272 Siren In Her Waters

After giving her one of her laser-sharp glares the woman continued, "Second Young Master, Li Qiang is five years younger than First Young Master Li Yuan. This signifies how fast his father was in moving on from his mother and sadly Second Young Master Li's mother wasn't the only one. She wasn't even the best of players in the court!" She spoke hazardously with a hint of pity that laced her tone.

It was hard to detect for whom was the pity she was expressing. Was she pointing it at her…it awfully did, it seemed!

She swept her hairs that were done to one side and began loosely binding the rest of the hairs in similar ringlets. With feathery soft touches, she played with the threads of silk in her handling.

The story of Madam Li sure made Lei Xinyi feel a little respect for the woman who survived a lot and yet in the eyes of the world didn't crumble and break as she was devastated on the inside but except for a little sympathy, no strong emotion was evoked!

In her eyes, Li Yuan's mother was still a snobbish b*tch! The woman was cruel enough to kick a girl to a curb who was supposed to be the wife of her son without a thought when she didn't even know the girl!

Your suffering doesn't clean off your dirty hands!

Though Lei Xinyi knew, the woman doing witchcraft on her hair didn't tell her all that to make her feel bad about their Master's mother…

Housekeeper Yang could see the curiosity gnawing at the young female insides, it was a matter of tactic and she would go around looking for answers, "The women Li's choose, they stay, no matter what. His mother, Grandmother, and woman before them did. But they were all sheltered, dainty..women with futures. You are…"

So what was the moral of her story? To submit to your husband's whims no matter how much of an assh*le he proves to be!

This awfully looked like a threat! Lei Xinyi narrowed her eyes at the woman and demanded, "Why are you here?"

Now Lei Xinyi could see it the woman was trying to show her how she would live like that too. She was showing her Li Yuan was a man like his family's males too. lIke she was readying hr to face her marital life...

It was like giving her a loud awakening that Li Yuan was in his infatuated period and soon which will turn into fascination and then an obsession.

She like all the other women in the Li Family who will just be an accessory to its male occupants.

But her purpose was still not clear. Why did she want to tell her all these things? What was in it for her?

The woman was one of the most loyal women in Li Yuan's staff and her honesty and dedication weren't challenged but what was the woman's purpose in coming to her was a trench-deep mystery.

Housekeeper Yang stares at the direct woman for a while before opening her lips that were pressed together.

She wasn't expecting to be straight forward in this. She was expecting the woman to pry more for information and here the unique woman was asking her about her motives!

"Young Master Li informed the kitchen to slack off in the dinner this evening. Presumably, he is taking you on a date." She took a pause to gauge the young woman's reaction. Unbothered or…she was acting unbothered, "He has never taken a woman on a date."

"Oh?" Lei Xinyi drawled uninterestingly as she stared at her reflection. Her makeup was almost non-existence; lip balm, eyeliner, and azure eye shadow blended with black in the edges perfectly matching with her dress.

She was totally getting irritated by the woman's way of thinking. She could care less if he was taking her to a fancy hotel for a dinner. The fact was such gestures were uncharacterized for her.

She didn't grow up imagining her first date, first kiss, or first-ever s*x with the love of her life so it was like things were being dealt with as they came but she had no set standards as it wasn't a priority so anything was unbothered.

Observing Lei Xinyi wasn't taking her seriously Housekeeper further demonstrated her plans, "It's like a cycle just different characters, though they were all foolish in love and you are cunning and calculated as they come."

Lei Xinyi snorted at the compact insult of the overly grown woman and gave her a mock salute with her two fingers, "Thanks for the recognition."

If the woman was looking for embarrassment or a little drama she was knocking on the wrong door. She was totally cool with what she was, it hardly mattered what people had to say to her!

She just wasn't wearing a mask, all women when provoked were like this and if they weren't, they were idiots!

The Housekeeper scowled and gave her a look that showed her contempt for the kind that she is, "But you are no spitfire or Prissy, not even a…prude. You can already see where it is heading, you are leading him on!" 

She aligned all of her ready curls and ran comb lightly in them making them a little loose. Perfect! 

Her hair were so adaptable they were every stylist dream. She had done courses when she was serving the old Madam Li. They were so silky that one could feel them slipping through fingers like water.

Her hair was something to envy. In the truth of words, everything about her was enviable except her fate.

She eyed the woman with hooded eyes but then her eyes reflected her apprehension instead of her appreciation, "Any other woman, he would have selected would have literally wailed and howled at the mention of the things he does for a living."

Now Lei Xinyi could see her getting on her nerves with all the spiral bullsh*t and decided to intervene.

"Old Lady, stop beating about the bush and get on with it already."

The woman looked at her in astonishment at her manners and then her face set into a scowl like she was telling herself to have expected it.

Lei Xinyi rolled her eyes at the melodrama. By experience, she knew no one deserved respect because their ass turned haggard and wrinkly. People were respected for what was their essence left in the places they passed by.

And a nasty manipulative woman, who was trying to have her locked in her palm wasn't topping any lists right now.

"Beauty and the beast were but a tale, any other Belle would have consoled her breaths. He would have ruined her. But you young lady are of his kind." She inched closer to her smoothing her hair by running her soft hand in her mane, "Women to women, you think you have him wrapped around your pinky finger. He might surprise you."

He may but what was she trying to achieve here…

Lei Xinyi's eyes hardened and her face blanked out, "Are you trying to maneuver me here?" Her placid question concealed all her venomous ideas.

Now the Housekeeper looked smug to have gotten through her shield of indifference, "No dear, I am just making sure you know the waters you are treading in."

Lei Xinyi's eyes turned glacier cold at her words, and her voice resembled the cold in her twin pairs, "A Siren doesn't need directions diving in her own waters."

The Housekeeper added the final touches to her hair and snorted, "You act all brave and haughty to hide that fragile core of yours….I can see why a woman like you could be the only one who would survive beside him…"

Lei Xinyi turned to her with an immediate smirk on her face and cut her off, "You do realize I can tell all these great set of stories you have to Li Yuan, right?"

She stood up and rounded the middle-aged stunned woman who instantly went pale and out of words. So much for a woman with everything planned!

"That too in tears…" Lei Xinyi drawled with malevolence marring her every word.

She could do that and anyone here who had seen Li Yuan in front of her knew he would believe her above all and not to mention the woman was a damn good actor!

Housekeeper's eyes widened in rage as her mouth dropped in exasperation as if she never even considered the possibility "You…

With a wave of her, she gave her most innocent smile, and patted the Housekeeper's cheeks, "Don't worry though. I can keep a secret… till I can."

This was a subtle warning for her to not meddle in her business so she is not a thorn in her side and by the looks of it the woman understood it well enough. After all, Lei Xinyi could cause her far more damage than the Housekeeper could dream of!

She went ahead to pick the dress that was laid on the bed to get changed into it.