As Lin Xuan's personal maid, Xiaozhao naturally devoted herself wholeheartedly to attending to his daily needs.
At first, Xiaozhao had felt somewhat uneasy.
She knew full well that Lin Xuan's martial arts were unrivaled and his methods unfathomable. Even her mother, Golden Flower Granny, was like a chicken or dog before him.
She had assumed that a great figure like Lin Xuan must have an eccentric temperament and be extremely difficult to serve.
Yet as they spent more and more time together, Xiaozhao realized that she had been completely wrong.
Though Lin Xuan possessed the power to look down upon the world, he showed none of the lofty, overbearing airs of a superior in daily life.
He was handsome and dashing, with an extraordinary bearing, yet he treated others with great kindness.
Along the way, he often chatted and laughed with Xiaozhao, telling her strange tales from the martial world and even recounting bizarre, fantastical stories she had never heard before.
Though Xiaozhao was nominally his maid, Lin Xuan had never made any excessive demands of her.
All she needed to do each day was serve tea and water, make the bed and fold the blankets, and occasionally massage his shoulders or pound his legs when he was tired from reading or traveling.
Not only did Lin Xuan not treat her like a servant, he took considerable care of her instead.
Whenever he came across tasty pastries or amusing little trinkets, Lin Xuan would always casually buy them and give them to her.
Sometimes, Lin Xuan would deliberately tease her a little, then burst into laughter as he watched her blush furiously and flounder in adorable embarrassment.
"Master, your tea."
Inside the inn room, Xiaozhao carried over a cup of freshly brewed hot tea to Lin Xuan, who was sitting