I Turned Out To Be The Paranoid Villain’s White Moonlight - Chapter 8

After resting for the night, the people sent to help Zhan Yao move arrived early the next morning.

The original Zhan Yao had lived extremely frugally over the years and had basically bought only daily necessities. Forget jewelry and skincare products—she did not even own many clothes or shoes.

Once everything was packed into boxes, the amount was pitifully small.

“Is this everything, Miss Zhan?” asked the young woman in charge.

“Mm.” Zhan Yao nodded. “Thanks for the hard work.”

“It’s no trouble…” The young woman shook her head, then directed more than a dozen people to carry the four boxes outside.

“Yaoyao, are you really leaving?” Ding Xiaoxiao sighed. After living together for three years, she was genuinely reluctant to see her roommate suddenly move away. “We’re going to miss you.”

“Make sure you take good care of yourself,” Jiang Yi added. “Come back and visit whenever you miss us.”

“Don’t worry.” Zhan Yao smiled. “I definitely will.”

“Is this friend of yours really reliable?” After hesitating for a while, Jiang Yi ultimately could not stop herself from asking.

Zhan Yao was beautiful and outstanding, so it was not strange for her to know someone like that. However, after what had happened with that scumbag Xu Yingxi, Jiang Yi could not help feeling wary of these wealthy heirs and heiresses. She was afraid Zhan Yao might be mistreated again.

“I’m still a little worried.”

Zhan Yao shook her head. “It’s fine. She’s someone I can trust.”

“I’ll stay there for a few days first and familiarize myself with the place.” Although they were parting, there would still be plenty of chances to see each other in the future. Zhan Yao did not want the atmosphere to become too heavy, so she continued, “Once everything is properly arranged, I’ll invite you over and treat you to a feast.”

“All right, all right.” Jiang Yi and Ding Xiaoxiao quickly nodded, neither of them catching the deeper meaning behind her words.

Only the system understood exactly what Zhan Yao meant.

“H-How are you planning to arrange it…? You’re not going to turn the entire house upside down, are you?”

As soon as it finished speaking, Zhan Yao replied, “Mm. Why not?”

After all, Yu Wanqiao had already agreed.

As the wealthy and beautiful main villain of the original novel, Yu Wanqiao owned properties everywhere. Taking Zhan Yao’s studies into consideration, she had decided to settle her in a villa near the university.

The villa had only been purchased recently and was staffed with a housekeeper and several servants. Although it was fully furnished and equipped, many details still needed to be adjusted and carefully planned before it could become truly comfortable to live in.

Zhan Yao happened to be bored every day. The moment Yu Wanqiao called to ask for her opinion, she readily agreed.

“I can really do whatever I like?” Zhan Yao asked.

“Mm,” Yu Wanqiao replied. “I’ll leave everything to you, Yaoyao.”

“I’ll also compensate you for your effort afterward.”

This was an unbelievably good deal. Not only could she remodel the place however she wanted, but she would even be paid afterward.

Delighted, Zhan Yao immediately decided that Yu Wanqiao’s bedroom would be the first place she renovated.

“All right, I understand.” She nodded. “I’ll hang up if there’s nothing else.”

She was about to end the call when Yu Wanqiao’s voice came through again.

“Wait.”

Zhan Yao paused. Assuming she still had something to explain, she raised the phone back to her ear.

“What is it?”

Yu Wanqiao seemed to fall silent for several seconds. Whatever she was thinking, it took her a while to speak.

“I’ll come home early tonight.”

Her voice was very soft. Since they were speaking over the phone, Zhan Yao could not imagine what expression she was wearing. But whatever it might have been, the sincerity hidden in her tone was unmistakable.

Zhan Yao had forgotten what she had told Yu Wanqiao the night before and assumed she was merely reporting her schedule. Even so, she went along with it.

“Then be careful on the way home.”

Yu Wanqiao seemed satisfied and finally ended the call.

“All right.”

Zhan Yao soon arrived at her destination.

The neighborhood was excellent. Although it was also located in the city center, it was far quieter than the area around her university. Zhan Yao would finally no longer have to fall asleep every night to the noisy commotion outside her window, and her mood improved considerably.

Heaven knew why some young couple had been arguing in the street every night lately. Their drama was practically long enough to become a television series.

When Zhan Yao stepped out of the car, the housekeeper and servants were already waiting at the entrance.

They had long heard that someone would be moving in today—a woman who shared an extremely close relationship with their Miss Yu. For a while, they had been both excited and nervous.

However, when they saw Zhan Yao, who was obviously still a university student, most of that anticipation and nervousness immediately vanished.

S-So this was her?

Had she not been surrounded by so many people and stepped out of Miss Yu’s car, they might have assumed she was simply out on a spring excursion and had wandered here by accident.

Several servants exchanged glances, each seeing varying degrees of mockery and amusement in the others’ eyes.

“Welcome, Miss Zhan.” The housekeeper stepped forward to greet her.

Although she also felt somewhat puzzled and shocked, none of it showed on her face. Since this was Miss Yu’s arrangement, they naturally had to comply.

