At the Rain-Listening Pavilion, Qingque welcomed Sushang, the newest member of the maid team.
Qingque considered herself the maid team's leader, with Sushang as her deputy.
Naturally, Qingque had come up with the name "maid team," but it had left Sushang thoroughly bewildered.
In principle, both of them were investigators sent by the Xianzhou authorities, and they had to write investigation reports every day.
But as far as Qingque was concerned, apart from those reports, their duties were no different from those of the maids described in storybooks.
Chu Mu was upstairs pretending to nap, while in reality, he was controlling an avatar and taking it for a stroll outside.
Downstairs, Qingque began laying out the rules for the newcomer, Sushang:
"First of all, as team leader, I'd like to extend a warm welcome to you."
With that, Qingque began clapping.
Sushang guilelessly joined in. Her strength certainly showed: her applause sounded like thunder.
Qingque hurriedly stopped her, raised a finger to her lips, and shushed her:
"Keep it down. The young master is still sleeping upstairs."
Where there were maids, there naturally had to be a young master!
Sushang wondered whether it was a little inappropriate to address an Emanator that way.
But Qingque explained that it was a reminder to themselves: they should always serve this esteemed Emanator with the same attentiveness they would show a young master.
Sushang found that explanation very reasonable!
She had loved listening to storytellers since childhood, and their tales were full of stories about young gentlemen and beautiful ladies.
Naturally, those gentlemen and ladies needed supporting characters: their maids.
In many stories, maids played very important roles.
Besides attending to their masters' daily needs, maids often ran errands. For instance, when a young gentleman and lady exchanged secret letters, a maid would