C12 You Don't Even Deserve to Carry My Shoes

Miss Zhou pretended to brush her bangs carelessly and smiled at Gu Yingjue, "Mom and Dad said they miss you very much. How about we go skiing together this weekend?"

Gu Yingjue said, "There are a lot of things to do at the company at the end of the year. Let's talk about it next time."

Miss Zhou pouted and said unhappily, "You always say next time. There will never be a chance. Seeing that our wedding date is about to arrive, can it be that as the future wife, I... Can't I understand my husband a little more? This is too unfair to me! "

Gu Yingjue did not say anything. Yee Xiaonian stood behind the two of them and could not see his expression. She could only guess from the atmosphere that he probably did not want to talk about this topic.

At this moment, the maid pushed the cart and passed the dishes in. Yee Xiaonian hurriedly served the dishes and finally stood in front of the two of them.

But Gu Yingjue also changed his tone and said to Miss Zhou, "Let's eat first, Xiaomei."

Only then did Yee Xiaonian know that Miss Zhou's full name was Zhou Xiaomei. She repeated it several times and firmly remembered it in her heart. She was prepared to check her information when she got home from work.

As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy to be able to win a hundred battles. Yee Xiaonian did not need to win a hundred battles and win a hundred battles. Beating her alone was good enough.

Gu Yingjue rarely took the initiative to call Zhou Xiaomei's name, but as long as he called it out, it meant that his words were very important. Zhou Xiaomei was a person who knew the big picture. She made a gloomy expression at him and did not say anything else.

Yee Xiaonian started to serve the dishes on the table. There were several chefs in the Gu family. Whatever dishes they ate every day, the housekeeper would pass the menu to Gu Yingjue and then pick from among them.

Today, they chose the Chinese food. Although there were only two people eating, the dishes were even richer than Yee Xiaonian's New Year's Eve dinner.

When she brought the last bowl of soup, her hands trembled a little.

This soup was very familiar. It was as white as milk and there were some green onion floating on the surface. It was clearly the one she brought this morning!

Only then did Yee Xiaonian remember that she was only thinking about Zhou Xiaomei just now and forgot about the soup that was being heated in the pot. It must be that the person who passed the dish on did not look carefully and also put it into the bowl and carried it up.

"It's over. What should I do now..." Yee Xiaonian looked at the soup and did not know what to do.

Zhou Xiaomei looked at her curiously and asked, "Is there a problem with this soup?"

Yee Xiaonian hurriedly said, "No, there is no problem."

Under the gazes of the two people, Yee Xiaonian gritted her teeth and placed the soup at the center of the table.

"This soup is so white. I must taste it." Zhou Xiaomei picked up the bowl of soup and was about to go and serve it when Gu Yingjue suddenly said, "Sit down and let the maid come."

Zhou Xiaomei thought that he was concerned about her actions and smiled sweetly. She handed the bowl to Yee Xiaonian, "Then I will have to trouble you."

Yee Xiaonian was helpless and could only take the bowl. She placed the bowl in front of her and stood at the side with her hands folded. She looked at her nervously as she drank the first mouthful.

The moment the soup entered her mouth, Zhou Xiaomei's orchid finger holding the spoon froze and her thin brows slowly wrinkled.

Gu Yingjue asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Xiaomei desperately waved her hand and Yee Xiaonian was stunned. She did not know what she wanted to do but the maid beside pushed her away and handed her a tissue.

Zhou Xiaomei spat the soup into the tissue and rinsed her mouth a few times with water before saying with a bitter face, "Why is it so hard to drink..."

Gu Yingjue frowned.

Zhou Xiaomei pointed at the soup and said, "It's true. It's too hard to drink. There's a stench. Try it yourself if you don't believe me. Luckily I didn't eat, or else I would have vomited."

Gu Yingjue did not intend to test the poison with his own body. He directly sent someone to send a message to the housekeeper. Then he said to Zhou Xiaomei, "Let's eat something else first."

Zhou Xiaomei covered her nose and said in disgust, "This soup is about to be poured out. I feel dizzy when I smell it. It's too disgusting..."

As a chef, Yee Xiaonian was stunned when she said the first sentence. Although she knew that her culinary skills were not good, it was not to the extent that she would vomit after eating it. She had tasted this soup repeatedly and there was absolutely no problem.

But Zhou Xiaomei's reaction did not seem to be pretending. Furthermore, although she looked delicate, she was quite friendly to people and there was no need to pretend like this.

The maid who passed the dishes to them went forward and was about to take the soup away when Gu Yingjue suddenly stopped her and asked her to put it first.

Yee Xiaonian looked at him in confusion, not knowing what he meant.

The butler quickly came to the restaurant. Gu Yingjue glanced at the soup and asked, "Who made this?"

The housekeeper answered the chef's name and did not understand. He asked, "Is there a problem?"

Zhou Xiaomei described the taste she had tasted to her. The housekeeper revealed a surprised look and immediately called the chef over.

When the chef saw the soup, he shouted that he was wronged and explained that it was not his work.

This matter became more and more serious. Why would a bowl of unknown soup appear at the master's dining table? The butler's expression changed drastically. He gathered everyone in the villa and interrogated them.

Zhou Xiaomei took the opportunity to lean into Gu Yingjue's arms. She patted her chest and said with a sobbing tone, "It's too scary. How could something like this happen..."

Yee Xiaonian stared at the ground and did not dare to raise her head. She did not know why she wanted to use soup to please Gu Yingjue but for some reason, it turned into a disaster.

