"We are friends. Mr. Xie has generously helped me several times!" Su Muxin replied while eating.
"It must be a trap designed by you to approach Mr. Xie!" Xiao Hong spoke again.
Qu Fangling raised her head and looked at Xiao Hong, "If you continue to be so unruly, don't follow me out again!"
Xiaohong shrank her neck and took two steps back in confusion.
Qu Fangling continued: "Master Xie has a noble character and will help when he encounters injustice."
Su Muxin had no intention of negotiating with the other party and finished her last bite of noodles to show her attitude.
"Miss Qu, I understand what you mean by coming here this time. Mr. Xie and I are innocent and not as bad as your maid said."
"I am a decent woman with three children to raise. Please take care of your slaves and don't talk nonsense and slander my reputation!"
After saying that, she stood up and took the empty plate to clean.
Qu Fangling observed Su Mujin's words and deeds and saw that she did not look like the kind of woman who seduced men, so she felt that this might be a misunderstanding.
"I also hope that as you said, as a person engaged to Mr. Xie, I don't want any unpleasantness to happen. I also care about my reputation."
"That's good!" Su Muxin lowered his head and cleaned the plate.
Xiaohong became angry when she saw Su Muxin's negligent attitude, and her chest kept rising and falling.
"What's your attitude? Have you ever treated my young lady like this?"
Her young lady is the daughter of Qu County Magistrate. Qu County Magistrate has such a daughter and regards her as a treasure in his hand.
On weekdays, let alone their young lady going to the shop to buy something, even if she went to buy something for her, the shopkeeper would greet her with a smile and entertain her personally. How could this Su Mujin be so contemptuous?
Su Mujin sneered, "Fortunately you are not the daughter of Magistrate Qu, otherwise the people would have suffered!"
"What do you mean?" Xiaohong always felt that something was wrong, but she didn't react for a while.
"literal meaning!"
"Xiaohong, stand down!" Qu Fangling scolded in a deep voice.
"Miss, she bullied this slave!" Xiaohong was still unconvinced and wanted to file a complaint.
"What are you saying wrong? If I am like you and can bully the people at will just because I am the daughter of the county magistrate, then do I still need my father's official reputation?"
Hearing Qu Fangling's words, Xiaohong instantly felt chills running down her spine.
In the Qu family, nothing is as important as the official reputation of Qu County Magistrate.
Magistrate Qu is dedicated to his work, loves the people as his own son, and is committed to being a good and upright official. If something happens to oppress the people, Magistrate Qu will never tolerate it, even if it is Qu Fengling.
"I'm sorry to have disturbed you so much today. Goodbye!" Qu Fangling bowed slightly to Su Mujin and turned to leave.
"Wait a minute!" Su Mujin called out.
"What's the matter?" Qu Fangling turned around and asked.
"Miss Qu and your slaves have made trouble at my stall one after another, which has affected my business. Shouldn't I make some compensation?" Su Muxin did not intend to coddle them.
No matter what the reason was, they came to her stall and made a fuss without asking any questions. If they damaged her reputation, they would have to pay the price.
"You should!" Qu Fangling took out a tael of silver, "Just so I want to order the noodles you just ate."
Su Muzhen accepted the money and said calmly: "I'm sorry, it's not for sale."
Qu Fengling didn't say anything more and left with the others.
On the way back, Xiaohong followed Qu Fangling, "Miss, why are you taking advantage of that bitch?"
"Why have you become so ignorant now?"
"This slave is just complaining about the injustice for the young lady..."
"Shut up! You usually rely on your status as my personal maid to be a little domineering. I don't blame you. After all, you and I grew up together and I regard you as family. But why are you so confused today! The matter has not been investigated clearly. Just let me come rashly to investigate."
"Miss, I know I was wrong, but I saw the woman getting close to Mr. Xie with my own eyes. I was worried that the woman coveted Mr. Xie, so I was very angry, so I lost my sense of proportion!"
Qu Fangling knew that Xiaohong also wanted to protect her, as the saying goes, caring leads to chaos.
She sighed and sounded calmer.
"Forget it, you were also impatient for a moment, but that woman was not as reckless as you said. You can't be so reckless in the future!"
"This slave knows, Miss!"
"However, the noodles she ate looked pretty good, but it's a pity that she didn't eat them!" Qu Fangling said to herself.
The corners of Xiaohong's mouth twitched.
Why does the lady like to eat that kind of food?
Dirty, like... night fragrance...
Back at the county magistrate's office, it was almost time for lunch.
Qu Fangling felt a little hungry.
"Xiao Hong, go to the kitchen and ask what to eat today, I'm hungry!"
"Okay, miss." Xiaohong turned around and ran out of the room.
As soon as she stepped out, a maid came in.
"Miss, thank you Mr. Lin for ordering Uncle Lin to send you something to eat!"
"Really?" Qu Fangling was not very interested.
Although the matter between him and Su Mujin was probably a misunderstanding, if Xie Ru was really strict with himself, how could it be misunderstood!
She somewhat complained about Xie Ru in her heart.
Seeing that her young lady was not very interested, the maid added: "I heard from Uncle Lin that this is Mr. Xie's latest discovery of new food. I bought it specially for you, young lady, to try!"
"Seriously?" Qu Fangling glanced at the food box in the maid's hand.
"That's right! Even Mr. Xie has never eaten it, so the taste of this thing must be the same!"
With Xie Ru's status and family background, what kind of good food could he not eat?
Qu Fangling became a little interested.
"Open it and take a look!"
When the maid saw Qu Fangling sitting at the round table, she quickly opened the food box and took out the food inside.
As soon as he placed it in front of Qu Fangling, her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Oh, isn't this what the noodle stall owner eats!"
Because Qu County Magistrate often disguised himself and blended in among the people to observe people's sentiments, and he was also relatively close to the people when it came to food, Qu Fangling was deeply influenced by him and liked folk snacks very much.
She also always asks people to collect some fresh food.
"Miss, do you recognize it?" the maid asked doubtfully.
"Well, I was just about to eat it!"
Qu Fangling said no more, took the chopsticks and started tasting.
I didn't expect it to taste better.
"Well, not bad, I like the taste."
While she was eating, Xiaohong came back.
"Miss, we can have dinner in the kitchen in two quarters of an hour."
When she saw Qu Fangling eating, she was stunned for a moment.
Why does the food the lady eats look so familiar?
"Miss……"
"Thank you, Mr. Lin, for sending it to Uncle Lin. You can bring some bowls and chopsticks and try them too. It tastes good!" Qu Fangling explained.
"Ah? Really..." Xiao Hong swallowed awkwardly.
Is this thing really edible?
"Why are you in a daze?"
After hearing Qu Fangling's reminder, Xiaohong came back to her senses and took new bowls and chopsticks.
Qu Fangling never regarded Xiaohong as a servant and would share anything delicious and fun with her.
