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"I have decorated this room for you, do you like it?" Mrs. Zhou took Chen Waan on the second floor after the meal.

"My own room?" Chen Waan asked in a daze.

Auntie Zhou nodded, her eyes smiling.

Chen Waan's eyes sparkled. Never, in her eighteen years of life had she had a single room. In orphanage, it was almost 10-15 children sharing one room, then she was sleeping in that cramped space in the library and then she was sharing her room with her best friend Li Fa Ying. She never had the luxury of having her own room.

She went ahead and touched everything. It was a simpler arrangement compared to the whole house but it was still grand. There was a bed in the middle of the room. There was a huge window, similar to the front of the house, she could see everything outside. The view was of trees and a lake. Yes! She had already imagined in her heart that there would be a lake. There was even a balcony with a table and two chairs, designed very delicately, out there.

There was a bookshelf in her room, there were different books in the languages she had studied. There were a few more guides for the languages she was planning to pick up next.

"Auntie Zhou, who put this collection here?" she asked curiously. Who would know in so much detail what she had studied and what not?

"Master Wang did. He had already done background check on you. Majorly, he talked to your librarian aunt in Thailand and your Li family in Europe," Auntie Zhou thought and then answered.

"You know a lot about Director Wang?" Chen Waan was surprised. This Auntie Zhou looked like she was just a maid but it seemed like she had much more authority here.

"Of course. He is also a person I have served for a long time. He usually tells me everything. That brat. I think he did good. I could get you the stuff that you like. Oh yeah, there was some problem with the plumbing system today. So only that bathroom downstairs is working. Be careful, okay?" Mrs. Zhou warned.

"You won't be here at night?" The way Auntie Zhou was explaining everything, it seemed like she did not intend to stay.

"Oh, did no one tell you that I only work here 8 am to 5 pm? I usually make the dinner and keep it in fridge. In the meantime, I take care of cleaning and all. I mean, it's not like I do it personally. We have other servants that come here for specific stuff from Wang mansion. Oh yeah, if you go further up the hill, Master Wang's house is there. So, his permanent servants come here, work and leave back for the house. I also go there," Mrs. Zhou explained everything cheerfully but she failed to see the blank expression of Chen Waan, who seemed like her soul had floated in the air.

"That means, I will be living with the two guys alone?" she asked.

"Is that a problem? Apart from the bathroom problem, the room is quite secure. No one has the key to it, so you are safe. Don't worry, my boys are not beasts," Mrs. Zhu patted her back but Chen Waan was not listening at all.

"Uhh… okay," Chen Waan answered feebly. Mrs. Zhou left her alone and let her rest for some time. The girl still could not believe how her life had suddenly changed. She laid down on the bed and pinched herself brutally. The pain made her realize she really was not dreaming.

She looked around and her gaze settled on the bookshelf. It was like it was calling her. She went ahead and picked up a book. The collection was curated very carefully. She had not read any of the books there. There were books ranging from theater to arts to business and politics. Why would that Wang man want her to read all these? Was it related to her job as a translator?

She flipped through one book when she heard a bell ring. Her room had a bell? Oh, Mo Yifan did say that all the rooms here were soundproof. Guess they had to put electric bells.

She opened the door and found Wang Zibo outside.

"Please come in Manager Wang," she invited him inside. This burly tall guy before her was going to be her manager too. Although he was the most suspicious of her, he had to give her face because of his dad, right?

"What may I do for you Manager Wang?" she asked politely. Wang Zibo looked around. The room was not of his taste, it was too feminine. He decided in his heart to not visit here much. He then looked at the book on her table that was open.

'Hmph! Is she already showing off that she is interested in studying? Such an act,' he scoffed in his mind.

"Ahem, so per the contract I am your manager too. But you are also Mo Yifan's secondary manager. Today he does not have anything, so we were thinking if you want to go anywhere," he asked somberly. Mr. Fan had given strict instructions before leaving that they need to interact with her more.

Wang Zenghao had already called him to ask for update, that was when they scurried and planned this in haste.

"I…," Chen Waan dropped her head. Wang Zibo thought that the girl did not know much about Beijing. Oh yeah, she had been speaking flawless Mandarin till now, so they had completely forgotten that she was a foreigner. He was about to tell her of a few places they could go when he saw the girl raise her head with stars in her eyes.

"Can we go to the Forbidden Palace please? It has been my dream to visit it once," she spoke so enthusiastically that Wang Zibo could not say no to her.

"Okay, we will go there. Get ready, it is quite chilly outside. My dad has gotten clothes for you, they are in closet." Although Auntie Zhou had explained everything to her, Wang Zibo told her again. He scratched his head. This girl was getting excited for nothing.

"I will get ready right away!" she said excitedly and was out in 10 minutes for the tour. Wearing a simple jeans and t-shirt, she put on a winter coat. She also put light make-up to hide her weariness. When the two people saw her outside, they could not believe that she was the same girl they had been seeing till now. It's not like she had transformed much but even light make-up was enough to make a drastic change in her. Now they knew what they had to work on.