Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Get Up and Speak
The silver-white tip of the knife reflected a dazzling white light on the table, making Lu Yingchi uneasy when he returned to the room. All he could think of was the moment when Qiao Wu threw down the knife and looked up at him. He felt a tingling numbness rising from the soles of his feet.
She has changed.
Become disobedient and rebellious.
No wonder people say women are fickle and annoying.
Getting up at half past six? She wished.
Lu Yingchi glanced at the small radio installed in the room, smiled, and picked up an ornament from the display cabinet without hesitation.
The room was well soundproofed, and the loud noise did not attract other people's attention.
Lu Yingchi fell on the big bed, with only one word in his mind.
Cool!
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The next day, Qiao Zhiyi got up according to his biological clock. Although he was no longer a housekeeper, he still heard about what happened yesterday. He was a little worried, so he planned to get up and make breakfast and take this opportunity to talk to his daughter.
Unexpectedly, I heard noises in the kitchen as soon as I went downstairs.
Although he and his daughter have a small villa, he always remembers his status and will not let other servants come here to help. He does everything himself.
Qiao Zhiyi walked forward, and when he saw the person in the kitchen, his pupils shrank slightly: "Xiao Wu?"
"Are you awake?" Qiao Wu continued making breakfast. "Dad, you don't have to get up early to make breakfast for me. I'll put it in the insulated box and you can eat it directly when you wake up."
In fact, she could have eaten directly at the main house, but considering that her father was not going there now, she ate at home.
Qiao Zhiyi was stunned because he had never eaten breakfast made by his daughter. She used to think that she was born to be spoiled and that these were things that servants did. She also didn't like to eat Chinese food, as this was the only way to show her uniqueness and refinement.
But isn’t what she’s making now a Chinese breakfast?
"Are you used to getting up so early?" Qiao Zhiyi asked, suppressing his inner emotion.
"Okay, I'm in good spirits."
Qiao Wu was happy to finally gain control of his body and be able to experience the joy of being a normal person.
"Xiao Wu." Qiao Zhiyi helped her pick up the noodles and softened his voice. "Dad believed everything you said before, but no matter how good the Lu family is to us, we must remember our status and not cross the line. Yesterday you..."
He asked hesitantly, "Did he threaten the Fourth Young Master with a knife?"
"Um."
When Qiao Wu threw the knife, the servants around him almost dropped their jaws, she could see it.
Qiao Zhiyi took a deep breath and his vision went dark.
In all these years in the Lu family, he had rarely said any harsh words, let alone threatened with a knife.
Xiaowu, how dare she?
The other party is still the fourth young master, the devil.
Qiao Wu also knew what his father was worried about. As a steward, it was really too much for him to bully the master of the house.
"Dad." She nibbled at her noodles. "To me, they're more than just the main family."
Qiao Zhiyi didn't understand.
"I grew up here, and they are half my family." Qiao Wu said in a very natural tone, "To the best of my ability, I hope that every one of them will be well."
"But……"
"Don't worry, if they can't stand me anymore, they'll fire me. I'm willing to do that. I'll leave the Lu family with you then." She quickly finished her breakfast and added, "You're my father. You don't have to give in to me in anything."
Watching his daughter's back as she left, Qiao Zhiyi bit off the soft noodles in his mouth and inexplicably had the illusion that his child had grown up overnight.
It was not yet half past six when Qiao Wu arrived at the main house. After the incident of scaring Lu Yingchi with a knife yesterday, all the servants in the house looked at her differently today.
Although they didn't show it on their faces, the servants in the house actually looked down on Qiao Wu, thinking she was a fool whose mind was superficial and who only knew how to flatter.
Who would have thought that the idiot would actually fight with the young master.
Some people were frightened, while others wanted to see her show. How long could someone who didn't know her own status and dared to climb over the head of the master stay?
Yesterday, when the fourth young master went upstairs angrily, he gritted his teeth and said: Qiao Wu, you just wait for me.
Qiao Wu pretended not to see the complicated looks and greeted everyone as she entered the room. After making sure that no one else came back last night, she pressed the morning bell again with her unchopped hand.
This time she didn't wait for a reply, but went to the kitchen to confirm today's breakfast menu.
When she entered the kitchen, she realized that none of the dishes she had planned last night were cooked in the morning.
"Is there any difficulty?" she asked.
"No." The head chef was busy preparing his own menu. "But since the young lady and the fourth young master finally have breakfast at home, it would be too shabby to make those things. So today I specially made crab roe steamed buns and shrimp dumplings, roasted pigeon, and a Western-style salmon and caviar croissant, each with three kinds of fruit."
I feel angry when I mention this chef. Yesterday they didn't know that breakfast was for the young lady and the master, so it was just simple vegetable dumplings and white porridge. If the young lady and the master were unhappy with the meal, who would suffer?
