The sky was a hazy dark blue, and Ran Yan made for an unremarkable figure in her dark blue satin dress as she walked through the garden. The distance from He Ya Inn to Ran Meiyu's residence at Chushui Residence was a mere few hundred meters, yet she deliberately avoided others by taking winding paths and managed to reach the entrance of Chushui Residence without encountering a single person.
"Seventeen?
Seeing Ran Yan approach, the maid finally reacted hastily bowed and greeted her, "What brings Wife here to seek my mistress?
Ran Yan came up to her without a word, only then did she open her mouth to ask, "Where is Ran Meiyu?"
"Mistress has already gone to bed, would you like..." The maid got halfway through her sentence when her vision went dark, and she began to sway, toppling backward.
Ran Yan grabbed her, took off her wooden clogs and held them in her hand, then, seizing the maid's sash, she dragged the maid back into the room she had just emerged from.
