Chapter 4 - Mother's Chest

The brown chest, looks foreign. Ning Xiao Yu did not find any memories of this chest.

The chest is locked, and she doesn't have the key. But Ning Xiao Yu was not confused, opening locks was her specialty. She pulled out the bobby pins, straightened them and inserted the bobby pins into the keyhole.

She was fiddling with the keyhole, then ...

"Click"

The sound of an open lock was heard, it meant that the chest could be opened. Ning Xiao Yu opened it and there were hundreds of gold in the chest, there were also jewelry and two pieces of paper.

Ning Xiao Yu read the first paper because it looked like an abandoned diary or note.

"Yu-er, if you find this chest. That means mom is gone, I can't take care of you anymore. The things in this chest are your dowry. I left this for you, you can use it as you wish. And one paper again is the property rights to a courtyard in the east of the city. Mother bought it just in case, if you don't marry into a good family. I know that Zhao Qian won't let you go so take care of it. Greetings from your mother. "

"So this chest belongs to her mother. And the greatest part is that the rest of the paper is the title to a courtyard east of town. That could be my place to live for a while."

Ning Xiao Yu kept the chest. After putting away all the items, she felt strange.

Why didn't Xiao Liang come back from earlier. Even though she only told her to get water to drink.

***

"Hey, Xiao Liang. Is your Miss already conscious. If she is aware then hurry away. We are sick of seeing your face. Hehehehe" A servant girl around 18-19 years old pushed Xiao Liang.

Luckily the water that Xiao Liang brought didn't spill, and she just fell.

"We're leaving, but Miss just woke up. So she doesn't have to go. Let Miss rest for a bit before we leave." Xiao Liang hobbled to her feet.

"Heh, you'd better leave as soon as possible so as not to spoil the view of this mansion." Another girl chimed in.

While Xiao Liang was stopped and bullied, Ning Xiao Yu was looking for her.

"Where is that girl. Damn, the owner of this body doesn't memorize the floor plan of this house." Ning Xiao Yu grumbled.

Ning Xiao Yu had been walking for half an hour and had not found Xiao Liang.

Just as she was about to return to her yard, she suddenly heard a moaning voice and a voice of mock fun. Ning Xiao Yu immediately walked towards the voice.

When she got there, she saw Xiao Liang curling up. She seemed to be protecting something in her arms, while the girls who were dressed like servants kicked her hard many times.

"Hey, trash. Why are you curling up, get up and show your face." Said one of the servant girls who kicked her.

"Get up, trash. You have to get out of this house. We don't want to see that face of yours. Hahahaha" Another girl scoffed while laughing seeing Xiao Liang being bullied.

Ning Xiao Yu who saw this was silent. She was deciding whether she should kill the girl or incapacitate her, or better kick her into the pool.

Accidental there a pool beside the servant girls.

Ning Xiao Yu lowered her head and saw pebbles scattered around her. Suddenly she had an idea, she gathered up the pebbles and held one of them in her hand.

She aimed at the servant girl who was stepping on Xiao Liang. After that she threw the pebble at her.

Shuu

The pebble hit the servant girl's waist.

"Ouch"

The servant girl felt pain in her waist. She looked right and left, but apart from them and Xiao Liang there was no one else here. She shivered a little but ignored the pain, she thought it was just a hallucination.

Ning Xiao Yu threw out another pebble. This time the target was another servant girl.

Shuu

The stone hit the back of her neck.

"Ahh, who the hell threw pebbles at me." The servant girl suddenly shouted.

"You were also thrown, I also hit the waist earlier. But I thought it was just my hallucination." The servant girl who had kicked Xiao Liang earlier joined in.

Ning Xiao Yun threw another stone. This time it was about the servant girl who was watching and didn't speak. The rock hit her back.

"Ouch, it hurts. Why did I get it too." The servant girl grumbled.

"You remember not, if in the past the sixth miss had drowned in this pool." The servant girl who was not hit by the stone suddenly spoke.

"D-Don't tell me it's the ghost of the sixth miss." Another servant girl spoke with a stutter. Suddenly all the servant girls had goosebumps.

Ning Xiao Yu idly laughed in a sinister voice.

"Hihihihi."

All the servant girls who heard that immediately ran away in fear. They scattered in all directions, like a chicken that had lost its head.

They ran while shouting the same words.

"Ahhhhh .... There is a ghost of the sixth miss near the pool."

***

After all the servant girls left, Ning Xiao Yu came out and walked towards Xiao Liang.

"Xiao Liang, they're gone. You can stand up now. Let's go away from this house. I'm sick of seeing their faces."

Xiao Liang who was curling up heard a familiar voice.

"Miss ... I'm sorry, I was late for drinking water." Xiao Liang's voice trembled a little.

"Never mind. Let's get out of this house. Let's go through the back door. I don't want to meet those idiots." Ning Xiao Yu pulled Xiao Liang up to her feet and walked towards the back door of the courtyard.

Strangely the back door was not guarded. There are no guards at all.

"That's weird, do they want to see my face humiliated or not? Why is there no guard at the back door? Whatever, I just need to get out of this house, then I'm free to go anywhere." Ning Xiao Yu left the house and came to the front of the alleyway which was a shortcut to the prime minister Qin's house.

After looking around for a while, she walked towards the east to go to the east district.

The prime minister's house was in the southern district, so they had to walk some distance to get to the eastern district.

After 20 minutes, Ning Xiao Yu and Xiao Liang walked out of the southern district and entered the eastern district.

Unlike the southern district which was deserted because it was inhabited by nobles. The eastern district is very crowded, because most of the townspeople live in the eastern district.

Even though it was almost night, the eastern district was very busy. The atmosphere is like there is a festival, many people are walking, some are eating, some are chatting, and some are shopping.

"Woah miss, the eastern district is very crowded. Now where are we going to go miss?" Xiao Liang looked here and there, like a little girl who had just gone to the market.

"We're going to go somewhere in the eastern district. There's a courtyard my mother bought here. We can stay there for now." Ning Xiao Yu looked around for a while, then walked towards the housing in the eastern district.

Housing in the eastern district is an elite area. Only rich people can own houses there. Ning Xiao Yu and Xiao Liang went to the housing estate, but were stopped by the guards there.