Chapter 46: Chapter 46: The Arrogant Fourth Master’s Guilt
Steward Zhong and Aunt Zhong went to the Tube Building to call for Ming Yao.
They knocked for a long time without anyone answering. It was only after calling Gu Siting that they found out Ming Yao was downstairs.
Steward Zhong and Aunt Zhong hurried downstairs.
Upon seeing Ming Yao, Aunt Zhong approached and hugged her.
“Fujin, it’s so late, where have you been?” Aunt Zhong looked at Ming Yao with concern.
Ming Yao didn’t know why Tyrant Gu had suddenly come here to pick her up. He was noble and aloof, his entire being filled with the aura of one who wielded power, domineering and fierce, completely out of place in this rundown, small locale.
Ming Yao guessed that Tyrant Gu must have realized that he had wronged her and felt a small bit of guilt in his heart.
Then, she would make good use of this tiny bit of guilt.
Pretending to be too scared to look at Gu Siting, Ming Yao cast her long eyelashes down, biting her lip for quite a while before tremulously saying, “I… went job-hunting.”
On Gu Fuzhen’s resume, it said that she had suffered a lot since childhood and was eager to live a better life through her own efforts.
Still looking for work so late in the evening was proof enough of her diligence.
Aunt Zhong felt sorry for Gu Fuzhen; at her age, many girls were still in college.
But she had to run around for a living.
It had not been easy to get a job interview at the Imperial Garden, only to be misunderstood by Fourth Master for trying to climb into his bed.
What a heavy blow it must have been for a simple and kind girl!
The more Aunt Zhong thought about it, the more her heart ached for Gu Fuzhen, and the more angry she became with Gu Siting.
She boldly glared at Gu Siting.
Gu Siting, on receiving a glare from Aunt Zhong, “…”
Steward Zhong and Aunt Zhong had been with Gu Siting for a very long time, even during the times when he was out of favor, they showed him a lot of respect and looked out for him.
But now, Aunt Zhong was glaring at him for the sake of a Little Maid?
Gu Siting’s deep eyes half-closed as he looked at the Little Maid. The moment she caught his gaze, she shrank her shoulders.
As if facing some kind of flood beast.
Images of her leaving that morning with a look of subdued grievance flashed through Gu Siting’s mind, and his temples began to throb with pain again.
His eyebrows knitted, he spoke in a low voice, “Go back and continue working, your salary will be doubled.”
Ming Yao, “…” His cold-faced appearance made it seem like she was so eager for that doubled salary.
Seeing that Ming Yao remained standing without moving, still looking timid and frail, Gu Siting cleared his throat and a hint of unnaturalness appeared on his handsome face, “I wronged you this morning.”
He was quite proud, knowing he was wrong but unable to apologize outright.
But for him to personally come to pick her up and to say those words, Ming Yao knew this was the biggest concession he could make.
If she continued to play coy, she might indeed end up losing her job!
“Thank you, Fourth Master, from now on if you tell me to go east, I will never go west.”
Gu Siting, “…” There’s really no need, you’re not a Little Maid who sold herself, there’s no need to be so subservient.
After making a show of packing her bags, Ming Yao walked with the others towards the alley exit.
After a few steps, they saw the breathless driver who had chased after them.
The driver looked at Ming Yao with joy, “Miss, I finally found you. The trip from the suburbs to the city should cost only two hundred, but you transferred me two thousand. I’ve come to return the excess money to you!”
Ming Yao, seeing the driver suddenly chase after her and realizing it was too late to stop him from revealing those words, thought:
What excess? I did give him two thousand!
She had speeded all the way here, terrifying the driver until he turned pale, and the car might even have suffered wear and tear. Wasn’t it only right to give him two thousand?
Why on earth did you have to chase after me?!
She was supposed to be the simple and poor girl striving to make a better life for herself, not some rich little miss who throws around money on a taxi ride!