Marry the NPC with Money, Wife Comes Knocking - Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Ye Susheng had already made breakfast for her and left it on the table.

Hua Suihe got up and tidied herself. The soreness in her lower back still hadn’t eased. Her cramps weren’t as miserable as the first day, but she still didn’t want to move much.

She wasn’t in the mood for makeup. She simply put on a white T-shirt and black pants, quickly smoothed out her hair, then wore a necklace, a hat, and a mask.

Before heading out, she used her phone watch to call Ye Susheng.

“Hua Hua~ You awake? Still feeling bad today?” The voice coming from the phone watch carried a bit of electronic distortion-clearly the device’s audio wasn’t great. But at this price point, this was all she could get, so she made do.

Hua Suihe answered honestly, “I still don’t feel good.”

“Ah-does your stomach still hurt? There are painkillers at home. Hua Hua, I made breakfast. I don’t know if it’s still warm, but you have to remember to eat, okay?”

The moment Hua Suihe said she wasn’t feeling well, Ye Susheng got more anxious than anyone, clutching the watch and fretting.

Down below stood eighty guests. Beside her was the Manor’s owner, preparing to give the opening remarks. Around them were several rows of black-clad bodyguards. Ye Susheng didn’t bother hiding the call at all; when the phone rang, it even played an embarrassingly childish nursery rhyme.

Ye Susheng answered like there was nobody else around, and nobody dared interrupt her.

Yi Shuang stood among the guests. When she first arrived, she’d searched around and hadn’t seen Hua Suihe anywhere. Hua Suihe wasn’t one of the invited guests-so the person on the phone with Ye Susheng had to be her.

Ever since Hua Suihe appeared, Ye Susheng, the dungeon’s BOSS, had been acting strangely. Either she would completely slack off at work because all she wanted was to date, or she would work with unusual enthusiasm just so she could clock out early and go date.

If Hua Suihe wasn’t at the scene… then Ye Susheng would probably go with the latter half of the plan, and the danger level would spike.

She kept chatting sweetly with the person on the other end for a good while. The other party seemed to hang up first. Ye Susheng lowered her hand, tugging at the lace gloves she still hadn’t put on, and stared down at the crowd with a blank expression.

“Ahem. Welcome, everyone, to my Autumn Banquet. I’m honored to have invited you to Rose Manor to enjoy the flowers. I hope you all have fun and drink well. I won’t say much more. Aside from the designated restricted areas, feel free to look around. Just come back at mealtime for dinner.”

Mr. Zhuang was a bald man with the looks of someone in his thirties. Unfortunately, he was missing a leg, so he supported himself with a cane.

A seasoned host could rattle off boring formalities in endless strings. By the time he finished, more than half an hour had passed.

As the butler, Ye Susheng stood off to the side without saying a word. Once Mr. Zhuang was done, the atmosphere in the hall finally relaxed. Carts of breakfast were set out one after another-people could sit around tables to eat, or pick something up and take it away. There were no restrictions.

Small groups formed here and there. Mr. Zhuang was invited to go admire the flowers by a few players who fancied themselves clever.

Ye Susheng sat on a sofa in the corner, the watch in her arms. Hua Hua had said she was heading out right away and rushing over. At the shuttle’s speed, it would take nearly an hour to bring Hua Hua up the mountain. Ye Susheng couldn’t help worrying-would Hua Hua be tired? Would she be in pain?

Someone noticed Ye Susheng sitting alone, with no sign that she planned to massacre the players. A player gathered their courage and walked over, wanting to complete one of the tasks.

“Butler Su Sheng, hello.”

Her thoughts were cut off. Ye Susheng lifted her gaze, her soul-stealing red eyes fixing coldly on the visitor.

It was a girl with a ponytail, youthful-looking, cute in a slightly dazed way.

Meeting Ye Susheng’s eyes, the girl’s breathing hitched. Up close, Ye Susheng’s beauty hit even harder-white hair, red eyes, delicate features, Gothic dress, and the lace gloves she hadn’t put on yet looped around her fingers as she tugged at them.

