Chapter 8: This can also be Misunderstood

Sang Wan was already in bed, silently sitting up and watching his busyness. Seeing him looking over, her expression paused slightly, and her face also turned somewhat unnatural, slightly warm. Fortunately, the light was dim, and Shi Fengju could not clearly see her face.

"Um, I, I don't usually wake up at night..." Sang Wan said softly, eyes downcast.

If she needed to use the restroom during the night, it would inevitably disturb the maids outside, and if the maids saw the scene in the bedroom, it would be disastrous!

On hearing her, Shi Fengju's heart tightened, and he nodded noncommittally, "If you wake up, just let me know." He could then quickly clean up the bedding.

"Hmm!" Sang Wan quietly agreed, pulling down the soft gauze curtain, turning to lie down and settling in.

She heard the rustling of fabric, and Shi Fengju also lay down.

The red gauze lamp in the corner emits a faint warm yellow light, filling the room with tranquility and peace.

This kind of life is also good. Sang Wan tightened the brocade quilt wrapped around her, as a faint scent filled her nostrils, and she slipped into a sweet dream.

Shi Fengju woke up early, so Sang Wan naturally could not continue to sleep. Upon hearing him get up, Sang Wan sat up as well, grabbed her robe and quickly dressed, got out of bed, and gave Shi Fengju a smiling nod, "Good morning, young master!"

"Ah, yea, Good morning!" Shi Fengju was slightly surprised by her action and was momentarily at a loss for words.

"Young Master! Mistress!" The voice of Xingzhi rang out from outside, vaguely accompanied by the light footsteps of maids.

Having served in Ningyuan for many years, Xingzhi knew Shi Fengju's lifestyle habits like the back of her hand. Sensing that Shi Fengju must have gotten up by now, she softly knocked on the door, intending to come in and serve them.

"Wait!"

Shi Fengju and Sang Wan spoke simultaneously, both reeking of panic.

The bedding was still lying carelessly and conspicuously on the ground. If the maids barged in and saw it, there would be no need for any further words.

Shi Fengju hurriedly gathered the bedding and was about to shove it into the wardrobe when Sang Wan hurriedly stopped him, gesturing for him to put it down and quietly saying, "I'll do it!". She hurriedly spread and flattened the bedding, smoothing it down with her palm and neatly folding it up. The mattress was similarly prepared.

Stuffing everything into a ball and sticking it in the closet, who knew if any maid would see it when tidying up!

Shi Fengju knew how to set up a bed but had no idea how to fold linens properly. A woman naturally had to do these things, and she was used to it!

Seeing her neatly fold everything, Shi Fengju nodded to her with a grateful smile. They each took a piece of bedding and put them away in the wardrobe, checked each other for any lapse in appearance, and then relaxed.

"Come in!" Shi Fengju called out dispassionately.

"Yes." Xingzhi responded softly, gently pushing open the door.

The atmosphere in the house that morning was a bit strange, the serving maids had a bashful expression, their eyes and brows lowered, and the corners of their lips curved into faint smiles.

Influenced by the atmosphere, both Sang Wan and Shi Fengju also felt it was odd, but they did not understand what made it so. Thus, they both remained silent, letting themselves be tended to by the maids.

Only afterwards, when Liu Ya succumbed to her curiosity and cautiously asked Sang Wan, did Sang Wan finally understand the reason!

It turned out, everyone had interpreted their simultaneous exclamation of "Wait!" as them possibly being up to no good. Sang Wan could only look up to the sky with a loss for words, feeling like crying yet with no tears in sight.

That day, a hurry messenger from the Shi family business arrived, and Shi Fengju had to go with him, saying he had to deal with an urgent matter. He did not return for the entire day. Fortunately, his previous day's actions removed any doubt, and his sudden departure allowed the servants of Ningyuan to not hold it against Sang Wan. After she returned from paying her respects to her mother-in-law, Sang Wan leisurely ate her breakfast, went for a stroll in Ningyuan, chatted with the maids, and enjoyed her day. She felt that she had finally found her footing in this family.

This was better than her past life, wasn't it? In her past life, on this same day, he had also left her alone without a second thought, leaving her all alone and in a state of panic and vulnerability.

"Mistress, you should send someone to count your dowry in the warehouse, and have it sent to Ningyuan once done!", a handmaiden approached Sang Wan with a smile.