“Your room has already been prepared,” she said, raising a hand in invitation and leading Zhan Yao upstairs. “Please tell us if you need anything, and feel free to mention anything you find unsatisfactory.”

“Mm.” Zhan Yao nodded without saying anything more and followed the housekeeper upstairs.

Before long, quiet whispers rose from downstairs.

“With the conditions in this villa, what could she possibly be dissatisfied with?”

“Exactly. She’s just a poor student. One look at her and you can tell she hasn’t seen much of the world.”

“Haha, she was probably already too stunned to speak the moment she walked inside.”

“…”

They had actually guessed correctly.

Standing inside her bedroom and looking around, Zhan Yao truly was somewhat speechless.

It was obvious that Yu Wanqiao had never lived in this villa before. The decoration and layout of the living room were barely acceptable, but the moment Zhan Yao stepped into the bedroom, the choice of furnishings and the placement of the furniture made her brows furrow uncontrollably.

She did not know whether everything had merely been thrown together for convenience, but even the paintings hanging around the room did not match at all. Each was ugly in its own distinctive way, and none of them belonged together.

Zhan Yao suspected that if she kept looking at them, she would have nightmares that night.

The housekeeper had already left to arrange the placement of her luggage. Zhan Yao glanced outside and randomly summoned a servant.

“Come here for a moment.”

“Yes.” The servant she called, Xiao Yue, nodded and immediately approached.

She thought that although this woman lacked experience, she was quite good at putting on an imposing air.

“Take these paintings down,” Zhan Yao said, deciding to begin the renovations with them.

“Are you certain?” Xiao Yue asked without moving immediately. “These paintings were all created by famous artists. Even the least expensive one costs well into five figures. You may not appreciate them at first, but that’s all right. If you look at them more often, you’ll gradually discover their beauty and meaning.”

She certainly had plenty to say.

Zhan Yao looked at her, then raised an eyebrow and smiled after a moment.

“You’re right. I really don’t appreciate them.”

“Exactly, so—” Xiao Yue hurriedly began.

Zhan Yao interrupted her.

“Because they’re hideous.”

“…”

Those words immediately silenced Xiao Yue.

“Remember this. From now on, I won’t hang any paintings worth less than seven figures,” Zhan Yao said.

She urged Xiao Yue to hurry up and remove them, then swept her gaze around the room. When she noticed the lamp on the desk, she began issuing more instructions.

“Take this away too. And that one. That one as well…”

On her very first day after moving in, before her luggage had even been unpacked, she had already thrown out a considerable number of things from the room.

In truth, Zhan Yao could easily tell what these people were thinking.

Yu Wanqiao had never lived in this villa, so the servants had spent every day without anyone supervising them. Each of them had begun acting as though they were important figures and the true owners of the house.

Now that someone had finally moved in, not only did they judge people according to their status, but they also had a strong aversion to outsiders.

However, Zhan Yao could not be bothered with any of that.

Now that she lived here, every single one of their bad habits would have to change.

Once everything she had listed was finally removed, Zhan Yao began making demands again.

“I’m going to take a bath. Is the water ready?”

Although Xiao Yue was speechless this time, she finally refrained from talking back.

“It’s ready.”

“Mm.” Zhan Yao nodded and walked into the bathroom.

Xiao Yue stared at her retreating figure and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this demanding ancestor would finally remain quiet for a while.

However, before she could even finish exhaling, Zhan Yao’s voice came from inside the bathroom again.

“The water is far too hot. How did you prepare it?”

Xiao Yue: “I…”

“Forget it.” Zhan Yao shook her head.

She was already a little tired after ordering people around for so long and could not be bothered to make any more trouble.

“I’ll make do with it.”

“Then I’ll leave first. Call me if you need anything.” Xiao Yue immediately seized the opportunity and fled.

Since she had stayed behind to serve Zhan Yao earlier, none of the other servants had come upstairs. The moment they saw her return, every one of them eagerly waited to hear something amusing.

“How was it?”

“Why did you carry so many things out of the room just now?” someone asked. “Is she not used to living here? Maybe she spent too long living in poverty and can’t handle suddenly being surrounded by all this luxury.”

“Is she really stupid too?” another person added before Xiao Yue could answer. “She probably doesn’t recognize half the things in there. Does she know how to turn on the lights? Can she use the bathtub? Maybe she had to ask you what everything was before she dared touch it.”

“That’s not it.” Xiao Yue sighed.

She had thought the same thing when she first saw Zhan Yao, only to be forced to completely change her opinion within barely ten minutes.

“Actually, she’s extremely—”

Before she could finish, the walkie-talkie in her hand suddenly sounded.

Xiao Yue’s heart skipped a beat. Instinct told her that Zhan Yao was about to find fault with something again. She hurriedly answered, and sure enough, Zhan Yao’s voice quickly came through.

“Bring me an essential-oil burner. The oil should be rose-scented.”

“All right…” Xiao Yue nodded and hurriedly agreed.

After doing so, she raised her head toward the others with a miserable expression.

“You were all wrong. What inexperienced university student? We’ve clearly welcomed an ancestor into the house.”

“Look at her. She even wants aromatherapy.”