The villa was so enormous, it took Xu Wenqi nearly twenty minutes to find the original owner's bedroom. In the time she took to find the bedroom, she had passed various ivory marble vases and large landscape paintings framed with glossy intricate golden-rim borders hanging on the walls. She had also entered different guest bedrooms, each with its own personal bathroom and closet, before finally reaching the largest room, the master bedroom where the original owner lived. The room was quite clean with a tidied king-sized bed and several white furry pillows to accompany it. Small succulent plants were placed delicately on the glass nightstand along with scent diffusers that smelled of jasmine. The French balcony doors with translucent curtains matched the rest of the house decor in a European style.
Xu Wenqi pulled open the doors of the walk-in closet and was greeted with a world of luxury fast-paced fashion. The endless closet held the latest styles, trends, and articles from the last Milan fashion week show. Rows upon rows of branded clothes from different seasons were lined up neatly with glittering accessories at the center table of the closet. Handbags, shoes, perfumes, anything, and everything seemed to be there. Xu Wenqi felt as though her eyes were blinded by the shine of the exquisitely carved jewelry and finely designed evening gowns. All of the clothes in the closet were clothes she couldn't have dreamed of wearing in her lifetime. From Chanel to Hermes to Gucci, Xu Wenqi believed that if she just sold all of the original owner's clothes, she would be rich for life. Although she honestly didn't know too much about brands, she knew the original owner, being a Bai Fumei* definitely would not have worn anything less than five figures on her body. Xu Wenqi nearly had a stroke thinking about the outrageous spending of the original owner.
'Hell, I'm sure one dress in her closet cost more than five of my annual paychecks!' thought Xu Wenqi. 'This isn't even a closet...this is almost three stores combined!'
Thinking that she didn't want to make Driver Zhong wait too long, Xu Wenqi quickly rid her head of these thoughts and began to look for a suitcase to pack some of the clothes to Shen Yue's house. Almost five minutes had passed and Xu Wenqi still couldn't find a suitcase!
"What is her closet so big for? Aiya, I can't even find a suitcase! What's the use of being rich when you can't even afford a suitcase?" complained Xu Wenqi.
It wasn't until she had reached the innermost part of the closet that she found an unused baby blue one underneath the fourth shoe rack filled with high-heeled shoes.
Patting the dust off, she laid it on the ground of the carpeted closet and unzipped it to pack the simple clothes she had taken a liking to.
While Xu Wenqi was busy packing her clothes, Driver Zhong was waiting in the car. Looking around furtively to check that Xu Wenqi had not yet come back, he pulled out a silver cellphone from his inner breast suit pocket. His calloused hand typed quickly as he sent a report to Secretary Chen before inserting the phone back into the depths of his pocket and resting his hands nonchalantly on the black steer wheel.
In the midst of his daily schedule report, Secretary Chen's phone vibrated with a new incoming message. Secretary Chen stopped abruptly and took his phone out of his pocket to look at the screen.
Glancing at the serious man who was writing an elegant signature on the documents at his office desk, Secretary Chen said, "It's a message from the driver of Ms. Xu. He reported that she entered her house and is packing her clothes."
Shen Yue's fluid hand movements did not stop as he heard Secretary Chen's declaration.
He did not look up at Secretary Chen nor did his voice fluctuate in the slightest as he replied, "En, tell him to continue to keep an eye on her."
Secretary Chen nodded and sent the words of Shen Yue back to Driver Zhong. After finishing, he placed his phone back into his pocket and calmly picked up the part where he had left off as though nothing had happened.
Xu Wenqi was unaware of what had happened in the short separation with Driver Zhong and soon came out of the glass doors of the villa lugging an extremely heavy suitcase. Driver Zhong hurriedly got out of the car to help her carry the suitcase back into the trunk. Xu Wenqi thanked him profusely before sliding back into the passenger seat.
Opening the door of the driver's seat, Driver Zhong hopped back into the car and asked, "Where would you like to go now, Ms. Xu? Back to the house or somewhere else?"
Xu Wenqi thought for a while and replied, "I would like to go to the nearest commercial mall to pick up a few things and eat out, so after you drop me off, you can go back to the house."
Driver Zhong nodded and pressed his foot on the gas to start the car.
Seeing all the clothes in the closet, Xu Wenqi all of sudden had wanted to pick out something for Shen Yue. After all, she was living in his house, albeit forcefully, and she had to show good favor to its host. Thinking about what she could give to the villain, her mind unconsciously went back to the tie he had worn this morning.
'What if I gift him a tie? No...I bet he has so many though…' thought Xu Wenqi. 'Maybe a watch? Or another suit? No...it has to be something he would like and doesn't have already. Agh, hopefully, I could pull out this gift in the future as a reminder of my kindness in case he wants to kill me. Oii, It's really not easy to live these days.'
note:
Bai Fumei* = rich and beautiful young miss