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"Yukino, I asked you to take care of the young lady's daily life, and this is how you take care of her? You didn't even notice when Kotone secretly ran away?" Even when Saya Kamishiro was angry, she wouldn't have that kind of domineering feeling, but the maid Yukino could tell that this time Lady Saya was really angry.
"Private Marseille............"
The maid could only bow deeply. "Miss Qinyin has never run around without permission before, and I never expected this."
After a moment of silence, Saya Kamishiro slowly calmed down and took a deep breath. "Never mind, it's not your fault. Some time ago, Kazuki Kamishiro passed away, and I didn't allow Kotone to see him one last time. The child's mood has been not good since then, but I didn't expect her to sneak out alone without saying a word."
"Is this child going through a rebellious phase?"
Kazuki Kamishiro is the head of the Kamishiro family and the husband of Saya Kamishiro. However, judging from her tone, she has no feelings or respect for her husband whatsoever. The white-haired maid is not surprised at all, as she has long known about this matter in the Kamishiro family. Let alone feelings, the lady and the master are practically strangers.
"Anyway, we need to find Koto first." More than anger, Saya was worried. Unlike her naive daughter, Saya understood the dangers outside; otherwise, she wouldn't have specifically moved to this secluded place. If her daughter encountered any trouble outside, the consequences...
She didn't even dare to think about it!
"Mom, are you talking about my sister?"
Just then, a girl in a kimono came out. "I heard your conversation. Are you looking for your sister?" "Liliko, why are you out here?" Saya frowned. "Don't worry about your sister. I'll go find her right away." Liliko Kamishiro was in poor health and had been frail and sickly since childhood, so she had always stayed in her room and rarely went out.
"But my sister is already back." "Huh?"
Maid Yukino and Saya Kamishiro were both stunned.
Ririko Kamishiro pointed outside, "I just saw it from the window. Not only is my sister back, but she brought a boy with her." Saya: "!!!"
Mrs. Saya was completely bewildered, her expression incredibly interesting. "Kotone, you've only been gone a short time, and you've already brought a man home! What on earth have you been doing outside?!" Guan Ren didn't care about anything else and rushed out of the villa in a hurry.
"Xiaoxiao, how do you know where I live?"
Following Mu Xiaoxiao, watching him skillfully navigate the deep mountains with a cane, Miss Kamishiro Kotone was filled with pity. "Have you been to my house before?"
"Of course I haven't been there. This is our first time meeting, Kotone. It's just that I have superpowers."
In just one or two hours, the two were already calling each other by name. Mu Xiaoxiao didn't know why this girl, who was initially very wary of her, had accepted her so quickly. Was it really as she said, that I had the ability to get close to girls? How come I didn't know that?
However, Mu Xiaoxiao was willing to help her for two reasons. Firstly, she had a lot of free time now. Secondly, she was curious about the girl's identity, such as a noblewoman living deep in the mountains. In addition, she thought she should help such a naive young lady as much as possible.
He's not as eager for his wish list as he used to be, but he'll still lend a hand to girls in trouble. "Superpowers, so that's what they are."
Mu Xiaoxiao was a little surprised, "You know there are superpowers in this world?" "I didn't know."
"Then why did you believe it?! Shouldn't a normal person be skeptical first? What if I was lying to you?"
"Huh? Are you lying to me?"
Mu Xiaoxiao covered her head in silence. Goodness, this girl isn't normal either, is she? I can understand your mother now. With your naive personality, Miss, the outside world is indeed too dangerous. I can trick her into having a second child, okay?
I'm not lying to you.
"If I had encountered this supernatural power sooner, I could have saved my father," said Kotone Kamishiro, her mood turning somber as she stepped on a broken branch in the woods, her expression sorrowful.
“My father died of a serious illness, but my mother wouldn’t let me see him one last time, as if he were an enemy… I don’t understand why.” These words had been stuck in Kotone’s heart for a long time, and she had never told anyone. Perhaps she could only say them to Mu Xiaoxiao, who had just become her friend.
Mu Xiaoxiao didn't speak. He always felt that this girl's family background was a bit complicated. But then again, she was from a noble family, so it wasn't surprising. Even if Miss Qinyin's mother was the mastermind who murdered her father to seize the family property, it didn't seem impossible.
Mu Xiaoxiao was full of malice towards Ruimo.
“Superpowers aren’t omnipotent, at least not in terms of birth, aging, sickness, and death… I can’t defy those things for now,” Mu Xiao said sincerely. “So, even if you ask me to treat your marriage, I can’t do it.”
These words might have been a comfort to Kotone Kamishiro.
