For example, right now, he had Huo Yuhao hide beneath the window outside the kitchen, while he himself swaggered in through the front door.
Ever since the Duchess began suppressing their family, the servants under her command had started oppressing them as well.
But in the vast ducal residence, there were still some servants who did not answer to the Duchess, and his advantage was that he had barely managed to win their sympathy.
The moment he entered, someone cast a disgusted, contemptuous look his way.
He paid it no heed and walked straight toward a servant chopping vegetables inside.
With his hands behind his back and a bashful look on his face, he said, "Uncle, is there anything you need help with today?"
The man chopping vegetables lowered his head to glance at him and smiled faintly. "Yun Ze? Let me think. Go bring me that basin over there first. There's quite a lot in it, though. Can you carry it?"
He immediately puffed out his little chest. "Of course! I can definitely carry it over!"
With that, he hurried toward the iron basin, rolled up his sleeves, and cautiously tried to lift it.
It was heavy.
But he still gritted his teeth and, with great difficulty, lifted the iron basin and turned toward the man chopping vegetables.
Several people in the kitchen had already fixed their eyes on him.
They were guarding against him taking the chance to steal food from the kitchen.
His expression did not change. He still looked as though he were struggling.
Only when he passed a stove, with the others' view blocked, did he tilt the iron basin slightly. A piece of bread resting along its edge then silently slid into his sleeve.
He quickened his pace and reached the man chopping vegetables,