The Universe's First Hide and Seek

"I won't even say hello, Shen Xiuyuan!"

The sound of Shen Minglan's high-heeled shoes stepping on the ground was loud. She walked up to Shen Xiuyuan and looked at him condescendingly: "Has the manners you learned in our Shen's family been eaten by dogs?"

Although Shen Xiuyuan was sitting, his momentum was not weak at all.He raised his chin slightly, glanced at Shen Minglan, and said with a sneer: "So, the etiquette that my aunt learned in Shen's house is to open and shut up and lead a beast?"

Shen Minglan choked on him.

The aunt and nephew were so full of gunpowder when they met. Although it was expected by everyone, all the servants in the house still lowered their heads silently, for fear of getting burned.Only the secretary following behind Shen Xiuyuan, a tall and thin man adjusted his glasses, and calmly interjected, "Housekeeper, is the young master's room ready? There are other rooms and things that need to be prepared, all good." Is it? We have a lot of things that need to be placed."

"...It's all good." The housekeeper quickly responded, "The room of the young master is still the one you had back then, except for some changes made according to your request, everything else is still the same as before. If necessary, you can change it."

Shen Xiuyuan didn't answer, but just manipulated the wheelchair, walked around Shen Minglan, ignored Su Jingjing who was still standing near the stairs, and went straight upstairs.

Dai Bowen took a peek at how he went upstairs, and found that the wheelchair was really super smart, turning and going upstairs, everything was walking on flat ground.Seeing this Young Master Shen disappearing at the top of the stairs so easily, Dai Bowen suddenly felt a certain sense of identity in his heart.

——To be reasonable, if you are free to come and go and there is no inconvenience in life, sitting all the time... seems to be fine.

All in all, after a simple battle of words, Shen Xiuyuan and Shen Minglan were separated like this.After Shen Xiuyuan led several people to leave the first floor, Shen Minglan probably felt ashamed in front of the servants, so she gave everyone a look, then turned and left.

She also passed by Su Jingjing's side, and glanced over.Su Jingjing was taken aback, her wide-eyed appearance was endearing.But Shen Minglan just glanced at her in disgust, and then turned to look at the housekeeper: "The etiquette of servants in the family should be rectified, otherwise how would outsiders see our Shen family?!"

The housekeeper had no choice but to nod: "Okay, miss."

Only then did Shen Minglan go upstairs on high heels.

The butler looked at the girl who was still standing there, "Su Jingjing, come here."

"...Ah?" Su Jingjing drooped her face, "I really need etiquette education, housekeeper, I have memorized it, you have checked it."

"Obviously, you're just talking on paper and not doing very well in practice." The butler was kind to Su Jingjing at first, but after two consecutive "warnings" from the masters, the butler also had to be strict with the little girl, "You need to strengthen your training, If you can't pass within two days, you can't continue working here."

"What?!" Su Jingjing exclaimed in surprise, "Is it that serious? I just said a few words..."

"Yes, you only said two words, but sometimes two words can determine a person's fate." The butler pulled his gloves, "I'll say it again, come with me."

Su Jingjing flinched and followed obediently.The butler turned around and walked in front, Su Jingjing's eyes moved flexibly as she followed behind, and accidentally met Dai Bowen's eyes.

She lightly stuck out her tongue at Dai Bowen, as if she had just made a harmless mistake, and then disappeared into the living room with the housekeeper.

Dai Bowen looked indifferent, as if he didn't see it.

The other servants also dispersed spontaneously. The head maid, Windsor, passed by Dai Bowen, met his eyes calmly, said silently, "Did I say so?", and left.

Dai Bowen returned to his greenhouse.

***

In the afternoon, Dai Bowen was unexpectedly summoned by Young Master Shen who had just returned.

He was at a loss, but after hanging up the butler's communication, he changed his clothes and shoes and went to see Shen Xiuyuan.

Shen Xiuyuan was in his own room. Thanks to him, Dai Bowen entered this master-level room for the first time.The style of the room is very simple, unexpectedly not as complicated and retro as other places in this house.There were still some boxes piled up in the corner of the room, probably Shen Xiuyuan's luggage, and they hadn't had time to unpack them all.

There is also Shen Xiuyuan's secretary and an assistant in the room. It is said that the assistant will live with Shen Xiuyuan in Shen's house, but the secretary will live in another place.Of course, it doesn't mean that the Shen family's many servants are not enough, Dai Bowen thinks, it's probably because this Young Master Shen still thinks that his own people are more reliable.

Dai Bowen entered the room, and first bowed slightly to Shen Xiuyuan: "Young Master, are you looking for me?"

"Dai Bowen, isn't it?" Shen Xiuyuan's wheelchair was parked in front of the window sill, with his back facing the window, making him look a bit against the light, "I heard that you are the one who takes care of my mother's garden now. How long have you been here?"

Dai Bowen replied calmly: "Five years, young master."

Of course, this "five years" refers to the time when the original gardener came to the house, not the time when Dai Bowen actually took care of the garden.

Dai Bowen is a player who parachuted here to play "hide and seek".

"Five years." Shen Xiuyuan pointed to the vase in his room, "Did you plant those red roses too?"

"Yes."

"How much did you plant?"

