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Gu Xinglan, whose hometown is Puxiang, runs a business selling pirated goods. He came to Wushui to work at the age of eighteen. His first job was at a convenience store sixty meters outside a primary school in a village in Wushui. His second job was as an extra in a campus drama. His first girlfriend was a childhood friend who came to Wushui to work. His second girlfriend was a female college student. The school happened to be the filming location for the campus drama, so the transition was almost seamless. His third girlfriend... In short, this person was an unrealistic snob, a good-for-nothing cowardly emotional swindler, and a potential gigolo.
Li Taihe recalled the background check he had heard from relatives and friends about Gu Xinglan.
In reality, after getting to know him, I found that he wasn't a bad person; he was just vain.
She dared to ask him for money on her second day at the villa.
Not to mention she begged him to marry her on the third day.
Marriage is merely a contract between two people who are willing to temporarily unite in marriage, each seeking what they need.
Li Taihe sat in the back seat with his legs twisted unnaturally underneath, while a sleeping adult man lay on his lap.
"Boss, we have found the candidates you asked me to find. There are two people currently. They are both TV hosts with acting experience, and like Mr. Gu, they live in an urban village. When do you plan to end your contract with Mr. Gu?"
"The program has ended."
"Okay, I'll draft a new contract for you right away..." The passenger adjusted his glasses, glanced at the person sleeping soundly in his boss's arms through the rearview mirror, and hesitated before asking, "So, what about Mr. Gu?"
The penalty for breach of contract isn't a problem for them, but this person is just an ordinary person who hasn't experienced their power before. Will they pester them relentlessly? Will they keep bothering them? Will they resort to unreasonable arguments...?
The driver interrupted, "You even asked that? Of course we should give him some money, a house, change the name, and move him out of Wushui! You idiot!"
The two people in the car were relatives or friends.
Li Taihe remained silent, quietly turning his head to look out the window.
As the car drove into the city center, the view outside the window gradually revealed brightly lit skyscrapers.
The abandoned factory and the Changgu villas are almost on opposite sides of the road.
The difference is that there are many people in the east who are so poor that they can't even afford to eat, while in the west, even small business owners who are considered relatively well-off are incredibly wealthy in Southeast Asia or some small countries in Africa and South America.
The difference is too great, but it's perfectly normal here.
The yard outside the villa is very large, with an area equivalent to a standard football field.
The driver, who had just come up from the underground garage with a spray gun and cleaning cloth in his hand, stared wide-eyed at a gleaming black luxury car parked outside the villa gate.
The master has been coming back far too often these past few days.
He hurriedly packed his things and ran to the villa entrance. Seeing two familiar people standing at the car door, the driver quickly said, "Greetings, young masters."
He's usually afraid of those two people.
"Let me drive the car into the garage."
The driver, with his head bowed, back slightly bent, and hands clasped in front of his abdomen, walked respectfully to the driver's side door.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
One of the young masters reached out and blocked the car door, his eyes narrowing.
"Didn't you see your master and mistress being affectionate? Don't you have any common sense?"
"Ahem." The other young master adjusted his glasses. "This is none of your business. Go and do your own thing."
The two men were tall and strong, making the slightly older driver look like a dwarf.
"Okay, then I'll go take care of other things first. You guys... just let me know if you need anything."
Every time the master comes back with these two people, it means the villa will be thoroughly cleaned.
In the next few days, everyone in the villa, including his driver, will be subject to inspection and required to report their itinerary for the next few days.
His old friend, who also worked with him, was a driver, but a few months ago he suddenly said he was going back to his hometown and then there was no news of him. For those few days, he was so scared that he thought his old friend had been reported for complaining that the villa was like a prison.
He had originally planned to resign, but the salary was too high.
The driver sighed.
After the mass layoffs, these car-washing jobs fell to him.
With so much money, why don't they hire more workers?
Just as I was internally complaining, the people outside came in, and the driver rushed over, about to open his mouth to greet them.
In the blink of an eye, I saw the master holding a woman with long, flowing hair.
The new lady who had called him to say she was going on a trip was now wearing a snow-white lace dress, her jade-like feet peeking out. She was nestled in the old man's arms, her hands wrapped around his neck, and her delicate face could be faintly seen.
"What are you looking at? Look again and I'll gouge your eyes out." Two fingers suddenly pointed at his eyes. The driver was startled and chuckled awkwardly, "You're really joking..."
"Li Yuechang, I'll go get the doctor. You go ahead." The man with glasses took the folder and walked in the opposite direction.
Li Yuechang stood next to the driver and said, "Now you're busy. Go park the car and wash up while you're at it."
"Um, young master!" the driver said awkwardly, "Madam said she went on a trip, why is she back so soon?"
"Have you read 'The Runaway Contract Wife of the Tycoon'? You're supposed to be a driver for a wealthy family, why don't you learn something?"
What wealthy family would call itself a wealthy family?
The driver was speechless.
"Alright, after you finish driving, go buy me two bottles of beer. I just want the six-yuan green cans from the supermarket. And remember to get me some roadside barbecue too, tell the owner to make it extra spicy..."
Li Yuechang talked a lot, and at the end, he whistled, swayed the back of his head, and left in a nonchalant manner.
He has none of the airs of a rich young master.
……
inside the car.
The familiar men's fragrance is mixed with a subtle, almost imperceptible sweetness.
The driver wiped his face, sat in the driver's seat, and his gaze drifted involuntarily to the passenger seat, before slowly moving to the rearview mirror.
The master and mistress must be sitting in the back seat.
The driver glanced guiltily at the dashcam, then leaned back.
To be honest, he always felt that the new lady didn't look human.
She looks like the fairy that used to be placed on the fire stand in my hometown.
His previously cloudy eyes lit up instantly when they saw something unusual.
Incredible.
Underwear?
The driver frowned.
Black men's underwear.
This model is definitely not for the old man.
The driver seemed to have discovered something extraordinary.
The new lady... has a sugar daddy on the side!
Suddenly, as if he had been caught red-handed, the driver turned around in a panic and swallowed hard.
If I were to hand this over to the master, I might get fired.
The old man, the boss of a big company, at the prime of his life, was actually cuckolded.
Perhaps... we could use this to our advantage and gain some benefits from the new lady.
The driver trembled slightly as he bent over and climbed into the back seat, hooking the black thing with his finger.
The fragrance... everywhere is sweet, as if the lady had been bathed in her most luxurious room.
"what!"
The driver was startled by the ringing of his cell phone in his pocket.
He picked it up guiltily.
Upon seeing the caller ID, the person breathed a sigh of relief: "You little rascal, you almost scared your old man to death."
[Dad, when exactly? Give me a straight answer! I'm practically growing mushrooms waiting at home. When are you finally letting me go work for the Li family?]
"...What's the rush?" The driver hurriedly stuffed the black object into his pocket. "You just graduated from university and don't have any work experience. How could I break their rules?"
[Didn't you say you were promoted to butler of the Li family?]
That makes sense. After the massive layoffs, he thought he could get promoted, but he ended up still driving, and now he even has to do car washing and wiping.
The driver gritted his teeth: "What does this have to do with whether I'm the housekeeper or not? ... A delivery truck is coming tomorrow, could you come to the villa's service station and help out?"
There were a few long sighs on the other end of the phone: "[Asking a college student like me to do this kind of thing is worse than sending me back to my hometown to herd cattle...]"
"Nonsense!" the driver snapped, then muttered, "I have other methods. Anyway, you should come and familiarize yourself with the surroundings first..."
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