4-3: "You blushed."
There is only one hour or so of class in the afternoon.
After class, Huaiyan slipped away through the back door when no one was looking.
There was no way around it; the original owner's identity was simply too popular at school.
Wherever he went, countless eyes would fall on Huaiyan without prior arrangement.
Throughout the entire class, under the gaze of people from all directions, Huaiyan was already restless.
However, Huaiyan only realized this after leaving the teaching building.
The snow outside was falling even harder, swirling and landing like goose feathers in the air.
Huaiyan slung her schoolbag over one shoulder, burying her delicate face completely in her scarf.
The snow fell heavily on the boy's shoulders, and even his fluttering eyelashes were covered with snowflakes, like butterflies fluttering their wings in winter.
The boy's nose was red, which made him look strangely well-behaved.
"strangeness……"
People kept passing by, but they didn't seem to notice that the person in the snow was an idol-like figure on campus.
Why is the snow heavier this year than in previous years?
"Is it just my imagination? But it really is cold this year..."
The girls' voices faded into the distance, becoming increasingly indistinct.
Huai Yan exhaled a puff of white breath and stood by a street lamp waiting for a car.
The driver will take at least ten minutes to arrive, supposedly because the heavy snow has blocked the roads. Even though they set off half an hour early, they were still stuck on the road.
Before this, Huaiyan could only wait.
However, the weather was a bit cold, and Huaiyan didn't want to get cold, so she slowly tucked her whole face into her scarf.
A pair of emerald green eyes were exposed, giving off a broken feeling unique to winter.
“I’ve been thinking about something,” 073 suddenly said, “Do you think… the evil spirits in the villa might have human form?”
Huai Yan blinked and guessed, "No, right? Aren't ghosts invisible?"
"Tsk!"
073 shouted, "Nonsense!"
Huaiyan: "?"
“Think about it,” 073 said, “if a demon has no form, how does it harm people?”
In the original storyline, the evil spirits committed numerous misdeeds.
Regarding the accident involving the original owner's father, the evil spirit would have had to do something to affect him.
Huai Yan was taken aback.
He had considered this question, but the key issue was that they didn't know what form the evil spirits would take.
If evil spirits truly possess a physical form, and are even human.
So now, everyone Huaiyan encounters could be an evil spirit.
Because evil spirits are not restricted by geographical location, once they have a physical form, they are naturally no different from ordinary people.
In other words, if 073's concerns are true.
It's very likely that the evil spirit is currently near Huaiyan.
"But maybe it won't be that quick?" 073 added. "The demon has only just been summoned, so it will take some time."
Nevertheless, Huaiyan's situation was not much easier.
The boy sighed and sniffed.
He reached into his coat pocket and brushed the snow off his shoulders.
The boy couldn't help but look up, wanting to see the snow.
The sky was overcast, and one could vaguely see black mist churning within the clouds.
However, the heavy snowfall made people overlook the eerie sky.
Unconsciously, Huaiyan recalled the winter she spent with Bai Wenzhou in the previous world.
Looking back now, it feels like a lifetime ago.
It's as if everything he experienced happened in a past life.
Snowflakes danced in the air, and Huaiyan's narrow vision was instantly filled with white.
He raised his hand, wanting to catch the falling snow.
Then, a piece of black cloth covered the white snow, replacing it and once again taking over Huaiyan's vision.
Huaiyan was startled and looked along the ribs of the long-handled black umbrella.
He only saw a slender hand with distinct knuckles.
The hand was holding the umbrella steadily, its veins clearly visible and bulging.
Huaiyan subconsciously swallowed, then looked up and focused her gaze on the person's face.
Immediately afterward, Huaiyan's breath hitched, and she almost forgot how to breathe.
He almost collapsed to his knees.
The two were very close.
From this distance, Huaiyan could clearly see the man's straight nose, delicate and sharp brow bones, and the smooth jawline revealed when he slightly raised his eyes.
He is a man who exudes a powerful aura even when he is just standing there, doing nothing.
The man held up a black, straight-handled umbrella with one hand, tilting the other side of the umbrella slightly towards the boy.
Snowflakes dotted his shoulders.
But the man seemed completely unconcerned, his movements nonchalant, his eyelids drooping lazily as he met the boy's gaze.
Huai Yan took a barely perceptible half-step back.
When he made eye contact with the man, he inexplicably felt a chill, and his heart began to pound with unease.
Before he could even speak, his legs went weak and he nearly collapsed to the ground.
There's no other reason than that Bai Wenzhou's oppressive aura was simply too strong.
It was so powerful that Huai Yan suddenly felt like running away.
He instinctively felt he couldn't stay in front of the man any longer and wanted to escape immediately, as far away as possible.
But his feet seemed to be out of his control, firmly glued to the ground as if they had taken root.
So Huaiyan hurriedly avoided the man's gaze, her ears turning slightly red.
A few seconds later, their eyes met again.
The man slightly raised his chin and parted his thin lips.
“You’re blushing,” he said.
