“Did you buy that cup of milk tea?”
“Of course. Young Master, aren’t you going to reimburse me?” Jiang Sui leaned her back against the piano, spinning the duckbill cap in her hands. “Everything here is so expensive. A single drink almost costs three digits.”
“There’s no need for you to spend extra money on things like this for me.” Lu Yunze sighed.
Knowing full well how bad his financial situation was, yet still spending money to please others. Lu Yunze was grateful, but he couldn’t feel happy at all.
“Don’t do this kind of thing next time. You still have that huge debt to pay off.” Lu Yunze casually reimbursed her for the drink.
“Debt is debt, Young Master is Young Master. That’s not the same thing,” Jiang Sui smiled as usual. “No matter how poor you are, the parts that must have expenses can’t be cut. Isn’t that right?”
She actually said there are parts that must have expenses?
Lu Yunze was silent for a long time, not knowing how to refute her, and he couldn’t get angry at her actions either.
Noticing the clothes Jiang Sui was wearing, Lu Yunze suddenly remembered something.
“Didn’t Luo Yao ask you to watch the house? Aren’t you afraid she’ll deduct your wages?”
She was still wearing the uniform of this Western restaurant’s staff, probably planned in advance. But he had to admit, the nutritional richness of the Big White Rabbit candy was indeed good. Even the uniform shirt, an ordinary piece of clothing, looked quite eye-catching on Jiang Sui.
He was referring to the two proud peaks on her chest. The purple fabric of the ribbon made it hard for anyone not to notice. Lu Yunze even wanted to ask if she felt suffocated.
“Anyway, Young Master will definitely compensate me for the part that gets deducted, right?” Jiang Sui’s words successfully distracted him.
“No way.” Lu Yunze frowned. “I’m not your ATM.”
If he really spent money on everything for her, he thought to himself, he might as well just pay off her debts directly. That way, she could live a normal life. With Jiang Sui’s hardworking hands, she could even live well.
“Hehe, just joking, Young Master, why are you so silly?” Jiang Sui lightly patted his shoulder. “It’s fine, Miss has already gone out. She won’t be back for at least an hour or so.”
There was evidence for that. Whenever Luo Yao went out to play, she almost always spent a long time. Going out during the day and not coming back for dinner at night was very normal.
Lu Yunze couldn’t help but admire in his heart how Jiang Sui had completely figured out Luo Yao’s behavior patterns. It was a bit scary.
“Actually, the one I understand best is Young Master. Every night, I sneak into your bedroom while you’re asleep and touch you all over.”
“Really?”
A seemingly exaggerated sentence, but coming from Jiang Sui, it just might be true.
After calming down, Lu Yunze still felt she wouldn’t go that far and asked, “Aren’t you afraid?”
“What’s there to be afraid of?” Jiang Sui tilted her head. “We’re all…”
Before she could finish the last word, she paused and then said in a much lower tone, “We’re all family. What’s there to be afraid of?”
Was it just his imagination?
Just now, he seemed to have seen a flash of sorrow in her light purple eyes.
Before Lu Yunze could think it through, Jiang Sui spoke again.
“Young Master plays piano really well. I want to be like you, sitting right in the center of the stage.”
“You better forget it.”
Lu Yunze tried to imagine that scene, but it was just too terrifying.
Earlier, when talking about famous pianists in history, Lu Yunze found that the ones she liked were all extremely violent performers. She was influenced by them too, playing roughly, even giving the piano an elbow strike as if the sound wasn’t loud enough.
If she really sat in his position, even if the piano could withstand her playing style, the customers here wouldn’t be able to bear her performance.
For others, and for himself, Lu Yunze chose to sit tightly in his chair, not giving Jiang Sui any chance.
“You’d better go back quickly. You’re basically slacking off now.”
The moment Lu Yunze finished speaking, Jiang Sui came closer again, the girl’s unique fragrance filling the air.
“I’m taking care of Young Master here. Isn’t that part of the work?”
“And with Miss not around, I’m the only one Young Master can rely on.”
While speaking, she reached out her hand. Lu Yunze thought she was going to do something strange, but it was just to straighten his collar.
Even though he was sweating, and his collar was wet from the sweat, she didn’t mind and directly touched it.
Her serious expression made Lu Yunze feel a bit guilty for misunderstanding her good intentions.
Always seeing the mischievous side of her, Lu Yunze almost forgot she was actually a very reliable maid.
After fixing the collar, Jiang Sui saw his dumbfounded expression and couldn’t help but chuckle, eyes narrowing slightly.
“What are you laughing at?”
“I never noticed before, but Young Master’s collarbone is actually very attractive.” She pointed at his shoulder and chest, sliding toward the collarbone and even toward the sternum.
Lu Yunze was about to stop her from going any further when Jiang Sui voluntarily withdrew her hand and stepped back.
She put on the duckbill cap, tucked her flowing long hair back under it, and lowered the brim.
What was she doing?
Following the direction of her finger, Lu Yunze saw a few customers just entering the restaurant.
They were all women, young and vibrant, and among them was a very familiar figure, Luo Yao.
Looking back beside him, the little maid’s figure had already disappeared.
When did Jiang Sui learn such good stealth?
Before, he couldn’t detect her approaching, and now she even left without making a sound?
“Brother Chen, what are you looking at?”
Luo Yao’s voice suddenly sounded beside him. Lu Yunze hurriedly withdrew his gaze.
“What are you doing here?”
“Aren’t you forgetful, Brother? Didn’t you say this morning that I would come?” Luo Yao teased.
“No, I didn’t forget…”
Lu Yunze just didn’t expect that after going out with her friends, Luo Yao would still think of him and even bring her friends along.
Luo Yao’s friends were also regular guests at the Manor’s banquets. After meeting, they actively greeted Lu Yunze.
“So this is the place where Brother Lu works part-time. The environment looks okay, but the floor isn’t very clean,” Luo Yao said. “Brother Lu, haven’t you started working yet?”
“I’ve already played a few pieces. Now I’m resting.”
“Is that so? With Brother Lu’s skills, you must be very popular here.”
“No, I’m just playing casually.”
Luo Yao looked around and suddenly asked, “Brother, you’re always so serious when playing piano. There are so many young women here, does anyone bother you?”
“Uh, why do you suddenly ask that?” Lu Yunze laughed awkwardly. “I’ve never had any luck with romance. How would anyone approach me just because they heard me play piano?”
Fortunately, Jiang Sui was close by and overheard in time, or else Lu Yunze wouldn’t know how to explain.
“Is that so? But I heard just now that Brother Lu was chatting happily with a strange woman.”
At those words, Lu Yunze was stunned.
Luo Yao gestured in a direction, and two girls sitting not far away stood up and walked over. They greeted Luo Yao and chatted like old friends. Wait, were these also Luo Yao’s friends? He’d never seen them before!
“Luo Yao, you finally came. We’ve been waiting for you a long time.”
“Sorry, you came too early.”
“But this Young Master Lu’s piano playing really sounds great.”
“I told you.”
Luo Yao was still smiling.
“You just messaged me saying there was a woman beside Brother Lu, right?”
Facing Luo Yao’s question, the two girls honestly described what they had seen:
A beautiful girl wearing the staff uniform chatting with Lu Yunze, and the two seemed to have some intimate contact.
“I see. Did you take any pictures?”
“No.”
“That’s really a pity.” Luo Yao sighed, then squinted, “But this little clue is enough. Since she’s a staff member, she can’t have gotten away.”
Even though she wasn’t looking at him, Lu Yunze was breaking out in cold sweat.
He really had underestimated Luo Yao!
Damn! She is determined 👀