“I, Zhou Keming, have traveled all over the country for many years and have seen a lot of blond-haired, blue-eyed foreign devils, but I have never seen a real ghost... I thought about it and figured it was probably a petty thief or a little beggar who had broken into my house and was deliberately trying to scare me away so he could steal something to eat.”

"If you don't believe me, why don't we go and see for ourselves?"

The maid was frightened and, upon hearing Zhou Keming's words, hurriedly shook her head and said honestly, "Manager Zhou, you are an educated person who has even attended modern schools. You must have much more experience than a simple woman like me. But... even if what you say is true, I'm still very nervous and uneasy. I don't dare to go and see..."

The maid spoke frankly, and Zhou Keming didn't feel uncomfortable listening to her. On the contrary, he wanted to comfort her. After all, the young master's house needed someone trustworthy to look after it. If he really frightened her and she was too scared to guard the house, where would he find a suitable person to watch over it for the time being?

Therefore, Zhou Keming thought for a moment and said to the servant who was still trembling, "Think of it this way: at least I'm still here. Even if something happens, you don't need to be afraid. I'm here. I still have a gun. If anything happens, I'll just shoot him."

"If I leave, what will you do if you're still scared?"

"You can't just never go to the kitchen, can you?"

"You still have to eat, right?"

The servant listened to Zhou Keming's words and felt that they made some sense. Both he and his wife were loyal, and since the Fourth Master had entrusted the house to them, they should take good care of it, so they did not think about leaving.

But if we don't leave... it really is just like Manager Zhou said, we still have to eat.

With that thought in mind, the maid nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble Steward Zhou to help me look in the kitchen and see if there really is any... petty thief."

Regardless, saying "petty thief" was less likely to scare her, so the servant said it as if she were 'deceiving herself'.

Manager Zhou nodded and said, "It's nothing troublesome. Besides, you wouldn't have been so scared if you weren't thinking of making me steak. So, it's only right."

With that, Steward Zhou took the lead and headed towards the kitchen. The maid, naturally, followed behind him trembling with fear.

Xiao Jiu was happily eating in the kitchen when it suddenly heard a noise at the door. Knowing that someone was coming in, it quickly grabbed the remaining meat on the plate with its feet, then flapped its wings with all its might and struggled to fly towards the small window in the kitchen.

This meat is absolutely delicious. It's better than the pheasant, rabbit, and pork he ate when he was "at home." Plus, he's gone through an evolutionary phase and has a much bigger appetite than before, so he can easily finish a steak—though he'll be stuffed.

But! It is now following its master's orders to track people, and it is not in a hurry to go back.

Besides, which man owns a car? She can hide in it and have him take her for a ride, so there's no need to worry about being stuffed. He can keep up, after all. Everything's negotiable.

So, Xiao Jiu used all her strength to carry the piece of meat and fly it away.

Fortunately, after this advancement, it not only has a larger appetite but also much stronger. Even with a piece of steak many times larger than its own body in its grasp, it still managed to fly out, though it stumbled and bumped against the windowsill.