Unable to Accept His Own Baldness
The sun rose quickly. At breakfast the next morning, neither the photographer nor the botanist was absent. Both had crossed swords with Madam Ti Hui the night before, yet today they greeted her as if nothing had happened. Trying to ingratiate themselves, they didn't mind her cold face and repeatedly struck up conversations with her.
Madam Ti Hui was just as she had been before, still wearing a stern expression and treating everyone with equal coldness.
Xu Huo had asked some of the other servants about Madam Ti Hui. There wasn't much useful information, but plenty of gossip. Some said she was actually related to Mr. Wen and worked here because her family disliked her. Others said she was Mr. Wen's admirer, and that she had pursued him when she was young. He hadn't been interested, but now he pitied her and let her stay at the manor.
Of course, aside from rumors about her personal relationships, most people said she used to work for the Enforcement Department and had once been stationed in Punishment City. She was cold and ruthless, and had offended many people, so now she didn't dare leave the manor. If she went out, someone would try to kill her.
Apart from the butler, the other servants in the manor hardly ever interacted with her, worried they might say the wrong thing and suffer her revenge.
As for Punishment City, it was actually another name for a prison, though it was mainly used to hold Players. In District 022, the Enforcement Department had ways to restrict the movements of any Player who was sentenced and sent there. After enough time passed, the Players wouldn't dare try to escape anyway.
Whenever the servants mentioned Punishment City, they spoke in hushed tones,