ebookland Chapter 355 Our President Isn't Usually Like This
Chapter 355 Our President Isn't Usually Like This
After the ceremony, Yan Xun was brought before the lady, who said she would teach him manners.
Li Wu: "..."
"Greetings, Madam," Yan Xun said.
"..." Li Wu really couldn't adapt as well as Lou Yanchuan, so he could only keep it short and sweet, "From now on, you will have to greet the other people every morning."
"In order."
Li Wu pointed to them one by one.
Master Gao stood aside, seemingly not finding this strange at all. He simply instructed Li Wu to take care of Yan Xun before leaving with the servants.
For a moment, only the seven ladies remained in the room.
"Brother!!" Sun Zhao was the first to shout, "I'm so sorry!"
He immediately put his hands together in an apologetic gesture, saying, "I really didn't know this instance was like this!"
Yan Xun still remembered the hints about "horror," "melodrama," and "emotional drama," and found that the dungeon hints were absolutely right—it was indeed very horror and melodrama.
He glanced at Li Wu and the others, "Why don't you all introduce yourselves?"
“I am the first wife. I grew up with Master Gao and know him very well. However, I am in poor health and have become accustomed to a simple life of vegetarianism and Buddhist practice. I have never expressed any opinion on Master Gao taking concubines, and my relationship with his concubines is quite good,” Li Wu said.
“Gu Jia is the second concubine.” Sun Zhao explained Gu Jia’s identity. “She was picked up by Master Gao. It is said that she lost her family while fleeing famine, and then she became stuttering because of the shock.”
“I am the third concubine,” Sun Zhao said. “I was once a classmate of Master Gao when he was studying abroad, but my family has fallen on hard times. I only hope that Master Gao can provide me with a place to shelter from the wind and rain.”
"I am the fourth in line." Chi Yuan probably couldn't bring herself to introduce herself as the fourth concubine, so she could only say it differently, "My family and Master Gao are business partners, so we were sent here for a marriage alliance."
Gao Wen was still very unhappy. When Yan Xun turned his gaze to him, he could only say unwillingly, "It was stolen from me."
"It is said that Master Gao fell in love at first sight and immediately went to his house to present a betrothal letter. His family is also greedy for money, and the person in charge at home is his eldest brother, who is at odds with him. So they immediately packed him up and sent him to Master Gao," Sun Zhao explained.
Yan Xun didn't go to see Lou Yanchuan, but unexpectedly Lou Yanchuan took the initiative to say, "I fell in love with Master Gao at first sight, and I'm determined to marry him no matter what."
“That’s why I’m so hostile towards the other wives,” Lou Yanchuan said, looking at Yan Xun. “Especially you, the seventh wife who came in later.”
"The servants in the courtyard all say that after hearing the news that you were going to marry into the family, the sixth concubine threw a huge tantrum in her room and smashed a lot of things. But even so, Master Gao didn't come to coax her. It seems that he has really forgotten the old one for the new one." Sun Zhao began to explain the plot again.
"What is the main quest for this instance?" Yan Xun asked.
"We can't just sit here and act out a palace drama, can we?"
"It seems like Master Gao won't live much longer," Li Wu said. "The main plot seems to revolve around seizing his family fortune."
"Whoever gains the most favor before Master Gao passes away will be able to acquire all of Master Gao's assets," Sun Zhao said. "We have one chance to see Master Gao every day, or of course, we can choose not to."
“At night, Master Gao will randomly choose someone to chat with…” Seeing Yan Xun looking at him strangely, Sun Zhao hurriedly added, “It really is just chatting!”
“You can ask Master Gao three questions in the chat, and he will definitely answer you, but he might lie,” Sun Zhao said. “So asking three questions every day is a very important opportunity to gather intelligence.”
"We can't see Master Gao's favorability rating, so among the three questions, you can also ask Master Gao what his own favorability rating is compared to that of other players."
Simply put, Master Gao is a fixed NPC.
They can visit NPCs every day to do quests and ask questions, and then determine their respective favorability levels.
The person who gains the most favorability before the game ends (Master Gao kicks the bucket) will receive all of Master Gao's wealth—that is, become the winner of the dungeon.
"What is that offering mentioned in the background?" Yan Xun asked.
“We suspect that this offering might be related to the tasks that Master Gao asked us to do every day when we visited him,” Li Wu said. “We exchanged some information before you came.”
"None of the intelligence we received contained any concrete information about this thing."
All we know is that this thing is hidden in Master Gao's room.
"No one has ever seen what this thing really looks like."
