Shy Maid Easily Cornered

"Did I just open my mouth but not make a sound?" Young Master Fei turned his head to confirm.

"What did Young Master say?" The maid looked completely bewildered, as if she had no idea what was going on. But seeing Young Master Fei's dark expression, she couldn't help but let out a small, unintentional laugh, "Pfft!"

Young Master Fei's face darkened further. "Stop grinning! What did she mean by that?"

"I don't know."

"You don't know? Then what were you messing around for just now?" Young Master Fei brought up old grievances.

In the original novel's setting for Fei Yangyao, while respecting contracts was part of his persona, Gu Xiyue's will was paramount. Therefore, he could have logically fired her just now and shed this burden. Unfortunately, before he could agree, she interrupted him.

However, now, there seemed to be a good reason?

Just as a wife has her duties, a maid certainly has hers.

How could a maid go against her employer's interests?

It was obvious that Jiang Anran's statement of "I don't like Xiyue" was interfering with his interests. He had sufficient reason to dismiss her.

Finally, he could shed the troublesome burden that was Jiang Anran. Young Master Fei couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

"Jiang Anran, I, this Young Master, am officially informing you that you don't need to come in starting tomorrow. I will have Uncle Fu settle your salary for a full month," Young Master Fei hid his inner delight, put on a stern face, and announced to Jiang Anran in a serious tone.

"Why?" Jiang Anran was a little anxious, not knowing what went wrong to make Young Master Fei want to dismiss her.

"You didn't uphold the maid's code, saying 'I don't like Xiyue'."

"Just because of that?"

"Just this, and this isn't enough? Xiyue is a more important existence than the sun and moon in my heart. How could I not adore her? You, a mere maid, dared to go against my will as Young Master. If I don't fire you, who will I fire?"

Yes, it was exactly like this. It seemed that in Young Master Fei's heart, Gu Xiyue was indeed the most important.

No, it would be more accurate to say the persona of "Gu Xiyue's simp" was the most important to him.

Jiang Anran understood.

At the same time, confirming this situation also put her mind at ease.

With the situation no longer critical, her curiosity led her to decide to test if Young Master Fei had any other personas. After all, it was to help Young Master Fei better play his role.

"Young Master, okay, but isn't that too much salary? I only worked for one day..." Jiang Anran decided to start probing.

"This Young Master really doesn't care about this little money. Consider it a reward from me. After all, even my dog eats very well."

Jiang Anran made a note in her mental notebook: Young Master Fei treats his subordinates well, good benefits?

"Young Master, what about these clothes..."

"They're all yours as a reward. Throw away your own shabby clothes. After all, you've been in the Fei Family. Even if it was only for a day, once you're a dog of the Fei Family, others will never treat you as a dog of another family."

Alright, how could the female lead Jiang Anran's pride tolerate being insulted like a dog? This was perfect. Young Master Fei decided to give himself a perfect score!

As for treating subordinates well? This wasn't Young Master Fei improvising; it was also one of his key personas!

His company's later bankruptcy was also closely related to this persona.

If he usually treated his subordinates poorly, and then suddenly a new employee appeared, exposing all company secrets unconditionally, wouldn't that seem abrupt?

It was precisely because he treated his subordinates too well and completely trusted the commercial spies planted by Ye Chen that the company was perfectly targeted by Ye Chen, and the contract that led to the company's bankruptcy could be signed!

Jiang Anran ignored the talk about dogs and confirmed her previous guess, making a note in her mental notebook: Young Master Fei treats his subordinates well and cares about their daily food and clothing!

"Young Master, your feelings for Miss Gu are truly enviable!"

Second item!

Jiang Anran flipped a page in her mental notebook.

Did I just say something insulting? Why didn't she react?

To confirm if he was hallucinating, Young Master Fei emphasized again: "Of course. I don't know if you, this dog of the Fei Family, know this. As long as she's happy, I'll do anything, even if it's to pluck the stars from the night sky, I'll do my best. Because she is the moon in my heart..." (One thousand words omitted here)

Watching Young Master Fei drone on with "simp quotes," he himself was a simp, and he called me a dog, so that means...? The little maid found it cute, and with a barely perceptible smile, she silently noted: Gu Xiyue's simp. PS: Currently the highest priority persona.

"Young Master is so kind. I will definitely proudly tell others in the future that Young Master's feelings for Miss Gu are truly enviable..."

Third item!

Jiang Anran flipped another page in her mental notebook, this time confirming the "profligate son" persona, which was also what made her curious about Young Master Fei from the beginning.

"Of course." Young Master Fei was speechless. Why wasn't this person reacting at all? Had this female lead's personality changed? If someone insulted her like this, the book would have written ten chapters of plot by now, but this is it?

"And you're also very good to us subordinates."

"That goes without saying."

"No, how can that be! Your reputation outside is very bad, they all misunderstand you, Young Master."

"Misunderstand?"

Almost instinctively, Fei Yangyao slowly approached the little maid, his gaze dark and cold, as if he could see through all her thoughts. He suddenly slammed his right hand onto the wall, forcefully trapping her between himself and the cold wall, creating a confined space.

"No! They are right! What gave you the illusion that I am not a profligate son? Hmm?"

This action was completed almost instantly, catching the little maid off guard. Her heart couldn't help but race, and the atmosphere in the air became tense and... subtle?

"Young... Young Master... you can't..."

When the Young Master pressed her against the wall with an irresistible, domineering posture, her heart instantly raced, her cheeks involuntarily flushed red, her eyes flickered, her fingertips trembled slightly, and her hands were placed awkwardly at her sides in a pushing-away gesture. She seemed to be resisting, yet she didn't dare to easily touch his arm.

Her lips parted slightly, wanting to say something, but under the gaze of those deep eyes, all her words turned into silent murmurs.

She simply closed her eyes, waiting for fate's choice.

"No..."

She said "no" with her lips, but in her heart, there was only one thought: If it's the Young Master, it might not be so bad.

On the other side, Young Master Fei could still maintain a straight face at first, but looking at the youthful face before him, especially her seemingly unresisting demeanor, he felt it wasn't quite what he had expected.

Did I take the wrong channel?

Shouldn't she be resisting forcefully?

At least say a few strong words!

What does this "no" mean?

What's wrong with this female lead?

Why does she look so shy!