New Employee Assessment

"This gentleman, where did you hear about Heavenly Demon Soul Possession? I was really cured by the doctor with acupuncture. You look like a capable man yourself—how can you believe something as absurd as Heavenly Demon Soul Possession? Whoever told you that, I suggest you go out and kill him right now..." Wang San said with a bitter face. "Isn't there black dog blood over there? Just splash a bowl on my face and see for yourself!"

"Seventh Master, can you tell what his Keyword is?" Feng Yunjie studied Wang San on the bed and asked curiously.

The moment he heard "Keyword," Wang San's breath caught for half a beat, but quickly returned to normal. He looked at Du Ge with a confused expression. "What are you talking about? What Keyword?"

"Manager Feng, you said earlier—when your people went to find him, what was he doing?" Du Ge's five senses were sharp; he had already determined Wang San's origin from his micro-expressions. He smiled and turned to ask.

"Flirting with the neighbor girl," Feng Zhong said.

"Flirting!" Du Ge looked at Wang San on the bed and grinned. "So it's related to love. Let me guess your Keyword. Romance? Lovemaking? Sweet talk? Devotion? Adoration? Illicit affairs..."

"Seventh Master, I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just a shop assistant!" Wang San said. "Why won't you believe me? Isn't there black dog blood over there?"

"You're really not a Heavenly Demon?" Du Ge asked.

"Really not," Wang San said.

"No Keyword?" Du Ge asked.

"No," Wang San said.

"Third Young Master, what do we do with someone suspected of being a Heavenly Demon?" Du Ge turned to Feng Yunjie and asked.

"Better to kill the wrong one than let one slip," Feng Yunjie said after a moment's thought.

"Kill him, then. Say he died of consumption. Living one extra day is already his luck," Du Ge said, glancing at him casually.

Shing!

Feng Yunjie drew his longsword and swung it without hesitation at Wang San's neck.

"Stop!" Wang San squeezed his eyes shut and blurted out quickly. "Romance. My Keyword is Romance. Don't kill me, I'm no threat."

Romance!

Everyone in the room frowned in unison.

Feng Shiyi asked, "Seventh Master, is it useful?"

"Useful, useful! Bro, don't kill me. I can help you. Let's cooperate. From now on, I'll be your blade. Just let me stay a little longer, let me experience a few more days of this world's... good life..." Wang San's lips moved a mile a minute, the sword tip barely three-tenths of an inch from his throat. "I haven't even had a proper taste of good food yet. I don't want to die like this. Please, please. I have no ambitions. I swear I won't mess up your plans."

"Manager, could you find the girl he was flirting with last night?" Du Ge ignored him and turned to Feng Zhong. "I want to know exactly what he said to her."

"Alright, I'll send someone," Feng Zhong said.

"Don't!" Wang San's demeanor suddenly deflated. He looked at Du Ge and asked out of nowhere, "Bro, is it raining today?"

"..." Du Ge was taken aback, then realized what that random question meant—so this guy was trying to exchange code words!

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Every kind of test had these cheaters!

Du Ge asked, "And how should I answer?"

"It's not raining today, but it will the day after tomorrow," Wang San sighed, dejected.

"Now, tell me your real Keyword. If it's useful, we can cooperate," Du Ge said. "Wang San, this is your last chance. Think carefully before you answer."

"Yandere. My Keyword is Yandere," Wang San said, his face dark as he finally revealed the real Keyword.

"Yandere?" Du Ge froze, staring at the plain-looking Wang San on the bed. He almost asked—with a Keyword like that, why did you pick a body like this? Shouldn't you have chosen a woman?

But soon, he figured out why.

Closed-book exam!

Soul Possession first, Keyword assigned after!

Damn!

This wasn't just a test of acting—it was a test of luck too!

And lucky for this guy, he'd possessed a young man. If he'd possessed an old man and gotten a Yandere attribute, he'd be screwed from the start...

