Master bestowing gifts on a slave is naturally something I couldn't refuse; Mrs. Li accepted it but was obliged to go to the peony garden to express gratitude personally. Gu Fangzi uncharacteristically received her with a beaming smile, calling her "Mammy" in a most intimate manner, which made Mrs. Li's skin crawl.
Gu Fangzi even insisted on having Mrs. Li stay for a meal, but Mrs. Li made excuses about being busy and hurriedly left.
After much thought, Mrs. Li felt that Gu Fangzi's kind offer was either deceitful or thievish. It suddenly dawned on her after a moment of reflection, and she couldn't help but grit her teeth in secret: That scoundrel, she is doing this deliberately to make the head wife suspicious of me!
