Chapter 487 — An Outcry
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"No need." Liu Hong tugged at Ji Hong. "I know the way. Do not trouble yourselves over me, lest the Second Madam wake and there be no one to pour her tea." With that, without waiting for Du Ruo or Ji Hong to speak, she lifted the curtain and went straight out.
Du Ruo could not help feeling a little put out.
Ji Hong said quickly, "Do not take it to heart. That is simply her nature."
Du Ruo smiled with an effort and said, "I know. She is the maid who made your Second Madam lose face."
Now it was Ji Hong's turn to be embarrassed.
It was the other maid, however—one who, having been taken into Song Cen's household, was also quite quick-witted—who smiled and said in a low voice, "Are you sisters hungry? I still have some rice flour in my room. Let me go beg a bowl of pickles from the kitchen, and we can have a midnight snack too!"
Du Ruo pointed at the still, hanging bed curtains.
The maid stuck out her tongue.
Seeing how lively she was, Ji Hong could not help but laugh along with her.
Suddenly, a shrill scream came from outside.
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