Transmigrated Genius: Fragile Heiress Reigns Supreme-Chapter 481 - 484: Admiration (4)

Madam Hu listened attentively, then put down her tea cup and stood up to open the door, revealing a narrow gap. The innkeeper’s servant squinted his eyes, peering straight into the room. Madam Hu’s face hardened as she recognized him and shouted, "What are you looking at? Do you have any business here?"

The servant grinned frivolously and replied, "Nothing, just came to ask if there is anything you might need from a humble servant like myself."

Impudent rogue!

Madam Hu cursed inwardly and slammed the door shut with a bang, angrily yelling, "Get out! If there is any business, you’ll be summoned."

The servant scoffed at the closed door, sneered, and spat before slinking downstairs.

Hu Suqing lay on the bed, her face growing more unpleasant. She did not wish to stay in such a disreputable place for even a moment.

"Who knows when your elder brother will return!" Madam Hu was equally furious, and as the mother and daughter spoke, a commotion erupted outside the room. Suddenly, they heard someone shouting loudly, "Clear out, move along, the inn is fully booked. No unauthorized persons allowed inside!"

The guests at the inn were reluctant to leave, and the inn’s servant promptly threw their luggage out.

Shouts and curses filled the air, erupting into chaos.

The guests, even though compensated with silver, remained angry and dissatisfied, each retrieving their bundles and gathering outside, hurling insults toward the inn, while passersby filled the street, eager to watch the commotion.

Inside the inn, it suddenly fell silent.

Madam Hu and Hu Suqing were stunned, faces full of bewilderment.

Just then, someone at the door knocked, and Madam Hu suspiciously opened it slightly again. It was still the same servant, but his demeanor had shifted from lewdness to a smile full of flattery, as if Madam Hu were his savior: "Madam Hu, the inn has been booked entirely for you and Miss Hu. If you have any requests, please let us know, and we will serve you wholeheartedly."

"Wh... what?" Madam Hu was incredulous, "Booked entirely?"

The servant nodded affirmatively, "Yes, someone paid entirely to book the inn for Miss Hu. Madam Hu and Miss Hu can stay at ease, and we will ensure you feel at home."

"May I ask who paid?"

The servant smiled and shook his head, "The person didn’t leave a name, so please don’t ask."

Shock!

Madam Hu closed the door and saw the puzzled expression on Hu Suqing’s face.

She said, "Who would book the entire inn for us? Could it be the Grand Dowager or Fourth Master Xiao?" Apart from Fourth Master Xiao and the Grand Dowager, they couldn’t think of anyone else with such means.

The servant brought wine and dishes, which were exquisitely prepared, and a woman from the kitchen entered to serve Madam Hu with care.

Madam Hu looked at Hu Suqing, her heart filled with comfort.

The Xiao Family is apparently afraid and is taking good care of them, clearly intending to bring Suqing back but worried she might tarnish their reputation if left outside. That’s why they booked the inn and excluded the uninvolved.

Madam Hu was delighted, but Hu Suqing lay there, growing more suspicious.

She felt something was amiss but couldn’t pinpoint the problem!

Downstairs, the inn was surrounded by people, all speculating about the grand display, where a single person booked the entire inn and threw out all customers.

Curses rose one after another!

The crowd became increasingly indignant.

Suddenly, cries emerged from the crowd, followed by a woman, disheveled, squeezing through, her face covered in black and gray dust, her clothes bearing scorch marks. She squeezed out from the crowd and stood outside the inn, attempting to rush inside.

The watching public fell silent, immediately looking at the unrecognizable woman.

At the entrance, the woman was stopped by the inn’s servant, who shouted, "This inn is fully booked, no unauthorized persons are allowed inside!"

"I... I’m not unauthorized; please, young man, have mercy and let me in!"

The servant would not oblige; the woman cried as she knelt at the entrance, pleading, "I’m a servant woman of the Hu family; please let me in to see my lady and Miss Hu."

"What?" The servant paused, "You are a servant of the Hu family?"

The woman nodded repeatedly.

Some in the crowd started realizing that the Hu family were today’s talk of the town, being the tragic lovers with Fourth Master Xiao.

The servant hesitated, his face showing doubt, and then suddenly shouted, "The Hu family burned last night, all the servants either died or scattered. Where did you come from as a servant woman? When Madam Hu and Miss Hu arrived, they had no one with them; what kind of servant woman are you? Scram!" He then spat, cursing, "Beggars are nothing but beggars, trying to fool the master!"

The woman panicked, crying loudly, "I didn’t get burned to death; I escaped last night during the fire... Please, young man, inform them, tell them I’m Nanny Liu, always driving the carriage for the household; the lady and Miss will surely let me in."

"Go, go, go!" The matters of the Hu family now known to everyone in town: "The Hu family’s carriage woman burned last night; which carriage woman are you?"

The woman saw her words ignored and continued to kneel and kowtow at the doorway...

Again, whispers arose among the public.

At this moment, Madam Hu, hearing the noise downstairs, descended.

The woman let out a shrill scream upon seeing Madam Hu: "Madam! Madam!"

Madam Hu saw the woman’s face, stumbled backward several steps, and involuntarily exclaimed, "Are you a human or a ghost..."

"I’m a servant, I didn’t die!"

Madam Hu’s face slowly drained of color.

Suddenly, government officials from the Capital City Government pushed through the crowd and entered, asking questions to the woman. By the time Madam Hu came to her senses, the woman calling herself Nanny Liu had been taken away by the officials.

Madam Hu sat heavily on the floor.

The surrounding public watched, more reluctant to leave, increasingly curious about the whole affair.

The Hu family was consumed by fire last night, but now Madam Hu booked the entire inn and stayed here. While booking the whole inn might not be surprising, why did the carriage woman, who supposedly died in the fire, appear at the inn?

The situation is full of intrigue.

The story of Fourth Master Xiao and Second Miss Hu once again reached a climax within a few hours.

Hu Suqing leaned against the gray pillow, her face ashen. She glared at Madam Hu and said, "Didn’t elder brother go back and check, saying everyone was burned to death? How is she here alive, could it be we’re seeing ghosts?"