Chapter 1058: The New MaidTranslator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Cradling her little sleeping beauty, Ye Yuwei walked downstairs carefully. Gu Juexi was sitting on the sofa in the living hall, going through his doc.u.ments.
Xixi sobbed sleepily as she crawled onto Gu Juexi for comfort. She wrapped her little hands around Gu Juexi’s neck like a koala, reluctant to let go of him.
Ye Xicheng sat on the couch across them. He didn’t say anything, staring intensely at Gu Juexi’s arm instead.
Gu Juexi put down the doc.u.ments in his left hand and looked at his little princess adoringly. Looks like someone had woken up on the wrong side of the bed.
Ye Yuwei glanced at her daughter briefly before she headed into the kitchen to help Auntie Qian with dinner. She whispered to Auntie Qian, “Remember what I asked you to do, okay?”
Gu Juexi ordered the maid to retrieve Xixi’s toys from the toy room as he glanced at the kitchen. Was it about Wen Tao’s leave permission? Did she really think permitting Wen Tao to take leave would settle the whole fiasco?
The maid, Xiao Lian, returned to the hall with Xixi’s toys. After curling up in her father’s embrace stubbornly for a while longer, Xixi crawled away to play with her toys.
Xiao Lian was recently hired as a maid in Gu Mansion. Initially, there were five maids in the house; seven servants in total including Butler Kim and Auntie Qian. Since the two children were in the house, Gu Juexi had asked Butler Kim to recruit two more maids, and Xiao Lian was one of them.
Xiao Lian seemed to be in her early twenties, with a fair appearance and a reserved demeanor. Other than that, Gu Juexi did not know much about the new maid since he was hardly at home as of late.
“Young Master, your water is cold. I’ll get you a new one,” Xiao Lian said respectfully as she stood beside Gu Juexi with modestly downcast eyes.
Gu Juexi resumed looking at his doc.u.ments silently. Xiao Lian voluntarily picked up Gu Juexi’s gla.s.s and went to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, as Xiao Lian was pouring hot water into the gla.s.s, she saw Auntie Qian prepping the crayfish and said in a timid but pretentious tone, “Young Mistress, it’s better for Young Master to avoid such stimulating foods as he is still recovering from his injury.” She curtsied and left the kitchen after her statement.
Ye Yuwei looked at the crayfish in the basin and s.h.i.+fted her gaze to Auntie Qian. “Is she new? I’ve never seen her before.”
“Butler Kim hired her last month. She’s quite a diligent college student—she attends cla.s.ses during the day and comes to help after 4 pm,” Auntie Qian remarked and leaned closer to Ye Yuwei. “Still, you better guard Young Master well. Young ladies like her are cunning and sharp-witted behind their innocent looks. I don’t know why Butler Kim hires girls like her.”
Ye Yuwei listened to Auntie Qian’s grumbling. She could understand her frustration though. The seven servants had been working in Gu Mansion for years, some even decades. Now, two new maids had been recruited, young and attractive ladies too, so it was no wonder Auntie Qian was upset.
“Gu Juexi is not blind, I doubt her witchcraft will work on him,” Ye Yuwei drawled as she looked at the crayfish again. She did not need lectures from others as to what she should or should not do.
“Young Mistress, young ladies nowadays are different from what you used to be so you had better beware of them,” Auntie Qian huffed as she arranged the crayfish in the pot. Next, she poured spices such as chili peppers and peppercorns on a separate plate to be added later.
Ye Yuwei was indifferent to Auntie Qian’s warning as she helped her prepare the vegetables. After everything that she and Gu Juexi had been through, no funny business from anyone would harm their relations.h.i.+p.
Besides, what could she do if Gu Juexi were s.n.a.t.c.hed away by their charms?
As she pondered the circ.u.mstances, she looked at the hall and witnessed Xiao Lian standing graciously beside Gu Juexi while pouring water for him. She sneered mockingly at the sight.