Chapter 9: Inside and Out schemes.
Despite hearing what Lu Feng had said, Miss Bai just glared at him and said “Don’t ask about what you’re not supposed to know. And I repeat, don’t touch anything inside, or I’ll chop off your arms.” As Miss Bai turned to walk away, she caught sight of the white cat that was beside Lu Feng. She immediately turned back and stared at the cat.
Lu Feng frantically picked up the cat and laughed nervously. “I found this cat on the roadside, and thought that it seemed kinda lonely, so I brought it back”, he lied.
Miss Bai didn’t take her gaze off the white cat. Although her expression remained calm, she really wanted to pet the cat. Lu Feng understood that and handed the cat to Miss Bai. However, the white cat retreated back into Lu Feng’s arms, seeming as though it didn’t want to leave him.
Miss Bai was a bit disappointed by the cat’s reaction, and she turned and started walking away. As Miss Bai was reaching the ladder, she looked back at Lu Feng and said, “For tomorrow’s wedding, all will be carried out according to my instructions. As long as I don’t permit it, no one is allowed to argue.”
However, Lu Feng’s mind was on something else and he asked “Miss Bai, why do the townsfolk call you fat? Or ugly?” Miss Bai replied coldly “I used to be when I was little. Any other questions?”
Lu Feng just shook his head and said “No.” Miss Bai then turned to go upstairs, soon it was quiet again. Looking at the white cat in his arms he whispered, “You little guy, what a good opportunity, you looked so reluctant.”
That same white cat curled up into a ball, not paying attention to Lu Feng. Helplessly Lu Feng laid down on his bed looking at the ceiling whispered, “Tomorrow will definitely be very lively.” Thinking of this, Lu Feng was excited. After all, he yearned to marry a beautiful girl.(TN: What a lecher) Although his status was just in name only, but he knew it was only a first step. Next time he would definitely capture Miss Bai’s heart.
Lu Feng got excited over the perverted thoughts he had, and fell asleep. Dawn came, and there was a commotion outside of his room. “Who the h.e.l.l is making so much noise…” Lu Feng wondered, still half asleep. Unwillingly, he stumbled out of bed to see what was happening. As Lu Feng entered the courtyard, he saw a crowd of people gathered outside.
At the front of the crowd was Housekeeper Liu and the Bai Mistress. The Bai mistress was smiling, “Young monk, come, change your clothes into this Changshan1.”
He hurriedly interrupted, saying “Mistress, and all of you. I’ll wear these clothes by myself, is that okay with you?” Before Mistress Bai could say anything, Housekeeper Liu glared at Lu Feng and said “Oi, brat! You gotta lot to say don’t you?”
Lu Feng chuckled and said “I’m just used to wearing clothes on my own. I’m not really used to being pampered like this.” Housekeeper Liu scoffed and retorted ”A peasant can never change his lowly ways.” Mistress Bai told him off, saying “Housekeeper Liu, mind your manners.”
“Yes, ma’am.” Housekeeper Liu replied
Mistress Bai then glanced towards the wooden house behind her and smiled. “Did you make this, Lu Feng?” she asked. Lu Feng nodded and Mistress chuckled. “That’s amazing. You can go and change, we’ll wait here for you,” she told him. “I need to change right now?” Lu Feng asked curiously.
“En, after you finish changing you need to go to the shrine to pay your respects. After breakfast, there is still the need to receive guests since there might be some that arrive early. You should mingle and get to know them.” After the Bai mistress finished explaining, Lu Feng became depressed but he had to put up with it due to the marriage. He took the clothes and went into the house.
Looking at the pile of clothes on his bed, Lu Feng sighed, “So many choices, which should I wear.”
All of a sudden, the little white cat which was lying down motionless suddenly stretched out it’s limbs as if it encountered a dangerous monster. Lu Feng suspiciously asked “What happened?”. The white cat eyed the clothes and used it’s claws to scratch the sleeves.
Not long after, each set of clothes had small bags revealed.
Lu Feng suspiciously observed these small bags, “What are these.” When Lu Feng thought of picking one up, the white cat slashed with it’s claws not letting Lu Feng touch it. “What is the matter now.”
