Meanwhile, Ya Xiao stood still outside the door.
The corridor was so quiet that he couldn't hear anything. The office door was closed tightly, and Ya Xiao could sense that Qin Qi was the only one inside.
He straightened out the not-so-obvious folds on his clothes, raised his hand, knocked on the door, and walked in. His pace was calm, and there was no hint of any urgency.
At this moment, Qin Qi was no different from usual.
However, when he waited for the usual check of the TH value at his wrist, Ya Xiao realized that although the other party's value was within the normal range, it was a bit higher than before.
This meant that Qin Qi's emotions were not as calm as they appeared to be.
Qin Qi watched the dark-haired young man frown as he stared at the data. He brought the wristwatch over and casually said, "There's no need to worry if the value is normal."
Ya Xiao knew this, of course.
But he had clearly resolved the assassin ahead of time, so why did Qin Qi's TH value still rise?
Ya Xiao was a bit distressed.
[Host, the TH value in the normal range does not affect the collection of demon values.] The system politely said.
The demon's tail gradually drooped, Fourth Uncle's words were right. As long as it didn't affect the demon value, he didn't even need to be so concerned about Qin Qi, but Ya Xiao was still a little unhappy.
Qin Qi was super strong.
Ya Xiao liked this human very much, which was also one of the reasons why he was happy to protect Qin Qi.
"Marshal, if you have any worries, you can tell me, I'll listen well." Ya Xiao recorded the other party's TH value and looked at Qin Qi.
He was happy to help the villain with his troubles, or rather, he was interested in the villain's troubles.
The assassin had already been solved, what else was there for the other party to be distressed about? Was it simply because the assassin hadn't been solved cleanly?
Qin Qi's movement of putting on his wristwatch lurched as his eyes fell on the young man, those blue eyes were permeated with pure worry. The other party was concerned about himself.
After a brief silence, he asked, "Do you know what happened this morning?"
"Well, someone got arrested."
Ya Xiao nodded thoughtfully, still a little proud of himself for helping to arrest them.
Unlike Wista, Mist, and the others, the young butler didn't know what happened from beginning to end, much less the identity of that group of people.
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Because it was too novel, he didn't bother to poke at this lie. After a long time, Ya Xiao suddenly asked, "Does the marshal mind if I touch you a little?"
The abrupt change in topic caught Qin Qi off guard at first, and he didn't react immediately. Then, he responded with a simple "Hmm," but his gaze remained fixed on the other person, trying to observe what he was up to.
Ya Xiao didn't care about Qin Qi's scrutiny. After receiving his consent, he bent down and approached the marshal, lifting Qin Qi's head from the chair and pressing it against his own abdomen.
Qin Qi suddenly had his head pressed down. His eyes slightly widened, and his body was tense as he struggled to suppress the instinctive urge to retaliate. He let out a breath, deliberately ignoring this strange posture, and stiffly said:
"Ya Xiao, what are you doing?"
Qin Qi could feel the soft fingertips gently brushing over the back of his neck and spine. His throat was itching, and the urge to push the other person away grew stronger.
However, he had consented to the action himself, so directly pushing the other person away now would make him seem a bit overly dramatic. For the moment, he could only awkwardly allow the other person to continue his actions.
"I'm lowering the marshal's TH value."
Ya Xiao half hugged Qin Qi and wagged his tail behind him, "Fulfilling the duties of a butler."
Once the banner of fulfilling the duties of the butler came out, if Qin Qi objected to it, he would seem a bit insensitive.
Due to the close proximity, there was a faint fragrance in the air. It wasn't the scent of perfume. Qin Qi disliked the smell of perfume, so the butler never sprayed those things.
Qin Qi did not hate the smell. Over time, he even found it quite pleasant. The warm fingertips slowly brushed over his head and back, the gentle flow of spiritual power soothing the discomfort caused by the previous emotional fluctuations.
As time passed, Qin Qi's body gradually relaxed, becoming accustomed to the sensation. In the once cold and rigid office, there inexplicably flowed a sense of comfort and warmth.
Ya Xiao lowered his head, his movements as gentle as comforting a child, one hand stroking Qin Qi's hair while the other caressed his back. His actions were skillful as if he had done this many times before.
It felt even better than when he'd hugged and played with a skull because the villain was so much stronger than the skull!
Ya Xiao was so happy that the tip of his tail kept patting his calf, and his hand stroked the marshal's hair without slowing down.
The touch under his hand was also much better than the skull's.
[Fourth Uncle, would a human really be happy to be stroked like this?] Ya Xiao discussed seriously with the system, [Isn't it reversed ah, I think he'll be happier if he does it to me.]
It was the butler's duty to keep his employer in a happy mood.
The system carefully observed Qin Qi. Well, the villain wasn't angry. The host did a good job.
[That's right, host. You don't have to reverse it, just do it like this.]
In the past, the newborn crying little system was coaxed well in this way. Hugging and touching are always the warmest soothing, not to mention that the host also used a drop of spiritual power.
Ya Xiao heard this and immediately continued to happily cozy up to Qin Qi, waiting until it was almost time for the meeting before he let go of his arm and said, "Alright, Marshal, I hope you have a good day."
