[Steward: Everyone, calm down a bit. The Third Young Master probably doesn’t intend to involve everyone. It’s likely just a scare tactic directed at Mr. Yu Qing, unrelated to the rest of you.]
[Steward: As for scaring Mr. Yu Qing, just have two people dress up as ghosts and give him a little fright. Be careful not to scare him too much.]
[Steward: After scaring him, quickly bring him and Miss Shen Baiyue here, but make sure it doesn’t go beyond 10 PM.]
The steward thought for a moment, fearing that some might not pay attention to this matter, and silently supplemented in the group.
[Steward: The Second Young Master asked Mr. Yu Qing to go up to the fourth floor, and Mr. Yu Qing safely came out of the fog. Remind each other, if you see Mr. Yu Qing later, it’s better to detour.]
[Steward: Otherwise, if something happens, bear the consequences.]
The entire Yang family knew what going up to the fourth floor meant.
The fourth, fifth, and sixth floors belonged to the main line of the Yang family. Even the important branches didn’t have the qualification to go up.
And coming out of the fog safely held a specific meaning that the Yang family understood perfectly well.
All signs indicated the special status of this ‘Mr. Yu Qing.’ At the very least, he was someone they couldn’t touch.
After the steward finished speaking, he lifted the mute, and the group became lively again.
[Yang Five: So who is this ‘Mr. Yu Qing’? Is he the Third Young Master’s lover? Why did the Second Young Master send him to the fourth floor? It sounds weird. Steward, did you make a mistake?]
[Yang Six: Playing games for real, wanting us to play ghosts to scare him, and then the Third Young Master appears as the hero to save the day? Tsk tsk, couldn’t have imagined the Third Young Master is this type of person.]
[Yang Seven: In this day and age, who believes in ghosts? I doubt the plan to play ghosts will work. What if we mess up the Third Young Master’s hero-saving-beauty plan? Will he blame us?]
[Yang Eight: I’m just curious why both the Second and Third Young Masters are so interested in this Mr. Yu Qing. Could Mr. Yu Qing be the lover of both young masters? A love triangle? (Suddenly excited.jpg)]
Seeing the group’s speculations becoming more and more absurd, the steward calmly revealed the identity of ‘Mr. Yu Qing.’
[Steward: No, he is Yang Chenfeng’s lover.]
[Yang Five: ...Beast in human clothing.]
[Yang Six: ...Worse than a beast.]
[Yang Five retracted a message]
[Yang Six retracted a message]
* * *
Ruan Qing and Shen Baiyue followed the players, avoiding the servants and guests, sneaking towards the left side of the villa.
The villa on the right housed guests attending the funeral, while the one on the left was for the Yang family’s collateral relatives.
Even though the players didn’t see any collateral relatives during their investigation, the servants informed them about their existence.
Although the left-side villa only had three floors, it was still extremely luxurious. Moreover, it was connected to the main villa, forming a unified structure.
From any floor of any villa, it seemed one could reach any part of the Yang family villa, which was quite strange. However, the doors between the villas were closed, and access was only possible from the outside.
It was almost 6 PM now, and the mountains in the west had mostly blocked the sun, leaving only a faint glow on the edges of the villa.
The high temperature had not completely dissipated.
Shen Baiyue somehow had gotten a sun umbrella and shaded it over Ruan Qing’s head. Shen Baiyue wasn’t tall; the umbrella reached Ruan Qing’s chest, and holding it up was a bit challenging for her.
But she tried her best, shading them from the sun, even though there wasn’t much sunlight left.
Indeed, it was more comfortable than not using an umbrella.
Ruan Qing’s delicately painted eyes relaxed a bit as he took the sun umbrella from Shen Baiyue and covered both of them.
Shen Baiyue, perhaps feeling a bit embarrassed about being too short and having Ruan Qing hold the umbrella himself, lowered her head but gently pulled at the hem of Ruan Qing’s clothes, displaying a somewhat dependent look.
Ruan Qing just glanced lightly and allowed her to pull.
The atmosphere between the two seemed harmonious, like siblings.
It was hard to tell that one was the young master’s fiancée, and the other was considered the third party.
Other players glanced at the two with various expressions. Some had a barely perceptible glint of coldness in their eyes, especially when seeing Shen Baiyue pulling at the young man’s clothes; their eyes subtly darkened.
The group was almost at the villa where the player disappeared.
There were many villas here, forming a connected circle with a massive garden in the center.
The players were currently standing in a corner of the garden, observing the surrounding villas.
Most of these villas had open gates, seemingly allowing free entry and exit.
The rooms on the second and third floors were mostly closed, with windows tightly shut. Even the curtains were drawn tightly, making it impossible to see inside the rooms.
