the way, I just remembered, today I bought so much lip balm, the store owner gave me some new trial sizes, saying that I could try other colours for different skin tones. I still have some time now; sister, would you like to try them?”

Mu Qin glanced at Xiao Cui and said, “Yes, Xiao Cui and I hit it off, so I taught her a lesson. I didn’t know there was a new version of this lip balm. Let me try it too. If possible, I’ll buy another one. Even if I don’t buy it, it doesn’t hurt to try, right?”

Xiao Cui immediately responded, “Yes.”

As long as they tried it on and found it suited them better than the original one, and if it was a different colour, they would want to buy it no matter what.

Hearing the two conversing harmoniously, the maids nearby immediately became interested and said, “You have new ones here. Let me try them. If they’re suitable, I’ll buy some more.”

Xiao Cui smiled and took out the three boxes of trial packs, letting them try each one.

Soon, there was a lot of excitement around Xiao Cui.

The maids were busy trying on the lip balm, but they didn’t notice that someone was peeking in through the window.

Upon closer inspection, the person was Xiao Miao.

Xiao Miao looked at Xiao Cui, who was surrounded by the others, and thought about the noise she had just heard. After a moment of contemplation, she understood what Xiao Cui was doing. She realized that Xiao Cui had been going out frequently over the past few days and taking a long time to return each time. It turned out that she had been going out to buy goods and then coming back to sell them in the mansion.

Xiao Miao thought she had caught Xiao Cui red-handed and glanced inside again, a hint of malice flashing in her eyes.

She planned to tell Miss Qing Yue about this, believing that Miss Qing Yue would definitely deal with cheaters like Xiao Cui. When the time came, Xiao Miao would not only be rewarded but also have the chance to take Xiao Cui’s place.

After taking Xiao Cui’s place, she would coax that naive shuanger to persuade the young master, hoping she could be promoted to the position of personal maid soon. This way, she wouldn’t have to remain as just a little maid.

Xiao Miao had a plan in her mind, and she became more and more careful in her movements, so as not to alert others. She quietly watched their actions for a while, then turned and left.

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In Qinxiang Garden.

An Yun had been writing for a while, noting down the knowledge points he still remembered and then drafting a recipe for Zang Ya. He switched between the two tasks and accidentally became engrossed in his writing.

“Fulang, it’s already very late. You need to go to bed early,” Lu He said softly from the side.

An Yun suddenly came out of his trance and looked up in the direction of Lu He. He then glanced at the bright moon in the sky and thought that tomorrow would be a sunny day.

As An Yun considered the many tasks awaiting him the next day and hoped to hear good news from Xiao Cui, he realized it was time to sleep.

He looked at Lu He beside him and smiled, “I know. I’m going to sleep now.”

Lu He bowed lightly toward An Yun and said, “In that case, I will go and prepare hot water for you to soak your feet.”

After An Yun watched Lu He leave, he looked down at the notes on his desk. He slowly put them away, sorting the recipes into one pile and the useful knowledge into another, ready to store them.

As An Yun soaked his feet and lay on the bed, he thought about discussing the share of the money with Xiao Cui the next day. He felt he should address it, rather than letting Xiao Cui help without any compensation.

However, he mused that the lip balm business was indeed very profitable. He wished he could leave the mansion and open his own shop.

But he realized that this wish might not come true in the near future. No matter how he looked at it, leaving the Zang Mansion seemed impossible.

An Yun laid on the bed, pulled the quilt to his chest, sighed, closed his eyes, and slowly fell asleep.

Before he fell asleep completely, An Yun thought that it would be better if Young Master Zang was easy to talk to. Then, he might find a way to leave the house.

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At the same time, Zang Ya, who was being missed by An Yun, had followed his father in a gallop after leaving the mansion. In less than half a day, they arrived at the boundary between the inner city and the outer city.

Zang Ke ordered him to rest where he was, and the group went directly to the nearby official residence to rest.

Before Zang Ke and the others arrived, a vanguard had already informed the local officials, so the room was prepared and tidy.

At dinner time, the official personally came out to accompany them and had prepared a table full of fine wine and food. A beautiful dancer performed below, and a slender attendant stood beside Zang Ke to pour the wine, catering to both preferences.

During the banquet, Zang Ke and Zang Ya, the father and son, seemed completely uninterested in the dancers, showing no signs of mood change.

The official, while smiling outwardly, secretly cursed in his heart. He felt that the rumours about the Zang family being eccentric were indeed true. Despite the beautiful entertainment, the father and son didn’t react at all.

Although the official was grumbling internally, his expression remained pleasant. He continued to smile and compliment Zang Ke, who only responded with a few words from time to time.

The official spoke for a while, then turned to look at Zang Ya, who had been watching the dancing girl with growing interest. His eyes lit up, and he asked directly, “Young master, are you attracted to that one?”