The system was more concerned about the behavior behind the villain than arguing with the host about whether the white cup was good or not.
â Qin Qi held back his dislike of drinking black tea from a white cup for a day.
If it wasn't for the host discovering that the villain was holding back his emotions, they might have been just like the previous butlers, who were ignorant of certain habits of the villain and were never able to gain the villain's trust.
[Host, it's not easy to gain the villain's trust. He's very picky.]
The system trembled as it held up its glasses. The marshal's dislike of white cups was just one of his many habits and preferences.
Ya Xiao was picking out his new toys in the mall. He took the time to raise his head at the words and returned, "Well, so I've already picked out a cup for the marshal. It's so pretty!"
Noticing the system's long-awaited silence, Ya Xiao's eyes revealed a relaxed smile. He wagged his tail and spoke out to reassure, "Fourth Uncle, don't worry. We've already made an appointment with the villain. He'll treat me as a butler, and for at least three months, I'll be inseparable from him."
The villain in the plot was as bad as some big demons. At the same time, he also had the same good habit of keeping agreements as the demons. This was the reason why Ya Xiao was relieved.
The system trusted its host, whom it had seen since childhood, and temporarily let go of its worries after hearing the host's reassurances.
Ya Xiao arched his eyebrows, his tail wagging behind him, and bought the latest model of pumpkin monster candies.
A box of pumpkin monster candy that would wail when placed in the mouth, as well as a black teacup, instantly appeared in the system storage.
Ya Xiao was a meticulous little demon, never wasting his precious points to buy things he didn't need, so the mall's Buy Candy Get a Pretty Cup event was super cost-effective right now!
As he was contently browsing through the mall and intended to exit the screen interface and go to sleep, Ya Xiao slipped and accidentally opened the demon value progress bar on the panel. The long progress bar was blank and almost didn't move at all.
Current Progress: 0.6
To convert demon value into magic power, you need at least one demon value.
It didn't even meet the criteria for withdrawing it now.
As Ya Xiao and the system stared at the pitiful progress bar, both of them began to comfort each other:
[It's just the beginning now.]
"Right, when the villain gets better, the demon value will definitely increase!"
After some comfort, both the retired motivational system and its host regained their confidence in life.
Both the demon and the system slept soundly that night. Early the next morning, the reorganized Ya Xiao changed into a tuxedo after finishing washing up. With the system's responsive cheering, he began his day as a butler.
He must earn enough for one demon value today!
Ya Xiao's goal was firm.
There were many people coming and going in the corridors of the institute.
Most of them were taboo people wearing black military uniforms. They should have just come out of the isolation room, and their bodies were heavy with hostility. Facing Ya Xiao, all of these taboo people acted very friendly.
Ya Xiao smiled and said hello to the few taboo people passing by. Just turned the corner, he saw Emily smoking a cigarette and impatiently talking to her companion. Her silver lip studs hung on the side of her mouth. She looked a bit hostile and hard to approach.
"Emily, good morning."
Ya Xiao greeted her as warmly as he had done with the other taboo people he had faced.
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"Okay."
Ya Xiao's eyes curved and he said in a brisk tone, "I'll let you know if I need anything."
Emily secretly observed Ya Xiao. The other party seemed to have not changed much, loving to laugh and was energetic. He should be getting along well with the marshal?
This was a bit surprising to Emily, but yesterday was only the first day. Who knows how the marshal wanted to treat this butler? Whether he would ignore or use him heavily, everything was unknown.
Emily was silent for a moment and said rustily, "You go for it."
After saying that, she turned to leave, her back inexplicably permeated with the meaning of panicking and fleeing. Emily was very bad at facing Ya Xiao who had a warm attitude.
[Emily is a good person.]
The system was quite emotional.
[Yes.]
Ya Xiao agreed. In his opinion, Emily encouraging him to cheer up and become a butler was the same as encouraging him to grow his wings.
[Indeed, I should work harder...]
The system heard the host muttering something in a low voice, but it didn't hear it too well as it wandered off. It asked in confusion, and the next second, it saw Ya Xiao shaking his head and saying in a pleasant tone, [It's nothing. It's going to be seven soon. I've got to pinpoint the time to go to the villain.]
[Okay.]
At the mention of the villain, the system was instantly a little nervous. It hadn't forgotten what the host had agreed to with the villain.
Yesterday, the villain was in friendly mode to appease the butler, but it won't be so easy today.
What was a normal state villain like?
The system's CPU was flying in overload. It was impossible to even imagine it, okay? However, there was no need for it to think about it. A few minutes later, the system saw it with its own eyes.
âQin Qi himself was indeed far more troublesome than imagined.
The system fell into silence.
He does not like white teacups, the temperature of tea drinking water must be 45 degrees, he must not be disturbed when he is working, the time of small talk must be controlled within ten minutes, and at the same time, he can not be too close to him or too far away. He does not like to eat too bitter things, and he likes sourness and sweetness. His clothes can not be wrinkled, and his gloves can not be stained with dust...
Qin Qi looked calm and reliable, but he was full of stinking rules.
They knew some of these habits from the beginning, but more of them were only seen by Ya Xiao's careful observation today.
Ya Xiao's intuition was sharp.
When Qin Qi looked over, the system hadn't even gotten a clear picture of the situation yet. Ya Xiao was acting as if he was installed with an antenna, immediately guessing what the other party was thinking, and then quickly changing his original actions.
The host is too powerful!
The system was thrilled.
Compared to the system, Qin Qi himself experienced it a bit more deeply. With just a look or without even a glance, the other party would realize what was going on and do what he had anticipated. Such a butler was truly outstanding.
"You did well."
Qin Qi seemed to understand what the other party meant when he said he had done a lot of homework before.
