He Rou picked it up and glanced at it, but before she could ask the person what was going on, the woman quickly left.
She held the letter in her right hand and scratched the back of her head with her left.
Can’t touch my head…
But she didn’t bother with that. This was Luo Yun’s letter. Even though she didn’t know what it meant, she had to take it seriously.
So she closed the door, turned on the living room light, sat back down on the sofa, and opened the envelope.
The contents inside were sparse—just a single sheet of paper and an attachment.
And the contents of that paper left He Rou even more baffled.
“Get a driver’s license within one month.”
“?”
On that sheet of paper, there was only this one sentence, eight characters, and two punctuation marks.
Extremely concise, but the content carried weight.
He Rou had never driven a car. Sure, she was an adult now, but she still felt that grown-up stuff was far off in the distance.
She’d never realized that between childhood and adulthood, there was only the briefest moment.
The girl who used to run barefoot through the wheat fields in the countryside was about to become an adult in a suit and tie on the asphalt roads of the city.
Just imagining it made He Rou’s head spin.
In the six months since leaving Luo Yun, He Rou had been lost in fantasies.
She preferred living in the world she created for herself over reality.
But then again, it was all just fantasy—how could impossible things ever happen?
Okay, this was getting way off track.
He Rou’s attention returned to the matter of the driver’s license.
“Hmm…”
She had no clue. For someone who’d never even visited the Gaokao registration website, even the “registration” part of getting a driver’s license was a problem—let alone the studying, the exams, and finally getting the certificate.
But clearly, Luo Yun had thought about this.
In the attachment was all the information about the driver.
This driver was the one who had been with He Rou for a long time.
She was truly professional—she drove fast and smoothly. Even Luo Yun, that lunatic, had praised her.
Seeing this, He Rou stopped worrying.
A professional like that must know exactly what her next task would be.
So tonight, she’d just rest well.
“Ehhh~~ Eyy… oh…”
He Rou stood up from the sofa, raised her hands clutching the envelope, and stretched her waist thoroughly.
It felt great.
Although, from the moment she left the reformatory until now, He Rou had been resting anyway.
…
Lying on her soft bed with her eyes closed, He Rou thought about how she had changed.
It seemed like she was taking on more and more of an adult air.
Was it an illusion?
For some reason, after leaving the reformatory, He Rou felt her mentality had shifted drastically.
Before, she had taken Luo Yun’s words as absolute commands, but that letter just now hadn’t stirred too much emotion in her heart.
It was as if she treated everything as ordinary.
Was this also a sign of growing up?
He Rou didn’t know, but it didn’t matter. She was an adult now, and she had to take responsibility for her own life.
She would give everything to atone for Luo Yun.
Becoming a professional, mature butler or something like that—as long as she worked for a hundred or eighty years, it shouldn’t be a problem.
He Rou thought about what kind of suit she would wear later, what kind of professional movements she would use to greet the people she needed to serve.
Was this servility? She still didn’t know. She didn’t have answers to any question.
She felt she had a bit of that Daoist vibe.
“The Dao follows nature.”
Let everything follow nature, let time prove it. Would she regret it? Probably, but life is just a laugh over the vast ocean…
At eighteen, He Rou bid farewell to her seventeen-year-old self.
During her time in the reformatory, she had re-examined herself, the world, and certain truths…
He Rou’s internal clock was very precise.
She woke up at 6:30 AM.
Although this time was a bit late for someone aspiring to be a professional butler, she wasn’t one yet, so being late was only natural.
No one needed tending to, and her work seemed postponed indefinitely. Now He Rou really treated this place as her own home.
After getting up, she spent a few minutes warming herself under the covers, then rubbed her face, got out of bed, put on her shoes, and went to the restroom to wash up.
After cleaning herself from head to toe, she put on her clothes, and then… and then…
Then what was she supposed to do?
He Rou, half-dressed, rubbed her head. She’d kind of forgotten what last night’s self had told today’s self to do.
“Forget it…”
She let her mind go and planned to live like usual.
If she couldn’t remember, it definitely wasn’t important…
“…”
As soon as she went downstairs, He Rou saw the remnants of the letter from last night that she hadn’t cleaned up.
The trash was just casually placed on the coffee table.
For her, this kind of behavior was really terrible. Normally, she would definitely have to be docked pay.
But now, He Rou didn’t think that way, because she suddenly remembered what she was supposed to do today.
“Get a driver’s license…”
Just as she remembered, a car honked from outside the villa.
It was really startling this early in the morning.
Good thing there were no neighbors around here, or else someone would definitely come out and curse.
He Rou felt this driver was more suited to be a butler or servant than she was.
Otherwise, she couldn’t imagine how someone could be so punctual.
Was this what a professional driver was like?
Walking out the door, He Rou’s eyes landed directly on the black sedan parked outside.
She didn’t know cars, but it looked pretty high-end.
After all, the hood ornament was standing upright.
She walked to the rear door, but couldn’t open it.
Then the driver, sitting in the front seat, knocked on the window to signal He Rou to sit in the passenger seat.
She did as told. As soon as she got in, the driver handed her a tablet and said:
“First look at the questions, then practice. Miss Luo gave you a month, but I can only give you ten days. The situation is urgent right now.”
“Huh?”
He Rou looked at the tablet in confusion. The content was videos—several episodes of videos filled with questions.
Also, what the hell was “getting a driver’s license in ten days”? Did the country even allow that?
“What do you mean…”
“First look at the questions. As for the exam, I’ve pulled some strings for you. Things are urgent lately. After you get the license, I’ll train you in some driving techniques. You need to get up to speed as soon as possible.” (Service plot, do not apply to reality)
“No, no, no, I mean… what’s your urgent situation?”
“I’m keeping it confidential for now. You’ll know when the time comes. Anyway, you can’t let anything affect you.”
“Oh… okay…”
He Rou was obedient. Since this older sister didn’t want her to know, she wouldn’t ask.
But as for getting a driver’s license… was ten days really enough?