Everyone knows how to flatter someone. When Qiao Wu is kicked out, won’t others have a chance?
"Take the croissant off."
"Why?" the chef protested. "Butler Qiao, if you want to upset the young lady and the young master, don't drag us into it. Besides, we've been in this family for years. How can you decide the menu on your own when you just came back from abroad and don't know anything?"
Qiao Wu looked at him coldly: "Then what do you know?"
"I know……"
The chef was suddenly stuck. He really didn't know anything.
There are many chefs at home, but in fact few people eat at home, and they don’t deliberately mention anyone’s preferences. In order to show off their cooking skills, they just cook whatever is exquisite and expensive, especially now that they want to please the host.
"Butler Qiao, what's with that tone? Didn't you like these before? You even said you wouldn't eat common people's food, but now you want us to feed the young lady and the young master what to eat?"
Qiao Wu never cared about what her past self, who was dominated by the plot, did. It had nothing to do with her.
But that doesn't mean she can accept all this. She also understands that these people started to have second thoughts after seeing Lu Yingchi's attitude yesterday.
"What's your name?" she asked.
"Li Shun."
Qiao Wu nodded, raised his hand and took the croissants and shrimp dumplings to the other side, and said casually: "Li Shun, you are fired."
“!!!”
Everyone who was carefully observing the situation was stunned.
Li Shun still had a knife in his hand. He glared at him, as if ready to rush over at any moment. His voice was rough and heavy: "Why do you do that?"
But Qiao Wu was not frightened. She walked straight forward and forced Li Shun to take two steps back, and the knife in his hand was also taken away.
The next moment, the knife was stuck on the chopping board with a clang. It was even more frightening than last night, and everyone couldn't help but tremble.
How does Butler Qiao have so much strength?
But Qiao Wu didn't look at Li Shun. Instead, he took out two more pieces of fruit and opened some water while saying slowly, "Yesterday I sent each of you a document that clearly stated the preferences and taboos of everyone in the family."
Everyone did receive a document last night, but thinking of Qiao Wu's past behavior, many people just glanced at it casually and didn't read it carefully because the document was very long.
Qiao Wu's voice grew even colder under the running water. "Young Miss won't eat any raw food except fruit. The Fourth Young Master is allergic to peanut butter. You've made so many mistakes at the same time. What's the point of keeping you here? I didn't hire you for such a high salary so you can do things as you please."
"You're a chef and I'm a cook? I've never heard of young ladies and their friends having such dietary restrictions! It's not like they haven't done it before, how did you know?"
Qiao Wu: "So you've never taken the initiative to ask the host for feedback on the dishes, which is an even greater crime."
"How should I know?" She put the freshly washed fruit on a quick plate and looked up. "I was the one who fed them mouthful by mouthful when they were little. How do you think I know?"
So many people come and go in this house, most of them are latecomers, and they only know that Qiao Wu in the past was a flattering lackey.
But I didn't expect that she had such a connection with the master's family.
"Just in time." Qiao Wu turned around and looked at the chefs and servants in the kitchen. She had been awakened for a relatively short time, and had not had time to hold a meeting at home to deal with Lu Ning's affairs. Now many people were watching her, and she didn't mind using this opportunity to establish her authority.
"How the Master treats me is his business. If I'm wrong, I'll accept the punishment. Similarly, regardless of whether you obey me or not, or what you thought before, from today on, as long as I'm still the head steward, each of you must memorize the documents I issue. If you make a mistake, you'll bear the consequences yourself. Don't ask me why later. Do you understand?"
She spoke in a low voice, but in the quiet environment, people couldn't help but bow their heads.
The others were silent, only Li Shun was furious: "Qiao Wu, you are just a dog, and you really think you are the master?! What qualifications do you have to fire me!"
The Lu residence is so big that Mr. Lu certainly doesn't have the energy to take care of so many small matters. In the beginning, he had given the chief housekeeper a lot of power because he trusted the old housekeeper. However, after Qiao Wu took over, many people thought she was young and stupid, so they forgot about this matter.
Qiao Wu picked up his phone to notify the security guard, his eyes were very calm: "I can make the security guard throw you out, but you can't."
When the security guards came to arrest Li Shun, everyone realized that Lu Ning had been standing at the kitchen door, and no one knew how long she had been there.
She didn't want to get up, but she had no choice but to go down and smash the bell since she was woken up.
But when she came down, she heard the servant say that Qiao Wu was in the kitchen, so she came over. She thought, could it be that he saw the dumplings were knocked over, so he was making dumplings here to please her?
I didn't expect to run into Qiao Wu showing off his power.
Lu Ning wondered blankly: When did Qiao Wu become so cool?
