The clouds and mists have dispersed, and everyone knows that I love you.

Shi Rong subconsciously bent down and gave a standard 90-degree bow to the man who was lecturing him.

"no."

The man was annoyed and motioned Wu Tanqiu to help the man up.

"The medical expenses for these three days will be deducted from your salary as a small punishment for you."

Huo Jiuzhou was elegant, and he casually brushed away the invisible dust at the corner of his clothes with his long fingers.

"Also, starting today, there will be eight new maids coming to Shenting to work with you two."

"My rule is that since we've already set a precedent with you, Shi Rong, then to ensure the physical health of every employee, everyone is only allowed to work eight hours a day."

"From 10pm to 7am every day, it's time to rest and sleep. No one is allowed to break this rule. Even if you can't sleep, you have to force yourself to sleep."

"Everyone is responsible for cleaning one floor. Shi Cheng, you are responsible for the second floor. You will still prepare three meals a day. Other than that..."

The man's casual tone was now filled with playful wildness.

"From today on, as long as I am here, you must serve me closely until I am satisfied."

Shi Rong reacted instantly, and her watery eyes suddenly widened.

She raised her head and looked at the man who had been staring at her with ill intentions the whole time, clenching her fists.

Where on earth did this person learn such a strong taste? She is so ugly? What is close service?

When their eyes met, Shi Rong understood that the man had said these words deliberately for her to hear, and his so-called "rules" were also set specifically for her.

Her accidental coma finally created unnecessary trouble for the man, so that he began to torture and humiliate her in new ways.

"I see."

She had no choice but to compromise. She had been here for less than a month and had already made him angry time and time again. To be able to do what he had done today was already a mercy to him.

"That's good to know. As for your salary..."

The man emphasized his tone meaningfully.

"I think it's not enough to cover the daily expenses of the Shen Court now."

"Why don't you just stand in front of me and behave well, please me, in exchange for my tip."

"In the past, wasn't it just this little trick you used to achieve your goals and flirt with me?"

Huo Jiuzhou spoke nonchalantly, but Shi Rong felt heartbroken when he heard it.

This is no different from publicly accusing her of being a shameless "slut" who got to the top by slugging her feet.

Her fingertips dug deeply into the flesh of her palm, but she acted as if she didn't feel the pain and forced herself to swallow the shame that was about to burst out of her mouth bit by bit.

When it comes to killing people and destroying their hearts, no one can match Huo Jiuzhou's vicious words...

Such unbearable words were so offensive that even Wu Tanqiu, who was standing beside him, felt uncomfortable after hearing them, not to mention Shi Rong, the person involved.

She wanted to persuade the young master to speak less, but she was afraid that this would make Shi Rong's future life even more embarrassing.

The atmosphere was dead silent, and Shi Rong finally spoke with difficulty until blood was almost oozing out of his palms.

"Mr. Huo is right."

The eight new maids behind him did not change their expressions at all after hearing these words, as if they had never heard them before.

I thought they would take the opportunity to mock and ridicule me like the group of people from South China Jishan before.

But until Huo Jiuzhou and his men left, Shi Rong didn't hear a single word from them.

It was only when Wu Tanqiu came with a medicine box to bandage her hand that she reminded her.

"They are all deaf and dumb."

Shi Rong paused, letting Wu Tanqiu take her hand away, and gently applying antiseptic and hemostatic powder on it. It took her a long time to come back to her senses.

"why?"

This was the first question Shi Rongren asked after arriving here.

"Because the young master doesn't like people who talk too much, he finds it noisy."

Wu Tanqiu bandaged the wound that Shi Rong had pinched out of anger neatly. It was obvious that she had often done this kind of thing when she was in the Huo family.

"Thank you."

Wu Tanqiu shook his head, raised his hand and placed it on her thin shoulder, patting it comfortingly.

"Xiao Rong, don't be sad. You can't just look at the surface of things. You have to learn to see through people's hearts."

Insight into people's hearts?

Shi Rong no longer had the energy to consider the deeper meaning of her words.

All she knew was that it was almost noon and she should go to the kitchen to cook.

The previously empty and lonely dining table finally seemed lively today. Ten people sat down together and were about to start eating when Shi Rong suddenly realized that Wu Tanqiu and others were all looking at him.

She didn't understand what was going on, so she picked up her bowl and, as usual, took a bite of the vegetables.

After she came, she ate very little at every meal. It wasn't because she was being pretentious, but because she really couldn't eat and was not in the mood to eat.

For almost every meal, she would just have a bowl of rice and a plate of vegetables and finish the meal quickly.

As for meat and other things, she didn't touch them at all, as if she was not born to eat those things.

Wu Tanqiu had tried to persuade her earnestly before, but the response he got was always silence.

As soon as he took a bite of the vegetables and finished eating, Wu Tanqiu and others followed suit.

Someone took a bite from the plate in front of her and ate it. The whole plate of vegetables was eaten up in a blink of an eye.

???

Shi Rongren was a little confused and wanted to laugh, but she couldn't laugh, so she didn't say anything and continued to eat.

When the dishes were gone, she kept shoveling the rice in the bowl. Halfway through her meal, she realized that these people seemed to be really imitating her way of eating.

She didn't pick up any food, and neither did they. Even the frequency with which they ate rice was exactly the same.

Why is that?

She was full of suspicion and looked directly at Wu Tanqiu sitting opposite her with an inquiring look.

"you…"

Knowing what she was going to ask, Wu Tanqiu swallowed the dry rice in his mouth hard, and luckily he choked.

"Young Master has ordered that from now on, at every meal, everyone will follow your lead. We will eat the same way you eat. In short, if you only eat one bowl of rice at each meal, then we will have to eat one bowl of rice with you. If you skip any meal, we will starve with you."

……

What new trick is this?

She had never even heard of it. Which family would set such absurd rules for their servants?

In the past three years, a new expression rarely appeared on Shi Rong's face - speechless.

Nodding, she understood, filled her bowl with rice, and started eating again.

A bite of vegetable, a bite of rice, a bite of meat, and a sip of water, in this order, Shi Rong ate two bowls in total.

"Are you all full?"

Seeing Wu Tanqiu and his men nod, she also nodded, stood up, cleaned the table and washed the dishes.

The food she hadn't eaten for a long time still tasted the same as before and was not difficult to swallow. Apart from the fact that she had eaten too much all of a sudden and her stomach felt uncomfortable, she didn't have any other extra feelings.

Since Huo Jiuzhou knew that she couldn't eat it and was clearly trying to make things difficult for her, she should just eat it. It would be a waste not to eat it.

……

"Hey~ What are you thinking about? You're distracted during work hours. If the boss finds out, he'll deduct your salary."