The moment the warm body heat left, it was replaced by cold air. Qin Qi's eyes, which had closed at some point, instantly opened. He sat on the chair with a straight back, still with the same calm demeanor, as if Ya Xiao's actions just now didn't give him the slightest fluctuation in mood.
It was just that if one were to check the wristwatch, they would realize that Qin Qi's TH value had indeed decreased slightly.
Hugs and warm body temperature could indeed relax people easily, which was different from mere spiritual healing. Qin Qi had heard about this before, but it was the first time he actually experimented with it himself.
Ya Xiao was really a very good butler, but he wouldn't go back to experience it a second time.
Qin Qi moved his fingers without a trace and raised his eyes to look at Ya Xiao, "You're still going to the butler meeting today?"
His topic was a bit abrupt as if he was deliberately ignoring the hug he had just received, but since the person he was talking to was Ya Xiao, there was no one to notice that anything was wrong.
"Right."
Speaking of this matter, Ya Xiao suddenly thought of something, and he said to Qin Qi, "Marshal, I want to compete for the butler representative."
Qin Qi looked at Ya Xiao when he heard this and said suspiciously, "Why?"
If he remembered correctly, Ya Xiao hadn't been too interested in being a butler representative before.
"Because the meeting is interesting."
This sentence had been said by Ya Xiao yesterday, so Qin Qi didn't suspect anything and just took it as the young man's unpredictable nature, thinking one thing and doing another.
"If you want to compete then go ahead."
Qin Qi would not interfere with the butler's own choices.
"Okay."
Ya Xiao nodded seriously. When Emily came knocking on the door, he spoke to Qin Qi and turned around to leave the place.
The room returned to silence.
Qin Qi sat alone in the chair, his expression calm. It was just that he didn't know whether it was his illusion, but that familiar scent still seemed to be floating in the air, and the back of his neck could vaguely feel the warm touch of the man's fingertips.
After a while, he got up and left the place.
Riding in Emily's hovercar, Ya Xiao was in a great mood, speeding all the way to the meeting hall.
It was a little late compared to yesterday, and there were already a lot of butlers inside the room, laughing and talking, but of course, the free-spirited butlers of the Fifth Base still hadn't arrived on time.
Ya Xiao's eyes turned around and when he saw Zhao Ke and Ryan, the Fourth Base butlers he had met not long ago, he walked to the two men.
Bolton, the Fourth Base Marshal's butler, was also present. The other man's silver hair was still neatly combed back, and he had a reserved, proud look about him.
"Good morning, Ya Xiao."
Ya Xiao thought of something at the sight of Boulton. He added indistinctly, "Bolton, I've changed my mind. I'd like to be on stage today."
The butler's talk would be held for three days in a row, during which time any butler who wanted to be a representative would be allowed to go on stage. They would wait until the last day to vote for the butler's representative.
Bolton's original expression was still friendly, but his smile stiffened a bit when he heard this. It was because he wanted to become a butler representative that he was so nice to Ya Xiao.
If the one who said this was Yan Chi, the butler of the Fifth Base, Bolton would have felt that the other party was intentionally joking to disgust him, but looking at Ya Xiao in front of him with these blue eyes that were genuinely apologetic and a polite attitude, Bolton really couldn't say any mocking words.
His tone became somewhat distant. "Since that's the case, let's compete fairly from now on."
"Okay."
Ya Xiao's eyes curved. To be honest, he actually didn't have much interest in this representative, but after hearing from Eld's side yesterday that there was a butler named Ariel at the First Base who wanted to assassinate Qin Qi, he asked Emily about it on the side.
The First Base Adjutant's butler Ariel had a gentle character, did things well, and was the butler representative of the second-tier bases.
It was possible that there were other butlers besides the ones he already knew to be trying to kill the marshal. If he could become the butler's representative, he might be able to rely on that position to get in touch with butlers on other bases and discern who might be able to harm the marshal.
Of course, even if he didn't become a representative, it would still be possible, except that things would be a little more troublesome afterward.
Next to him, Bolton saw that Ya Xiao was wandering off and was about to say something when his gaze faltered, then he said sarcastically, "Yo, you guys are late again?"
Ya Xiao turned his head to look over at his words, it was the group from the Fifth Base.
Seeing the two bases' butlers starting to go toe-to-toe again, Ya Xiao looked at Chen Kui, who was walking behind with his head bowed in silence, and revealed a happy smile.
Why? Why had all of his companions been taken away in just one day? Almost all of his companions were now imprisoned by the Fifth Base!
Chen Kui's expression was gloomy. Only he and another companion, Ert, who was also a butler, were left in the Fifth Base.
Who knew if those companions who had been taken away would give themselves up, could it be that the organization's plan was really going to fall apart?
No, it couldn't fail just like that.
Chen Kui's gaze vaguely revealed a few points of ruthlessness as he and Ert, who was not far away, exchanged a glance. Then, he looked at Ya Xiao, who was smiling brightly at him.
Even if they exposed their identities, they must still deal Qin Qi a fatal blow.