The Master's Mask Unveiled Again-Chapter 262 - 261: Strangers Are Better Than Those By Your Side

Chapter 262: Chapter 261: Strangers Are Better Than Those By Your Side

Some things, Liang Xueyan knew all too well.

On the day she married Wang Yanzhuo, she was aware that it was a marriage for business purposes. Her own brother was no longer alive, and her half-brother, who shared the same father, was only concerned with benefits. To protect the Liang Family’s foundation, she had no choice.

The Wang Family, being a prominent family in Jinjing, everyone said she had married up.

At first, the Wang Family members were quite polite to her, with mutual visits and interactions. But as the Liang Family’s fortunes dwindled, her status in the Wang Family decreased day by day. It was not until she became pregnant and her mother-in-law secretly found out it was a boy, that her status slightly improved.

However, giving birth today, she delivered a girl, and surely Sister Wang had already passed the news to the Wang Family.

Her husband, Wang Yanzhuo, was actually in Hong City, yet until now, he hadn’t shown up.

To say that it wasn’t upsetting would definitely be a lie.

But should anyone harm her child, she would never allow it, even if it meant staking her life.

“Madam…” Sister Wang called out softly, looking rather dispirited.

Liang Xueyan hummed a response, exhausted. The next second, she heard Sister Wang’s voice, somewhat ingratiating, “Madam, you’ve had a hard day.”

Were those words actually spoken by Sister Wang?

She looked up in astonishment. The other person was fiddling with the hem of her clothes, seeming wary of something, and quickly added another line, “Giving birth to a boy or a girl is equally good. Little princesses are little padded jackets, intimate and dear to the heart!”

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Liang Xueyan’s chapped lips parted slightly, quite taken aback.

But she couldn’t deny that, even if it was just polite talk, just a facade of peace, she derived a moment’s comfort from it.

“Hmm,” Liang Xueyan acknowledged, not knowing why Sister Wang’s attitude had shifted so drastically.

Lu Mian said nothing, her demeanor cool and distant, deliberately suppressing the chill.

Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at a cup of brown sugar water drying on the table, steaming hot. Seeing Liang Xueyan’s lips were chapped, she lowered her lashes and picked up the cup of brown sugar water.

Without minding the heat, she stirred it in circles with a spoon.

Liang Xueyan quickly had Sister Wang take it, but she didn’t listen.

Sister Wang retreated awkwardly.

Lu Mian, always laconic and not one to initiate conversation, silently stirred the brown sugar water. When she felt the temperature was about right, she passed it to Liang Xueyan.

Liang Xueyan was quite embarrassed but also understood that the girl in front of her, although cold and terse, was a kind and attentive good girl.

A stranger she had just met was more considerate than the Wang Family members.

Her eyes reddened, and she was very thirsty; she took the drink and gulped it down emptily.

Lu Mian then handed the cup back to Sister Wang, tilted her head, and lifted her chin slightly.

Sister Wang immediately got the hint and hurriedly went to prepare a second cup of water. This time, without needing Lu Mian’s prompting, she went off to mix it herself.

Liang Xueyan found it all quite fantastical.

But without Sister Wang watching over her, she felt more relaxed and slightly lifted the edge of the blanket on the other side, revealing the little one she had been protecting.

“Wow…”

Lu Mian’s smile spread to the corners of her eyes, curving her pretty lips, a genuine smile from the heart.

Such a tiny little thing, white and clean, a bit wrinkled and a bit dry, but it warmed one’s heart involuntarily.

Liang Xueyan blinked, not focusing on her daughter but rather captivated by Lu Mian.

“Sister, you have a beautiful smile.”

“Oh…” Lu Mian stared unblinkingly at the little one.

“Would you like to hold her?”

“I, I can’t…” Lu Mian kept shaking her head. The little one was so tiny and soft; she was afraid of handling her improperly.

Liang Xueyan pursed her lips, unable to conceal a chuckle, “It turns out you’re not so bold after all. If you’re scared now, then when she’s a bit bigger, you can come find me in Jinjing and hold her then, okay?”

Hope shone in the depths of Liang Xueyan’s eyes.

Lu Mian finally took her gaze off the baby and, recalling something, she rummaged through her backpack for a pen. She found an empty medicine box on the table and scribbled down a string of numbers as casually as possible.

“This is my contact information. My last name is Lu.”

“That’s wonderful!” Liang Xueyan clasped the box in her palm like a treasure.

Lu Mian chuckled softly, pursing her lips, and casually asked, “Your family is in Jinjing, so what brings you to Hong City now?”

“Well…”

Liang Xueyan had just opened her mouth to say something when a cool breeze swept into the hospital room entrance. A male voice, somewhat displeased, came along with the breeze into the room.

“How did you end up here?!”