2 Growing up (1)

Three years laters…..

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

"Zi Yan! Where the hell are you?! It's six am and you have yet to wash the laundry and start making breakfast for the masters!" A cranky voice bellowed into her ear.

Shocked awake by the alarm and voice, Ziyan jumped up from her bed. "Huh? I'm terribly sorry Nanny Lan. I slept at two yesterday so-"

"So what? This household does not feed any useless mouths. Hurry, get dressed and go wash the laundry. The clothes aren't going to clean themselves." With that, Nanny Lan rushed out of the room to complete her own duties.

"Hah...Nanny Lan is under too much stress. She's a good person, always waking me up but never reporting my tardiness to the old lady." Scratching her head, Ziyan pulled herself out of her tiny bed bed and began to dress herself. "Three years now. It's been three since I was adopted into this household. Sometimes, I wonder why I was given this fate."

Washing up, Ziyan jogged out of her small closet sized room and proceeded to the laundry room.

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From the day she was taken in, this had been her daily life. Waking up at six, to clean and cook for the family that took her in. Of course, she could not cook an entire meal, merely assisting the kitchen staff; she was still a child after all. After that, she would then get ready to accompany the young miss Wu Huaxi to school.

They both attended the Imperial's number one school for the society's elite. It was the only primary school that allowed families to bring one servants for the duration of their primary school years. These servants were all given the appropriate education as well.

After school, Ziyan would be then assigned to other miscellaneous chores before earning a break from seven to eight for dinner and to complete any assigned schoolwork. Then back to the work, sleeping at eleven. Repeat.

Naturally, this was the only part of her life that the Wu family were informed of. From eleven to five, was her own time.

"Ahhhhhhh~ Finally I'm down for the day." Rolling out the stiffness in her neck and shoulders, Ziyan walked back to her room to continue studying.

Locking the door, Ziyan opened the secret compartment she installed the first year of her stay. Inside was a small, silver 13 inch laptop. This laptop was given to her by Butler Hu; grandpa Hu.

Only he and Nanny Lan treated he with warmth, through their own methods. Ziyan remembered the day grandpa Hu gave her this laptop, it had been one year since her arrival. At the time, Ziyan had only mentioned that she wished for her own laptop once. But grandpa Hu remembered, and presented her with one that year on her birthday; June 30th.

On that day, grandpa Hu entered her list of benefactors she would repay in the future.

"Let's see what updates are on the net lately." Typing and browsing away, Ziyan mused to herself, "I should be grateful that I retained my memories. Because it has given me a method to earn money ($_$). In this world, technology is also on the rise, so learning how to programme, make computer defense systems will be the way to go. The Li Cooperation was smart on this one. That old monster Li Jinlong was farsighted and saw the importance computers and security measures will play in the future. Talking about this, I envy his grandson. Born with a golden spoon in his mouth, and a pathway to success. Not to mention the resources he will be given to improve his already god-sent talent. Some people are born with everything~"

Typing away, Ziyan continued to learn and improve her own programming skills in preparation for her own future.