Wednesday, continued ...
As Hou Yi walked down the stairs and exited the apartment on his way to the Hou Enterprises office, the maid stepped into the room and inquired "Young Madam, is there anything that I can do for you?"
"I know it is lazy, but could you please arrange for another cup of white coffee, two sugars for me. Once you have done that, could you select an outfit from the few items in the wardrobe for me, as I am going shopping with my husband's mother and aunt, and place them in the bathroom for me. Thank you."
"No problem, Young Madam," replied the maid. After quickly making the internal call for the coffee, she entered the walk-in robe and started to organise the clothes for Anna. This woman was lazy, and nothing like the lovely Miss Yang, who everyone had thought was about to become their mistress.
For the maid each time she met Miss Yang when she attended the apartment was always nice to the staff. Miss Yang and Butler Ge however did not get on very well as he always thwarted Miss Yang getting access to the Master Suite, which she did not see was an issue as she was meant to be their mistress.
Butler Ge, however insisted on complying with the Young Master's orders. She knew she needed to reach out to Miss Yang to help her take her revenge on this woman, but she needed to be careful so she would not lose her job.
Anna after finishing her coffee, carefully placed the credit cards into her purse, before entering the bathroom to shower and change. On exiting the bathroom, she noticed all but her second coffee had been removed and her handbag was sitting on the table next to the coffee. While drinking her second coffee she transferred her contacts to her new phone and sent a bulk text message advising of her new contact number explaining that she had a new phone and number.
Just after she finished that, Butler Ge, knocked on the door, "Young Madam, First Madam and Second Madam are here to collect you. I understand from the Young Master that you are going shopping."
"Thank You Butler Ge."
As she walked out the door, Butler Ge stopped her "Young Madam, while you are shopping, hand these cards to the shops and ask them to deliver your purchases. It will make things easier for you."
As she walked down the stairs, Anna, saw Hou Yi's mother Du AnLing and aunt Leng Xi waiting for her "Mother, Aunt, so nice to see you."
They both piped up "Hi Sweetheart." Du AnLing then continued "Did my son tell you how we are to fund today's shopping?"
"Mother, Aunt, he has given me a couple of cards, so I can buy what is needed. He has also said that the bodyguards he has assigned to me, have some cash for small purchases as well."
The older woman looked at each other gleefully, realising they had money to shop, then at Anna. "We will have great fun and can purchase among the items some complementary outfits for the three of us."
"Mother, Aunt, before we get started, Yi made it very clear to me that I am only to purchase what I want, and more importantly I was not to purchase anything for either of you, except food and drink. He told me that if I did, he would put me on a monthly spending limit."
"Do not worry, we can deal with that." However, they both sounded quite disappointed as they had believed that Anna would help them purchase a few items, given the limits on their spending ability by the men in the family.
With that the three women, entered the elevator and went down to the car park. As they arrived, Anna remembered one thing she was told to do. She went up to the security desk at the car park level, and spoke to the person on duty "Hello, my name is Anna Hou, I am Hou Yi's wife. He said to me that when I came down, I needed to arrange for a thumb print scan to operate some of the locks within our home."
The guard on the desk, who had been ignoring Anna to that point, jumped to his feet. "Young Madam, I will get the head of security for you."
Before he could even knock on the door someone walked out of the office, "Young Madam, if you come this way I will immediately arrange for that scan, and it should be operational on your return. Anna followed her into the office, where scanning her thumb print took all a few seconds, and she was shown back out.
She soon joined Du AnLing and Leng Xi, who were standing beside a car with two other people, who looked like the bodyguards assigned to her.
Du AnLing spoke "Anna, we have spoken to your bodyguards, and determined that the best starting point today is M Mall. There is the widest variety of shops and we should be able to get most items there for you. I have not been there for a few months, but there are so many top labels that should be able to cater for us. We cannot wait." Anna could almost see Du AnLing and Leng Xi rubbing their hands together.
With that they all climbed into the car, with the two bodyguards in front, and drove to M Mall.