On the first floor of the villa, in Sister Lans room. The door was closed. Luosang lifted her sweater to expose her waist and back. Her skin was snow-white, and her waist was slim.
Sister Lan paused for a few seconds when she walked up behind Luosang with the liniment. Then, she took some liniment to apply on the bruise on Luosangs side waist, found that Luosangs skin was as tender as that of a baby.
Luosang, youre not thirty, are you? Said Sister Lan.
Luosang gave a start.
Sister Lan smiled and continued, I am a woman too, and Ive gone through what you are experiencing. In some respects, I know more than some men do. You said that youre thirty, but, which thirty-year-old woman can have such good skin? My daughter is in her twenties, but I feel your skin is even better than hers. You see, were both doing tough jobs, and often need to stay up. If youre not young, you must be taking good care of your skin, but I havent seen you do that a lot.
Luosang never thought that the ham-handed Sister Lan would suddenly become so smart. I um Im twenty-two actually. You know, the younger we are, the easier we can be taken advantage of, especially us carers. Thats why I lied about my age. I did it to avoid some unnecessary troubles. Besides, people usually consider older people more experienced than younger people.
I get it, Sister Lan sighed and said, When I just started working, Ive met some male employers who liked to take advantage of me too. They behaved properly when their wives were at home, but once their wives left, theyd show their real faces. That was really disgusting. And, if you told their wives about what they did, those women would accuse you for alluring their husbands. Fortunately, Im luckily hired by Mr. Nian. Hes a good man actually. All these years, Ive never seen him bringing strange women home. I think itll be fine even if you told him about your real age.
Luosang shook her head without thinking, then said, I wont. The owner of the Nursing Care Center took a risk to help me lying about my real age. It might affect the company in a bad way if other people know about this. Besides, Ill be leaving soon, and I think Ill never see him again after that. So I think he doesnt need to know my real age.
Do you really think so? Sister Lan smiled, lowered her voice and said, Luosang, Ive been taking care of Mr. Nian for years. Based on what I know about him, hes treating you differently than us. You see, he let you sponge-bath him. And just now, he asked me to get you some medicine after you two fell together like that, without being angry about you taking advantage of him. If he knows that youre younger than him, you two might have a chance to be together.
Luosang found Sister Lans words both funny and annoying. She didnt expect Sister Lan to actually think of that possibility. Come on, Im a carer, so all I have done for him was just a part of my job. And just now, I saved him, and I was the one who had been taken advantage of, she said.
Anyway, according to my experience, youre different to him, said Sister Lan assuredly, Before, a female secretary often came here to deliver files to him. One day, he was taking a nap, and the female secretary took the chance to lie on his chest. As a result, he dragged her out of the villa and fired her. If you stay, you may have a chance to become Mrs. Nian, and thats a chance that many girls are dreaming about.
No, no, Luosang shook her head and said, Sister Lan, please dont tell anyone about that. Ive never thought about marrying into a wealthy family. And I dont think being a wealthy mans wife is an easy job. I think Mr. Nian needs to find a girl who shares the same kind of family background with him to be his future wife.
She also believed that Mr. Nian was very different from usual people, and could drive her crazy if she stays with him for long.
Youre right though, Sister Lan seemed to be a little disappointed.
She liked Luosang, and shed like to watch a beautiful story about an ordinary girl marrying into a wealthy family.