Chapter 194
Chapter 194
Yun Youyou was the first to declare her support.
“All right, Butler. I trust you!”
The Butler was not fooled by her sweet words.
“Madam, if you trust me, why do you always wait for everyone else to eat first?”
Yun Youyou had not yet found an excuse.
Shen Mingzhen realized the truth first.
“So that’s it, Yun Youyou! You make us test your food for poison! You’ve been treating us like poison-testing Eunuchs!”
After playing Emperor once, did she truly believe she was still one?
Furious at his discovery, Shen Mingzhen put down his chopsticks.
Yun Youyou tried to keep him with the sincerity of a cheating boyfriend.
“Wait! Let me explain!”
Shen Mingzhen said, “I’m not listening! I’m not listening!”
The spectators: “…”
Shen Mingzhen abruptly felt embarrassed. He had once been an aloof heartthrob. Why had meeting Yun Youyou destroyed his entire image?
Yun Youyou was toxic!
Poisoned or not, the Second Young Master had resolved not to eat.
He watched the Butler defensively.
“Stop pretending. I know exactly what you’re thinking.”
The Butler remained calm. “Oh? Then tell me, Second Young Master. What am I thinking?”
Emboldened by the crowded dining room, the Second Young Master pointed at his nose.
“You’re thinking about how to kill me!”
The Butler chuckled, revealing several wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.
“Then you have wronged me terribly. I was only thinking that Second Young Master wastes far too much food and is not environmentally friendly at all.”
“So what if I’m not environmentally friendly? What can you do about it?”
Even Yun Youyou thought the Second Young Master was courting death.
Directly trading insults with a ghost? Ten lives would not be enough.
The Second Young Master continued digging his grave.
“I set my air conditioner to sixty-four degrees all summer and leave it running when I go out! Whether I’m home or not, every light stays on twenty-four hours a day! I enjoy wasting resources, so stop preaching environmentalism at me!”
The Butler’s smile gradually vanished.
“Second Young Master, I advise you not to anger me. Conserving resources is a duty everyone should fulfill.”
The Second Young Master snapped, “To hell with your duty! Starting today, I’m leaving every faucet running!”
The Butler gave him a long, deep look.
Without another word, he turned and left.
The Second Young Master remained standing with his hands on his hips, brimming with bravado.
Yun Youyou stared in openmouthed disbelief.
Even Shen Mingzhen was awed by his courage.
Once the Butler disappeared, Shen Mingzhen asked, “You know he’s a ghost, yet you still dared anger him? Do you have a death wish?”
The Second Young Master waved dismissively.
“What is there to fear? You’re all here. Would he dare attack so many of us?”
Shen Mingzhen had no words.
“You’re incredible.”
The Second Young Master continued, “Even if he did try something, I have all of you. You’d help me!”
At his confident declaration, Shen Mingzhen and Yun Youyou silently exchanged a glance.
“What? You wouldn’t help?”
At last, he sensed something wrong.
Yun Youyou laughed awkwardly and looked out the window. “Wow, the sky is incredibly blue today.”
Shen Mingzhen stared at the floor.
“Mm… These tiles have a lovely pattern. I should ask for the purchase link later.”
The Second Young Master shook with rage.
“We’re teammates! How can you be so selfish?”
Shen Mingzhen said, “I’m not selfish. I was simply born in the Year of the Dog.”
Yun Youyou said, “I’m not selfish either. I simply don’t want to help you.”
The Second Young Master shouted, “Every one of you is completely heartless!”
He turned and stormed away.
Yun Youyou and Shen Mingzhen exchanged a look, then immediately lowered their heads and attacked their steaks.
The Vampire: “…”
When Shen Mingzhen went upstairs, he found the Second Young Master’s door covered in Talismans.
Even a bagua mirror hung from the frame.
Shen Mingzhen: “?”
What nonsense was he attempting now?
The door opened a crack.
The Second Young Master had already forgotten the unpleasantness at dinner. He whispered, “Come inside.”
Confused, Shen Mingzhen entered.
Yellow Talismans covered the white walls. A Peachwood Sword lay beside the bed, while white glutinous rice and salt sat on the table.
The Second Young Master had also wanted a bowl of black dog’s blood.
Unable to find any, he had taken a block of duck blood meant for hotpot from the refrigerator.
Shen Mingzhen examined it.
“What, are you planning to make hotpot in your room tonight?”
“Of course not!”
During his argument with the Butler, rage had overwhelmed the Second Young Master’s reason.
Now that he had calmed down, fear arrived.
“Everything here wards off evil. The moment he enters tonight, I’ll cut him in half with my Peachwood Sword.”
Shen Mingzhen said, “Oh. Good luck.”
Then he turned to leave.
“Hey! Wait!”
The Second Young Master hurriedly blocked him and fidgeted awkwardly. “I need a favor.”
“What favor?”
“Can you sleep with me tonight?”
Shen Mingzhen’s face darkened. “No.”
The Second Young Master tried to say more, but Shen Mingzhen shook off his hand and left without looking back.
Night fell.
Everyone returned to their rooms.
The Second Young Master gave Shen Mingzhen one final pitiful look.
Shen Mingzhen entered his room without the slightest hesitation.
The world was cold and uncaring!
Tonight seemed darker than all the nights before it.
The Second Young Master did not dare sleep. He curled into a ball in the corner of his room.
Even the slightest gust of wind nearly frightened him to death.
Midnight arrived.
The Second Young Master sat against the wall, his eyelids finally drooping. The Peachwood Sword slipped from his hand and fell to the floor.
Knock, knock!
He had already drifted off, but the two knocks snapped him awake.
He seized the Peachwood Sword and held it protectively across his chest.
“W-Who is it?”
Naturally, no one outside answered.
Knock, knock!
The Second Young Master sprang from the corner in terror. “Don’t think I’m afraid! I already know who you are!”
“You can knock the door down, and I still won’t open it!”
Trembling, he grabbed the salt and flung it against the door.
Outside, everything went quiet for several seconds.
The Second Young Master proudly swung the Peachwood Sword through the air. “Now you know how powerful I am!”
The doorknob began shaking violently.
Holy shit!
Was the thing outside going to break in?
The Second Young Master panicked and dragged every movable object against the door.
Under the violent pulling, the lock began coming loose.
“Holy shit! Calm down! Don’t come in!”
The Second Young Master was going insane.
“Madam! Third Young Master! Save me!”