“Miss Yilu, is this fine?” the maid who helped Yilu load her things onto the carriage asked.
“Don’t you want to wait for the young master and miss to return?”
It was almost time for the Academy to let out, and Yilu had chosen this moment to leave. The maids were a little concerned.
“No need. I already spoke with Tif yesterday.” Yilu glanced back at the mansion. “I’ll see them naturally at the Academy tomorrow. I’ll explain everything to them.”
“Alright then.” The maids couldn’t say much more. After all, Tif had told them yesterday that no matter when Yilu decided to leave, they should escort her safely.
But they could sense that Yilu had been avoiding Lyr these past few days.
Once everything was packed, Yilu and the two maids boarded the carriage and headed for the Academy.
At this time, she could wait for Tif right there.
The carriage slowly left the mansion, heading toward the street.
Sitting in the carriage, the two maids sat opposite Yilu. Seeing her absentmindedly staring outside, they exchanged a glance.
“You say it,” one of them nudged the other with her elbow.
“Me? Why don’t you say it?”
“Weren’t you the one who said you saw it last time? So it should be you.”
“That’s exactly why I’m even more afraid to say it.”
Hearing the commotion inside, Yilu turned around. The two maids were passing the buck to each other, seemingly forgetting she was there.
She gave a light cough, and the two maids immediately straightened up.
“Do you have something to say to me?” Yilu asked.
She had some memory of these two. They were the ones who had brought things to her and Lyr that day, and also the ones who had seen Lyr carrying her on his back.
Yilu had tried hard to stay calm in front of them, but they didn’t seem to think so.
The maid gave an awkward smile. “We just wanted to ask, Miss Yilu, are you leaving at this time because you’re avoiding Young Master Lyr?”
Yilu was taken aback, her voice faltering. “Of… of course not.”
“Is that so?”
Yilu’s previously stern face seemed to collapse. She didn’t know how to refute that.
No one knew the answer better than she did.
She had wanted to act as if she didn’t care, but now that it was suddenly exposed, she didn’t know how to respond.
“I’ve been curious these past few days. Young Master Lyr has been good to you, but it feels like you’re really angry with him.”
The topic was opened up, and the two maids became interested.
If Yilu had remained as cold as before, they would never have dared to continue.
“Did Young Master Lyr do something to upset you? You can tell us. After all, we grew up in House Geno, together with Lyr and Geno. We know both of them pretty well.”
“There’s nothing. I’m not angry with him at all.”
Yilu tried to control her emotions, but just thinking about Lyr made her inexplicably agitated.
She wanted to turn away and look outside again, but the maid’s words made her hesitate.
Thinking about it, she really didn’t know much about Lyr.
But after being in contact with him a few times, she had started to care about him.
’A little. Just a little.’ Yilu comforted herself internally.
Feeling that the two maids were still staring at her, Yilu grew uncomfortable and gave herself an out. “Since you know Lyr and Tif well, there is something I’d like to ask you about.”
“Please go ahead, as long as we know,” the maids said eagerly.
Yilu’s gaze wanted to turn back to them, but she forced herself to keep looking outside, so as not to seem too concerned. “By the way, was that guy always like this?”
Even though Lyr was acquainted with her brother, she had rarely interacted with him in the past.
She really knew nothing about his past.
“You mean Young Master Lyr?” The maids immediately understood what Yilu meant.
Her act of not caring was too forced.
Especially seeing the look on Yilu’s face that day when Lyr was carrying her, the maids knew that she wasn’t completely indifferent to Lyr—quite the opposite.
“Let me think.”
If they were to talk about Lyr now, it might not be easy, but if they talked about the past, there was still plenty to say.
“Young Master Lyr used to be quite mischievous, but he was always polite to people. If I had to describe him, I’d say he was overflowing with energy.”
Yilu murmured, “So he’s exactly like Tif said—a dumb idiot overflowing with energy.”
“Especially if someone needed help, he would always lend a hand.”
Back then, even they found it hard to imagine that Lyr was the young master of House Geno, and even the future head.
That was why everyone in the mansion liked him.
Yilu bit her lip. This was clearly a good point of Lyr’s, but it didn’t sit well with her.
Didn’t that prove that Lyr treated her just like everyone else?
Friendliness to others was his nature, and he might even treat strangers the same. She was probably just a stranger to him whose name he knew.
“But aside from us, Young Master Lyr isn’t really good at dealing with girls.”
Yilu was startled and immediately turned around again. “Why?”
She had never heard that before.
His carefree attitude made it impossible to think in that direction.
“I’ll tell you secretly, but don’t tell anyone else.” The maid lowered her voice. “Miss Tif used to cling to Young Master Lyr a lot. Before they went to the Academy, she would stay at home with him.”
To be exact, Tif wouldn’t let Lyr go out and would forcibly keep him there, which meant Lyr spent most of his time at home.
“And after they got to the Academy, whenever there were gatherings, Miss Tif would follow him. If any other girl got close, she would deliberately cause trouble, so Young Master Lyr hardly ever interacted with girls.”
After hearing this, Yilu couldn’t help but laugh.
That capable Tif had actually been like this?
But if she thought about it, it wasn’t completely baseless.
Seizing the moment, the maid continued, “So if Young Master Lyr does anything rude, don’t take it too seriously. He really doesn’t understand these things.”
That was why Lyr treated everyone—male or female—the same, with an unguarded attitude.
“But if I had to say, you should be the only girl other than Miss Tif who has a good relationship with him.”
They didn’t know what had happened after he went to the Frontier, but from what they had seen, Yilu was indeed the girl they had seen getting closest to Lyr.