At this time, Xia Rou stayed in her room, thinking about it carefully.
He Lili is not a very profound figure, and she is just a young girl. Those words of hers are actually very plain. At the age of fifteen, Xia Rou couldn't understand it because she was young. If Xia Rou at the age of twenty-five still couldn't understand it, then she was not just stupid, but simply stupid.
Memories are hidden deep in the brain, not forgotten, but temporarily sealed by the brain and put in a certain corner. Once the key points that can touch these memories appear, those memories will emerge again like a tide.
But the reality once again proved the unreliability of memory, and how stupid I was back then...
She only remembered He Lili's smile, but she couldn't see through the malice under her smile.
She showed her around the house in a mistress-like manner, telling her where she could go and where she couldn't. But it opened the door to the real forbidden place, and seduced her with the gorgeousness and delicacy inside.
She clearly knew that the guest room on the second floor was specially refurbished for her, but she didn't mention it, and emphasized that the room she was going to live in was a "guest room".
In the previous life, Xia Rou couldn't see through it, and was really hit by the hint of her language. It also happened that the Cao family only had men, and men's vision was quite different from that of women. She finally moved from the annex to the main building, and found that the wallpaper in the bedroom was light blue instead of the pink or lotus colors that girls usually use. I always felt that her bedroom was always a "guest room".
In fact, there are faint rose patterns on the light blue wallpaper. No matter which man from the Cao family chose for her, for them, this is already the limit.
Even if Xia Rou were to imagine now, she couldn't even imagine that Cao Yang, Cao Bin, or Cao Xing would help her choose a pink wallpaper.
As for Cao Xiong... No, no, she didn't even dare to imagine.
It was obviously a normal thing, but she had been hinted at by He Lili, but she wanted to worry about it. Both naive and extreme. Both secretly inferior, but also excessive self-esteem.
And this He Lili... Xia Rou was quite speechless when she thought about many things she said today.
She is nothing more than an orphan girl who is dependent on others, what is hindering her? Want to demonstrate to her like this
Those words about the swimming pool are just ridiculous. A dressing room for her alone? At that time, Xia Rou didn't know what expression to use to face her.
Her use of the swimming pool was an act of arrogance. There are many facilities in this house that hired employees like Aunt Fang have no right to use at all. But because she grew up in Cao's family, she has some affection and is a young girl, and the men of Cao's family don't care about such trivial matters, so no one cares about her.
It wasn't as if she had any privileges, as she implied in her own words.
Under He Lili's affectionate smile, her methods were childish and clumsy. It's a pity that the fifteen-year-old Xia Rou fell for it.
Fortunately, Xia Rou's twenty-five-year-old soul is contained in Xia Rou's fifteen-year-old body. Twenty-five-year-old Xia Rou has lived in Cao's house for ten years and has seen too much. If you look at the clumsy methods of a young girl like He Lili, it is really nothing.
She was just a little depressed, and the earlier anticipation and joy for He Lili's reunion had completely dissipated without a trace. Once again, I was hit by my perception of myself.
But even so, she still went to the staff canteen for dinner.
Both Cao Xiong and Cao Yang went out on the weekend, and told her that she would be the only one eating at night. It was indeed her own idea to propose going to the staff canteen.
At first, I really wanted to celebrate the reunion with He Lili. Now, she is not in this mood anymore, but she still decides to go.
She wants to get along well with these people who work in Cao's house.
Admittedly, to the Cao family, these people were not very important. Even Aunt Fang, who has been in the Cao family for more than ten years and seems to be inseparable from her in everything, will resign in the near future.
But for Xiarou, it's another mistake she wants to fix, or fail.
In the previous life, none of the people who worked for the Cao family, headed by Aunt Fang, liked her.
She once heard the cleaner and the gardener whispering in the courtyard, ridiculing her for being just an orphan, but she thought she was a young lady.
The whispers behind the scenes in the previous life made her feel ashamed, resentful, and injustice. It made her feel that these people were all snobs, just bullying her as a helpless orphan.
But in this life, after experiencing a change in Aunt Fang's attitude towards her, she began to reflect.
She just remembered that in her previous life, even when the Cao family was not around, she would sit alone and dine under the crystal lamp in the dining room of the main building. She didn't even go to the staff cafeteria once.
She then thought of He Lili's performance today, and found absurdly that she and He Lili... are so similar.
In fact, He Lili is also very simple. She also has low self-esteem.
No matter how comfortable she behaved in Cao's mansion, it couldn't change the fact that she was just "the child of the housekeeping aunt". It's really not much higher than her "mistress' child".
She just relied on Aunt Fang's seniority in Cao's family, so she dared to show her master's spectrum to Xia Rou where the men of Cao's family could not see.
Just like Xia Rou back then, she was eating exquisite dishes prepared by the chef alone under the purely imported luxury crystal lamp.
