At the same time.
Lu Xiu's residence.
Jian Li and Shen Nian ultimately managed to stay over at Lu Xiu's place.
The question of bed allocation finally ended with Shen Nian decisively choosing to sleep on the sofa.
Originally, once it was confirmed they could stay, Shen Nian had planned to change out of the maid outfit. After all, staying over was one thing, but she couldn't keep wearing this getup forever.
But when she made that request, Lu Xiu refused.
"No."
Lu Xiu said with perfect confidence, "How can a maid casually take off her uniform in her master's home? That's disrespectful to the maid profession."
Shen Nian had just been about to say something.
Lu Xiu went on, "At least until the end of today, you're my maid. That's also a condition for staying here."
Looking at Lu Xiu's expression, which made it perfectly clear that "I'm playing maid cosplay today and that's final," Shen Nian eventually gave in.
Mainly because after Lu Xiu's earlier bout of messing around—she had gotten used to it.
She had called her Master countless times already.
And unexpectedly, Shen Nian didn't particularly dislike the feeling.
There was even a sense of playing along with a young lady—after all, when she saw Lu Xiu smiling so brightly, it really was hard to say no.
Besides, to Shen Nian, Lu Xiu was still her benefactor.
She was willing to do these things.
Still, staying over was staying over.
Lu Xiu did not treat them like ordinary guests and chat with them in the living room.
She merely told them where the drinks and food were, told them to help themselves and treat the place like their own home, then turned and went straight into the construction space.
—She seemed rather busy.
And as Lu