Arrogant Servants

Just as Bai Yunsheng expected, the meals sent over the first two days were spoiled, and as for the following two days, no food was sent at all.

Bai Yunsheng had gone hungry and thirsty for two days.

When that door opened again, Bai Yunsheng's consciousness was already beginning to blur, and he passed out directly. When he woke up again, it was already noon. Braving the spasm of pain in his stomach, Bai Yunsheng walked unsteadily to the kitchen of the Feng Household. The people inside were busy, and upon seeing Bai Yunsheng appear, they didn't even lift their eyes.

Enduring his discomfort, Bai Yunsheng stood up straight. "Cook me a bowl of vegetable porridge."

Those two people directly ignored Bai Yunsheng's words and just went about their work. Bai Yunsheng couldn't help but want to laugh inside, and he gave them another chance. "Did you not hear me, cook me a bowl of vegetable porridge."

Still no one paid him any attention.

In the past, these servants were just like this, knowing that no one cared about Bai Yunsheng, knowing that he was easy to manipulate, and knowing that Bai Yunsheng never complained. All along, they had never taken him seriously, nor had they ever treated him as a master.

After all, which master would live in the servants' quarters in the corner of the first floor.

Bai Yunsheng closed his eyes, took out his phone, and dialed a number he had never dialed before.

Jiang Li was upstairs with her eyes closed, applying a face mask, and when the phone rang, she answered it without checking who it was.

Jiang Li: "Hello."

There was no sound from the other end of the phone immediately; instead, a voice came through after a second.

Bai Yunsheng: "Aunty."

Jiang Li was stunned for a few seconds, failing to react in time.

Bai Yunsheng: "Aunty, are you still there?"

Jiang Li suddenly stood up from her chair. Because of the violent movement, the face mask applied to her face fell off. In disbelief, Jiang Li moved her phone away and glanced at the screen.

She wasn't dreaming.

It really was called in by Bai Yunsheng.

The expression on Jiang Li's face was extremely interesting, half red and half pale.

Feng Tingfan could bully Bai Yunsheng and treat Bai Yunsheng like air, but Jiang Li could not. Her status was not only as Feng Yanshan's wife, but also as the mother of three children. Even without blood ties, this was an indelible status.

Jiang Li adjusted her emotions and spoke to Bai Yunsheng, "What is it, Yunsheng?"

Bai Yunsheng: "Aunty, I'm a bit hungry, but the people in the kitchen don't know if they're deaf. I asked them to make me a simple bowl of vegetable porridge, and they didn't react much."

The force in Jiang Li's hand grew a bit heavier.

Bai Yunsheng and she had almost no interaction; even when they met, they would walk around each other, at most calling her aunty. Although Bai Yunsheng was an utter good-for-nothing who wouldn't threaten Feng Tingfan in any way, his identity ultimately made Jiang Li uncomfortable. The attitude of those servants toward Bai Yunsheng and their bullying were condoned by her, and she even gave hints. Furthermore, even Feng Yanshan didn't care, so naturally she turned a blind eye.

Only this time.

Bai Yunsheng actually called her for help. She had no way to pretend she knew nothing like the countless times before.

Jiang Li gritted her teeth. "Yunsheng, Aunty is applying a face mask right now and it's inconvenient to go down. Hand the phone to them."

The corners of Bai Yunsheng's mouth hooked up slightly, and facing the startled gazes of the servants, he put the phone on speaker.

Bai Yunsheng: "Aunty, I put it on speaker."

Hearing Bai Yunsheng say that, Jiang Li fiercely tore off the face mask, threw it aside, and regulated her breathing several times.

"What is wrong with the two of you? Yunsheng wants to eat porridge, did neither of you hear?"

"Look at you both, wanting to slack off, are you!"

Jiang Li scolded them symbolically a few times, and Bai Yunsheng spoke up, "Thank you, Aunty. You're so nice."

Bai Yunsheng said these few words with heartfelt sincerity, but to Jiang Li's ears, it felt quite different.

"Aunty, I'll hang up first; they've already started making it."

Bai Yunsheng knew Jiang Li too well. To Jiang Li, he was a bomb that could explode at any time. The day it exploded, the fact that her son was an illegitimate child would no longer be hidden.

Bai Yunsheng sat smilingly by the kitchen counter, watching the two people in the kitchen bustling about with terrified expressions. Bai Yunsheng stared at them the entire time, making them feel as if needles were pricking their backs. They vaguely felt that Bai Yunsheng seemed to have changed.

A few minutes later, the steaming white porridge was ready.

Bai Yunsheng cupped his chin in his hand. "I want two bowls, bring them to me."

The two looked at each other in dismay. Jiang Li's scolding words were still ringing in their ears, and they dared not slack off. They scooped the boiling white porridge into porcelain bowls, turned around, and just as they wanted to place them on the counter, Bai Yunsheng spoke up again: "Did I say you could put them down?"

The two froze.

Bai Yunsheng still cupped his chin, looked at the two flustered people before him, and continued speaking, "Was I too detached from the world before, making you think I'm easy to bully?"

"Do you think I'm someone unfavored, and no matter how I'm treated, it doesn't matter?"

"Do you think making things difficult for me can greatly satisfy your despicable psychology?"

"Look at this, still calling yourself the young master of the Feng Household, yet you're worse off than a servant."

As Bai Yunsheng spoke, he looked at the hands of those two people. The scalding temperature had already turned their palms red, and their hands were trembling slightly.

Bai Yunsheng chuckled lightly, filled with disdain. "But did you forget, no matter what, I am Feng Yanshan's child, his biological one. No matter how much my father disregards me, as long as I tell him, he will definitely deal with you for my sake. You've been in the Feng Household for so long, do you still not know what my father cares about most?"

What Bai Yunsheng said turned the faces of those two people the color of a pig's liver—firstly from the heat, and secondly from fear.

Bai Yunsheng lowered the hand that was cupping his chin, bent his fingers, and tapped the tabletop. "Put them down."

The two of them immediately put the bowls down.

Bai Yunsheng: "Spoon."

One of them quickly turned around, grabbed a spoon, and handed it to Bai Yunsheng.

Bai Yunsheng: "Go back to your work."

Those two people lowered their heads and respectfully replied, "Understood, young master."

By the time the two finished their tasks and turned around, Bai Yunsheng was long gone.

After finishing his porridge, Bai Yunsheng felt his stomach felt much more comfortable. The basement floor was hard and stinky, and Bai Yunsheng hadn't rested well at all over the past four days, so he lay down on the bed and began to make up for lost sleep.