As they talked, guided by the search stick, Mu Xiaoxiao and Kamishiro Kotone walked smoothly through the dense forest. When they saw a faint green path appear under their feet, Mu Xiaoxiao knew they were almost there.
Sure enough, two minutes later, the two walked through the bushes and suddenly found themselves in a bright and open space. In this deserted forest, a villa had inexplicably appeared, sitting alone deep in the mountains. Mu Xiaoxiao looked at the girl beside her and then glanced at the somewhat out-of-place mansion.
Fox with piercing eyes.
"It's starting to feel like a plot from a horror movie." "What?"
"No, it's nothing," Mu Xiaoxiao sensed something but didn't detect anything special inside; they were all ordinary people, and she immediately lost interest.
Now that I've brought you back, I should be going.
He didn't seem to have any intention of going in.
"How can this be?" Kamishiro Kotone swiftly grabbed Mu Xiaoxiao's arm. The gentle young lady's expression was surprisingly insistent. "You helped me; you absolutely must reciprocate. At least come to my house for a chat and a cup of tea."
"I suspect your mother doesn't like me." Mu Xiaoxiao squinted her dead fish eyes.
"That's not true, Gasan is a very gentle person... Qinyin, where did you go?"
As they were talking, Kotone's mother appeared. In Mu Xiaoxiao's mind, she thought she would be a strict and arrogant woman, after all, she was a noblewoman and seemed to have a lot of means, so she must be very powerful. But when she actually met her, Mu Xiaoxiao was very surprised. This woman named Kotone was not very sharp or tough. Unlike women like Mira, she had a kind of Japanese Nadeshiko-like charm.
"You actually ran off by yourself! When did you become so reckless?" She hurried to her daughter, her face showing undisguised concern. "Do you know how worried your mother will be?"
"Excuse me," Kotone Kamishiro said, head bowed, "I just wanted to clear my head..."
Saya Kamishiro sighed. She knew her daughter was troubled by her father's situation. The beautiful woman didn't continue the conversation, but instead turned to Mu Xiaoxiao. "Why did you bring a stranger home, Kotone? Don't you know that's dangerous? Especially a boy... um?"
The beautiful Mrs. RQ had just shown a worried expression when it was replaced by surprise. After seeing Mu Xiaoxiao's face clearly, she paused for a moment and exclaimed, "It's you?"
Ok?
Does Mom know Xiaoxiao?
Mu Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered, and the image of being hit by a car flashed through her mind. Her lips twitched violently. "So it was you."
"I didn't expect to see you again, Miss Driver." - Saya Kamishiro
Chapter 228 The Madam is Going Crazy
Quiet........
The forest suddenly became very quiet, with only the rustling of leaves in the wind and the chirping of cicadas. Kotone Kamishiro covered her mouth with her hands and watched the two of them together with Yukino, the maid behind her mother.
They stared at each other, wide-eyed.
Kotone looked at her mother for a while, then her gaze fell on Mu Xiaoxiao. Several question marks popped into her head. Did her mother know him?
At this moment, Saya Kamishiro was at her most helpless. She was very worried when she heard that her daughter had secretly run away, but she breathed a sigh of relief when she found that her eldest daughter had returned home safely.
But when she discovered that her daughter had brought a stranger to their home, and that the stranger was a boy.
Guan knew how nervous she was, but when she was shocked to discover that this boy was actually the same boy she had briefly met before, the nervousness disappeared, but she still felt very strange and subtle.
"It was you!" Saya Kamishiro had a deep impression of him. That night, she accidentally bumped into him and thought it would cause serious consequences, but nothing happened at all. He got up as if nothing had happened, which surprised everyone.
Although that meeting took place at night, Saya Kamishiro had a deep impression of Mu Xiaoxiao and recognized him immediately. Saya Kamishiro sized up the boy in front of her.
"I was quite surprised by the driver. She's changed so much. If I didn't have a good memory, I probably wouldn't have recognized her," Mu Xiaoxiao said with a nonchalant compliment. "She's gone from a driver to an elegant lady. I almost don't dare to look at her."
"Mom, do you know each other?"
"I wouldn't say we know each other, just met once," Mu Xiaoxiao replied. It was a serious answer, but he kept casting a subtle glance at the beautiful Mrs. Kamishiro Saya. "Although we only met once, your mother left a deep mark on me that I can't forget."
"Please don't use such a misunderstanding," Kamishiro Saya glared at him angrily. Thinking of the charm she had shown that night, Kamishiro Saya blushed and felt a little embarrassed, but said, "If we're talking about memorable moments, you're not bad either, especially that crazy request. I haven't seen anything like it in all these years."
