"Who's there?" Hearing the cough, Chao Lingyi hurried into the inner room.
When she saw Huang Xiao behind the desk, tears instantly welled in her eyes.
With a loud sob, Chao Lingyi dropped the rag in her hand, hurried around the desk, and threw herself into Huang Xiao's arms, crying loudly.
"What are you crying for?" Huang Xiao asked, gently patting her back.
Unexpectedly, his words only made Chao Lingyi cry even harder.
"Sister Lingyi, what's wrong? Ah! Young Master?" The maid rushed in, with several guards following behind her.
She had heard Chao Lingyi crying and, not knowing what had happened, thought there was danger.
When she and the guards rushed in and saw Huang Xiao, they all froze.
"Withdraw." Huang Xiao waved them away.
"Yes!"
After their interruption, Chao Lingyi stopped crying loudly, but kept pressing herself into Huang Xiao's arms, sobbing softly.
Chao Lingyi knew Huang Xiao must have heard what she had said earlier, and felt both ashamed and expectant.
"Go prepare hot water. I want to bathe and change," Huang Xiao said.
Only then did Chao Lingyi leave his arms.
Her eyes red, she gathered her skirts and bowed to Huang Xiao before running out.
"Ah..." Huang Xiao let out a long sigh.
As things stood, he could barely keep himself safe, so he did not want to become involved with any woman.
Zhangsun Youyue and Jiang Liuli had truly been unexpected.
As for Chao Lingyi, Huang Xiao did not want to become involved with yet another woman. Otherwise, if he really died, what would they do?
That was his concern.
Chao Lingyi soon had the hot water prepared.
"You may leave," Chao Lingyi told the maidservants around her.
Then he walked up to Huang Xiao and said shyly, "Young Master, let this servant attend