...1943 Republic of China, Z City, Airport...

"Lily, my daughter, finally came home. Welcome back, my dear child." said a middle age guy, Travis Duo

The Duo family is one of the respected families in Z city with their quite interesting family identity, and is the 2nd highest economic earner in the city.

"Father, nice to meet you, I didn't expect you to send me home for something like this." said a young woman dressed in a Velvet dress with her European style hat while carrying a suitcase, Erly Duo the youngest, and the only daughter of the Duo family

She just returned from abroad after going there to study for five years.

"Young lady, let me help you lift the suitcase." said a servant carrying the suitcase away

"Oh yeah, by the way, where's brother? Why didn't he come pick me up?" ask Erly to Travis

"I told him to prepare himself to become the heir to the company." said Travis to Erly while laughing

After that, both of them got into the car and headed to a place. In the car, Erly saw the atmosphere in China for the first time after five years abroad, it felt very new, like a new beginning.

At that time their car passed a large fence into a large complex which only had two magnificent and luxurious mansions.

"Surprise, this is a gift from father for you, I hope you like this mansion." said Travis to Erly opening the door of the huge mansion

"Father, you don't need to do this." said Erly looking at Travis in disbelief

"This is a gift from father to you after five years of living abroad." said Travis to Erly with a smile

"But I'll be living alone in this big mansion?" said Erly looking at Travis

"Don't worry, you will be accompanied by the servants." said Travis to Erly pointing around

After that they talked for a while and then Travis came home, at that time Erly smelled the fresh air that she could finally breathe again.

After that she went downstairs to take a bath after coming home from a far away place, near her bathroom she heard a rather loud scream.

She realized that this sound must be from the Mansion next door because not far from here there was another mansion that was between the mansions she was in.

After finishing her shower, she went upstairs, and this time the screams were terrifying, she asked her servant, and the servant herself didn't know either what actually happened in the other mansion.

As night fell, Erly became even more curious about it, so she took out her binoculars to peek into the neighboring mansion through her bedroom window quietly.

"What actually happened? Why did the scream sound like someone was in pain?" muttered Erly to herself while peeking at the mansion

At that moment, there was a car parked in front of the mansion, and three men got out, one middle-aged, two was young, she saw some servants coming out of the house, and also a woman who looked like a socialite was standing in front, along with a young woman who looked neat.

"It's late at night, there are no taxis, fancy clothes, and having servants, and this mansion must be for rich people." muttered Erly peeking at them through her binoculars

At that time a young man looked back and he and Erly accidentally made eye contact, this made Erly panic, and she immediately closed the window and curtains.

"Does he realize I'm peeking at them, my identity won't be safe then?" ask Erly to herself

Since childhood, Erly has been a child who has had a very private life, she has never been covered by the media, and the public doesn't even know what she looks like.

So many people speculate that she is a disabled, fat, ugly child, that's why she was never shown to the media. She was used to living with the identity that changed for her safety.

She had been in a relationship with the boy from the company who had the highest income in the city, since they were both 13 years old, but they had never met before.

After dinner, she wanted to go to her rooms to sleep and clean up for a while, but at that moment she heard a knock on the door.

"Open the door please, who would be visiting at this hour of the night?" ask Erly standing behind her servant scared a little

"Oh, hey, I'm your neighbor from the mansion next door, I just found out someone lives here." said a tall good looking guy, wearing a suit, and smells good, is the guy she saw earlier with her binoculars, and they accidentally made eye contact

"I'm Alex Tang, nice to meet you and I brought you a little welcome gift." said the guy named Alex Tang gave her a fruit basket

"I'm Liliana Lin!" said Erly to him made up a fake name to him and then smiled a little

"Nice to meet you Liliana, I hope if you have free time come to my mansion and have some fun." said Alex to her with a smile and then go back

The night passed, Erly was still thinking about what happened that morning, but because she still couldn't be sure what happened, she seemed to know whose voice it was, the girl who looked neat, or the socialite looking woman.

Countinued...

The next morning, Erly was having breakfast at her garden outside the mansion, while reading a book, she saw Alex from afar waving at her.

At that time Alex crossed to her mansion, and the gate of her house was opened by the gardener.

