Regarding the butler's favorability rating, the remaining three players, who only gained this ability today, have also begun to ponder what exactly this favorability rating system is all about.
Having both been tricked by Lu Xiaoyao, and having been arranged to rest in the same room at night, Lou Jia and Julian naturally formed a temporary alliance.
After breakfast, at the butler's suggestion, the two chose to go out on horseback. They rode slowly, enjoying the scenery around them, and then, taking advantage of the fact that no one else was around, they finally got down to business.
Did you sense anything happening last night?
"I don't know. I lost consciousness after closing my eyes. When I opened them again, my system message only said that I slept very well last night and didn't wake up all night. What about you?"
After Julian answered, he asked Lou Jia, who, like Julian, was also unsure of what had happened.
"My system notification is a little different from yours. It described how I kicked off the covers and caught a cold while I was sleeping. Hearing what you said, I think, since it also describes our sleep state and gives a precise description based on the situation that night, is it possible that some people might receive different words?"
"You mean...?" Julian's expression turned serious upon hearing Lou Jia's words. "You mean, someone might not have slept well last night?"
Lou Jia nodded, then looked up at the surrounding green grass and blue sky, and murmured, "Although we only have a fleeting time of nighttime, there's no guarantee that some players might have special circumstances that trigger the nighttime storyline, causing the system to give us different text?"
Reminded by Julian, Lou Jia also began to consider this possibility: "Judging from the boxed lunches we bought, the death should have happened at night, but in fact we seem to have no way to control the night... The night is over in the blink of an eye... But speaking of which, how did that player die last night?"
"Perhaps...it has something to do with the butler's favorability rating? Today, the two players who bought lunchboxes last night met up and chatted for a long time after breakfast."
Julian never just raises an NPC's favorability by a small amount. Last night, the other party gave him some clues, and when they met today, he maintained a good and gentle attitude towards them. Sure enough, the other party mentioned something about the other heirs gathering and chatting in private.
Cooperative play is common in games, but the fact that the two of them, who had both bought lunchboxes the night before, were now talking together left Julian with no choice but to think more about it.
The fact that the two players who were the first to eat the potato and beef brisket lunchbox are the first to cooperate means it's probably about their relationship level.
"Ah, the butler's favorability rating must be an important indicator..."
After Julian's reminder, Lou Jia also realized what was going on, and the two of them rode around slowly while discussing business.
As they finished talking and started walking back, just as they were riding their horses past the rose field outside the castle, they suddenly stopped.
At that moment, in a rose field not far from them, a patch of roses stood out.
Moreover, the protruding flower clusters seemed to be moving.
Loujia: ? ? ?
Julian: ? ? ?
The roses were slowly moving under their noses until a familiar yet disliked figure suddenly appeared in the flower bushes—it was you again, Lu Xiaoyao!
However, Lu Xiaoyao was completely unaware that two people were staring at her from behind. At this moment, all her attention was on Mingmei and Muchen, who were taking a stroll nearby.
"She is..." Lou Jia was about to speak when Julian shushed him into silence. Soon, two more rose bushes appeared in the rose field.
"Waaaaah, those two, I don't know why, but I could tell at a glance they were such a perfect match! So sweet! Waaaaah!"
Lu Xiaoyao, who was watching from behind a rose bush, was so engrossed in shipping the couple that she was almost fainting.
"Why are they talking so softly? Waaah, I can't hear them!"
It would be a lie to say that she couldn't see Lu Xiaoyao's burning gaze, especially since there was a live broadcast; she had already noticed his presence long ago.
Being surrounded by onlookers is really embarrassing!
[Aww, my daughter's perspective is absolutely stunning, oh my god!]
[What kind of melon-eating badger perspective is this?!] Viewers who consciously switched their live stream perspectives are now on par with Lu Xiaoyao!
[Waaaaah, my favorite CP is back in action!]
No, that's not your couple, that's our couple!
...
"What's wrong?" Mu Chen noticed Mingmei's distraction while they were talking and asked softly.
"No, it's nothing." Although she still didn't quite understand Mu Chen's personality, she was certain that he didn't like Lu Xiaoyao's presence at this moment.
While shaking her head, Mingmei also moved closer to the area where Mu Chen could see Lu Xiaoyao.
With just this slight movement, Mingmei found herself even closer to Mu Chen.
Pretending to know nothing, Mu Chen smiled as he watched Mingmei's actions, and as if following her lead, he shifted his gaze elsewhere, saying, "Actually, compared to rose dew for skincare, rose jam is better for making shortbread to pair with black tea."
"Hmm, is that so?"
Seeing that the other party's attention had returned to Rose's explanation, Mingmei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
“Yes, I’ll treat you to it sometime.” Mu Chen said, looking at Mingmei’s slightly nervous eyes, and then asked, “How about I take you to try it during the break tomorrow morning?”
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