— Perspective: Bai Yueguang —

After wandering around Cui Zhengping's house, I had one thought in my mind.

Big!

This place is really big.

If this were a typical game, there would definitely be many treasure chests hidden here, requiring an exhaustive search of the map. But since this is someone else's home, and we don't have Aliyah and their skilled thievery techniques, we better give up on searching for treasure chests.

Besides, without the protection of a mini-map, there might be many people watching us from the shadows, making it difficult to find treasure chests in this situation.

However, the focus this time is on returning to the so-called Lost Continent, so it's better to avoid getting into any unnecessary trouble.

"It seems like you're not very interested in the garden, huh?"

Suddenly, Cui Zhengping turned to us and said.

"Usually, when people visit for the first time, they would ask questions or make comments about the various landscapes."

"I'm just not that into it..."

I replied with a smile.

"Although I'm interested, where we come from, we usually keep quiet while enjoying the scenery and let others introduce it around us~"

Hei Luoli said as she continued to look at the nearby plants.

Honestly, the gardens here are completely different from what I had in mind. When it comes to gardens, I usually think of ancient Chinese gardens. Most of the gardens here are tropical plants, which makes me feel a bit uneasy.

But this also has to do with my preconceived ideas since I'm basically not into art at all.

"Have you noticed?"

Suddenly, Taishi Xi whispered to me.

"Noticed what?"

"The servants and such inside this house seem to avoid us from a distance. What's going on?"

"There are two possibilities: one, there's danger around us, two, we're too ugly."

"I think there might be a third possibility - three, you're too ugly."

"Hey, hey, why the sudden discrimination against me?"

"Who asked you to call four people ugly in one breath? Try calling yourself ugly."

"Alright, alright, stop messing around. I don't know what's up with Cui Zhengping, but the situation does seem off."

"If we really want to avoid trouble, I think it's better for us to leave immediately. But we currently need to make use of the Cui family's abilities, which puts us in a passive position."

"Exactly... We just have to take it step by step. Besides, as long as we protect Hei Luoli, everything else can be handled. There's nothing on this continent that we need to worry about. If anything happens, we'll just deal with it head-on."

"...I feel like you're getting closer to Fir's reckless way of doing things. Did you run out of the medication the doctor prescribed to you?"

"You're the one who needs the medication!"

I didn't argue with a woman, although most of the time, I always felt that Taishi Xi acted more like a man.

I was talking about personality, not appearance.

"How about I take you guys to wander around in Wanzhao City? The night scenery in Wanzhao City is quite beautiful."

Suddenly, Cui Zhengping suggested.

"I mean, you were just nearly killed by thugs. Why would you want to go out again?"

I looked at Cui Zhengping helplessly.

"By the way, any idea who might want to harm you? Any recent conflicts or enemies you've made?"

“No, I think everyone is pretty nice to me, and I'm nice to everyone too,” the guy responded with a smile. But the more I look at his expression, the more I can guess what's going on. Besides, this guy is in the late stage of being carefree. In our terms: Level 10 of being laid-back! Maximum level! Just look at Fir, that guy is reckless even at level 4, but this guy has the carefree attribute maxed out. You can probably understand just how reckless he is, right?

However, despite knowing all that, we don't actually know what trouble he has stirred up, so it's better to be safe and not wander around aimlessly.

“How about you tell us about any unusual things you've encountered recently?” Hei Luoli suggested. “Maybe the reason lies within.”

“Specifically, some unique things...” Cui Zhengping pondered for a moment before speaking. “I saw the young master of the Wang family next door being intimate with his maid in the yard, the eldest daughter of a noble family cheated at the casino last week... and also... a few days ago when I was taking a walk in the woods outside the city, I saw a very bold band of bandit mercenaries, seems like they are called... the Silver Leopard Mercenary Corps! Their leader turned out to be the Lord's youngest son, Liao Shi... well, that's about it, right? Nothing too out of the ordinary, huh?”

Damn, the list of suspects just multiplied by a lot. Who knows how many more things this guy has discovered before this. It's almost like a billion things, I feel like I can understand now. Perhaps many of the servants' secrets have been discovered by this kid, giving everyone another reason to avoid him. We don't want our secrets to be discovered!

“That all sounds very interesting, please continue, is there anything else?” Hei Luoli unexpectedly took out a notebook and began jotting down notes! Oh my god! Were you running a gossip magazine before?

“Be careful!” Suddenly, Taishi Xi shouted, waving his spear, and a broken arrow fell to the ground! I turned to see a figure leaping from the roof and dashing towards the outside.

“I'll go after them! You stay here and protect them,” Taishi Xi said, leaping onto the roof and chasing after the figure.

“It all seems too obvious...” I said, looking in the direction Taishi Xi went. “This clearly looks like luring the tiger away from the mountain, a way to weaken our combat strength.”

“Haha, indeed, you have foresight,” suddenly, several guys with red nametags appeared in the courtyard.

Sure enough, we had been surrounded earlier, but their invisibility skills were just too good.

“I'm sorry it took us so long to find out, but, with just you three, it might be a bit difficult to save the Cui family's pet,” one of them said. “I'm not trying to make it hard for you, better leave now, we won't chase you.”

“It seems that what the young master of the Cui family mentioned earlier has nothing to do with your master,” I chuckled, gripping the hilt of my blade. “I'm starting to get interested... Oh, you said we three can't save Cui Zhengping's life? Underestimating us, aren't you?”

With that, I rushed forward in a single stride, swung my blade as I felt, and then sheathed it.

“Err...” The guy who was just talking clutched his neck, now gushing blood, and collapsed, his eyes filled with disbelief.

“It seems I was enough on my own.”