Quick Transmigration: Cannon Fodder's Daily Rise to Power and Face-Slapping

The butler's expression was so exaggerated that it was obviously fake.

After realizing that everyone was watching him indifferently, he lowered his hand from his mouth.

His expression instantly turned cold. With a wave of his hand, several servants walked out from behind him and entered the room in single file, skillfully cleaning the blood-stained room.

"I feel deeply sorry for the fact that someone committed suicide."

I will report this to the police station later; you don't need to worry about the rest.

The butler spoke coldly to Leng Yuexing and the others.

Zhao Ping was somewhat frightened when he saw Zhou Xian's corpse.

However, he secretly regretted that it wasn't Leng Yuexing lying there, so he wouldn't have to go through the trouble of trying to make Leng Yuexing fail her mission.

He wanted to refute the butler, saying that Zhou Xian did not commit suicide, but he was afraid that he would be the next one to be killed, so he did not ask.

But to her surprise, Leng Yuexing asked the question directly.

Leng Yuexing turned to look at the butler, her expression resolute, and said, "I don't believe Zhou Xian committed suicide."

If it were suicide, his body wouldn't be in such a relaxed position; he must have been killed in his sleep, which is why his limbs are so relaxed and natural.

Upon hearing this, the butler looked sharply at Leng Yuexing. He disliked being contradicted, so he decided that Leng Yuexing would be the next person to follow Zhou Xing.

Just as he made up his mind, his eyes suddenly widened as if he had seen something incredible.

His lips trembled slightly, then he lowered his head almost imperceptibly, and then he stopped looking at Leng Yuexing with a sharp expression.

Instead, he lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "You're right. I was inconsiderate. Zhou Xian doesn't seem to have committed suicide. I'll ask the police to help find the murderer."

Leng Yuexing originally wanted to test the butler, since the rules of the game only stipulated that they should gain the approval of the manor owner, the manor owner's wife, and their son, and did not include others.

If he contradicts the butler and the butler is prepared to kill him, then it proves that in this game, gaining the approval of the three manor owners is not enough; one must also avoid offending the butler.

But through this test, he learned that the butler could only kill for the manor owner and his wife, not for himself.

Thinking about it this way, the butler is like a bug in the system; he can do whatever he wants.

The others were also misled by the butler's actions and lost their due wariness towards him.

Unbeknownst to Leng Yuexing, after he uttered those words, a black mist, visible only to ghosts, suddenly appeared behind him.

Then the mist transformed into a human figure, coldly staring at the butler.

Under the other party's cold gaze, the butler trembled and changed his story.

After the butler finished speaking, the fog disappeared.

The butler let out a barely perceptible breath; he felt as if his heart, which had stopped beating, was about to leap out of his chest.

When Zhao Ping saw Leng Yuexing retorting to the steward, he was initially looking forward to a good show, thinking that the steward would definitely not let Leng Yuexing off the hook.

However, she was surprised by the butler's response and realized that the butler was not someone to be trifled with.

The important people were the manor owner and his wife, so he thought of ways to make Leng Yuexing disliked by them.

Just as he was pondering what opportunities might arise, the butler continued, "After breakfast, Madam will take you on a tour of the manor. I hope you will perform well during that time."

After glancing at Leng Yuexing subtly, he turned and left.

The remaining people watched as the servants mechanically and methodically cleaned the room, and a chill ran down their spines.

They didn't want to stay there any longer, so they headed to a Chinese restaurant to have breakfast.

After breakfast, the group toured the estate with the estate owner's wife.

She first led the group to a room on the second floor of the villa. After opening the door, they found that it was an art studio.

The studio walls are covered with many exquisite paintings, mostly landscapes, with a few abstract works, but not a single portrait.

After everyone had finished admiring the paintings in the studio, she said softly, "This studio belongs to Jingchen."

These paintings were all done in his spare time. After he died in a car accident, this studio was never touched, and I never came in again.

After she finished speaking, Leng Yuexing looked closely at the lower right corner of the painting and found that there was indeed a name written below: "Su Jingchen".

The three characters "Su Jingchen" were written in a strong, elegant style, clearly in the "Slender Gold" calligraphy style.

You can tell that he put a lot of effort into practicing the Slender Gold style of calligraphy, and you can also tell that Su Jingchen is a person with sharp wit and a proud spirit.

It's such a pity that he passed away at such a young age.

Leng Yuexing was carefully observing a painting of sunflowers, marveling at it, when she suddenly felt a gentle touch on her cheek.

It felt very light and cool, like icy raindrops sliding down.

Leng Yuexing turned his head to look to the side in an instant, but still couldn't see anything. His eyes were filled with anger. If there weren't too many people around, he would have used the watering can that had produced the eerie shadow.

He wanted to see which scoundrel dared to tease him like this.

His angry gaze was noticed by Zhao Ping, who saw this as a good opportunity.

He then feigned surprise and said, "Yuexing, what's wrong? Don't you like this painting? Why do you look so angry?"

He glanced at the manor owner's wife standing beside him and saw that she turned around and stared at Leng Yuexing after hearing his words. He was secretly delighted.

He hoped that Leng Yuexing would be disliked by the manor owner's wife and would fail to gain her approval, thus making Leng Yuexing's storyline a failure.

He stared intently at Leng Yuexing and the manor owner's wife.

Before Leng Yuexing could hide her anger, the garden owner's wife saw it and said somewhat displeasedly, "What do you dislike about it? Tell me."

Leng Yuexing knew it was too late to unleash "Phantom Appearance" now, as he didn't know the location of the phantom, so he could only come up with other excuses.

Just as he was about to say something, the manor owner's wife suddenly grabbed his shoulder, and seeing two lines of tears streaming down her face, she choked out, "Do you know Jing Chen?"

Leng Yuexing was completely bewildered when she heard a surprised voice from the person next to her, "How did that painting change?"

Leng Yuexing turned her head and saw that the painting, which originally only had sunflowers, suddenly had his figure appear in the middle of the sunflowers.

That was him lying asleep in the flower bushes with his eyes closed, and he was wearing a long white dress!

Leng Yuexing: ...Hehe

He didn't need to explain, but the painting had suddenly changed, which must have been done by that ghost again. Leng Yuexing was now certain that the ghost who had touched him repeatedly was Su Jingchen.

That Su Jingchen better be his lover, otherwise he'll skin him alive!