The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 526 - 536 Not Going Smoothly

Chapter 526: Chapter 536 Not Going Smoothly

At night, a candle flickered, and Gu Youyou was writing something under the light.

Xiang Chun was grinding ink for her and had just brightened the wick.

She turned her head to look and thought that the characters Miss Gu was writing were very strange, not like the ones other misses wrote, but rather like some peculiar symbols.

Curiously, she leaned in and asked, "Miss Gu, are you writing? These characters are so strange."

Gu Youyou spoke softly, "These are a different kind of characters, hmm, consider them symbols for now."

"Miss Gu can write so many kinds of characters, that’s really impressive," Xiang Chun genuinely praised.

After Xiang Chun had brightened the wick, she covered her mouth and yawned.

Gu Youyou lifted her head to look at her, then glanced at the night outside.

It was getting late, Jin Zijin should be arriving soon.

She said, "It’s getting late, you should go rest."

"Ah? But..." Xiang Chun saw that Gu Youyou still had a while to write, and it did not seem like she would finish anytime soon, she said, "How can that be? Miss Gu hasn’t slept, how can I, as a maid, sleep first?"

"I might go to sleep later tonight," Gu Youyou said. "Your standing here will distract me, if you sleep, I can actually finish earlier."

"This..." As a maid, especially the head maid from grandma’s side, she knew the rules well.

How could she sleep before the miss?

"Go ahead, remember to drink the soup," Gu Youyou said as she stood up straight, placing the soup in front of her.

Her face bore a gentle smile, and Xiang Chun looked at the soup with an indescribable feeling.

Gu Youyou never mentioned what soup it was, but it tasted very good, sweet and fragrant, incomparable to ordinary sugar water. However, every time she drank it, she would become so sleepy and then sleep until dawn.

In the beginning, she didn’t notice anything odd, but as time passed and she drank more, she grew increasingly suspicious of Miss Gu.

Grandma had asked her to take care of Miss Gu, not to watch her, so she never knew whether or not to tell grandma about this.

"Hmm, Xiang Chun, didn’t you say you really love the soup I prepare?"

Gu Youyou’s bell-like voice rang out in the quiet night, and Xiang Chun couldn’t help but shiver.

"What is it?" Gu Youyou asked.

"Nothing, just... a little cold," Xiang Chun said.

She took the soup Gu Youyou handed to her and drank it down.

It was truly sweet and delicious, if it were poison, it would be too good to be true.

Xiang Chun put down the bowl, feeling increasingly sleepy. She yawned again, and under Gu Youyou’s watchful eye, went to sleep in the outer room.

Gu Youyou looked at the bowl, pensive. After a moment, she murmured to herself, "This can’t go on, giving someone soup every night, even the slowest person would find it odd, let alone Xiang Chun who’s not stupid at all, otherwise she wouldn’t have remained as head maid by my grandmother’s side."

There was a rustling from the back courtyard wall, and a moment later, she heard Jin Zijin’s voice, "Youyou!"

As Gu Youyou turned around, he was lowering his hood.

"Why haven’t you rested yet?" Jin Zijin saw the lamp on Gu Youyou’s desk and the fresh ink.

"I still have to wait a while, you go to sleep first," Gu Youyou returned to her desk.

"Was there any progress today?" Although men here didn’t much like woman meddling in outside affairs, Gu Youyou couldn’t help but ask him about the outside situation.

Jin Zijin sat opposite Gu Youyou, holding a somewhat cold teacup, his expression blank for a moment, then he gave a bitter smile.

"Not going well?" Gu Youyou asked.

"Hmm, not well," Jin Zijin honestly told her, "Youyou, do you ever think that I’m actually quite useless? I’ve been in Beijing for so long, and haven’t really accomplished anything."