Seeing the two of them acting as riddle solvers, especially since they seemed to have such a good understanding, Kotone felt like an outsider and interrupted them, "Mom, don't stand here talking, it's impolite. Let Xiaoxiao come inside and sit down."
Saya Kamishiro grasped her daughter's slender arm and took a deep breath. "Kotone, you've only known each other for a short time, and you're already calling each other by our first names?"
Qin Yin has been too well protected by me; she has no experience with the outside world. Her naivety makes her easily deceived. Although she doesn't seem like a bad person, you can't judge a book by its cover.
“However, I still want to thank you, Mu-kun, for bringing the zither back,” Kamishiro Saya changed the subject, her elegant and slender body leaning forward slightly, bowing deeply. “Otherwise, I would have been really worried that she might have encountered bad people, and there was also the accident last time. So, as a token of my gratitude and apology, Mu-kun, please come and have a seat at our home.”
This is such a hassle. I wish he could leave on his own. I don't know if bringing him home is a good thing or a bad thing. ...
The gentle and elegant lady smiled charmingly. Her tight dress perfectly accentuated her sexy and alluring figure, highlighting her amazing curves. Her delicate features were a combination of angel and devil, and her fair and delicate skin was so well-maintained that it was impossible to guess her exact age. Standing next to her daughter, she looked more like a sister.
This femme fatale who can drive men mad is no less than Teacher Touka and Lady Mira.
However, Mu Xiaoxiao, who can read minds, couldn't hold back. "Madam, do you want to listen to what you're thinking?" Her face was full of kind and gentle expression, but inside she was thinking, "Am I crazy?"
Judging from her enthusiastic invitation, who would guess that she wanted to get rid of him?
Mu Xiaoxiao forced a mischievous smile. "Mrs. Kamishiro, it's getting late, I should go back soon." "Then..."
Saya Kamishiro's eyes lit up.
“But since you’ve invited me so warmly, it would be so embarrassing to refuse,” Mu Xiaoxiao said with a bright smile. “So I’ll gladly accept your invitation and take my leave for now.”
The beautiful woman's smile froze on her face.
[This boy... he's so infuriating. Oh well, let him come. At least I'm here to keep things in check and prevent Kotone from getting too close to him. I'll definitely shut this guy up.]
"What's wrong, Lady Kamishiro?" Mu Xiaoxiao teased her with her eyes, "Could it be that you're saying you welcome me, but you don't actually want to entertain me?" "No, Mu-kun, please come in."
[Did he read my mind? Impossible, right? He's just a student, how could he do something like that? It must just be my imagination.] Saya Kamishiro's inner thoughts were running wild, her mind racing, but she didn't show it on her face. Mu Xiaoxiao, amazed by her enthusiastic smile, followed her into the villa in a carefree manner.
The maid Yukino was making tea for the guests. This young and beautiful maid secretly glanced at Mu Xiaoxiao a few times. As a servant of the Kamishiro family, she had been serving Madam Kamishiro Saya since she was a child. She could sense the strange atmosphere between those people.
However, the boy named Mu Xiaoxiao had a rather special aura; he didn't seem to be an ordinary person.
However, these were not things a maid should worry about. Yukino placed the black tea in front of Mu Xiaoxiao, then stepped aside and listened to their conversation silently, her gaze occasionally sweeping over the young lady.
Miss Qinyin kept looking at him, as if she cared about him a lot.
“Madam Saya, I’m a little curious, why do you live in a place like this, deep in the mountains and forests?” Mu Xiaoxiao took a sip of the maid’s black tea. It tasted good, but it was still inferior to the cooking skills of Rurikawa Tsubaki.
This is the first time I've known that people live here. Although I'm not from this town, even people who have lived here for over ten years don't know you exist. Mu Xiaoxiao put down her cup, leaned forward slightly, and looked at the noblewoman with a searching gaze.
Kotone Kamishiro also focused her gaze on her mother, though she was unsure of the specific reason.
For a moment, a hint of helplessness crossed Kamishiro Saya's beautiful face. "Mu-kun, it's very impolite to ask about someone's secrets like that. Even if we knew, it wouldn't do any good. Our living here won't disturb the peace of that rural town. In the end, we never intended to have any contact with outsiders."
"But I'm just curious," Mu Xiaoxiao said, resting her chin on her hand, "Madam Saya, can't you tell me?"
Saya Kamishiro pursed her bright red lips and gave him a soft, disdainful look. "I'm sorry, Mu-kun, this is a family secret, I can't tell you." "Mom, can't even I know? I'm your daughter," Kotone Kamishiro interjected.
