Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 409 408 The Sudden Visit of Shunzi
With his mind a complete mess, Shunzi had unknowingly arrived at the entrance of Shiwuyu when a sudden commotion interrupted his chaotic thoughts.

He looked up and saw that there were people causing trouble in front of Shi Wu Yu's door. The doormen had surrounded the area, so he couldn't see what was going on inside. He could only hear a man's voice shouting, "I want to see Xu Lian Sheng! Who gave you the audacity to stop me? Let me in!"

Shunzi's face darkened, and he strode forward to see which fool dared to come to Sister Asheng's doorstep to cause trouble.

Pushing through the crowd, before he could even make a move, Shunzi spotted Zhao Mumu first.

There were only two people in the circle of doormen: Zhao Mumu and a middle-aged man with a large beard wearing a top hat and Western-style clothing—who was also a foreigner.

Zhao Mumu stood in front of the foreigner, but her attitude was still quite polite: "Mr. Wells, Mrs. Xu is not receiving guests today, and she has already explained to you that it was all just a wonderful misunderstanding."

Shunzi scratched his head. The name sounded vaguely familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it before.

"Misunderstanding? I don't think so."

Wells sneered: "If this is what you call a misunderstanding—"

He suddenly attacked, grabbing his cane and slapping it across Zhao Mumu's face.

Zhao Mumu raised her arm to block, but did not retaliate.

Wells snorted coldly: "Then I can only consider this a greeting."

Zhao Mumu's expression was not good: "Mr. Wells, do you have to make things so undignified for everyone here?"

Wells raised his chin arrogantly and poked Zhao Mumu's chest with his cane: "That's a smart thing to say. As the hereditary heir to the Cosette family title, I will not allow my dignity to be trampled on by you lowly servants. So now, I'm going in."

He exerted force in his hand, trying to push Zhao Mumu away with his cane, but Zhao Mumu did not budge.

Wells lost face, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he raised his cane to strike: "Disobedient fool!"

Snapped.

With a crisp sound, the cane stopped in mid-air.

A heavy shadow fell over him, and Wells looked up in surprise to see a burly man standing behind Zhao Mumu—he was gripping the other end of the cane, which Wells could not take back no matter what he did.

His expression changed: "You—"

Shunzi didn't say a word. He casually snatched the cane, snapped it in two with a crack, and threw it at Wells's face: "Get lost."

Shunzi's attention was entirely on Wells, and she didn't notice that Zhao Mumu's expression changed slightly when she saw him suddenly appear.

Zhao Mumu quickly gave the head steward outside the crowd a wink, and the head steward understood and turned to run into the restaurant.

Turning around, Zhao Mumu saw Wells being relentlessly pursued by Shunzi. Every time Shunzi pushed him, Wells would stagger back a few steps. In no time, they had almost reached the other side of the street.

Zhao Mumu quickly walked over and said to Wells, "Mr. Wells, I think I have explained it clearly enough, so please go back."

Wells was about to say something more when Shunzi grabbed his cheek—Wells' mouth immediately pursed into a circle, and he couldn't say anything.

Shunzi pointed to the curb separating the two of them and stared down at Wells: "If you dare to step over this hurdle today, I'll rip your head off."

With a gentle push, Wells stumbled back several steps and fell flat on his backside on the stone pavement.

He rubbed his face and questioned Zhao Mumu, "Who is he!?"

Zhao Mumu said expressionlessly, "One guest who came to eat. I have nothing else to say."

"What the hell are you talking to him about?"

Shunzi dragged Zhao Mumu back, not forgetting to spit at Wells as he turned his head: "Ptooey! You dog."

Zhao Mumu asked him casually, "Why didn't you let us know you were coming, Third Master? We could have sent a car to pick you up."

Shunzi recalled his earlier worries and secretly observed Zhao Mumu's expression—wanting to know if Zhao Mumu also saw a "blurred line" between him and Sister Asheng.

So he made up a random excuse: "I just happened to be passing by..." He knew this reason was unreliable, so he quickly changed the subject: "Who was that foreigner? How dare he cause trouble at Shiwuyu?"

Zhao Mumu avoided answering: "Go ask Madam, it's not convenient for me to say."

She waved towards the door, and the head manager, who was still catching his breath, rushed over.

Zhao Mumu instructed, "Take Third Master to see Madam."

……

The head steward led Shunzi upstairs.

Halfway there, Shunzi realized that today she wasn't taking the same route to the fifth-floor restaurant as the other day, but rather the stairs at the other end.

Shunzi asked curiously, and the head steward explained, "The master doesn't usually entertain guests today and has been resting in his room, but since Third Master has arrived, we can't neglect him."

So this was to lead him to Sister Asheng's boudoir!

Shunzi suddenly became a little nervous.

He swallowed hard. "Is this... really? Actually, I didn't necessarily have to come."

The head steward smiled obsequiously, "Third Master, you're too kind, but the master is already waiting for you."

During the conversation, they arrived at the fifth floor.

The head steward stepped forward and gently knocked on the door: "Master, Third Master has arrived."

Before long, a thumping sound came from behind the door, and a moment later the iron gate opened from the inside; it was Xu Liansheng who opened the door himself.

"Come in quickly."

She smiled at Shunzi, then casually waved to the head steward.

The head steward silently bowed and took his leave.

Shunzi entered the house, and Xu Liansheng casually closed the door. Then, she subconsciously squatted down to find him a change of slippers.

But after a moment of stunned silence, Xu Liansheng stood up and said somewhat embarrassedly, "If I had known that Third Master was coming, I should have prepared a pair in advance."

Shunzi looked down and immediately realized—his feet were too big, and they didn't have his size.

Just looking at her like that, Shunzi's face turned red again.

It wasn't because she felt embarrassed about her own large feet, but because she had also seen Xu Liansheng's feet.

She wasn't wearing shoes or socks; her bare feet were on the glass floor, her fair toes like pearls embedded in them, and the beautiful curve of her arches was as perfect as if measured with a ruler.

Noticing Shunzi's gaze, Xu Liansheng realized that she had overstepped her bounds, so she unconsciously clenched her toes slightly and subconsciously tried to pull back.

Shunzi quickly turned her head away to look elsewhere.

Xu Liansheng also looked to the other side, tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, and smiled faintly: "I was too rash, rushing to open the door for you. My slippers are still by the bed."

"It's ok."

Shunzi replied, trying to appear calm, and then shifted his attention elsewhere to stop himself from overthinking.

It was only then that he could see the furnishings in the room clearly.

In the empty room, a crystal-clear glass panel covered the entire floor.

Right below the glass, countless koi carp were circling around his and Xu Liansheng's feet.

(End of this chapter)