Raphael looked at the home she had cleaned spotless with satisfaction.
The floor was even gleaming white.
She glanced at the two people obediently sitting on the sofa and nodded slightly to indicate they could get up.
Feeling that the low pressure from Raphael had vanished, Ruina immediately pounced on her, her big eyes tearfully staring at her.
She spoke in a coquettish voice.
“Sister-in-law, sister-in-law~ Please, just let me study you, okay? Just once, it won’t hurt much.”
Raphael stiffened her face and looked at her, speaking with some displeasure.
“Miss Ruina, please show some restraint. And I am not your sister-in-law; I am merely your brother’s personal maid.”
She then pushed away Ruina, who was clinging to her.
Ruina wasn’t annoyed and just stuck to her again.
A large hand grabbed her by the scruff of the neck and lifted her up.
“Ahhh! What’s wrong with me getting close to my sister-in-law, you jerk of a brother!”
She flailed around like a salted fish, but it had no effect on Laiyinmute.
“I told you, I am not your sister-in-law.”
Raphael helplessly pressed her forehead.
They were brother and sister, so why was the sister so stubborn?
Was there a single normal person in this family?
Laiyinmute threw Ruina into her room and locked it.
The sound of violent knocking came from the door.
“Let me out! You jerk of a brother! Is this how you treat your sister? I just wanted to borrow one of my sister-in-law’s hairs, is that too much to ask?”
She seemed to have made up her mind that Raphael was her sister-in-law.
Laiyinmute had no choice but to use his ultimate move.
“If you keep this up, I’m cutting off your allowance at the academy!”
The door, which had been rattling violently, stopped instantly, and even Ruina’s voice ceased.
Laiyinmute rubbed his ears, which were aching from the noise, and collapsed onto the sofa in relief.
He looked at Raphael, who was standing there, and said tiredly.
“Don’t mind her. She’s always been like this, ever since she was a child.”
Raphael nodded slightly.
“I understand, Master.”
If she remembered correctly, hadn’t she just yelled at Laiyinmute?
Just now, when her emotions had gotten the better of her, she felt as if something had clouded her mind, and her consciousness had disappeared for a moment.
Now she was a little scared.
She wondered what kind of punishment Laiyinmute would use if he wanted to punish her.
She thought to herself.
‘Should I apologize first just in case?’
And then she did just that.
She lowered her head and spoke in a small voice.
“I’m sorry, Master…”
Laiyinmute was stunned for a moment.
Apologize?
For what?
What was this little maid of his going on about?
Why was she apologizing to him out of nowhere?
He looked at Raphael, who was playing ostrich again, with some confusion.
“What are you apologizing for? You didn’t do anything wrong.”
Raphael lifted her head and said firmly.
“Because I yelled at you, Master.”
Laiyinmute then remembered that it had indeed happened.
But a flash of inspiration hit him, and he seemed to notice something.
He stood up excitedly and put his hands on Raphael’s shoulders.
This action made Lafei a little scared.
‘Am I going to be punished after all? I knew I shouldn’t have admitted it.’
She was thinking that if she confessed her mistake, she wouldn’t be punished.
Just as she put her hand on her skirt and closed her eyes, ready to accept her punishment,
Laiyinmute’s delighted voice reached her ears.
“In that case, I’ll raise your salary to 90 Silver Coins. Your extra job now is just to keep an eye on Ruina for me when she’s here!”
His tone was filled with undisguised excitement and joy.
Raphael’s hand, which had just been placed on her skirt ready to pull it down, paused.
She looked at the delighted Laiyinmute with some embarrassment.
She thought to herself.
‘I want to die… The Perverted Sword Saint definitely didn’t see that, right? Please don’t let him have seen that.’
She and Laiyinmute had been thinking about two completely different things.
She had been thinking that she was about to be punished and was ready for a sore bottom.
But contrary to that, Laiyinmute was not only going to raise her salary but also giving her such an easy job.
He hadn’t cared at all about her yelling at him.