"Really?"
Ya Xiao's eyes lit up when he received the compliment, and his tail hidden in his pants wagged slightly in great pleasure.
The hard work had finally paid off. It wasn't in vain that he had been on high alert all day before using his demon's intuition to detect some of the villain's little habits.
Qin Qi did not deny it.
He wouldn't give the other man a pass. Since he'd promised to stop suppressing his emotions and to treat the other man as a true butler, Qin Qi wouldn't force himself to lie.
"While working until four in the afternoon, I need to open the windows for ventilation." Qin Qi suddenly said.
This habit was not something he had noticed.
Ya Xiao's tail, which was originally wagging around pleasantly, stiffened slightly as his azure eyes looked intently at Qin Qi, "Opening the window will affect the sense of light within this room."
The photophobic marshal was simply not in a position to open the window to let light in right now.
There was no problem with Ya Xiao's statement.
The marshal sat upright in his chair, looking at the butler in front of him in silence through the darkened lenses.
For a moment, the room was so quiet that it was as if Ya Xiao saw a collection of troublesome people who were stubborn and didn't know how to change.
"I see."
Ya Xiao walked over to the marshal and refilled Qin Qi's black teacup with coffee. Then, he exited, sought out Mist to get the light sensor that controlled the room, and reentered the marshal's room.
Ya Xiao stuck to the time and opened the window while the marshal was taking a break from his work. At the same time, he changed the index of the light sensor. The light penetrated through the curtains into the window, and the light inside the room dropped back below the marshal's tolerance level.
The breeze brushed lightly, bringing a cool feeling. The time was not too early, not too late, exactly four o'clock.
Qin Qi's gaze fell on the dark-haired butler.
Ya Xiao's performance was far beyond his expectations. In Qin Qi's opinion, Ya Xiao only needed to do well with the rules on the information Mist had given him and that was already enough.
But the other party was not satisfied, what he wanted was his trust, and all his behavior was clearly following through on what he had said before.
Qin Qi did not hate this.
Ya Xiao, who had completed his task on the side, gave himself a nod, feeling that he was getting closer and closer to his future goal of gaining trust and staying by the other's side for a long time to absorb the demon value!
The villain was really good. He has been honoring their agreement, that's why he took the initiative to put forward his own likes and dislikes. Demons like humans who keep their agreements the most!
Qin Qi and Ya Xiao glanced at each other, very satisfied with each other.
After the second day's bonding period was over, Ya Xiao and Qin Qi got along more and more naturally and stayed together for ten hours almost every day for the next three days.
One day was enough to earn a demon value!
However, Ya Xiao wasn't very happy.
After the demon value was converted into magic power, he used it to give Qin Qi healing. The positive and negative balanced out, so he didn't make any money at all!
The only thing on Ya Xiao's mind right now was trying to get Qin Qi healed as soon as possible.
When Qin Qi's side effects disappeared, he wouldn't have to heal the marshal every day, and the demon value would be absorbed a little faster!
That was why every time he delivered the medicine, Ya Xiao would act extraordinarily positively.
"You put it there."
The light in the room was faint, and Qin Qi's voice was calm. He was wearing special headphones, and his pitch-black goggles covered his eyes so that only his angular jawline could be seen.
Ya Xiao placed the recovery potion on the table, then stood aside, staring closely at Qin Qi.
After ten minutes.
Qin Qi took off his headphones and said to the butler, "You can rest now."
Ya Xiao didn't move.
"You..." Before Qin Qi could finish, there was a rhythmic knocking at the door. He paused for a moment and drank the potion that was placed on the table.
"Alright, Marshal, I'm going to go rest."
Ya Xiao was happy. He was light on his feet and opened the door, nodding to the three adjutants before he left the villain.
The villain didn't like the bitter taste of the potion and would postpone drinking it for a long time every time, sometimes even forgetting it, how could this be?
It was the butler's duty to remind his employer to drink the potion. He must do it even if his employer was unhappy, but as far as he could observe, Qin Qi didn't hate him for doing so.
Nowadays, Ya Xiao had already roughly figured out the villain's fluctuating likes and dislikes in just a few days.
After Ya Xiao left, the three adjutants, Mist, Soren, and Wei Cheng walked in. They closed the door to the room and looked over at Qin Qi, who was sitting in the shadows.
"Marshal, it seems like you and Ya Xiao are getting along well," Mist said with a smile, his tone carrying a few hints of teasing. He could tell that the marshal didn't dislike Ya Xiao.
"Ya Xiao is very smart."
Qin Qi's reply was more than a little casual. As he spoke, his mood seemed a little cold, "What about him?"
The three adjutants knew exactly who the marshal was referring to when he said "him", and Mist looked sideways at Soren.
"Already awake, Emily is carrying out your orders." Soren's voice under his gas mask was a bit muffled.
Qin Qi did not say anything. Half a moment later, he reached out his fingers to knock on the desktop and said in a cold voice, "If the matter is true, have Emily finish him off directly."
The three adjutants' hearts were clinched and they quickly answered yes.
Meanwhile, Ya Xiao, who was preparing to go back to his room, happened to bump into Emily who was on a mission.
She was smoking a cigarette with boredom in her eyes, dragging a long chain with her other hand. On the other end of the chain was a wretched man, his body was drenched in blood, and his eyes were like a wild wolf's with a hatred that burned everything.
Seeing Ya Xiao, Emily's heart thumped. She was worried that Ya Xiao's impression of the Sixth Base would turn bad, so she quickly found an excuse: "This man was exiled a few days ago, and now he came back to seek death. We're just following the rules."
"Oh."
Ya Xiao expressed his understanding, then politely stated, "Emily, there's not enough flour in the back kitchen."
Emily: ......