Jing Yi shrank back behind Li Mingzhi in fear, wishing in his dream that Li Wenzhao didn’t see him.

“Butler Jing.”

Oh no.

Jingyi showed his face: “Young Master.”

“I asked you to get me some clothes, but you ran to the banquet…” Li Wenzhao noticed the cake crumbs at the corner of the butler’s mouth, and his eyebrows jumped: “Stealing cake?”

Jing Yi quickly wiped his mouth: “It’s not stealing.”

Li Wenzhao: “Eat openly?”

Jing Yi shook his head and started to talk nonsense: “It was a poison test. I was worried that someone would sneak into the Li family and try to murder the young master, so I tested the poison myself to help the young master solve his problem.”

He waved his hand casually: “After my heroic and fearless attempts, I found that these cakes are non-toxic. Do you want to try them, young master?”

Li Wenzhao: Haha.

I don’t believe you.

Jing Yi swallowed, his curious eyes lingering on Li Wenzhao’s lower waist like a little hooligan.

Li Wenzhao’s mouth was straightened: “Butler Jing, what are you looking at?”

Jing Yi touched his nose embarrassedly, looked away, and whispered: “Master, are you hanging… woo.”

Li Wenzhao raised his hand and stuffed a cake into Jingyi’s mouth, “Shut up.”

Jing Yi: “Woo woo.” Hmm.

Although Li Wenzhao looked unhappy, the small cake he stuffed into his mouth was still delicious.

Jing Yi held the small cake in his mouth and chewed it, his cheeks moving rhythmically like a squirrel hiding food, his eyes continuing to scan the table, looking for the next victim cake.

Is it so delicious?

Li Wenzhao frowned and looked at Jing Yi for a while, feeling that the young butler was becoming more and more daring. At the critical moment, he actually left him in the locker room for half an hour. If he hadn’t brought his cell phone and asked the servants of the main house to deliver the things, he would still be in the locker room, with his clothes open, waiting for someone who would not look back.

“Hey, brother, you went to change your clothes.” Li Mingzhi found Huadian^[1]patch for his forehead while carrying the packing bag: “This set is not as good-looking as the one just now.”

Li Wenzhao gritted his teeth and said, “I can’t help it. A crazy bird just kicked a wine glass at me.”

Li Mingzhi: “Where did the crazy bird in the banquet hall come from?”

The crazy bird who was eating without restraint paused for a moment: Huh?

[Did he scold me just now? (chewing) Never mind, filling my stomach is the most important thing. The yakitori over there seems to be delicious. I’m tired of cake, so it’s a good time to change the taste (smacking mouth)]

Jing Yi clapped his hands and moved his eyes focused towards the new flavor.

The next second, an arm appeared out of nowhere and took away both the meat and the plate.

Jing Yi: “……!!!”

Where did this lunatic come from? He actually ate and took everything!

His eyes followed his arm upwards and he saw Li Wenzhao’s cold and solemn face, “…”

Li Wenzhao felt relieved when he saw the butler being humiliated. He was not interested in the food at the banquet, but he was happy if he could make the butler unhappy.

The young butler looked over eagerly.

Li Wenzhao picked up a skewer of roasted bird and took a bite.

Jing Yi pursed his lips and murmured in his heart in dissatisfaction.

【……】

[Eating barbecue at the banquet, Li Wenzhao is not a boss at all]

Li Wenzhao sneered and noticed what Li Mingzhi was holding: “What is this?”

Li Mingzhi raised his hand: “I packed takeout for Butler Jing.”

Li Wenzhao grabbed the bag, opened it and saw that it was full of snacks: “Eat and take at the same time, butler Jing has made great progress.”

He confiscated the cake in revenge and put it back on the table.

Jing Yi’s movements suddenly stopped.

The look he gave Li Wenzhao’s palm was fierce.

[How dare you! How dare you touch my food rations! ]

[Li Ba Pi^[2]Surnamed Li who is exploiting really lives up to his reputation as a villain. He didn’t even let the butler eat enough cake…Quickly mute the world and listen to the sound of my defense breaking!]

He cursed in his heart, but Jing Yi’s face remained calm and gentle, maintaining the respect of a housekeeper: “Master, you are teaching a lesson. I know I was wrong, and I will not pack it up.”

Li Wenzhao: “…”

If I hadn’t been able to hear my inner voice, I would have believed your lies.

The banquet was still going on. Since the protagonist Li Xu was not there, Li Wenzhao was needed to take charge of the situation. He didn’t have time to argue with the butler. He glanced at him warningly and turned away.

phew–

Jing Yi let out a sigh of relief.

“Butler Jing.” Li Mingzhi came over carefully and secretly hung a heavy bag on Jing Yi’s hand: “Don’t be sad, I secretly hid a bag, took one of each flavor, and didn’t get discovered by big brother, so you can eat it secretly under the covers at night.”

“You are so kind, young master.” Jing Yi was touched.

