"What are you doing?"
Su Fan touched his wet head and yelled at Bai Man.
Bai Man was stunned for a moment.
Clearly, she was startled.
Then she pointed ahead with one hand, and exceptionally explained to Su Fan.
"An electric bike just cut across in front of Ma Lu..."
Su Fan glanced forward and sure enough, there was a middle school student riding an electric bike.
All the anger and courage to rebel in his heart dissipated in an instant, replaced by panic and unease. He had actually yelled at Bai Man.
The next moment, Bai Man, having come back to her senses, slapped Su Fan hard across his face.
"You lowlife, what gives you the right to speak to me like that?"
The force of that slap was so strong that Su Fan's head buzzed.
"Su Fan, do you even know your place? You're nothing but a country bumpkin with no parents. Without me, you wouldn't even dream of working in a hospital, let alone question if you could get a full meal."
"You wretch, what gives you the right to yell at me?"
Su Fan wanted to say he had his dignity, but the words reached his lips and he swallowed them back down.
"Yes, Auntie, you're right to educate me; it was my fault for not keeping my place, for not discerning the hierarchy. I am grateful that you took me in, and even arranged for me to work at the hospital. You are a great benefactor, and I will forever remember your kindness and generosity..."
Humiliation consumed Su Fan's entire heart.
He resented this crazed and perverse woman.
He had merely by chance witnessed her in a compromising situation with his uncle, and although he had promised to keep her secret, she still refused to let him be, even going so far as to toy with his body.
She treated him like a little dog.
Yet, living under her roof and bound by his grandfather's dying wish, he had to swallow his pride and remain silent.
As long as this woman didn't wipe him out completely, he had to endure and restrain himself, even if it meant begrudgingly flatter her.
All the shame and humiliation had to be ground to pieces and swallowed down into the pit of his stomach.
"At least you're sensible..."
Seeing Su Fan's submissive demeanor, Bai Man was very satisfied.
The car soon parked inside the hospital's parking lot. Su Fan hurried to get out, not wanting to spend even an extra second alone with Bai Man, fearing what crazy thing she might do next.
But to his disappointment, Bai Man called out to him.
He obediently sat back down in the car.
"Auntie, do you have any other orders?"
Su Fan feigned a meek appearance, looking at Bai Man with seeming earnestness.
"Hehe, you really are an obedient little dog."
She raised her hand to pinch Su Fan's chin, then said,
"We're about to go through your employment paperwork. There are a few things I need to remind you of now."
"Please do, I'm listening."
Su Fan maintained that humiliating posture, speaking submissively.
"Firstly, nobody must know of our relationship, especially since Li Jian holds a special position. Getting you into the hospital is already bending the rules—I don't want his rivals to catch wind and have something to hold over us, understand?"
Then Auntie continued.
"Second, except in front of Li Jian, where you may call me 'Auntie,' you are never to use that term at any other time."
"Then, then what should I call you?"
"Hehe, at the hospital, you'll call me Director Bai, and when it's just the two of us..."
"You will call me 'Master.'"
Was she truly treating me as a slave? The ultimate humiliation.
Su Fan felt humiliated inside.
Yet looking at the hospital building before him, the first step towards fulfilling his grandfather's last wish was right there. Should he give up?
Just as Su Fan was about to speak, Bai Man scolded him.
"What did you call me?"
Her hand pinching Su Fan's chin intensified its grip, her eyes sharp and piercing.