Taking advantage of her ability to change her appearance, Xia Chuhe effortlessly found her way to Guan Erhe's side and became her housekeeper.

Guan Erhe crossed her legs, spitting sunflower seed shells onto the ground, enjoying her husband's daily, punctual performance of complaining.

Guan Erhe's husband, a man surnamed Lu, paced back and forth in the room, constantly complaining.

"What kind of spell did Lu Yunzhao cast on Grandma to make her the next Lu family heir? She's a big-breasted, brainless woman who has repeatedly lost to some unknown nobody and even ruined the Cape Base. What do I lack compared to her? Grandma isn't dead yet, there's still a chance. Wife, can you help me think of a way to get something good from Dad? I'll try to pull some strings with the elders and ask them to persuade Grandma."

Guan Erhe grabbed a handful of melon seeds, teetering on her toes, and said casually, "I can't help. Dad is busy with my third sister's wedding lately. My eldest sister and I can't come home until my third sister gets married."

Mr. Lu: "Third sister has been found? Who is she going to marry?"

Guan Erhe raised the corner of her mouth slightly: "Lu Yunzhao's younger brother."

Lu jumped up and down immediately: "Dad looks down on me, and you look down on me too, don't you? I'll get my brothers to help me, and I refuse to believe we can't take down Lu Yunzhao!"

Enraged, Mr. Lu slammed the door and left.

Guan Erhe curled her lip, saying that what she called helping was just a bunch of frivolous friends getting together to do nothing productive.

Guan Erhe glanced at the nanny who was silently sweeping up sunflower seed shells: "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Xia Chuhe blinked, unsure of what to say. Although she had stolen the Thousand-Faced Man's superpowers, she simply couldn't speak to ghosts; at best, she could only improvise and offer a few perfunctory words.

"I won't feel at ease if you don't help me scold the young master a couple of times," Guan Erhe asked with a smile. "Have you finished your business?"

Xia Chuhe's two lines were vague and perfunctory.

Guan Erhe beckoned to her: "Come here, I have something to tell you."

Xia Chuhe stood still.

Guan Erhe suddenly pulled a small gun from under the cushion: "Where's Xiaolan? What did you do to her?"

Thank goodness, Xia Chuhe didn't do anything to Xiaolan. She just followed Xiaolan, roughly figured out her identity, and then disguised herself as her when Xiaolan went out.

He had intended to secretly observe Guan Erhe's character, but unexpectedly he was called in to clean. He had just watched a good show when he was recognized.

Looking back now, Guan Erhe must have recognized her as an imposter the moment she saw her.

She was unlucky; she ended up transforming into the appearance of someone Guan Erhe knew.

Fortunately, Xia Chuhe learned from Guan Yitang about Guan Erhe's stance; they both wanted to help their younger sister and resist Guan Wuji.

Xia Chuhe's honesty made Guan Erhe lower her guard a little.

Guan Erhe revealed a few pieces of information that were beneficial and harmless to her.

These messages were insignificant to her, but extremely useful to Xia Chuhe.

Xia Chuhe spent half a day verifying the authenticity of the news and spreading some dubious rumors.

Time quickly passed to the third day, and over the next few days, canaries began to arrive at the cage one after another.

Guan Wuji has been staying at the Birdcage Club these past few days, not dealing with anything else, except for summoning a canary.

The two stayed in the room for half a day before Guan Wuji came out alone. When he came out, his face was smeared with blood.

Xia Chuhe peeked out the window and discovered that another person had had his eyes gouged out and his tongue cut off, lying on the ground like a piece of stinky burlap that had been cut up, his fate unknown.

Xia Chuhe knocked out one of the servants cleaning the room and went inside with another to dispose of the body. She tried to get Guan Wuji's reasons for his actions, but discovered that the person in the birdcage had lost his tongue and could not speak.

However, Xia Chuhe still managed to find out the reason why this person was tortured through other means.

This person's fate is still related to the canary's betrayal.

The canary's rebellion was not a secret; Guan Wuji had a list containing the names of the disloyal people.

Raising canaries takes a lot of time, and Guan Wuji doesn't want to kill everyone on the list; he just wants to give them a good talking-to.

He had already decided to execute Li Yue in public, which is why he hadn't taken any action against her these past few days.

To rehearse the effect of the execution, Guan Wuji randomly picked someone from the list to practice on. The unlucky person whose eyes were gouged out and tongue cut out was the one chosen.

Xia Chuhe hated Guan Wuji to the core, but there was nothing he could do.

The upper class is immune to supernatural attacks, and Guan Wuji always has people protecting him. Otherwise, he would have died countless times over.

...

Li Yue was pushed into the auditorium of the Birdcage Club. Her face was calm, but in her heart she was thinking, "This day has finally come."

On the auditorium stage, Li Yue wore handcuffs and shackles, her disheveled hair unable to conceal her bright eyes.

The lights shone on her, and she squinted as she looked down at the pairs of eyes hidden in the dim light below the podium.

They are the same kind.

Her standing on the stage, accepting her execution, implies that one day, someone, or everyone, in the audience could be executed.

Li Yue chuckled softly, her laughter echoing in the auditorium.

"Before, I always thought that my reluctance to leave was because I couldn't bear to part with the glimmer of light shining from the top, and the stable life of running a shop. I thought I was cowardly and weak. Later, I realized that I was afraid to leave. I was afraid that the bomb buried in my body would explode, and I was afraid that the poison seed planted in me would erupt at any time..."

"Shut up!" Guan Wuji arrived late and slapped Li Yue, interrupting her monologue.

Guan Wuji straightened his cuffs: "The canaries are a huge group. Gathering intelligence and completing missions is your job, and the shops and resources are your reward. I have provided you with rewards, so you should do your job. There are many people doing the work, but I am the only one managing it. I have to use bombs and poison as management methods."

Guan Wuji pinched Li Yue's cheek, forcing her to look up. He shamelessly said, "Look at this woman. If it weren't for her betrayal, you would never have known about the poison, never had to live under its threat. You all know that I give you the antidote every month. How could I bear to let you die?"

"As long as you continue to work hard, I can forgive and forget everything that happened before. You can still keep the shop and receive resource supplies. When you get old, Five Star Company will take care of your retirement. Once you retire, the bombs and the poison will be removed naturally."

"I guarantee that if you work for me, if you work for Five Star Company, you will live a happy life!"

Guan Wuji strode up behind Li Yue and kicked her in the back of the knee, forcing her to kneel: "Everything I promise is only valid for the loyal, and the price for betrayal is..."

Guan Wuji flicked his wrist, sending out an exquisitely patterned dagger that twirled beautifully in his palm.

The knife tip mercilessly pierced Li Yue's eye, plucking out an eyeball.

Guan Wuji's loud laughter clung to the screams, like a maggot clinging to a bone, burrowing into the ears of every canary below the podium.