Chapter 431 - Little White Face (1/2)

Jang Shin glanced at Linfeng with dead fish eyes.

'This betrayer!'

Should he be annoyed by Linfeng's narcissism or alarmed that Linfeng actually complimented IHZHI's owner?

'Bro! Don't fall to our enemy's hands!'

Jang Shin sighed.

Then he became serious. ”By the way, Linfeng. Are you sure about this? All eyes are on this event. You attending this event, are you trying to expose your identity as SC's owner?”

Linfeng looked outside the window. ”I am. I want to try and let the public accept my identity little by little. Not only as a butler to my Young Miss but as her equal.”

”...”

Jang Shin turned silent.

It was all about his Young Miss.

His friend was really adamant about standing by Xiong Zhi's side as her equal.

No butler in history managed to do that feat, at most they could only be considered as a little white face*.

But if Linfeng wanted to do it, it should be possible with his friend's stubbornness and ability.

(E/N: a little white face is a person who is usually a beautiful or handsome man of lower background being supported by someone more powerful and wealthier, whom he was in a relationship with)

Jang Shin fell silent with many thoughts running in his mind.

He suddenly asked.

”Standing by her side as her butler and at the same time her lover, wouldn't that be too hard?”

”What is hard about it?”

A certain young miss popped up in Jang Shin's mind.

”…Let's face it, it's a taboo in our society. Especially to us. We are serving the four legendary families. People will not accept this easily. If they did, they will look at the relationship not at the romantic aspect but on the political angle, whether there are benefits or a loss. Especially because one party has a lower status than the other. Isn't it not surprising that people will look down at such a relationship? ”

Jang Shin did not know what point he was trying to prove.

Marriage in upper society was all about politics. Only a tiny percent of some couples married out of love. So why was he so concerned about it? It was not like he would marry... a certain someone... out of romance...

”That's why you have to work hard for it. Our status since birth is lower than our masters, so we can only try to improve our cards. We don't want to be looked down upon and we also don't want everyone to look down on our young misses when they decide to marry us.”

Linfeng once had a belly of insecurities over his status and position.

He did not want to be called a little white face because it meant that his Young Miss would be laughed at for having him, a lowly servant, as her lover. He did not want to depend on his Young Miss's status and position. He wanted to prove to the world what he could do and achieve as Linfeng.

But after being separated for more than two years, Linfeng actually had some regrets.

At times when he terribly missed Xiong Zhi, he even entertained the thought that perhaps, it was alright to depend on his Young Miss. With his Young Miss's handsome flair, if she asked him to marry her and become a house husband, he might even happily agree at those points in time.

Sigh, love was truly mysterious. It could bend one's principles.