Seeing Tang Tian pick up the fruit tray and stop at Wen Shaohan’s door, Zheng Liyu’s expression revealed an undeniable surprise. What was she thinking? Had Tang Tian shifted her seduction target again?
Tang Tian ignored Zheng Liyu behind her and lightly knocked on Wen Shaohan’s door several times.
After a few seconds, Wen Shaohan’s gentle and polite male voice came from inside the room.
“Come in.”
As Tang Tian turned the doorknob, Zheng Liyu pushed the meal cart forward, her skeptical gaze fixed on Tang Tian.
Tang Tian opened the door. The cold-toned bedroom style and slightly dim lighting made her feel oppressive at first glance.
On the sofa, Wen Shaohan wore casual home clothes. His tall figure, lazy yet elegant posture, could capture everyone’s attention and linger on him.
Hearing the door’s movement, Wen Shaohan looked up. The slightly dim lighting seemed like a halo enveloping the woman who entered.
Her strikingly beautiful appearance and curvaceous figure gradually became clear under Wen Shaohan’s gaze. His expression remained gentle as ever, and his scrutinizing look turned into understanding.
He clearly remembered what he had heard two days ago—was she the maid who had upset Pei Jue?
Wen Shaohan did not avert his gaze. Looking at Tang Tian approaching, his eyes were calm. Judging by her appearance, she indeed had the qualities to captivate someone.
Tang Tian sensed he was examining her with a scrutinizing gaze, but she didn’t feel nervous. She placed the fruit tray on the coffee table.
“Mr. Wen, please enjoy.” After saying this, she turned and left without hesitation.
Even after she quietly closed the door, Wen Shaohan still did not respond.
Just as Tang Tian closed the door, she glanced to the right. Zheng Liyu seemed to have hurried out of Pei Jue’s room, looking shaken and unsettled.
Tang Tian had no intention of going over, waiting for Zheng Liyu to bring the meal cart to her.
When Zheng Liyu pushed the meal cart to her, the former couldn’t help but feel annoyed. If Tang Tian hadn’t seduced Mr. Pei, Mr. Pei wouldn’t be so difficult to deal with now—not only cold, but when his gaze swept over Zheng Liyu, she felt instantly frozen into an ice sculpture.
Just delivering a fruit tray, Zheng Liyu was almost scared into tears by Pei Jue’s gloomy expression.
“Take it.” Zheng Liyu’s tone was unpleasant, forcefully pushing the meal cart to her, displaying her disgust thoroughly.
Tang Tian glanced at her, not caring whether her tone was good or bad. She pushed the meal cart with both hands toward the corridor on the left.
Finishing early meant resting early. Arguing with Zheng Liyu was useless—it would waste time and drain her already neutral mood.
Zheng Liyu thought she would angrily start a quarrel, but instead, Tang Tian just gave her a dismissive look and… walked away.
This made Zheng Liyu even more furious, like punching cotton—both angry and frustrated.
Tang Tian pushed the meal cart to Fu Xi’s door. Similarly, she knocked first.
“Who?” Fu Xi’s slightly breathless voice came from outside the door.
Tang Tian didn’t notice any abnormality: “Mr. Fu, I’ve brought the fruit tray for you.”
“Wait a moment.” The voice carried a hint of impatience.
Standing outside the door, Tang Tian didn’t notice the impatience in his words, as she could only clearly hear the words coming through the door.
After a while, Fu Xi’s voice finally came again: “Come in.”
Tang Tian then turned the doorknob, picked up the fruit tray from the meal cart, and entered Fu Xi’s room.Fu Xi seemed to have just finished showering, his thick black hair slightly damp, his handsome face filled with impatience. He sat on the sofa wearing silk men’s pajamas, his long legs spread apart, his hand frequently pressing the TV remote control.
Beside the sofa he sat on, there was a box of tissues.
Tang Tian had never been in a relationship, so she wouldn’t know what Fu Xi had just been doing.
Seeing it was her, Fu Xi’s already impatient expression turned even more displeased. She had knocked on his door at an inappropriate time.
“It’s you again.” Clearly, he disliked Tang Tian and had strong opinions about her.
Tang Tian placed the fruit platter on the coffee table. Facing his disdain, she replied indifferently, “Today it’s my turn to deliver fruit platters to the gentlemen. If Mr. Fu doesn’t want to see me, you can tell Sister Wu.”
For the sake of the high salary, she treated herself as an emotionless robot. Moreover, she would be more than happy to do less work.
