Having her last class the previous day being Friday, and today being Saturday, Zhang Liling performed her duties diligently.
She made sure not to miss anything while cleaning. Also, she did Mr. Fang's laundry herself.
While using the laundry room, she only saw his clothes, but as for his briefs, they were missing.
'Huh? Doesn't he wear stuff like that?' She thought with confusion plastered on her face.
It looks like she really wants to see what his briefs looked like.
What she didn't know was that Butler Gu always took care of that, so there is no way she would get the opportunity to see them or touch them.
Finally when she was done with her work, she had breakfast and went to rest, before opening her notes.
Around noon, Bolin came over, with someone. A woman in her early fifties. She seemed to be the new housekeeper.
"Butler Gu, where is Mr. Fang?" Bolin saw Butler Gu coming down the stairs with a tray and asked about his Boss.
Butler Gu smiled politely and replied after briefly glancing at the woman carrying a luggage behind him. "Sir, is in the study. But he is on a call with his old lady."
"I see, we will wait a little for him." Bolin said before going on to introduce the woman he came with.
"Butler Gu, this is the new housekeeper, Ms. Chu. She will take over the main role from Miss Zhang."
Butler Gu frowned within him because he thought that Zhang Liling was getting replaced, but he still smiled politely to the woman, who in turn greeted him respectfully.
With curiousity, he couldn't help asking about Zhang Liling, "What about Miss Zhang?"
He didn't want to complete his sentence since the new housekeeper was there, but Bolin understood and said with a smile,
"Miss Zhang has exams, so she will only be in charge of the duties closely tied to Mr. Fang. Like cleaning his room and study."
Butler Gu didn't know why, but he felt happy that Zhang Liling was still able to stay. He usually found her to be a troublemaker, but it looks like his heart didn't feel that way.
Turning to the housekeeper, Bolin said, "Follow me to the minor sitting room to wait, we will meet Mr. Fang in a few minutes."
Ms. Chu bowed slightly to the butler before following Bolin out.
The woman was addressed as 'Ms.' because she is not married. She lived alone, and only had distant relatives, hence, it was easy for her to replace Zhang Liling in her main role, given that she wouldn't have any need to travel to see her family frequently.
As Bolin and Ms. Chu were walking away, Zhang Liling trotted over, and saw their backs. She frowned slightly and moved her gaze to Butler Gu.
"Butler Gu, is that not Mr. Bolin that I just saw?"
Butler Gu glanced at the direction Bolin left and said, "Yes, you are right!" Then he started to walk towards the kitchen with the tray in his hand.
Zhang Liling followed after him to ask, "But who is that woman he came with? She doesn't look like a member of the Fang family."
She ascertained that, from the way she was dressed.
Without stopping in his steps, he replied, "you haven't seen her before because she is the new housekeeper!"
"What?! How is she the new housekeeper when I'm here? Are there going to be two housekeepers?" Zhang Liling asked with furrowed brows.
She looked very displeased about the title of the new worker, as she was feeling that her place was about to be robbed from her hands.
A minute later...
"Yah! Miss Zhang come back!"
Butler Gu looked frightened as he called for Zhang Liling who was running off with a bitter expression on her face.
Zhang Liling didn't bother to respond as she continued in her steps hurriedly.
"Miss Zhang, you can't meet him now, he is on a call!" Butler Gu said with a raised tone. His tone sounded worried because Zhang Liling was going to find Mr. Fang.
If only he wasn't still holding the tray, he would have gone after her and tried to stop her by himself, but unfortunately, he couldn't.
He could only watch her go ahead to cause trouble.
Bolin who was at the minor sitting room meant for the servants, heard Butler Gu's loud voice and became concerned.
The butler wasn't one to act in that manner.
Knowing this, he decided to go and check things out for himself.
"Ms. Chu, wait here." He turned to the new housekeeper to say before leaving her alone.
Bolin found Butler Gu when he was just stepping out from the kitchen and asked, "Butler Gu, I heard you shouting earlier, what happened?"
"Miss Zhang found out about the new housekeeper, and ran off to find Mr. Fang. I tried to stop her, but she wouldn't listen." Butler Gu explained with a bitter expression on his face.
He was really worried that Zhang Liling might cause trouble.
Bolin frowned while gazing towards the direction that would lead to the stairs.
Butler Gu followed his gaze before asking in a concerned tone, "Should I go and bring her back?"
Bolin shook his head. "Let her be."
He was not bothered since he knew that Mr. Fang wasn't going to fire her, but it looks like Zhang Liling misunderstood the situation since no one explained to her, or rather because she didn't give anyone the chance to explain things to her.
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In the study, Mr. Fang was on a call with his grandmother.
His tone sounded calm and composed while responding, although he couldn't wait for the conversation to end.
"Grandma, I don't know when next I will come over. I have a lot of things at hand at the moment."
"Your days at NYU are over, shouldn't you have a little spare time now?" The old lady asked in a displeased tone.
She didn't like that she couldn't see this grandson of hers often.
"No, it only means that I can now put more time into my new project." Mr Fang replied.
The old lady was quiet for a short while before asking, this time around, in a soft tone, "What about a wife? Don't you want to marry?"
"Grand...."
Mr. Fang didn't get the opportunity to finish his words because Zhang Liling barged in the next moment shouting his name with tears streaming from her eyes, which shocked him, and the old lady at the other end of the phone.
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