"Get to the garden and clean it right now! If it's not cleaned by dinner time, you won't be eating dinner. After all, every grain of rice you eat comes from the Zhou family's money!"

"You used to say that the young master begged you to eat and begged you to take money, but now that the young master isn't begging you anymore, it's time for you to be self-reliant!"

Su Qingjiao cried out in pain, feeling that her life was too bitter.

She felt disgusted by the old woman and sensed that Butler Cao was deliberately humiliating her.

Upon hearing that such a large garden was being cleaned by only one person, she was shocked.

Moreover, she couldn't use a hose to flush the water, because that would be a waste of water. It was all Zhou family's money, and she had to save money for the Zhou family, so she had to fetch water herself using a bucket.

Su Qingjiao was furious, her lungs trembling: "Are you crazy? The garden is so big, you want me to clean it all by myself, and even use buckets of water? I can't do it!!"

"I could wash this until tomorrow, are you deliberately messing with me?"

Butler Cao heard Su Qingjiao's retort.

She just smiled coldly, as if she had expected Su Qingjiao to say that.

She took Su's mother's previous words and returned them verbatim: "I don't want to hear all your explanations. Just tell me if you can do it or not. If you can't, then go hungry! The fines will all be deducted from your mother's salary!"

"Besides, if you had come back earlier, you wouldn't have been unable to finish sweeping. I think you're just trying to be lazy and not want to do any work."

"Does she think she's some rich lady? What can't a country bumpkin like me do?"

Su Qingjiao blushed as she listened to these somewhat familiar words.

She wasn't unaware of how domineering Su's mother was towards the servants in the Zhou family; as long as no one made a big fuss, she pretended not to know.

Now she hears Butler Cao retorting to Su's mother, mimicking her own words.

She was both angry and anxious, but didn't know how to retort.

Knowing she was no match for Butler Cao, Su Qingjiao angrily returned to the cramped servants' room where she lived with her mother, and sat on the bed, tears streaming down her face.

When did a servant dare to bully her?

If she had just frowned slightly before, that clueless maid would have been fired!

But now, Butler Cao dares to openly bully her, starve her, and deduct her mother's salary, making her suffer. Is Zhou Yi blind? Can't he see that?

How could he bear to do it?

"Smack."

The room lights suddenly turned on, and Su Qingjiao sat on the edge of the bed.

Looking up, she could clearly see the wardrobe less than a meter away, so crowded that the door couldn't even be closed. A quick glance around revealed that the room was so cramped that there wasn't even room to move.

I didn't realize how chaotic it was when the lights were off, but now that they're on, it feels even more suffocating.

No matter where she stood in the room, she dared not stretch out her arms, because if she did, she would either bump into the wall, the table, or the cabinet.

Su's mother walked in from outside, closed the door behind her, and walked towards Su Qingjiao while talking: "Why didn't you turn on the light in your room?"

"Did you just hear Butler Cao talking about you?"

Hearing her mother's question, Su Qingjiao felt a lump in her throat and was about to whine to her mother, but before she could say anything...

The next second, upon hearing Su's mother's cold words, her heart sank: "How could I have given birth to such a useless piece of trash like you?"

"If you hadn't argued with Zhou Yi, would you have been so easily manipulated by a servant?"

"Don't you think about it? When Zhou Yi used to treat you like a princess, they would never have dared to treat you like this."

Su Qingjiao lowered her head, a bitter smile appearing on her lips.

In her mother's eyes, she was useless and couldn't compare to other people's children in any way. She used to be extremely sexist and only changed her mind now that girls are useful and can earn money.

Come to think of it, it was only during the years that Zhou Yi pursued her that her mother treated her like a treasure and pampered her.

How long has it been since she heard her mother scold her for being useless?

It's been two or three years now.

"Jiaojiao, don't blame your mother for scolding you."

"Mom just wants you to have a better life. You've suffered with me before, and you know how hard it is for poor people."

"Now that Zhou Yi has finally taken a liking to you, you must do everything you can to get him into your hands."

"If all else fails, I think you should get pregnant out of wedlock and use some bedroom tricks to seduce him. Then Zhou Yi won't be able to shirk responsibility."

There were originally chairs in the room, but the mother and daughter had too many things, and the entire room was filled with them except for the bed, which was empty of clothes and bags.

So Su's mother could only sit on opposite sides of the bed and talk to Su Qingjiao separately. When the topic of premarital pregnancy came up, Su's mother's tone became a bit harsher.

Su Qingjiao's heart skipped a beat.

No, she didn't want to use that method to bind a man.

In that case, how is she any different from those gold-digging women?

Fearing that her mother might do something underhanded, Su Qingjiao thought for a moment and said, "Mom, if Zhou Yi really hates me, it won't matter even if I get pregnant out of wedlock."

“Look how ruthless Zhou Yi is when he deals with those domestic helpers. They can’t even find work in Luzhou. And look, even when Zhou Yi is angry, he doesn’t kick us out.”

"This proves that Zhou Yi is actually too proud to admit it, and he still cares about me."

“Now I’ve figured it out. I can’t keep waiting for him to apologize to me.”

"I'll go find Zhou Yi later and have a calm talk with him."

If this continues, not only will Su's mother not be able to stand it, but Su Qingjiao herself will also be unable to bear it.

Having experienced unparalleled pampering, the luxury of having everything one could want, and a life of being bossed around, her current life is nothing short of a disaster!

Su's mother let out a heavy sigh, stood up, and patted the invisible dust off her clothes: "Jiaojiao, it's good that you've figured it out."

"Go find Zhou Yi right away. I'm so fed up with this tiny room. It's like a coffin room."

Su's mother dared not stay in the room any longer, after all, she was still wiping the corridor. If Butler Cao saw her slacking off, she would lose her perfect attendance bonus for the month.

After her mother left, Su Qingjiao looked at the room, which was 'like a coffin room', and was only eleven or twelve square meters. It couldn't even fit a large bathtub. She clenched her fists tightly.

A moment later.

She let go of her hands and searched high and low for a long time before finally finding a light pink dress in some unknown corner.

Before she came to the Zhou family, she was chosen as the class beauty at her previous school, so her appearance must have been quite good.

In recent years, she has lived a life of luxury in the Zhou family, and her skin has become much fairer, and even her ten fingers have become slender and beautiful.

Looking at herself in the mirror, wearing this light pink dress, paired with her carefully maintained, radiant white skin, she looked even more pure and beautiful.

Su Qingjiao took a deep breath, walked out of the room, and ignored the looks the other servants were giving her. She went straight to Zhou Yi's room.

While chatting with Su's mother, she heard the sound of a car engine, and she knew that Zhou Yi must have returned.