"Sure."
Su Xiu stared at this family for a long time and slowly nodded.
"Honorable sir, thank you for your generosity!”
Jack excitedly pulled his son down to his knees and lowered his head to kiss Su Xiu's shoe tip.
To Jack, this was his etiquette to express his submission to his master.
The nobles liked it when their servants did this.
However, Su Xiu was not used to it.
If it was a cute girl, it would be fine, but an old man like you still wanted to do this?
Su Xiu quickly took a step back and dodged.
When Jack saw this, he was a little terrified. He did not know what he had done wrong.
"Stand up."
Su Xiu's tone was slightly cold as he said lightly," I haven't finished speaking. It's not possible for you to stay, but I have a request.”
"Of course, of course."
Jack hurriedly stood up and said respectfully," Master, if you have any requests, you can directly instruct me.”
"You can stay."
Su Xiu looked at Jack, who was already in the zone, and said unhurriedly," However, you also need to take care of and maintain this manor. If I find anything missing or damaged in the manor the next time I come, I'm sorry, but you'll all have to leave.”
"Of course, of course."
"My son and I will protect the safety of the manor. My wife and daughters will clean the manor.”
"Please rest assured that everything will be as usual when you come down.”
Jack nodded hurriedly. In his opinion, this was what a servant should do.
Regardless of whether Su Xiu was in the manor or not, as servants, they should protect the mansion from damage.
"What's your weekly salary with Sir Edmond?”
Su Xiu nodded in satisfaction and asked.
"Fifteen shillings."
Jack said subconsciously, then hurriedly added,"But this is only my salary as a butler." My wife and sons only need ten, no, only nine shillings. Of course, I'm not a butler now, so I only need nine shillings…"
"Fifteen shillings then."
Su Xiu interrupted him and said calmly," Fifteen shillings per person for now. If you do a good job, you can get a raise, but if your work doesn't satisfy me, I'll also lower your salary. Is there a problem?"
"No problem! No problem at all! Thank you for your generosity, Master!"
Jack knelt down excitedly again and kissed the ground in front of him with his forehead against the ground.
Behind him, his sons, wives, and daughters followed suit and knelt on the ground to kiss the ground in front of them.
"I'll be back in a week."
Su Xiu didn't stop them. He just said calmly," At that time, the results of your work will decide whether you stay or go.”
After saying that, Su Xiu walked straight past them and headed for the carriage at the door.
There was a carriage and a Ford parked at the door.
The carriage belonged to Cecilia, and the car belonged to Bill.
"Su."
Bill poked his head out of the driver's seat and said with a smile," Do you want to take my car back? This guy is much more stable than a carriage.”
"Oh!"
Cecilia puffed up her face and glared at Bill.
She didn't know if she was dissatisfied that her carriage had been belittled or angry that the other party had tried to take Su Xiu away from her.
"Forgive me for refusing."
Su Xiu didn't even look at him and directly boarded the carriage.
Bill looked dejected. He had no idea how his car had lost.
This was a Ford car that had just been put into production last year. There were less than 3,000 Ford cars in the world!
If Su Xiu knew what he was thinking, he would undoubtedly scoff.
What a joke, with this crouch type of car, even a second-hand Alto could beat you up, okay?
Besides, compared to a bad old man like you, Cecilia, this arrogant young lady, is definitely more attractive!
"Humph."
Cecilia proudly raised her snow-white chin and walked past Bill like a proud swan.
"Hurry up and come up.”
Su Xiu, who had already boarded the carriage, opened the curtain and urged.
"He's here."
Cecilia cried out in surprise, putting down her arrogance.
She lifted the hem of her dress and quickly boarded the carriage. When she got on the carriage, she almost fell.
Soon, the two cars left the manor one after another and headed for London.
"Is there anything you want to ask?"
In the car, Su Xiu looked at the girl beside him who looked like she wanted to say something but hesitated. He opened his mouth and pointed it out.
"Su."
Cecilia hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice," Is it really good to leave Jack's family there? There are still many collections in the manor's collection room, including paintings that you're interested in. What if…"
Cecilia wanted to say something, but she didn't finish her sentence.
"I can't rule out this possibility."
Su Xiu nodded, but then shook his head." But that's unlikely.”
"Why?"
Cecilia was confused." Because they are servants? But they are only Edmund's servants, and no one can guarantee that they will be equally loyal to you.”
"Of course I can't guarantee it."
Su Xiu spread his hands." However, after they were dismissed for two months, they still chose to stay in the manor without any salary. During this period, they obviously did not have any thoughts about the manor.”
"After all, I don't think that Mr. Edmond would continue to live alone in that manor after dismissing all his servants. This means that in the two months before we came, Jack's family lived there, but they never tried to take anything from the castle.”
"They haven't made a move for two months. I don't think they'll suddenly change their minds in a week, and that's under the condition that I, their new master, am willing to accept them.”
"But…"
Cecilia still didn't understand." How do you know that Edmond doesn't live here? How would he know that they didn't take anything?”
"In the end, we don't even know what was originally in this castle…"
Before she could finish, she saw Su Xiu looking at her with a caring gaze.
"Oh! Is there anything wrong with what I said?"
Cecilia puffed up her cheeks and said discontentedly.
"First of all,"
Su Xiu raised a finger." When Mr. Edmond left, did you see him take anything with him?”
"No, I haven't."
Cecilia recalled and shook her head.
After signing the contract, the other party left without taking anything with him.
Well, perhaps it could be said that he had taken away his anger?
"Before signing the contract, he actually can't be sure if we're going to pay directly to buy the manor today. This meant that he would not pack his luggage in advance.”
"After signing the contract, he didn't plan to pack his luggage. Instead, he left.”
"Obviously, he doesn't need to pack his luggage. This also means that he hasn't been living here during this period of time.”
Cecilia blushed.
Because she thought about it carefully and realized that it was true.
"What about Jack and the others?"
Although Cecilia blushed, she was still not convinced." How do you know that they didn't take anything?”
"Very simple."
Su Xiu glanced at her and suddenly sighed." Although the castle isn't spotless, it's very clean overall. This meant that the castle itself must have been cleaned frequently. There was no one else in the manor, so it could only be Jack's family.”
"This can only prove that they are hardworking enough, but it doesn't prove that they have a good character!”
Cecilia seemed to have caught Su Xiu's loophole and immediately retorted proudly.
"But…"
Su Xiu ignored the girl's provocation and continued," When the door of the treasure room on the third floor opened, it brought up a lot of dust nearby. This means that the treasure room hasn't been cleaned for a long time.”
"Then let me ask you, if they really wanted to steal from inside, where would they go to steal?”
Cecilia blushed like a monkey's butt. She lowered her head in shame.
Because she knew the answer very well.
If they really wanted to steal something, they would definitely go to the vault.
Even if the Emmond Family was poor, there would definitely be something valuable in the vault.
If the vault was not robbed, it naturally proved that Jack's family had not had any ill intentions in the past two months.
"That's why I said…"
Su Xiu sighed softly." When will you learn to be smarter?”
Cecilia buried her head deeper. She was so ashamed that she wanted to dig a hole and hide in it.
"Well, that's enough."
Su Xiu glanced at the girl and nodded in satisfaction.
He needed to strike a blow at her appropriately to keep her in such a state of self-doubt.
Only in this way could she rely on herself better.
Therefore, what he said just now was actually nonsense.
The reason why he was willing to believe that Jack's family would not steal was partly because of what he had explained to Cecilia.
On the other hand, he had already taken away all the valuable things in advance.
They couldn't steal it even if they wanted to.
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