Chapter 514: Qin Xiaoning, Lu Ji’s Youth Extra
Qin Xiaoning settled down in the mansion.

Someone specially taught her the rules of the mansion. The mansion was a prestigious family and the rules were strict. Qingsong Garden was the residence of the prince, and the rules here were stricter than elsewhere.

The prince likes people who are straightforward, and he hates servants who are pretentious.

Therefore, although the prince, dressed in fine clothes and riding a horse, was noble and handsome, none of the maids in Qingsong Garden dared to act rashly in front of him.

It was only when no one was around that the ignorant little maids dared to talk about the prince’s affairs, biting their ears and blushing.

Every time at this time, Qin Xiaoning would quietly hide away. She was the most obedient person. Not only did she never ask about the Young Master’s affairs, but even when she saw him, she would avoid him. What this little girl thought about most every day was how to abide by the rules and how to do her job well.

Because she was young and was taken in by the prince himself, the manager did not assign her any hard work, except running errands for the head maid.

So, she has free time most of the time.

In fact, the little girl doesn’t like to stay at home all the time, because whenever she has free time, she can’t help but miss her mother.

At noon that day, the prince was not at home, and most of the maids were hiding in the house taking a nap. She sat alone in the corner of the corridor, holding her head with her little hands, thinking quietly about her mother.

As she thought about it, the little girl couldn’t help but cry.

She didn’t dare cry out loud, she just bit her lips, and strings of tears dripped onto the ground.

“What are you doing here?”

Suddenly, a clear voice came into her ears. The girl turned around and saw that it was the noble prince.

She was so panicked that she wanted to run away.

The steward often warned her that the prince had a cold personality and could not stand people crying or being pretentious.

She was worried about annoying him and being kicked out.

But just as she was about to run away, the prince grabbed her wrist and said, “Why do you want to run away when you see me? Huh?”

His voice was cold, but it contained a reassuring power.

She stood before him stupidly, so frightened that she didn’t know what to say.

“Why are you still crying?”

He asked again, and seeing that she bit her lip and didn’t answer, he turned his head and looked towards the main house, and asked again: “Is there anyone bullying you here?”

The boy’s aura was so noble, and his whole demeanor was so impressive that she dared not look up.

“No, no one bullies me.” After a long time, she finally squeezed out these few words from her throat.

He was tall, and upon hearing that, he leaned over to take a closer look at her face, then said, “I’ve been raising you for half a year, why are you still so thin, like a kitten?”

“Could it be that you are born in the year of the cat? Why can’t you get fat no matter how much you feed it?”

The last sentence seemed like he was deliberately trying to make her happy.

After hearing this, she really relaxed and was no longer afraid, so she raised her eyes to look at him and replied with a smile: “I am not born in the year of the cat. No one in this world is born in the year of the cat.”

When he saw her laugh, he started laughing too.

The young man was handsome and noble, and his smile was like the sun at noon, dazzling and warm.

“If you’re not a cat, then you can grow up and fatten up.” As he spoke, he held her little hand tighter and led her into the main hall with carved corridors and painted buildings.

This was her first time entering his house. The magnificent decoration was so dazzling that her eyes seemed not enough.

She really wanted to see this beautiful house, but she kept in mind the instructions and did not dare to act rashly.

He brought her in, and then called the head maid in charge, Amber, and ordered, “Put her in the back porch, and don’t let her do any work. Ask the kitchen to prepare more delicious food for her every day.”

Amber opened her eyes wide in shock when she heard that, then she looked her up and down calmly before she accepted the order.

She lived a life of luxury and comfort. It all seemed like a dream.

Because she moved into the main house, she could see the noble prince every day.

He looks cold on the outside, but he’s actually very warm-hearted.

At least, that’s how he treated her.

The maids in the room all said that she was lucky and that the prince had never been so kind to anyone.

She made a purse for him with her own hands. Ever since he spoke to her patiently last time, she was no longer afraid of him and even inexplicably wanted to get close to him.

When she handed him the purse, he was a little surprised: “Did you make this yourself?”

She nodded, and he took it and looked at it carefully, then said, “You are quite capable. I have two younger sisters at home, who are about your age. They are taught by the best needlework masters every day, but they can only thread a needle and sew.”

He was praising her.

Hearing him praising herself, the little girl felt sweeter than eating honey.

She smiled at him and said, “The prince’s sister is a lady from a high-class family, so she doesn’t need to make a living from this. But I’m different. In the past, my mother made a living by selling embroidery, and I learned to help my mother with embroidery at an early age.”

She was so young, yet she had suffered so much.

The boy was not a compassionate person, but after hearing her words, he felt inexplicably sad.

He said to her, “You are no different from them. From now on, I will let you live the same life as them.”

It took her a long time to react to his words. She couldn’t describe the feeling in her heart, and then tears fell uncontrollably again.

Seeing her crying, he was a little flustered: “What’s wrong? Are you missing your mother again?”

She shook her head and asked him, “Why are you so nice to me?”

“We have no relatives, you are not my brother, and you are not my father. I don’t understand why you are so nice to me.”

She was sobbing and her words were making no sense.

The young man laughed and raised his hand to wipe her tears. “I don’t know why I should be so nice to you. Maybe we were relatives in our previous life. I feel bad when I see you suffering.”

The little thing loved to cry, but was also easy to coax. After he coaxed her like this, she stopped crying and just looked at him with her clear eyes, then smiled at him.

There are many sisters in the mansion, and there are countless girls her age, but the boy has never seen a little girl as lovely as her.

Her crying and her laughing always touched his heart.

He just wanted to be good to her and protect her.

Hearing him say that, she laughed again. The little girl was very pretty. She had been raised in the mansion for half a year. Although she was still thin, her complexion had improved. Now she was wearing a pink satin skirt and had two pigtails in her hair. Her porcelain-like face had two shallow dimples when she smiled.

Looks like an exquisite porcelain doll.

“My Lord, I like you very much. In this world, besides my mother, you are the best to me.”

After hearing this, the young man also smiled and said, “I will treat you better than your mother.”

After she was surprised, she laughed even more: “Really?”

Then he asked doubtfully, “They all said that you are fierce and cold, and you don’t treat others well easily.”

Hearing this, he deliberately turned cold and teased her, “Who is behind this plot against me?”

She just smiled without saying anything, and was too cautious to betray others.

Such a smart little girl made him feel even happier.

He laughed again and said to her, “I have no patience for anyone except you.”