Chapter 45 Butler Favorability

Regarding the matter of butler favorability, the remaining three players who gained their abilities today also began to ponder what this favorability was all about.

Having all been tricked by Lu Xiaoyao, and being arranged to rest in the same room at night, Lou Jia and Julian naturally formed a temporary alliance.

After breakfast, at the butler's suggestion, the two chose to go out on horseback. Riding slowly, they admired the surrounding scenery while taking advantage of the absence of others to discuss serious matters.

"Did you feel anything happen last night?"

"I don't know. I lost consciousness after closing my eyes. When I opened them again, my system message only said that I slept well last night and didn't wake up all night. What about you?"

Julian asked Lou Jia after answering. Similarly, Lou Jia didn't know what happened.

"My system prompt is slightly different from yours. It described me kicking off the blanket and catching a cold while sleeping. Listening to you, I think, since it also describes our sleeping state and gives an accurate description based on the situation that night, do you think it's possible that some people didn't get such words?"

"You mean...?" Julian's expression turned serious after hearing Lou Jia's words. "You mean, some people might not have slept well last night?"

Lou Jia nodded and looked up at the surrounding green grass and blue sky. He murmured softly, "Although our time in the night period is fleeting, it's possible that some players may have special circumstances that trigger the night plot, causing the system to give us different text?"

Being reminded by Julian, Lou Jia also began to consider this possibility: "According to the purchased lunch boxes, the death should have occurred at night, but in fact, we don't seem to be able to control the night... the night passes in the blink of an eye... But speaking of which, how did that player die last night?"

"Maybe... it's related to the butler's favorability? Today, the two players who bought lunch boxes last night met and chatted for a long time after breakfast."

Julian never just skims the surface when it comes to raising an NPC's favorability. Last night, the other party gave some clues, and today he still maintained a good and gentle attitude towards the other party when they met. Sure enough, the other party said another sentence about the other heirs gathering and chatting in private.

Cooperation is common in games, but the fact that the two who bought lunch boxes last night gathered together to talk made Julian think more.

The two players who ate the potato and beef brisket lunch box first cooperated, so it was probably about the favorability issue.

"Ah, that butler favorability must be an important indicator..."

After Julian's reminder, Lou Jia also realized the point. The two of them talked about serious matters while riding their horses leisurely for a lap.

They were heading back after finishing their conversation when they suddenly stopped as they rode past the rose garden outside the castle.

At that moment, in a rose garden not far from them, a patch of roses was bulging out.

Moreover, the bulging flower bush seemed to be moving.

Lou Jia: ??? .oγg

Julian: ???

They watched as the rose bush moved little by little right before their eyes until a back view that they found very unpleasant but also very familiar suddenly appeared from the flower bush—it's you again, Lu Xiaoyao!

However, Lu Xiaoyao didn't notice that there were two people staring at her from behind at all. At this moment, all her attention was on Mingmei and Mu Chen, who were taking a walk (date) nearby.

"She's..." Lou Jia was about to speak but was silenced by Julian. Soon, two more bulging rose bushes appeared in the rose garden.

"Wuwuwuwu, those two, I don't know why, but I can tell at a glance that they are a perfect match! So sweet! Wuwuwuwuwu!"

Lu Xiaoyao, who was hiding in the rose bushes to watch, was almost fainting from the CP she was shipping.

"Why are they talking so quietly? Wuwuwu, I can't hear!"

It was definitely a lie that Mingmei couldn't see Lu Xiaoyao's fiery gaze, and with the live broadcast, she had already discovered her presence.

Being watched was very embarrassing!

[Wuwuwu, my daughter's perspective is absolutely beautiful, oh my god!]

[What is this melon-eating cha's perspective from the melon field?!] The viewers who consciously switched to Lu Xiaoyao's live broadcast perspective were now unified with Lu Xiaoyao's perspective!

[Wuwuwuwu, my CP is back in business!]

[No, that's not your CP, it's our CP!]

……

"What's wrong?" Mu Chen, who was talking to Mingmei, noticed that she was distracted and asked softly.

