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"YOUNG MASTER, as per your orders, everyone from sweeping servants to the head butler have been fired. I've also made the arrangements for young beggars to wait upon you in the mess hall—"
This was the personal butler of the previous 'Feng Mian Zhao', and of course, he wasn't aware that his Master was actually a Young Miss. Never mind him, everyone else but the father were fooled too. However, the current Feng Mian has no desire to reveal her real identity, completely preferring male attires.
She immediately marched to the mess hall, opening the huge double doors brashly. Some were startled, bewildered and nervous. But all of them were hungry and dirty. Yet, these were the kind of people Jesse found to be more rewarding to pay for the services they can provide.
She scanned with her pale blue eyes around the mess hall. For any beggar that met her attractive eyes, their heart would feel like lightning jolted it awake, causing it to beat so hard in their rib cage. Not for long, everyone begun to realize that the young pretty lad was the Master of the mansion, and they were eagerly awaiting for his voice.
"You, you and you. Head to the kitchen and learn from the Master Chef. In 6 months, I hope to hear some results, so I can stop paying a 3 star Michelin Chef to come teach you cooking personally. Hurry up!!"
Three beggars immediately scurried away, as if a demon with an alluring voice were gonna eat them alive. After that initial shock, many more beggars were assigned their jobs inside and outside the huge mansion. The butler listed the names down and categorized them by their tasks; dated and noted for documentation.
When all was done, Jesse moved on to studying her personal finance; How much was in her bank accounts and what other things were under her name. She then concluded she had nothing but a few hundred thousand in her chequing account, depressing her greatly. The previous owner should have some savings at least.
No longer dawdling over the depressing accounting, she called for the butler for financing books. Their library contained a huge collection of different topics, which included series of books in business, entrepreneurship, accounting, statistics, finance, buying & selling and much more. Hence, Jesse skipped school for 2 weeks and spent all her time studying the craft of money making and management.
She made sure she took notes of everything there needs to be remembered and practiced. Every early morning, she would read the news, and read books right after. In the afternoon, she would practice her Jodo, while in the evening, a full course of practice problems. She still had to restrain a little as the bullet wound on her shoulder still causes her a bit of pain.
Her schedule was packed by herself, and she was used to being busy due to having had several part-time jobs in the past. She had no time to pay attention over the mother and daughter pair whose minds were busy lamenting over the imprisonment of their main pillar, Luyang Zhao.
Since she's already called her school for a month's leave, she had another 2 weeks available after rigorously self-studying for the first half of the month. The beggars she'd hired have also eased up with her a lot, feeling very grateful for providing them with a chance to earn their own money.
The proxy head have also changed to the younger brother of her father, Luzing Zhao. He's only ever had daughters, and still in his late 30's. Jesse is not particularly close with the family, especially when everyone tried to distance themselves from her knowing she sent her own father in prison. She became known as a changed person; cold, indifferent and calculating.
Every time Jesse met up with any of her family members, all she could see were bumble bees, competing whoever had the most brilliant butt. Thinking that way, she'd sometimes find herself smiling, but no one could find out why she would suddenly soften her expression. It became one of the most difficult riddle for Jesse's butler.
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It wasn't hard for Jesse to discern which people was genuine to her or not. She immediately learnt who were on her side. Conclusion? Everyone with the surname Zhao, she wanted to burn to a stake. Secretly, she made note of that herself. If only the butler saw a glimpse of it, he might have ran away from his Master long ago.
On Jesse's third week of school leave, she summoned certain high profiled people for some discussion. By the end of it all, she managed to grasp how to do some investments and buying stocks. In 3 days, she was able to earn a few thousands, making her feel reassured that she was not running out of money any time soon. She had been secretly worrying over her workers' salary, for it was her sole decision to change all the staff even if it made all functions in the mansion slow down.
In her previous life, she had lamented how she didn't have enough time to study the things she should have to earn fast money as she was busy earning money day in and day out. And whenever she had free time, she had to stay in the house to guard the valuables, while spending her time on writing as her only sanctuary.
This time, she immediately dived into the most challenging, fast-paced industry, but also where one can earn money quickly. Jesse made steady progress with her investments, making sure she did her research in every perspective and even drew up her own long-term plan for every project.
Fortunately, her little progress did not go unnoticed by the people from the company, and they've begun speculating how much improvement can a 15 years old boy do by himself.
Eventually, by the end of the month, everyone was awed by Jesse's brilliance as she earned thousands of dollars from several good investments. And due to the times she spent on studying the Stock Market just before she goes to bed, she's become skilled at it too.
With her mind full of investments and trading, she had momentarily forgotten about the inheritance and the Zhao family. Truthfully, as long as Jesse could see her money increase in all of her accounts, she'd be able to call it a day.
Hence, a complete revolution of the moon passed by in a flash and Jesse was back in school. She briefly relieved the previous owner's memories, however, there wasn't much to remember, especially when she has been overshadowed by the younger sister despite them being in different departments.
Before walking into the center of the school, Jesse fished out her mobile phone and looked up the Stock Market. Suddenly, a smile creeped to her face, making her pretty facial features even more attractive.
Students begun to glance to towards her once, then twice, and still didn't feel like looking away, leaving themselves ogling over a certain young master.
"I haven't seen the Young Master Zhao for over a month and he appears to look even more handsome...?"
"The cool flare... indifferent and sharp crystal-like eyes. Much like the eyes of a dragon..."
"... He really does have a certain formidable aura now, doesn't he?"
Truth be told, the aura these students were most likely referring to was Jesse's happiness and confidence with money. She earned half a million just from trading stocks this morning, how could she not feel happy about that?
She's already made plans of what else to do to secure her money and accounts, so nobody can just track her movements. With the worldwide Internet, things can go awry online. Jesse did not feel secure at all.
While her mind was busy about arranging an expert network security, a few girls have fallen for her zealous charm. Her eyes were sparkling with so much passion that unbeknownst to her, her popularity ranked up.
Walking leisurely under the blooming cherry blossom trees, her ravine hair gently swayed by the breeze. Jesse briefly caught a few strands away from her eyes, tucking them behind her ears. These actions made a few guys' heart skip a bit.
By the time Jesse reached her classroom, a ruckus has been made. But all Jesse did upon sitting on her chair was taking out her silver laptop and begun tapping the keys so fast, her attractive eyes solely focused on the screen that only displayed statistics, foreign names of companies and the high-speed selling and buying of stocks, in numbers.
Another month passed and Jesse was now glowing with happiness that even her usually cold attractive pair of eyes seemed to smile. She had been steadily earning millions of dollars for weeks now, and she had made sure nothing can stop her at this point.
Suddenly, while she was putting books inside her desk, a pink envelope flew down onto the floor. Jesse swiftly grabbed for it, turning it over and over until she decided to take the bait, opening it without much consideration.
"Dear Beloved Young Master Zhao,
Please forgive me for crossing the boundaries and sending you a personal letter. If you have a moment after school, I'd appreciate it if you could drop by the Golden Bells Tree.
Much Love,
Thea Mae Matheus
Jesse was momentarily frozen upon reading the letter's owner. The family Matheus owns one of the most popular Production Agency in D country, Thyme&Lavender. For this reason alone, Jess was willing to meet the lady.
Because, what if she could catch a deal perchance? Her mind did not think it was anything like a confession at all, thinking the person might have been very shy to the point she could only communicate through letters. This was, however, an after thought.