Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
On the first floor of the villa, in Sister Lanâs room. The door was closed. Luosang lifted her sweater to expose her waist and back. Her skin was snow-white, and her waist was slim.
Sister Lan paused for a few seconds when she walked up behind Luosang with the liniment. Then, she took some liniment to apply on the bruise on Luosangâs side waist, found that Luosangâs skin was as tender as that of a baby.
âLuosang, youâre not thirty, are you?â Said Sister Lan.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Luosang gave a start.
Sister Lan smiled and continued, âI am a woman too, and Iâve gone through what you are experiencing. In some respects, I know more than some men do. You said that youâre thirty, but, which thirty-year-old woman can have such good skin? My daughter is in her twenties, but I feel your skin is even better than hers. You see, weâre both doing tough jobs, and often need to stay up. If youâre not young, you must be taking good care of your skin, but I havenât seen you do that a lot.â
Luosang never thought that the ham-handed Sister Lan would suddenly become so smart. âI um... Iâm twenty-two actually. You know, the younger we are, the easier we can be taken advantage of, especially us carers. Thatâs why I lied about my age. I did it to avoid some unnecessary troubles. Besides, people usually consider older people more experienced than younger people.â
âI get it,â Sister Lan sighed and said, âWhen I just started working, Iâve met some male employers who liked to take advantage of me too. They behaved properly when their wives were at home, but once their wives left, theyâd show their real faces. That was really disgusting. And, if you told their wives about what they did, those women would accuse you for alluring their husbands. Fortunately, Iâm luckily hired by Mr. Nian. Heâs a good man actually. All these years, Iâve never seen him bringing strange women home. I think itâll be fine even if you told him about your real age.â
Luosang shook her head without thinking, then said, âI wonât. The owner of the Nursing Care Center took a risk to help me lying about my real age. It might affect the company in a bad way if other people know about this. Besides, Iâll be leaving soon, and I think Iâll never see him again after that. So I think he doesnât need to know my real age.â
âDo you really think so?â Sister Lan smiled, lowered her voice and said, âLuosang, Iâve been taking care of Mr. Nian for years. Based on what I know about him, heâs treating you differently than us. You see, he let you sponge-bath him. And just now, he asked me to get you some medicine after you two fell together like that, without being angry about you taking advantage of him. If he knows that youâre younger than him, you two might have a chance to be together.â
Luosang found Sister Lanâs words both funny and annoying. She didnât expect Sister Lan to actually think of that possibility. âCome on, Iâm a carer, so all I have done for him was just a part of my job. And just now, I saved him, and I was the one who had been taken advantage of,â she said.
âAnyway, according to my experience, youâre different to him,â said Sister Lan assuredly, âBefore, a female secretary often came here to deliver files to him. One day, he was taking a nap, and the female secretary took the chance to lie on his chest. As a result, he dragged her out of the villa and fired her. If you stay, you may have a chance to become Mrs. Nian, and thatâs a chance that many girls are dreaming about.â
âNo, no,â Luosang shook her head and said, âSister Lan, please donât tell anyone about that. Iâve never thought about marrying into a wealthy family. And I donât think being a wealthy manâs wife is an easy job. I think Mr. Nian needs to find a girl who shares the same kind of family background with him to be his future wife.â
She also believed that Mr. Nian was very different from usual people, and could drive her crazy if she stays with him for long.
âYouâre right though,â Sister Lan seemed to be a little disappointed.
She liked Luosang, and sheâd like to watch a beautiful story about an ordinary girl marrying into a wealthy family.