Meeting Bai Yang Again

"Eldest Sister, you misunderstand. I have absolutely no interest in the title."

"You'd better do that." After saying that, the Eldest Miss lifted the hem of her skirt and quickly walked past him. When she met Qin Rang, she paused slightly, nodded, and bowed before walking away quickly.

Wang's eyes flickered, suppressing his anger as he turned to look at Qin Rang, his expression returning to a smile, "Young Master Qin Rang Dune, good morning. Did you sleep well last night?"

"Not bad, thank you for the treat." Qin Rang said with a smile, "That was just now..."

"Oh, that's my Older Sister, the Eldest Miss of the Rivenhall Family. Do you like her?" he asked presumptuously. "She has many suitors, but none are as outstanding as you, Young Qin Rang. If it were you, perhaps..."

Qin Rang waved his hand. "No, no, I didn't mean that." Why is it that the first thing the NPCs do here is try to introduce people to?!

"Don't be shy," Wang laughed. "My Older Sister has many excellent suitors. If you want to find her, you can go to the third floor. Older Sister usually takes a walk to the Racetrack after breakfast, and then goes to horse racing and sword lessons. If you want to bump into her, you can go there."

Qin Rang mentally re-translated his words: "The Eldest Miss's relationships are complicated. Her room is on the third floor. This morning, when she left, the room was empty. They can go look for clues!"

"May I ask where you reside, Young Master?" Qin Rang asked. "Don't misunderstand, I've prepared a small gift for each of you. You don't have to ask; I can have a servant deliver it to the main hall later."

Wang was somewhat surprised. "A gift? I get one too?"

"Of course, it's nothing precious, just a small token of my appreciation."

Wang laughed and said, "That's wonderful! My Eldest Sister lives on the third floor, my eldest brother lives on the fourth floor, and I live on the first floor. Their rooms are easy to find, but my eldest brother is only home at night. These past few days, he, Father, and Mother have been preparing for the banquet, so he comes home quite late."

"However... everyone thinks I'm annoying, so I really didn't expect you to give me a gift." Wang said, his expression turning serious. "Don't worry, I'll do my best to help you in the next few days if there's anything I can!"

Qin Rang was surprised that a gift that hadn't even been delivered yet could excite Wang so much, and immediately began to suspect him.

If he were as domineering and tyrannical as others, he might not think there was anything wrong with being arrogant.

Or perhaps it's because he felt inferior, sensitive, and angry after being suppressed by the Eldest Miss; he thought that was normal.

But the more gentle and approachable he seemed, the more Qin Rang felt that the Young Master would be the last person to survive the banquet.

In other words, he might be the final culprit.

Of course, these were all just Qin Rang's suspicions.

"No, I think the Young Master is very genuine, which suits my taste. I think..."

Wang Ting suddenly took a step back as he spoke, looking at him with the eyes of someone who looked at a pervert.

Qin Rang understood his gaze and extended his hand. "Wait, are you misunderstanding something...?"

"Eldest Young Master Dune, please have some self-respect."

Beside him, an old man suddenly blocked Qin Rang's path like a ghost. Although the old man was not young, he was full of energy and stared at Qin Rang with a dangerous look in his eyes.

"You've misunderstood." Qin Rang stepped back several times, his smile fading. "Anyway, thank you very much."

Wang seemed to realize he had been too sensitive. He patted the old man's shoulder and said, "Butler, it seems we've misunderstood someone."

The Butler, holding a black wooden cane and standing ramrod straight, stepped aside upon hearing this and bowed to the two men. "I apologize, Young Master Dune, for any offense."

"Young Master, the apothecary the Count invited for you has arrived. He'll be angry if you're late."

"Oh, okay, I'll go right away." Wang smiled at Qin Rang, "Then I'll be leaving now."

Qin Rang said, "Okay, don't you need to get your hand wound bandaged?"

Wang shook his head. "It's alright, I know some herbs, I can heal myself, I don't trust anyone else."

After saying goodbye to Wang, Qin Rang looked up at his teammates who were eavesdropping upstairs and asked, "Do you all know where to search?"

A group of teammates gave a thumbs up.

The captain is different; he didn't care about being suspected of impure intentions for the sake of clues.

Because the Count's residence was segregated by gender, everyone worried that this might trigger some Rules, so they unanimously decided that the girls would search the Eldest Miss's room and the boys would search the young master's room.

Qin Rang went to search Wang's room on the first floor. Since there were too many people coming and going on the first floor, he carried a Ruby from his luggage and went to search alone.

If he finds out, I can use the excuse of giving a gift. If he doesn't find out, he can take the gift back and search for it again next time.

Bai Ao and Wang Ding searched the Eldest Young Master's room, An Ying led Sheng Qingqiao to search other closed rooms, and Tao Yuan, Tang Pin, Luo Jiayu, and Mi Chuchu searched the Eldest Miss's room.

The Eldest Miss's room is definitely harder to search than the young masters' rooms, especially since the Eldest Miss is vain and has a lot of belongings, making it more dangerous. Therefore, four people were arranged to search together.

Qin Rang walked around the first floor, nodding and smiling at people he saw without saying a word.

The first floor was mainly a hall, and the few rooms that were there didn't seem to be for living. Qin Rang wandered around for a long time before finally finding two corner rooms behind the stairs.

The two rooms faced each other. Qin Rang randomly chose one to try, and as expected, it was locked.

He took out a universal lock-picking Weird Object, leaned it against the lock, and made sure there were no Rule Slip around that he had overlooked before opening the door.

"Hi!"

Upon opening the door, a person stood inside—unexpected yet perfectly logical. Startled, Qin Rang leaned back, only regaining his senses after a moment.

Bai Yang was also dressed in medieval clothing, with unfamiliar, scribbled patterns on his black Vest, belonging neither to Dune nor to Ravenhall.

Even the Puppet around him had changed into medieval clothes.

Bai Yang waved gently. "What a coincidence, we meet again."

"What are you doing here?" Qin Rang closed the door, squinted, and raised his voice.

Bai Yang shrugged and plopped down in a chair. "I should be asking you that. We arrived here two days ago, and we've only completed half of our mission. How come we've run into you again?"

"Wasn't it said that once some players got in, the Instance entrance would be closed? How did you guys get in?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Rang's doubts were largely dispelled. "You came in two days ago?"

Bai Yang nodded. "Yes, the others came too. Didn't you run into them?"

"No, you're the first one I saw," Qin Rang lied through his teeth. "We got in by accident, you know, we were lucky. But what are you looking for here? Is there anything we can do to help?"

"I can't tell you that," Bai Yang said. "This place is yours. I have nothing else to look for, so I'll take my leave."