Chapter 232: An Ordinary Person

Since someone had delivered themselves to his door, Zhu Gaoxu naturally had no reason to let the opportunity pass.

Smacking his lips, Zhu Gaoxu pointed at the basket of steamed buns and said, "Sometimes my daddy and mommy don't let me sleep with them at night, and you lot at Cangjian Villa are stingy as all get-out. With no other choice, I just found an empty house to stay in for now. There was no one to bring food this morning either, so I had no choice but to come to this kitchen to find something to eat!"

After finishing, Zhu Gaoxu even glared at the other person.

Upon hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, the disciple finally understood.

No wonder, how could someone of Zhu Gaoxu's status come here to find food?

So it turned out the child's parents wanted some private time!

Sighing in his heart, he could only curse his own bad luck.

It was his own lack of foresight; he just had to go and throw his weight around today. Now look at him, being lectured by a little kid for ages.

The kicker was that he couldn't even show a hint of temper and had to take it. Furthermore, after being lectured, he still had to ask with a smile, "I am truly sorry. May I ask who your parents are? I will open a new room for you later."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu wasn't flustered in the slightest.

He held his head high and puffed out his chest, saying, "What of it?"

"Are you asking for my parents' names because you want to go find them?"

"That's great then. I'll go with you, and we can have a good talk about what happened today."

Having said that, Zhu Gaoxu reached out as if to grab the other person.

Seeing this, the Cangjian Villa disciple hurriedly retreated two steps, thinking that he had hit rock bottom today.

He had provoked such a brat, and the key was that he was in the wrong and couldn't just walk away.

Otherwise, if this brat found his parents—Cangjian Villa was only so big—where could he hide?

Thinking this, the disciple sighed.

He waved his hand and said with a fawning smile, "I spoke wrongly. You don't need to go find your mom and dad. Just tell me which room number you're staying in, and I'll note it down right now so I can order someone to deliver meals directly to you in the future."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu nodded with satisfaction.

He had finally achieved his goal.

Although he knew he couldn't push things too far, letting the other person off so easily clearly wouldn't do either.

It wasn't that Zhu Gaoxu was deliberately trying to make things difficult for the other person.

The other person was merely a servant; to him, he wouldn't even glance at such a person under normal circumstances.

The only reason he wouldn't let go was entirely to establish his persona.

Just think: if a brat who had just been unreasonable and relentless suddenly became exceptionally well-behaved and left on his own initiative,

anyone would be suspicious.

So, no matter how unwilling he was inside, Zhu Gaoxu had already accomplished his main objective.

But he still had to stay here and continue acting along with the other person.

With no other choice, Zhu Gaoxu could only cast a sidelong glance at the other person and say with a face full of arrogance, "Hmm... your attitude is passable. My room is the one in the southeast corner. However, if you think this makes up for your offense just now, you are sorely mistaken."

Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, the other person felt a surge of anger.

One shouldn't push a person too far; although he had indeed been offensive and had bumped into Zhu Gaoxu earlier,

he had already tried his best to make amends. Moreover, they had been at a stalemate for so long that quite a few cooks were silently watching the spectacle.

This made his old face flush red; one had to know that he usually acted high and mighty toward these cooks.

Now, being lectured like a grandson by a four or five-year-old child, how could he hold his head high in the future?

He believed that by tomorrow—no, perhaps by this afternoon—he would be the laughingstock of the entire Cangjian Villa.

After all, everyone had been feeling incredibly stifled for various reasons lately and hadn't had any fun in a long time.

He believed that under these circumstances, the speed of the gossip spreading and the duration it lasted would definitely be greatly amplified.

The effect would absolutely be three times stronger than usual.

Thinking of this, this Cangjian Villa disciple felt like dying.

Looking at Zhu Gaoxu's appearance, he wished he could draw his sword right now and kill him to vent his frustration.

However, his last shred of reason ultimately suppressed the impulse in his mind.

His tightly clenched fists slowly loosened, but soon they clenched again in frustration.

Afterward, he sighed and slowly loosened them again.

Forget it; becoming a joke or a laughingstock was still better than becoming a corpse.

No matter what, he was still a disciple of Cangjian Villa.

Although his status within the sect would drop significantly after this incident,

he might even end up with a status lower than that of the cooks.

In the future, he wouldn't have the qualifications to lecture the cooks anymore.

He feared that in the future, these cooks would all climb over his head; anyone could mock him, and anyone could lecture him a few times.

But even so, what could he do?

This was the tragedy of a small person; he finally realized it at this moment.

He thought of the cooks he had previously lectured until they couldn't lift their heads.

He thought of the servants he had beaten and scolded.

He thought of many, many people he had bullied.

At this moment, he finally saw himself clearly.

So it turned out that he himself was nothing more than a person at the bottom of the ladder.

Thinking of this, the Cangjian Villa disciple gave a bitter laugh, then adjusted his mindset and looked at Zhu Gaoxu.