The maid had an expression full of pity, exaggeratedly saying, "The Young Madam is really working hard too..."

Working hard...

Not really that hard, so why look at her with such a pitiful expression...

Gu Tong’s mouth twitched a couple of times, just feeling that the maids at home were a bit strange.

The maid continued, "Young Madam, would you like a glass of milk before you leave? Skipping breakfast often isn’t good for your health, don’t go getting weak from hunger." Her attitude was very ingratiating, her emotions displayed completely in an instant.

Gu Tong slipped on her shoes and said, "No need."

She wasn’t in the mood to eat anything, and she didn’t want milk either. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

The maid, seeing this, had a slight look of disappointment in her eyes and reluctantly said, "Then, Young Madam, take care..."

Gu Tong let out a sound of acknowledgment without any attachment and left directly. She had just walked two or three steps when she suddenly remembered something and turned her head to say, "By the way, what’s your name?"

The maid was overjoyed and quickly said, "My name is An Xiangxiang."

An Xiangxiang...

Why do the Li Family maids’ names all sound so strange?

Gu Tong slightly furrowed her brows and said, "I’ll remember it!"

After speaking, she opened the front door and left directly.

An Xiangxiang stood in place, her face full of joy, even particularly glad that the Young Madam remembered her name. The few maids who had flattered her yesterday all got promoted and received a raise.

She also believed that she had a chance to become the next person to get a raise!

Indeed, among the maids in the Li family’s courtyard, none were simple. They all had their own agendas, just doing different things, nothing more than some being clever and others foolish.

"Hmph! How long can you be the Young Madam, fawning so desperately, aren’t you afraid that one day she’ll step down and crush you beneath her?"

Han Panpan’s sour voice came from behind An Xiangxiang.

An Xiangxiang was slightly stunned, then her expression turned to one of dismissive contempt, saying, "Who’s like you, always having your eyes glued to the Eldest Young Master? Ever since he came home, you haven’t stopped for a day, yet what’s the outcome? The Eldest Young Master hasn’t glanced at you even once until today!"

If you mentioned Han Panpan, Gu Tong and Li Yan certainly wouldn’t remember her, yet all the maids in the Li family’s courtyard knew of her intentions.

Relying on her rather good looks, she was dead set on becoming a mistress to one of the young masters from a big family. Whenever another family’s young master came to visit, she would always ’accidentally’ bump into him, looking all delicate and frail.

However, no matter how pretty she was, the visiting young masters came to see the lady of the house, and wouldn’t randomly take on a mistress, so she had yet to succeed even once.

This time, with the Eldest Young Master back, her mind started scheming again. Plus, the good looks of their own Eldest Young Master made Han Panpan eager to get close, almost completely losing sight of everything else.

Overtly and covertly, she tried to seduce the Eldest Young Master multiple times; if he hadn’t totally ignored her, she might have become even more enthusiastic.

Han Panpan, her face turning green with anger, said, "You, you’re spewing nonsense!"

Her intentions were clear yet she was stubbornly unwilling to admit it.

After all, nothing was set in stone, and if these words reached the ears of the jealous Young Madam, who would then drive her out, all her efforts would be for naught.

Han Panpan, though a bit foolish, still understood these basic boundaries!

An Xiangxiang didn’t coddle her either, laughing, "You know exactly what I’m talking about, don’t act like you’re the lady of the house!"