"No, it's nothing." Although she was still not very clear about Mu Chen's personality, she was sure that he definitely didn't like Lu Xiaoyao's appearance at this time.

While shaking her head, Mingmei also moved towards the area within Mu Chen's line of sight where he could see Lu Xiaoyao.

With this move, Mingmei found herself even closer to Mu Chen.

Pretending not to know anything, Mu Chen looked at Mingmei's movements with a smile in his eyes, and moved his gaze elsewhere, as if following her intentions, saying, "Actually, compared to rose dew for skincare, rose jam is better for making shortbread to pair with black tea."

"Oh, is that so?"

Seeing that the other party's focus had returned to the previous explanation of roses, Mingmei quietly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

"Yes, I'll treat you to it when I have the chance in the future." As Mu Chen spoke, he looked at Mingmei's slightly nervous eyes and asked again, "How about I take you to try it during class tomorrow morning?"

"Um... okay." Mingmei, who was still worried about the problem of Lu Xiaoyao being discovered, agreed absentmindedly. But as soon as she agreed, she suddenly looked up at Mu Chen in surprise and said, "You know I..."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Mu Chen casually break off a rose and gently made a "shh" sound to tell her not to continue. Then, his beautiful and slender fingers concentrated on clearing the thorns on the rose in his hand.

Finally, he personally placed the repaired rose next to Mingmei's ear, stared at it for a while, and sighed as if he was a little dissatisfied, "This kind of background game doesn't even have a proper hairstyle. Your long hair should be..."

As he spoke, a gust of wind suddenly rose, and Mingmei only felt that her long hair, which she had casually tied up with a ribbon, suddenly fell apart.

She would have thought that her face would be covered in long hair, but she felt the other party's suddenly extended cool fingertips pass through the hair on her temples, and then her long hair was pulled into his hand.

At that moment, Mingmei only felt a numb feeling spread from the scalp on her temples to her whole body, making her feel a rush of breath for a moment.

Even her legs seemed to be a little weak and disobedient. Unconsciously, she leaned her body forward slightly and reached out to grab the other party's collar directly.

The other party was already helping her to arrange her hair in a half-hugged posture, but she was good now, directly grabbing the other party's collar, eliminating the little distance between them.

Mingmei: (*/a＼*)

Mu Chen: (*￣a￣)!!

For a time, Mingmei only felt her face getting hot. Too embarrassed to get close to the other party's neck, Mingmei lowered her head, and then a familiar cold fragrance shook her for a long time.

Mingmei, driven by some ghostly impulse, suddenly thought in her mind that it would be nice, if she could just keep hugging like this.

Realizing that she had strange thoughts, Mingmei immediately came back to her senses and glanced at Mu Chen, but saw that the seriousness in his eyes was not fake. He was staring at her hair without any lustful thoughts, as if he really wanted to help her arrange her hair.

In a place she couldn't see, Mu Chen almost broke the hair in his hand, and his fingertips were a little congested.

[Ghost ghost.]

[Hmm?]

[Help me turn off Lu Xiaoyao's live broadcast for a while, I really don't want this crowing to ruin the atmosphere...]

The atmosphere in front of her was so good, and Mingmei also wanted to indulge in it, but the crowing from Lu Xiaoyao's live broadcast room, which she had opened in the background, had not stopped since Mu Chen styled her hair, and she really couldn't ignore the [Ahhhhhhhh!] that was floating across the screen.

Therefore, Mingmei decided to let herself go and ignore Lu Xiaoyao.

Let her watch, if she gets caught by Mu Chen, she'll just be unlucky.

"Kiss! Damn it! Would it kill them to kiss? Is hair more fun than people?!! I want to see them kiss!"

If the roses didn't have thorns, Lu Xiaoyao would have wanted to roll directly in the rose bushes!

However, Lou Jia and the two who were ambushing in the rose bushes like Lu Xiaoyao were now doubting their lives.

Why did they think Lu Xiaoyao was doing something important?!

Why?!