"Master."
The newly arrived little maid was drawing water. When she saw Chen Mu enter the inner courtyard, she timidly bowed to him.
"Brother Mu."
Wang Ni came out to greet him, her face brimming with delight.
With another little maid in the household, her own status naturally rose with the tide. She had become the head maid; if the residence grew larger and the courtyard filled with more people in the future, her position would rise step by step along with it.
Though Wang Ni was only eleven now, she had gradually come to understand such things. In this courtyard, a form of address like "Brother Mu" was basically something only she could call him.
"Ni Er has grown a little taller again."
Chen Mu stroked Wang Ni's head and smiled faintly.
Come to think of it, Wang Ni had changed quite a bit over the past year. Once she had enough good food and fine clothes, she slowly began to blossom, gradually taking on a somewhat pretty and charming appearance. Still, judging by how she was growing now, she probably would not reach Chen Yue's height.
Because Chen Yue practiced martial arts, she trained in the same Gold Jade Mo Pi Fa. It did not harm the skin, and with her blood and qi abundant, though she was not yet sixteen, she already completely had the appearance of a grown young woman. Even if her looks would not reach Xu Hongyu's level in the future, she would be about on par with Xiao He.
Chen Mu could now be considered well-traveled and knowledgeable, yet Xu Hongyu remained the most beautiful woman he had seen so far. On one hand, she was a direct descendant of a great Lineage, born into brocade and jade; on the other, she cultivated