Transformed into a heartthrob's simp, every day is a battleground.

Chapter 392 The Master and Madam Fight

[Drag him out and execute him!]

"Drag him out..." Yan Xun subconsciously repeated the words on the screen, but stopped abruptly when he saw the last two words.

The steward looked up shakily, seemingly not understanding where Yan Xun was going to drag him away.

Li Wu and Chi Yuan also looked at him with suspicion.

"Anyway, I'm going to report this to Master Gao." Yan Xun stopped reading the nonsense in the comments and said to the steward.

The manager immediately shouted, "This is unacceptable!"

Seeing Yan Xun's expression that seemed to say, "Who exactly is whispering in my ear?", she secretly groaned inwardly, but could only say with a wronged tone, "This matter must not be known to Master Gao."

"Why?" Yan Xun asked.

"I don't think the Gao family should be hiding anything from Master Gao."

"...This..." The steward's expression became somewhat troubled again. "If we tell Master Gao, something bad will happen."

"What bad thing is it?" Yan Xun was getting a little impatient. He found that the steward spoke in a slow, drawn-out manner.

"It's something bad," the steward stammered. "I can't say."

"Fine," Yan Xun threatened expressionlessly, "Then I'll tell Gao Ruiyun."

“Oh no! No!” the steward repeated.

Yan Xun: "..."

He looked at the manager and said, "I really will tell Gao Ruiyun."

"This is absolutely unacceptable!"

"..." Yan Xun glanced at Li Wu and Chi Yuan, and saw a similar helplessness in their eyes.

It seems the manager isn't going to tell them anything strange about these wells.

As for whether or not to tell Gao Ruiyun, Yan Xun was actually a little unsure.

The well appeared several times to stop them from going to the ancestral hall, and seemed to be a "good person". This time, it suddenly appeared when they were about to go to Master Gao's courtyard... It felt like a signal, as if to tell them that Master Gao's courtyard was dangerous and they should not go near it.

From this perspective, Yan Xun doesn't intend to let Gao Ruiyun know about this.

The steward seemed to be Gao Ruiyun's loyal servant, but he was hiding the truth about the wells from Master Gao... or perhaps he knew what unpredictable consequences would occur if Master Gao found out about these wells.

Or perhaps he knows what's in the well and wants to protect it.

"What's in the well?" Yan Xun immediately asked.

“...They are all pitiful people.” Upon hearing this, the manager finally refrained from repeating similar words and instead expressed his feelings.

"As long as you ignore these wells and pretend you didn't see them, nothing will happen," the manager told Yan Xun and the others.

It was like a warning, and also like some kind of hint.

But the more he said that, the more interested Yan Xun became in what was in the well.

What is known so far is that the servants of the Gao family all know about these wells, but the "concubines" seem to be unaware of them.

Mr. Gao himself was completely unaware of this matter.

As for these wells, the servants all said that as long as they didn't look at them and pretended not to know they existed, it would be fine.

The thought crossed Yan Xun's mind, just like he had told Sun Zhao and Gu Jia before, he really wanted to know what was at the bottom of the well.

But they can't use their tools and abilities right now, so it's not very safe for them to just go and spy on those wells directly.

Yan Xun thought for a moment and said to the steward, "Help me prepare these things."

He then told the manager what materials he needed.

The steward hesitated, seemingly not understanding why Yan Xun wanted these things.

"I see that Master Gao is not in good health, so I'm going to pray for him," Yan Xun said calmly.

The steward looked suspicious. He felt that Yan Xun didn't seem like the kind of person who would pray for Gao Ruiyun; he was more like someone who would curse him.

"What? It won't work?"

The steward shook his head repeatedly, thinking to himself, "Given how obedient the master is to Yan Xun, and how he'd rather not fight back or talk back, even if he knew Yan Xun had cursed him, he'd probably be delighted and say, 'It's good that Yan Xun cursed me. Why doesn't he curse others, but he curses me?'"

He wanted me to become a vengeful ghost, haunting him even in death!

Yan Xun had no idea what the steward was thinking. He saw the steward glance at him a few times before nodding, indicating that he would bring Yan Xun what he needed.

Then she added that the master was waiting anxiously, and that the ladies should hurry over.

Chi Yuan parted ways with them halfway and watched Yan Xun and Li Wu follow the steward toward Master Gao's courtyard.

After thinking for a moment, he did not return to his own courtyard, but instead chose to go find Sun Zhao and the others.

……

When Yan Xun returned to that familiar courtyard, he saw Master Gao, who was dressed in a very conservative manner.

He covered his mouth with one hand and coughed incessantly, looking like he was in great pain, but the servants around him remained completely silent and did not make a sound.

He was the only one standing at the entrance of the courtyard, carrying a lantern.

Having probably heard their footsteps, Gao Ruiyun covered her mouth halfway with a handkerchief and looked at them.

He waved his hand, dismissing the steward's formalities, and then strode up to Yan Xun, saying, "You've arrived."

His tone carried a hint of excitement, like a boy from the old days standing at the entrance of a movie theater, eagerly waiting for his sweetheart. Because he had no cell phone or other means of contact, he could only silently wait for his sweetheart to appear at the agreed place at the appointed time.

Li Wu raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at Gao Ruiyun holding Yan Xun's hand.

...like chicken feet, he thought.

He moved closer to the two men, "Master."

Why did you invite both of us to come today?

Looking at her childhood sweetheart, Gao Ruiyun's smile faded slightly.

"You're here too."

"Didn't the master have the steward invite us along?" Li Wu asked, puzzled. "We were just having a pleasant chat."

"I didn't expect you to be so considerate of the newcomers," Gao Ruiyun said calmly, his coughing subsiding as if he were experiencing a final burst of energy before death.

"It's because new people keep coming to the master's courtyard," Li Wu said generously. "I was just doing my duty."

Why do these two sound like they're about to start arguing? Yan Xun wondered.

He looked at Gao Ruiyun holding his hand and asked, "You've lost weight again?"

Upon hearing this, Gao Ruiyun's face lit up. "I have lost some weight. I didn't expect you to care about me so much."

Yan Xun thought to himself, "Gao Ruiyun has gone from making pickled chicken feet to dried chicken feet. How could he not notice?"

"I really hope the banquet goes smoothly," Li Wu interjected.

"We all hope that the master can live to be a hundred years old."

Everyone in the Gao family's backyard hoped that Gao Ruiyun would die soon. His words were not sincere and were even a bit sarcastic. After all, anyone who saw Gao Ruiyun's current state would know that he probably didn't have many days left to live.

“Of course I hope so too,” Gao Ruiyun said coldly.

Then he said to Yan Xun in a gentle voice, "It's windy outside, let's go inside and talk."

He didn't greet Li Wu, as if this person wasn't his childhood sweetheart and first wife, but a beggar who had come to ask for alms.

"Looks like I'm superfluous." Li Wu didn't care about Gao Ruiyun's attitude.

"How funny," Li Wu thought. "What kind of dungeons haven't I seen? Even when facing those mysterious beings in the live streams, I've never been afraid, let alone an NPC in a dungeon."

"If that's the case, why did you summon me here, sir?"

"I called you here because I have something to ask you," Gao Ruiyun said.

He looked at Li Wu with a sinister air, perhaps because of his excessive thinness.

“I’m not dead yet.” He turned to Li Wu. “I’d like to know, what do you mean by this?”