As for Old Lady Lu’s so-called thod, it was to steal....
Su Li caught Old Lady Lu sneaking up to the second floor red-handed and imdiately wanted to kick her out.
"I won’t tolerate people with dirty hands here."
Old Lady Lu sobbed, her nose and tears mixed together, "Fifth Madam, I’m really out of options, the Young Master and Miss always need to go to school...."
She looked eagerly at Su Li, "You can’t possibly let them remain ignorant, right?"
Coincidentally, Sister Zhu, who had just brought up so sweet water, overheard, and showed a reluctant expression, hesitating to speak up.
Su Li sneered twice, "They can go to school, can’t they attend the public school run by the governnt on West Street?"
Old Lady Lu: "How can the Young Master and Miss associate with those random kids? Who knows what kind of backgrounds they co from."
"Church schools are much better, most of the students there co from respectable families, although the tuition is a bit expensive."
In the previous life, the original owner sent the two children to a church school.
The family was so poor they couldn’t even afford a al, yet Young Master Lv and Miss Lv still shalessly asked the original owner for dozens of dollars just to have afternoon tea with their classmates.
With their lavish lifestyle, no one associated them with poverty and misery. People thought they ca from good backgrounds themselves.
They indeed had co from a wealthy family, but that was all in the past, in the past!
Su Li wouldn’t indulge their bad habits.
If there’s money, they can study; if there’s not, then forget it.
Sister Zhu rubbed her blackened and red hands and also chid in, "Miss Su, what Aunt Lu said is not without reason. It is important for children to have a good learning environnt."
It was also because she had no children; if she had.... Sister Zhu suddenly felt sad.
She had placed so genuine concern on the Lv siblings, really hoping they would turn out well.
But this is inseparable from Old Lady Lu’s constant recitations.
The two of them slept in the sa bed, and after hearing this kind of talk for a long ti, it subtly influenced her thoughts, though it partly had to do with Sister Zhu’s soft heart.
Su Li couldn’t be bothered with Old Lady Lu, only casually asked Sister Zhu, "Sister Zhu, your monthly salary is paid by , right."
Sister Zhu replied, flustered, "Yes." She felt inexplicably uneasy, as if her instincts told her she shouldn’t have spoken earlier, knowing full well Miss doesn’t like her siding with those few people. Yet she could never help it, nor rember.
Yanyang and Ying were so pitiful, and Miss Su wasn’t lacking money, so why couldn’t she treat them a bit nicer?
Though she didn’t know how Miss Su earned money, she just knew Miss Su easily made money.
Thinking this, Sister Zhu’s expression subtly changed, her eyes flashed, and she couldn’t help but probe into: In this world, the professions that won earn quickly....
No, she shouldn’t overthink it. Miss Su is a kind master, and this job is easy and comfortable.
Sister Zhu kept repeating this to herself inside, like brainwashing, to not show any unsettling expressions when facing Miss Su.
But who was Su Li? Sister Zhu wasn’t a century-old devil; a tiny micro-expression revealed itself, and it didn’t escape Su Li’s eyes.
She was intrigued and very much wanted to know whether Sister Zhu’s kindness was truly boundless or selective.
Su Li stretched lazily, "You think I earn money easily, after all, accompanying others... is tiring as well, so why should I randomly extend my compassion?"
Sitting by watching the disciples in the martial arts hall practice can be considered ntally and physically taxing, right?
What she just said wasn’t entirely wrong, right?
Sister Zhu and Old Lady Lu’s expressions suddenly changed dramatically.
"You, you shaless...." Old Lady Lu blushed with anger, "Do you respect the master?"
Su Li chuckled, "What is there to feel guilty about.... and you want to steal shaless money, isn’t that more shaless?"
Old Lady Lu: "I will tell the Young Master; disloyal and unworthy of an Aunt’s address."
Old Lady Lu turned away angrily, and Sister Zhu also ekly said, "Then... Miss, I’ll head downstairs to busy myself."
"Wait...."
"Recently, household expenses have been high; starting tomorrow, report the main expenses to each week... After all, my money is all hard-earned."
Sister Zhu’s heart pounded, her mind frantically shouting: Miss Su knows, Miss Su must have found out.
"Miss Su.... I was just considering Miss Ying’s poor appetite, so...."
Su Li: "Hmm, I see. She’s a daughter physically, yet with a maid’s fate. If she wants nice food, sell a pair of small leather shoes, plenty of good food available."
Though Su Li didn’t explicitly say much, Sister Zhu’s face was burning with sha, feeling a desire to dig a hole out of embarrassnt.
She thought Miss Su seed unsuspecting and felt supplenting Ying and Yanyang a bit was harmless, after all, they were truly sowhat pitiful.
"Sister Zhu.... Never mind, you may leave first."
Su Li wanted to say sothing but changed her mind.
People’s deeply ingrained perceptions aren’t easily altered by a few words.
Sister Zhu froze for a mont, as if she had walked along a cliff’s edge.
In the following days, she settled down quite a bit, at least outwardly behaving in line with Su Li’s wishes.
Considering another person might not even be as good as Sister Zhu, Su Li temporarily stopped minding so of her minor issues.
Who knows what Old Lady Lu said when she returned; it’s clear the Lv siblings misunderstood Su Li’s involvent in so undeserving business.
The few felt ashad to associate with Su Li.
Kuai Ying tearfully sold all her Western-style clothes and shoes in a box, then quickly joined Kuai Yangyang in entering a church boarding school, whereas Old Lady Lu shalessly stayed on, only occasionally making snide remarks, sotis caught by Su Li.
But she wouldn’t dare speak in front of Su Li, choosing to whisper like a sewer rat.
Su Li wasn’t soone who would offer the other cheek after being slapped.
She directly kicked Old Lady Lu out, and the Lv siblings haven’t co by since.
Ti swiftly passed, and eight years went by in a flash.
Ti seed to pause on Su Li’s face, adding only more mystique and charm. Whereas Sister Zhu had a brief vibrancy while the Lv siblings were around, then reverted to calmness like dead water afterward.
There seed to be an ambiguous sense of repulsion between her and Su Li, occasionally uttering so unpalatable comnts.
This frequency gradually increased over recent years, making Su Li increasingly intolerant, but Sister Zhu remained unaware, even attemptingly instilling traditional female values to Su Li.
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