Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Lin Zhilan seemed to only half-understand.

But that was fine.

Much of knowledge has a delayed reaction.

I clearly remember sitting in politics class back in the day, unable to grasp the concepts of productivity, relations of production, and means of production.

But after entering society and spending years as a corporate drone, one day it suddenly clicked: I am the productivity. Because I don’t own the means of production, I can only accept the rules of the game set by the boss, endure terrible relations of production, and receive a pittance to survive.

Once I understood that, I felt a wave of belated realization and began fighting to acquire my own means of production.

If I had never been introduced to those concepts, however, I don’t think I would have ever had that moment of enlightenment.

Lin Zhilan quieted down.

The atmosphere was warm and cozy. I couldn’t help but kiss her little cheek, thinking about what wonderful creatures children are.

She seemed to summon her courage and said, “Auntie, you used to say we could only take from each dish once or it would be impolite. But today, you took from many dishes multiple times.”

I was instantly petrified.

Wen Min had only made that up to trick Lin Zhilan so she could lose weight.

She didn’t eat much herself, and she didn’t let Lin Zhilan eat much either.

But I wasn’t on a diet. Everything tasted delicious to me.

I said, “All my old rules are void. I wasn’t very sensible back then. From now on, we’ll discuss things together.”

Let’s just treat everything the original host said before as a load of hot air.

Actually, no.

Let’s treat it as many, many loads of hot air.

That night, I stayed with Lin Zhilan until she fell asleep.

Once she was out, I left the room and ran into a servant.

The servant told me that Lin Zheng wanted me to go to the study to see him.

I gave a casual “oh” and started walking toward the study.

Just as I was about to reach the door, I stopped.

Why did this routine sound so familiar?

It didn’t take long for me to realize.

This was exactly how he used to treat Wen Su!

Ordering a servant to summon her.

They were husband and wife in name, but in reality, it was like a king and his subject.

Their conversations were usually filled with arguments, misunderstandings, accusations, and the cold shoulder.

And now he was using the same routine on me…

Different corporate drone, same old routine.

I let out a cold snort, turned on my heel, and went back to my room to sleep.

I was a bit tired today. The bed was soft, the pillow was the perfect height, and the silk duvet wrapped around me like a gentle cloud of cotton. The mattress offered excellent support, too. It was pure bliss.

I drifted off to sleep almost instantly.

I don’t know how much time passed, but I vaguely heard someone hovering outside my door, making a bit of noise before stopping.

I figured it was probably a mouse. I hadn’t expected a wealthy household to have mice; I’d have to tell the butler tomorrow.

I rolled over and went back to sleep.

The next morning, I was met with Lin Zheng’s resentful face.

I ignored him and went straight to look for Lin Zhilan.

A servant informed me that Lin Zhilan had already left for school.

Only then did I realize that Lin Zhilan was already a second-grade elementary student and needed to wake up early for school.

I turned to the butler and mentioned the mouse problem.

The butler began to ask for details.

Lin Zheng’s expression grew increasingly dark. He interrupted, “You didn’t take Zhilan to school. If you can’t handle these responsibilities, there’s no need for you to stay in the Lin family.”

I grabbed a piece of bread from the kitchen and nibbled on it happily. Hearing this, I interrupted nonchalantly, “Then let’s terminate the contract. It was just a bunch of unfair terms you dictated anyway. It’s boring.”

It was actually quite funny.

Lin Zheng had set many terms to restrict Wen Min.

Wen Min had to drop off and pick up the child, educate her, and handle everything related to her.

However, she didn’t receive a salary.

The only promise she got was that she could live in the Lin family home with room and board included.

She was essentially a free nanny who was also desperately trying to get Lin Zheng to sleep with her!

So stupid.

I had no intention of staying with the Lin family.

I was going out to make money.

But before making money, there were things that needed to be settled.

“Now, let’s discuss how my sister’s inheritance is going to be distributed.”