250 The Difference Between A Mistress And The Woman Of The House (2/2)

Su Qing froze then grabbed her by her arm and stopped her in the hallway and pointed her forefinger at her pointedly. She snarled in fake-lividness as an intense feminist, ”There is nothing disgusting about knowing what you want and going for it!”

She threw her hands in the air and rolled her eyes, ”Since when have you turned into a prude, Ren? We are independent women! Do you want it? You go snatch it!

Lei Xinyi's eyes shot up and she looked at her as if the madwoman had grown two heads. She looked sideways and whisper-yelled, ”You want me to go snatch his… carrot?!”

In return, Su Qing shook her head in disappointment as if she was her let-down mother, and decided to give up, ”Gosh! What did they do to you! It truly is infuriating looking at a ex-slut/player like you act all pious-virgin-goody.”

Lei Xinyi rolled her eyes at her dramatics and mumbled low all the while resuming her march to her destination, ”Just shut it, I am making a salve for him. It's for soreness of muscles.”

Su Qing gasped in shock and her jaw dropped in horror, ”Oh my God, Ren! You truly are a piece of art, you are even making a salve so he can massage it on your cunt afterward?! You truly are forward and here I thought you became a cult witch!”

Lei Xinyi turned to her with a disgusted face and flickered Su Qing's head with her knuckles, ”You really need to get your head out of the gutter. There are other things in life than sex and other parts of the body than genitals.”

Lei Xinyi ran her hand in the basket on her ingredients as if patting her good pet and pointedly stated, ”He 'got' in a... brawl somewhere though his body showed signs that his skin and muscles were toughened through years of training I still wanted to make this salve for him so that I have the iron hot before I strike it. You see… ass licking.”

Su Qing nodded and then grinned at her teasingly, ”You know…it would be rather more effective if you go 'virtually' licking his ass.”

”You know… shut up!”

They reached the kitchen entrance and the staff all paused their work, a deafening silence stored when their minds registered the person on the door. They heatedly eyed them as if they were some kind of rare extinct species.

”O…K!” Su Qing drawled and held Lei Xinyi's elbow, ”That's not awkward at all.” Su Qing mumbled in Lei Xinyi's ear.

Lei Xinyi snorted and mumbled back, ”Tell me about it.”

Before she could take another step forward inside the kitchen, the Housekeeper Yang came forward and stood in front of her with a fake smile and cold stare, ”What can I do for you, Miss 'Lei'.” Her tone was respectable, mock respectful.

Neither did the Housekeeper's emphasize on her surname nor did her cold-hard stare was alien to her. She was all too familiar with the hollowness of her reaction but kept a straight face none-the-less.

Lei Xinyi assessed the workers who were all looking at her like she was some rabid dog who could lunge at them at any moment and make them tomorrow's newspaper's headline then Housekeeper who looked at her like she was here to trespass in her territory and make her a stranger to it like her place was in jeopardy because of her existence.

Lei Xinyi produced her set of fake smile and turned back to Housekeeper Yang, her tone placid yet firm, ”I am afraid, there is nothing that Housekeeper Yang can do for me aside from getting out of my way.”

She pointed to the stove which had two maids hovering over it, ”I need to use the stove if you will excuse me.”

The Housekeeper assessed her features for a giveaway and then her eyes landed on the basket on Lei Xinyi's arm and her expression hardened and her body took an alarmed pose.

”Miss Lei, why don't you let us do it for you while you take a rest.” Her tone was accusatory and cold.

It was like she was dragging her out of the kitchen as it was a place for the woman of the house, making her place as a mistress obvious to her.

Lei Xinyi rolled her eyes, she was clearly overreacting as if she was going to make a grenade with the herbs she had collected from their own sunroom. She understood her wariness, disrespect and she wasn't one to let things slide but the fact the woman was old with rusty bones and air-head made her keep her hand on her light.

Su Qing expression none the less darkened at the blunt attitude of the Housekeeper and she took a threatening step forward...