Fu Xi looked up impatiently, suddenly meeting her clear, shimmering eyes—she genuinely seemed unaware of what he had just been doing.
“Fine, you can go.”
After placing the fruit platter, she had stepped back quite a distance, clearly wanting nothing to do with Fu Xi.
As soon as his words fell, Tang Tian immediately turned and left Fu Xi’s room.
Fu Xi thoughtfully watched her graceful figure retreat, then found it amusing. Why was he speculating about a maid? He shook his head with a scoff and quickly put the maid out of his mind.
Leaving Fu Xi’s room, Tang Tian pushed the meal cart to Shen Yanli’s door and knocked.
“Come in.”
Pushing the door open, the sound of a guitar drifted from inside.
Tang Tian glanced inside, picked up the fruit platter, and entered the room.
Shen Yanli held a guitar, his slightly curly hair giving him a casual, relaxed appearance. His handsome face was slightly lowered, and his slender, beautiful hands gently strummed the guitar—every part of him was perfect to the extreme.
Without a word, she quietly placed the fruit platter on the coffee table and left the room.
The beautiful guitar melody behind her remained unaffected from her arrival to her departure. Shen Yanli never looked up, unconcerned about who had entered.
Tang Tian gently closed the door, humming a tune as she pushed the meal cart toward the elevator.
Finally, she could clock out. The work hours were long, but there was no helping it—the pay was indeed high, much higher than her salary in her previous life. The work in her previous life had been even more exhausting.
Tang Tian was easily content. Bound by the contract for now and unable to stay away from these male and female protagonists, she might as well take the opportunity to save some money. By the time the contract expired, she could have saved up a considerable amount.
The first-floor hall was empty. Although the lights were on, the villa was so large that it felt cold and desolate.
As soon as Tang Tian stepped out of the elevator, she quickened her pace to return the meal cart to the kitchen and headed straight for her room. Passing through the deserted hall, she suddenly heard a “tap-tap-tap” sound from somewhere, and all the horror movies she had ever watched flashed through her mind…
Instantly, the draft blowing on her felt chillingly cold. Terrified, she hugged her arms and dashed through the hall as if riding a pair of wind-and-fire wheels, “whooshing” past.
Fu Xi, who had just come downstairs to get a drink: “?” Watching Tang Tian “zip” away, his handsome face wore a puzzled expression.
Tang Tian returned to her room, found her pajamas, and took a delightful hot shower. Feeling quite tired, she lay on the bed and quickly fell asleep.The dream was fragmented, and by the time she woke, the sky was already growing light.
According to the butler’s rules, while the four gentlemen enjoyed breakfast, the servants had to stand nearby, ready to provide whatever they needed at any moment.
Because she had upset Pei Jue a couple of days earlier, the butler had temporarily kept her out of Mr. Pei’s sight, so yesterday she was the only one who hadn’t gone to the dining area.
Tang Tian assumed it would be the same this morning and was just about to head to the staff cafeteria for breakfast when, halfway there, she was stopped by the passing butler.
“Tang Tian, where are you going?” Seeing her leisurely walking toward the staff cafeteria, the butler called out to her.
“To have breakfast,” Tang Tian replied honestly.
The butler didn’t seem displeased. “You can eat later. The dining area is short-handed, so go help out first.”
Yesterday, fearing she might upset Mr. Pei again, he hadn’t allowed her to stay in the dining area. With one servant already dismissed and her absence, the remaining servants had been flustered during yesterday’s breakfast service.
Tang Tian reminded him, “Butler, what about Mr. Pei…” She didn’t want to provoke Pei Jue’s fury first thing in the morning, and it would be even worse if her wages were docked as a result.
The butler felt that since two or three days had passed, Mr. Pei’s anger should have subsided by now, and Tang Tian had also been much quieter these past few days.
“Later, stand behind Mr. Shen,” the butler said after a moment’s thought, trying to keep her as far from Mr. Pei as possible.
Tang Tian hesitated but finally spoke up.
“If Mr. Pei gets angry, my wages won’t be docked, right?”
The butler was amused by her tentative question.
“Of course not.”
Then his expression turned serious again. “But what happened that day must never happen again.”
Tang Tian nodded immediately. “Don’t worry, Butler, I won’t do that again.”
Seeing she didn’t seem to be lying, the butler felt somewhat reassured.
In the first-floor dining area, four men of exceptional appearance, stature, and demeanor sat around the large dining table. They occasionally exchanged a few words among themselves, as if none of them were particularly talkative.