[If it weren't to escape those bastards, how could I possibly hide in this desolate, remote mountain forest? Qinyin, oh Qinyin, it's not that I'm hiding from you, but the truth is too cruel for you. Your father's secretary, that dangerous man, actually wanted to turn us into slaves, into lewd women with lewd minds, to play with me and my daughters.]
[And all of this was tacitly approved by your father, who wanted to use us to curry favor with powerful nobles. To him, his wife and daughters were nothing more than tools to be used. But it was precisely because we were hiding in this place that we were able to get through these years unscathed, and that our daughters were able to grow up safely...]
Lady Saya sighed softly, "Kotone, these family matters are too early for you. You don't need to worry about them now." "I see, it's because of the fleeing."
Mu Xiaoxiao read through all her thoughts and nodded in sudden understanding. "That makes sense. I knew it. A perfectly good noble lady would give up a life of seclusion in the mountains. There's no other reason than to be an escapee."
Saya Kamishiro looked utterly disappointed.
Mu Xiaoxiao turned her head and said, "Qinyin, your mother is right. These secrets are still too early for you. You may not be able to accept them right away, so don't ask."
"I originally thought that Kotone's mother was some kind of mastermind trying to seize the family fortune. I was wrong. I didn't expect that Mrs. Saya was a good person, while her father did all sorts of bad things. Sigh, I really didn't expect that."
After speaking, she adopted a serious expression and said with great emotion, "For the sake of her daughter's safety, you brought them here to hide and raised her with great difficulty. Mrs. Saya, you are truly a gentle and good mother."
Saya Kamishiro was completely numb. She looked at her stunned daughter, then at the moved Mu Xiaoxiao, and felt a surge of frustration. "This...this boy...you know these secrets might be unacceptable to Kotone, so why say them?! Don't think you can just say it like that!"
I won't hold it against you. After all, how did he even know all this?! Even Yukino doesn't know these secrets, so why would an outsider? ...)
"Mom, is this true?"
Kotone Kamishiro was indeed shocked, as if she were a wooden statue. "Father...he wanted to hurt us, that's why you brought us here to hide, that's why you won't let me see Father?"
The maid Yukino's eyes widened as well. How could a maid like me hear such a thing?
Faced with her daughter's persistent questioning, Saya Kamishiro didn't know how to answer. Realizing she could no longer hide it, she glared at Mu Xiaoxiao in annoyance before meeting her daughter's gaze with a complicated expression.
"Kotone, now that you know, Mom won't hide it anymore. But before that, Mom wants to talk to Mu-kun alone. Go back to your room first, and I'll tell you everything then... Yukino, go take care of Kotone,"
Despite being greatly shocked, under the persuasion and comfort of the beautiful lady, Kotone Kamishiro went upstairs to her room. When Mu Xiaoxiao was alone with Saya Kamishiro, the beautiful lady showed a strong sense of vigilance and a hint of tension that was not easily detected.
"How do you know these things?"
Chapter 229 The Madam is Very Curious
"Why do you know these things?" Kamishiro Saya was quite sensitive about this matter. The beautiful lady re-examined the boy in front of her, staring into Mu Xiaoxiao's dark eyes. "Are you someone sent by Kamishiro Ikki? No, that bastard is already dead. You... could you be someone from Erihara?"
"Ryouhara?" Mu Xiaoxiao raised an eyebrow. "This Ryouhara is the secretary of that Kamishiro Ikki?" "You're not one of his people?"
Sayo Kamishiro let out a long sigh. "That's right. If you were one of his people, he should be standing in front of me by now."
Mu Xiaoxiao found the woman's relaxed demeanor amusing. "Isn't your husband already dead? This Yuan is just a secretary, right? Why do you seem so afraid of him?"
Saya Kamishiro felt a bitter taste in her mouth. Now that Mu Xiaoxiao knew, she stopped beating around the bush and told her everything, "Yuan... he is an extremely dangerous man. Although he is just a secretary, he is very ambitious and resourceful."
“If I hadn’t accidentally discovered his true colors back then, we might still be in the dark,” Kamishiro Saya took a sip of coffee to calm herself down. It was clear that she was indeed very wary of this man named Hara. “That man controls the women of the Kamishiro family, including their property. I even suspect that Kamishiro Ikki’s illness was caused by him.”
At this point, Lady Saya clenched her fists tightly, the veins on her fair hands bulging. "Serves him right." "But now the Kamishiro family is completely in his hands."
“Looks like a troublesome fellow,” Mu Xiaoxiao nodded thoughtfully, pushing the empty cup toward the madam. “But Madam Saya doesn’t seem to care much about the family fortune, does she? More important than money is her own safety and that of her daughter.”