The Good Boy Act

As their eyes locked with one another, Lim Xian extended the corners of his lips into an alluring smile.

"I'm so glad I was able to catch you in time," he said. Even his voice now sounds alluring into Meilin's ears for some odd reason that irritated her.

Before she could even let him see her face blushing heavily for this really awkward situation they are now in, Li Meilin tried to wiggle herself out of his grasp but the latter was so strong that he didn't budge even just one bit.

"Put me down!" Meilin demanded, but Xian still held her in his arms.

"Not a chance," Xian replied stubbornly as he shook his head in disapproval.

"I said put me down right this instant, you annoying jerk!"

The other maids that are now watching them squealed in delight as they now realize how good they looked right next to each other.

From this moment on, these two maids had finally decided to ship Xian and Meilin and swore to support them in any way they could for them to sail forth.

"MeiXi for the win!" both of them blurted out, calling them both by their ship name they just made up.

It was then when Ms. Yu had suddenly decided to make her fearsome entrance as soon as she happened to hear their unnecessary squeals from a far distance that got the other two maids shook in fear.

But as soon as Ms. Yu entered the drawing room, she immediately witnessed the newly-hired maid in her young master's arms while having the audacity to even lock stares with him, which made her alert even more.

With a displeased look plastered on her face, Ms. Yu asked, "What is going on around here?"

The moment they all heard her reprimanding tone echoing on the four corners of this room, all four persons present in this room looked at the housekeeper's direction with their shocked faces.

"Ms. Yu!" Lim Xian snaps back to attention and mercilessly drops down Li Meilin on the ground without warning.

Meilin, on the other hand, groaned in pain as soon as her young demon master had dropped her on the floor while trying to get back on her feet too.

"Why you--!!!"

Meilin almost forgot Ms. Yu's presence and was about to land a punch on her master's gut when Ms. Yu cleared her throat loudly for Meilin to hear.

After sensing her presence once more, Meilin barked a nervous laugh and hurriedly returned her fist to her side.

With an angry tone, Ms. Yu said to Meilin, "I told you to clean the room and not just to fool around, Ms. Li!"

"I…" Unsure what to say, Meilin chose to shut her mouth and bowed her head to apologize.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Yu,"

Ms. Yu was still in a pretty bad mood after knowing one of her maids was not doing her job right when she noticed the young master stepped forward all of a sudden.

"It was not her fault, Ms. Yu…" Lim Xian said on behalf of Meilin that made the latter stunned for a moment.

"I saw her falling off from the chair as she was changing the curtains when I ran to her aid and ended up holding her in my arms."

Putting on his good boy act, Lim Xian turned around to face Li Meilin once more and smiled at her.

"Are you alright? Are you hurt?" he says with a bit of a concerned tone in his voice.

Still surprised with his sudden change of attitude, Meilin replied, "Yes… I'm totally fine, thanks for asking."

"Glad to know you're okay. Be careful next time, alright?" Xian uttered oh-so-sweetly and even gently caressed her hair.

"O-okay…"

To Ms. Yu, Xian then says, "Well then, I'll be going now. Sorry for the misunderstanding I have caused."

Miraculously, Lim Xian even managed to bow in front of the housekeeper before leaving the room and all the people in here were dumbfounded.

"Isn't it amazing to know that the young master suddenly changed because of Meilin?" says one maid standing on the right.

"MeiXi for the win!" says the other.

One glare from Ms.Yu and both of them immediately shut up and went back to work.

As for Li Meilin, Ms. Yu's facial expression softened, and even managed to show her a smile.

"Keep up the good work," Ms. Yu said encouragingly before turning around and left the room as well.

Li Meilin was only left speechless before she proceeded back to her work.

***

While all of that was happening, Lim Xian, on the other hand, was already enjoying that stunned look from his personal maid's face as he was walking towards his room to change.

He keeps on playing that dumbfounded look on her face that makes his lips extend into a playful smile.

No matter how that girl acts tough in front of him and denies it, she will still be more likely to fall for his natural charms. Lim Xian is sure about that.

When he finally goes back to his room, Lim Xian drops his bag from one corner of his bed and starts unbuttoning his vest and white polo shirt.

By the time he was already midway to removing it, Xian stopped all of a sudden when he happened to glance at the picture frame that was placed on his nightstand.

Recalling the first time he met his annoying personal maid until that scenario that just happened a while ago, Lim Xian couldn't help sneering as he kept staring at the picture frame.

As much as he hated this girl in the picture for leaving him to chase her dreams, he also can't bring himself to despise her.

With an annoyed look on his face, Xian said, "Why do you have to look like her, peasant girl?"

Then, he grabs the picture frame and makes it face down on the table so that he doesn't have to see the girl's face ever again.