The Fourth Night: Summer Night Festival and Lolita 1
"well!"
I turned over in my bed and sighed deeply again.
In the morning, after I almost "attacked" Huang Mingxi at school, I panicked and ran back to the Rose Castle at the speed of a Category 12 hurricane, and hid in the attic, not daring to go out.
The attic windows were wide open, overlooking the rose fields outside the castle.
Those crimson flowers suddenly turned into a terrible curse, reminding me of what happened in the morning.
Fortunately, after leaving Huang Mingxi, that bloodthirsty feeling disappeared.
But, after this happened, how should I face Huang Mingxi? Would he not destroy me for the sake of justice?
When I thought about it, I couldn't help but feel a chill running down my spine, and I could only hold onto the quilt and shiver violently.
I don’t know if it was because I was too nervous, but after lying down for a while, I fell into a tired sleep.
I don’t know how long it took, but a faint fragrance drifted into my room.
I didn’t have lunch yet, so I immediately sniffed the air—the sweet smell of honey-glazed barbecued meat, the rich smell of corn soup, and the fragrant smell of rice!
I threw back the covers and jumped out of bed.
After taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped.
Could it be that Huang Mingxi was preparing the "last supper" for me? Did he finally feel that he had to destroy this evil descendant of mine to be safe?
I held the door handle in frustration for a while, and began to imagine what would happen next with extreme pessimism.
"Gurgle." There was delicious food but I couldn't eat it, and my stomach made an angry protest.
I rubbed my hungry belly and my head started to feel dizzy.
"Ah! I don't care! Even if I die, I want to eat a full stomach first!" I had given up thinking because of hunger, as my IQ was not very high to begin with. I just wanted to fill my stomach first.
So, I opened the door with great courage and quickly ran to the restaurant on the first floor.
Wow! There were roast goose, roast meat, steak, and cakes on the dining table. In the middle of the table was a row of candlesticks. Beautiful gilded candles were burning quietly, emitting a faint rose scent.
Huang Mingxi was sitting in the main seat reading a book. When he saw me coming down, he nodded at me expressionlessly, motioning me to sit down and eat.
It seems that Young Master Huang is still angry. Is this really the Hongmen Banquet? I swallowed my saliva silently.
Should I eat it or not?
I stared at the sumptuous meal with my eyes wide open… I turned my head and glanced out the window. It seemed that the sky was already getting darker. I glanced at the pendulum clock hanging in the restaurant. Oh, it was already 5 o'clock. It seemed that it was time for dinner…
"What happened this morning..." Huang Mingxi considered his tone for a rare moment, "I can pretend it never happened, but you'd better forget about it."
"Ah?" Am I still dreaming? Huang Mingxi, who is always awkward, actually took the initiative to give me a way out? This is too weird!
Huang Mingxi muttered uncomfortably, "Humph, if you don't do this, You Ran will definitely beat you into a pig's head..."
I was concentrating on the dining table and didn't hear clearly.
Well, I can’t listen to what Huang Mingxi said next. All I can think about is food! I’m so hungry!
"Please enjoy your meal." Seeing me drooling at the table full of food, someone finally couldn't help but remind me.
"Oh!" Not caring about anything else, I pulled out a chair and sat down.
Huh? That's not right!
I was stunned for a moment. The voice just now was not Huang Mingxi's. Could there be someone else at home?
I looked up suddenly and saw a familiar face.
He was a blond boy who looked a little older than me. His soft blond hair was neatly combed back. The most attractive thing about him was his deep blue eyes. If you stare into his eyes for a long time, you will feel dizzy, as if your soul will be sucked away by him. He was wearing a well-tailored tuxedo, gold-rimmed glasses, and an exquisite golden necklace hanging on his vest. If I guessed correctly, the end of the necklace hidden in his pocket must be connected to an antique pocket watch, because this guy looked like a butler.
At this moment, he was looking at me with an unhappy expression, with clear accusation in his deep blue eyes.
I seem to have seen this person before? Why is he looking at me like this?
"You... don't know him?" Huang Mingxi watched for a long time and finally couldn't help but speak, "No way!"
I glanced at Huang Mingxi in surprise. This guy was so awkward just now, how come he has time to pay attention to me now? And why do I have to get to know him?
I looked at the blond butler hesitantly. Although he looked familiar, I couldn't remember where I had seen him before. "I can't remember."
The blond butler's eyes narrowed slightly. I don't know why, but I suddenly felt a dangerous aura approaching. Unconsciously, my whole body was already on guard, staring at the butler warily.
A trace of astonishment flashed across Huang Mingxi's face. He pinched his chin and pondered for a long time. Suddenly, he slapped the table and said excitedly: "Something must have changed in your body! Otherwise, you wouldn't be afraid of Youran!"
