Full Time Servant

"Don't argue with me. When I tell you to work, you work," The Cousin Miss said very domineeringly.

Resist? As a full-time servant, he should be off work and resting now, but if he went off duty to rest, the other party would definitely target him, making the result very troublesome.

Xiaoyao took 0.01 seconds to consider, then said: "Fine, I'll work overtime..."

Overtime was also a very important thing for full-time servants.

"Overtime? In your dreams. There's no extra pay," The Cousin Miss said very disdainfully.

"Then I won't do it," Xiaoyao refused, also taking 0.01 seconds.

As a principled professional servant, he absolutely wouldn't do extra work beyond his duties, especially without overtime pay.

"You dare."

"Why not? According to the Mo Family Servant Code, Article 3, Clause 15, servants have the right to rest time. Article 4, Clause 1, servants' working time is fixed at four hours per day. For time exceeding this, extra wages will be added at month's end. Without wages, servants may refuse work arrangements," Xiaoyao brought out the Mo family's rules.

Fortunately, this world was still relatively fair. Any effort would have corresponding rewards. Though servants were subordinates, being a servant was a free job—masters couldn't force servants to do anything.

Of course, there were many who endured humiliation for survival and to keep their jobs.

However, this didn't affect Xiaoyao's freedom rights. When he finished his work, he could refuse to continue working unless there was pay or he was personally interested.

"You're rebelling, Don't you want to stay in the Mo family? If so, then pack up and get out," The Cousin Miss said angrily.

"Sorry, Cousin Miss, you don't have the authority to decide my staying or leaving. Only my boss has that right. Or you can find the Great Master and have him fire me," Xiaoyao said, then gracefully departed, leaving only a back view that stunned everyone.

This kid was too awesome—he even dared offend her.

Though her status wasn't very high and couldn't influence things deeply, you're just a low-ranking servant. Getting rid of you would be too easy.

At this moment, almost everyone held a moment of silence for Xiaoyao, feeling he would definitely be driven out of the Mo family this time.

As for that Cousin Miss, her anger—if anger could make one explode, she would definitely have burst by now.

"Fine! You wait. I'll make you regret this," The Cousin Miss clenched her fists, pointing at the departing back and roaring angrily.

"Though I'm just a little servant, the word 'regret' doesn't exist in my dictionary." Xiaoyao said very indifferently. "See you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow? If you can appear here tomorrow, I'll kneel to you," The Cousin Miss shrieked, her voice becoming shrill.

"No need—I don't have a daughter like you!" Xiaoyao's words drifted over.

"..."

Everyone was somewhat speechless. She had just said she'd kneel to you, not call you father, but you went ahead and stepped on that.

Tomorrow, could he appear?

At this moment, almost everyone was very curious, feeling Xiaoyao's words seemed very confident. But why could he have such confidence?

Logically, no matter how powerless or low-status the Cousin Miss was, she still had backing. And you're just a low-ranking servant. Even with a tough "boss," they wouldn't quarrel with family members over a low-ranking servant.

Unless Xiaoyao's "boss" was very protective of him.

But everyone seemed to have never heard of such a thing. They'd only seen Xiaoyao a few times. If not for Xiaoyao working everywhere, they probably wouldn't even know this person.

Xiaoyao seemed like an unassigned Mo family servant—the type of public servant anyone could requisition. That's why he worked everywhere.

If he were an assigned servant, he shouldn't work everywhere like this but should be beside his boss.

Yet his words just now told everyone he was an assigned servant, which was quite strange. Was there really such a peculiar situation, or was he just bluffing to fool this Cousin Miss?

This would depend on tomorrow's results—whether Xiaoyao could continue appearing here or would pack up and leave...

Regarding assigned servants, generally there were two types: one directly belonging to a certain family member—private servants; the other belonging to a branch, meaning small-scale public servants.

Which type did Xiaoyao belong to? This answer would surely be known soon.

The next day, Xiaoyao appeared at the site as usual and continued working.

Nothing happened?

