Xiao Xie wiped her tears while sending out the message.
Soon, the comment section was flooded with 99+ comments.
“Go buy one! Ask for a delivery from Xiaoshi, and it’ll be delivered right to you!”
Xiao Xie, hiding in the housekeeper’s rest area, cried and replied: 【I can’t. Staff deliveries can’t be sent here. If it’s found out, I’ll definitely be fired.】
“...I don’t really get it. If you get fired, then you get fired. Is it really that hard to find another job? Aren’t you a university graduate? Why are you lowering yourself to work for others? Isn’t that just the same as being a servant? Why not find a decent job?”
Of course, Xiao Xie didn’t have to answer; her fan group already stepped in to respond: “The blogger earns 30,000 a month, with five insurances and one fund. Can you guarantee she’ll still earn 30,000 if she changes jobs?”
“Do you know how many years it’s been since the Qing Dynasty collapsed? She’s not serving people by kneeling, and she’s not in a red-light district. She earns an honest living, what’s wrong with that? What’s so bad about earning a decent living?”
“I’m working like a dog every day, feeling like I’m going to drop dead, and still don’t earn as much as the blogger! Mortgage, car loan, daily expenses, even medical bills—everything costs money. With that salary, you think it’s easy to just quit? You’re just spitting nonsense!”
“Do you even know the blogger’s family situation? You’re sitting up there judging. Does the job you do really make any difference in status or rank?”
“Blogger, let me put it this way, if you lose your job, send me your address, I’ll go do it for you. [Dog head emoji]”
“Don’t worry, I’ll do it for you, I’ll support my seven young masters and one beautiful eighth young lady!”
“Everyone stop upsetting the blogger. The blogger said before that she’s from a single-parent family. Her father passed away in an accident when she was young, and her grandmother took the compensation money and kicked her and her mother out. She was raised by her mother alone. Her mother has no education and worked hard to raise her. Now her mother can’t even do hard labor anymore, and she can only work in the kitchen, earning only 2,000 to 3,000. They don’t even have their own house, they’re renting, and they rely on the blogger to support the family.”
“Right, the blogger is very filial. She said before that she worked as a housekeeper because the pay was stable, and she didn’t need to climb the ranks. She could make money here. She wanted to save up to buy her mom a house, so her mom wouldn’t have to live in a rented place and keep running around. She wanted to make her mom’s life easier.”
“So what now? The blogger isn’t performing well, the eighth young lady is definitely not happy.”
“Did the eighth young lady directly say she’s firing you? Can’t you beg for mercy?”
“Looks like you’re new here. The blogger has recorded before that when one of her sisters was about to be fired, she begged and cried, but it didn’t work. The person who fired her was the second young master. The second young master never has time to listen to the pitiful stories of poor people. Begging for mercy is a big taboo. You won’t stay even if you beg, it’s better to leave with dignity.”
“Isn’t the eighth young lady supposed to be beautiful and easy to talk to? Begging should be fine, right?”
“It’s a bit scary. From our perspective, it’s the fascinating daily life of a top-tier young master. But from the young masters’ perspective, the blogger is just a hardworking rat carrying stuff. If the rat doesn’t do its job well, they just replace it with another rat. They don’t care about the rat’s life.”
Xiao Xie was sobbing silently, but didn’t dare to cry out loud. She could only bury her head in her hands.
If she really got fired, where would she find a job like this?
The housing prices in Lan City were so high. She still needed a few hundred thousand more to pay the down payment for a decent house.
What should she do now?!
Qiao Chuchu entered the room, carrying a white paper bag: “Xiao Xie?”
But Xiao Xie wasn’t in her room anymore.
She dialed Xiao Xie’s number: “It’s me. Come to my room.”
Xiao Xie mumbled a response, and Qiao Chuchu hung up the phone, placing the newly bought phone on the table.
Just now, she had urgently asked the driver to take her to the mall to buy Xiao Xie a new phone, along with a pretty phone case and a phone film with its own dust-proof compartment.
It was her birthday gift to Xiao Xie!
In the rest area, Xiao Xie hung up the phone, breathing heavily.
She sent another message, eyes blurry with tears: 【The eighth young lady called me to find her, wish me luck.】
A group of gossiping netizens quickly gathered under the comment.
“Ahhh, I’m so nervous! I’m starting to get nervous for the blogger!”
“Don’t collapse, my cloud lady! I started following because of the eighth young lady! I don’t like stinky men, please eighth young lady, don’t collapse!”
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“Wait, if the blogger really gets fired, won’t I not be able to see my young masters anymore?! Eighth young lady, please don’t fire her!”
“Help! Now that you’ve reminded me, I realized if the blogger gets fired, I won’t be able to see my seven husbands! Eighth young lady, please show mercy! I’m your unseen sister-in-law!!”
“Me too, I’m the sister-in-law! Eighth young lady, let the blogger go! Or swap her out for me!!”
“Help! Eighth young lady, please spare the blogger! Don’t ruin my cloud family’s seven sons!”
“Praying for the blogger in the comment section!!”
Xiao Xie took a deep breath, her heart heavy with determination as she walked into Qiao Chuchu’s room.
The pleasant scent hit her nose, making her nostrils sting: “Eighth young lady, you called me.”
Qiao Chuchu sat on the single sofa, busy replying to messages from her editor, without lifting her eyes: “Mm, come here.”
Xiao Xie walked in front of her, sniffing.
If Miss Qiao wanted to fire her, she would beg for mercy, even if it meant lowering her salary!
As she was mentally preparing, a white bag was suddenly handed to her: “Open it and take a look.”
Xiao Xie froze, obediently opening the bag.
Inside was an Apple phone.
She stared at Qiao Chuchu, bewildered: “What is this?”
Qiao Chuchu smiled at her: “A birthday gift for you.”
Xiao Xie: “?!”
Qiao Chuchu said: “Apple 15 Pro Max, the latest model. I didn’t know what color you liked, so I got white. I also got you 1TB storage because I figured you’d have a lot to deal with. I also got AC+ protection, so if the screen breaks, you can replace it for just a few hundred at the official store. Open it and take a look!”
Xiao Xie’s head buzzed, and when she came to, she realized her tears were already falling in big drops.
Her voice trembled: “R-really for me?”
Qiao Chuchu was more surprised than she was: “Really? Why are you crying?”
Xiao Xie pouted, crying uncontrollably: “I never thought I’d get such an expensive phone from you. I’ve never bought a phone over 4,000 before...”
She lowered her head, taking out a phone case from the bag, crying: “Wuwuwu, the phone case is so cheerful, it even says ‘strike it rich!’”
Xiao Xie opened the phone box, pulling out the brand-new phone, which was still cold from being unused, and fogged up from the warmth of her hands: “It’s so new, it’s still giving off cold air!”
Qiao Chuchu smiled helplessly: “It’s because it’s winter, it won’t do that in the summer. I also bought you a dust-proof phone film so you can apply it yourself.”
Xiao Xie cried so hard her face scrunched up: “This is the best birthday gift I’ve ever received, thank you, Miss Qiao!”
Qiao Chuchu smiled contentedly: “I’m glad you like it.”
“I really like it!” Xiao Xie hugged the phone and cried: “I love it so much!!”
Qiao Chuchu couldn’t help but laugh, surprised by how emotional Xiao Xie was.
She thought Xiao Xie would just be pleasantly surprised, but she hadn’t expected her to cry so much.
She laughed and said, “I just called the housekeeper and asked about your situation.”
Xiao Xie: “!”
So, was she going to get fired?
Was this phone the last bit of warmth?