Thinking of this, Xia Rou suddenly understood He Lili's attitude towards her.
But it's just jealousy.
Although Xia Rou lives in the wing building now, she will live in the main building sooner or later. In that luxurious house, she has a room specially redecorated for her, and she has her own space in this house.
As for He Lili, she lives in a rented house outside. When she returned to Cao's house, she could only share a room with Aunt Fang. Even in the annex, she didn't have her own room.
Xia Rou sighed, and her dislike for He Lili faded a lot. She knew that if she changed places, if she was He Lili, she might not be as good as He Lili.
No one knows better than her the kind of inferiority complex and self-esteem that are two sides of the same body, and the pain of being caught in the middle.
"Xia Rou, it's time to eat." He Lili knocked on the door in the evening.
Xia Rou opened the door and followed her.
"Okay, what are you going to eat in the staff restaurant? It's not good to eat in the main building." He Lili's tone was slightly sour. Dining in the main building was something she longed for but couldn't get.
Xia Rou said softly: "It's just me, there's no need to make a fuss, it's easier to eat with everyone."
He Lili gave her a sideways glance, with slight jealousy and contempt of "this kid is stupid".
Xia Rou didn't take it to heart.
Because He Lili... can't stay in Cao's house for too long.
As Xia Rou thought, no one actually targeted her deliberately. The attitude of others towards her is nothing but a reflection of her attitude towards others.
In her previous life, she was ignorant of the world and was always afraid of being looked down upon. It was inevitable that she would carry it deliberately during her actions, as if she insisted on eating alone in the main building when the Cao family members did not come back.
In the eyes of these people, it is just a show.
But now, because Xia Rou proposed to eat together in the staff restaurant, everyone treated her very kindly.
"Miss Xia, the cooking here is not as delicate as that in the main building. Are you still used to it?" Chef Lao Zheng asked with a smile.
"Uncle Zheng." Xia Rou called him and smiled, "You can just call me Xia Rou."
"Ah? This..." Old Zheng wanted to decline.
"I just have no one to take care of me at home, that's why I live here. You always call me Miss Xia, Miss Xia, it sounds weird to me." Xia Rou said with a smile.
She revealed her own identity, and the atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly relaxed. Although everyone was kind to her before, after she said this, she became more casual and comfortable.
This is the relationship between people, if you give others more, others will give you more, Xia Rou thought.
"Uncle Zheng, I think if Uncle Cao and the others are not around in the future, I'll come over and eat with you. You don't have to cook for me alone," she said.
Now that she has a clear mind, she can let go of those stubborn airs in the past.
On the contrary, He Lili looked stunned.
"Are you okay?" she asked in surprise. "You don't eat in the main building, what are you doing here?"
"I'm alone, I feel too tossed..."
Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by He Lili. Her voice was a little shrill: "Are you stupid, how can the main building and the side building be the same!"
There was a sudden silence at the dinner table.
Xia Rou blinked and asked slowly, "What's different?"
What's different? On one side is the Master! On one side are servants!
He Lili is not stupid after all, she was only stimulated by Xia Rou just now. She longed for the treatment for many years, Xia Rou gave up so casually, she couldn't hold back for a moment, and that sentence blurted out.
And now, everyone at the table was staring at her. She realized immediately that she had said the wrong thing. Although everyone knew what she meant, but to say it so bluntly would be a slap in the face of a table of people.
Among them, her mother was also included.
Aunt Fang gave her a hard look, then turned her head and said softly to Xia Rou: "I know you are considerate, but we don't care about this matter. If you don't tell the main building, it will be me and the old man who will be scolded later. Zheng."
"Yes, yes." Lao Zheng also nodded quickly.
Seeing their embarrassment, Xia Rou didn't force her.
Eating with a table of people is actually much better than eating alone.
When Xia Rou ate by herself a few times ago, she couldn't eat much. Chatting and laughing with a table of people, Xia Rou ate more than usual.
When it was dark, I strolled in the courtyard, from the atrium to the vestibule.
In my heart, I thought a lot.
He was walking slowly while listening to the chirping of crickets in the grass, when suddenly a light came from behind him. Xia Rou turned around and raised her hand to cover her eyes.
The black Hummer coming in from the gate, after shining on Xia Rou, the driver turned off the headlights. There are floor lamps in the courtyard, although it is a bit dim, you can see the road clearly.
In this family with only men, the only one who can be so considerate is Cao Yang who has taken care of his younger brothers since he was a child.
The corners of Xia Rou's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.
Sure enough, the car slowly stopped beside her, and the window was lowered, revealing Cao Yang's handsome and clear face.
"Xiao Rou, what are you doing?" he asked.
"Brother Cao Yang." Xia Rou shyly said, "Eat too much, let's digest."
Cao Yang couldn't help laughing.