(′~`●) Don't even think about it. There's no saving you!
"..."
After hesitating for a long while, Lin Daiyu ultimately didn't dare defy her status and lay hands on her own master. So all she could do was sit quietly to the side, secretly sobbing and choking back tears.
A good while later, when she saw that her heartless, troublesome little-girl master was sleeping as though nothing had happened, with no intention of paying her any attention or even trying to think of a solution, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and angry.
With no other choice, she silently wept for a while longer. Then she dabbed at the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and took several deep breaths, doing her best to calm her turbulent emotions. Only then did Lin Daiyu lift her head again. With a glimmer of hope, she reached out and tugged at someone's robe, then pleaded softly in a slightly hoarse voice:
"Master..."
"Things have come to this. Daiyu knows there's no use regretting it, but..."
"?!"
"Y-You can't just lie there!"
"Get up..."
"Get up, and let's think together. Is there any way to make things right?"
"We have to come up with something to say, or..."
"Or we could go together tomorrow and apologize to Grandmother and Second Aunt, to smooth things over. Would that work?"
Although she felt that it might not do them any good for her and her master to apologize together—whether to Grandmother or Second Aunt, they had probably already taken offense—in the end, she simply couldn't think of any better solution.
"Ugh, you're so annoying!"
(××)
At last, Annie was getting fed up with all her crying and fussing. She had no choice but to huffily sit up, then complain with an indignant look: