Chapter 1
“You bastard! You actually had someone shit on my head?!”
A woman’s shrill bellow carried in from outside, startling Shi Liaoliao so badly that she nearly snapped the chest binder in her hands.
As personal valet to the sole heir of the Lu family, one of the wealthiest families around, Shi Liaoliao was a consummate professional. In no time at all, she’d transformed from a delicate girl as pretty as a doll into an aloof boy as pretty as a doll.
The yelling outside continued. Shi Liaoliao shook her head helplessly. Who could be so vicious?
“Shi Liaoliao! Do you hear me? Get out here! I’ll have Lu Yanzhou fire you, you ill-mannered little shit!”
Shi Liaoliao, hearing her own full name: “………”
Oh, shit. It’s me she’s after.
Shi Liaoliao was the former butler’s ‘grandson.’ As soon as she’d taken up the post, the head of the Lu family had assigned her to his sole heir, Lu Yanzhou, as his personal valet. But Lu Yanzhou didn’t get along with his father, so he’d never had any time for her, either.
She’d spent years disguised as a boy, and now she’d even managed to land a position at the young master’s side. She couldn’t keep dragging this out. Surely she could get herself fired this time?
Under the other servants’ gleeful gazes, Shi Liaoliao’s slender figure appeared before Bai Liye in a crisply pressed uniform.
The ‘boy’ had raven hair and snow-white skin. A neat black uniform outlined a narrow waist, while a small face and slightly upturned eyes lent a natural touch of allure. Only her perpetually blank expression kept that beauty firmly in check.
The sight made Bai Liye even angrier. She even began to resent the head of the Lu family. Why send a valet prettier than a girl to Lu Yanzhou’s side?
Competing with another woman? Please. All she loved was the Lu family’s staggering wealth.
Bai Liye couldn’t even imagine what a cheerful young woman she’d become if she got to be Mrs. Lu.
“Why are you standing so far away? Scared now, are you?”
Shi Liaoliao stood silently in place, fingers clenched tightly together, veins standing out on the backs of her hands, as though she were struggling to hold something back. Bai Liye’s lips curled smugly.
She was a very pretty girl, dressed in white with dainty, strappy heels. Her features were sweet, and she’d grown up in a once-prosperous family of musicians with an extremely strict upbringing. Even angry, Bai Liye still looked beautiful on the whole.
Until Shi Liaoliao slowly spoke.
“Miss Bai.”
“You’re standing in piss.”
Bai Liye: ?
The stench she’d previously overlooked suddenly wafted into her nose. She turned her head.
A dog that had just finished peeing stood beside her feet, looking up at her with an innocent face. The hem of her pure white dress was already soaked through with yellow liquid and giving off an unpleasant smell.
Bai Liye: “………”
What a vicious dog!
“You’re dead, Shi Liaoliao… I’m getting you kicked out of the Lu household today!” Her beautiful face twisted as though she might lunge forward and bite Shi Liaoliao to death at any second.
Shi Liaoliao’s face stayed as blank as ever.
“Got it. Off you go and play.”
Take it up with the culprit. Go find whoever did the shitting.
Every time something goes wrong, I get the blame. Good grief. At this point, who can even tell me apart from Dou E?
Bai Liye: “………”
While she was fuming, a quick-witted servant approached with a fawning smile. “Miss Bai, let me take you to clean up.”
As he led her past Shi Liaoliao, he whispered gloatingly, “You’re finished. The master will be home any minute.”
Scared yet?
Shi Liaoliao gave him an indifferent glance. “Oi.”
The servant: “………”
He shot her a fierce glare. Keep acting so cocky, he thought. Let’s see how smug you look when the master gets back!
Shi Liaoliao suppressed the upward twitch of her lips and hid the excitement in her eyes.
Freedom at last. With any luck, she’d be feeling up a male nightclub model’s abs tonight.
As she was thinking this, a sudden stir came from outside. The servants, who’d been doing their own work while secretly enjoying Shi Liaoliao’s misfortune, put down their tasks and headed out together.
There could be no doubt about the reason for this grand, ostentatious scene…
The Lu family’s heir, Lu Yanzhou, was home.
Shi Liaoliao glanced down at her ankles to make sure her thermal underwear was tucked into her socks and out of sight, then headed outside, too.
The gates outside the villa slowly slid apart. A tall, straight-backed figure came into view, walking into the breeze.
The young man was still wearing his academy uniform. His gaze was lowered, long lashes sweeping down as though he were turning something over in his mind.
Most arresting was the tiny mole at the inner corner of his left eye, which added a seductive touch to his refined face. Then he raised his lids, and his clear, tea-brown eyes caught the light, lending him a gentler air.
“Master, you’re home.”
The most senior servant pushed Shi Liaoliao aside and hurried to greet Lu Yanzhou.
Shi Liaoliao, whose foot had nearly been trodden on: “………”
Just you wait, you old fart. I’m stealing your hemorrhoid cream tonight.
Lu Yanzhou happened to see the exchange.
The beautiful little valet had been shoved aside and merely lowered her eyes, remaining silent.
He gave the servant an impassive glance.
“I believe I’ve said this before.”
“There are no slaves in Xinhua.”
There was a gentle curve to his lips, but his words spared the man no embarrassment.
The servant took an awkward step back and hastily corrected himself. “Comrade Young Master…”
As if to make up for his mistake, he stepped forward again. “Young master, Miss Bai has come to see you.”
Glancing sideways at Shi Liaoliao, he added maliciously, “But Shi Liaoliao made Miss Bai cry.”
Shi Liaoliao was deeply gratified.
Yes. Exactly. Now fire me.
Before Lu Yanzhou could look over, Bai Liye, who’d been taken away to clean up, appeared in the hall.
“You’re back.”
Freshly changed, her hair even blow-dried, Bai Liye hurried over in her little heels, her eyes full of joy as she looked at Lu Yanzhou.
Until she passed Shi Liaoliao. Her foot slipped, and she reached out and shoved her.
Caught completely off guard, Shi Liaoliao fell to the floor, pain shooting through both knees.
Tears filled Bai Liye’s eyes. “It’s all my fault. Even though you’ve been rude to me and wouldn’t let me see Lu Yanzhou, I never once thought of getting back at you.”
Lu Yanzhou stood to one side, showing no intention of stopping this farce.
His tea-brown eyes weren’t on Bai Liye and her mediocre performance. They rested on the little valet sitting back on her heels on the floor.
Just as always. No matter how she was misunderstood or bullied, her expression remained unreadable, her eyes still as an ancient well. Patient and composed.
A faint trace of appreciation entered Lu Yanzhou’s eyes, then quickly vanished.
A pity…
It was precisely that excellent composure that meant the valet couldn’t be allowed to stay.
Lu Yanzhou parted his thin lips and was about to speak when a clear voice suddenly rang out in his head.
[Fuck you. All I did was refuse to let you in last time!]
[You’re even smaller-minded than Lu Yanzhou’s dick!]