Chapter 28: Life in a wealthy family is not easy

Mrs. Li smiled and answered, “Yes, the master and the eldest young master won’t be home for lunch today. Madam left for an overseas vacation yesterday, and the second young master is working abroad, rarely coming back.”

Meng Yitong looked at the lavish meal before her and couldn’t help but feel a sense of loneliness. “No wonder rich wives get so lonely,” she thought. “Being left alone in such a large home must be quite isolating.”

But before she could feel too lonely, the butler brought her a thick guestbook.

Having just woken up from her nap, Meng Yitong was fully awake now.

Flipping through the guestbook, she saw that it detailed every staff member in the Qin family, along with their roles, responsibilities, and performance.

When she reached the last page, she was shocked to find that there were 126 people!

“What kind of family is this?” she wondered. “Do they really need 126 people to take care of everything?”

Seeing that Meng Yitong had finished looking through the guestbook, Mrs. Li spoke up, “Young mistress, Butler Zhou would like to see you. He wants to introduce you to the household staff.”

Meng Yitong thought about the 100+ people she had to meet and quickly gathered herself to go.

When she reached the first-floor living room, she found only about 20 people there. Before she could wonder, Butler Zhou began the introductions.

“Young mistress, you’ve already met Mrs. Li and me. These are Xiaomei and Yuanyuan; they’re mainly responsible for cleaning the fifth floor. This is Master Wang, your personal driver from now on…”

After introducing these people, Butler Zhou sent them off to continue their work. Seeing Meng Yitong taking notes on the guestbook, he smiled and said, “Young mistress, don’t worry if you can’t remember everything. We’ve also hired a professional life assistant for you. She’s currently abroad, but she should be back in a day or two. Once she’s here, she’ll help you manage your daily affairs.”

Meng Yitong paused for a moment with her pen. “So, does that mean I don’t need to do anything?”

After Butler Zhou left, Meng Yitong returned upstairs, feeling exhausted.

Though she had long dreamed of escaping poverty and becoming wealthy overnight, was this lifestyle—where everything was handed to her—really what she wanted?

Mrs. Li seemed to sense Meng Yitong’s boredom and suggested, “Young mistress, if you’re feeling bored, you could invite some friends to go shopping.”

Meng Yitong lowered her head, inwardly sighing. “Without money, where would I even go shopping?”

Feeling utterly bored, Meng Yitong pulled out her phone, planning to ask her brother to hurry up and remind her second aunt to send her the money, or she wouldn’t get paid next month.

But before she could send the message, she received a debt-collection text.

Meng Yuanliang: [When will you return my car?]

Meng Yitong was stunned by this message. “Seriously, does he really want my little Mini?”

Trying to suppress her speechlessness, she sent a series of question marks: [????]

Meng Yuanliang: [You promised to give it to me earlier.]

Meng Yitong didn’t particularly care about giving him the car, but she thought the Mini didn’t suit her brother’s nearly 1.9-meter tall frame.

Meng Yitong: [Give me another three months.]

Considering her brother’s taste and the public’s opinion, Meng Yitong firmly refused.

Meng Yuanliang: [No, I already bought a car film for it!]

He then sent a screenshot of his purchase.

Meng Yitong looked at the screenshot and couldn’t help but feel a headache.

Was this Ultraman design for real?

It was clear that the aesthetic tastes between her and the original owner’s brother were eerily similar!

One liked a cute, pink, monster-like car, and the other liked a blue and red Ultraman-themed one.

But liking is one thing, did they really have to make the car look like this? Could they even drive such a car?

Then Meng Yitong suddenly recalled her brother driving all over the place in that ridiculous car not long ago.

Fine, they could drive it. After all, her brother even drove around a pink princess car, so what was wrong with an Ultraman one?

he probably looks pretty impressive driving it around!

Meng Yitong shook her head vigorously, trying to shake off the image of Meng Yuanliang showing off in her mind.

With a heart of stone, she replied: [No, I need to use it now. Wait for me to get familiar with the environment first.]

Meng Yuanliang: [Isn’t the Qin family a rich and powerful family? Didn’t they give you a car?]

Meng Yitong: [Isn’t the Meng family a rich and powerful family? Didn’t they give you a car?]

…

The brother and sister both felt a little melancholic after these two messages. Finally, Meng Yuanliang agreed to lend her the car for a while longer.

But he still cautioned her repeatedly: [Be careful when driving it! Don’t scratch my little blue car!]

Meng Yitong replied, her face dark with frustration: [It’s pink!]

Meng Yuanliang: [In my heart, it’s already my little blue.]

…

While Meng Yitong was busy arguing with Meng Yuanliang, she suddenly received a friend request notification.

She tapped to check, and the note was actually from Qin Zhuoran.