At the door of the study on the second floor, Steward Liu raised his hand and knocked, then walked in with Ah Zhen. He saw Yin Xi standing by the window with her back to the door.
For a moment, Steward Liu thought the master had returned.
Although Miss Yin was a few sizes smaller than the master, the aura she exuded was no less than his.
Ah Zhen lowered her head as she walked in, and couldn't help but shiver.
"Miss Yin, Ah Zhen is here."
Only then did Yin Xi slowly turn around, looking at the maidservant in front of her with a serious gaze.
"You are Ah Zhen?"
"Yes. Miss Yin." Ah Zhen glanced up at her, then immediately withdrew her gaze.
"What is your main job responsibility at Xinglan Bay?" Yin Xi asked in a low voice.
Yin Xi hadn't been here long and hadn't seen her face much.
"Replying to Miss Yin, I am mainly responsible for cleaning and tidying the rooms," Ah Zhen replied timidly.
She felt she had been well-behaved, worked diligently, and done nothing wrong.
"Oh." Yin Xi, however, stared directly at her. "I read your work resume. You used to be a servant at the Lu family?"
"Yes. After the Lu family had their accident, I couldn't find suitable work. Then I saw they were hiring here, so I applied," Ah Zhen replied cautiously.
The Lu family? Which Lu family? Steward Liu stood by, breaking out in a cold sweat.
Could it be...
He dared not think further.
Unexpectedly, Yin Xi did not seem as angry as he imagined. She asked as if making casual conversation:
"What was your main job responsibility at the Lu family before?"
"It was the same as now, tidying rooms," Ah Zhen replied softly.
"Oh? It seems you must be very familiar with Miss Lu Yushan from the Lu family?" Yin Xi's voice suddenly rose a few decibels.
Ah Zhen trembled slightly. "No. Miss Yin, you're joking. She was the young lady, and I was... I was a servant. How could I be familiar with her?
And with her personality, towards us subordinates..."
Yin Xi abruptly interrupted her. "Do you know the relationship she had with the owner of this place?" wap.kanshuwu.net
"I've heard of it, but Mr. Qin never visited the Lu family. It was only after I came here that I saw him for the first time."
After saying this, Ah Zhen suddenly realized that Yin Xi's tone was off. She quickly lowered her head, thinking of the maidservant who was taken away yesterday, and her voice began to tremble.
"Miss Yin, I understand the implication of your words. But the Lu family was... was ruined a month ago. They even owed... owed us servants several months of wages.
Since then, I haven't seen anyone from their family."
"You guarantee it?" Yin Xi looked at her with icy eyes.
"I can swear to the heavens," Ah Zhen hastily raised three fingers. "If there is half a lie in what I say, then lightning will strike me..."
Yin Xi looked at her for a long moment, then suddenly turned away. "Alright, I believe what you said.
But you can no longer work here. Steward Liu, settle her wages and let her leave."
"Yes." Steward Liu's shirt was soaked, and he quickly bowed respectfully in response.
When hiring, he had carefully reviewed Ah Zhen's resume and seemed to have seen a Lu family, but why didn't he ask more questions?
If he had known she worked for Lu Yushan before, he wouldn't have hired Ah Zhen even at gunpoint.
Just as he reached out to pull Ah Zhen out of the room, Ah Zhen fell to her knees with a thud, crying and begging Yin Xi,
"Miss Yin, please don't dismiss me. My husband broke his leg falling at the construction site a while ago and has been bedridden. We also have a son in middle school.
The whole family relies on my salary for our livelihood. If you dismiss me, my entire family... won't be able to survive."
Yin Xi showed no reaction, still standing with her back to her.
Seeing this, Ah Zhen turned to beg Steward Liu, "Steward Liu, please, say a good word for me.
You know best how I work here – diligent, dedicated, and never slacking off."
"Ah Zhen, this is not about your work attitude," Steward Liu said, looking at her with difficulty. "I... I can't help you."
Ah Zhen's tears immediately flowed, and she kowtowed to Yin Xi several times. "Miss Yin, please, don't dismiss me.
This job is truly... truly too important to me. As long as you don't dismiss me, I'll do anything... anything."