Was this little girl's reaction a bit too calm?
The driver felt a surge of frustration stuck in his throat. But considering the young master beside him had a cleanliness obsession, he wasn't sure if he should let it out.
...She was the adopted daughter of the Mu Group's family. Didn't this girl in front of him understand what this identity meant?
Even if she was just an adopted daughter, being associated with the Mu family and having the old master's will as a guarantee, she would be among the lucky 1% at the top of the social pyramid.
This was almost a complete turnaround of her life, a reversal of fate. From then on, her life would be completely different.
But what Lu Xue seemed to care about at the moment was the used roll of toilet paper in her hand and the broken flush toilet in the bathroom that hadn't been fixed yet.
She stood still for a moment and noticed that the two men were also standing there motionless, as if they had a thousand words to say to her but were stuck in their throats.
Lu Xue gave them a strange look.
Why weren't they leaving? Did they want to stay for dinner?
A few minutes later, seeing that the two men were still standing at the door, Lu Xue pointed uncertainly at the two cold dishes on the wooden table beside her.
"...Well, do you... want to have something to eat with me?"
Driver: "..."
Mu Yuze: "..."
...
A few minutes later, the three of them were sitting around the wooden table.
The table was covered with dust. Since he sat down, Mu Yuze's attention had been on a wooden hole on the edge of the table.
The surface of the old wooden table was pitted, as if it had been gnawed on. In one of the pits near Mu Yuze, an ant was struggling to climb down.
Mu Yuze stared intently at the ant, watching it climb down and then climb back up. His brows didn't even wrinkle once. He was as steady as a mountain.
The driver was already hungry and was waiting for the girl to serve the dishes. While waiting, he didn't forget about his main task and tried to persuade the girl.
"Miss Lu, do you have any concerns? Are you worried that we're scammers?"
"Don't worry. You can check our identity information! We're definitely not scammers. We're here sincerely to invite you back."
Lu Xue responded casually: "Yeah, thanks for your kindness." Her tone was rather perfunctory.
The driver looked around the room and thought this girl was living such a miserable life!
At this young and beautiful age, other girls might be busy attending balls, horse races, and flower - arranging classes, attracting young boys and shining brightly. But this girl could only huddle in this dilapidated old house. Her parents were dead, and she was guarding a dry well outside. He didn't even know how she made a living...
Thinking of this, he felt a chill down his neck.
Could it be true what the villagers said? Did she make a living in some shady way?
If so, what would happen to the young master?
Considering the girl's acceptance level, they had only told her half of the content of the will. In fact, it wasn't just about "taking her back as an adopted daughter"!
Just as he was having these wild thoughts, a sudden burst of fire came from the kitchen in front!
The driver trembled and rushed over: "Lu Lu... Miss Lu? Is there a fire?"
When he got there, he saw the girl calmly adding a piece of firewood under the stove. She turned around and comforted him.
"It's okay. I just added too much firewood, and the flames flared up."
Driver: "..."
...What kind of cooking method was this from decades ago!
...
Dozens of minutes later.
"The dishes are served."
Lu Xue usually ate simply by herself. Since she had guests today, she cooked two or three good dishes to play the hostess.
Seeing that the two men didn't pick up their chopsticks, she warmly greeted them.
"Don't be shy. Help yourselves. Don't be constrained! You must eat while it's hot. It won't taste good when it gets cold!"
The girl thought she was being extremely generous.
But the driver and Mu Yuze both had strange expressions on their faces.
After a long time, the driver quietly picked up a bit of the blackish thing that looked like an eggplant in the corner: "Hehe, Miss Lu Xue's cooking skills are really good."
Lu Xue felt a bit smug: "Of course. Cauliflower has always been my specialty."
The driver choked.
He desperately looked to his young master for help and found that Mu Yuze was just staring at the ants that had gathered into a ball in front of him, as focused and serious as an old monk in meditation.