Did I scare this guy crazy this morning? This housekeeper is not related to me, and he is not my mother who can turn the world upside down when she gets angry. Why should I be afraid of him?
The corners of the butler's mouth twitched uncontrollably, and he obviously felt that Huang Mingxi's remarks were unreasonable.
Huang Mingxi was very excited. He fidgeted in his seat as if he had discovered a new world. After dancing for a while, he finally stood up excitedly, walked towards me in two steps, and held my hand tightly. He looked at me lovingly and said, "Child, you are really a miracle in the bloodline world!"
Here we go again! If I were a child, then you would be a baby, okay? Don't just call someone a child when you're younger than me! Even a young man shouldn't act like an adult.
I shook his hand off angrily: "What a weird thing!"
A terrifying pressure immediately came from the direction of the butler.
Tsk tsk, it’s not good for vampires to have too sharp senses.
With Huang Mingxi's awkward personality, if it were normal, I would definitely be "treated coldly" by Huang Mingxi for doing such a "treasonous" thing. Unless I apologized to him and repented sincerely and promised that I would never do it again, there would be no hope of getting his forgiveness.
But today, Huang Mingxi seemed particularly generous. He showed a smile that was more precious than diamonds, revealing his white teeth and cute dimples. He said excitedly, "Chaye, let me draw a tube of blood! I want to study the composition of your blood!"
"good……"
"Absolutely not!"
The butler who had been giving me cold air suddenly interrupted me hastily. He coughed lightly, regained his cold expression, and said calmly, "Sorry, I am rude."
I opened my mouth in surprise. What did this young and handsome housekeeper just say? "I am sorry for your disrespect"?
Huang Mingxi looked like he had seen a lot of things. He sat back in his seat and asked with dignity, "You Ran, why did you stop me?"
The housekeeper said in a serious tone, "Her condition is still unstable. Drawing blood suddenly may cause her body functions to become unbalanced. Why don't we wait until the situation is more stable before we study it?"
"Hey! I'm not a test subject!" The housekeeper's words made me feel very uncomfortable. Huang Mingxi did that to help me recover as a normal human being, but this housekeeper who spoke strangely treated me as a complete experimental prop.
The housekeeper glanced at me coldly and said, "You have to pay a little to live under someone else's roof, don't you think? Miss Chaye?"
What?
My gums began to itch again, and the butler's overly serious face aroused a certain nature in my blood. I wanted to pounce forward and bite his neck hard.
He licked his dry lips, and the empty city plan in his stomach seemed to sing even more happily.
Huang Mingxi seemed not to notice the unharmonious atmosphere between the two of us. He picked up his knife and fork and started eating steak, and did not forget to greet us: "Chaye, don't be restrained. With me here, Youran will not 'bully' you! So, how about we start eating first?"
"Ah?" I reluctantly turned my gaze away from the fight with the butler and said with disdain, "He 'bullied me'?"
Although I have zero lethality against girls, it doesn't mean I will let a boy bully me, right? If he dares to make me unhappy, I will definitely beat this housekeeper into a pig's head!
Huang Mingxi swallowed a mouthful of beef and said in a profound voice, "You'd better not fight with Youran. Although you are not even one ten-thousandth as good as Youran, I won't despise you. If I don't despise you, Youran won't bully you! From now on, you can follow me to school, and you can eat the lunch boxes made by Youran!"
Is he asking me to follow him and eat and drink for free?
Looking at the table full of delicious food, my moral integrity was shamefully shaken.
"But you're not completely useless. After all, You Ran holds an important position and occasionally has work to deal with. In your human terms, he has to go on business trips occasionally! But he hasn't been on a business trip for hundreds of years. I'm not used to not having him around all of a sudden. Fortunately, you, the 'substitute', are here..."
Seeing that my face was getting more and more gloomy, Huang Mingxi tactfully changed the subject: "Hey! Eat! Eat!"
Humph! You make me sound like I'm homeless and have to live under someone else's roof!
Well... that's the truth...
I gritted my teeth and felt like I was holding my breath and couldn't swallow it. It felt really bad.
"I'm not a parasite. Now that the housekeeper is back, I don't need to take care of Huang Mingxi anymore, right? Is there anything I can do to help? I will pay Huang Mingxi back for my tuition as soon as possible, but my mom and dad are far away in Country M, and I can't contact them for a while..." As I was talking, I suddenly felt wronged. However, I'm not a delicate girl. What I care about now is how to be at ease with Huang Mingxi's "keeping" me in. After all, I still need him to help me recover as a human being!
The butler gave a cold smile and said, "I can't be with the master when he goes to school, so you stay with him to protect his safety."
Thinking back to Huang Mingxi's group of crazy "fans", I deeply felt the difficulty of this task, so I nodded very carefully: "Okay."
"Then please allow me to introduce myself." The butler showed a satisfied look, "I am Ji Youran, the butler of the Emperor. I hope we can get along happily in the future."