Had she been thinking too badly of him?
With all these thoughts running through her head, in reality, Raphael paused for a moment before nodding in response to Laiyinmute.
Laiyinmute was happy, very happy.
His sister had always been hard to manage since she was a child, and now he finally had someone who could control her.
Every time Ruina was on break, he would be tortured half to death.
He had tried everything, but nothing worked.
But now, just one word from Raphael had made her quiet down for a little while.
As the older brother, he was really miserable.
Seeing Laiyinmute so delighted, Raphael spoke with some hesitation.
“Master, maybe I shouldn’t stay in Miss Ruina’s room. I’ll stay in the guest room. It is her room, after all.”
Laiyinmute was still in that happy mood.
“Go ahead, what’s there to be afraid of? This whole house is mine. You can stay wherever you want, except my room, of course.”
When he said the last sentence, his face was very serious, as if he was giving a command that could not be disobeyed.
Even though Laiyinmute told her to stay without worry, she still decided to move to another room.
She didn’t want to wake up and see another person in front of her again.
Raphael nodded slightly, picked up the cleaning tools, and walked into the guest room.
Laiyinmute followed behind her, as if he was planning to help.
Although Laiyinmute had said that no one had lived in this room for many years, there wasn’t much dust in it.
The room was about the same size as Laiyinmute’s, just missing some furniture.
After cleaning the dust from the room, she planned to go to Ruina’s room to get her clothes.
Laiyinmute was still following her.
She didn’t know what he wanted to do.
In the end, even Raphael was a bit speechless.
This perverted Sword Saint had been staring at her the whole time without saying a word, just watching.
She was starting to get creeped out.
Who knew what he was planning?
“Master… Is there something you need? Can Raphael help you?”
Laiyinmute subconsciously scratched his cheek.
He had just been following Raphael because he was too happy.
His usual authoritative master act seemed to have slipped a bit just now.
Then he put back on his usual calm and indifferent expression and said flatly.
“It’s nothing. You go ahead and tidy up. Let me know when you’re done. I’ll be in the living room. Just call me if you need anything.”
Laiyinmute turned and left, leaving Raphael alone in the room.
Once her master was gone, the prickly feeling of being stared at finally disappeared, and Raphael breathed a sigh of relief.
She couldn’t help but think that her master seemed to need another prefix added.
The Perverted, Creepy, Crazy Sword Saint.
Thinking this, she quickly cleaned the room thoroughly.
From a hidden compartment in the wardrobe, she took out a set of white bedding and put it on the bed.
Wiping the sweat from her forehead, she stepped out to get her clothes.
Pushing open Ruina’s door, a head of red hair immediately came close to her face.
Ruina grinned at her.
“Hehe, sister-in-law, give me one of your hairs, okay? Don’t worry, I’ll be quick. It won’t hurt.”
“I told you, I’m not your sister-in-law. I’m just your brother’s maid.”
Raphael didn’t even want to look at Ruina.
She gathered her clothes into a bundle and headed for the room she had just cleaned.
“Let me carry that, let me carry that, sister-in-law. You just rest.”
The clothes in her hands were immediately snatched away by Ruina, leaving Raphael standing there a little dumbfounded.
Raphael took the maid outfits one by one, hung them on hangers, and placed them in the wardrobe.
Then she turned and looked at Raphael pitifully.
“Sister-in-law… See how hard I’m working? Just give me one of your hairs, just one.”
“Sigh…“
Raphael let out a heavy sigh.
She pulled out a few strands of hair from her own head and gave them to her.
The pain of the hair follicles being yanked made her let out a slight hiss.
Taking those strands of hair, Lafei’s eyes sparkled with eagerness.
“Hehe, thanks, sister-in-law! I’m off now. I knew you were the best, sister-in-law.”
And with that, Ruina ran off without even looking back.
Raphael was speechless.
She had said she wasn’t her sister-in-law so many times already.
Why wouldn’t anyone listen?