Chapter 40 - The Irresponsible Young Master

Under the brightly lit neon lights, Ming Yue pretended to be shocked by Wan Yi Jun's job offer. She has already understood that Wan Yi Jun has become a softie who cares about others over these years. However, she never expected that she could easily fool him into offering a job for her, that too in a corporate office.

From the information collected about Wan Yi Jun, she did figure out that young master Wan has donated all of his assets to a trustee and someone else was taking care of the Wang corporation that was renamed into W international while he was busy being a police officer.

Of course, he had made a huge sacrifice to lead a career as a public servant. However, he was still treated as a beneficiary in the W international corporation and none of the trustee members would be able to say no to Wan Yi Jun's request.

If he recommends someone, then the trustee members would have no other option but give the job.

However, at this moment, what Ming Yue needed was a place next to Wan Yi Jun so that she could keep an eye on him and make him stay away from reaching out for her clan members.

So she carefully played her pawns to get closer to Wan Yi Jun and plotted a perfect plan to make her way into Wisteria gardens, once again.

"Wait a minute, are you asking me to work at your house? That huge mansion?" Ming Yue feigned ignorance as she stood face to face with Wan Yi Jun in the narrow alley beside the brothel.

"Yes." Wan Yi Jun replied and let out a sigh, "You have seen the state of my house. Right now, I need a maid, and you need a job, so why don't we work together?"

It wasn't a random suggestion from Wan Yi Jun, but he did think about offering a job for Ming Yue, right after she mentioned that she was looking for a job. However, she kept her humility and tried to be within her limits with a man she met randomly one evening. She tried to convince Wan Yi Jun that she was only helping him handle the mess that was created in the Wisteria gardens for the sake of a clumsy and clueless young master.

However, little did he know that it was only Ming Yue's act.

"Are you sure about it, master? We just met on a random day, and you even mistook me like a burglar. What if I turn out to be a criminal or a terrorist in reality?" She asked with a bitter smile to test his intentions to keep her as his maid. Even though she was sure that Wan Yi Jun wasn't joking, she just played hard to get so that he will not get any false ideas.

"I will make sure to arrest you, then." Wan Yi Jun replied in the same tone and took out his phone from his jacket, "I don't know when I will be able to go home after finishing the work. Give me your phone number, I will let you know when you can join."

"Sorry, master. I don't have a phone." She lied through her teeth without any hesitations. Of course, she had a phone, but in order to keep up with her poor and naive pretence of a damsel in distress, Ming Yue had no other option to hide her technological expertise.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Wan Yi Jun quickly apologized. She was someone who was on the verge of selling her body to keep herself alive. How can he even ask that she got a phone as if she could afford one?

"Its, alright, master. I have your number, and I will call. When do you get off from work?" Ming Yue suggested an even better idea,

"Okay, then. Call me around 9 in the morning. If I'm at the house, you can come over, right away. Otherwise, we can decide some other day when I'm at home." Wan Yi Jun agreed with a smile. Instead of ruining her life in some shady place, it would be better to work as a maid at home.

"So, are you sure that you will not regret appointing me as your maid, master?"

"I hope so, Miss Ming." Wan Yi Jun attentively nodded and looked at his wristwatch, only to realize that he had taken more time than he was supposed to take. "Do you want me to drop you at home or should I get you a taxi?" Even though he knew that he couldn't bring Ming Yue with him, Wan Yi Jun doesn't want to leave her alone.

"No, master. There is only walkable distance from here to the place where I live. I can manage, you should leave." Ming Yue gently bowed her head and allowed the other to leave,

"I forgot to mention earlier, your slap...it was pretty heavy. I thought you are in danger, but it seems like you know how to save yourself from the trouble." Wan Yi Jun sounded extremely surprised as he took a step away from Ming Yue, playfully pretending that he was scared of her. "Also how to get into trouble,"

"Of course, I got no knight to save myself from trouble, so I thought I should be my own silver knight and stand up for me." Ming Yue said in a haughty tone and faintly smiled, 

"Also he said non-sense about master, so-" She paused in midsentence and hesitated to complete her words. She wasn't planning to hit that drunkard, but for some reason's she couldn't refrain herself at that moment. She was fretting over it, but it seems like she has managed to impress him.

"It seems like I got the right person to work for me. Anyway, see you, miss Ming. Go home safely," Wan Yi Jun smilingly sent her off and walked away from the girl, with an unknown happiness bubbling in his mind.

By the time, Wan Yi Jun was busy chatting with Ming Yue regarding the job offer, his team members were having a conversation about the unexpected entry of Han Ze Min and possible argument between the cousins that will happen anytime from now.

While they were immersed in the discussion in the car parked beside Jiu Shao's hostess club, Han Ze Min returned to the team after checking the license of the club.

"Where is he?" He inquired as soon as he got into the car and noticed that Wan Yi Jun was missing from the team.

"Captain went there," Bing Wen who was looking out of the window pane, searching for his captain, replied without any second thoughts. "I'm telling you, I saw captain going after a woman over there." 

"A woman here?" Han Ze Min raised his eyebrows in surprise and peeked out through the little gap which was left by Bing Wen, "That's a brothel." 

"He went inside a brothel?" Bing Wen and the rest of the team was left in shock as soon as they heard Han Ze Min's words.

"Good lord, no wonder he kept rejecting Zhi Lan's proposal again and again." Han Ze Min who joined their conversation, blurted out when he saw his cousin walking away from a shady brothel in the street.

"Captain rejected Miss Zhi?" Bing Wen who got hooked by the sudden revelation, turned his head and probed more about the new gossip.

"Yes, she is quite heartbroken...Nah devastated by it." Han Ze Min sneered and picked up his phone to dial someone. However, at that time Bing Wen who was hungry to know more, almost grabbed Han Ze Min's hand and inquired again.

"Why did he reject her?" 

"You…"  Han Ze Min's forehead creased in confusion when he realized that he blurted something before the team members.

"Oh...I'm Bing Wen, the technical expert." Bing Wen scratched his hair and introduced himself in a shy voice.

"Oh, nice to meet you, and I'm Han Ze Min. Thanks for saving me earlier." Han Ze Min quickly changed the topic,

"Never mind, sir. But how did you know that we are here? You even brought your rifle." Bing Wen asked like a fan girl who got mesmerized by her idol.

"I got a final warning from your captain as well as Chief Wu. Anyway, this is going to be the last case of my career, so I thought I would do a grand entry."

As soon as Han Ze Min finished, Wan Yi Jun got into the car and asked Lao Yating to drive off.

"Whom did you meet?" Han Ze Min broke the awkward silence inside the car,

"An informer."

"Informer in a brothel?"

"What's wrong with it?" Wan Yi Jun asked in a flat voice, 

"Well, nothing wrong with it. It is just, someone may not be happy to hear that you have visiting brothels." Han Ze Min scoffed while going through his contact list on the phone, as if he was having second thoughts whether to dial the number that was saved under the name 'Zhi Lan'.

While the entire eagle team anticipatedly waited for an argument, unfortunately Wan Yi Jun abruptly stopped the conversation with his usual dialogue. 

"Officer Han, why don't you keep your personal interests out of your professional life?"