"Half of the garden is full of red roses, and each time the batch is more than a thousand." Dai Bowen replied calmly, wondering if this young man really thinks that there are too few red roses in his room?Because the housekeeper said not to put too much, Dai Bowen didn't cut too much, and only came with a handful of 33 branches.Compared with a thousand flowers, it is indeed just a drop in the bucket.

Shen Xiuyuan squinted his eyes: "There are so many more, it seems that my mother's garden is still preserved?"

Dai Bowen replied in a business-like manner: "I only know that I haven't changed it since I came here. But sometimes the rose plant may die naturally and fill in a new one."

"Then since there are thousands of flowers, why are these 33 flowers only in my room?" Shen Xiuyuan said slowly, "It is absolutely possible to arrange some in various places in this house, otherwise it will be gloomy everywhere, which makes people feel uncomfortable. people hate."

Dai Bowen was a little surprised by this request, but still nodded and said: "Okay, young master, I will prepare."

Shen Xiuyuan was silent for a few seconds.

"You're interesting." He drove the wheelchair and approached Dai Bowen slowly, "Why didn't you remind me that my aunt is allergic to flowers, why don't you see so many roses in the house?"

Dai Bowen said in his heart that although you told me about this matter, I still have to tell the housekeeper, and I may not be the one who bears the responsibility in the end.But this can't be said on the face, so Dai Bowen said ambiguously: "The young and the young have their own considerations."

Shen Xiuyuan's wheelchair stopped in front of him, and he raised his chin to look at him with pressure in his eyes: "Aren't you afraid of becoming the first victim in this house?"

Dai Bowen thought to himself: Isn't Su Jingjing the first victim?

But he replied face-to-face: "I'm just a servant who grows flowers."

"Hey, servant, what age is it, that is, my aunt still uses this name to maintain her damn dignity." Shen Xiuyuan sneered, "This will only remind me of the broken rules of the Shen family that has been deformed for hundreds of years, so, Don't call yourself a 'servant' in front of me. You are only working according to the contract, and you haven't given the contract of sale to our family, so you can't be considered a real servant."

Dai Bowen followed the good advice: "Okay, Young Master."

"Called 'Mr. Shen'."

"Okay, Mr. Shen."

"The arrangement I just said was a joke with you, don't take it seriously." Shen Xiuyuan's tone was still gloomy when he said this, if someone else listened to him, he might secretly think that he was telling the truth.However, Dai Bowen's ability to listen to sounds is considered top-notch, so he replied: "Okay, Mr. Shen."

Shen Xiuyuan sneered: "'Okay, okay, okay'..."

How could Dai Bowen fail to recognize that this was a mocking answer, but he pretended not to hear it and stood silently.

"Let's go. If you want to put flowers, my assistant will find the housekeeper. It's not your turn to be the 'sacrifice'." Shen Xiuyuan waved his hand, "Take care of my mother's garden."

Dai Bowen: "Okay, Mr. Shen."

Shen Xiuyuan: "..." After being ridiculed, you still say that, playing me on purpose?

But Dai Bowen had already nodded and left, simply and neatly.

The door opened and closed, Shen Xiuyuan looked at the door and was silent for a few seconds, then asked: "What do you think of him?"

"...Mr. Shen, he is just a gardener." The secretary raised his eyebrows, "Even if he is not afraid of Shen Minglan, what effect can he play? Sprinkling petals all over the door of Shen Minglan's room to disgust her?"

"Secretary Gao, that's not what you said." Shen Xiuyuan smiled, but there was no real smile in his eyes, "His greenhouse, because of my aunt's dislike, is one of the few places in the whole house that is not monitored. a common area."

"That's true." Secretary Gao looked at the pile of discarded monitoring and bugging devices on the table behind, and then sneered, "Master Shen's room is not as private as a greenhouse garden, so interesting."

"My good aunt, don't you think that I can't wait to talk about my plans in the room as soon as I come back?" Shen Xiuyuan sneered, "It's not all good for Shen's house to be retro, at least these annoying gadgets, It’s not as stealthy to install.”

Secretary Gao pushed his glasses: "If you want to go back in disgust, just walk her on the 'flower path'."

"Forget it, my fight with that woman, why bother a gardener." Shen Xiuyuan said, "But he is quite interesting."

Secretary Gao said: "The people you call 'interesting' are usually not ordinary people, and they may even be troublesome. Do you think Shen Minglan will use this gardener to do something?"

"You think too much, I just think he's interesting." Shen Xiuyuan said, "I asked him to prepare more flowers and put them back, and he agreed without saying a word. Do you think he is really stupid or pretending to be stupid?"

"I only know that even if you tell him, he will still go to the housekeeper. The housekeeper is responsible for all the arrangements in the house."

"Yes, but he replied 'I have my own considerations', how interesting." Shen Xiuyuan said, "And he seems to be very calm about the topic of me and my aunt... The mentality of a gardener can also Is that good?"

Secretary Gao said, "Perhaps he is a Buddhist planter."

"Buddhism, it's so leisurely, I want to be so leisurely too." Shen Xiuyuan manipulated the wheelchair, turned to the window, suddenly changed his tone, and said coldly, "Have you finished investigating the people in the mansion? Report to me."

Secretary Gao turned on her communicator: "It's almost done, I'll send you a preliminary version first."

Shen Xiuyuan turned on the communicator, saw a list of more than a dozen avatars, and squinted his eyes.

--are you here?