Good thing his own Keyword was Maintenance. If he'd been assigned something like Yandere, he'd have eliminated himself—he could never pull off that kind of craziness and perversion!

Plus, this guy, like Feng Jiu, only gave one Keyword. Looked like he was the only one with two Keywords. With two examples now, Du Ge finally felt at ease.

"What's a Yandere?" Feng Shiyi asked.

"Someone who's sick and frail, I guess?" Feng Yunjie said. "Maybe that's why he possessed someone with consumption?"

Du Ge glanced back at them but said nothing.

"Bro, I'm not lying this time," Wang San said, looking at Du Ge pleadingly. "I know my Keyword is a bit weak, but once I grow, I can help you. Two people are better than one, right? You didn't kill me on sight—you wanted to cooperate, didn't you?"

"Fine. You can stay," Du Ge said after a moment of silence.

"Thanks, bro!" Wang San was overjoyed. He turned to Feng Zhong. "Manager, didn't you hear? Bro said to let me go. Aren't you going to untie me?"

Feng Yunjie swung his sword, cutting the ropes on Wang San. Feng Shiyi then unsealed his acupoints.

Wang San sat up, rubbing his arms to get the blood flowing. He looked around the room, then fixed his gaze on Du Ge. "Bro, what's the plan? I'll follow your lead."

"I'm building a team, and no one in it can be weak," Du Ge said. "If you want to join, you have to show potential and value. I don't keep dead weight in my team."

"Value? Is this a test for me?" Wang San asked.

"Mm," Du Ge nodded.

Wang San swept his gaze across the room, frowning slightly. "Bro, there aren't any women in our team?"

"Not at the moment," Du Ge said.

"Oh." Wang San acknowledged, then looked at Feng Yunjie and the others, testing the waters. "They'll cooperate with me, right?"

"Mm." Du Ge glanced around the room with a blank expression and nodded.

He had to keep Wang San—first, to give the Feng Manor an explanation, and second, to see how he'd play a Yandere, picking up some performance tips in case he ever ran into a similar Keyword later.

Wang San gave a faint smile, turned to Feng Yunjie, coughed twice to clear his throat, and tried shifting his voice: "Handsome, I like you."

"..." Feng Yunjie jolted, staring at Wang San in disbelief. "What did you say?"

Under everyone's gaze, Wang San looked at Feng Yunjie, his expression turning icy in an instant.

He reached out, as if to touch Feng Yunjie's face, but glanced at the longsword in his hand and pulled back, instead gazing at him with doting eyes, his voice shifting in a flash: "That's right, you heard me. I like you. The moment you walked into this room, I had my eye on you. But I'm possessive—I don't like others touching what's mine. And I believe that what's meant to be mine, no one can take away... Hahahaha, you look so cute like this right now..."

"..." Du Ge froze. Holy shit, that's so forced?

Feng Shiyi and Feng Zhong stood frozen on the spot, staring at Wang San, the muscles in their faces twitching uncontrollably.

Feng Yunjie's face turned ugly in an instant, goosebumps visibly rising. His hand gripping the sword tightened abruptly, as if the next second he'd slash at Wang San's neck, but thankfully he still had his wits, suppressing the impulse and turning to Du Ge with a look full of confusion.

"Wang San, you've lost your mind," Feng Zhong snapped. "Do you know who he is? He's the Third Young Master of the Feng Family."

"Shopkeeper Feng, from now on, please call me Mu Haoran." Wang San turned to Feng Zhong, keeping the same tone and pitch.

"Cough!" Du Ge finally couldn't hold it in. "Wang San, pause for a second. Before you go full Yandere, I suggest you change out of that waiter's outfit first. Your acting is great, your voice is great, but that outfit, with your looks—honestly, it's really immersion-breaking, an eyesore..."

Feng Yunjie let out a long breath.

Wang San looked down at his clothes, then flashed a sinister smile. "Handsome, don't run off. Wait for me to change, and I'll come find you."