Ten Years of Yearning. My Love, Let Me Protect You.

Teenagers and young ladies would usually love such pure, refined and elegant cute designs. Luo Lixi's little heart still preferred those things Pan Er Jiu was also one of them. When she imagined the end product, her eyes lit up in joy. 

"Madam, I never knew you are so talented!" Pan Er Jiu beamed with joy as she carefully kept the things away in a storage box. Her mindset was, the designs were rare treasures and needed to be protected!

If anyone was in Luo Lixi's place, she would be grinning from ear to ear. But rather than basking in others' admiration, Luo Lixi turned to Pan Er Jiu and asked as she wiped her fingers with a towel, "Jiu, you say, how much will the portrait earn if I sell?"

"Umm… 5 dollars?" Pan Er Jiu guessed. 

"Dollars?" 

"Hmm… Ah! Because I lived abroad for a long time, the habit stayed behind." Pan Er Jiu replied as she scratched her head. 

"I understand." Luo Lixi smiled. After a while, when Pan Er Jiu and Yang Meili were busy collecting hers and their designs, she asked. 

"My work is done. I will go somewhere in a while. Will you accompany me, Er Jiu?" 

"Of course." Pan Er Jiu beamed as she glanced at Luo Lixi. She was more than willing to do so. 

"Madam Sheng, what about me?! You… you don't love me anymore… sob~" Yang Meili said dramatically as she wiped her nonexistent tears. 

"Ah? When did I even love you in the first place? I like men! Also, stop with 'Madam Sheng'. Call me, Miss Luo." Luo Lixi couldn't bear to listen to the Madam Sheng part. It gave the illusion that she was an old lady. 

"Alright, Madam Sheng." Yang Meili said as she wiped her nonexistent tears again. Before Sheng Ruming, she would feel stressed but in front of Luo Lixi, she could relax and joke sometimes. 

'Such a drama queen…' Luo Lixi chuckled as she shook her head in helplessness. 

… 

As they talked, Luo Lixi and Pan Er Jiu walked out of the company. They went to the black modified car. When Luo Lixi opened the car door, Pan Er Jiu was shocked. The inside was something she had not witnessed before. 

"Get in." Luo Lixi said as she entered and sat on the driver's seat. Pan Er Jiu slowly stepped in and sat on the co-pilot seat. Just the soft feeling beneath her butt made Pan Er Jiu shocked. 

It was so comfortable that she wanted to bounce on it and enjoy it while it lasted!

Right at that moment, a man in black bodyguard attire walked up to the black car. Pan Er Jiu woke up from her trance and blinking her eyes she turned to Luo Lixi as she whispered. "Someone has come."

"Madam, where are you going?" The bodyguard stood beside the driver's seat and asked politely. 

"Hmm?" Luo Lixi vaguely replied as she guessed he must be the man who was in charge of looking after her. 

"I am just going somewhere for a moment. Will be back in a few hours." Luo Lixi explained quickly as she turned to look ahead. 

"Sorry, madam, but we will have to follow you. It's a direct order from sir." One of them said straightly. "Should I drive the car for you?"

"No need. I can drive myself. If you want, you can follow." While saying that, she turned on the engine, ready to leave at any moment. 

"All right. Thanks for your understanding." The guard replied as he turned around. After Luo Lixi's car drove away from the parking lot, another car followed her closely. 

...

Luo Lixi gave the GPS a coordinate of the address she got in her phone. In no time, she arrived at the place where it was given in the email. Even though she had yet to know who had sent her the email, Luo Lixi asked Zhao Yichen for help.

The bodyguards around that place were alarmed when an unfamiliar car stopped in front of the entrance. But when they saw Luo Lixi and Pan Er Jiu stepping out, they relaxed. 

After all, who didn't know about Luo Lixi's identity in Ming city after she married Sheng Ruming while breaking many ladies hearts.