"I didn't expect your garden to be so beautiful, I didn't notice it because it was dark." said Alex to her standing in front of her who was reading a book on her beach chair

"Is there something that made you come here?" ask Erly to him directly

"No, I just want to get to know this neighbor better." said Alex to Erly with a smile

"I don't really like to socialize, so I think you're wrong to get to know people, and I'm also engaged." said Erly to Alex while looking at him in the eye

"I didn't mean to, I just wanted to get to know you better as neighbour, it doesn't mean what you think, I'm also engaged." said Alex to her smiled

"You read books about English literature, it seems like you can speak a foreign language." said Alex looking at Erly book

"Lady Liu, please help me carry this inside, I think it's more comfortable to eat inside." said Erly handing her tray of breakfast to her servant

"Tonight there will be a party at our company in downtown, I hope you can come as my invited guest." said Alex to Erly

Erly just listened and didn't respond to anything, she wanted to ask Alex about the screaming sounds in the mansion, but she didn't dare.

"Then see you later." said Alex to her and left the mansion

Night had arrived, Erly planned not to go, she was still curious even though it had been a day, she took her binoculars once again to peek at the mansion quietly.

She saw Alex, and a middle-aged man getting into a car and leaving, at that time she accidentally saw a servant giving a thumbs up seems to the socialite woman and the neat dressed girl.

Suddenly the sound of traditional musical instruments was played and sounded very loud, a woman dressed shabbily with her hair messy screamed loudly and cried, the voice was exactly the same as what she had heard the first time she arrived here, the terrifying scream turned out to be the woman in shabby clothes.

The woman, dressed in shabby clothes, was lifted into a large wicker basket like a place to catch chickens and rabbits, and carried by two male servants, walk towards the back of the mansion where there is a forest.

After that, she closed the window and couldn't stop imagining what was really happening inside there. She was trembling, and couldn't think straight after seeing this horror incident right in front of her face.

That night she couldn't sleep and was still thinking about this, what actually happened. While wandering, she had a crazy idea, to break through the mansion and disguise herself to find out the truth behind the incident.

The next day she carried out the mission by dressing up like a shabby and poor person, and leaving all her luxurious life behind.

"Lady Liu, this is all this year's salary for you, go on holiday, and don't tell my father anything, I have urgent business, so I have to fly out of the country again." said Erly to her servant waving goodbye to them

The mansion is now empty again even though it's only been two days, she quickly carries out the mission.

After that she started to put on all the equipment, and walked towards the mansion next to her, in the middle of the rain she herself kneel down at the mansion gate crying for help.

"Please help me, I haven't eaten for several days, I'm very hungry, can you give me at least some food or work?" yell Erly act like she was desperate for help

...Tang Mansion...

"Sir, outside there is a woman asking for help, she needs a job vacancy." said a servant

"Tell her we're not accepting anyone." said the middle age man to the servant, who was none other than the head of the Tang family, Ryan Tang

"It must be the street beggars again, I wonder why they don't just go somewhere else!" said a young woman wearing neat dresses sat on the sofa reading a magazine, the only daughter of the Tang family, Cassy Tang

...Outside...

"Sorry miss, we don't accept anyone here." said the servant holding an umbrella to her

"But I haven't eaten for 2 days, my stomach is hungry, and my body is really weak, please give me a job, I promise I will do my best." said Erly pretend to be

"It said there are no job vacancies here, can't you hear." said the Tang family housekeeper, Sarah Yu

Erly did not give up, she begged in front, acting very pitiful, and needing other people's sympathy.

...Tang Mansion...

"Sir, how is it, she doesn't want to go, she's still begging in front, do we need to do something?" ask Sarah to Ryan

"Bring her in, if she really needs a job tell her about the rules in this mansion." said Ryan reading reports

"Yes, sir." said Sarah walking outside

...Outside...

"Congratulations, you have been given sympathy by the sir, so you will work here starting tomorrow, but first dry yourself off." said Sarah to Erly handing her and umbrella

That's when Erly smiled a little because she had succeeded in the first step, break through.

Countinued...