The players tried knocking, but there was no response, as if no one was living inside.
As it was the first day, the players were unsure if they could forcefully break in, so they didn’t do much in the afternoon.
The Yang family villa was vast, but apart from servants and guests, they hadn’t seen many people.
It was still early before it got dark, and it was well before 10 PM - the rule-mandated time not allowing anyone to go out of their rooms. Not acting now would be a waste of time.
The players decided to split up and investigate separately.
Since there were two missing players and two additional NPCs, it was evident that they needed to reshuffle the teams.
Perhaps considering Ruan Qing and Shen Baiyue weak, the player with the crew cut directly assigned them to be grouped with the vice president.
Other players didn’t seem to have any objections.
The audience in the live stream room was not pleased.
[What the hell kind of grouping is this!? Crew cut, take a look at it yourself! Is this fair!? Is this fair!? The group we most want to see doesn’t even have a live stream!]
[Exactly, the vice president isn’t streaming, and the remaining two are NPCs. What are we supposed to watch!? Rely on imagination!? Why don’t you assign a player with a live stream to that group!!!]
[Damn it! Give us a reshuffle! I disagree with this group! I want to see the vice president and the beauty! Brother, please assign another player! Don’t force me to kneel and beg you!]
The player with a crew cut ignored the lamentations in the live stream room and didn’t change the teams.
In reality, he also wanted to be in the group with the two NPCs. But besides the vice president, his combat strength was the highest among their players.
Putting the two players with the highest combat power in one group seemed a bit unfavorable.
After all, all the players were nominally part of the Yong’an Guild, and someone needed to stay to take care of the other players.
So, the player with a crew cut had to give up and obediently assigned himself to another group.
Once the other groups left, Ruan Qing and Shen Baiyue both looked at Feng Ye.
Upon receiving Ruan Qing’s gaze, Feng Ye paused and silently handed him a wooden box.
Ruan Qing lowered his eyes, glanced at the wooden box in Feng Ye’s hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally took it. He whispered, “Thank you.”
Feng Ye didn’t say anything and took the lead towards the villa they were supposed to investigate.
Ruan Qing and Shen Baiyue looked at each other and immediately followed.
None of the three noticed that in a room on the third floor of the villa they entered, something had lifted a corner of the curtain, staring intently at them.
[Steward: Everyone, calm down a bit. The Third Young Master probably doesn’t intend to involve everyone. It’s likely just a scare tactic directed at Mr. Yu Qing, unrelated to the rest of you.]
[Steward: As for scaring Mr. Yu Qing, just have two people dress up as ghosts and give him a little fright. Be careful not to scare him too much.]
[Steward: After scaring him, quickly bring him and Miss Shen Baiyue here, but make sure it doesn’t go beyond 10 PM.]
The steward thought for a moment, fearing that some might not pay attention to this matter, and silently supplemented in the group.
[Steward: The Second Young Master asked Mr. Yu Qing to go up to the fourth floor, and Mr. Yu Qing safely came out of the fog. Remind each other, if you see Mr. Yu Qing later, it’s better to detour.]
[Steward: Otherwise, if something happens, bear the consequences.]
The entire Yang family knew what going up to the fourth floor meant.
The fourth, fifth, and sixth floors belonged to the main line of the Yang family. Even the important branches didn’t have the qualification to go up.
And coming out of the fog safely held a specific meaning that the Yang family understood perfectly well.
All signs indicated the special status of this ‘Mr. Yu Qing.’ At the very least, he was someone they couldn’t touch.
After the steward finished speaking, he lifted the mute, and the group became lively again.
[Yang Five: So who is this ‘Mr. Yu Qing’? Is he the Third Young Master’s lover? Why did the Second Young Master send him to the fourth floor? It sounds weird. Steward, did you make a mistake?]
[Yang Six: Playing games for real, wanting us to play ghosts to scare him, and then the Third Young Master appears as the hero to save the day? Tsk tsk, couldn’t have imagined the Third Young Master is this type of person.]
[Yang Seven: In this day and age, who believes in ghosts? I doubt the plan to play ghosts will work. What if we mess up the Third Young Master’s hero-saving-beauty plan? Will he blame us?]
[Yang Eight: I’m just curious why both the Second and Third Young Masters are so interested in this Mr. Yu Qing. Could Mr. Yu Qing be the lover of both young masters? A love triangle? (Suddenly excited.jpg)]
Seeing the group’s speculations becoming more and more absurd, the steward calmly revealed the identity of ‘Mr. Yu Qing.’
[Steward: No, he is Yang Chenfeng’s lover.]
[Yang Five: ...Beast in human clothing.]
