His voice was faint with genuine exhaustion.
'The past truly doesn't matter,' she thought. 'The one he's engaged to now is Cao Luyun.'
'Besides, this is Lu Xiu we're talking about…'
After that day, he began spending every night there. At first, Liang Wan was a nervous wreck each evening, but thankfully, he never made any further advances.
Gradually, she found she could fall asleep even before he did.
Lu Xiu no longer forbade her from leaving the mansion, which meant she could go out to purchase the materials she needed.
The Master's Mansion had no mistress, so its domestic affairs were delegated to various stewards who reported to a head steward. Everything ran in perfect order, with no one to stir up trouble.
More importantly, aside from Lu Xiu, no one in the entire Master's Mansion placed any restrictions on her. As a result, she had far more freedom here than she ever did at the Liang Mansion.
