Chapter 13: A Special Lunch (1/2)

Not too long later, the noon bell echoed in the halls.

The maid, Su Xiaoqian, followed the madam downstairs and saw Zhu Fugui setting the dishes. After speaking with the madam, she quickly walked towards the kitchen and helped Zhu Fugui serve the food.

With two people cooperating, it didn’t take long for the dishes to be arranged neatly on the table. However, in the end, Su Xiaoqian’s complexion became green as she realized that the dishes she was serving were coincidentally the ‘Three Squeakers’ dish.

Seeing the dying pile of rats together nearly made her stumble, so she propped her hand on the table for support. All her life, she loathed rats. She almost couldn’t help but throw the plate away.

When all the dishes were already neatly arranged, it was officially time to serve the meal, and so, the madam of the house picked up a plate and took a small portion of each dish, leaving no free space on the plate.

Afterward, she picked up the newborn mouse with her chopsticks, dipped it in the fermented sauce, and piled the sauce-colored pups on her plate. Then, the madam handed the plate over to Su Xiaoqian and whispered to her, “Deliver this to my eldest son. He is situated in the cellar. I’ve already told you where the cellar is before. My eldest son has been in a bad mood recently and doesn’t like to eat his meals. You must take care of him and coax him into eating these things.”

Seeing the helpless little mice constantly struggling and wriggling on top of the plate, Su Xiaoqian wanted to scream on top of her lungs. But she knew the consequences of acting irrationally in the game, so instead, she stiffly nodded her head and agreed with a certain difficulty, “Yes, madam. I understand.”

As she carried the plate with both hands, the weak cries of the newborn mice could be heard. Su Xiaoqian couldn’t bear the torture of holding this plate and swiftly departed the hall, wanting to quickly hand over the contents of this plate.

This led to all the leftovers, except for the ones in the boy’s plate, to be eaten by the couple.

The boy’s abnormal action drew the attention of everyone present.

Since the game had tasked surviving in this villa and taking care of the family of four, there was no way that this family’s members were ordinary people.

With mental preparation, everyone accepted the madam and the master’s horrifying diets. On the other hand, the boy was so normal that it felt out of pace.

Including Bai Yan, everyone else came up with their theories. But now wasn’t the time to discuss this predicament, so everyone quietly waited for the three to finish their meals.

“Not bad. Today’s meal was pretty good.” The full master seemed to be completely satisfied, “Especially the mice with sauce. The flavor was particularly good. It showed that the chef was diligent.”

“Thank you. Thank you, master… It wasn’t me who thought of this dish. It was the butler who taught me how to make this.” Zhu Fugui couldn’t dare to take the credit for himself and stammered as he told them about Bai Yan’s contribution, “Without the butler’s help, I wouldn’t be able to cook this.”

“It seems that our butler has some good ideas. Not bad, keep it up.” The owner was genuinely pleased, “Butler, I just received a call. I am going to host a banquet here 3 days from now. Please invite my old friends. You can prepare the banquet ahead of time. But of course, don’t forget that there needs to be this mouse dish.”

“I’ll remember it, sir.”

Bai Yan wrote these matters in his notebook and proceeded to observe the family’s second son.

Like earlier’s display up until the evening meal had concluded, the boy still hadn’t eaten a bite, allowing Zhu Fugui to pick up the tableware off the table.

After finishing their meals, the couple had gone upstairs. Seeing the boy slowly stand up and leave, Bai Yan quickly walked towards him, bowed his head, and respectfully asked, “Young master, was today’s meals not to your liking? I saw that you didn’t eat much.”

Faced with Bai Yan’s question, the boy merely raised his head and shot a glance, not saying anything.

Seeing the boy’s uncooperative attitude, Bai Yan knew not to ask anything else.

The game gave him the position of the butler, but in the end, he was nothing more than just a lowly servant. And no matter how young the boy was, he was still a part of this family. No matter the reason, a servant questioning his master was inexcusable, so he quickly let go of this opportunity, following the boy leave with his eyes.

After the villa’s three owners left the room, Lu Tianyi, the bodyguard, Zhu Fugui, the chef, and Bai Yan finally had the opportunity to get together and exchange information with one another.

Looking back, the owners of the villa seem to take pleasure in peculiar things, completely different from the blood-sucking capitalists. Having been benevolently given an hour to rest, they took advantage of this and gathered all in one place with difficulty, easily leaving An Qing’s room and exchanging information.