Help, I've become a paper man

Li Yuan was silent, her eyes swept over everyone, her hand clenched the sign tighter, and finally she replied, "Give up the challenge."

The maid sighed, retracted her gaze, shook her head regretfully, and her fingers finally let go of the stick. She stopped turning it and pinned it around her waist. The lower half was covered by the apron, leaving only the round part exposed. Then, she spread her arms, and the maids on both sides followed her movements, holding the trays and retreating in an orderly manner along the same path they had taken.

It was then that Song Yi discovered that the Duke's seat was empty. Now that the maids around him had left, there was only one NPC left, the head maid.

The others noticed this as well. Their patience with the head maid did not increase. They were just mentally prepared to wait for the plot. For a moment, it seemed that "both the host and the guests were having a great time", and the tense atmosphere just now was easily turned around. Only Li Yuan, as the person involved, was still feeling uneasy.

No one was paying attention to her at this time. The head maid walked to the long table and said in a gentle tone, "The dinner is over. The Duke should have announced it, but unfortunately, as you all know, it has been raining heavily and the roads have collapsed. The Duke has urgent official business to attend to, so I have to take you back to your residence."

"Before that, I would like to remind everyone of some 'common sense'."

"The Duke likes quietness and cherishes her garden. Please don't make too much noise and don't destroy the environment."

"In addition, it has been raining a lot in recent days. If there are no special circumstances, try to rest in the room after dark and do not stay outside."

The head maid spoke and clapped her hands again. Seven more maids came forward. In the dim light, it was difficult to tell whether it was the person just now. There was no time to identify it. The head maid spoke again and said:

"Have a wonderful night, and see you later, everyone."

Then she turned and left, leaving the maids behind to quietly follow behind them, "escorting" the players all the way back to the room. Not everyone was obedient, but if the route was slightly deviated, they would immediately speed up and block the other party's way forward. If one could not stop them, the other maids would cooperate and tighten the encirclement of them.

No matter who went astray, they would eventually come back and follow the original route. After all, this was only the first day and they had not yet figured out the plot, so it was not appropriate for a conflict to occur too early.

After returning to the room, Song Yi took out the detector again and scanned around like Jasmine did before. It was still the same position as before, with a faint light in the corner of the aquarium. The color was more obvious when the lights were off.

The second thing he did was to turn on the light. Jasmine was already sitting on the sofa. After watching his series of actions, she asked, "Did Boss Yan give you some explosion-proof stickers or something?"

Song Yi subconsciously wanted to say that his communication equipment was still in baby mode and he didn't bring it in for use. Suddenly he realized that Jasmine might not be referring to electronic products. He glanced at the aquarium, then at the sci-fi detector in his hand, and finally looked at Jasmine, who nodded to confirm his guess.

That’s right, according to the existence of the detector, it should be possible to stick an explosion-proof sticker on the aquarium to prevent sneak attacks.

Song Yi put the detector back to unlimited firepower, and after enduring it again and again, he still couldn't help asking: "Da... Does Yan Changyue have a lot of these things?"

Jasmine shook her head, looking unbelievable, and said with emotion: "How could he resist telling you... How could you resist asking..."

"We call him Boss Yan because of his financial resources. He doesn't own a lot of these things, but he produces them. They are very expensive, and many of them are too expensive for Xiaozhi to buy!"

"What do you think after hearing this?"

Song Yi nodded under her gaze and said with emotion: "I really want to work part-time in his company. He designs the appearance of explosion-proof stickers to look like talisman paper, which is full of ritual sense."

Jasmine stared at him speechlessly.

After he finished laughing, he asked again: "If you put it this way, will anyone call you a warlord princess?"

Although Ling Zhi looks poor, and in fact he is poor, he has territory and subordinates, which seems to be quite appropriate.

Jasmine also laughed and asked back, "Have you met Duoduo?"

Song Yi nodded and said, "You are so special to her that you don't even call her Xiaoduo."

Jasmine replied easily, "Because the name Duoduo is already very cute. Well, today is Christmas Eve, let's go out and play, the boy from the Yan Changyue family."

After she finished speaking, Song Yi looked at her, without speaking or taking any action, but just looking over. After a few seconds, she couldn't help but ask:

“…Why are you looking at me like that!?”

"I'm a little surprised that you would call me like this..." Song Yi said, gesturing in the air with his hands. He found it difficult to find an accurate adjective and just felt that everything was strange.

Jasmine was stunned for a moment, then said seriously, "That's a cool way to put it!"

Song Yi swallowed the comment "Actually it's more childish" that he almost said, and nodded in approval at the face that showed a childish look.

but……

"What the head maid said, 'Try to rest in your room as much as possible,' doesn't it mean that there are dangers at night?" Song Yi asked.

Jasmine hummed, and said confidently, "Of course there is danger. If there is no danger, why would I ask you to go out?"

After she finished speaking, Song Yi still stared at her, as if there was something else she hadn't finished saying. Under his gaze, Jasmine curled her lips and muttered "Yan Changyue's family", then she said reluctantly:

"According to the daily script, if you don't go out and give up the chance to risk looking for clues, tonight will be Christmas Eve. Of course, if you go out... In short, there is no explanation and you can't know."

This explanation was even more puzzling. Song Yi looked at her without moving his eyes away. The girl who had been so confident just now now looked a little anxious, not because of his gaze, but more like because she could not find the right words to make him understand.

She hurriedly stood up from the sofa and walked around the coffee table. At a certain moment, Song Yi thought of some chefs' comments, and thought... this is a true canine creature.

Song Yi asked: "I need to experience it myself, and I can't tell you before?"

Regarding his original guess about the beast form, at this moment, combined with Jasmine's reaction, he remembered some of the usual settings for paper figures.

Jasmine turned to look at him and nodded quickly, her eyes were watery and she looked like she was about to cry. She looked pitiful and cute, which made Song Yi take a step back, worried about how he would face Yan Changyue when he returned.

That is to say, if a bodyguard takes a child out to play and the child makes him cry, does the employer need to pay compensation in addition to the employment fee?

Fortunately, Jasmine adjusted herself after taking a deep breath. She didn't notice Song Yi's embarrassment and continued the previous topic, saying, "Get ready and go out."