The young servant looked down on An Jing and Xiao Changyi because of their shabby clothes and said with his nostrils in the air, "Go, go, go, our Second Young Master doesn’t have friends like you!"
An Jing didn’t get angry, for she had seen plenty of people who judged others based on their status; one more made no difference. She still smiled politely and said, "We truly are friends of your Young Master Bao. If you are not sure how well your Young Master Bao is faring, please trouble yourself to go in and inform him of our arrival, and he will surely come out to meet us."
When the young servant heard An Jing’s words, he immediately looked at An Jing and Xiao Changyi with extreme contempt from head to toe, "The Second Young Master actually befriends people of your level? No wonder the old master has adopted another son, the Second Young Master really is disappointing! He’s simply incomparable to the First Young Master! Fine, I won’t go inform anyone, just hurry up and leave, don’t stand around here tainting the Wang Family’s reputation."
An Jing finally frowned, "Do you truly hold such little regard for your Young Master Bao?" The words she had said before were also a test, and she had no idea that Wang Youbao’s status had fallen so low that even the household servants looked down on him.
The young servant sneered, "What Young Master is he, simply a common son. Now that the old master is ill, Madam and the First Young Master manage the household. Once the old man passes away, he won’t be able to stay here any longer. I think you two should—eh—"
Before the young servant could finish, he was kicked to the ground by Yu Daming and immediately let out a cry of pain.
Yu Daming had been preparing to leave the mansion on an errand, and did not expect to see An Jing and Xiao Changyi being stopped at the gate by the porter, who also spoke rudely to them.
Yu Daming became enraged on the spot, rushed over, and kicked the young servant fiercely, cursing, "Look at you, Wang Xiaotian, the old man isn’t dead yet, and here you are bullying Young Master Bao. If one day the old master gets better and comes to his senses, and I don’t inform him, well, the old master dotes on Young Master Bao the most, and he would surely flay you alive once he finds out!"
The young servant was named Wang Xiaotian.
Wang Xiaotian was kicked by Yu Daming because Yu worked for Wang Youbao. Now that Wang Youbao had lost his standing within the Wang Family, servant Yu also had little status there. Wang Xiaotian was not afraid of Yu Daming, since he now served the First Young Master.
But listening to what Yu said next, about the day when the old master regains clarity...
Wang Xiaotian immediately became very afraid, and while enduring the pain, he tried to put on a smile and said to Yu, "Brother Ming, it was just my mouth running, please spare me this once, I definitely won’t dare to do it again."
Yu Daming looked at him coldly, "Don’t think I don’t know that you are now one of the First Young Master’s men. Just wait and see how the First Young Master and Madam are scheming to seize the Wang Family’s property, and how they bully Young Master Bao. They will surely face retribution! And you, you won’t escape it either!"
Having said this, Yu Daming turned around, and smiled politely to An Jing and Xiao Changyi, "I suppose you two must be here to see our young master. Please, come inside, and I will take you to see our young master."
An Jing didn’t immediately follow Yu Daming, but instead asked meaningfully, "Your young master, whom are you referring to? Wang Youbao, or Wang Youtao?"
Wang Youtao was the new brother adopted by Wang Youbao, now the First Young Master of the Wang Family.
"Of course, it’s Young Master Wang Youbao!" Yu Daming replied straightaway. "Even though I am but a humble house servant, I also know the importance of repaying kindness. Back in the day, when there was famine in my hometown, my four brothers, my mother, and I couldn’t survive there, so we came to Hecheng County. It was Young Master Bao’s kind heart that took us in."