Chapter 196: LeeLee.
It was fine if the cooks were crying while cooking – no one saw them. But the red eyes of the ones who served the food to the lords weren’t acceptable.
Steward felt helpless in the situation. In fact, he also mourned Finnie, but he had to manage the household properly. He was becoming desperate realizing he will be the one who’ll has to serve the lords during the meal on top of his already overwhelming duties. That was when he stumbled upon a young maid, energetically storming through the hallways with a mop in hand.
She wasn’t particularly meticulous, but something about her stood out in the current circumstances – she wasn’t crying! Even more, she was happily humming a tune as she cleaned the hallway, unaffected by the sobs echoing around her.
"What’s your name?" Steward asked, trying to remember whether he had seen her before.
"LeeLee." Lee said, inwardly shuddering at the nickname Ling Xiaotao tried to push on him. In the current situation it kind of worked, though.
"Do you have steady hands?" Steward asked.
"What?" Lee took an instinctive step back, furrowing his brows at the potential pervert.
"Come with me!" Steward said, realizing he didn’t need permission to order his underlings around.
Lee followed the man, with the mop in hand, ready to smack the guy on the head if he tried to do anything funny, but turned out his worries were unnecessary. They arrived at a spacious dining hall, with high ceiling and marble floor, and a long table in the middle of it.