Ye Jiu harbored some doubts, "Aren't you that Liu Yunqing's cousin? The Liu Family seems quite wealthy, so if you have nowhere to go, why not head to the Liu Family? Why bother approaching a stranger like me?"
"I... I..." the boy's expression was pitiable, "Actually, my mother is an unfavored daughter of the Liu Family. My father went up the mountain to gather herbs a while back, and ended up falling to his death. My mother couldn't cope with the shock and followed him in death. Now, I am all alone at home, and we're poor. I haven't had anything to eat for three days..."
A while back, he saw a girl who said the same thing, and the steward took her in, even letting her help with cooking in the kitchen.
So, it should work if he said the same thing, right?
Ye Jiu sized up the young man once more. Surely this fellow wasn't taking her for a fool?
Dead father, deceased mother, hasn't eaten in three days!
