I'm Your Lover!
"The banquet booked by the Lu Family is simply too extravagant! It can practically be described as luxurious."
"I think so too. Isn't this much better than Zhou Family's takeout? What's Zhou Family's takeout compared to that?"
Zhou Wanwan took a sip of her milk tea. These people are really something; they've only changed their names, how come they don't recognize each other?
"It's still her family's food after all, "Xie Cheng'en, looking at Zhou Wanwan.
Some people think they're so great, always believing that others can't do it, but aren't I doing it just fine?
Zhou Wanwan, I've poached all the people under you. Do you recognize any of them?
Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly at him and said:
"We're quite familiar with each other; I personally trained all of these people."
They are very capable; you must treat them well.
Xie Cheng'en sneered:
"Do you need to explain these things? Before, when they followed you, they only earned a few taels of silver a year."
"Now, following me, they're making tons of money. Just ask them how much they earn a month!"
Those people obediently replied, "I earned ten taels of silver a month."
"I earn fifty taels of silver a month."
"I earn thirty taels of silver a month."
Everyone was stunned. "What? These laborers can earn this much money a month?"
"Isn't this wage way too high?"
"This Young Master Xie is truly generous; he's not someone you can compare to. Some people are really stingy."
Zhou Wanwan said:
"Yes, yes, I'm stingy, you're generous, you just want to poach them."
"If you wait until they get used to the job, I'd like to see if you fire them or reduce their wages."
Xie Cheng'en scoffed coldly:
"Do you think I'm like you? Stingy and miserly? I, Young Master Xie, wouldn't do something so disgusting."
Don't worry, everyone. If you do a good job working for me, I will definitely treat you well.
Unlike your previous masters, who made a fortune for themselves but were unwilling to raise your wages.
Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said, "That would be best."
Zhou Wanwan was overjoyed, after all, it was quite good that Xie Cheng'en was willing to take on such a big task for her.
He's the one taking the orders, and she's the one making the money behind the scenes—it's a win-win situation, which is great.
All the food on the table was cleared away, and soon a lot of fruits and snacks were served.
Watermelon, lychee, longan, loquat, pear, grape, and peach were laid out on the table, and everyone enjoyed the meal immensely.
Surprisingly, when a maid was pouring tea, her hand trembled and she spilled water on Liu Su'e's clothes.
The maid knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "My lord, please spare my life! I... this is my first time serving at a banquet, I was so nervous!"
Liu Su'e looked at her and said, "Get up! Take me to change my clothes."
Liu Su'e's maidservant quickly went out to fetch clothes; for occasions like this, clothes were usually provided in the carriage.
Zhou Wanwan wanted to go over, but was stopped by Lu Lan and the others.
Lu Lan looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Zhou Wanwan, let's go sit on the boat! We bought a lot of snacks, do you want some?"
Zhou Wanwan was stunned for a moment; something was definitely amiss.
Is this an attempt to frame Liu Su'e?
Zhou Wanwan was accompanied by several girls. She wanted to get off the boat, but Lu Lan wouldn't let her. "Hey! Zhou Wanwan, why would you get off the boat? It's so nice on the boat!"
Zhou Wanwan was speechless. The Old Scholar Tree not far away said, "These people are planning to harm Madam. They've already started. They've found a spoiled brat from the Lu Family."
Zhou Wanwan raised an eyebrow; so that was her plan.
Because they felt Zhou Wanwan was difficult to handle.
This time, everyone's attention was focused on Liu Su'e. Liu Su'e was about to change her clothes when she saw a man sneaking in.
He smiled and said, "Oh! My beauty, I've arrived..."
Liu Su'e frowned and looked at him, saying, "Who are you? What do you want?"
"I'm your lover! Don't you know what I want to do?"
Liu Su'e snorted coldly and said, "What lover? You're talking nonsense! Get out of here right now!"
But the man chuckled and said:
"Now that we're here, we definitely have to do something. Don't you understand?"
We'll dismiss all your maids; Madam Lu will arrive with her entourage shortly.
You won't be able to explain yourself then. I haven't even tasted what it's like to be the daughter-in-law of the Princess!
But you look like you're in your early twenties, not old at all.
Liu Su'e said coldly, "I'm only in my early twenties, Madam Lu, right? I'll remember that."
"That Madam Lu is my cousin."
"I see."
Just as the man's hand was about to reach for Liu Su'e, it was tied up.
Liu Su'e was taken aback for a moment, realizing it was a tree from her own yard. She asked helplessly, "Where do I go now?"
A tree gently pushed her, slowly leading her outside.
Liu Su'e couldn't communicate with them, but she always knew of their existence.
That's why she dared to run so far alone. Those trees were no pushovers; Madam Lu and Old Madam Zhou were nearby, and those trees directly engulfed them.
Soon someone noticed something was wrong. "Where's Madam Lu? We haven't seen her in ages!"
"That's right! With Madam Lu not here, who's going to take us to see the show?"
Several people blinked, and Lu Lan stepped off the boat, saying, "Let's go! My mother might have something to attend to. I'll take you all to the back to take a look!"
Lu Lan grabbed Zhou Wanwan's hand and said, "You really have to go and see!"
Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said, "Oh! Of course, let go of my hand, I can walk by myself."
Lu Lan led Zhou Wanwan into the courtyard and immediately heard the sounds coming from inside.
Everyone covered their mouths and laughed, "What's that sound? Something feels off to me!"
One of the ladies said, "Wasn't it only Liu Su'e who came in just now? Could it be her?"
"This lady from the countryside is indeed different; can't she even wait this little bit?"
"How shameless! To do such a despicable thing in broad daylight! Let's go in and see who it is."
Someone kicked the door open, and everyone was stunned.
Zhou Wanwan walked straight into the room and said:
"Wow! Isn't that Madam Lu? What's Madam Lu doing?"
Hey, isn't that Old Madam Zhou? Exercising!
All the ladies blushed. When Madam Lu saw so many people, she screamed "Ah!" and trembled as she hid under the covers.
Old Madam Zhou was completely stunned, while the man was trembling.
Master Lu arrived quickly and slapped the man across the face. "You pig-dog, look carefully, who is this? This is your cousin! How dare you!"
The man, still dazed, said, "What on earth is going on? Impossible! It's clearly Liu Su'e."
Madam Lu cried incessantly beside him, Master Lu slapped her, saying, "You shameless wretch! I'm divorcing you!"