Chapter 238: Chapter 238: Who is Tailings?
Wufu repeatedly told Liu Jin not to refer to himself as a servant, but the boy had suddenly become stubborn, insisting on his own views, saying that rules were rules, and social hierarchy was not to be changed.
Seeing his insistence, Wufu didnât say much more. She understood that in this era, social hierarchy was highly valued, unlike in her previous life where everyone was meant to be equal and fair treatment was advocated. However, even in her previous life, there had been talk of social ranks, just not as overtly displayed as they were now.
"Fine, you do as you see fit," Wufu said helplessly, but in her heart, she thought that as long as he was wholeheartedly loyal to her, she wouldnât treat him poorly.
Liu Jin took a deep breath. From their time together, he actually felt that his young mistress didnât really care about so-called rules at all; everything was indifferent to her.
But now, if the mistress wouldnât speak of them, he had to start doing it for her. Who knew what the future held? Perhaps more and more people would follow the mistress. If everyone behaved like them, with no distinction between master and servant, or respect for hierarchy, what would that lead to?
The saying went, "Everyone shares in honor and disgrace." Since he had already chosen to follow the mistress, it was for his own sake that he had to uphold the standards that should be respected.
Thinking this way, Liu Jinâs still youthful face took on an expression of respectful determination.
"Mistress, you ordered me to stroll around the streets today, and sure enough, someone was following me!" Liu Jin remembered Wufuâs instructions from the daytime, and his face became stern as he spoke of his discovery.
Liu Jin didnât have a photographic memory and couldnât recognize everyone he saw, but he was alert and intelligent. Otherwise, he wouldnât have been a threat to those who sold him, managing to haggle the price of his servitude sold for silver taels.
"Oh? Letâs hear it." Wufu raised an eyebrow, poured a cup of tea, and sipped slowly.
"Yes." Liu Jin recounted how he had aimlessly wandered around as she had instructed, even stopping to buy some snacks at the store, appearing casual and careless while actually keeping an eye on the people coming and going. This vigilance paid off when he noticed a man following him at a leisurely pace.
"I went into a grocery store, and the man stopped at a stall selling rouge and powder. I stayed in the grocery store for at least a quarter of an hour before coming out, and he was still there, at the powder stall. Mistress, a man, just buying powder, doesnât need to linger that long, does he?" Liu Jin snorted through his nose. "Even if he dawdled, it wouldnât take a quarter of an hour, right?"
Wufu strongly agreed, with a hint of a smile in her eyes, "Continue." To notice that was quite clever.
"Then I purposefully took another street, circled back, and he kept following me until he saw me enter the inn and then he left," Liu Jin said. "Mistress, have we offended someone? Why are they tailing us? Who could it be?"
They were just a young girl and a little boy, posing no real threat. Even if they encountered troublemakers, they wouldnât target someone this prominent.
"Probably someone we know," Wufu mused for a moment.
Liu Jin was even more puzzled. "If itâs someone we know, they couldâve just come up and greeted us. Why sneak around and follow us? Is there some problem between us?"
Wufu laughed heartily, "That might be the case."
"Mistress, what should we do, then?"
"Itâs fine, weâll deal with it when the time comes. Since theyâve tailed us, thereâs likely more to follow, and they might just come knocking," Wufu said. "Donât overthink it. As you said, weâre not very threatening, and theyâll realize that once theyâve watched us for a while. As for their motives... weâll find out soon enough."
Liu Jin responded with an "Oh."