Gao Wen snorted coldly, "Playing tricks."
“Someone in our guild has been to a similar dungeon,” Chi Yuan said thoughtfully. “Besides the daily quests, these dungeons also have some unexpected side quests.”
"For example?" Yan Xun asked curiously.
"The player entered an Emperor's Harem instance and thought he would be able to pass it smoothly, but unexpectedly someone accused him of having an affair with a guard. The evidence was conclusive, and he was beaten to death on the spot."
"After leaving the instance, he started cursing the system, saying that he was a straight man and how could he possibly get together with a guard, and demanded a thorough investigation to see if it was a bug."
"As a result, the system sent him evidence..."
"What evidence?" Yan Xun asked, intrigued.
"When the guard was climbing the tree to get the kite, he accidentally slipped..." Chi Yuan said, "He reached out and caught the guard, held him in his arms, and then put him aside."
"This scene was discovered by other players, which triggered the 'affair with the guard' subplot."
“Besides the side storylines discovered and reported by players, unexpected situations may also occur in the dungeon,” Chi Yuan said. “In addition, Sun Zhao mentioned that this dungeon has a spooky synopsis, so I guess it might be related to the offerings to Master Gao.”
"So besides checking in with Master Gao every day and paying respects to other players, we also have to prevent these unexpected plot developments...?" Yan Xun said.
"Yes." Li Wu nodded.
"What's your background setting?" Gawain asked.
"I was all alone and helpless, and was sold to Master Gao by my uncle and aunt," Yan Xun said.
"Poor child," Sun Zhao said, feigning tears.
“You’re staying in Li Wu’s courtyard,” Chi Yuan said. “Gao Wen and I live in the same courtyard.”
“Gu Jia and I live in the same courtyard,” Sun Zhao said. “Lou Yanchuan is spoiled and arrogant, and he has his own courtyard by himself.”
“Originally, you were supposed to live with Lou Yanchuan after you entered the family,” Sun Zhao continued to explain. “But because the Sixth Concubine threw a huge tantrum before you entered the family, Master Gao arranged for you to live in the First Madam’s courtyard.”
As Sun Zhao spoke, she glanced cautiously at Lou Yanchuan.
Lou Yanchuan gave a fake smile and said, "Really? How come I didn't know I was angry?"
"Why is this instance randomly assigning characters?"
“That’s just how the instance is set up,” Gawain said. “We all entered the instance at the same time; he just set you to be jealous.”
Really? Sun Zhao thought to himself, why didn't he think that Lou Yanchuan's jealousy was part of his character?
He remembered that he had spent a long time trying to recruit people in the retrospective, but Lou Yanchuan hadn't reacted at all. Only after he heard that he had recruited Yan Xun did Lou Yanchuan change his tune and say that the dungeon sounded interesting and that he was also somewhat interested.
Sun Zhao flatly refused, saying that his instance was already full.
Lou Yanchuan didn't say anything, but before actually entering the dungeon, the member Sun Zhao had originally found said at the last minute that he had something to do and couldn't go to the dungeon, so they could only ask their guild leader to play in his place.
Sun Zhao could only chuckle at this.
When did Lou Yanchuan become so helpful?
“I have a question,” Gao Wen suddenly asked.
The group turned their attention to him.
"Would you consider tonight your wedding night?" Gao Wen asked Yan Xun.
Yan Xun: "..."
"This dungeon shouldn't have such a setup, right?"
Just as Yan Xun confidently declared that this instance wouldn't be so low-level, the group heard footsteps. Then, servants knocked on the door and entered the room. Upon seeing several "ladies," they first bowed and then announced that tonight was their wedding night, and they would escort Yan Xun to the bridal chamber.
Yan Xun: "..."
other people:"……"
Gawain yelled a few times, seemingly saying that this dungeon was shameless!
Sun Zhao was sweating profusely and dared not face the gaze of others, while Yan Xun himself was very calm - he felt that this instance would not be designed with any excessive content. It was said to be a bridal chamber, but it was probably just to let him see the things that Master Gao worshipped and to get some information out of him.
Just as the servants were about to take Yan Xun away, Lou Yanchuan stopped them, saying, "Didn't the master say that marrying him was just a formality?"
When the servants saw that it was the difficult Lou Yanchuan, they looked at each other in bewilderment and could only stammer that their mistress should not make things difficult for them.
Then she looked at Li Wu as if pleading for help.
Li Wu wondered what his role was in the instance. He exchanged a glance with Yan Xun, and seeing that Yan Xun indicated he was alright, he said to Lou Yanchuan, "How can they make decisions based on what the master has decided?"
