Chapter 11: Assigning Work (1/2)
“You all came to this place to be servants and work.” The madam’s tone was unwavering, “I waited for you all for quite some time. Quickly come in, all of you.”
The madam finished before turning her head.
Everyone quickly looked at each other before the lot came into the villa by twos and by threes.
As everyone was finally entering the villa, Li Hao, the gardener, who was walking near the end, closed the door immediately. Upon seeing this, Liu Kui, the chauffeur, who was right behind him, scolded him for it, but to no avail, Li Hao didn’t dare open the door.
The players formed organized lines in front of the madam after entering.
The madam extended her finger to count the individuals and found they were nothing short of eight people. Satisfied, she nodded, “Yes, just eight people. For the next seven days, you all need to work diligently. One more thing that you need to remember besides working is that you should never wander carelessly around the villa, especially the cellar.”
“Prior to you, I have hired many servants, but they couldn’t do the most basic work well. They pilfered, fumbled, and flipped things around, bringing chaos into our family’s life. So, I fired them earlier than expected, and according to the contract, if the person is terminated early, I wouldn’t need to pay them a single penny!” Speaking of this, the madam’s face became very stern.
The madam’s words had some deeper meaning to them, but since everyone was a player, they already knew that this villa was certainly strange. It wasn’t a problem except for the fact that there were ghosts. Everyone didn’t dwell on the madam’s warnings and continued to listen to her reprimand her subordinates.
“Right, for the chauffeur. Have him always be on call and prepare the car. My husband might want to go out at any moment. Tomorrow morning, my husband will be leaving. At that time, you and the bodyguard will accompany him and keep him safe. Usually at home, the bodyguard can relax. There’s no need to follow my husband around.” The madam thought about something and added, “Tell the gardener to take care of the garden’s Chinese rose well. My younger son is fond of the flowers in the garden and takes good care of them.”
“Madam, you still haven’t told me the tutor’s tasks. What does she need to do?” Bai Yan mentioned An Qing at an appropriate moment.
“Right, I forgot about her! That tutor… After my younger son finishes his lunch and rests for a bit, call her every afternoon at 1 PM to teach my son all the way until 5 PM, totalling four hours. My younger son’s constitution isn’t also that good, so I don’t really have strict requirements for him to make progress. Just go along as she teaches him what he wants to learn and as long as he is happy, that’s enough. When it’s time for class, let the tutor listen to what my son wants to learn and teach him that. If my son wants the tutor to read to him, that’s also fine.”
After explaining the series of tasks, the madam concluded, “In short, you all should do a good job. When it’s time to be paid, I wouldn’t give you a single penny less. Since you’ve all arrived late in the morning, you won’t need to prepare breakfast. Moreover, you can find the equipment you need for your tasks in the utility room beside the servant’s quarters. That’s all. You should first relay what I instructed.. After you’re done, you can go meet my husband in the study on the third floor.”
Bai Yan went over the madam’s requirements in his head again as he raised his right hand to place it on his chest and bowed when he left.
Following the madam’s direction from earlier, he finally found the servant’s quarters.
As they politely said before, they didn’t wait for him. Everyone discussed the room assignments without waiting for him.
Among them, the three girls would be staying together. As the only third-level veteran, Lu Tianyi along with Zhu Fugui will be sharing one room. That left Bai Yan, Liu Kui, and Li Hao to live in one room. The room’s bedding wasn’t lacking at all. You could directly go and live there.
When Bai Yan arrived, everyone was still talking about something. Seeing Bai Yan return, Lu Tianyi greeted him, “Younger brother, what did the madam talk to you about? What job did she arrange for us?”
Facing everyone’s inquiries, Bai Yan immediately relayed the madam’s arrangements at once. Everyone carefully took note of their corresponding tasks while simultaneously pondering on what hidden danger these jobs entailed.
“The madam told me to find her alone. I think that there’s something odd there.” The maid, Su Xiaoqian said, “Both her sons are unwell and she wants me to deliver food to him alone. Could he possibly be a ghost in this game?”
“There’s a possibility.” Bai Yan replied, “But don’t you think that the madam and her husband are both suspicious as well? Although I haven’t met her husband, judging the instructions that she gave, she and her husband seem to be healthy and normal. So, it is possible that her sons are human, and the couple are the ghosts.”
“Yes, there is a saying that ‘Those who look more normal are in fact the abnormal ones.’ We’re in this ghost’s den now, there is no way that they are ordinary people.” Gardener Li Hao agreed.