100 Days to Seduce the Devil

Day Seven…

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Old Man Xu didn’t respond to Adelaida. He just massaged his temples while sighing deeply. He had lost count of how many times he took a deep breath today.

On the other hand, Butler Li was aware of the severity of this incident. Old Man Xu treasured their family heirloom as if it was his baby. His heart got broken as well seeing those pieces scattered on the floor.

They couldn’t put them back together and the vase would never be the same as before. This happened due to the clumsiness of one person– Abigail.

And the head maid, Adelaida, came here just to add fuel to the fire. She had to make Abigail look bad in Old Man Xu’s eyes. If she could seduce their Master Nathan, her charm would not work on Old Man Xu.

“Miss Abi? Was it you again?! Will you keep making chaos in this house?” Adelaida pointed her finger at Abigail. She didn’t bother to hide her displeasure and hostility toward her.

Butler Li frowned and his lips moved in an unpleasant twist. He didn’t like the way Adelaida was talking down on Abigail. In the first place, it was their fault for leaving the mansion today.

“What happened here is just an accident. Miss Abi didn’t want this to happen. And don’t blame her. Where were you? You and the others were supposed to clean the house. But you all left the mansion early this morning!” Butler Li was not able to hold his tongue. He ranted on her, in front of Old Man Xu, confronting Adelaida, the head maid.

“Miss Abi just offered help by cleaning the house with me before the arrival of Chairman Xu,” he added, his chest bobbing up and down as he burst out.

“What is the meaning of this?” Old Man Xu asked them both, the crease on his forehead deepened further.

As the old man was interrogating the two, Little Ethan dialed his father’s number. After a few seconds, Nathan answered the phone. However, Ethan didn’t say a word. He just moved his phone, his screen facing his grandpa and the others. Little Ethan wanted his Dad to listen to the exchanges of conversations.

At first, Nathan was confused as to why Ethan was not uttering a word from the other line. He wondered if his son just accidentally pressed his number.

Then after a few seconds, he heard his father’s cold voice, talking to someone. ‘What’s wrong? Is the old man angry right now?’

“Tell me… what’s going on here? Where are the people in the mansion?” Old Man Xu spoke again with his stern cold voice.

“Master Xu… the truth is… we decided to take a break today… to show our protest. We were unhappy and disappointed when Chef Min was fired because of someone.” Adelaida was trying to get the sympathy of the old man.

“Chef Min has been serving your family for so many decades now… but all his efforts went in vain just because of one mistake. Master Xu, he deserves a second chance. Please hire him back.” Adelaida begged him.

“Huh? Chef Min was fired? By who? What did he do?” Old Man Xu was clueless about this. Nathan didn’t inform him that he fired Chef Min. Why did he do that?

“Chairman Xu… Chef Min was the reason why Master Nathan’s allergy acted out. He intentionally hid the truth from Miss Abi. He didn’t warn her about the peanuts so Miss Abi ended up cooking food for Master Nathan.” Butler Li paused for a moment, glancing at Abigail who remained silent in her spot.

“The food contained peanuts… as she only followed the instructions and ingredients in the recipe book,” Butler Li explained, defending Abigail while revealing the truth to Old Man Xu.

Old Man Xu was dumbfounded when he heard that. He couldn’t believe that Chef Min would do such a thing. He was aware that Nathan has a strong allergic reaction when it comes to peanuts! How dare he let someone mix peanuts to Nathan’s food?

“Chef Min made a mistake. But it was so unfair to fire him just like that. He needs a second chance, Master Xu. You know him. He has been serving the Sparks Family and dedicated his life to this family.” Adelaida kept backing Chef Min up.

Old Man Xu fell silent for a moment. The frown on his forehead never left. He was analyzing the situation.

After a few seconds, Old Man Xu finally made his decision. “Fine, I will talk to my son about this.”

Adelaida smiled triumphantly when she heard that. Veronica was right! Old Man Xu would be the solution to their problem. Now, all she wanted to hear was for Old Man Xu to kick Abigail out of the mansion as her punishment for breaking the century-aged vase family heirloom.

“Master… How about this? Who would be responsible for breaking your family heirloom? If Master Nathan punished Chef Min for his one mistake, you should also do the same to the person who did this.” Adelaida demanded, tossing a look at Abigail.

Old Man Xu looked away as he didn’t want to see the broken pieces of the vase. His rage would just intensify if he would take a look at the scattered pieces on the floor.

“Permission to speak, Chairman Xu.” Abigail stepped forward with her head held high. She wasn’t afraid of the punishment. It’s just that she didn’t want the way Adelaida was dominating this conversation as if she was the one dictating what the old man should do about this incident.

Old Man Xu just waved his hand, allowing Abigail to express what was on her mind.

“First of all… I would like to emphasize that today’s incident was an accident… unlike what Chef Min did… which was intentional.”

“If you want to talk about the severity of punishment… mine shouldn’t be harsher than his.”

“And why do you think so?” Adelaida spat back at her, questioning her statement.

“Simple logic…” Abigail paused, moving her gaze back to Old Man Xu and looking straight into his eyes. “What is more important to you, Chairman Xu? This family heirloom…  or the life of your son, Nathan?”

Old Man Xu: “…”

Adelaide: “…”