Zhang Man is the new maid who came to work for the Xia family. After she left her hometown in the deep mountains and arrived at this prosperous metropolis, she experienced too many things, transforming from a simple-minded girl into a smooth-talking woman of today.
She wanted to find a place where she could work in peace and stability. The Xia family, which was well-known in the capital city, was considered a good workplace.
She had noticed the subtle relationship between the masters of the Xia family since she entered the Xia's house. For example, Mr. Xia, who seemed to be very quiet, and Mrs. Xia, who was irritable, did not get along well with each other, almost to the point of explosion. The old man didn't like to go downstairs, most of the time he stayed in the study on the third floor, while the youngest and most promising young master Xia always had a cold face.
The old man who was listening here said that the Xia family used to have a second young lady, but she was not liked by her mother-in-law and often quarreled with her. When he heard this, he thought to himself that with his wife's fiery temper, it would be easy to quarrel unless everything went her way, so Mr. Xia always tolerated her.
"So where is Second Miss now?" Zhang Man wondered, she had been to the Xia family for only three months, but not even a phone call had been made, and no one in the family had ever mentioned it, which was quite strange.
The old aunt hastily put her index finger to her mouth and whispered, "Keep your voice down! Someone mentioned earlier that the second young lady was overheard by the young master and was immediately driven out!"
Although Zhang Man was a young master who didn't like to talk, he would get angry when others mentioned the second miss, but he also knew that it couldn't be spread out. He could only say in a low voice: "Good sister, just tell me, and I'll have a plan in my heart, and I won't make mistakes again!"
The old aunt was delighted to hear that such a beautiful young woman called her sister, and she pulled her under the big tree in the backyard, looked around and saw no one paying attention, then asked her: "Do you know Qin Yushan?"
Zhang Man said, "Isn't she the female lead from that previous scandal? I heard that Young Master had planned to get engaged to her?" Immediately after, rumors spread that Qin Yushan had risen to fame through improper means, stirring up a huge controversy in the entertainment circle.
The old aunt sneered, her freckled face full of disdain and schadenfreude: "That's right, it was her. Didn't the young master himself say he wouldn't get married? And then Qin Yushan was frozen out by their company, and they even held a press conference saying she would never appear on screen again!"
Zhang Man didn't correct that it was a press conference and didn't think Qin Yushan was bad, but also didn't go to speak well of her. After all, Old Auntie's face showed obvious dislike towards Qin Yushan. She asked: "How did it get cancelled? Didn't the newspapers say at the time that she and Young Master were a golden couple?"
The old aunt heard this and rolled her eyes, laughing at her: "You're just too young, you even believe the news? I've actually heard it's because the second miss doesn't like her!"
Zhang Man was clearly skeptical: "Second Miss said she didn't like Qin Yushan, so the young master wouldn't get married?" If their sibling relationship is this good, why would Second Miss not come back to visit for such a long time?
That old aunt showed a triumphant expression: "This matter, you outsiders don't know, if I weren't an elder of the Xia family, that time when personnel were being cleared out, I'm afraid I would have been driven out too!"
Zhang Man knew she liked it this way, and it made her seem a bit different, so she held onto it: "Okay, big sister, you go ahead!" But one word got stuck in her throat, because she saw the young master standing three meters away with a gloomy face.
Before she could even make a face, Old Auntie began speaking with relish: "That Second Miss..."
The young master's face turned black as if ink could drip from it, and the steward behind him was so angry that he wanted to shut up the old aunt. The young master said in a slightly hoarse voice: "I don't want to see her nonsense again."
Zhang Man stared blankly as the housekeeper took Lao Ayi away, and didn't even care that she repeatedly said she wouldn't do it again.
The young master looked at Zhang Man stupidly and suddenly thought of something, his expression softened for a moment, and he said to her: "From now on, you will be in charge of doing things in the house."
It wasn't until she accidentally flipped to a photo in the young master's room, of a girl staring blankly at the camera under the sunlight, that she truly felt the young master was genuinely concerned about this younger sister. However, those were things that happened much later on.
Xia Tianyu sat in the car, with documents spread out on his legs, but his eyes had already wandered outside. His face showed a tired expression, having worked continuously for nearly twenty hours.
The driver was his newly hired assistant. Seeing him like this, he couldn't bear it: "President, you need to take care of yourself. Even an iron body can't withstand your overwork!"
Xia Tianyu slightly closed his eyes and tightly furrowed his brow, revealing his annoyance.
This has been going on for three years in a row.
Ever since Mo left three summers ago, he had been torturing himself like this.
He never entered Xia Tianmeng's room again, although the house was empty and no one lived there, he seemed to always see Xia Tianmeng sitting on the bed with her legs wrapped around him smiling, just like the summer she left.
He survives every day relying on memories. He can only tell himself that he will see Mengmeng again to rest for a moment, and he knows he is about to go crazy.
The taboo love he once thought was overturned at Xia Tianmei's funeral.
That day was overcast with rain, he himself had not closed his eyes for three days, and when he rushed to the foot of the mountain in the suburbs, what he saw was a raging fire all over the sky, and then he heard the sound of his heart shattering into pieces.
He regretted not being with her when she was alive and instead pushed her away, no matter what his attitude was, he could not forgive himself.
There were not many people who came to mourn at his funeral, and he didn't have time to care about it either.
He just stood in front of the grave, looking at the smiling girl in the photo, his heart aching to numbness. He had never hated his own incompetence and powerlessness over life and death as much as he did at that moment, and he was so disgusted with all the black around him, everything telling him - she's gone.
Liang Min stood in front of the grave without shedding a single tear, she didn't feel any sorrow, and even felt a sense of satisfaction. Xia Tianmeng was dead, so Tianyu wouldn't have to worry about inheritance rights anymore!
"Slap!" As if overnight, Xia Linfan's palm, which had grown wrinkles, hit Liang Min's face with a loud and heavy slap. His right hand was shaking uncontrollably, "Liang Min! This is your daughter! I didn't expect...I didn't expect that it was me who wronged Mengmeng, it was me who wronged her!"
Liang Min was hit in the face, and when she saw Xia Linfan's dispirited appearance, she felt that there was something he didn't want her to know. She didn't want to ask, but found it hard to open her mouth.
Xia Linfan looked at the photo on the tombstone and finally made up his mind to tell Liang Min.
"Liáng Mǐn, Tiān Yǔ isn't your son!"
When Xia Tianyu heard this sentence, he subconsciously thought that if there was no blood relationship between them and they were not siblings, then what did all the things he had done count for?
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Here is the translation:
As requested by the little cuties, here's an extra chapter! La la la ~ Speaking of which, not having a draft makes the quality of the article not very high ah! ~ Want to continue supporting me yo ~ Mua mua da!
