Today, she wore a pomegranate-red ruqun dress that made her skin seem whiter than snow, lending her a ravishing, dewy beauty.
When she saw Lin Xuan return, her eyes lit up. She was just about to happily run over when her steps abruptly halted at the sight of the two unfamiliar women behind him.
Though Wanyan Ping and Yelü Yan were presently dressed in ragged clothes and covered in dust, neither their figures nor their bearing could be concealed. One was gentle as water, the other valiant and spirited; both were beauties.
Guo Fu's pretty face instantly fell, her lips pushing out in a slight pout. Even from a distance, one could practically smell the vinegar in the air.
"Junior Brother..."
Guo Fu stepped forward, warily sizing up the two women first before tugging on Lin Xuan's sleeve with a wronged expression. "How come you only went out for a little while, yet brought back two more?"
Cheng Ying had only recently joined the household. Though Cheng Ying was mild and unassertive by nature, Guo Fu had still felt a certain sense of crisis.
And now, in the blink of an eye, there were two more! Besides, neither of them looked like they came from ordinary families.
Seeing her jealous little expression, Lin Xuan was not angered in the slightest. Instead, he found it rather adorable.
He reached out and, as naturally as could be, lightly scraped the tip of Guo Fu's pert nose, the gesture incomparably intimate.
"What? Is my little maid jealous?"
Leaning close to her ear, Lin Xuan whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, "If you're unhappy, I'll properly punish you tonight and let you learn who the master really is."
At the word "master," Guo Fu's body trembled. The embarrassing scenes