The truth was revealed very quickly. A maid reported that she saw a lunchbox in Yee Xiaonian's cabinet.

The butler walked to Yee Xiaonian and asked, "Did you bring it?"

There were witnesses and physical evidence, so Yee Xiaonian could only nod her head.

The butler sternly reprimanded, "I told you this morning that the third rule of the Gu family is that it is strictly forbidden to bring in foreign objects. Do you still remember?"

Yee Xiaonian nodded with her face flushed red.

The butler continued, "Since it is your first time committing a crime, you are to be punished with a penalty of three months of rest. You must not do it again in the future."

Yee Xiaonian even felt embarrassed to nod her head.

"Wait!" Zhou Xiaomei suddenly got up from Gu Yingjue's arms and smiled gently at the housekeeper. "I have a matter that I am very curious about. Can I ask her?"

The butler quickly said yes. Zhou Xiaomei smiled and looked at Yee Xiaonian and asked, "As far as I know, the Gu family never withdraws people's food. Why did you bring this bowl of soup in from outside?"

Yee Xiaonian did not understand why she asked such a question. Was it purely out of curiosity, or was it that she was sensitive to something?

Looking at Zhou Xiaomei's gentle and beautiful smile, she no longer had that weak and delicate appearance from before.

Yee Xiaonian felt that the possibility of her second guess was very high.

In a moment of desperation, she made up a lie. "The Gu family treated me very well. I only got injured not long ago and wanted to drink soup to supplement my body."

"Is that so..." Zhou Xiaomei's smile became even wider. She turned around and walked to Gu Yingjue's side. She gently leaned her face on his shoulder and said softly, "I thought you brought it for Jue to drink. It seems that I was thinking too much."

Yee Xiaonian laughed dryly.

Zhou Xiaomei stopped smiling and looked at her seriously. "But there is one thing I need to remind you of. I have heard about all your previous actions. Jue took you in because he pitied you, and he is already engaged to me. Even if you really like it, you can't just rob other people's husbands... "

Under the eyes of everyone present, she actually said such words. Yee Xiaonian was so embarrassed that she wanted to drill into the ground. In her panic, she looked at Gu Yingjue and found that he was also looking at her. His expression was as cold as ever.

This gaze was like a basin of cold water that was poured over her head. Yee Xiaonian actually slowly calmed down. She knew that her previous guess was right. Whether the soup was wrong or not was not certain but Zhou Xiaomei's actions were intentional.

Zhou Xiaomei knew that she came to the Gu family for the sake of Gu Yingjue. Furthermore, she used her own method to declare sovereignty to her.

However, there was one thing that she did not know. No one present knew. Including Gu Yingjue, Yee Xiaonian didn't approach him for the so-called love. She just wanted to marry him. On the first day that she got close to him, Yee Xiaonian was already prepared to be completely shameless.

The atmosphere froze. The person who solved the situation was the housekeeper. He scolded Yee Xiaonian, "What are you standing there for? Quickly go down!"

Yee Xiaonian came back to her senses and hurriedly ran out of the restaurant.

After that, she did not know what happened in the restaurant. The servants quickly withdrew from the restaurant. Only Gu Yingjue and Zhou Xiaomei were left inside. Zhou Xiaomei waited until ten o'clock in the night before leaving.

When she left, Yee Xiaonian was completing the last task of her first day at work - to drag the floor.

At this time, there were only the two of them in the living room.

Yee Xiaonian naturally was embarrassed to raise her head to look at her. Her eyes stared straight at the floor and her hands did not stop moving.

Zhou Xiaomei smiled and walked over. She used her high heels to step on her mop and covered her mouth as she said in surprise, "Aiya, my shoes have been dirtied by you."

The anger in Yee Xiaonian's heart grew and she looked at her unhappily, "What do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do?" Zhou Xiaomei blinked her eyes that were full of makeup and said in confusion, "I am just stating the truth. Your mop dirtied my shoes."

Yee Xiaonian had been self-reliant since she was young and had seen many storms. But this was the first time she had encountered such a young miss who was looking for trouble. She held the mop in one hand and put her other hand on her waist as she said, "It was clearly you who stepped on it yourself!"

Zhou Xiaomei raised her eyebrows and said, "So what? Who would believe you? Isn't it normal for a maid who has unspeakable feelings for her master to frame her fiancee?"

Yee Xiaonian really wanted to tug on her hair and tell her that if it wasn't for the one million, she wouldn't have any interest in Gu Yingjue!

But she could only hold back her words and weakly defend herself, "I did not!"

"I hope so..." Zhou Xiaomei shrugged indifferently and did not argue with her. Instead, she sized her up from head to toe. She said, "Even if there is, it does not matter. Jue will not like people like you. Look at your appearance. Tsk tsk, you look like someone who sells vegetables by the roadside."

Yee Xiaonian knew that she was insulting herself, but she could not understand it in her heart. What was wrong with the person who sold vegetables? Wasn't the person who sold vegetables human? When she graduated from junior high school, she set up a stall to sell vegetables. What was there to be ashamed of?

Zhou Xiaomei did not give her the chance to question. In her view, Yee Xiaonian was only a vulnerable opponent. Even if she did not make a move, she would not pose any threat.

She picked up the small handbag and the butler chased after her to give her a coat. Outside the courtyard, there was also a driver who had received orders from Gu Yingjue. He waited for a few hours in the cold winter night just to send her home.

The high-end car was warm and comfortable. Zhou Xiaomei looked back from the car window and saw that the huge villa was shining brightly in the night.

Zhou Xiaomei firmly believed that she would be the owner of this place sooner or later.