"Oh." I nodded perfunctorily. I was afraid that I couldn't get along with him happily, because my teeth were ready to bite the butler's neck in the next second.
Huang Mingxi was more considerate: "Your stomach is growling, eat quickly!"
I immediately picked up the bowl of rice and ate it hard, trying to suppress the itchy gums.
"Delicious!" The thin slices of meat were cooked until juicy, and it was such a pleasure to bite into them!
"Wow! This is delicious too!" The roast goose was roasted into a golden color with thin skin and thick meat. I don’t know what kind of seasoning Ji Youran marinated it in, but it doesn’t taste greasy at all, but instead leaves a lingering fragrance in the mouth.
"Oh! Fried pork ribs! My favorite!" I grabbed a rib in my left hand and picked up the soup bowl with my right hand. I gulped it down and enjoyed it so much!
"Who told you to run home without permission? Do you know you're wrong now?" Huang Mingxi took the opportunity to teach me, "Don't skip school casually in the future. You must follow me obediently, understand?"
"I know!" I waved my hand nonchalantly, "I won't do that again!"
In front of Huang Mingxi there was still a plate of steak, a cup of nectar and a small plate of raspberries, and he never reached out his knife, fork or chopsticks to the other plates.
Even if Ji Youran made so many delicious foods, he wouldn't want to eat them?
Being picky about food is a bad habit, you need to change it!
I stretched out my greasy hands, grabbed a piece of roast goose and put it on Huang Mingxi's plate: "Don't be picky about food!"
The atmosphere seemed to suddenly cool down.
Huang Mingxi was stunned and explained, "These dishes are made for you. You Ran and I will just drink the nectar."
What? This is all for me?
I'm so moved that my heart almost melts!
However, this cannot be an excuse for being picky about food.
I simply brought the whole plate of my favorite fried pork ribs to Huang Mingxi: "Thank you, why don't you try this?"
"Snap", the chopsticks in Ji Youran's hand had been bent into a 45° angle.
Only then did I realize that Ji Youran, who was sitting opposite me, was even more exaggerated. There was only a cup of nectar in front of him , and not even a plate. As for the chopsticks in his hand, it seemed that they were used to pick up food for Huang Mingxi.
Is it because I only "picked" food for Huang Mingxi that Ji Youran felt disappointed?
I hesitantly pushed the secret barbecue that I had messed up in front of Ji Youran and asked tentatively, "Eat?"
The metal chopsticks in Ji Youran's hand immediately broke into four pieces, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
His expression was cold as ice, but he had basically kept this expression since I met him, and I really couldn't tell what his mood was at the moment.
"Haha!" In the end, Huang Mingxi stepped forward and said with a smile, "You Ran, you haven't eaten meat for a long time, right?"
Ji Youran glanced blankly at the messy plate and said coldly, "If the master wants me to do this."
Huang Mingxi hesitated for a while with a tangled expression, and finally nodded: "I hope you can eat some human food occasionally."
Then, Ji Youran stood up and left the table. When he came back, he had a pair of silver chopsticks in his hand. He slowly picked up a piece of barbecue and stuffed it into his mouth quickly, accurately and fiercely.
I only saw his cheeks move slightly, and then he swallowed the barbecue in his mouth.
"Not chewing thoroughly will cause indigestion," I kindly reminded him.
Ji Youran glanced at me silently, and it felt like a cold wind passing by, chilly.
"You seem to like meddling in other people's business?" Ji Youran suddenly spoke.
"Uh... maybe..." Does it count as standing up to someone who is bullying the weak? My mother often says that I am a "nosy woman".
Ji Youran narrowed her eyes and said, "That's perfect. Starting tomorrow, you will be in charge of the Summer Night Festival of Class S1 in the Advanced Department."
"What?" The subject changed so quickly that I was a little confused for a moment.
Huang Mingxi blinked at me and shook his head gently.
What does this mean?
Ji Youran wiped her lips lightly with a napkin, revealing her bright white teeth. "I forgot to introduce my other identity to you. I'm your class teacher, teaching history. Nice to meet you, Chaye."
Even until I walked into the classroom, I still had a serious sense of unreality.
Huang Mingxi obviously looks younger than me, but he is in the same class as me. Ji Youran even gloated that Huang Mingxi is definitely older than me. When I asked him how old Huang Mingxi is this year, Ji Youran was unwilling to tell me. And what about Ji Youran? He looks a little more mature in his butler outfit, but still very young. He is actually my class teacher! Are you kidding me!
Since I couldn't accept this reality for a while, I didn't say a word the whole way. Huang Mingxi and Ji Youran were happy to be alone and didn't bother to pay attention to me. And the blood driver I had been thinking about was said to have been ruthlessly fired by Ji Youran because of his poor performance the day before, so naturally no one talked to me.
