“Huh? Are you serious?!”
Penelope thought Su Mengdie was joking with her.
She snatched the letter from Su Mengdie’s hand and, using the faint light from the dressing table, began to read.
The letter was filled with words, but only one line truly mattered—
Su Mengdie, if you haven’t regained the Head Maid’s approval by the end of this week, I will, as the Chief Steward of the Jinzhi Family, expel you from the house!
At the end of the letter was a signature:
‘Nix’, along with the imprint of a black owl.
There was no doubt—this was personally written by the Chief Steward, not something casually forged by the Head Maid.
“Mom actually means it?! And why does it have to be the Head Maid’s approval? Don’t tell me it’s…”
A flash of bewilderment crossed Penelope’s face as she put the pieces together in her mind.
The letter was delivered by the Head Maid, and in the end, it all comes down to her approval.
Even a pair of white-socked little feet could figure out who was behind this!
She knew she couldn’t get rid of Su Mengdie on her own, so she tried to go around her and wrote directly to the Chief Steward.
But why?
As far as Penelope knew, the Head Maid seemed strict on the surface, but she was actually very kind to Su Mengdie.
“Maybe it’s because your performance this weekend disappointed the Head Maid… Miss, what should we do now?”
Although Su Mengdie had already contacted the Store Manager, planning to start special training with the young miss tomorrow,
She hadn’t expected there’d be only six days left for training!
“Su Mengdie, if mom really throws me out, you’d better remember to bring me food under the bridge every day~!”
Su Mengdie thought she was pessimistic enough, but she hadn’t expected the young miss to be even more so.
Seriously, was she planning to just give up?!
“Miss, it’s not time to give up yet! We still have six days, don’t we?”
Su Mengdie felt that as long as the young miss worked a little harder, maybe there was still hope.
But Penelope obviously had no such intention.
After handing the letter back to Su Mengdie, she tugged the blanket and lay down again.
“It’s useless. If this really is the Head Maid’s doing, then even if Xiaodie steps in, do you really think she’ll approve you?”
“She will! I’m confident!”
Back when she was still in her own body, Su Mengdie was the Head Maid’s most trusted maid.
With her skills, the Head Maid couldn’t find a single fault with her.
“That’s true, after all, Xiaodie is the perfect maid even mom recognizes… But I can’t do it. Not even in a week, not even if you gave me a month. I could never reach Su Mengdie’s level, so I might as well sleep early. As long as this bed is still mine, I’m going to enjoy it while I can~”
“Miss…”
Seeing Penelope’s lazy attitude, a strange anger slowly burned in Su Mengdie’s heart.
“Who says you can’t do it, Miss?! When you took over as head of the family, there were plenty of voices against you, but you used undeniable strength to silence them all, didn’t you?”
“Being the head and being a maid aren’t the same… Su Mengdie~, I know you don’t want to be kicked out of this family, and you’re worried you’ll have nowhere to go… But I can promise you this: as soon as we get our bodies back, I’ll bring you home immediately, and you’ll never have to work as a maid again. Just let me take care of you, be my precious lady hidden away in the golden house~”
The bond they had since childhood wouldn’t fade just because one of them had to leave, and Penelope would never let her Xiaodie suffer alone out there.
But she still didn’t fully understand Su Mengdie.
More than the fear of being left to wander outside, what Su Mengdie couldn’t stand was seeing the young miss feign defeat, when in reality she was only giving in for her sake.
“Miss, I know you can do it! You’re just worried that the training might hurt my body, so you’re afraid to try. But let me tell you, I don’t care! What’s mine is yours, my body is your body, Miss, you can go all out! Just don’t ever let me see you compromising for my sake again—it’s not worth it!”
“…”
Penelope fell silent and slowly closed her eyes.
When the young miss didn’t speak, Su Mengdie knew she needed some time to think.
She didn’t press her, but picked up the letter and turned to destroy it.
At that moment, Penelope’s thoughts drifted back to four years ago—
It had been a year since she took over the family, and at that time, she was at her brightest.
The young miss had silenced all doubters with her outstanding achievements, firmly securing her position as heir…
But in the year that followed, she encountered the biggest crisis of her life.
To consolidate the family’s power and optimize the company’s decisions, she began drastic reforms; however, these reforms made dormant family members feel threatened, and they began to stir.
They targeted Penelope’s bond with Su Mengdie, planning to kidnap Su Mengdie to blackmail her.
But thanks to the Head Maid’s secret protection, all those attempts failed.
Still, when Penelope learned about all this from the Head Maid, she was so worried for Su Mengdie’s safety that she abandoned the reforms, and eventually became the kind of person who’d just give up when faced with trouble…
She never told anyone about her concerns, not even the Head Maid she trusted most.
‘Turns out Su Mengdie knew anyway…’
If not for the body swap happening by accident, Penelope would have suspected the Head Maid had told Su Mengdie everything, and the two had set up this elaborate scheme just to make her pull herself together.
‘Damn you, Swallowtail! Who would’ve thought your weird tricks would bring me and Xiaodie closer like this? Once I catch you, I’ll spare your life and make you my personal Xing Nu.’
Well then… fine!
Since Su Mengdie said all that, what reason did she have to refuse?
That’s right—‘her body is my body’!
Didn’t that mean that whatever she did to Su Mengdie’s body from now on, she could use this line to shut her up?
“Su Mengdie~”
“Miss!?”
Hearing Penelope call her, Su Mengdie rushed over to the bed before the ashes from the letter in the pen wash had even finished burning.
“I’ll leave next week’s training to you and your friends. And… I’m going to sleep now, good night~”
“Alright~! Good night, Miss~”
Su Mengdie covered her upturned lips, struggling to hold back a smile as she sprinkled water on the ashes in the pen wash.
She hadn’t expected the young miss to actually agree!
Since that was the case, she’d have to give her all to earn the Head Maid’s approval!
Before going to bed, Su Mengdie sent the Store Manager another message—
‘Store Manager, urgent news! There’s only a week to train. Please make a hellish training plan. Don’t worry about my body, as long as the young miss passes!’
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