CH 75

Sick collector (3)

Translated by Jev Kaez

Edited by Jev Kaez

It was a very bad thunderstorm day when he saw the sweetheart that Xu Musi said. Early in the morning, the sky was gray and thunderous.

The room Lu Yi was assigned had good sound insulation, and when the doors and windows were closed, the sound of thunder could hardly be heard. Because he was very tired last night, when he woke up, he found that it was already nine o’clock.

In this place, it was rare for him to wake up so late. One was because of the biological clock he had developed, and the other was because he had to accompany Xu Musi to class early in the morning. Even if he didn’t want to wake up, the servants would knock on his door before seven o’clock to make sure that he could get to the hall before 7:30 after washing up.

Lu Yi got up and opened the curtains. It was gloomy outside. He couldn’t tell whether it was early morning or noon. He glanced at the watch on his wrist, and then at the alarm clock, and determined that the time was indeed nine o’clock in the morning.

Could it be that Xu Musi suddenly had good intentions and told the servant not to disturb his sleep? After staying in this place for so long, Lu Yi didn’t think the other party would have such kindness.

Probably because of being spoiled, Xu Musi was basically unlikely to take the initiative to care about others. Especially in this castle where he was obedient, there was always only someone else to please him, so he didn’t even know what it was to be gentle and considerate.

In other words, if he really started to be gentle and considerate to himself, Lu Yi would start to worry, because it meant that the other party started to have other plans for him, and if he wanted to leave here, it would become more difficult.

After washing, he opened the door, but as soon as he opened the door, he saw a man in front of him, the old housekeeper of this place. Almost every day, Lu Yi could see the figure of this kind-looking old man beside Xu Musi.

But now, the other party stomped in front of him and told him, “You don’t have to accompany the young master today, there is a distinguished guest.”

The housekeeper looked at Lu Yi’s clothes: “If you go out, you don’t need to wear normal clothes. I’ll bring you new clothes, and then you can go out.”

In order to make Lu Yi more like his sweetheart, his clothes were all made to order, the same pure black color as when he woke up that day, all kinds of silk shirts, and complicated cloud patterns., he also changed his hairstyle.

When looking in the mirror, he felt that his appearance had a bookish scent, and it looked like kind of artistic.

Lu Yi didn’t like to wear such things, but he had no other choice, the little young master looked like a good and obedient boy who didn’t like to talk, but his temper was not very good.

He didn’t have much fighting power himself, but more people carry out his orders. After staying here for such a long time, Lu Yi learned that Xu Musi’s mother passed away early, and his father was very busy, so he found many people to take care of this only child who was in poor health.

From childhood to adulthood, Xu Musi thought that he never got what he wanted. In the process of getting along with the other party, Lu Yi could feel that this young master was not incapable of looking at people’s faces. On the contrary, his mind was terribly sensitive and delicate, and he was very clear about the likes and dislikes of others.

Lu Yi was not good at acting, but in the shopping mall, he used a gentle mask all year round to cover up all his true emotions, at least not easily let the other party see what he was thinking.

He still looked at the housekeeper wearing that gentle mask, and nodded lightly: “I see.”

In Lu Yi’s heart, the housekeeper was obviously also an accomplice of Xu Musi, and his words and deeds might be conveyed to Xu Musi’s ears through the mouth of the housekeeper.

He didn’t like Xu Musi’s eagle dog, but he still had to maintain proper courtesy, like a nobleman in the Middle Ages, even in the face of enemies, he shouldn’t give up the elegance and restraint of aristocrats.

The housekeeper was also very curious as to where Lu Yi had such aura. In order not to cause too much trouble, he checked Lu Yi with his eyes. Basically, all the collections didn’t have any prominent family background, they were ordinary people.

Luyi’s family, in all seriousness, could only be said to be well-off, not even a middle-class person. They had signed up a lot of training classes for their son. He knew everything but was not proficient in everything.

The certificate that Luyi could best hold was the piano grade 10 certificate he took in junior high school. Of course, it was an amateur, not a performance grade. In this way, it was still the result of Luyi practicing for many years.

None of the teachers in Luyi remembered that they had a very talented student. But in front of the young master’s teachers, he performed very well, just like Mr. He.

This attracted his young master, but it also made the housekeeper suspicious, but they also collected Luyi’s fingerprints and compared them to before, and they were sure that he was himself.

