Yan Xikun smiled wryly. "It's just a waste of time, isn't it? Do you need to be so sarcastic towards others?" Mei comforted her from the side. "Miss Yan, don't mind him. He has always spoken directly like this."

  As they spoke, the two of them had already entered a private dining room. Chu Yicheng raised his head to take a look and was shocked. Even someone who had seen countless women couldn't help but be stunned by such an breathtakingly beautiful woman. Earlier when he saw her disheveled state, he didn't think much of it. But now seeing her all dressed up, he was amazed as if she were a heavenly being.

  "Haha." He quickly reacted and smiled with joy. He picked up his wine cup and drank it all in one gulp. Laughing, he said: "Come on, hurry up and serve me dinner."

  "Didn't Grandpa ask us to come over for dinner?" Yan Xijun wondered. "Why do we need to serve you dinner."

  "Who said you could come and eat? You're my slave, only after serving me until I'm done eating can you have your meal." Chu Yicheng declared tyrannically. In fact, he didn't care whether someone served him or not when he ate, but now he just wanted her to serve him.

  Yan Xikun looked at Mei with a puzzled gaze. Mei shrugged helplessly. He picked up the wine jug on the table, filled it to the brim for his master, and then said: "Master, let me serve you."

  "It's okay, you wait aside. Let her come." Chu Yicheng pointed at Yan Xijun.

  "Come on, I'm here." Yan Xijun walked over to his side, picked up the chopsticks and said: "Whatever you want to eat, just say it. I'll serve you."

  It's just serving others, what's the big deal? It's just going hungry while serving others to eat. Looking at this table full of delicious food, it's really tempting.

  Yan Xijun seemed to have heard the sound of her own swallowing. After finally "serving" him and getting his permission, she and Mei Cai could sit down to eat.

  Although this was leftover food, in the past Yan Xi Jun would have definitely been disgusted. But at this moment she no longer cared about that much. This was after all her first dinner outside the palace.

  Although she used to live outside the palace before, she was in the general's mansion and had never gone out of it, let alone eaten food from outside.

  Now, she found every dish very curious and wanted to taste them all. So, she took a bite of this dish and savored several bites of that one. Her silly behavior was noticed by Chu Yicheng, who mistakenly thought she had never eaten these delicacies before.

  Tonight he ordered these dishes which are the expensive and scarce signature dishes of the restaurant. Seeing her enjoying her food, he kindly suggested: "Do you want to order a few more dishes?"

  Yan Xijun muttered with a lobster in her mouth: "No need, these dishes can't be finished, don't waste them."

  "It's really okay, it doesn't matter if some of it goes to waste."

  "It's useless. 'Wasting' is a sin. You can't understand the lives of poor people."

  "Never mind, you said no so it's not needed." Chu Yicheng finished the beautiful wine in his cup in one gulp. Then he stood up and told Yan Xijun: "Come to my room after dinner."

  Yan Xijun gazed at his departing back, puzzled and asked Mei Dao: "What did he want me to do in his room?"

  "I don't know either." Mei buried her head in her food and said, "Anyway, Master saved your life and let you follow him. Whatever he tells you to do, just do it. It's Master's business. As slaves, we'd better ask fewer questions."

  "Oh, I see." Yan Xijun nodded. Thinking back to when she was educated by her mother and the other maids, it was also like this. Now she herself had not figured it out for a while.

  "Yan, wait a moment, I'll go out and buy some daily necessities and clothes for you. You just serve your master well, got it?"

  "Don't worry, I know what to do." Yan Xijun nodded. She had never been a servant before, but she had seen many of them. She would still do the things that servants were supposed to do.

  After dinner, Yan Xijun went to his room as promised, but when she entered, she didn't see anyone, let alone his figure.

  The large room was empty and dimly lit, with only a few candles burning. The faint light cast an eerie glow on the dark walls. The windows were half-open, allowing the cool night breeze to blow in, carrying the scent of rain. The candle flames flickered wildly, threatening to go out at any moment.

  The rain is still falling. From morning till night. It has been raining for a whole day already.

  The sound of the rain hitting the tile roof is eerie. The echo is a bit strange. Adding to that, the flying light gauze in front of the bed canopy casts dark shadows in the faint candlelight.

  Yan Xijun felt a chill run down his spine and couldn't help but exclaim: "Sir."

  After a while, I heard his teasing voice coming from the left: "I'm over here."

  Following the sound, she looked over and saw a large bathtub placed under the screen on her left side in the flickering candlelight. It was twice as big as the one she had used for bathing before. At this time, he was comfortably leaning against it, taking a bath in the misty place.

  Although she only caught a glimpse of his smooth back, Yan Xijun still felt very embarrassed. She covered her eyes with her hand and retreated while apologizing: "Sir, I didn't know you were taking a bath. If I have offended you, please forgive me. I'll leave now and wait for you to finish your bath before attending to you."

  "Come back. Come and 'serve' me in the bath now." Chu Yicheng called out. "I let you finish your meal first, didn't I? The purpose was to have you come and scrub my back, wasn't it?"

  "Huh? Attending to his bath?" Yan Xiu Jun's face was shocked as she stared at him. Wasn't this a mistake? For the first time attending to someone, she had to serve a naked man taking a bath. Where was her dignity? How could she bear it?

  "No. You wash yourself." Yan Xijun's face turned red as she suggested, "Or I'll go find a 'girl' to serve you."

  "No way, I want you to come and serve me." Chu Yicheng said: "I'll say it again, if you don't come over, don't blame me for coming over to catch you myself. And when I do, I'll carry out the punishment we agreed on in the carriage during the day."

  "If you want to take another punishment on the horse carriage, I have no opinion."

  "You're cruel." Yan Xijun hesitated for a moment, weighing his options. He decided to go over and help him with his back instead. Compared to that punishment, this was still acceptable.

  Reluctantly, Yan Xijun picked up the white cloth draped over the bathtub and wet it to scrub his back. He glared at the back turned towards him, half of which was submerged in the bathtub, only exposing a small portion of his lower back.

  "Put some strength into it! Where did your energy go after eating?" Chu Yicheng said discontentedly. The force on his back was too small, so small that he didn't feel anything.

  "You're using too much force. I'm afraid you might hurt yourself."

  "It doesn't matter. Just use a bit more strength to scrub your back."

  "Hmph, you're quite something as the master, ordering people around left and right." Yan Xijun was also angry, and with a sulky expression, he raised his fist to strike him heavily on the back.

  Man proposes, God disposes. He didn't expect her to suddenly turn around. Just in time to see her with a raised fist. So he asked: "What do you want to do?"

  "Oh, heh heh. I don't want to do anything else. I just want to help Master rub his back. Just rubbing his back." Yan Xijun said with an awkward dry laugh. He quickly put down his clenched fist and grabbed a towel to hastily wipe his shoulders.

  By the way, I'd like to thank a few people here. First of all, xiaoyunyun, shiyingn, Sattdlx, zengyumiao, mycr1980, HJFC. Thank you for your silent support along the way ~ really thank you ~~ wish you eternal happiness and joy ~ Of course, there are also some dear friends whose names I don't know. I'd like to thank you all here too ~