250 The Difference Between A Mistress And The Woman Of The House

Half an hour later, Lei Xinyi walked around the sunroom with all her thoughts as scrambled as the Herbs and roots in the room. 

This was another sunroom with riches scattered on dirt and the thing to condemn was that such precious jewels of nature were wasted and just kept as showpieces to amuse his visitors.

But she had all the intentions to put them to use as much as she can. They were the finest of their kind and deserved to be eulogized.

The room was a Chinese herbalist dream. Every rarity and the executive rare herbs were found here, scattered like emeralds and ambers in treasure crests. She ran around in the room with her little basket collecting the herbs that she needed for the preparation of the salve.

She hummed to herself as her ears were covered with earplugs. She had found the phone completely set in her room which she didn't mind at all.

Li Yuan sure was true to his words. An honorable man, truer to his words, it was just he had this quality to make her infuriatingly mad beyond her mannerism, and right now she needed to curry his favor and there was no better way than using some sugary sweet sh*t like this.

It will be like killing two birds with a single stone: it will be compensating for her violent behavior and as well as melting the glacier before she explains the whole scenario to him.

First, she needed to sign the contract before her father made an appearance so Li Yuan will have no way to get rid of her. And once the big fish was hooked, she will show him around the sea she was going to drown him in. She inwardly snickered at her Master Plan.

She will let him be a scapegoat and deal with her father all the while he is dealing with her father, she will rip off her inheritance from her father, and then she will play them both because then she will not need either of them!

Her one-way ticket to freedom!

It was inevitable that her Master will visit Li Yuan and if he was affirmed that she was living with him, he was going to bust. Surfing through the web she had confirmed that her Master slash Father was in Europe and knowing his business there, at the least, he is going to be there till a month, if her Intel is correct.

But it didn't mean that he couldn't send a random executive to confront Li Yuan or even make a confrontation on the line. The chances were thin but there were still chances.

She wasn't putting it past him to come barging in at the moment too so she had to agile now.

And this time she wasn't taking any chances! Lei Xinyi smirked. She had all her cards set, this time she was going to play the players instead of the game.

When her Master slash father will return he was going to give her an earful for all the drama she had started so before his return, she would have to make Li Yuan clean up all her dirty business, or that Old Man of hers was seriously getting a pain in her as*.

She will end his reign even before he steps in the country. He really thought he could control her like a puppeteer; he had another thing coming… Her eyes glinted with all the lividness she harbored. 

First, she needed to recover her reputation, and then she had to gain all her assets, properties, and shares from her Master, and then she will show them that they shouldn't have poked the bear when she was being polite.

Li Yuan was a trump card she had but he was a wild card at the same time, if she didn't play him right it could all backfire.

With the pros' practiced skills she recovered the roots and rechecked her basket for all the ingredients that were required.

Su Qing was surfing the internet on the S-Shaped Lounge Leisure Recliner in the sunroom all the while munching on the snacks that the maid's Housekeeper had brought for them; Li Yuan sure was hospitable and Su Qing was sprawled in all her less-than-gracious attire as if she owned the place.

Watching her walking back, Su Qing propped herself on the seat and drawled, "So… you have all the ingredients for your date-rape drug?"

Lei Xinyi steps halted, eyes widened and she looked at her incredulously, "What the f*ck, Su Qing?!" she gave her most vicious glare, "I don't need an aphrodisiac to get him in my bed!"

Su Qing stared at her for her strange logic of rage then shrugged and hollered sarcastically, "Oh, is that why you still haven't tasted that sweet carrot, yet?"

Lei Xinyi walked out of the sunroom and scoffed in exasperation, "That is because I don't want to! And you…you are disgusting!"

Su Qing froze then grabbed her by her arm and stopped her in the hallway and pointed her forefinger at her pointedly. She snarled in fake-lividness as an intense feminist, "There is nothing disgusting about knowing what you want and going for it!" 

She threw her hands in the air and rolled her eyes, "Since when have you turned into a prude, Ren? We are independent women! Do you want it? You go snatch it! 

Lei Xinyi's eyes shot up and she looked at her as if the madwoman had grown two heads. She looked sideways and whisper-yelled, "You want me to go snatch his… carrot?!"

In return, Su Qing shook her head in disappointment as if she was her let-down mother, and decided to give up, "Gosh! What did they do to you! It truly is infuriating looking at a ex-slut/player like you act all pious-virgin-goody."

Lei Xinyi rolled her eyes at her dramatics and mumbled low all the while resuming her march to her destination, "Just shut it, I am making a salve for him. It's for soreness of muscles."

Su Qing gasped in shock and her jaw dropped in horror, "Oh my God, Ren! You truly are a piece of art, you are even making a salve so he can massage it on your cunt afterward?! You truly are forward and here I thought you became a cult witch!" 

Lei Xinyi turned to her with a disgusted face and flickered Su Qing's head with her knuckles, "You really need to get your head out of the gutter. There are other things in life than sex and other parts of the body than genitals."

Lei Xinyi ran her hand in the basket on her ingredients as if patting her good pet and pointedly stated, "He 'got' in a... brawl somewhere though his body showed signs that his skin and muscles were toughened through years of training I still wanted to make this salve for him so that I have the iron hot before I strike it. You see… ass licking."

Su Qing nodded and then grinned at her teasingly, "You know…it would be rather more effective if you go 'virtually' licking his ass."

"You know… shut up!"

They reached the kitchen entrance and the staff all paused their work, a deafening silence stored when their minds registered the person on the door. They heatedly eyed them as if they were some kind of rare extinct species.

"O…K!" Su Qing drawled and held Lei Xinyi's elbow, "That's not awkward at all." Su Qing mumbled in Lei Xinyi's ear.

Lei Xinyi snorted and mumbled back, "Tell me about it."

Before she could take another step forward inside the kitchen, the Housekeeper Yang came forward and stood in front of her with a fake smile and cold stare, "What can I do for you, Miss 'Lei'." Her tone was respectable, mock respectful.

Neither did the Housekeeper's emphasize on her surname nor did her cold-hard stare was alien to her. She was all too familiar with the hollowness of her reaction but kept a straight face none-the-less.

Lei Xinyi assessed the workers who were all looking at her like she was some rabid dog who could lunge at them at any moment and make them tomorrow's newspaper's headline then Housekeeper who looked at her like she was here to trespass in her territory and make her a stranger to it like her place was in jeopardy because of her existence.

Lei Xinyi produced her set of fake smile and turned back to Housekeeper Yang, her tone placid yet firm, "I am afraid, there is nothing that Housekeeper Yang can do for me aside from getting out of my way." 

She pointed to the stove which had two maids hovering over it, "I need to use the stove if you will excuse me."

The Housekeeper assessed her features for a giveaway and then her eyes landed on the basket on Lei Xinyi's arm and her expression hardened and her body took an alarmed pose.

"Miss Lei, why don't you let us do it for you while you take a rest." Her tone was accusatory and cold.

It was like she was dragging her out of the kitchen as it was a place for the woman of the house, making her place as a mistress obvious to her.

Lei Xinyi rolled her eyes, she was clearly overreacting as if she was going to make a grenade with the herbs she had collected from their own sunroom. She understood her wariness, disrespect and she wasn't one to let things slide but the fact the woman was old with rusty bones and air-head made her keep her hand on her light.

Su Qing expression none the less darkened at the blunt attitude of the Housekeeper and she took a threatening step forward...