Do they hate me?

"It's miss! Miss, are you okay?," a maid said. "Who are you?," QiuLan asked. "Did you forget about me, miss? What happened to you miss? I am your maid, Ming'er." "Oh, well I got scared because I got lost so I probably lost some memories," QiuLan said. "Poor, miss. What are you guys waiting for!? Bring miss back and get a doctor for her!," Ming'er yelled. The soldiers exchanged glances and showed a disgusted face. Then they turned around and ignored Ming'er.

{...Do they hate me? Did I do something bad? Did I steal their money or something?...}

"What are you waiting for?," Ming'er said. The soldiers glared at Ming'er and QiuLan. {...Hey don't glare at me. I didn't do anything wrong...} Ming'er glared back at the soldiers while QiuLan raised an eyebrow. Then QiuLan smiled as said, "It's fine. I am able to walk on my own." The soldiers looked shocked. "Miss, you don't have to be nice to them when they are not nice to you," Ming'er said. "It's alright but what about you?" said QiuLan. "It's alright miss. I finally found you so walking for another five hours is fine," Ming'er smiled sweetly. They walked back while the general was on the horse.

{...I am so exhausted! Where the heck are we going! Why is it taking so long. It's already night! Why can't we just find a place to sleep. Are these people nocturnal?...}

QiuLan looked at Ming'er and Ming'er looked very awake. {...Why does she look so energetic? Isn't she supposed to be tired by now? Don't tell me QiuYing also treated her very badly. Did QiuYing starve her own maid and not make her to be able to sleep? I thought QiuYing was very pitiful because she got bullied but it looks like QiuYing bullied others too. Probably she got influenced to feel what it was like to be a bully...}

"We are here," the general said. QiuLan looked up and saw a lot of tents. There were a lot of troops patrolling. They went in the camp. "This is where you sleep miss," a soldier said. "Thank you," QiuLan responded. They went in and it was very dirty. "How could they give you such a dirty room? Let me help you clean it up," Ming'er said. "Thank you," QiuLan said. Ming'er looked very shock.

{...Did I say something wrong. Yep, I am pretty sure I was the meanest person in the world in the past...}

"Miss, did something bad happen. You are acting strange. You would never say thank you and you would always cause trouble if someone disrespects you," Ming'er said. "When someone goes through a death situation, they would start to change," QiuLan said. {...They are acting weird. QiuYing left in the afternoon and left a letter that she would come back in a few days. Why did they think I was missing and got many people to try to find me? Unless, Xia'er already told her master that I was dead and then they spread rumors that I was dead. Or I've been gone for more than a month...}

"How long have I been gone?," QiuLan asked. "About two weeks." "Why did you guys try to find me? What happened?," QiuLan asked. "Uh. Um." "Spill the beans." "Master is going to marry a concubine," Ming'er said. "Oh, ok." "Miss! That slut is a bully and disrespects you. She acts feeble in front of master and complains that you bully her! You must not accept her!," Ming'er yelled. "Shhh! We must always respect our elders. No matter how scheming that woman is, she is still our elder. Oh and do I have any brothers or sisters?," QiuLan asked. "You have a half-brother and a half-sister that is both born from the newly-concubine and master," said Ming'er. "Oh wow. This makes more sense," said QiuLan.

{...So this is how it is. The concubine( I would just call her aunt Zhang for now) already has a son and a daughter from father. My father waited for so long to marry aunt even if they already have children so he must love my mother a lot. I hope that is true or I would give them a piece of my mind...}

Ming'er looked so confused. {...Miss is acting so weird lately. She is getting so kind and understanding. I hope she stays like that...}

Ming'er cleaned up and turned around. She grew so shocked. Her Miss was actually cleaning the bed! "Miss! You shouldn't do this! Let your maid handle it!," Ming'er said and looked very scared. "It's alright. You worked hard for trying to find me so you should rest early," QiuLan said and smiled. Ming'er started crying. "Hey, don't cry. Come here," QiuLan said. Ming'er walked to QiuLan and QiuLan hugged Ming'er. "Miss, you are so kindhearted. You never been so caring before!" "In the past, I was too arrogant but now I know that making enemies is planing for death. So now, I want to be more kind so I would actually have some friends," said QiuLan. QiuLan patted and stroked Ming'er's heard.

"Let's sleep now. I want to sleep on the chair. You can sleep on the bed since you must be very tired. Do not argue with me. Just sleep," QiuLan said. Ming'er nodded and went to sleep on the bed. QiuLan blowed out the candle and slept on the chair.