The housekeeper felt troubled. Lu Yi’s scheming didn’t seem as simple as what was written in the information. He wanted to get Lu Yi out, but he was worried about the young master’s accountability.

When Lu Yi was about to go back to the room, he said erratically, “Well, you should wear your usual clothes, and I will take you to the young master.”

To make the young master hate someone, it was actually very simple. Put Lu Yi by the side of the distinguished guests, let the young master and Lu Yi clearly understand that collectibles were collectibles, and fish eyes could not be confused with pearls.

Lu Yi noticed the other party’s unease and kindness, but he also realized that the honored guest in the butler’s mouth was most likely Xu Musi’s sweetheart.

In order to make Xu Musi live miserably and experience real pain, this sweetheart was simply the most crucial existence. He nodded, changed into his usual clothes, and followed behind the housekeeper to the place where he received the distinguished guests.

But when they arrived, the distinguished guest was not there. The servant who was serving earlier said, “The young master and Mr. He sat for a while and then went to the exhibition hall.”

Lu Yi’s eyes moved to the wheelchair in the hall.

Xu Musi’s health was not very good, it could be said that he was a sick seedling in a medicine jar, so he often sat in a wheelchair, but in fact, he was not disabled, he just didn’t like to move around by himself.

Obviously, Mr. He was very important to him. In order to accompany Mr. He, he was willing to drag those two limp legs to continue walking.

The butler’s expression changed slightly. He turned his head and said to Lu Yi, “Lu Si, put on your clothes and go out with me. Don’t let the young master catch a cold.”

Lu Yi came down, put the folded clothes in his hand, took the umbrella, and followed the housekeeper out of the hall.

The butler’s tone was very natural. Although Lu Yi did not conform to the data in some aspects, Lu Yi’s performance these days had a subtle influence on him.

He was about to forget that Lu Yi was the one who was kidnapped by them. The more scheming he had, the more likely he was to harbor resentment. He was not like the servants in this castle. He was educated to serve his master since he was a child, so he was very obedient.

The sky was still dark, it was pouring rain in the yard, and the thunder roared constantly. Lu Yi walked quickly behind the housekeeper, and on the long corridor, he saw two men standing not far away.

One was Xu Musi, the other was standing with his back to Lu Yi, a head taller than Xu Musi, wearing a black silk shirt that looked like it had a very good texture, loose cropped trousers, and high clogs, showing an ankle. The complexion was very white, and he could tell he was a decent person at a glance.

The place where the two of them stood was in front of the flower house.

It was raining heavily. Lu Yi and the housekeeper walked through the uncapped glass promenade. The rain that fell from the green leaves of the ivy dripped onto the big black umbrella he opened, playing the unique song of a natural movement.

When Lu Yi and the housekeeper stood in front of Xu Musi, Xu Musi’s eyes flashed a little bit of panic and embarrassment, and a little bit of displeasure.

But he had always been obedient and well-behaved in front of He Si, and rarely did unreasonable things, so he couldn’t get angry in front of the guests, he only asked: “Why did you two come here?”

The housekeeper said, “The servant is ignorant, and asked you to come out dressed so thinly. It was raining and the weather was cold, so I thought, I’ll add some clothes to you, so as not to get cold.”

Lu Yi handed the clothes in his hand to the housekeeper. He changed his obedient and submissive attitude in front of the housekeeper and stood there with a big black umbrella.

Although he didn’t speak, others looked at him and would never connect him with the servants of the Xu family.

“Ying Bo is also for your own good. You are weak, so you should wear more clothes.” The man spoke, and his voice sounded a little familiar.

By the way, this voice should belong to Lin Miao, the boy who sat next to him on the first day he woke up, but Lin Miao was not that tall, obviously the two were not the same.

Xu Musi climbed onto the man’s hand: “Uncle He, I’m fine.”

The man Xu Musi called Uncle He turned his head and was a little surprised to see Lu Yi. After briefly looking at Lu Yi, he asked, “Who is this?”

Anyone who saw someone who wears similar clothes and had a similar temperament would be a little surprised.

And when people meet people, they often pay attention to appearance. Although the two met for the first time, he found this young man very pleasing to the eye.

