Many people were puzzled. Why were those big shots—those famous big shots—always pursuing peace and quiet?
Wasn't peace and quiet... something that could be obtained with a wave of the hand? Perhaps that was because they did not truly understand the people of the Upper Class, nor did they know what had happened to them.
They mistakenly thought that everyone was human, so... their needs should be more or less the same.
But they really were different.
After Lin Qi returned home from a meeting at the Department of Defense, Little Maid told him that Ms. Tracy, the governor, had called and hoped he would return the call as soon as possible.
Little Maid's attitude was somewhat strange. Lin Qi glanced at her, then at the Little Maid standing nearby, and seemed to understand something.
For a time, Little Maid had brought her Cousin over with the intention of having her take over this job. She had never naively intended to win over Lin Qi; she had only wanted to secure the position.
For that, she had even been willing to push her little Cousin into a fire pit.
Of course, this might have been only her own idea, but it was still rather unfair to her little Cousin.
Yet when she suddenly realized that some things did not need anyone else to take her place, and that her little Cousin's existence not only could not help her but might instead become a threat, her attitude began to change.
Everything stemmed from that night.
Lin Qi did not pay much attention to Little Maid's change. It was like how you would not care whether the cat rubbing against your leg as it passed by was trying to curry favor or merely wanted to leave its scent.
Those were matters they