Chapter 3
Chapter 3 New Home
After quite a long drive, the trio finally arrived at a river-view vi.
As soon as Maria got out of the BMW, she saw a maid waiting for them at the gate.
"Mr. Jenkins, Miss Jenkins, wee back! I have been waiting for you guys. Lunch is ready."
"Yes, please. I''m starving! Did you cook my favorite garlic shrimp, Lily?"
Vivian asked with an expectant look. At the same time, the maid called Lily hurriedly took her bag with
a warm smile.
"Yes, of course! Everything''s ready inside. Please go wash up and enjoy the lunch." Lily adored Vivian
so much. She always looked at the young woman as if she was an avid fan looking up at her idol.
"You''ve just arrived, so you shouldn''t be familiar with the surroundings. Anyway, Lily, the maid here, will
show you around the house. For now, she will apany you to the room I prepared for you," Bill said
tly.
Then, he turned to Lily and instructed her, "This is Maria. From now on, she''ll be part of this family, as
my daughter of course. Show her to her room so she can settle down first."
"Yes, Mr. Jenkins, right away."
Lily bowed respectfully before standing still again.
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However, instead of a weing smile, she nced coldly at Maria and didn''t bother helping her carry
her luggage as she did for Vivian just now.
"Come with me." Indifference resonated in Lily''s voice as she turned around and walked toward the
house.
On the other hand, Maria didn''t say anything. She just quietly followed Lily while carrying her own
suitcase.
In fact, her suitcase gave off a dull sound when its wheels ran over the floor, indicating just how heavy
it really was.
Even so, no one really noticed that Maria casually carried it with one hand and had no trouble with it.
"This is going to be your bedroom," Lily uttered as she stopped in front of a door.
She took Maria to a room on the first floor. Inside its narrow interior, there was a single bed, a simple
wardrobe, and a desk and chair set. There wasn''t a lot of furniture in the room, but it already felt so
mped. There was basically no more space for any other stuff.
Before entering, Maria looked at the stairs leading to the second floor.
Noticing where her gaze was, Lily sneered and caught her attention. "This river-view vi district was
developed by a real estate enterprise well-known internationally. The internalyout of this three-floor
vi is incredibly unique and sophisticated. It can only be built with top-level design skills and artistic
structure. Now, you are going to live on the first floor. Do not dare go to the upper floors if you have no
business in there. Also, it might be your first time in a ce this big, so be careful and try not to get lost.
Don''t say I didn''t warn you."
Lily''s tone was harsh enough to let Maria know that she wasn''t trying to hide her contempt towards a
bumpkin like her.
At the same time, the maid indeed wasn''t exaggerating about the size of the ce. When she first
came to the Jenkins family, Lily had
lost her way several times in the passageways around the vi. One time, she even entered the
master''s bathroompletely by mistake.
If it weren''t for her excellent cooking skills that helped her win Vivian''s favor, she would have been fired
a long time ago.
"Yeah, I do know something about such vis." Maria replied calmly, shifting her gaze towards the room
in front of her.
"You do? Ha!"
Lily snorted so hard as though she heard a distasteful joke.
Maria was nothing more than an ordinary girl from a small town near the countryside, a mere substitute
for Vivian''s engagement. Now, she was iming that she understood howplicated and exquisite
the structure of the vi was. Of course, Lily found itughable.
In fact, it wasn''t until recently that she heard from another maid in a neighboring vi about the history
of the river-view vi district. Its design was created by a mysterious and low-key top-level designer,
and it was obtained by a real estate enterprise at a remarkably steep price.
It was said that the top-level designer was unwilling to take the job at first. However, she happened to
be in urgent need of money, so she eventually agreed to do this.
Unexpectedly, the designer finished all the intricate designs andyouts in just a day.
Considering that she finished the job so fast, the head of the real estate enterprise suspected that her
work was perfunctory. Heined to many people and even imed that the designer was a
scammer who tried to ask for a huge amount of money for ackluster output. In other words, he tried
to discredit her abilities.
About three monthster, however, a world-famous designpetition bestowed a Gold Award on the
designer''s works. Apparently, her genius was undoubtedly genuine.
In order to save face, the head of the estate enterprise immediately issued a public apology.
Unfortunately for him, when he tried to contact the designer personally for a new project, he learned
that he and hispany were already cklisted.
In the age where this kind of news could quickly circte around the Inte, the design circle soon
learned that the designer embargoed thepany. As a result, many other famous designers refused
to cooperate with them from then on.
Eventually, the head and hispany incurred extremely heavy losses that he had to leave the real
estate industry and test his luck somewhere else.
"Anyway, please remember to stay in your room at all times. I will call you when it''s time to eat. More
importantly, don''t make any noise in your room. I am staying in the room next to yours, and I have been
having troubles sleeping properly recently. I don''t want to be awakened from my rest just because
you''re making unnecessary ruckus in your room! Do you understand?" Lily raised an eyebrow and
crossed her arms in front of her chest.
Maria could only smile mirthlessly. It was clear that her new identity as thedy of the Jenkins family
didn''t have any authority at all.