With the cannon fodder script in hand, it is easy for the king to change his fate

Late at night, Azhen was lying in bed when there was a sudden knocking on the door.

She stood up, glanced at the scene, and then asked, "Who?"

She lives alone in this villa, which is connected to a slightly smaller villa next door. The housekeeper and maids all live in the villa next door. It's very convenient to call people now; you can do it all with a mobile phone. There's no inconvenience at all.

The sudden knocking on the door was indeed a bit eerie in the middle of the night.

After Azhen asked the question, the door to the room fell silent again.

She lay down to continue sleeping, but the knocking sounded again.

She got up, carefully moved closer to the back of the door, and suddenly pulled the door open. Of course, there was nothing outside.

Immediately afterwards, she turned on the corridor lights, took out her phone and opened the corridor surveillance camera, and then lay down again.

dong dong dong-

The familiar knocking sounded again. A-Zhan picked up her phone to check the security camera, but there was no one at the door.

This is terrifying.

If I hadn't known it was someone playing tricks, I would have been terrified too.

The female lead was already quite bold and rational, even knowing to check the surveillance footage, but the person who caused the trouble had already anticipated this.

The butler and his family live in the villa next door. The female lead will probably go to them for help, unaware that it's all the butler's doing.

[If the female lead trusted Shen Muzhi and called him directly, the butler's scheme would have failed.]

A-Zhen turned on the light, stared at the door, then took out her phone, opened her contacts, found Shen Muzhi's number, and dialed it.

[Wait a minute? The female lead isn't calling the butler, but Shen Muzhi instead. This is different from the original plot we know.]

【what happened? 】

Has the plot of the TV series been significantly altered?

The phone rang twice before being answered. It was Shen Muzhi's voice: "Xiao Zhen?"

“Brother Mu Zhi,” A-Zhen’s voice was tinged with fear, “there seemed to be strange noises coming from my room door. I checked the security camera footage, but there was nothing at the door…”

"I'll be right there to take a look." Before Azhen could finish speaking, Shen Muzhi interrupted, accompanied by rustling sounds, clearly someone getting up and dressing. "Don't be afraid, I'll be there soon."

The voice remained cold and indifferent, but it added a sense of security in the darkness.

Azhen replied, "Okay."

[Wouldn't it be better to find Shen Muzhi? I really don't want to see the female lead being completely fooled by the butler's family in the early stages.]

Azhen sat in her room, holding her phone, waiting for Shen Muzhi to come over.

Less than five minutes later, Shen Muzhi called. When he answered, he said he was at the gate, clearly having run all the way there.

Azhen opened the door for the other party remotely, and soon heard footsteps. Then there was a knock on the door. Upon closer listening, the knocking sound was somewhat different from the previous one.

"Xiao Zhen, it's me."

Azhen got up and immediately opened the door. Sure enough, Shen Muzhi was standing outside. She said, "It's so late. I'm sorry to bother Brother Muzhi."

[Just like the comments said, there was some noise at night. Was the knocking at the door the butler's doing? How did he manage that? We should check this thoroughly; it would be even better if we could find evidence.] [I called Shen Muzhi over to help us figure out what's wrong. After all, according to the comments, the Shen family should be trustworthy. We might not be able to trust the butler or the maids at the neighboring villa.]

Shen Muzhi's eyes darkened, and he asked, "Tell me the specifics? If you're sleepy, I suggest you check it out carefully. I don't believe in ghosts or gods in this world; the noise is probably caused by some other reason."

"I'm not sleepy. Tomorrow's the weekend, and I don't have to go to school. Let's check if there's anything wrong with it first," A-Zhen said, as she walked out of the room and looked around the door and its surroundings.

Shen Muzhi also worked very hard, helping to search inch by inch.

Just then, a voice came from downstairs: "Miss, what's wrong?"

The person who spoke was Shao Yifan, and the voice was getting closer and closer, clearly indicating that he was coming upstairs.

Azhen and Shen Muzhi exchanged glances, then Azhen replied, "There are some things."

Shao Yifan quickly came up, his face still showing some tension. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Azhen was alright.

"It's good that you're alright. I just saw the lights over here suddenly turn on brightly, so I came over to see what was going on," Shao Yifan said. "I'm glad you're okay."

Shao Yifan is a year older than Azhen and they attend the same high school. He is also a top student with excellent grades. The current butler, Shao Baocheng, said that Shao Yifan would take over his job and continue to be the Qiao family's butler. Therefore, Shao Yifan still calls Azhen "Miss".

In this era, it doesn't really matter whether you address someone by their full name or not.

If it weren't for the pressure of studying, Shao Yifan would definitely have taken over some of the things related to Azhen.

"President Shen." Shao Yifan greeted Shen Muzhi quickly upon seeing him, a flash of annoyance crossing his eyes before his gaze shifted to Azhen, as if he were truly about to become a housekeeper, inquiring about what had happened to Azhen.

A-Zhuang briefly recounted the events, and Shao Yifan's expression turned serious. Together with Shen Muzhi, they searched for any suspicious spots near the doorway.

After thoroughly checking the door and the walls around it and confirming that there was nothing unusual, the two finally focused their attention on the ceiling. If there was anything there, the ceiling would indeed be a good hiding place.

Shao Yifan and Shen Muzhi exchanged a glance, then went to fetch stools and tools, intending to pry open the ceiling to take a look.

The comments section was also discussing this matter.

Do you know where the thing making the sound is hiding?

Could it be the ceiling?

[The TV series just aired, right? I don't know. In the novel, the female lead sought help from Shao Yifan, but there was no such large-scale search. By the time he remembered it the next day, of course he couldn't find it; it had probably already been moved by the housekeeper. Anyway, he had already achieved his goal.]

So, we don't even know where the thing is hidden? We don't know if we can find it.

"No." Because Shen Muzhi was taller, he stood on a stool to check the ceiling, but he couldn't find anything. He shook his head at Azhen.

Shao Yifan chimed in, "Then it couldn't possibly be the sound coming from some unknown thing, could it?"

[This guy is awful, saying things like that to scare the female lead.]

[Shao Yifan must be furious that he didn't achieve his goal tonight. I wonder what tricks he'll pull next.]

This villa is managed by a housekeeper in every aspect, making it incredibly easy to tamper with things.

If it weren't for Old Master Qiao's shrewdness, who knows what the butler might have done. At least now he doesn't openly harm the female lead, and only dares to take some more subtle measures.

Living in a villa like this, with everything under the butler's surveillance, sounds terrifying.

[Sigh, although the female lead is very rich, her current situation is really difficult.] (End of Chapter)