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Chapter 337. Escaping the Huang Mansion 3

337. Escaping the Huang Mansion 3

"System, system? Who is this man outside?" Lu Renkui's heart pounded.

"Let me see," System WQBYRZM had already been searching the original plot when the man appeared. Finally, it found the man's identity in Huang Muyan's memories later in the original text, in the section about the Huang family. "This should be Huang Muyan's cousin. He made an excuse to leave the banquet, but actually hid in Huang Muyan's room, waiting for Huang Muyan to return so that he could defile her. That way, he can successfully marry Huang Muyan."

"In the original text, Huang Muyan managed to escape by luck, but it still left a deep shadow on her."

"How would her cousin know the location of her room?" Lu Renkui wondered. "This house looks new; it seems to have been allocated to Huang Muyan by Master Huang."

"How else could they know? They probably told us from someone in this mansion." System WQBYRZM withdrew the blue screen and helped Lu Renkui determine where Huang Muyan's cousin was.

“The host is alright,” the system WQBYRZM said. “That guy has already run away.”

At the welcome dinner, Huang Muyan poked at the fish in her bowl with little interest—she had a rather unpleasant meal and was just hoping her parents would finish talking so she could go home as soon as possible.

The welcoming banquet was rather boring, consisting mainly of the subtle power struggles between the wives and Mr. Huang's occasional words to calm things down.

But soon, the butler rushed in, breaking the peace.

"Master! Master! Something terrible has happened! Master Feng's eye has been poked!"

Upon hearing the steward's words, the expressions of everyone present changed, especially Wang Shi, who was Feng Er Ye's aunt. Her face turned ashen as she asked the steward, "What's wrong with Feng Er Ye?"

"I don't know either. Master Feng just came running over shouting and yelling, and his eyes are still bleeding." The steward described Master Feng's condition in a trembling voice. "It's very frightening. I've already gone to ask that lame man Lin from the village entrance for help."

"How did Master Feng get his eye poked out?" Madam Wang asked anxiously. She had agreed with her brother that if the two children's marriage went through, Huang Muyan would marry into his family so they could have someone to look after them. Unexpectedly, her nephew not only failed to hide properly, but his eye was also poked out. How could she explain this to her brother?

"I don't know, Master Feng was talking nonsense, I couldn't understand him." Sweat dripped down the steward's forehead, one drop after another, each as big as a soybean.

Huang Muyan had some impression of her cousin, but it wasn't a good one. She was also puzzled by the fact that someone had poked his eye—who would be so bold as to poke someone's eye when there were so many people around?

Or did my cousin fall by himself? Huang Muyan thought, but the probability is a bit small. How did he fall?

"In the dead of night, his eyes have somehow been poked, and he's talking nonsense... Ah! Is Second Master Feng possessed?!" The most favored fourth concubine pretended to be frightened and leaned into Master Huang's arms, "Master Huang, I'm so scared!"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, with me here, that ghost won't dare to cause trouble! Butler, has Doctor Lin from the village arrived yet? If he has, have him treat Second Master's eyes. After he's healed, have Second Master Feng come over; I have something to ask him!" Master Huang wanted to demonstrate his authority as the head of the family, so he directly arranged things for the butler.

The butler hurriedly bowed and bent down, indicating that he had heard what Master Huang had instructed him to do.

Then, like a spinning top being whipped into the air, the butler spun around quickly and strode outside.

The welcoming banquet was disrupted, and the atmosphere was completely ruined. As a result, Huang Muyan was able to return to her own courtyard without any trouble.

The maid carrying the lantern led the way, with Huang Muyan following behind. She tried to persuade the maid to give her the lantern, telling her not to tell her mother and to let the maid go back to rest early.

But the maid refused: "No, Miss. The Madam said I should take you back to your room so you don't run into any ghosts."

"Alright then." Huang Muyan sighed. Since no matter what she said, this person wouldn't listen to her, she gave up her previous idea and decided to give the lantern bearer some silver notes after he delivered the lantern.

The maid carrying the lantern escorted Huang Muyan back to her courtyard and led her directly to her room. When the maid tried to open the door, she found it locked and couldn't open it no matter what she did.

Seeing that she couldn't open the door, Huang Muyan frowned. She remembered that she hadn't locked the door when she left.

Why is it locked now? Wait, where did Xiao Wan go? Thinking of this, Huang Muyan panicked. She ran towards Xiao Wan's room while calling out "Gui happy! Gui Xi!"

The maid carrying the lantern hurriedly followed, and the two rushed into the servants' quarters one after the other. The room was empty, except for a straw mat that had been patched many times and a thin quilt that had also been patched many times.

"Gui happy?!" Huang Muyan panicked even more, and the maid holding the lantern also called out the name "Gui happy".

"Miss..." Huang Muyan heard a timid voice behind her. She turned around and saw Xiao Wan tightly hugging a broom and a tree branch, bending over and leaning against the door.

"Guixi! Where did you go just now?" Huang Muyan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that "Xiaowan" was alright. She rushed over and hugged "Xiaowan" to shut up the words of the maid who was lighting the lanterns.

After giving some silver notes to the lamp-lighting maid and sending her away, Huang Muyan began to ask "Xiao Wan" the questions she hadn't been able to ask earlier.

"Xiao Wan, where did you run off to?" Huang Muyan stroked Xiao Wan's head to comfort her.

Lu Renkui, inside Mu Wanqing's body, began to put on her acting skills: "I, I just hid in Sister Huang's room. There are ghosts outside, I'm scared..."

"A ghost?" Huang Muyan frowned—what "Xiao Wan" had just said reminded her of what the fourth wife had said at the welcoming banquet.

Xiao Wan seems too young to be spouting nonsense. Huang Muyan thought to herself as she gently pushed "Xiao Wan" away, creating some distance between them to facilitate a smoother conversation. "Why do you feel something's amiss?"