The Feeling of Being Treated as a Person

"Master?"

Just as Ye Liuyun was sighing, feeling he might be getting a bit carried away.

Xing'er, who was beside him, suddenly spoke in a low voice.

"This servant didn't mean to hide it from Master."

Her tone clearly showed she was worried Ye Liuyun would blame her for not speaking up sooner.

That worried little expression made Ye Liuyun unable to help but laugh.

Then he flicked Xing'er's forehead with his finger.

"Alright, Master here isn't that petty. Go have someone heat some water. Master wants to bathe before sleeping!"

"This servant will go now!"

Seeing that Ye Liuyun truly didn't mean to blame her, Xing'er immediately smiled, happily agreed, and quickly went to prepare water for Ye Liuyun.

While bathing.

Xing'er was still serving beside him, massaging Ye Liuyun's shoulders.

"Master, Madam, she..."

Xing'er's expression changed for a while, hesitating several times, speaking with inner trepidation.

But she didn't know how to continue.

Just then, Ye Liuyun, leaning against the wooden tub with his eyes closed, continued Xing'er's words.

"You want to say that some of the things your Madam just said are true, and some are false, right?"

"Ah!"

Xing'er looked over with some surprise, seemingly not expecting Ye Liuyun to say it so directly, but Xing'er had no intention of refuting it.

As Sheng Lanzhi's personal maid, many of Sheng Lanzhi's matters were even completed by Xing'er on her behalf, so Xing'er was very clear about some of Sheng Lanzhi's situations.

Although most of the words Sheng Lanzhi said while drinking with Ye Liuyun were true, some parts did not match reality.

At least, in Xing'er's opinion, Sheng Lanzhi was never a weak person. From childhood to adulthood, if there was something she wanted, even if there was no way to get it openly, she would resort to some underhanded tricks behind the scenes to get her hands on it.

Although she didn't know what Sheng Lanzhi wanted to do, Xing'er was still worried that Ye Liuyun would be deceived by trusting Sheng Lanzhi too much.

She just didn't expect that without her reminding him, Ye Liuyun had already seen through it.

"Master, you saw through it long ago?"

"Half and half!"

Ye Liuyun said indifferently.

Sheng Lanzhi was still very smart, deliberately pushing the reason for Ye Liufeng wanting to kill him entirely onto Ye Liufeng, likely worried that he would become suspicious.

But in reality, after his strength increased, Ye Liuyun's mindset also changed.

"In this world, whether a person is strong or smart doesn't really matter. What's most important is whether they have value."

Sheng Lanzhi was putting on an act with him, but wasn't he doing the same?

He had just said a lot, but for Ye Liuyun, only a few things were truly important. Keeping Sheng Lanzhi around could provide him with funds, materials needed for cultivation, and even martial arts manuals.

This saved him the time he would otherwise have to spend worrying about these things.

This was Sheng Lanzhi's value.

Listening to Ye Liuyun's words, Xing'er nodded, half understanding.

"This servant was overthinking!"

Anyway, knowing that Ye Liuyun hadn't been deceived was enough for Xing'er, so she didn't dwell on it and instead focused on massaging Ye Liuyun's shoulders.

However.

While Xing'er had cleared things up, Ye Liuyun turned his head to look at Xing'er and said playfully.

"You know your Madam has ill intentions, and you still told me. Aren't you afraid Sheng Lanzhi will punish you if she finds out?"

Normally, Xing'er was Sheng Lanzhi's attendant and should naturally side with Sheng Lanzhi.

Instead of panicking at Ye Liuyun's words, Xing'er chuckled softly after thinking of something.

She said in a low voice.

"This servant was sold into the Sheng Residence from a young age and has been by Madam's side. From a young maid, I gradually became Madam's personal attendant. I have seen many people, but only Master has ever treated me as a person!"

Even though Sheng Lanzhi had said she trusted her many times, Xing'er knew that it was only because the other party needed her to do things honestly.

While at the Sheng Residence, Xing'er had seen many maids and servants who were casually beaten to death just for saying one wrong word, or whose masters would vent their anger on the maids and servants after encountering something unpleasant outside.

It was only by being quick-witted that Xing'er had survived until now, and even so, she had been beaten with a staff several times.

Only with Ye Liuyun did Xing'er feel the equality of being treated as an ordinary person.

That was not something that could be replaced by saying a few nice words.

Ye Liuyun really hadn't expected it to be because of this. He had originally thought it might be because he had some protagonist's halo, and with a shake of his body, he would make others submit.

He shook his head with a chuckle, waved his hand, and said.

"Alright, it's getting late. You should go back and rest early too."

"Understood, Master!"

With a sweet smile, Xing'er waited until she had served Ye Liuyun to rest before leaving.

When she returned to the Backyard.

At this time, Sheng Lanzhi was sitting back in the courtyard. The drunkenness on her face from earlier had completely disappeared.

Seeing Xing'er return, Sheng Lanzhi looked up.

"Your relationship is much closer than I imagined."

Before, I didn't think much of it, but now it seems the relationship between Ye Liuyun and Xing'er is indeed better than I expected.

"I..."

Xing'er wanted to explain.

But Sheng Lanzhi didn't pay attention and said directly,

"No need to explain, this is quite good. From now on, if he has anything, he can report it to me in time."

Sheng Lanzhi trusted Xing'er very much.

She only thought that the other party had a good relationship with Ye Liuyun, but she never thought that Xing'er would betray her.

Xing'er didn't refute, but instead responded seriously,

"Understood, Madam!"

Anyway, she just agreed. When the time came, she would just say a few insignificant pieces of news, and Sheng Lanzhi wouldn't be able to do anything.

Thinking about what happened today, Sheng Lanzhi still felt it was a bit unbelievable.

"That guy Ye Liufeng died at just the right time."

If it wasn't Ye Liuyun who appeared tonight, but Ye Liufeng, she would probably be thinking about how to prevent her shops from being targeted right now.

Yan Shuzhu's actions.

They were faster than Ye Liuyun had imagined.

Just the next day, Ye Liuyun's identity issue had already been resolved.

Brocade Guard Ye Liufeng was harmed by a villain. His younger brother, Ye Liuyun, in order to avenge his brother, took his place and entered the Brocade Guard, secretly investigating and enduring hardships, finally avenging his brother.

In consideration of Ye Liuyun's state of mind, Ye Liuyun was specially approved to become a Brocade Guard Centurion and continue his service.

When Ye Liuyun heard this news, he couldn't help but laugh.

Speaking of which, it also gave Ye Liufeng a dignified death.