It wasn’t like she’d never seen Ye Susheng slaughtering people in other streamers’ broadcasts, but at this moment, all that fear was instantly forgotten.
“Butler Su Sheng…” The girl walked toward her in a daze, as if completely sucked into the whirlpool of her eyes.

Ye Susheng’s red lips curved slightly. Her expression was indifferent, her tone gently coaxing as she spoke. “What did you want to ask me?”

“I wanted to ask…”

Before the girl could finish, a boy called out to her, “Xinrou!”

Ye Susheng lowered her gaze and looked over. It was that self-important dead man from last time. Hah, looks like his revival card is used up.

The girl called Xinrou snapped out of it, dazed. She glanced at Ye Susheng, who was curled lazily on the sofa, then at the man calling her from not far away.

She frowned and walked over to him, her face dark. “What do you want.”

Back when Water Cube’s livestream room didn’t have much traffic, selling out your teammates after a Thriller instance started wasn’t anything special, so his rotten character didn’t stand out.

But the clip of him selling out his teammates in Free School and then dying to Ye Susheng had gone insanely viral. She’d happened to scroll past it, so Xinrou was extremely wary of him.

Xinrou had gone through several dungeons already. Among the people here, she recognized a few players; Water Cube was one of them. And his Identity Card actually labeled him as her fiancé, forcing her to deal with him.

Water Cube acted like he really cared about her. “What are you going to ask the butler? You need to think this through. If she refuses to answer you, you know what consequences you’ll face, right?”

Xinrou had a pure, innocent face, but she absolutely wasn’t some naive pushover. Trying to raise favorability with her? She sneered inwardly and flicked her bangs off her forehead. “Thanks for the reminder. I know what I’m doing.”

She turned back to Ye Susheng, only to find that Ye Susheng’s attention wasn’t on them at all. She was staring down, blankly dazed at the tiny screen of her watch.

Right now Ye Susheng felt completely non-threatening, in the best mood Xinrou had ever seen her. If she could squeeze even a single answer out of her-just one sentence-that would still count as mission completed.

The thought stirred Xinrou, and she started toward her again. But before she could open her mouth, Ye Susheng tapped her watch and opened the incoming voice message.

“I’m at the front gate now. Do I wait here for you to pick me up?”

Ye Susheng’s eyes rippled, and her voice turned syrup-sweet, like she was talking to a lover in the throes of romance. “Hua Hua’s waiting at the gate. I’ll come get you right away~”

As soon as she finished, her whole figure vanished from the sofa.

Hua Suihe had obediently waited at the gate. The entrance was imposing, with an access control system and security guards; even if she wanted to barge in recklessly, she couldn’t.

Before long, Ye Susheng appeared at the gate in a flash.

“Hua Hua!”

Hearing the call, Hua Suihe walked toward Ye Susheng. The face-scan screen on the access panel flickered, then let her through.

“How’s Hua Hua feeling now? Still very uncomfortable?” Ye Susheng could still catch the thick metallic scent of blood clinging to Hua Hua.

“I’m okay.” Hua Suihe took the gloves from her hand-lace gloves that had been crumpled from being squeezed-and helped Ye Susheng put them back on.

Once they were on, the wrinkles smoothed out. Hua Suihe gently pinched her fingers. “You’re really leaving the gloves to me to put on for you?”

“Of course. Every single day.” Ye Susheng flipped her hand to twine their fingers together, then got them onto the Manor’s shuttle car and headed toward the residential area. “Hua Hua will be staying here. I’ve already arranged a room for you.”

She brought Hua Hua straight to her own room. It wasn’t safe to put her in the guest area-the Manor was crawling with low-level monstrosities. Hua Hua’s period made the scent of blood especially strong. Although Ye Susheng’s own aura covered it so that other Anomalies didn’t dare approach, she only felt at ease keeping Hua Hua right by her side.

Hua Suihe, on her period, hadn’t wanted to run around at all. She’d honestly wanted to skip this entirely, but the game System kept pinging her with reminders, so incessant it drove her mad.

[Peanut’s Livestream Room is finally live again!]

[Why is Hua Hua wearing a mask? Sending a set of 18,888 “Peerless Beauty” gifts-let us see Hua Hua’s pretty face.]”}