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Huaiyan essentially fled in disarray.
Fortunately, the driver arrived in time; otherwise, if he had been a few seconds later, he would not have doubted that he would have knelt down immediately.
"That's so strange."
073 snorted, "Why are you blushing? That's not normal."
Huai Yan didn't speak, quietly leaning back in the leather seat, her heart pounding.
A somewhat strange man.
For some reason, he felt that the other person gave him a somewhat familiar feeling.
"Young Master."
The driver, turning the steering wheel, suddenly said out of the blue, "Sir and Madam will be back tonight."
Huai Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he roughly knew what it was about.
In the original storyline, the current timeline coincides with the time when the original owner's parents began searching for the protagonist.
Tonight, the couple will have a complete showdown with Huaiyan.
"knew."
Huai Yan's voice was calm, as if she had already anticipated what was about to happen.
In fact, the discovery that the original owner was not his biological son had no impact on the Huai family.
It's important to understand that in most wealthy families, the most important thing is profit, not blood ties.
The Huai family spent eighteen years painstakingly cultivating an outstanding heir; how could he be so easily abandoned over such a trivial matter?
In particular, the original owner was very successful in the world of fame and fortune, and almost everyone knew that the Huai family had a perfect heir.
Seeing that this heir was about to shine in the business world, how could the Huai family possibly abandon this heir who had no flaws whatsoever?
However, in the original story, the protagonist was unaware that this whole family didn't actually take him seriously at all.
Because of the unexpected accident involving the Huai family couple, the protagonist was able to reap a huge benefit.
"So..." 073 clicked his tongue, "The protagonist is actually an idiot?"
In the original storyline, when the protagonist first entered the villa, he did indeed act arrogantly and domineeringly for quite some time, relying on his status.
However, the original owner did not take the protagonist seriously at that time.
Probably in the original owner's mind.
A "real" young master like the protagonist, who is helpless and suddenly appears out of nowhere, and only knows how to use petty tricks, is not worth fearing at all.
It was precisely because of our carelessness that we were given an opportunity to take advantage of the evil spirits.
A few minutes later, the Maybach stopped at the front gate of the villa.
The doorman opened the door, and Huaiyan got out of the car, handing the schoolbag to him.
He then strode into the villa.
The villa was very large. It took Huaiyan nearly five minutes to see the butler standing at the door in the distance.
"Young Master."
The butler bowed slightly and opened the door. "The master and madam will be back tonight."
Upon hearing this, Huai Yan nodded and said calmly, "Thank you, Uncle Gu, I understand."
The steward's words largely represented the intentions of the Huai family couple.
Therefore, Huaiyan had already mentally prepared herself.
At least the Huai family couple were on the original owner's side.
That's enough.
Huai Yan strolled upstairs, observing the villa from top to bottom.
The villa is very large, with nearly fifty guest rooms alone, like a small castle.
The villa occupies a large area and is luxuriously decorated. Just standing at the front gate, one can imagine how magnificent it must be inside.
Huaiyan didn't take the elevator because his room was on the second floor.
But before pushing open the bedroom door, Huaiyan suddenly had a bad feeling.
This inexplicable feeling sent chills down his spine and made him feel cold all over.
really.
After pushing open the door, Huaiyan's premonition came true.
—The window in the room was open.
At this moment, the swirling snowflakes and biting wind in the sky are pouring into the bedroom.
"Someone come here."
Huaiyan turned his head and called out to the door, his tone serious.
Soon, the maid who was waiting at the top of the stairs on the second floor rushed to the bedroom door.
"Young master," the maid asked softly, head bowed, "is there anything I can help you with?"
Huai Yan turned around, pointed to the wide-open window, and asked in a cold voice, "Has anyone cleaned the room?"
The maid looked in the direction Huai Yan was pointing, and the moment she saw the snowflakes dancing in the air, her face turned pale.
"Young master, please don't be angry!" the maid explained hurriedly, "A new group of people came to the villa, and when they were cleaning, they didn't know they couldn't enter your room without permission..."
Upon hearing this, Huaiyan's eyes sharpened.
"have no idea?"
The boy's voice was cold, like ice, "What's the point of hiring someone who can't even remember the rules?"
The maid was terrified.
It was common knowledge throughout the villa that the young master's room was off-limits; even the master and mistress had to knock before entering.
The maid had never seen the young master so enraged.
Although the young master was usually serious and rarely smiled, the noble air he exuded had inspired many of their fantasies.
The maid kept her eyes tightly shut, wondering what kind of punishment the young master would inflict on her.
The Huai family is large and powerful, with hundreds of people living in their villa.
Having more or fewer servants makes no difference to them.
But for the servants, the Huai family offered high wages and good benefits, and they didn't want to leave no matter what.
It's really hard to find such a good employer among the wealthy and powerful.
"never mind."
Huaiyan sighed, "I don't want it to happen again."
The maid was overjoyed upon hearing this, nodded gratefully to Huaiyan, and hurriedly withdrew.
The bedroom door was quietly closed.
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