Su Mingyu didn't even turn around. "What does it matter to you?"
Dropping these four domineering words, Su Mingyu turned around and left Ye Mansion.
Although she didn't get a promise from Qing Feng, Su Mingyu wasn't really worried that Qing Feng would truly ignore Zhi Zhu.
However, Qing Feng's attitude was really annoying. He was clearly worried but didn't want to go and check on her. Did he really think he was the tragic hero in a soap opera?
When she returned to Su Mansion, Zhi Zhu was already awake. Su Mingyu quickly stepped forward and asked her, "How are you? Do you feel okay?"
Zhi Zhu moved her dry and chapped lips and whispered, "I heard it was you, Miss, who saved me?"
Su Mingyu nodded and casually poured a cup of hot tea. Just as she was about to hand it to her, she remembered that the girl's hands were beaten so badly that she couldn't hold the cup by herself.
So Su Mingyu directly brought the cup to Zhi Zhu's lips. "Drink."
Zhi Zhu was so shocked that she leaned back. "Miss, how can I let you do this? You're the young lady."
Su Mingyu rolled her eyes. "Do you want to drink or not?"
Zhi Zhu was really thirsty. She pursed her lips and finally blushed and sipped the tea little by little.
Looking at her pale face, Su Mingyu felt a pang of heartache. "You! Didn't I tell you to rest? Why did you rush to help others? Look at you now, beaten like this!"
"I..." Zhi Zhu looked a bit aggrieved. "It was the madam who insisted I go. I'm just a servant in Su Mansion. How could I refuse what the master arranges?"
Su Mingyu tapped her on the forehead impatiently. "You're not just any servant in the Su family. You're my person. In this mansion, only I can order you around. Don't be so stupid next time and go whenever someone asks you to."
Zhi Zhu held the cup and let out a soft "oh", but tears kept falling.
Su Mingyu took out her embroidered handkerchief with heartache and wiped the tears off Zhi Zhu's face. "Stop crying. You're already so ugly. You'll be even uglier when you cry."
"Is this how you console people?" Zhi Zhu pouted and complained, crying even harder. "Miss... I'm sorry, Miss... I've made you on bad terms with the madam again. I'm sorry..."
Su Mingyu gently wiped the tears off her face and comforted her in a soft voice, "It's okay. Our relationship with them was like this anyway. Even if you hadn't appeared, we would still be at odds. This isn't your fault."
Rather, it was she who had dragged Zhi Zhu into this.
The last time Zhi Zhu was beaten, although Su Mingyu had avenged her, she had also indirectly revealed to Wang Manwen how much she cared about Zhi Zhu.
Now Su Mingyu had Gu Ruobai backing her up, and Su Zhengyi's attitude towards her had also improved a lot.
Wang Manwen didn't dare to act against her rashly. So the only way she could annoy and hurt Su Mingyu was through Zhi Zhu.
So now Zhi Zhu was like someone she had personally pushed to the edge of a cliff.
Su Mingyu let out a long sigh. "Zhi Zhu, promise me that if you really encounter something you can't handle and I'm not around, you must run away, okay?"
Judging from today's situation, Wang Manwen had taken a great interest in Zhi Zhu.
Zhi Zhu's days would only get harder in the future.
Zhi Zhu didn't quite understand what Su Mingyu meant, but she still obediently nodded. "I understand, but Miss... What kind of danger will I encounter?"
She stayed in the mansion every day. Apart from Wang Manwen and Su Yueyue, who else would hurt her?
Looking at her innocent look, Su Mingyu's lips curled up in a tender smile. "Of course, I hope you won't get hurt. But for something like what happened today, you should be more careful next time. Don't go with just anyone who calls you."
Zhi Zhu let out a soft "en". "I understand. Miss, don't educate me like I'm a child. I'm already seventeen."
"No matter how old you are, you're still a child." Su Mingyu tapped her on the forehead. "Okay, I won't bother you to rest."
"Wait a minute..." Zhi Zhu suddenly called out to Su Mingyu. "Miss, isn't this the small room in your courtyard?"
Su Mingyu nodded. "I had someone clear out a room for you as your bedroom. From now on, you'll sleep here with me."
"Ah?" Zhi Zhu opened her mouth in surprise.
"No, Miss. This doesn't conform to the rules."
Saying that, Zhi Zhu was about to get up, but Su Mingyu stopped her with a glance. "What rules? In my courtyard, you have to listen to me. Just do as I say. I am the rule!"
"But..." Zhi Zhu frowned. "I've been a maid for so many years, and I've never heard of a maid sleeping in the same courtyard as the master. This really isn't appropriate."
What if it got out and sullied Su Mingyu's reputation?
Seeing Zhi Zhu's concerns, Su Mingyu glared at her. "I said it's okay, so it's okay! Don't move. Otherwise, I'll kick you out of the mansion tomorrow."
Zhi Zhu pouted. It was obvious that she still had something to say, but she swallowed it back under Su Mingyu's displeased gaze.
"Okay, don't think so much. I can handle this. You just rest well. Recover from your injuries during this period. Otherwise, you don't want to send me off on my wedding day with such an unlucky injury, do you?"
Hearing that Su Mingyu was going to get married, Zhi Zhu immediately beamed with joy. "Yes, yes, yes! You can't have any wounds on your wedding day. I have to recover from my injuries quickly!"
Saying that, Zhi Zhu pursed her lips and smiled.
"It's so good that you're going to get married, Miss!"
Seeing her more excited than herself, Su Mingyu was both helpless and amused. "Alright, go to rest quickly."
After saying that, she turned around and left the room, closing the door for Zhi Zhu.
When she returned to her own bedroom, Su Mingyu consciously glanced at the roof. Sure enough, she saw a figure lurking in the darkness. With a curl of her lips, Su Mingyu walked straight into her room without exposing the person.
Because of what happened to Zhi Zhu, Su Mingyu surprisingly went to the main hall for breakfast the next morning.
Although what happened to Zhi Zhu wasn't a big deal, Su Zhengyi still heard about Su Mingyu suddenly wanting to move a maid into her courtyard.
Under Su Zhengyi's questioning gaze, Su Mingyu smiled and explained, "Although Zhi Zhu is my maid on the surface, Father should know that she has been by my side since childhood. We grew up together."
"Our relationship is both that of master and servant and also like sisters. So this time she made a mistake. It's my fault I didn't teach her well. I've decided to keep Zhi Zhu by my side from now on and discipline her well. Moreover, she's badly injured, and someone can take care of her by my side."
Su Zhengyi did know this. Last time, Su Mingyu had gotten really angry because someone had beaten that girl.