“Young master, comrade, Shi Liaoliao has pulled out all the flowers you worked so hard to plant. Is it really appropriate to let her continue staying here?”
The servant pleaded earnestly.
But inwardly, his resentment had reached its peak.
If not for Shi Liaoliao, the position of personal manservant should have been his!
Lu Yanzhou was wearing a light blue apron, gloves on as he examined the thriving chives growing in the flowerpots.
“She just arrived here. Unless she wants to be fired, why would she coincidentally choose my flowerbed to plant chives?”
Lu Yanzhou casually poked at the chives.
The servant forced a smile: “Even if she didn’t know, she still made a mistake. Without rules, there is no order. She must be punished, or what will the other servants think?”
The sky, which had been clear just moments ago, suddenly darkened. Dense clouds gathered visibly, and it looked like rain was imminent.
Lu Yanzhou stood up, casually removed his gloves, and took the handkerchief handed by the servant, wiping his slender, distinct fingers clean.
“No rush.”
The little manservant always wore a deadpan expression, only retaliating when pushed too far. She didn’t seem like the type to mindlessly do something like this.
The servant looked at Lu Yanzhou as if he were a foolish ruler blinded by a seductress.
Then, suddenly remembering something, he lowered his head to hide his expression.
A personal manservant must follow their master twenty-four hours a day, even at the academy.
But Saint Dun Academy—an elite school that only admits top students, where money can’t buy entry, a strictly hierarchical aristocratic institution—how could Shi Liaoliao, a lowly person who had never even attended school, possibly enter?
…
Shi Liaoliao stood under the corridor, staring at the hamster in her palm.
[So, I’m temporarily not getting fired?]
A bitter smile tugged at the corner of her mouth.
Good news: Not getting fired.
Bad news: Won’t get to touch the abs of nightclub male models.
[If I don’t complete this mission, I won’t be able to return, right?]
Receiving a notification that the delivery had arrived, Shi Liaoliao walked outside and couldn’t help but ask.
Wanwan obediently perched on her shoulder: [That’s right.]
Although Shi Liaoliao had no parents in her original world, she still felt a sense of belonging there.
Not like here… where she had to hide her gender and live cautiously.
[Do you know where the original host went?]
[The original host’s wish was to be reincarnated as a panda. You can find her at the zoo in S City, but she no longer has any memories of her past life.]
Shi Liaoliao: “…”
The original host really knew how to live the good life.
[Why did she say that exposing her gender would lead to death? Did the original host have any enemies?]
Wanwan: [Sorry, your permissions are insufficient to access that information.]
Great, she’d have to find the answer herself.
Retrieving the package from the gatekeeper, the heavily clouded sky finally unleashed its emotions. A downpour of fine rain poured down, drenching Shi Liaoliao to the bone.
Wanwan quickly hid in her shirt pocket: [Ah, host, hurry and find shelter from the rain! Be careful not to catch a cold!!]
Shi Liaoliao wiped the rainwater from her face.
[That’s exactly the effect I wanted.]
The standalone building in the back garden was Lu Yanzhou’s favorite place to spend time.
It originally belonged to his mother, but after her suicide, it was abandoned. His father, obsessed with researching resurrection techniques, paid no attention to it, so Lu Yanzhou claimed it for himself.
Sitting down on the high stool by the floor-to-ceiling window, he opened his laptop, ready to complete the essay assigned by his teacher before leaving school.
Outside the window, the heavy rain fell densely, blurring the scenery.
Lu Yanzhou glanced casually and was about to look away—
When a figure suddenly appeared in his line of sight.
“Hmm?”
A hint of surprise flickered in his tea-brown eyes.
Though only roughly draped in a raincoat that barely covered anything, the person’s slender figure was still discernible.
The little manservant seemed to have never done such a thing before, squatting in the flowerbed, pulling out leeks one by one.
Lu Yanzhou’s eyesight was excellent; he could even clearly see the other’s pale cheeks washed by the rain and the eyes struggling to stay open under the weight of the droplets.
Clearly a man, yet carrying a fragile softness reminiscent of a woman—a rare case of a man with feminine features.
It was said that people with such features were blessed with good fortune.
Shi Liaoliao was pulling with great enthusiasm. Though the heavy rain made it hard to see clearly and the soaked gloves were somewhat difficult to use, she persisted in pulling out each leek that had angered Lu Yanzhou.
Wiping the water droplets from her face, she sniffled and was about to stand up to move to the next row.
The pitter-patter of raindrops suddenly vanished from her ears.
Shi Liaoliao looked up slowly.
The surrounding noise seemed to pause for a moment as her eyes met those tea-brown ones.
Lu Yanzhou stood silently behind her, holding an umbrella, looking down at her with an expressionless face. The mole at the corner of his eye added a touch of allure to his refined features.
“What are you doing?”
His voice was low and gentle, sounding like sweet nothings even when speaking normally. Shi Liaoliao had heard from the servants that he even had many admirers at Saint Dun Academy, an all-boys school.
Shi Liaoliao’s pale, cold face showed only a fleeting moment of surprise before it faded away.
As before, she simply replied softly and calmly, “Pulling leeks.”
Her face showed no emotion, like a soulless NPC doll.
Lu Yanzhou thought she was foolish.
Braving the heavy rain to make up for her mistake was truly unwise.
Silly girl…
[Why isn’t he leaving yet?]
[I finally managed to secretly buy yeast and flour. If you don’t leave soon, how am I supposed to take these fresh leeks back and make leek-stuffed buns?]
[Ah, my mouth is watering. Pretending it’s rainwater dripping from my hair—he probably won’t notice, right?]
And so, right under Lu Yanzhou’s watchful eyes.
The aloof little manservant raised her hand and wiped her mouth.
Lu Yanzhou: “”
Thinking she was deliberately trying to make amends, he thought:
[Buns… can I have one?]
Even though, well, they’re leek-stuffed!!
Just as she was wondering why the young master still hadn’t left, the area in front of her suddenly darkened, and something cold touched her forehead.
Struggling to move it aside, she realized it was Lu Yanzhou’s umbrella.
The young master had tossed the umbrella to her and turned to place himself in the rain.
“Young Master…”
Shi Liaoliao stood up, holding the umbrella.
Lu Yanzhou turned back, a smile playing on his lips. Even drenched, he maintained the elegance ingrained in his bones.
For a moment, Shi Liaoliao’s gaze grew distant.
[It’s over. I’ll never be cut out to be a protagonist in this lifetime.]
[The male lead doesn’t use an umbrella on a rainy day.]
[Others: Fool~]
[Me: Pretentious guy.]
Pretentious guy · Lu Yanzhou: “”
Although she complained inwardly, Shi Liaoliao was actually quite touched.
Lu Yanzhou… seemed not entirely unreasonable.
The “good guy” Lu Yanzhou narrowed his tea-brown eyes and suddenly spoke:
“The duty of a personal manservant is to take good care of me.”
“If I get sick from the rain, your salary for this month will be gone.”
Shi Liaoliao, who had just been moved: Dead pig shocked.jpg
[At this moment, a beast-like man shed tears]
Lu Yanzhou: “”