"What is your name, and how old are you?" ask Sarah to Erly handing her a towel

"I'm Charlene Xie, and I'm 18 years old." said Erly to Sarah made up another fake identity

"18 years old, you are still very young?" said Sarah shocked a little

Erly lied that she is 18 years old, she was born in May 1920 and is now 23 years old, but for the sake of her secret identity she changed it.

"Okay there are some rules you have to obey, first I am the housekeeper, Sarah Yu, and second all of these rooms are accessible except the master's room." explain Sarah to Erly

"All servants have to wake up at 4am every morning, and go to bed at 10pm, so no one is allowed to wander around after that time no matter what happens, do you understand?" ask Sarah to Erly with a strict look

"Yes, sis!" reply Erly with a smile

After that, she, and Sarah went around the mansion, and she was told which rooms were which. after walking around for a while, she was finally led to the living room to introduce herself.

There she saw Alex who was chatting with his family, panicking because she was afraid she would be caught for her false identity, but suddenly Alex stood up and went upstairs.

In the middle of the stairs Alex suddenly stopped and called out to her. panicking, she faced the wall and saw the family portrait.

"Excuse me, tomorrow, don't forget to take the necklace that I told you this morning, Thank you." said Alex to Erly go upstairs to his room

"Yes, young master!" reply Erly facing the wall pretend to organize the family picture frame

Alex's face looked disappointed and tired, but she was grateful that Alex didn't see her face.

"Good evening sir, madam, young master and young lady." greet Erly walking towards them looking nervous

"Who is she, Father?" ask Cassy sitting in the sofa while sipping her cup of tea

"Introduce yourself, we've heard about you from the housekeeper." said Ryan to Erly

"My name is Charlene Xie, I am now 18 years old, I am came from village Z and I went to the city to look for work." said Erly trembling

"Nice name, but do you really want to work here?" ask a young guy, with a neat suit sitting next to Cassy left while looking at her, Max Tang

"Of course, I'm very grateful that you want to hire me." reply Erly with a nervous smile

"Hey, but remember, if you want to work here, you have to be careful, just be careful." said a young boy sitting next to Cassy right, Michael Tang

"Of course I will be careful." reply Erly to Michael with another nervous smile

"You certainly look 18, but who knows what you're capable of, good luck with your work." said a high class dressed woman sitting next to Ryan, Juliet Lie

Erly realizes that she has grown up with everything being done by servants, but that doesn't mean she can't do what servants have always done.

"Just basic skills of course I will be able to do it." muttered Erly to herself while smiling to the whole cold looking family

The next morning, counted as the first day of work, and the first day of successfully becoming an intruder, she woke up at 4 o'clock according to the rules and did all her work starting from preparing breakfast.

"Okay, over here, this is finished, please set it on the table now, they will wake up soon." said a servant to another servants

"Hey you new one what's your name come here quickly and help me get this." shouted a servant towards Erly

Shocked, she immediately went there and helped.

"What's your name, this is the first time I've seen you, are you new?" ask the servant to her

"Yes my name is Charlene Xie, I just started working here last night, nice to meet you sis." greet Erly to the servant that she didn't know yet

"I'm Mary Wu." said Mary to Erly with a warm smile

"Hey guys, hurry up, don't talk too much, Soon, sir and madam, they will wake up soon!" said Sarah to them

After finishing breakfast, it is now 7 am where everyone is doing the task of cleaning the house, Erly is on the second floor, and cleaning the stair railings.

While cleaning the stair railings, she accidentally overheard Cassy and Juliet's conversation.

"Erly Duo, I'm curious about her, I've never seen her face before." said a voice sounds like Cassy

"Does she have to be this secretive until we don't know what her face looks like, we also don't even get any info what she did?" said Cassy to Juliet looking curious

"Why do you suddenly ask about Erly Duo?" ask Juliet to Cassy

"No, I just suddenly remembered that Brother Alex will meet her in 3 months." reply Cassy

"Wait, Erly Duo, that's my name, and they were talking about Alex, so Alex is my fiancé, and they are my fiancé family?" muttered Erly inwardly in shock and stopped wiping the railings

"I'm going to the city center to meet Sissy." said Cassy to Juliet

"Tell her I'll visit sometime when I have time." said Juliet to Cassy with a smile then walk away

Countinued...