Fell in Love with the Crazy Young Lady - Chapter 7

The butler laughed as if he had heard a joke: “You really are a naive college graduate fresh out of school. Hua Man, pies don’t fall from the sky.”

Hua Man’s expression darkened.

“You’re Madam’s person, so of course Madam won’t let you have any worries. The hospital director only admitted your sister because of Madam’s influence. Otherwise, do you think it would have been so easy?”

“You insist on leaving, so there’s nothing we can do. Madam isn’t in the business of charity.”

Hua Man’s face turned ugly: “You told me before that regardless of the outcome, my sister’s treatment would be guaranteed.”

“I never said such a thing.” The butler’s attitude turned cold as he refused to acknowledge it. “You can go back and check the contract.”

“Besides, the young miss has already accepted you, hasn’t she?” The butler changed his tone and sighed. “By the young miss’s side, Madam won’t shortchange you. Your salary can be doubled, and of course, if you perform well, there will be bonuses. You won’t find a job with such high pay elsewhere.”

Hearing this, a flicker passed through Hua Man’s eyes.

It was because the young miss had already accepted her that they were forcing her to stay and be their dog.

“Perform well…” After pondering for a few seconds, Hua Man’s gaze bore into the butler. “What counts as performing well? Becoming Madam’s and your spy?”

So if she did anything slightly displeasing to them, would they use her sister’s situation to manipulate her?

Seeing Hua Man expose things so bluntly, the butler’s expression turned amiable: “Little Man, you were recruited by Madam, and your mother also works for Madam. We’re all in the same boat, aren’t we?”

The butler didn’t deny it, and was even… threatening her.

Hua Man was silent for a few seconds, but finally nodded: “Yes.”

–

“The butler talked to you, didn’t he?” Chen Yan said, looking at her daughter.

Hua Man opened her eyes: “He talked to you?”

“Mm.” Chen Yan sighed and looked at her daughter seriously. “Manman, we can’t do anything illegal or criminal. That’s the bottom line of being a person.”

Hearing Chen Yan’s words, Hua Man imperceptibly relaxed and turned to hug Chen Yan’s waist, responding in a muffled voice: “Mm.”

Chen Yan didn’t know about her sister Hua Xi’s situation.

When her parents divorced years ago, she was given to Chen Yan. Her father Hua Qiang remarried a few years ago and had a daughter named Hua Xi.

When Hua Xi was born, Hua Qiang had just lost money gambling and couldn’t even afford the hospital fees. In the end, he came to her when she was just starting her senior year of high school.

Hua Qiang was a gambler who had already borrowed money from all his friends and relatives. Everyone had cut ties with him. In the end, he knelt before her crying and begging, and she ultimately softened.

Worried that Hua Qiang would use the money for gambling, she personally went to pay the fees and saw her half-sister for the first time.

Hua Qiang was uneducated, so he let her name the child.

It was her first time naming a child, first time holding a baby, first time being called “big sister”…

Though their contact was infrequent, the connection grew deeper and deeper.

Until six months ago when Hua Qiang’s family got into a car accident due to drunk driving. Both parents died, leaving only a severely injured Hua Xi. As Hua Xi’s adult half-sister who happened to have the means to support her, Hua Man had no choice but to take on this burden.

She had just started an internship at the time. Because Hua Qiang was drunk driving and had damaged public property, the insurance payout went towards compensating for damages or Hua Xi’s surgery. It was used up completely in no time.

She borrowed a lot of money, but Hua Xi’s blindness and spinal cord injury from the accident still hadn’t healed.

Recalling that phone call and what the butler said, Hua Man couldn’t help hugging Chen Yan tighter.

It had been a long time since her daughter was this affectionate. Chen Yan raised her hand to stroke her daughter’s soft hair and sighed: “If Madam’s side gives you trouble, just go beg the young miss. She’ll help you.”

“Her?” Hua Man said gloomily. “We should be grateful if she doesn’t kick us while we’re down, right?”

Chen Yan: “The young miss is a good person.”

“This good person you speak of inexplicably beat someone up today and shoved their face into a cake.”

Recalling the scene from earlier, Hua Man frowned again.

Good person?

Yang Zhao was like the big villain in a TV drama, completely at odds with the words “good person”.

But what was more despicable was that she had actually softened towards such a vicious woman, even spending money to buy medicine for her.

“Beat someone up?” Chen Yan’s expression turned strange. After thinking for a moment, she realized: “It was Miss Zhao, wasn’t it?”

“Does she often hit Zhao Yang?” Seeing Chen Yan’s reaction, Hua Man felt even worse.

If she was going to be by Yang Zhao’s side in the future, would she have to be the one doing the beating?

Unexpectedly, Chen Yan shook her head in denial: “No, the young miss rarely lays hands on Miss Zhao.”

Hua Man frowned: “Mom, we’re all working for the Yang family now. There’s no need to keep secrets from me about these things, right?”

“The young miss really does rarely get physical.” Chen Yan sighed. “There was a reason she hit Miss Zhao today.”

After thinking for a moment, she lowered her voice and said: “I heard that it was on Miss Zhao’s birthday years ago when the former madam discovered that the master was keeping a mistress outside and learned about the existence of an illegitimate daughter.”

Hua Man’s eyes flickered.

