After these words, Lou Jia suddenly stood up, stopped the servants who were about to take away the cook C, and questioned the steward: "What rules should be followed? How dare she, a cook, poison a candidate for heir? Isn't there someone behind her instructing her to do this?"

When Lou Jia said this, he stared into the steward's eyes, almost implying that the person who gave the order was the steward. Mingmei, who was watching from the side, was surprised for a second, and then glanced at Da Yao.

Given Lou Jia's behavior, could it be that he and Dayao reached some kind of agreement in private?

[Ghost, are people's hearts really this complicated these days?]

Gui Gui didn't know why her host made such a sigh.

【What's wrong? 】

Look at this. On the surface, Lou Jia and Julian are close, and Lu Xiaoyao and Bai Xiao are close; Bai Xiao has even privately contacted Mu Chen. But now, when did Lou Jia reconnect with Da Yao?

[Host, how did you figure that out?] Now it was Gui Gui's turn to be surprised.

[Did you see me tell anyone else about the housekeeper and cook C's affair after I told Da Yao? And look at Lou Jia's reaction today, how did he know all this so clearly?]

Gui Gui was silent for a long time before asking Ming Mei, "Actually, host, your thoughts are quite complicated too~ I can tell."

Bright and beautiful: ? ? ?

The praise from her own AI was not exactly flattering; it even sounded a bit sarcastic.

"They say you have someone behind you?"

The butler spoke, looking down at the cook C who was kneeling on the ground. At this moment, the cook shook her head repeatedly, denying it in a rapid-fire voice: "No, no, I, I just, I just can't stand these heirs!"

As she spoke these words, Chef C's voice grew louder and louder towards the end, and after she finished speaking, Chef C seemed to be in a state of near madness.

What followed was even more reckless and ill-considered.

"You're all a bunch of lowly bastards! What right do you have to boss us around? You're all just candidates, and in the end, only one of you will be the heir!"

"Serving the heir is one thing, but serving you is nothing! Anyway, I only killed a candidate for heir! So what? There are plenty of other candidates! They weren't even the heirs! I killed them, so what!"

"As long as I kill them quickly! Leaving the only one I like alive, he'll be the undisputed heir! As long as..."

“Shut her mouth and kick her out.”

Cook C had said everything she needed to say, and even things she shouldn't have, so the housekeeper naturally had to take action.

The other servants quickly covered the other person's mouth and dragged them away. Then the butler turned around and looked at the players.

The butler gave them a meaningful look before saying, "Alright, it's time to enjoy lunch, gentlemen and ladies."

After saying that, the butler left, taking all the chaos with him, leaving the players standing there still in a daze.

"Let's go back to eat." Mu Chen was the first among them to move. Just as he had guessed, this butler was definitely up to no good!

He glanced at the thoughtful players, then went to Mingmei's side to continue eating and drinking.

"You ate so much for lunch?"

I had clearly seen the other person looking like they were about to finish lunch, but now they've eaten quite a bit more.

"Well, there's a big show this afternoon, so I need to eat more." Mu Chen said, looking up at Mingmei, and added, "Don't go to your woods behind the castle this afternoon... Oh well, you can go, just hide well and don't get caught."

After Mu Chen finished speaking, he winked at Ming Mei, which confused her a little.

However, putting words like "afternoon" and "grove" together, "bright and sunny" somehow feels a bit... frivolous, doesn't it?

Whether it's proper or not, she should see for herself!

After finishing lunch, Mingmei made an excuse to slip out of the kitchen. After turning around and going into the grove, Mingmei found a hiding place - a tall, strong and lush tree in the grove.

Soon, Mingmei realized that she might be about to witness a massive brawl!

The remaining five heirs all arrived at the grove that afternoon. They hadn't made plans together; they just came in one or two at a time.

The first one to arrive was naturally Mu Chen.

Right now, it seems to be a 1v4 situation.

Mu Chen was surrounded by people, and all four of them were staring at him warily. Mu Chen, however, laughed first.

"What do you mean?" Mu Chen glanced at Da Yao directly in front of him, then at Bai Xiao beside him, and asked, "Have you thought it through?"

Bai Xiao, who was being looked at by Mu Chen, couldn't help but clench the dagger in her hand again. She took a deep breath but didn't say anything.

"We haven't even had a proper elimination process yet, and you're already planning to resolve this internally?" Mu Chen said with a soft sneer. "A cook's casual remark has given you all so much inspiration, and you all have the same plan... You four really are on the same wavelength."

I don't know what those four people were thinking, but Mingmei heard Mu Chen emphasize the word "telepathy" in his speech.

Mu Chen is sowing discord!

Mingmei immediately realized what was going on.

Sure enough, Julian was the first to understand the meaning behind the other party's words. He glanced at Lou Jia beside him without making a sound, and his lips were slightly pursed into a straight line.

Right now, although he knows that Mu Chen's words are ill-intentioned, the seed of doubt in his heart has already been planted by the other party and is growing wildly.

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