[Yang Six: ...Worse than a beast.]
[Yang Five retracted a message]
[Yang Six retracted a message]
* * *
Ruan Qing and Shen Baiyue followed the players, avoiding the servants and guests, sneaking towards the left side of the villa.
The villa on the right housed guests attending the funeral, while the one on the left was for the Yang family’s collateral relatives.
Even though the players didn’t see any collateral relatives during their investigation, the servants informed them about their existence.
Although the left-side villa only had three floors, it was still extremely luxurious. Moreover, it was connected to the main villa, forming a unified structure.
From any floor of any villa, it seemed one could reach any part of the Yang family villa, which was quite strange. However, the doors between the villas were closed, and access was only possible from the outside.
It was almost 6 PM now, and the mountains in the west had mostly blocked the sun, leaving only a faint glow on the edges of the villa.
The high temperature had not completely dissipated.
Shen Baiyue somehow had gotten a sun umbrella and shaded it over Ruan Qing’s head. Shen Baiyue wasn’t tall; the umbrella reached Ruan Qing’s chest, and holding it up was a bit challenging for her.
But she tried her best, shading them from the sun, even though there wasn’t much sunlight left.
Indeed, it was more comfortable than not using an umbrella.
Ruan Qing’s delicately painted eyes relaxed a bit as he took the sun umbrella from Shen Baiyue and covered both of them.
Shen Baiyue, perhaps feeling a bit embarrassed about being too short and having Ruan Qing hold the umbrella himself, lowered her head but gently pulled at the hem of Ruan Qing’s clothes, displaying a somewhat dependent look.
Ruan Qing just glanced lightly and allowed her to pull.
The atmosphere between the two seemed harmonious, like siblings.
It was hard to tell that one was the young master’s fiancée, and the other was considered the third party.
Other players glanced at the two with various expressions. Some had a barely perceptible glint of coldness in their eyes, especially when seeing Shen Baiyue pulling at the young man’s clothes; their eyes subtly darkened.
The group was almost at the villa where the player disappeared.
There were many villas here, forming a connected circle with a massive garden in the center.
The players were currently standing in a corner of the garden, observing the surrounding villas.
Most of these villas had open gates, seemingly allowing free entry and exit.
The rooms on the second and third floors were mostly closed, with windows tightly shut. Even the curtains were drawn tightly, making it impossible to see inside the rooms.
The players tried knocking, but there was no response, as if no one was living inside.
As it was the first day, the players were unsure if they could forcefully break in, so they didn’t do much in the afternoon.
The Yang family villa was vast, but apart from servants and guests, they hadn’t seen many people.
It was still early before it got dark, and it was well before 10 PM - the rule-mandated time not allowing anyone to go out of their rooms. Not acting now would be a waste of time.
The players decided to split up and investigate separately.
Since there were two missing players and two additional NPCs, it was evident that they needed to reshuffle the teams.
Perhaps considering Ruan Qing and Shen Baiyue weak, the player with the crew cut directly assigned them to be grouped with the vice president.
Other players didn’t seem to have any objections.
The audience in the live stream room was not pleased.
[What the hell kind of grouping is this!? Crew cut, take a look at it yourself! Is this fair!? Is this fair!? The group we most want to see doesn’t even have a live stream!]
[Exactly, the vice president isn’t streaming, and the remaining two are NPCs. What are we supposed to watch!? Rely on imagination!? Why don’t you assign a player with a live stream to that group!!!]
[Damn it! Give us a reshuffle! I disagree with this group! I want to see the vice president and the beauty! Brother, please assign another player! Don’t force me to kneel and beg you!]
The player with a crew cut ignored the lamentations in the live stream room and didn’t change the teams.
In reality, he also wanted to be in the group with the two NPCs. But besides the vice president, his combat strength was the highest among their players.
Putting the two players with the highest combat power in one group seemed a bit unfavorable.
After all, all the players were nominally part of the Yong’an Guild, and someone needed to stay to take care of the other players.
So, the player with a crew cut had to give up and obediently assigned himself to another group.
Once the other groups left, Ruan Qing and Shen Baiyue both looked at Feng Ye.
Upon receiving Ruan Qing’s gaze, Feng Ye paused and silently handed him a wooden box.
Ruan Qing lowered his eyes, glanced at the wooden box in Feng Ye’s hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally took it. He whispered, “Thank you.”
Feng Ye didn’t say anything and took the lead towards the villa they were supposed to investigate.
Ruan Qing and Shen Baiyue looked at each other and immediately followed.
None of the three noticed that in a room on the third floor of the villa they entered, something had lifted a corner of the curtain, staring intently at them.
