Chapter 70 - Three days after (1/2)

11 AM, three days after the discussion...

”Miss, Young Master Ryan has just finished his lesson for the day. He requested to meet you, so I carried him here. Sorry, for disturbing your work,” a maid approached a beautiful young lady who was reading and scribbling something on a piece of paper. Behind her was a cute little boy who ran towards the pretty lady without hesitation.

”Big sis! Big sis! What are you reading?” the little boy went left and right trying to get the lady's attention. When the maid saw this, she tried to hold on to the little boy only to fail. The maid miserable situation caught the lady's eyes as she reprimanded the little boy from running around.

”Little pumpkin, stop running now,” she said and looked at the maid with apologetic eyes.

”Sorry for that and thank you for bringing him here,” she spoke in a humble voice. The maid simply smiled as she shook her head.

”It's my pŀėȧsurė. I'll be off now. I'll send someone to bring beverages and snacks for the two of you,” the maid curtsied before leaving the room. As she closed the door, she took one last glance at the people inside the room. A warm smile was on her face when she saw the grown-up woman and her little brother teased each other. Since the two came to the villa, her work as a maid had increased a little and so were the other workers. Not that they resented it, but more to gratefulness. Working in the villa... well... if she needed to summarise it, working here was boring. The reason because they only served one person which was the Master of their clan and the villa's owner.

Perhaps to others, it was a wonderful working environment, but to them who generations by generations worked with the goal of helping the Master of Wu clan by any means possible, doing nothing was like torture. Although Master Eric was the best master they had ever served, his organized life left them with nothing extra to do. Besides, his intimidating aura forced them to stick with their daily chores, afraid to ask for more tasks.

However, things got livelier since the pair of siblings came to the villa. Not only their jobs increased, but they also get the chance to witness their aloof Master playing around with the little boy. It wasn't only a one-time occurrence, but many times. Plus, it was rare to see someone picking a fight with their Master. The woman who day by day was getting prettier was the only one capable of doing that. She seemed timid at first, but when meeting with their Master's constant provocation, she became the tigress that could match with their Master's lioness.

The maid entered the kitchen and requested the chef to prepare the snacks and drinks she spoke of earlier.

”Madam Clair, can I bring the foods to Miss Bella and Young Master Ryan?” a woman approached the maid who just entered the kitchen. She was the youngest maid in the villa, although her age wasn't considered to be young. This maid was already twenty-nine years old.

”I want to ask Miss Bella for her beauty secret. Her skin is so supple. She might be small, but she looked like an angel with her long curly hair,” the young maid continued by a series of complement for Bella Lim. She only stopped when Madam Clair shoved the tray with foods to her hands.

”Aye... thank you Madam Clair!” the young maid almost jumped in joy. She left the room in a hurry, slowing down only when scolded by Madam Clair.

”Don't ask too much. Remember, we work for the people in this villa, disturbing their daily life isn't our jobs,” Madam Clair reminded the young maid.

”Sure, but Miss Bella is kind,” the young maid halted as she looked around. Admiration was in her eyes when she talked about Bella Lim.

”Still, just leave the tray there. Better yet, don't ask anything. Miss Bella seems a bit down nowadays,” Madam Clair insisted. She was old enough to see through people and the past three days were obviously a difficult phase for Miss Bella. Even though she appeared cheerful and often laughed, when she was alone, she often caught her looking sad and angry.

”S-sure...” the young maid uttered after seeing the serious look on Madam Clair. Yet, she still left the room excitedly.

Madam Clair could only shake her head in resignation. Almost all maids wanted to serve Miss Bella because she wasn't just pretty but kind as well. Moreover, she had little pumpkin by her side who often made them laughed their heart out with his mischievousness.

'Ahh, the Master is changing as well,' Madam Clair thought as she resumed her work per normal.

Inside the writing studio, Bella Lim; the pretty lady described earlier was explaining to little pumpkin the thing she was reading. Since Eric Wu had permitted her to tell little pumpkin about her job, she didn't hesitate to talk about the new gem of Enlai Gong. Besides, little pumpkin was already old enough to understand the meaning of secret. He was determined to keep Enlai Gong's true identity even to his grave... so he said.

”Woah... big brother Eric really wrote this?” little pumpkin was holding the manuscript Bella Lim was reading earlier. He flipped through the pages without speaking anything. Suddenly he laughed with his whole body shaking.

”What's so funny?” Bella Lim frowned, wondering if there was a comedic scene written in the manuscript.

”Big sis, what with this scribbles?” little pumpkin showed the paper he was reading. Bella Lim tilted her head to have a look. When she saw her own writing, she gave a gentle twist on little pumpkin's left ear.

”Oh, little pumpkin knows how to tease big sis now?” with a stern voice, she rose her voice. Little pumpkin pursed his lips and vigorously shook his head.

”Not dare! Little pumpkin is sorry,” he denied, waving his hands. He understood that his big sis was just showing an angry facade so he decided to play along. ”Ouch, ouch, ouch! big sis! Please spare me!” he screamed and began to cry. Seeing this, Bella Lim could no longer continue her act.