Chapter 10: A Sense of Mystery

By the time everything here was settled, it was already afternoon. Xiao Xi first went to the market to buy vegetables, rice, oil, and salt, then had them hauled home. She then had the maidservants take turns finding time to cook, which both addressed the maids' own meals and the meals for her maternal grandfather and Tang Lifu. Once her mother and Xiang'er moved in, she would let Xiang'er take full charge of the food matters. As for those few newly purchased maids, they were still wholeheartedly dedicated to making her inner garments.

Once everything was arranged, Xiao Xi originally intended to return to the Tang residence. However, somehow, she found herself walking in front of the Ou family's grand manor. Perhaps it was because the small courtyard she had bought was too close to here, and returning to the Tang residence required passing through this area; Xiao Xi justified it to herself this way.

But why did she still pull out that jade pendant and sneak into the Ou residence once again? Even as she arrived at the Ou residence and encountered Steward Fang, she still couldn't figure this out.

Upon seeing Xiao Xi, Steward Fang's face was filled with smiles and respect. "Is Miss Tang here to see the Master?"

"No!" Xiao Xi denied it instantly, but she saw an even more obvious smile in Steward Fang's eyes. It was as if the man had already concluded that she was someone whose words did not match her heart. "I was just passing by. I came to ask Steward Fang if you had mentioned the matter we discussed this morning to your Master?"

"That... I did mention it to the Master! However, the Master only said one sentence!" Steward Fang put on a troubled expression.

Xiao Xi's curiosity was instantly piqued. "What exactly did your Master say?"

"Our Master said... as long as it is a request made by the Miss, the Master will agree to it!" Steward Fang said.

"What?" Suddenly, thunder and lightning seemed to strike above her head, and her body swayed. Was this not what they called bringing disaster upon oneself! The reason she dared to act that way this morning was because she was certain that this Ouyang Mo would not agree to such an absurd request. How could she have known that this Ouyang Mo was also a freak, actually wanting to marry wives in batches!

He had already married eight wives; if he married five more now, was he trying to work himself to death every day!

No! For a moment, Xiao Xi could not restrain herself and lost her composure; she had to go find him to make things clear. The reason she spoke that way this morning was simply to make the several elder sisters fight amongst themselves at home, scrambling to enter the Ou family's gates. Then, on her wedding day, she would let those sisters—who had held onto hope and thought they had a chance—wake up from their dream and fall into a cruel reality: that Ouyang Mo would not marry any of them.

This was a brilliant method to both destroy the sisters' daily unity and subject them all to a severe humiliation at once. Yet, such a massive blunder had occurred with Ouyang Mo!

Looking at Xiao Xi's face, which had instantly darkened, a flash of cunning crossed Steward Fang's eyes. He turned around and led Tang Xiao Xi toward Mo Garden to find his master, Ouyang Mo.

As soon as one entered Mo Garden, it gave off an air of mystery. The entire Ou family manor was built with great magnificence, comparable to an imperial palace. As the residence of the master, it was certainly special. However, Xiao Xi felt that this specialness carried a mysterious feeling, as if the master were hiding some secret.

After thinking about it for a long time without understanding, Xiao Xi assumed it was just her neurotic intuition acting up again. She shook her head; if she couldn't figure it out, there was no point in thinking about it. Why waste her precious time on things that were impossible to understand?

Just like why Ouyang Mo would marry her because of a one-night stand. Or why Ouyang Mo would say he possessed the art of illusion, and that she was the only one who could see his true face.