Chapter 423: The Young Madam’s Inspection of The Gustin Family’s Villa (2)
“You are neutral.”
Paige caught on immediately.
Butler Beau stood there, hesitating for a long while. Finally, it seemed like he made up his mind, and with a determined look, he glanced at Paige, “Young Madam, I know you’re no ordinary person. You founded Temple in Heaven, and you’ve spearheaded the reconstruction of the slums, proving you have extraordinary means. I have a request.”
“What is it?” Paige looked at him.
“Please repair the relationship between the Master and the Young Master. I believe if they join forces, The Gustin family will enter a new era of glory!”
Butler Beau said it with the enthusiasm of a rallying cry, clearly very emotional.
Paige hadn’t expected there to be someone like this still loyal to The Gustin family-a butler who wasn’t deceitful or cunning but genuinely wanted to see peace between father and son.
Paige stood there, scrutinizing Butler Beau.
“…”
Butler Beau, initially filled with excitement, gradually grew silent under her gaze.
“Butler Beau’s stance seems rather shaky. Even with Enrico in charge of The Gustin family for years, there must still be servants in the manor loyal to Jeremy, right? And the issues within the estate wouldn’t be few, would they?”
Paige flipped through the document in her hand and then closed it.
“…”
Butler Beau stiffened, holding the document, looking incredulously at the young girl in front of him.
Just from a brief conversation, she had already seen through the personnel situation within the estate?
“Let’s go, Butler Beau. Let’s see if I’m right,” Paige said with a faint smile as she turned and walked forward.
Butler Beau hesitated for a moment before quickly following.
…
In the vast bedroom.
Enrico leaned back on the sofa, his long legs propped up on the coffee table in front of him, casually pressing buttons on the remote. The large screen ahead displayed shifting surveillance footage from different parts of the estate.
Jaden entered, carrying a fruit platter, and immediately saw Paige being accompanied by Butler Beau as she toured the estate on the screen.
“Miss is touring aimlessly like this; I’d say she won’t be done by this time tomorrow.”
Jaden couldn’t help but comment upon seeing the scene.
The Gustin family estate was unimaginably large.
“She’s not touring aimlessly,” Enrico raised an eyebrow, his gaze deep.
He had always known his woman was smart, but he hadn’t realized she was this smart.
From the moment she entered the estate, she knew exactly where to go.
“Is she not?” Jaden placed the fruit platter in front of Enrico and then stood aside, carefully watching the surveillance footage.
At that moment, Paige had just finished visiting the helipad. Though the footage had no sound, she seemed to ask something before heading to the next spot.
The closest places to the helipad were the parking lot and the scenic area with rocks and water, but Paige bypassed both and took a sightseeing vehicle directly to the hot springs house.
Jaden thought about where Paige had just been and realized, “Miss is only visiting the places the former Madam personally managed?”
“You’re not as dumb as I thought,” Enrico said lazily.
Jaden stood there, watching Paige as she looked around from the sightseeing vehicle, and couldn’t help but say, “Miss will be living here in the future; she has plenty of time to see these things. What’s the rush? Shouldn’t she inspect the new house first?”
By “new house,” Jaden meant the rooms where the couple would stay. To him, Paige’s wandering around seemed pointless. The estate was too big; a whole day’s tour wouldn’t be enough to remember much.
Hearing this, Enrico turned and gave him a disdainful look, “I take back what I just said.”
Still dumb.
“…” Jaden felt frustrated. What did he say wrong this time?
Enrico retracted his legs, watching Paige as she entered the hot springs house, his long, narrow eyes growing even more profound, a slight smile of admiration playing on his lips.
Inspecting the new house isn’t just about checking the new rooms.
He had decided to make the estate their wedding venue, but the only things here were the traces of his late mother and sister, and their future together. Anything else was unnecessary.
She understood him, which is why the Young Madam was only touring the areas his mother had once managed, focusing on what mattered.
Tsk…
Could she really finish the inspection by 3 p. m.?
Enrico glanced at his watch, lips pressed together. A week of separate beds… that wouldn’t do.
He squinted his eyes in slight dissatisfaction, interlacing his fingers beneath his chin, pondering various ways to playfully avoid the situation.
…
Butler Beau couldn’t quite figure out the Young Madam’s intentions.
If she was here to settle things once and for all, she wasn’t acting like it. She had merely been touring the estate, listening to him speak without saying much else. But if she had no other motives, the things she said in the garden clearly had deeper meaning.
He really didn’t know what Paige intended to do.
Paige stood in the hot springs house, looking at the large, well-maintained space. The white curtains fluttered lightly in the breeze.
This was her second time in this place. The first time, she had been focused on leaving Enrico and had barely looked around.
Now standing in the center, she scanned the entire hot springs house, her gaze landing on a certain window.
Paige walked over to it, pulling back the curtains. Outside, there was no picturesque view-just a dark, barren stone wall blocking the sunlight, a chaotic mess of rocks.
“What is this?” Paige asked.
The maid responsible for cleaning the hot springs house immediately stepped forward and respectfully bowed her head, replying, “Young Madam, this was originally Madam Leah’s plan for a hot spring mountain, but after the Young Master took over the estate, he ordered it to be torn down.”
Paige glanced at the messy rocks outside, then turned her sharp gaze to Butler Beau. “Was it really Leah who built this?”
“…”
Butler Beau felt a shiver under her gaze, unable to respond.
Paige didn’t press further, smiling lightly, “I see. Let’s move to the next place.”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.
Butler Beau quickly followed, explaining as they walked, “Young Madam, Madam Annie also managed…”
“At the time, Enrico personally oversaw the dismantling of the hot spring mountain outside?” Paige interrupted.
Butler Beau hesitated. Ever since Paige entered the estate, she had maintained a calm demeanor, as if casually touring, yet he felt that this young woman saw through everything. There was no room for deception.
Compared to the Young Master, this Young Madam was… even more formidable.
After a long pause, he finally said, “At that time, the Young Master had just taken charge, and there were many matters with the consortium. Jaden assisted me in managing things here.”
Hearing this, Paige chuckled coldly, “So, Butler Beau, you really are honoring your debt to the former Madam, aren’t you?”
“…”
Butler Beau froze, staring at Paige in a daze. It took him a moment to realize that by “former Madam,” she meant Jeremy’s first wife, Annie-Enrico’s mother.
Once he understood, cold sweat drenched his entire body.