Chapter Fifty: Four Seasons Manor III (1/2)

Xiao Yu sat along the window ledge, spacing out as he leaned against the glass. The window was sealed to prevent the hyperactive Xiao Yu from accidentally rolling out the window.

It was day time when Xiao Yu finally understood why this manor was named Four Seasons Manor.

It didn’t look real at night as Xiao Yu had only seen the brilliant red maple leaves and missed out on the fact that the Four Seasons Manor was actually surrounded by three colorful layers.

Aside from the maple forest, there were two other types of trees. The first, outermost layer was full of evergreen camphora trees. The dense green needles did not seem to move a bit despite the cold breeze, as if they were forever living in the season of spring, full of abundant greenery. The second layer was the golden-yellowish maidenhair tree whose leaves glowed under the sunlight like a bountiful autumn October. As for the innermost third layer, it was represented by the beauty of all trees – the maple forest – which symbolized the summer where the sun shined the fiercest.

If a little more time had passed, they would be able to see the last layer when the first snowfall wrapped the forest in white.

This amazing design – the design that surrounded this manor with gorgeous colors – was the reason why this area was named Four Seasons Manor.

If it was any other season, the maidenhair and maple trees would not have turned into what they looked like now. Neither was it possible to see the bizarre scenery of all four seasons appearing at the same place. The Four Seasons Manor was the most beautiful during the transition between autumn and winter. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the Four Seasons Manor could only deserve to be called a manor that contained all four seasons during that period of time.

As for Xiao Yu, he had obviously arrived a little too early. He would not be able to see the snowfall and therefore couldn’t have seen the complete Four Seasons Manor.

However, to have the chance to visit such a place, Xiao Yu felt that he had no more regrets in his life.

That mini artifact was modeled after the Four Seasons Manor, and the real Four Seasons Manor was even more elaborate –beyond comparison to the model. The exquisite floating pavilion, the twisted corridors built on the water’s surface, the skillfully constructed towering buildings, the bejeweled jade palace built with uncanny workmanship, and the white-stoned barriers – none of that was enough to describe even the smallest fraction of this manor.

Hidden in the uninhabited dense jungle, shrouded by an ancient atmosphere that was entirely different from modern life – it was truly a paradise on earth.

In Xiao Yu’s opinion, classifying the manor as a cultural heritage site would not be a problem at all. It was no less than those pseudo-classical artifacts – this manor’s history was authentically thousands of years old.

In fact, this manor was indeed passed down from Yan Jin’s maternal grandfather’s lineage. Due to its remote location, the past residents had already moved out. After Yan Jin took over the manor, he did not have any plans to handle the property, so after some minor renovations, the chairman decided to recklessly misuse the property as a vacation site that he rarely visited every year. Whenever he planned to visit, he would mobilize a few helpers whom he could trust from the Yan family to tidy up the place.

“I didn’t think that we would get a chance to visit this place this year. We were busy nonstop up until the end of the year – SI’s chief designer is too troublesome.”

Yan Jin had unknowingly walked towards the side of the window. He sighed as he estimated the duration for the next visit.

Xiao Yu heard his own name and squeaked scornfully.

Troublesome your head. With him as the ‘mystery designer’ keeping watch on YL, the human Xiao Yu was the one getting oppressed.

Come to think of it, Xiao Yu couldn’t help but recall his memories, how did his mission change from screwing up Yan Jin’s company to keeping watch on YL and attacking SI?

The situation seemed to be overly complicated. In conclusion, it was all Lin Zhou’s fault.

“I’ve asked the helpers to tidy the innermost rooms of the manor. Do you want to soak in the hot spring later?” Yan Jin asked inadvertently.

There’s even a hot spring?

Xiao Yu was stunned by the earth-shaking financial ability. The Four Seasons Manor that towered over the mountain peak exceeded the cognitive range of a commoner like him. He did not think that the manor included a hot spring. Don’t tell me the entire mountain actually belonged to Yan Jin?

Xiao Yu mentally looked down upon the evil wealthy people like Yan Jin and then returned a reserved squeak.

“Squeak.” Okay then.

“Remember to eat less during dinner.” Yan Jin reminded.

The manor’s food and clothing expenses were prepared according to the Yan family’s standard. Plus, with its unusual geographical location, the choices were tastefully chosen. Yan Jin was used to it and did not feel that there was any problem, but to Xiao Yu, it was like opening a whole new world.

Normally, Yan Jin would cook some pretty good homemade dishes himself. That included semi-manufactured food products out of convenience’s sake, or he would simply get take-out. Regardless of what junk food it was, they didn’t feel guilty at all when eating them. Yan Jin would put on his everyday work suit as well as any random shirt at home.

Which was why when Yan Jin wore a dark-colored silk bathrobe as he leaned against the recliner, picking at the side dishes with his chopsticks, Xiao Yu dropped the melon seed that was in his paws.

If a scented incense was added to the picture with string instruments playing in the background, this scene would feel like a live television drama.

“Fishy?”

Yan Jin threw the ivory chopstick onto the helper’s serving tray and got off the recliner.

Xiao Yu was scooped up to Yan Jin’s chest, making it easy for the hamster to see the well-defined broad chest under the wide open robe. Contrasted against the dark navy-blue bathrobe, the fair and healthy skin color seemed even more vibrant.

Xiao Yu blushed as he felt puzzled at the same time.

He had not seen Yan Jin working out regularly, so how could this fellow have such a good body?

Could there be some inside story? Like consuming hormones and stuff like that?

In fact, there was an inside story, but it was different from what Xiao Yu had in mind.

Yan Jin definitely belonged to the kind of people who looked slim when clothed and muscular when undressed. That was all thanks to the fact that he visited the gym regularly in the past and went to the horse racing course at least once a month.

However, Xiao Yu had met Yan Jin with very unfortunate timing. Not too long ago, something major had happened to Yan Jin.