Transformed into a heartthrob's simp, every day is a battleground.

Chapter 112 Hidden Mission

He Jinqiu didn't quite understand what Yan Xun meant.

Seeing that he didn't want him to continue, he stopped talking... He glanced at the empty seat and said, "You can sleep in my bedroom tonight, and I'll sleep in the study."

Just as Yan Xun was about to ask, "Don't you have any guest rooms?", he remembered the strange rules in He Jinqiu's house.

He immediately fell silent.

He Jinqiu pushed back her chair and stood up. "Brother Yanxun, you go upstairs first."

"I'll tidy up here."

Yan Xun glanced at the seat to his left. It was still empty, but the rice and the steamed fish and soup that had just been handed to him had completely lost their aroma, as if to tell them that "someone" had already eaten.

Yan Xun did not refuse. He went straight upstairs, but when he reached the third floor, he found that the door to the room opposite He Jinqiu's bedroom was slightly ajar.

But just as Yan Xun saw the crack, the door was suddenly closed again.

I wonder if He Jinqiu's brother has already returned to his bedroom from the dining table?

Yan Xun stood on the perfectly symmetrical carpet, looked around the other man's room for a while, and finally opened the door to He Jinqiu's bedroom and went inside.

Just as he closed his bedroom door, the door to the opposite bedroom slowly opened.

He watched He Jinqiu close the door through the crack until he heard some noise, then closed the door again.

……

He Jinqiu slowly walked up to the third floor.

The third floor was his and his brother's territory, and everything there was symmetrical.

Because we cannot favor one over the other, the older brother must also have one of everything the younger brother has.

But in fact, He Jinqiu had never met his older brother. The man had existed before he was born and was a lucky symbol that his parents specially worshipped to bring prosperity to the family business.

Calling him the older brother is an understatement; he's more like a wandering ghost who has taken over the title.

When eating, a special bowl and chopsticks should be set out for the older brother.

When going out to play, she had to bring her "brother" along, even though there was nothing there. He Jinqiu still remembers that when she was a child, the nanny in the house was often pale and looked scared - anyone who knew that there was an invisible child in the house would find it hard to behave normally.

Some of the maids even said that they had heard the sound of a ball bouncing after they had gone to bed at night.

The sound of the ball bouncing came from the third floor.

He Jinqiu was already fast asleep at that time, so it was obvious who was bouncing the ball.

When He Jinqiu stepped onto the third-floor corridor, he glanced at the tightly closed door next door, walked over, and gently knocked three times.

"elder brother."

He said to the unseen thing in the room, "That's my guest."

"Don't scare him."

"Don't hang out with him either."

He Jinqiu didn't know how old his older brother was. He had heard from a master who had visited the family that his older brother would never grow up and would mostly remain a child.

He Jinqiu took out the candy and toys from her pocket and placed them at the door of the house with the name "He Jinchun" written on it.

"This is a gift I brought for my brother."

"If you accept it, don't scare my guest."

There was no sound from the room opposite. He Jinqiu knew that his brother would not respond to him, so he opened the door to his own study on the other side and went in.

A minute later, he left the study and returned to the hallway.

The candy and toys that were placed in front of He Jinchun's room have disappeared.

His brother took the gift he brought.

……

Yan Xun felt something touching his calf.

When he looked down, he saw a very small black cat. The cat probably didn't expect Yan Xun to suddenly look down, and it was so frightened that its fur stood on end and it started meowing.

This is the third floor; the cat won't suddenly appear.

Yan Xun's gaze swept around the room and finally settled on an open window.

He stepped back slightly, looking at the tiny black cat in front of him.

The black cat probably sensed that Yan Xun meant no harm, so it started meowing again and began rubbing against Yan Xun's trouser leg.

Yan Xun looked for a while, then said, "Move aside."

"Don't get all those fleas on me."

The kitten seemed surprised to find such a cold-hearted person.

Yan Xun thought to himself, "He Jinqiu's house is really strange—doesn't this cat know how to hide its shadow?"

The kitten may look adorable, but its shadow is an enigmatic and mysterious creature.

Its long arms and legs reminded Yan Xun of the legendary water monkey.

The kitten probably didn't realize its shadow had been exposed and continued to try to attract Yan Xun's attention by meowing and pointing at the open window.

It seems to be trying to say that it came from the window.

But Yan Xun clearly remembered that when he entered the house, there was no window on the wall.

He ignored the black cat, which probably didn't expect there to be such a stubborn person as Yan Xun. In the end, it could only jump onto the window, meowed once more, and then disappeared.

The black cat has just disappeared.

He Jinqiu then opened the bedroom door and came in.

"I'm sorry for the delay," He Jinqiu said. Seeing that Yan Xun was in his room, he was a little at a loss and could only say, "I'll find you some clean clothes."

"Have you ever kept a cat?" Yan Xun suddenly asked.

"A cat?" He Jinqiu turned around. "No."

"My family only has one pet, Qiuqiu. Qiuqiu is quite jealous and doesn't like other cats and dogs."

"Why do you ask that?" He Jinqiu asked curiously. "Did you see the kitten?"

"I saw a black cat in the yard," Yan Xun said.

He went to look at the wall where a window had just appeared—now the wall was clean, and there was no trace of the window.

“That must be a black cat from outside,” He Jinqiu thought for a moment and said.

"My parents don't really like black cats; they think they're unlucky."

Yan Xun thought for a moment, "Have you been living here all along? I see that a lot of effort has been put into the decoration and interior layout."

“Yes, this is our family’s old house,” He Jinqiu said.

“I’ve lived here since before I was born.”

He thought for a moment, "I remember it was 3 or 4 years before I was born... I moved into the house just as I was born." As He Jinqiu spoke, she took out a pair of pajamas from the closet and handed them to Yan Xun, "They've never been worn."

Yan Xun took the pajamas.

Just as he saw the black cat, the system he had thought was dead finally sent him a new message notification—

[Hidden Mission: Discover the secret in He Jinqiu's home.]

Does everyone in the group have a secret? Can the astute players discover it?

[Mission Reward: Each secret discovered will increase the mission rating.]