Qin Qi couldn't deny that the new butler's aesthetics were good.
Whether it was the two skulls at the staircase handrail, the zombie ornaments placed on the bookcase, or the twisted monsters on the wall, they all added a lot of warm atmosphere to this villa.
His eyes traced over Ya Xiao who had a somewhat satisfied expression. His eyelashes slightly drooped, and the fingers at his side slightly moved. He suddenly understood why some people always said that an excellent butler could keep the taboo person's emotions in a stable state at all times.
Qin Qi didn't believe that a butler could be that influential, but a butler who shared his aesthetic and was intelligent did make for a lot of peace of mind.
At least the other party wouldn't be like the first three butlers who would suddenly scream in fear in the villa every day.
"You guys can leave now."
Qin Qi glanced at Soren and Mist and turned around to go upstairs.
Before entering the room, he could still hear the new butler downstairs cheerfully introducing to the two:
"You guys can tug on the arms and legs of the dolls. Their reactions are super cute."
The two adjutants seemed to do as he prompted. A few seconds later, Mist's scream came from downstairs.
Qin Qi walked into the room with a natural expression.
Hm, it really wasn't the voice of the new butler.
Meanwhile, downstairs, Ya Xiao picked up the doll that had been thrown to the ground with a somewhat puzzled expression, "Mist, what's wrong with you?"
"Its eyes...its eyes are popping out!"
Mist's face was pale, and his speech slurred with fear. He had just taken hold of the creepy doll's arm when the ghostly thing suddenly tilted its head back to look at him, its left eyeball springing out of its socket while letting out an eerie chuckle.
"Yeah, isn't that cute?"
Ya Xiao nodded, raising his hand to stroke the sparse hair on the creepy doll's head with a loving expression.
Mist: ......
You call this thing cute?
Coming back to his senses, Mist realized that it was just a trick toy. He coughed a little, feeling a little humiliated by his frightened self, and lifted his hand to take the doll from Ya Xiao's side, "Thank you for the gift."
"If there's nothing else, Soren and I will leave first."
Mist turned quickly to look at Soren's face beside him, ready to wash his eyes with his brother.
The next moment, he was confronted by a frightening green-headed monster with eyes flying about, squealing and flailing at himself. Mist nearly choked.
Soren, holding up the green-headed monster, was nodding earnestly goodbye to Ya Xiao.
Mist: ......
He could understand the gift-giving Ya Xiao, but this guy was definitely trying to scare him on purpose by holding the damn thing up in his face.
Ya Xiao stood still, looking at Mist who walked away and kicked Soren hard. He thought for a moment and said to the system: [Mist doesn't seem to like my gift very much.]
The system wanted to say something. It actually wanted to say this matter for a long time. Except for the villain who was an exception, there didn't seem to be many humans over here who liked this style.
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However, without waiting for it to make a sound, Ya Xiao had already managed to find a solution: [Sure enough, if I'm giving gifts to the two adjutants next time, I'd better ask the marshal's opinion. After all, they're both humans.]
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Of course, there was still a long time in the future to work on these things, there was no hurry.
Ya Xiao wagged his tail. He first went to the kitchen to grind the coffee and then pinched the time to go upstairs to find Qin Qi, who was reading a book in the study.
On weekdays, Qin Qi's life can be described as boring. Apart from work, he would only retreat to his study to read books every day. When Ya Xiao came in, Qin Qi raised his eyes to look at him for a moment before he retracted his line of sight.
"They're gone?"
"Uh-huh."
Ya Xiao responded cheerfully.
He watched the demon value on the screen slowly grow, the tail behind him wagging with particular joy, and his blue eyes curving into a crescent moon. Becoming the villain's butler can be such a happy thing.
Even the adjutant couldn't live in the villa.
Only the butler could stay without any problems.
Although Qin Qi's attention was focused on the book, he was likewise paying attention to the butler, his fingers inadvertently rubbing the page.
In the middle of the day, as if making small talk, he looked over at Ya Xiao, "Why would you want to come and apply for the job as my butler?"
"As far as I know, my reputation in the butler industry doesn't seem to be good."
Qin Qi didn't really want to know the answer much. He was just a little curious about what was going on inside the head of this youngster who seemed happy at all times.
Ya Xiao froze for a moment.
The truth about absorbing demon value definitely couldn't be told. He thought about it and said straightforwardly with curved eyes, "Because you're very strong, Marshal!"
Qin Qi heard this and looked at Ya Xiao.
As if the black-haired butler thought of something, his entire body became a little excited, his eyes shining brightly, "Marshal, you're really especially strong."
As if he could see that the man didn't believe him, Ya Xiao wagged the tip of his tail and said seriously, "You're the hero of the Sixth Base, no one would dislike you!"
Qin Qi gave a calm hmmm at his words. Ya Xiao couldn't tell if he believed him or not, and no one knew what was going on in the marshal's mind.
The room was quiet for a moment.
Ya Xiao added some coffee to Qin Qi's cup.
The cup slowly emitted hot air, and in the middle of the day, Qin Qi's low voice came out, "What happened to Mist just now?"
Ya Xiao was still lost in thought. When he heard these words, his attention was immediately yanked back. He couldn't help but come closer to Qin Qi in search of approval, "I don't know. He didn't seem to like my gift very much."
With that said, he asked Qin Qi to wait a little while. He took out the same type of doll from his room. These were mall giveaways. Because there were a lot of them, Ya Xiao gave the cute dolls to the two adjutants that he kinda liked.
"Marshal, you tug on its arm."
Qin Qi looked at the frightening doll with a face full of scars, his eyelashes slightly drooping. After pondering for a moment, he raised his head, took the doll, and held its arm.
