The morning cleansed by rainfall, the summer sun shone on Lu Xiaoyou’s fair face.
She sat in the car, one hand resting on the window, her dark hair fluttering in the wind.
She and her white hamster looked out at the world with their pairs of pitch-black eyes, resembling a deer lost in the forest that had mistakenly wandered into a world of steel and concrete.
Lu Xiaoyou wanted to leave the Secret Garden in order to see the world she had never experienced.
She lifted her gaze and saw on the skyscraper, a giant LCD screen playing an advertisement for a jewelry brand.
The woman appearing on the LCD had an elegant and charming face, bearing some resemblance to Lu Xiaoyou.
Adorned with a necklace and diamond watch worth millions, the woman on the screen exuded grandeur and luxury while showcasing the jewelry.
Lu Xiaoyou watched that woman, the smile in her eyes deepening.
The driver took Lu Xiaoyou to an upscale villa residential area.
“Miss Lu, we’ve arrived,” the driver reminded her.
“Thank you,” Lu Xiaoyou got out of the car, stuffing her white hamster into her pocket.
She stood by the car door, surveying the building in front of her, a four-story villa with a character-shaped lawn and a swimming pool, one of the properties once belonging to her mother’s family.
After her mother’s death, the owner of the villa became her father, and later, her stepmother and stepmother’s children also moved into the villa.
“Auntie Zhang.” Lu Xiaoyou spotted a middle-aged woman walking toward the villa.
Seeing Lu Xiaoyou, Auntie Zhang almost thought she was seeing things, “Miss!
How have you come back?”
Auntie Zhang was a servant in the family, who had just returned from shopping, Lu Xiaoyou timed her arrival after sorting through the original owner’s memories, and hence, met Auntie Zhang.
After being sold to the Secret Garden, the original owner even had her house keys taken away by her stepmother.
“Auntie Zhang, the Secret Garden gave me a day off, so I wanted to come back and have a look, I miss my father,” Lu Xiaoyou’s eyes glistened wetly, her voice tinged with a sob.
The Sky-Annihilating Emperor, sitting in the pocket of Lu Xiaoyou’s dress, couldn’t help but raise his thumb in approval.
Seeing Lu Xiaoyou on the verge of tears, Auntie Zhang lamented sympathetically,
“Miss, the lady of the house is really…”
Auntie Zhang, as a servant, did not dare to speak ill of her masters directly.
“May I enter the home for a look?” Lu Xiaoyou asked, looking at the large villa, her watery eyes filled with nostalgia and longing.
Auntie Zhang felt a pang of sorrow, “The master is still at the company and hasn’t returned, the lady went to play cards.
When I went out to shop, the second young mistress and her boyfriend were at home, I don’t know if she’s still there now.”
“It’s okay, I’ll just take a look inside,” Lu Xiaoyou said, “If Zhu Ti is at home, I’ll just greet her, I won’t disturb her.”
Lu Xiaoyou’s father was named Zhu Chengshou, who had married into the Lu Family, which is why Lu Xiaoyou took her mother’s surname.
Her stepmother was named Yuan Lan, who brought her two daughters from a previous marriage with her when she remarried Zhu Chengshou.
The older daughter was named Zhu Yan, the same woman Lu Xiaoyou had just seen on the giant screen of a skyscraper, a modestly famous actress in the entertainment industry.
The second daughter was named Zhu Ti, the same age as Lu Xiaoyou but three months her senior.
Yuan Lan also gave birth to a son for Zhu Chengshou, the 17-year-old Zhu Yunchen, who was currently studying abroad in England.
“Miss, please come with me, this is originally your home, there’s no need to mention any disturbance,” Auntie Zhang opened the door for Lu Xiaoyou.
Lu Xiaoyou lowered her head, still timid as she had been before.
This was originally her home, the Zhu family would eventually have to roll out!