Chapter 13: A Special Lunch (2/2)

“Liu Kui and I didn’t find anything useful in the garden. The Chinese rose in the garden wasn’t anything special either, it was just an ordinary flower.” Gardener Li Hao said, “Did you guys find anything?”

“Nothing. The master was locked in his study all morning and I stood behind him all the time but I didn’t find anything wrong.” Lu Tianyi’s head ached, “When the master was reading books, I tried to get permission from him to go out of the villa or if I could possibly take patrol inside the villa to better protect him, but he did not allow it. He said that this place was very secure and that I shouldn’t pay too much attention.”

“If there’s no danger, then what’s the use of a bodyguard. Rich people sure are a pain in the ass.” The chauffeur, Liu Kui, sourly added, “I feel that he only hired a bodyguard because he’s a pretentious prick. To have someone standing behind him helps to showcase his nobility.”

“Brother Liu, why do you care about him? We aren’t even sure if he’s a ghost or a man.” The whole morning, Li Hao and Liu Kui had a good relationship as he continued to joke, “And if he is an NPC, he won’t even live longer than seven days. Maybe he’ll hang himself before we leave to find a path and bravely sacrifice his own life.”

“Oh, did what you say have any significant meaning? I think there’s something real to it.” Yang Qi abruptly interrupted, “I did what you asked me to do earlier, but I didn’t find anything. The madam and the brat were both in their respective rooms. Since they were watching me attentively, I couldn’t dare mess things around. In the other rooms, there was nothing useful, even if it were a scrap of paper. I swept the room clean this morning and wasted my energy rummaging over every nook and cranny. My lower back is about to break but still, no one came to help me.”

“…” Everyone was utterly speechless after Yang Qi’s complaint. Everyone had their tasks in the villa, which was ordered by the master, so where could they find the time to help her.

Moreover, when she first entered those large doors, the madam made it clear that only people who can clean the rooms are the cleaning lady and the maid. The maid was by the madam’s side all morning and by noon, she was delivering a meal for the eldest son, so she couldn’t help her.

Amid Yang Qi’s grumbling, Bai Yan had an idea.

He originally thought that the player matching in the morning was better than the cowardly ones that waited until midnight to play the game. If he looked at the current situation, the quality of players was a bit better, at least there wasn’t someone who would weep endlessly.

However, the improved quality didn’t equal brainpower. With just one look, anyone could see that this friendly group wasn’t that bright.

But, dull minds had their benefits as well. Imbeciles were easier to manipulate and deceive to their deaths. Wasn’t it fun to push a cannon fodder…

As his thoughts led him to that point, Bai Yan quickly dispersed this idea in his mind.

He repeated these words in his heart, “If you don’t want people to know, the best way is not to do it.(1)”, “What man is doing, the heavens are watching.(2)”, “How can there be no wet shoes when walking by the river.(3)” Feeling his head turn feverish, he still wanted to do something to his teammates, so he repeated these sayings a few more times until he finally calmed down and dismissed the notion of framing his teammates as traitors.

During the last game, he exposed his inner self to Chu Fu. As a result, his behavior was posted on the forum’s home page for six days and he felt that it was still hanging on to this day.

Unless he was capable of massacring all his teammates in one go, his identity will come into light sooner or later in the forum. He couldn’t consider his teammates as fools any longer.

Furthermore, it was optimal for him to team up with reliable players in the later levels of the game. The mortality rates of the later games were high, making random player matching dangerous. In cases where he matched with a group who would be easily wiped out, he would’ve already stepped on a dead-end at the beginning of the game, and all of the players of the group with him would also die without knowing the cause.

At the very least, there was a big prize waiting after finishing the game, so he couldn’t indulge himself for now. For his ultimate happiness, he must have self-control and give up these insignificant bouts of pleasure.

Perhaps after he revived and killed Wang Ze, he could find the app and play another round.

By then, he could play as he wanted to.

…

After the first four people explained what they gathered, Zhu Fugui couldn’t speak, so on behalf of him, Bai Yan told them what had happened earlier, “When I was in the kitchen and gave Old Zhu some help, we found that the house kitchen contained rotten cat, dog, and snake meat. There was also rat meat and a few varieties of vegetables, which will probably be consumed by dinner. During lunch time, the master and madam ate a mountain of meat. They especially liked the Three Squeakers dish.”

Oddly enough, the family’s second son only ate some vegetables and drank some soup for lunch as though he wasn’t interested in the rotten meat at all.”

An Qing bit her finger out of habit thinking of what Bai Yan had said.

It wasn’t long before she snapped out of her reverie when she heard Yang Qi screaming, “If there is only rotten meat in the kitchen, what are we going to eat? I will never eat dead cats and mice!”