Li Mingzhi smiled shyly: “As long as Butler Jing likes it.”

·

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The lights in the banquet hall were on brightly, and Qiu Minzhi was wandering around with a pale face. She couldn’t go out, and had no way to contact her lover who stole the seal. She was conflicted and panicked, as if she was not in the same dimension as the lively banquet.

I don’t know what Qiu Minzhi was thinking, but in the end she turned his attention to Jing Yi.

“Butler Jing.” Qiu Minzhi spoke softly.

At that time, Jing Yi was speculating on the possibility that Li Xu would run into a seal thief when he returned to the company, and he was slightly distracted.

[…Hmm, I wonder if the Second Young Master ran into a thieving rat when he suddenly returned to the company. That would have been a great scene.]

【It would be nice if there was a live broadcast. 】

【It’s definitely a good dish to go with rice.】

Li Mingzhi nodded slightly in agreement.

That’s right.

He wants to see it too.

“Jing, Butler Jing.” Not getting a response, Qiu Minzhi spoke again.

Is this the last name? Why is there no response?

Jing Yi finally came back to his senses. He turned around and saw Qiu Minzhi. He was shocked and asked, “What are you doing?”

Qiu Minzhi didn’t care about the butler’s contemptuous attitude. She had something important to do. “I feel a little unwell. Can you help me make a phone call in the car and ask my family to pick me up?”

Jing Yi raised his hand and pointed to the distance: “There are bodyguards at the gate. They can help run errands.”

“…”

If it worked, would she still be running around like a headless fly?

The Li family seemed to have noticed something. Li Wenzhao was watching her too closely. Among the bodyguards surrounding her, at least three pairs of eyes were fixed on her. She couldn’t make even the slightest movement.

She had to inform her lover to leave immediately, otherwise the next time they met they would have to be separated by an iron fence.

“Butler Jing, please help me.” Qiu Minzhi took Jing Yi’s hand and stuffed a translucent jade bracelet into his palm.

Li Mingzhi on the side widened his eyes.

He had been used to seeing jade antiques since he was a child, and he knew that this thing was very valuable just by looking at its quality.

Qiu Minzhi is really willing to give everything for his lover.

Butler Jing will not…

Jing Yi glanced at the bracelet: “Miss Qiu is bribing me?”

“No, no.” Qiu Minzhi said, “It’s the errand fee.”

“Our housekeeper doesn’t accept bribes.” Jing Yi shook his head like a rattle, “Miss Qiu, you’d better take care of yourself.”

Qiu Min froze.

Li Mingzhi’s eyes suddenly sparkled.

Butler Jing is awesome!

Is a perfect little housekeeper of justice!

[Tsk, do you think I’m a fool? What good things can a liar have? It must be glass, which would not even be wanted if sold as scrap. And you still want to cheat me? Hum]

[Am I, Kudo Shinichi^[3]Shinichi Kudo, known in some major English adaptations as Jimmy Kudo, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the manga series Case Closed, created by Gosho Aoyama. A high school … Continue reading, so easy to deceive? 】

Li Mingzhi: “…”

It turns out that Butler Jing just doesn’t know the value of things.

Qiu Minzhi almost fainted in despair.

Jing Yi was holding the cake and wanted to change his seat to continue eating with the innocent and harmless young master, but Li Wenzhao suddenly appeared out of nowhere and temporarily increased his workload.

Jing Yi puffed up his face: “…”

[Working during a good party is bad luck]

[It’s so unlucky that I can’t even take away the small cakes. My life is so miserable…]

Li Wenzhao: “…”

He coughed lightly, handed Jingyi a thick notebook, and prepared to do some mine clearance in the banquet hall.

What a great opportunity.

All those who should and shouldn’t come are here, which allows the butler to use the method of elimination. In the future, he can be more targeted in his interpersonal and business dealings and directly skip the risky partners.

“I said, you write and register the information of today’s visiting guests.” Afraid that the butler would give up, Li Wenzhao immediately added: “There will be a prize when you finish it.”

Li Mingzhi was stunned for a few seconds, and suddenly realized what his elder brother was going to do – cheat! Their family was going to cheat!

Sweep away evil and be yourself!

His elder brother is worthy of being his elder brother!

It only takes Jing Yi one second to transform from a droopy bean sprout to a juicy cabbage: “Reward…what?”

Li Wenzhao: “The bonus is 10,000 yuan.”

【Nice! 】

【Ah, ah, ah! 】

[The landlord also has times when he opens his warehouse to release grain. He is happy and even wants to set off a couple of firecrackers to celebrate. Hehe]

Li Wenzhao: “…”

The money-loving butler has too much inner drama.

Jing Yi nodded slightly, the joy in his eyes overflowing directly: “I am willing to serve you as a dog and horse.”

Li Wenzhao sneered.

There is no need for dogs and horses, but you can try cows and horses.

