"Rumble, rumble, rumble..."
Xiao Wanfeng had only just finished cleaning up the battlefield on the first floor when the rumbling from the second and third floors continued without end. He could vaguely see the branches of a lush, towering tree swaying.
"Can't they settle down even in the middle of the night?" Xiao Wanfeng sighed.
There was no way trees could grow in First Pavilion Under Heaven for no reason. One look told him that Lady Mu was causing trouble again.
And why would Lady Mu cause trouble?
Clearly, this was definitely Young Master Xu's doing.
Silently carrying his bucket to stand watch by the entrance, Xiao Wanfeng knew that he probably would not be sleeping tonight.
Once the two masters of First Pavilion Under Heaven were done making a mess, the one left to clean up the aftermath would only be him—the tea-serving, water-pouring Xiao Wanfeng! "Hm, what's that?"
Leaning against the side of the door, Xiao Wanfeng seemed to spot a pitch-black human silhouette against the moonlit outline of a distant treetop.
He jumped in fright and immediately rubbed his eyes.
But when he looked again, the figure had vanished.
"An illusion?"
Xiao Wanfeng's heartbeat sped up.
Was this the aftereffect of staying awake all night? Had his eyes already started failing him?...
Third floor.
"Hey, hey, hey, that's enough! I was only testing whether you were truly possessed or had a second personality. Did you really have to chase me down so relentlessly?"
Xu Xiaoshou darted about in panic, dodging ancient trees that violently thrust up beneath his rear one after another.
"I already told you!"
Mu Zixi was clearly angry not only because Xu Xiaoshou had dared to hit her, but also because he did not believe what she had told him before.
As the little