The Young Lady Always Wants to Be Alone with Me

The first time Ning Xiaohua saw Si Qingyao, she was dressed in dazzling finery. Ning Xiaohua thought she was a fairy who had fallen from heaven. When she found Si Qingyao injured and stranded on a barren hillside, she carried her back to her family’s earthen hut. The wind blew through gaps in every wall; her parents lay ill, coughing and wheezing, while her younger siblings peeked timidly from behind the door. Si Qingyao surveyed their poverty-stricken home. Her voice was soft, with a hint of calculated gentleness. “Come work at my estate. Your monthly pay will be enough to cure your parents.” Ning Xiaohua gripped the sickle she used to gather herbs. At first, she refused the offer, but later, with no other choice, she thought it over carefully and went to find Si Qingyao. Only after entering the estate and taking the name Ning Chun did she finally understand. This “work” was nothing like she had imagined. The other maids at the estate were busy with their own duties, but she alone was pulled into the young lady’s bedroom and bed to warm it. Ning Chun fidgeted nervously. “Miss, isn’t this inappropriate?” Si Qingyao held her close, a faint smile on her lips and coaxing in her voice. “It is a little inappropriate. You should take off your outer clothes.” Ning Chun blinked in confusion. “Huh? Oh, okay.” She was still foolishly thinking to herself that she shouldn’t bring the dust from outside into the bed. Theme: Let love be passed on