He Si never used the word love at first sight in his life, and he couldn’t remember the word for a while. He just saw that the other party was pleasing to the eye, and it was very comfortable to look at it inexplicably. The more he looked at it, the more comfortable it was.

But Lu Yi didn’t look at him much, so he looked away from his face, because when the man turned his face, the young master Xu Musi was also looking at him.

Xu Musi gave Lu Yi a warning with his eyes in a place where the man could not see, motioning him to keep his mouth shut and not talk nonsense.

Lu Yi glanced at Xu Musi, and lied without blinking: “I am the tutor Mr. Xu asked for Musi.”

He felt that He Si was likely the key to getting him out of this ghost place. If the other party was not in the same boat as Xu Musi, then when the other party went out, he could ask the other party to take him for a ride.

After all, this manor was so big, it may take half an hour to drive from where he stood to the door.

And if it was a villa, his Lu family’s mansion was built on the mountainside of a mountain on private land.

If he ran away rashly, he felt that he might be brought back to break his leg before he ran out.

Of course, he couldn’t fully confirm that He Si was his savior. Hearing Xu Musi’s tone, the two should have a relationship.

He didn’t know the level of the two people’s relationship, what He Si was doing, and how upright the three views were. If it was revealed that he was kidnapped by Xu Musi, maybe this person would not take him out.

“Tutor?”

Lu Yi said affirmatively: “Yes, a pianist tutor, temporarily living in Xu’s house.”

He hadn’t actually played the piano for a long time, but he didn’t know why, he picked up such things the fastest, and some songs seemed to have been played many times.

He Si seemed very interested in Lu Yi: “What’s your name?”

Lu YI glanced at Xu Musi, his fingers nervously grabbed the black clothes he brought over, his knuckles were white to almost translucent, he said, “Lu Yi, in exchange, I think I can know your name.”

The other party laughed: “My name is He Si, He Fang’s He1, Missing Si.”

Xu Musi tried hard to brush up his sense of existence: “Uncle He’s name is the same as mine.2”

Since Lu Yi had said that he was a tutor, and the housekeeper was not easy to drive people away, it could be seen that Lu Yi and this Mr. He were chatting and laughing, especially when talking about certain topics, Mr. He even showed an expression of approval frequently.

The housekeeper knew that Luyi was very talented in art, but he didn’t know that Lu Yi actually knew so much, and a person who was usually taciturn could speak so much at this time.

He frowned, feeling that things were a little tricky, and worried that Lu Yi would tell the truth to Mr. He.

Knowing that this would happen, he wouldn´t had let Lu Yi appear in front of the guests. Fortunately, he had already hidden everyone else. If Lu Yi talked nonsense, he would…

He was thinking wildly behind a few people when he heard Lu Yi say, “Mr. He, will you stay here today?”

He Si was stunned for a moment. He never liked to explain his whereabouts to others, not to mention that Lu Yi was a stranger he had met once.

But by accident, he replied, “No.”

Lu Yi said again: “I didn’t come by car. If it is convenient for Mr. He, can you give me a ride?”

He Si agreed: “Of course I can.” It’s not a big problem just to bring someone by the way.

“Thank you so much,” Lu Yi said.

“It’s just a small matter.” Thinking of something, He Si asked him again: “If you are a tutor, will you come over these days?”

He didn’t like to live in other people’s houses, and Xu Musi was a sick child. He always smelled of medicine, and he was a good boy, but he liked to act like a spoiled child. He actually didn’t like this junior very much.

But these days he needed to talk business with Xu Musi’s father, so he should come here often.

To be more precise, he really wanted to see this tutor again, but this was the first time they met, so if he asked the other party’s number right away, it seemed a little too fast and too hasty.

At the beginning, he hadn’t remembered that word yet, but after chatting for a while, he felt like he was finished. The boy was only twenty-three years old, ten years younger than him, the old house was on fire3, burning very fast, he felt that the fire was burning his ass, and he couldn’t help but be in a hurry.

Lu Yi glanced at Xu Musi, then said, “Yes.”

Now that he was sure to be able to leave, he didn’t mind disturbing the Xu family for a few more days. He had more important things to do.

Jev Kaez's notes:

1 He Si '何思' uses the character '何' from He Fang '何方', it could mean 'where' but is also a name in itself, it is the name of a scholar and the stage name of a Taiwanese singer.