Also, when did she ever get fed?
Although she really didn't like to eat those things, she was too lazy to tell a group of people who didn't care about her, so she just avoided them when eating.
But...Qiao Wu remembers.
Qiao Wu, who had already finished cleaning up the mess, looked much calmer. He walked over to Lu Ning with breakfast in his hand and asked, "Does the wound still hurt?"
"I told you I'm not in pain!" He paused, then came to his senses and followed Qiao Wu to the restaurant, howling as he walked, "No, I'm in pain. It hurts so much that I can't go to school. Ask for leave for me!"
With a click, Qiao Wu placed the plate on the table and turned back with a smile: "What did you say?"
For no apparent reason, Lu Ning suddenly thought of the knife that was still stuck in the chopping board and didn't dare to say anything.
"Eat, the driver is already waiting." Qiao Wu said and was about to turn around.
Lu Ning didn't want to eat alone in such a large restaurant: "Where are you going?"
"Wake up your uncle."
“!!!”
Lu Ning decisively followed with the steamed buns.
Seeing her following closely, Qiao Wu said with a smile, "Why are you following me?"
Lu Ning's eyes wandered everywhere: "Morning exercise."
She didn't know how to deal with Qiao Wu for the time being, so how could Lu Yingchi not know?
No matter who beats whom, the show will definitely be exciting.
Qiao Wu could foresee that Lu Yingchi would have no reaction to Chen Ling. Even though he didn't chop off his hand yesterday because he was forced into a corner, he would not sit there and wait for death. Not only that, he would also lock the door so that no one could get in.
But Qiao Wu didn't care about this at all. She went straight to the floor where Lu Yingchi's room was, fumbled behind the giant anime figure as tall as a person outside the door, and took out a key.
Lu Ning: “???”
How did Qiao Wu know that there was a key here? !
At this moment, Lu Ning's thirteen years of perseverance were shattered.
She thought Qiao Wu only listened to her and was her most loyal lackey, but Qiao Wu actually had the key to Lu Yingchi's room!
Qiao Wu is closer to Lu Yingchi.
She's someone else's dog too!
Compared to the fact that Qiao Wu had become a bit fierce and disobedient recently, this realization was even more difficult for Lu Ning to accept.
So... the meal might not be fed to her, but to that stinky pig Lu Yingchi!
Lu Ning was so angry that her hands began to tremble. Before she could say anything, Qiao Wu had already opened the door and walked in. She could only follow him immediately.
Oh, she wanted to see how far these two men would go in kissing behind her back.
Qiao Wu knew the layout of Lu Yingchi's room very clearly. She did not go into the bedroom immediately, but turned on the audio system in his study. This man knew how to enjoy life. A set of audio equipment cost several million, and the effect was quite good, making people feel like they were there.
Including eerie, creepy, melodious and sad ghost music.
Lu Ning got goosebumps when she heard this, thinking what a childish method this was, would Lu Yingchi be afraid of this?
Ten seconds later, a terrifying scream rang out from the bedroom just across the door: "Fuck!!!"
Lu Ning was so scared that she dropped the steamed buns.
Qiao Wu, who was waiting at the door, knocked gently: "Lu Yingchi, what's wrong?"
“Yes… yes…” Lu Yingchi didn’t finish his words, and finally hurriedly urged, “Come in!”
Only then did Qiao Wu push open the door.
The bedroom was pitch black. Lu Ning, who was enjoying herself, poked her head out and saw a large lump in the corner of the bed, shaking and trembling.
"Ha." She couldn't help laughing, "Lu Yingchi, you have really good lung capacity."
She felt strangely balanced in her heart. It seemed that Qiao Wu's methods towards her were quite gentle.
Humph, she and Qiao Wu are closer.
Hearing the sound, Lu Yingchi suddenly pulled back the quilt covering his head.
He was holding a pillow tightly in his hands, his face pale and still in shock. His slow brain finally realized what was going on.
Qiao Wu is the only one in this world who knows what he is afraid of.
"Six forty." Qiao Wu turned off the music and opened the curtains with the remote control. "Not bad, you have time to have breakfast at home today."
Her body was bathed in sunlight and was clearly warm, but Lu Yingchi, who was in a daze, felt cold all over.
This woman is so terrifying.
His voice was hoarse with a hint of fragility and trembling: "Qiao Wu, I will kill you."
"Well, before that..." Qiao Wu glanced at him huddled at the head of the bed and raised his eyebrows, "Stand up and talk first."
Lu Yingchi: "..."
The whole room was suddenly filled with Lu Ning's unbridled laughter.
Lu Yingchi had never lost such a big person before. He closed his eyes tightly and his chest heaved violently.
From today on, this family only has Qiao Wu but not him!
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