Li Wenzhao looked around, the entire banquet hall was within his field of vision. His eyes moved slightly, as if he had given himself a cheat: “Ma Jushen.”

Fearing that the name alone was not enough reference information, Li Wenzhao added some embellishments: “Li’s largest partner, a family business, has had business dealings with the Li family for many years…”

Jing Yi nodded, but forgot the words when he picked up the pen, “Young Master.”

“Um?”

“How do you write chushen?”^[4]not a mistake, but butler is ‘intelligent’

“…”

“Butler Jing, don’t worry about the details.”

It’s just a mine-clearing game, who cares whether the words are written correctly or not.

Jing Yi: “Oh.”

[Then I understand. Come on.]

Li Wenzhao nodded with relief. Seeing Jing Yi buried in his writing, he felt relieved and turned his head to take a look.

【Horse Livestock^[5]Mǎ shēngchù】

“…”

Li Wenzhao waited quietly for a while, and as he wished, he heard the chirping of crickets from the housekeeper.

[Who is the kind person who gave this name…]

[However, Li’s partner has the surname Ma, and it seems that there is such a person…]

Li Wenzhao held his breath.

[I wrote it right, this is a beast. On the surface, he is a well-known entrepreneur, but in fact, he is doing illegal surrogacy. The factory is so big that it cannot be accommodated in one prison. He will soon be punished by law and spend the rest of his life in prison.]

[His parents are really talented at naming! ]

Li Wenzhao took note of it secretly and mentioned another name.

They are all dignitaries who have important business dealings with the Li family. They appear to be very friendly on the surface, but no one knows what kind of people are hiding under their calm appearance.

[Oh, this person! He is a well-known old man who eats young grass. He married a 20-year-old beautiful girl at the age of 68. He was reveling every night and was still strong and healthy. He died of excessive indulgence at the age of 68, which indirectly led to the breakdown of the Li family’s capital chain and the payment of a large sum of money… He is inhuman. ]

“…”

[This person loved to eat rare wild animals and died of bacterial infection]

[This person has an unruly private life and even coveted the eldest son, Li Wenzhao, but was unsuccessful in the end]

[This is a spy sent by the rival company to steal Li Wenzhao’s new project cooperation plan]

[This, this… has killed someone! ]

[Too many, too many, help… I have so many merits, why am I not a police officer?]

Li Wenzhao’s face became worse and worse.

With just a few words from the butler, half of the guests in the room disappeared.

The minesweeper created a huge explosion all over the screen. There were too many holes to fill, and all the efforts of the Li family over the years were wasted.

Li Wenzhao has firmly believed in the theory of atheism for more than 20 years, and for the first time he began to doubt whether divine punishment really exists in this world.

Otherwise it would be impossible to explain why they are surrounded by so much trash.

“Young Master.” Jing Yi pinched the pen and hinted, “I feel like the King of Hell.”

Li Wenzhao: “?”

Jing Yi looked at the notebook: “This is my book of life and death. Whoever is written in it will die.”

“…”

[Is it too subtle for me to hint like this? ]

Jing Yi’s hands were numb from writing so much. He thought for a moment and said, “Master, can I borrow your phone?”

Li Wenzhao gave it to him.

Jing Yi took it and fiddled with it for a while, then returned the phone.

Li Wenzhao looked carefully and found an anti-fraud APP icon on his phone.

【Ding ding ding ding ding ding! 】

The phone started ringing wildly all of a sudden.

All of Li Wenzhao’s call records were marked in red, indicating a major risk.

Li Wenzhao: “…………”

Jingyi the dog peeked furtively and was shocked.

No… Anti-fraud APP, is it so powerful?

He nodded quietly, and it seemed that the hint was very accurate: “Master, do you understand?”

[I’ve given you such an obvious hint that even a fool should understand it.]

Li Wenzhao looked a little autistic: “Well, go and have a rest.”

“Okay.”

Jing Yi ran away without looking back.

Fearing that he would be forced to do hard labor again, Jing Yi didn’t go anywhere and buried himself in his own glutinous rice ball nest.

Just as I closed the door, there was a muffled thunder outside, which made the windows buzz. Soon, there was lightning and thunder, and heavy rain began to fall.

Jing Yi was so scared that he wrapped himself tightly in the quilt, trembling as he ate the midnight snack he had packed amidst the thunder and lightning.

I wrote all night and made myself hungry.

It was late at night. After Jingyi finished washing up, he yawned and buried himself in the glutinous rice ball skin sleepily.

Whoosh.

…

I don’t know how long it took, but a stream of water vapor rushed into the room, making it wet, and the lights on the ceiling lit up.

Jingyi was sleeping soundly in bed when he was suddenly grabbed from the bed by someone. Without saying a word, the other person threw a heavy thing at him.

Li Xu stood in his room, all wet: “You have performed well recently, so this is a reward for you.”

Jing Yi had a messy head of hair and sleepy eyes: “…Ah?”