She could tolerate the bullying from the maids and servants, but what frightened her most was the steward of the mansion.
Speaking of the housekeeper, Baili Wanwan had met him a few times.
Every time they came to the Lin residence, the masters would give the orders, and then the steward would carry them out.
But this steward was actually on the same side as Madam Sun.
There were some things that Sun Shi turned a blind eye to, which gave his underlings an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
This steward loves wine, and whenever he gets drunk, he likes to scare Lin Yang'er.
This left a lot of psychological trauma on the young Lin Yang'er.
"Fine! Since he likes to scare people, let's give him a taste of his own medicine!"
At night, while the night watchman was asleep, Baili Wanwan secretly slipped out of the room with Lin Yang'er.
The two had found out where the butler lived during the day, so their journey there went smoothly.
Although the steward was a servant, he was also the person in charge of all the servants, so the mansion arranged for him to have a separate place to live.
The butler had only patrolled all the corners of the Lin residence during this time, so the lights were still on.
"Quick, come here..."
Baili Wanwan led Lin Yang'er to carefully lie down outside his window.
Once the window paper was broken, the scene inside the room came into view.
At this moment, the butler was sitting at the table, on which was a small pot of wine and a plate of peanuts, and he was drinking to his heart's content.
Seeing the housekeeper's expression, Lin Yang'er felt terrified. She tugged at Baili Wanwan's sleeve and whispered, "Why don't we go back..."
"No way! I promised to avenge you!" Baili Wanwan refused her on the spot, and comforted her, "Don't worry, I'm just scaring him a little, to teach him a lesson!"
After saying that, she reached out and pointed inside the window.
The butler was slightly tipsy, his eyes half-closed, humming an unknown tune.
At that moment, the wine jug on the table suddenly moved slowly on its own.
Then, with a "crack," the wine pot fell to the ground.
The butler was startled and immediately opened his eyes, staring at the shattered wine jug on the ground with some confusion.
"What happened? This wine jug was perfectly fine on the table, how did it end up on the floor?"
This time, he didn't think much of it and assumed that he hadn't put it away properly.
Since the wine pot was broken, he lost his appetite for drinking and got up to go to sleep.
But as soon as he turned around, the stool behind him suddenly moved, making a loud scraping sound that startled the butler so much that he ducked to the side.
"Who! Who's playing a prank!"
The butler had just been quite frightened, and to bolster his courage, he suddenly roared.
Hiding outside the window, Baili Wanwan chuckled to herself, and then began her terrifying prank again.
One moment the cup would move, the next the candle would move on its own without any wind.
Or, even though the doors and windows are closed, a cold draft might still get into the room.
It was as if someone was wrapped inside the curtain, chasing after him.
"Ah! A ghost! There's a ghost! Don't come any closer!!"
The butler was so frightened that his legs went weak.
The pitch-black night, coupled with an unknown fear in his heart, terrified him so much that he dared not stay in the house alone.
Now he's afraid of everything, even the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves can make him scream in terror.
The screams soon attracted the attention of the people in the mansion.
Several brave servants rushed in upon hearing the screams, and upon opening the door, they saw the steward's face was deathly pale, and he was huddled in a corner, delirious and covered in cold sweat.
But at this moment, Baili Wanwan's magic had been canceled, and the room was back to normal, as if nothing had happened. Butler Du was in a state of extreme shock.
The two little girls saw this and hid in the bushes, laughing secretly.
Lin Yang'er's face gradually showed a sense of security, and she no longer always wore an expression of fear.
"Are you still scared now?" Baili Wanwan asked Lin Yang'er, tilting her head.
Lin Yang'er smiled and shook her head.
"Let's go! Let's go back to sleep!"
So the two of them avoided the crowd and secretly slipped back.
I slept well all night.
The next morning, the news of the steward's encounter with evil spirits was spread among the servants, though not by much.
The housekeeper also fell slightly ill as a result, and had to ask for leave from Old Madam Lin, spending a day in bed.
The butler himself was convinced that he was possessed.
But when he went out to ask a Taoist priest for a talisman and some water to drink, he accidentally discovered a little thing under his window.
It was a small beaded flower; judging from its material and color, it wasn't something only servants could have.
It was only then that the housekeeper remembered that the beaded flower seemed to be a gift from Lin Yang'er to her little friend.
Upon closer reflection, he increasingly felt that something was amiss about what happened last night, as if someone had deliberately tried to scare him.
But in this mansion, apart from the master above him, there were few servants who dared to frighten him.
After thinking it over, the only person he could have a grudge against was Lin Yang'er, whom he usually bullied.
Then, she added that she had that strange look in her eyes during the day.
The housekeeper immediately concluded that Baili Wanwan was the one who had tricked him behind his back.
Upon thinking this, the butler felt a surge of anger.
He was so frightened last night; the servants have been talking about it ever since.
If he ignores this matter, he will lose his authority in the eyes of his servants.
No! He must find a way to get rid of Baili Wanwan and, in the meantime, regain his position in the manor.
So the next day he went out again, spent money, and found a Taoist priest who was half-real and half-fake. He spent half a day with the priest, told him his plan, and then hurriedly went back.
After returning home, whenever the housekeeper saw someone, he would pretend to be extremely frightened and loudly proclaim that he had encountered something unclean the night before.
These words caused great anxiety in the household and soon reached the ears of Old Madam Lin.
"What unclean things! I have been a vegetarian and chanting Buddhist scriptures for so many years, and my household is protected by Buddha. These rumors are completely unfounded!"
Old Madam Lin was very angry and was about to order the spread of rumors to be stopped.
Just then, a servant suddenly came to report, "Old Madam, a Taoist priest has come to the mansion, saying that evil spirits are rampant in the mansion and he is coming to exorcise them."
The servants had already been quite frightened by what the steward had said these past two days, and now that a Taoist priest had come and said the same thing, they had no choice but to take it seriously.
Even the resolute Old Madam Lin hesitated a little, and before she knew it, the person had been invited in.
The newcomer had his hair tied up in a bun and wore a slightly worn-out mortise and tenon hat. He had a long, thin face, narrow eyes, and a mustache. His pupils were very bright, giving him a very strange appearance.
Old Madam Lin looked at the visitor with some skepticism and asked the most crucial question.
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