"Madam." The guards greeted her. Luo Lixi swept her eyes around the place and then concentrated at the entrance. When the guards greeted her with enthusiasm, she realised that all of them were Sheng Ruming's men. 

"Open the gate for me. I just came here today to check on something." Luo Lixi's eyes bent into crescent moons as she said. The guards naturally opened the gate for her. 

While entering, she turned towards the guards and said with a smile, "Don't bother Ruming about my arrival here. He's busy."

"Alright." The guards nodded as they thought that Sheng Ruming knew about her coming here or else how would she know this place? 

Thus Luo Lixi walked in front and Pan Er Jiu followed her. Both of them stood before the door entrance of the mansion. Even though it wasn't as grand as the villa of Luo Mansion or Sheng villa, it was much better than average. 

Luo Lixi pushed the door and walked in. Pan Er Jiu glanced around quietly. After walking for a few seconds, Luo Lixi stopped a woman who was in a maid outfit, carrying a book. 

"Excuse me. Do you know where I can find her?" Luo Lixi asked as she showed her the picture on her phone. The woman glanced at it and then turned to Luo Lixi in displeasure. 

'Yet another caretaker?! Why do you all come to take a bite of my salary?! Ain't I enough?' The woman thought as she threw a displeased sight on Luo Lixi and Pan Er Jiu. 

"You must be the new nanny of that vain woman! Start working from now on, now that you have come! Take it to the garden and give it to the one in purple clothing." While speaking, the woman stuffed the book in Luo Lixi's hand while pointing in one direction and left with a hump!

"Madam, that person must have mistaken you for someone. Give me the book." Pan Er Jiu whispered as she tried to take the book from Luo Lixi but she shook her head. 

"No need. Let's go to where she pointed." Right after saying that, Luo Lixi began to walk towards the east side of the mansion. Right in front of her, under the sun, a woman in purple clothing was resting on a couch like a lazy cat. 

Besides, two maids were fanning her with folding fans. They had ugly expressions as they stared down on the ground while being drenched in sweat. 

The woman noticed Luo Lixi and her eyes fell on the book in the other party's hand. She asked with a frown, "Why are you still standing there?! I have been waiting for the book for a long time!"

Luo Lixi stared at the woman who looked very pretty. Her hands clenched tightly as she walked up to her. 

"Here… By the way, what is your name?'' She asked while handing the book to her. 

The woman showed a fierce look while speaking with disdain, "If you want to work here and get a bonus in the future, don't ask so many questions! Now get down and massage my feet. It's hurting a little. You all made me wait a lot for a book!" 

While speaking, the woman gently stroked her belly with a pained face which attracted Luo Lixi's attention. Her eyes narrowed as she glanced at the other woman's belly.

A lump formed in her throat as Luo Lixi asked with difficulty, "Are you pregnant?"

The woman became silent for a while as her eyes turned unfocused. After a while, she straightened up and said with irritation. "Why will a grown woman need so many caretakers if she isn't pregnant?! Such a damn you are! Now, get down and start working!"

Pan Er Jiu who was standing behind Luo Lixi couldn't stand it and walked ahead to tell the woman about the real identity of her Madam. Luo Lixi stopped her with her hand and said to the woman, "I am not the new caretaker you have been expecting. Rather, I want to ask you a question... whose child is this?"

"Of course... It's my… husband's and mine! Or who will it belong to?!" She glanced at Luo Lixi strangely and said with a shy smile while looking ahead. Only she knew how bitter she felt at that moment.

"Why did you slow down?! Increase your speed. Didn't you eat today?!" The woman turned to the maid and vented her anger.

Luo Lixi saw her with silence and turned around. Without looking anywhere, she walked straight to leave the place. 

"Madam, who is she?" Pan Er Jiu asked with confusion as she followed her hurriedly. 

"Nobody." Luo Lixi murmured in a low voice and walked out of the mansion in large steps. For a moment, she felt like throwing the woman out of here but temporarily stopped this thought.