"If you're not happy, go tell the master."
The servants looked at Li Wu with gratitude, while Lou Yanchuan snorted coldly to express his dissatisfaction.
"You're so considerate." He wasn't sure whether to say that Li Wu was considerate of Master Gao or that Li Wu was considerate of Yan Xun, "You're being a good person."
Wow... Gawain's mind was filled with comments. He had no idea that the president of the Time Traveler had this kind of personality.
He glanced cautiously at Lou Yanchuan, then at Li Wu, unsure whether they were acting or genuinely disagreeing.
"Haha." Sun Zhao chuckled dryly, wondering how he had invited such a bunch of ancestors to the dungeon.
He nudged Gu Jia twice with his elbow, signaling him not to be so wooden and to say something.
“What you say is useless,” Gu Jia said, with an air of utter shock. “It depends on what Yan Xun says.”
Chi Yuan appeared calm on the sidelines, but in reality, he was already watching the comments in his own live stream.
[Chi Yuan: ...Why are they arguing?] He asked the system to send a distress message in the live stream.
[Master, you don't understand. This is the kind of dramatic love-hate relationship we love to watch.]
[Your livestream is so boring, you should kneel down and kowtow to thank them for helping you make your livestream entertaining!]
Why do you seem like an outsider? (Question) Can't you join this fray?
Chi Yuan really didn't understand why he had to join this melee, or even when he should join it. He could only look at the comments with a conflicted expression, not knowing what to do.
[I didn't expect the main streamer's skills to be so outdated, and even their thinking to be so outdated (hands behind back). Your stream is boring, I'll go check out other streamers.]
Meanwhile, as soon as Gu Jia spoke, Gao Wen chimed in, "That's right!"
"That depends on what my brother Yan has to say." He said, looking at Yan Xun. "Brother Yan, say something! You be the judge."
“Yes, Yan Xun,” Lou Yanchuan said, “Tell me, what are you planning to do?”
Upon hearing this, Li Wu also looked at Yan Xun—he had no intention of forcing the other party to make a decision, but simply wanted to see if Yan Xun had any other ideas.
Yan Xun: "..."
Why does he feel that he is the real master in this instance?
“I’ll go take a look first,” he said to Li Wu.
"Let's go take a look first," Lou Yanchuan immediately replied. "And will you come back?"
“Yes, Brother Yan,” Gao Wen said earnestly, “Are you coming back to have dinner with us?”
“How could she possibly come back?” Sun Zhao said. “Have you ever seen a bride come back to dine with her concubines on her wedding night?”
“That’s true.” Gao Wen nodded, looking like he thought Sun Zhao’s words made sense.
Chi Yuan: "..." He felt like he couldn't get a word in edgewise.
[The main package has been sidelined (crying)]
Being ostracized is the fate of the lead contractor; he understands (nods).
[Haha, that's what happens when a man isn't jealous or possessive—he can't even sit at the table!]
While the players were discussing, the servants seemed not to understand and did not express any confusion.
It wasn't until Yan Xun left with them that the servants finally came to their senses and happily led Yan Xun outside.
Watching their departing figures, Chi Yuan couldn't help but ask, "What exactly is the background of this dungeon?"
"How come it's both ancient and modern?"
"It's probably a blend of ancient, modern, and feudal elements," Gao Wen said, stroking his chin. "So, what do we do now?"
"What else can we do?" Lou Yanchuan said, leaning against a pillar. "Of course, we'll wait for the bride to return from the wedding night and try to extract some information."
Seeing this, Gao Wen hesitated to speak.
"Speak your mind, Fifth Concubine."
"...You really are...that kind of president?" Gao Wen knew that everyone's live stream was on, so he couldn't directly reveal Lou Yanchuan's identity and could only ask cryptically.
"Looks like you're quite disappointed," Lou Yanchuan said.
Gao Wen remained silent; how could he not be disappointed?
When Yan Xun told him that he could run dungeons with the elites of the Time Travel faction, and that even the vice president Li Wu would join, Gao Wen didn't say it, but he was still extremely looking forward to it.
But this jealous tone, like someone who'd lived through 80 episodes of a palace drama, still left Gao Wen feeling somewhat disillusioned.
He even wondered if Li Wu had given up the chairmanship to Lou Yanchuan because he couldn't win the argument.
Sun Zhao watched for a while, and unable to bear seeing Gao Wen's illusions about time travel shattered, he could only smooth things over by saying—
"Our president doesn't usually act like this."