The watching servants continued observing. They wanted to know if this was Xiaoyao forcibly staying here or being permitted. If permitted, this matter would be interesting.

The result would definitely depend on Cousin Miss's performance. If she drove Xiaoyao away, then Xiaoyao had definitely been fired.

But if the Cousin Miss was very angry, showing resentment toward Xiaoyao but daring to be angry but not speak, then it definitely meant Xiaoyao's boss was very solid and protective of him.

However, the situation made people feel somewhat strange—incomprehensible.

After the Cousin Miss arrived, she glanced at Xiaoyao. When everyone thought something would happen and there'd be a good show, the result left them dumbfounded.

After glancing once, the Cousin Miss continued looking at others, continuing her daily work of pointing at this and that. The situation was just like yesterday, as if nothing had happened in between.

This seemed too strange. Even if Xiaoyao's boss scared her, she wouldn't act as if nothing had happened. If she'd hit a wall, she would seek revenge even more.

What she displayed seemed like she'd forgotten everything. Had she really forgotten?

Impossible. She used to be very vindictive and hadn't lost her memory. She couldn't have forgotten just yesterday's incident with Xiaoyao.

Some people curiously investigated this matter but couldn't learn the answer. The Cousin Miss said nothing about it, and Xiaoyao had no opportunity to be questioned. After finishing this job, he disappeared to somewhere unknown again.

However, from the Cousin Miss, everyone seemed to understand some things. First, they could confirm Xiaoyao indeed had a "boss" and was someone's exclusive servant—something everyone found unexpected.

For over ten years, Xiaoyao had always drifted around without fixed work. How could such a situation be an exclusive servant?

This didn't look like an exclusive servant at all—more like an ordinary public servant. Also, exclusive servants were generally high-ranking servants, not low-ranking ones like Xiaoyao.

Even the lowest-status family members could have a mid-level or higher servant as their exclusive servant.

Moreover, Xiaoyao seemed to have been an exclusive servant for many years. Why was he still a low-ranking servant? Also, at that time, he was still a child—the lowest grade among low-ranking servants.

Here, servants' ranks were symbols of their status. Naturally, everyone wanted the best and would never choose poor ones, much less the worst of the poor.

Why would someone have such an exclusive servant?

Who could this person be? Was it because "they" had a very individual preference for this little servant Xiaoyao—one more wouldn't matter—or because "they" had no choice due to their status?

Also, no matter what "they" were like, which "boss" would allow their servant to run around everywhere like Xiaoyao? This made people very curious, but the answer was unknowable.

The Cousin Miss said nothing about this matter, as if touching some taboo. Every time this came up, she'd immediately fall silent.

This made the matter a mystery—one people found curious but couldn't understand.

However, due to Xiaoyao's low-key behavior, plus everyone feeling Xiaoyao had no value, and with no new developments, this matter was gradually forgotten.

Until one day, when Xiaoyao's "boss" appeared before everyone, all these mysteries were solved.

At that time, everyone had answers to these strange things in their hearts—why Xiaoyao could be so free like a public servant, why a low-ranking servant would become exclusive...

"Xiaoyao, who is your boss? Why could they make that shrew seem to lose her memory?"

"She is... can't say. You'd better not know, or you won't be able to stay in the Mo family."

"Why?"

"Because she is a taboo of the Mo family..."

"??"

Right, she was Xiaoyao's "boss"—indeed a taboo.

The word "taboo" generally had two types: one was dare not speak, the other was don't want to speak.

Dare not speak was because this taboo's existence had overwhelming power, gradually becoming a taboo; don't want to speak was generally because they were made taboo by someone with overwhelming power—simply put, they were made into a taboo.

Which type was Xiaoyao's "she"?

Currently no one knows, but some things could be deduced.

If it were the former type, Xiaoyao, this little servant who'd worked so many years, would have long become a high-ranking servant. Even with rules and precedents, they would have been broken.

The latter could be explained—because she had no status, her servant also had no status.

Of course, this was just speculation. The real answer would only be known at the end…

(End of Chapter)