In the next second, the doll's head rotated, its eyes instantly falling out from the springs. It let out a bizarre and frightening laugh that gave people chills.
Qin Qi raised his eyebrows slightly, finding it a bit interesting, "Mist doesn't like it?"
"Yes."
Ya Xiao was rather puzzled.
There was a bit of silence from both of them, neither seemed to understand why Mist didn't like it.
The system who saw it from the beginning to the end: ......
After the short interlude, Ya Xiao went downstairs to prepare to make dinner. Although Qin Qi's body had already recovered, Ya Xiao made a portion for Qin Qi in passing when he cooked for himself. Qin Qi, who was rumored to be accustomed to consuming nutrients, didn't say anything and ate his dinner neatly.
When Mist came to pick up the marshal during the day, Ya Xiao also followed.
As Qin Qi looked over, Ya Xiao stated seriously, "I'm not going to break the rules, and I won't be around to accompany you while you're working."
"I just want to be able to help the marshal whenever I can."
The dark-haired young butler seemed to have a greater-than-normal sense of duty, unwilling to put his employer in the least bit of danger.
Mist sat in the driver's seat of the hovercar. Listening to Ya Xiao's words, he acknowledged Ya Xiao a little bit deeper.
As a matter of fact, high-risk taboo bearers also needed butlers to accompany them when they were working.
It was because no one knew when a taboo person would go out of control. However, the marshal was not accustomed to the butler following him around when he was at the headquarters, so the previous butlers had never taken the initiative to travel to the headquarters.
Ya Xiao was the first to be so proactive.
Mist was quite emotional.
Qin Qi gazed at Ya Xiao's eyes and retracted his sight, which was considered a tacit acceptance.
When they arrived at the headquarters, Ya Xiao kept following behind Qin Qi, chatting with him from time to time. When the other party was ready to start working, Ya Xiao retreated rather tactfully.
He had managed to accumulate two demon values in one morning.
Ya Xiao felt that he had earned it.
The officers in the headquarters building came and went.
As Ya Xiao stood in the corridor, he thought about it and headed to the butler's lounge.
According to what Mist had said, the butlers of the taboos would rest in the lounge when they had nothing to do.
Ya Xiao passed by just as two young butlers, a man and a woman, Colund and Vesha, were there.
"You're coming over for a break too?"
"The marshal is coming back today. There will probably be a lot of meetings later so we can rest for a long time."
The two showed enthusiasm when they saw Ya Xiao come in. The Sixth Base had fewer butlers than the other bases, and they hadn't seen any newcomers for a long time.
Ya Xiao broke into a smile at the sight and exchanged words with them with the same intimacy. He soon found out all the information about the two people.
After realizing who Ya Xiao's employer was, Colund and Vesha exchanged a glance. A hint of sympathy crossed their eyes, and they deliberately avoided the topic.
"I want to go back to the central city so badly."
Vesha sighed, "The officers of the Sixth Base have savage personalities, not to mention the base construction is particularly boring. I don't have a single bit of fun other than working every day."
Colund's eyes were equally tired, "What can be done about it? We are serving the heroes and should be proud of it."
Inside the lounge, the atmosphere around the two of them was heavy, with half of the so-called pride.
Ya Xiao watched their state, his tail wagging behind him for a moment, not quite understanding their mood. After all, he had always been quite happy.
The two of them, Colund and Vesha, could also sense the puzzlement of the youth next to them. The boy had only been on the job for a few days and didn't know how tiring it was to take care of a taboo for a long period of time.
"I wish the spring meeting would come sooner." Colund sighed, "My employer's rank is high enough that I can travel with the marshal to the central city during the spring meeting. I'll be able to return to the central city then."
"Yeah."
Vesha was also filled with anticipation at the mention of the spring meeting.
Ya Xiao was equally looking forward to the spring meeting. After all, he would be traveling with the marshal to the central city as a butler. He would surely be able to absorb more demon value every day then than at present.
"There are still two months left, it will be soon."
Perhaps infected by the youth's emotions or perhaps knowing that the spring meeting was coming soon, the two finally revealed a smile.
While this was happening, there was a knock on the lounge door. It was a man in military uniform who came to see Colund.
"Colund, Chief Wei Duo is looking for you!"
Hearing this, Colund looked at the time and hurriedly got up, saying a flustered goodbye to Ya Xiao and Vesha, "Dammit, I forgot to keep track of the time! I'll be off now."
With that, he grabbed his tuxedo jacket that was sitting on the chair and left the lounge.
The man who had just come to Colund did not leave immediately. He nodded politely at Ya Xiao before closing the door to the lounge.
Vesha glanced at the time, then looked back at Ya Xiao, who had his head bowed in contemplation, and said questioningly, "Ya Xiao? What's the matter? Do you recognize that officer from earlier?"
Ya Xiao looked back thoughtfully and turned his head to smile at her, "Well, I know him."
More than knowing, that man was one of the three assistants Mist had introduced to him.
The other party's other identity was the assassin hiding in the base, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate the villain, Sheng Cheng.
If he wasn't mistaken, the other party had a bandage wrapped around his right hand, which, in the plot, was a signal that he intended to assassinate the villain soon.
The tail behind Ya Xiao lashed out a bit.
In the plot, because of various reasons stacked on top of each other, Sheng Cheng really made the villain's body suffer.
If it was before, Ya Xiao wouldn't have cared, but now he knew that the villain's injury would affect the demon value.
This couldn't be done.
Ya Xiao raised his hand and touched the cold earrings.
Solving the trouble for his employer was also considered the duty of a butler.