So, early in the morning, I came to school in a depressed mood. When I absentmindedly followed Huang Mingxi into the classroom, the noisy classroom suddenly became quiet, but unfortunately I was listless and didn't notice it at all.
Huang Mingxi pointed to the empty seat next to him, and I sat down without thinking.
After a moment of silence, the people around suddenly began to whisper.
Huang Mingxi didn't care about his classmates' reactions. He showed his signature smile and asked, "Are you still worried about my age?"
I glanced at him unhappily. "I was thinking of finding a chance to trick you into calling me 'sister'! But it turned out to be all wishful thinking!"
Huang Mingxi didn't expect that I would still have such an idea. He showed a look of not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Just you? Haha, impossible!"
"Yes, yes, I know it's impossible!" I lay on the table sadly.
Woohoo, I will never have a cute and naughty brother in this life! Being an only child is so lonely!
"Don't be depressed! Don't you have to go to the middle school department in the morning to find partners for the Summer Night Festival?" Huang Mingxi reminded me with a smile.
I knew this guy had bad intentions and was building his happiness on my pain.
But his words reminded me.
After dinner yesterday, Ji Youran responsibly explained the procedures of the Summer Night Festival.
I have never heard of Rose Academy's Summer Night Festival. However, the school's confidentiality is so perfect that it is not surprising that the outside world does not know about it. According to Ji Youran, the tradition of the Summer Night Festival is that the senior and middle schools work together to prepare a project to be carried out on the day of the Summer Night Festival. The middle school 1S class has cooperated with my senior school 1S class twice. It seems that the implementation of this task is not difficult, after all, we are old partners!
However, Huang Mingxi did not seem to agree with Ji Youran's arrangement, as reflected in his initial obstruction and subsequent reminders.
Huang Mingxi reminded me that I must bring the activity committee members from my class to the first meeting.
I never knew that the activity committee was composed of a group of people. But more people is a good thing, because unity is strength!
So, I stood up confidently and said, "Everyone, be quiet!"
The classroom, which was not very noisy to begin with, suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at me with confusion.
I cleared my throat. "Uh, my name is Chaye. We are classmates starting today! Our class teacher...teacher assigned me a task. I am responsible for the summer festival."
Having said that, I couldn't help but pause and observe everyone's expressions.
Although I look calm and composed, I am actually quite nervous. You know, I am just a new transfer student. My classmates don’t know me, and I don’t know other classmates. It is not easy to organize activities under such circumstances.
My classmates' expressions changed from confusion to astonishment, and my heartbeat slowed down; however, after a while, everyone had a bright smile on their face.
"The teacher is such a nice person!" someone cheered.
"Chaye, you are truly a savior!" Someone looked at me with gratitude.
"Congratulations!" More people were busy congratulating me.
I was gradually moved. As expected of a student of Rose College, they are full of team spirit and know how to support their classmates' work. I decided to fall in love with the Advanced Department S1 class from today!
I took a deep breath and then said, "Then please ask our class activity committee to come with me to attend the first activity discussion meeting!"
The noisy classroom suddenly fell silent.
"That..." A familiar figure stood up. I looked closely. Oh, isn't this Jasmine? The Jasmine who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside and tipped off Huang Mingxi to save me! Could she be one of the event committee members?
I immediately gave her an encouraging look and signaled her to continue.
Jasmine looked at me with a complicated expression for a long while, and suddenly she covered her stomach and cried out: "Ouch! My stomach hurts! No, I have to go to the infirmary first!"
Then she rushed out of the classroom with a very agile posture.
"I, I have rheumatism!" A tall and strong boy covered his thigh and ran away like the wind.
"I...ah! My family has a cross-border cooperation project today, and I must participate. Bye first!" A boy wearing glasses swept the books on the desk into his schoolbag, and quickly walked out of the classroom holding the schoolbag.
"I……"
"I……"
In less than 5 minutes, half of the people in the classroom were gone. Some of them had family matters or suffered from sudden illnesses. It was too obvious that they were making excuses!
How is this going?
I turned an inquiring look to Huang Mingxi.
Huang Mingxi touched his nose and shrugged awkwardly, indicating that he didn't know.
I knew that Ji Youran would not assign me a good task. Everyone showed great enthusiasm for the Summer Night Festival at the beginning, why did they all rush to refuse it later?
Is there some hidden story behind this?
But none of the students in the classroom were willing to meet my gaze. Seeing their evasive looks, even someone as slow-witted as me began to wonder if there was some hidden secret.
However, even if the situation is a little weird, I will not back down.
Isn't it just a meeting with the junior school girls in the middle school? Are they going to eat me?
After all, I am still a reserve blood descendant, right?
When I thought about my identity, all the doubts were no longer worth worrying about. I took out a notebook, took a pen, and walked towards the agreed place with confidence.
