One Drunken Night

That same night, Li Meilin has already gone back to her young demon master's house and already changed into her maid's uniform. She was just about to go out of her room after changing when someone knocked on her door.

"Just a moment please!" she shouted to whoever is on the other side of the door and folded her uniform that she will be washing later along with her master's pile of dirty clothes into their laundry room. After doing so, Li Meilin immediately rushed to the door to see who it was.

"Ms. Yu…" Li Meilin immediately tilted her head down so that she could avoid having eye contact with this old lady standing in front of her. Even so, she is fully aware of Ms. Yu's glare that's intended towards her.

Nonchalantly, Ms. Yu said, "Have you seen the young master? It's already late and he hasn't come back."

"N-no, Ms. Yu…" Li Meilin trailed off, ashamed that she can't answer her superior's question. She is still that demon's maid. How could she totally lose sight of him that easily?

Ms. Yu, as expected from an old housekeeper, has nagged her about taking responsibility for her master's welfare and helping her to keep track of him everywhere he goes when he is away.

Though Li Meilin wanted to oppose this, thinking that the arrogant guy doesn't need babysitting in the first place since he is already a grown-ass man, she kept quiet and let Ms. Yu scold her in the next few minutes.

Ms. Yu then ended her statement with, "I hope that starting today, you will keep in mind all the young master's endeavors in case that Mr. Lim would come back here and ask you about it,"

Still, with a downcast face, Li Meilin replied, "Yes, Ms. Yu. I'm so sorry."

Sighing, Ms. Yu's look softened a bit at the girl and added, "I know that the young master is a troublesome kid and that you are having difficulty dealing with him…"

Li Meilin was somehow surprised when Ms. Yu has started to lower down her voice a bit and is now saying all of this in a subtle way.

Once she starts tilting her head up to meet her superior's gaze, Ms. Yu continued, "But if you start by earning his trust first, then he might open up to you someday. That would make your job a bit easier, wouldn't it?"

Now, realization dawns upon Li Meilin's face as she hears what Ms. Yu has said to her just now.

Thinking about it, the old lady is right. The first thing that Li Meilin has to work out is earning her demon master's trust first, in that way she should not have any troubles dealing with her responsibility as his personal maid.

That guy's father saved her from sleeping in the streets, so she should not waste this rare opportunity to earn a large sum of money and must do everything that she could to uphold her duties.

After being satisfied with the lecture she gave to this young new recruit of this household, Ms. Yu then takes her leave only after instructing Li Meilin to go downstairs and help with the cleaning chores to which the latter willingly obliged.

***

It was almost past ten when Li Meilin finished her laundry and is now folding the newly-washed and dried clothes and putting it in a clean basket that is currently placed on her right.

She was a bit careful not to mix her uniform set with her master's clothes.

All other maids who have finished their work have retired to bed early.

She can't help but chuckle upon seeing her master's boxers and murmured to herself, "What the hell is this? The rich kids can't even wash their own underwear, how irritating."

In the midst of folding clothes, Li Meilin noticed a wall clock hanging near the entrance of the laundry room and wondered by now where the hell was her demon master and why he hadn't come home yet.

Bam!

Just then, all her thoughts about her master's whereabouts have suddenly disappeared when she hears the main door being slammed outrageously. Li Meilin immediately stopped from what she was doing and rushed to see what seems to be the trouble outside.

Once Li Meilin arrives at the lobby, she caught a glimpse of her demon master right away, who is now walking past the sofa set in a zigzag motion.

"How the hell did he come home so drunk?" Li Meilin said to herself and only shook her head disapprovingly as she walked straight to her master.

Almost hesitantly, Li Meilin greeted, "Welcome home, master."

Meanwhile, Lim Xian snapped upon hearing his infuriating maid's voice and tried to straighten his stance as he maintained an irritated look in the girl's direction.

"Why are you still here? I thought I've fired you already," Lim Xian's voice was now a bit groggy but Li Meilin could still somehow understand it.

Smiling sweetly at her demon master as if nothing has happened to her at school earlier, Li Meilin replied, "You said that it's part of my job description to greet you every time you come home, and now here I am."

Lim Xian's eyes were a bit half-closed when he raised a finger and rudely pointed it in Li Meilin's direction. "I don't want to see your annoying face ever again."

"Yeah, yeah. Tell that to your father who hired me," Li Meilin only brushed it off and was about to offer help in leading her demon master towards his room when the boy only swatted her hand away from him.

"I can walk, just so you know," he says stubbornly. "And I am not yet drunk."

Ignoring his remark, Li Meilin remained behind as she followed her demon master while he struggled to walk towards the grand staircase leading to his room but only ended up tripping himself and was immediately knocked out there and then.

Li Meilin clicked her tongue in annoyance and crossed her arms over her chest as she stared at her demon master's poor situation. "Not drunk my foot."

Reluctantly, Li Meilin helped her master get back to his feet and almost dragged him towards his room afterward.