Going Out

Being already inside the bathtub, Huan Meirong warmed up the water after taking out her anger.

*Flop* She undressed and threw her wet clothes onto the floor before bathing. She only took up to ten minutes to bathe as she wanted to sleep a little; she was tired.

*Slosh*

*Splash*

She got up from the water and went out of the bathtub, splashing some water around.

Once out, she dried her hair and wet clothes, and after dressing up she went to bed but she only slept for a bit more than an hour; she had planned to go out early so she woke up some minutes before seven.

Zhi'er was still asleep; hence, she waited for him to wake up seated before the table.

When Zhi'er awoke, he got out of the bed right away as he saw the bright sun outside. He quickly tidied up his clothes and when he did it, he saw the marks of lashes on his thin arms. He was surprised; he had completely forgotten what had happened yesterday because his body didn't hurt anymore despite the lashes being still visible.

'How could…' He wondered as he turned his body back to face the bed to look at his miss but unlike to what he was expecting to see, his miss wasn't there.

"Huh?! Eldest Miss?" He said aloud from his disconcert.

"Zhi'er, are you ready?" She asked with a slight drowsy voice. She had only waited for a quarter of an hour but she was already getting sleepy; she hadn't slept enough.

The little kid shivered from the shock, and with a jump, he turned his body and strode out of the screen division. There, he saw his miss sitting before the table and supporting her head with her hand. She had her eyes closed as always and some strands of black hair were covering her pretty face.

"Is eldest miss awake?" Zhi'er asked with some incredulity.

"Hmmh… yeah," she said as she raised her head, adding, "But Zhi'er, you haven't answered, are you ready?"

"Ah, eldest miss. Zhi'er is sorry… Zhi'er…"

Huan Meirong who still hadn't gotten her answer slowly stood up and walked towards where his voice came with light steps and cut his words, "It's alright. There is nothing for Zhi'er to apologise," she patted his head and turned to the entrance, saying as she walked, "If Zhi'er is ready, let's go. We are going out today. I want to buy some things."

Zhi'er, who had just come out of the stupor of having awoken so late and after his miss, got startled again. He chased after her and promptly advised, "Eldest miss, Zhi'er can buy those things. Eldest miss doesn't need to tire her body."

She heard the worry in his words but said, "There's nothing to worry, two weeks had passed and my body is better. I feel so much better that for the first time, I really want to go out."

Zhi'er stopped and saw how his miss stretched his body once the sunlight touched her skin; he didn't say anything else to persuade her to not go out and just nodded before following her. His miss had always been in this shabby courtyard since he was brought in and he had never seen her stepping out.

He had wanted to bring his miss out to stroll before but he never put it into words; he knew things weren't that simple. Before being sold here, he had lived a year or so in the streets and had seen more than what a normal child is allowed to see. His miss was so beautiful but had no strength and was blind so from whichever point he saw it, things were destined to be detrimental for her.

When he reached her side, he asked, "Where does eldest miss would like to go?"

She didn't answer but asked instead, "Where can someone exchange something for some gold?"

He didn't even gave a thought and replied, "There is a place like that next to the little artefact store of eldest miss' maternal family."

'Little store… maternal family… hmmh…' She began to doubt that something "little" could be related to this body's mother. Whatever the case, she shouldn't care about it right now.

Therefore, at length, she replied, "Then, we go there."