Sister Wu asked the maids to bring some to the various rooms and went to the door of Master Chu’s room and knocked on the door.
Master Chu was relaxing with his eyes closed when he heard the knock and opened his eyes, picked up the curtain hat on one side and put it on, “Come in.”
Sister Wu pushed open the door and was surprised to see her in the room with the drapery on, but she did not show it on the surface. She took the fruit from the maid’s hand and brought it in, “Madam asked me to bring you some fruit.”
“Thank you.”
Sister Wu put the fruit on the table, gave a blessing and retreated, and gave it to both the old man and Xu’s house before returning to Meng’s room.
Taking a wet handkerchief for Meng to wipe her hands and handing her a bamboo fork, she thought of what she had just seen of Master Chu and said, “That female master is really strange, wearing a curtain hat even in her own room.”
Meng forked a piece of apple, “I heard Yue’er say that her appearance was ruined and she was afraid of scaring people, so she would wear a curtain cap.”
Sister Wu drifted off, “No wonder.”
……
After Song Wan Yue and the old gentleman finished playing a game of chess and talking for a while, Sister Wu came to report, “Old gentleman, lunch is ready.”
Meng had brought her own cook over to the boat so that the family could eat comfortably.
The old gentleman got up and Song Wangyue helped him to go to the special dining room on the boat.
The dining room was large and had three tables set up. Song Wangyue and the old man were seated at the main table, while Meng, Xu and Song Lin were seated one after another.
Meng didn’t see Master Chu and asked Sister Wu, “Did you tell the female Master?”
“Yes, she said she was eating in her room.”
Meng looked at Song Wan Yue, “We will be on the boat for many days, it is not good for her to eat in her room all the time, go and call her over, tell her not to wear a curtain hat, we are not afraid.”
Song Wan Yue also had this intention, so she answered and got up, going to Master Chu’s room, “Master, my grandmother asks you to come and eat with her.”
Master Chu wanted to refuse, but before he could say anything, Song Wan Yue added, “You will have to meet them sooner or later, so why not take advantage of it now?”
Master Chu thought for a moment, stood up and followed her to the dining room. As soon as she entered, she heard several huffing sounds, and without changing her face, she nodded towards Meng and the others and sat down at the table where Song San and the others were.
Even though Meng and the others were prepared, they froze for a moment when they saw her scarred face, and only came back to their senses when they saw her sitting down, Meng hurriedly said, “Master Mistress, come and sit over here.”
“Thank you, Madam, I am used to being at a table with them.”
Song San and the others secretly cried out, when they were in the workshop, Master had never eaten with them, and with Master there, how could they feel like wolfing down their food for a while.
Seeing that she insisted on sitting over there, Meng didn’t press the issue and ordered someone to serve the food.
The maids came in with the food and served it to the main table first, and then the other two tables.
The food was basically the same, but the main table was lighter and Song San’s table had a larger amount of food.
When they finished eating, everyone went back to their rooms. Xu looked at Master Chu a few more times as she was leaving the dining room, and when she returned to her room, she said to Song Lin, “Do you think this Master Wei looks familiar?”
Song Lin only glanced at Master Chu as he entered the dining hall, and shook his head at her question.
“I think she looks very similar to Master Chu.”
Same size, same temperament, same coldness, almost the same except for her disfigured appearance.
When she said that, Song Lin instantly felt that he also had a few imaginations, and immediately sat up straight, “Does it mean that Master Chu didn’t die, she, she, she was just disfigured?”
“No, if she really is Master Chu, why would she say her surname is Wei?”
Xu sat down beside him, her brows frowning slightly, “Maybe she was afraid that if she said it, someone with a heart would hear about it and get into trouble, so she simply changed her surname.”
“What you say also makes sense, but Yue’er should have seen it long ago too, why did she hide it from us?”
Song Lin couldn’t figure it out, so he simply didn’t think about it and got up, “I’ll go ask Yue’er.”
“You call her over.”
Song Lin answered and quickly called Song Wan Yue over.
Having Master Chu go to the dining hall for dinner, Song Wangyue had expected them to be suspicious and had already made up an answer.
“Mother, you called for me?”
Xu gestured for her to sit down in front of her, and gestured for Song Lin to guard the door, looking at Song Wan Yue, “Yue’er, tell Mother honestly, is Master Wei Master Chu?”
“I knew you would ask that ……”
Song Wan Yue looked as normal, she could not see any flaw, “To be honest with you, when I first saw Master Wei I was also shocked, I also thought she was Master, but she really is not, she is Master’s best friend, after she got the news of Master’s death, she rushed to ask me the truth about Master’s murder, just when I wanted to hire a Master, so she stayed, after helping me train the people, she Then she left.”
Hearing that it was Master Chu’s best friend, Xu became even more worried, “Then will she help Master Chu take revenge?”
If that was the case, it was inevitable that Yue’er would be involved and she didn’t want her to be in any danger.
“The Third Prince has been duly punished, and she assured me that she would not act rashly.”
She did not say that she would not help Master Chu to take revenge, Xu was worried and opened her mouth, but in the end she did not say it out loud, Yue’er was a smart child, what she could think of herself she must also be able to think of.
“There’s nothing else, go back and rest for a while.”
“Okay.”
Song Wan Yue got up and left, Xu always felt unsure of herself, and didn’t want Song Lin to worry, so she simply took off her shoes and socks and got into bed, saying to Song Lin, “I’ll also take a short nap.”
Song Lin had slept half the morning and was no longer sleepy, so he sat down on the edge of the bed and covered her with the blanket, “I’ll keep an eye on you, you can sleep.”
Xu closed her eyes and fell asleep only after a long time. In her dream, the fire at the Gu family’s house appeared, roaming the sky, staining half of the sky red, Yue’er was struggling in the sea of fire, screaming piteously, she wanted to rush in to save the people, but she could not move her legs, she opened her eyes violently and sat up with a start.
Song Lin was lying on the edge of the bed, drowsy, with his arm pressed against her leg. Hearing the movement, he opened his eyes and saw her face covered in cold sweat, and hastily asked, “What’s wrong?”
Xu calmed her wildly beating heart and muffled her voice, “I dreamt of the Gu family fire, it was horrible.”
Song Lin got up and went to the table to pour a glass of water and handed it to her, Xu finished the water in one gulp.
“It must be because you asked Master Chu about it just now that you dreamt about the fire, you, you just have too small a heart, listen to me, don’t think about anything, and get a good night’s sleep again.”
Xu was still having palpitations and did not want to sleep again, lifting the covers and getting out of bed, “You go with me to the deck for a while.”
Song Lin helped her put on her shoes and the two of them went out on the deck. The breeze only calmed Xu down completely and she was about to say something to Song Lin when she saw someone on a small boat in the distance waving his hand for help.