“When she finally found the master, they were in the middle of celebrating a birthday. The former madam got into an argument with them, and must have said something excessive. Miss Zhao accidentally pushed the former madam…”

Hua Man’s breathing grew lighter: “And then the young miss’s mother passed away?”

Chen Yan shook her head: “No, but she lost the baby in her womb.”

Not only did she lose the baby, but the former madam’s body and mind were severely damaged, leading to her health deteriorating more and more until she finally passed away.

Hua Man fell silent.

No wonder the young miss beat Zhao Yang today.

She couldn’t help but recall Yang Zhao’s reddened eyes again. The more Hua Man thought about it, the worse she felt.

On her second night at the Yang residence, Hua Man once again couldn’t sleep.

The next day, she arrived at the young miss’s quarters with dark circles under her eyes.

Yang Zhao was enjoying her breakfast.

Seeing Hua Man, Yang Zhao laughed: “Manman, did you go do something naughty last night?”

She raised her hand to point at the area under her own eyes, smiling as she said: “Why do you look like a panda?”

Faced with her teasing, Hua Man’s face grew a bit hot.

She could hardly say that Yang Zhao was the culprit, that her mind had been filled with thoughts of Hua Xi and Yang Zhao’s affairs all night.

Yang Zhao leisurely finished her breakfast before raising her eyes to look at Hua Man again: “Manman, you haven’t forgotten about our bet yesterday, have you? Or…”

She deliberately dragged out her words: “Is your sleepless night because you lost the bet?”

Hua Man: “…”

She had been so preoccupied thinking about the affairs of this wealthy family that she had completely forgotten about the bet with Yang Zhao.

But of course she couldn’t admit that. Hua Man lowered her head, having no choice but to silently agree.

“Hmph.” Yu Shan snorted coldly. “Yesterday you were so arrogant saying you were quitting, but today you’re obediently back here? Who do you think you are, coming and going as you please?”

Although she had only been working here for a few days, Hua Man found that she had already gotten somewhat used to Yu Shan’s sarcastic remarks. She felt completely unmoved by them.

“Alright, Shanshan.” The young miss seemed to be in a good mood today. She stretched lazily. “Manman, you must accept the consequences of a bet.”

Accept the consequences of a bet?

Hua Man couldn’t help but grumble internally. Was she the one who voluntarily made the bet?

Although the young miss had a reason for hitting people, it was also true that she was moody and domineering.

Hua Man recalled her misunderstanding of the young miss yesterday.

Even though the young miss herself didn’t know, this matter was truly tormenting Hua Man. The image of the young miss’s reddened eyes kept floating in her mind. It would be good to use this bet to ease her own discomfort a bit.

“Mm.” She nodded. “I’ll accept the consequences.”

Yang Zhao looked thoughtful: “Then you should agree to one request from me.”

“I won’t do anything illegal, criminal, or against morals,” Hua Man quickly said.

At this moment, she still didn’t know what price she would pay because of this bet.

“Hmm.” The young miss seemed to be considering. Finally, under Hua Man’s anxious gaze, she said meaningfully: “Then let’s put it on hold for now.”

Hua Man: “…”

This feeling of the blade hanging over her head made her even more uncomfortable.

–

The young miss looked to be in good spirits today, but Hua Man’s heart was still on edge. She felt like Yang Zhao was a bomb that could explode at any moment. The unknown danger made people even more uneasy.

Fortunately, the young miss didn’t seem to have any plans to go out today. But unexpectedly, the butler came over.

“Young miss, the master heard about your injury and was very worried. He rushed back from abroad and will be returning home today to have lunch with you.”

Hua Man instinctively held her breath when she heard this. That cheating man…

She looked at Yang Zhao. Sure enough, Yang Zhao’s face was full of disgust: “Have a meal with me? Is he worthy?”

She completely disregarded the fact that he was her biological father, showing no respect at all.

The servants around seemed used to this. The butler advised in a low voice: “Miss, the master hasn’t been home for a long time. He’s been thinking of you constantly while away, and I heard he even bought you a gift.”

Yang Zhao laughed coldly: “A gift? He not only prepared one for me, but for Zhao Yang too, right?”

She narrowed her eyes: “Did he hear about my injury, or about Zhao Yang’s injury?”

The butler was at a loss for words.

After the butler left, the young miss got up from the sofa and instructed Yu Shan: “Bring over the new arrivals from OIOI.”

Yu Shan obediently complied, quickly having people bring over clothes for the young miss to choose from.

Seeing the familiar scene, Hua Man’s brow twitched slightly.

It wasn’t until she followed the carefully dressed young miss towards the main hall that her guess was confirmed.

“What’s with that expression?” Yang Zhao amusedly tilted her head to look at Hua Man’s face. “People who don’t know might think you’re heading to the battlefield.”

Hua Man wanted to speak but held back.

Was there any difference?

The young miss had just refused to have a meal together, but as soon as a servant reported that the master and madam were having lunch, she stormed over there aggressively. Her intentions were already clear, right?

How was this not considered a battlefield?

After a long while, she finally managed to say: “Didn’t you say you wouldn’t go over?”

“If I didn’t say that, how could I see the heartwarming scene of their happy family?” Yang Zhao said with a smile.

Looking at her beautiful eyes that held no trace of mirth, Hua Man swallowed her words.

The young miss was clearly going over there to wreak havoc. Hua Man even saw Yu Shan bring the young miss’s whip.

Hua Man was deeply worried. Surely the young miss wouldn’t beat even her own biological father?