The white cat made a gesture, as if it was trying tell Lu Feng something. It then started rolling around on the floor. This bewildered Lu Feng as he didn’t know what the cat was trying to tell him. The cat pulled out the bag of food, and ate the contents. Almost immediately, it spit out a gooey black liquid.
Lu Feng was stunned at what he saw. “So you’re trying to tell me there’s poison?” he asked. The cat nodded it’s head. Lu Feng frustratedly said “Motherf.u.c.ker. Which b.a.s.t.a.r.d had the guts to try and poison me.” At that moment, he heard Housekeeper Liu yell at him. “Are you almost done? Mistress Bai hasn’t got all the time in the world to wait for you!” the housekeeper told him.
Lu Feng immediately became wary of the situation he was in. He stared suspiciously at the garments that were given to him. “Since these clothes were made by the Bai Family servants, it isn’t Mistress Bai that want to harm me. So the one that has bad blood with with me…is that b.a.s.t.a.r.d Liu.” he concluded.
Lu Feng angrily clenched his fist, “d.a.m.n this housekeeper, watch how I’ll deal with you.” Lu Feng was suspicious, and stopped in his tracks, “If this can poison someone, wouldn’t the Housekeeper be afraid to shoot himself in the foot?”
Lu Feng suspected things weren’t so simple, he decided to thoroughly investigate. He looked over and tore out the cloth whilst placing the poison wrapped in.Then he once again chose out a black clothing.
Taking extra precautions, Lu Feng brought along the white cat and walked out. Housekeeper Liu saw Lu Feng carrying a white cat in his arms sneered, “What the h.e.l.l is that.” Lu Feng smiled and said, “This is a cute small animal, last time I was going towards the Immortal Cloud mountain I found it incidentally.”
The maids one after another took a gasp of air all wanting to pet the cat. Until Housekeeper Liu shouted out, “Are you guys done, still haven’t properly done things.” The maids immediately retreated to the side, The Bai mistress had apparently left early.
Housekeeper Liu was staring at Lu Feng while Lu Feng forced out a laugh, “Let’s go meet Father-in-law.”
Lu Feng could only carry the cat and walk. Now the day has already become abit brighter. From far away a guard’s face could be partially seen. There were a few people patrolling around with Housekeeper Liu’s retainers carrying around a few spirit lamps.
Lu Feng looked around at the guards, then he looked at the proud Housekeeper Liu and laughed, “Housekeeper, these clothes, were they all chosen by you?”
Lu Feng shook his head and laughed, saying “Of course it like these. I like these a lot.” Housekeeper Liu saw that Lu Feng didn’t really notice, and smiled back. “It’s good that you like the clothes. You’re going to be the Bai Family’s son-in-law, so it’s a must to look good. Otherwise, the townsfolk will laugh at Miss Bai for marrying a peasant.” He said.
Lu Feng gave an obsequious smile. “I agree, Housekeeper Liu.” At this moment, the cat in Lu Feng’s arms leaped out and ran into the garden. Lu Feng shouted in distress, “Not good, my dearest.” After speaking, Lu Feng quickly followed while ignoring Housekeeper Liu’s shouting. He went over to find the cat.
Then according to Lu Feng’s plan, he was to escape from Housekeeper Liu’s grasp. Since Housekeeper Liu must bring Lu Feng to the shrine, he could only be angry. “Go, find him and bring him back. I’m so angry, I could die!.”
The guards made an En sound and went off to search. While this was happening, Lu Feng was making a detour. Back at Housekeeper Liu, he was still fuming, “That rascal is really wasting my time.”
Suddenly there was a thump and Housekeeper Liu flew backwards. When he landed he rolled a few times on the floor, as he was about to curse madly, something was stuffed into his mouth. Housekeeper Liu was thinking of spitting it out but it was already swallowed. His entire face was extremely ugly, he saw Lu Feng was the one who hit him while holding a cat in his hands. He angrily spat, “You.”
Lu Feng mocking laugh and said “I have just fed you some poisonous herbs, and guess what? Only I have the antidote. So, you better shut it and obey me, or today will be the last day you’re gonna walk on this earth.” The poor housekeeper was scared to a point of trembling. “Y-you, you’re not afraid of Mistress Bai of the family head blaming you?” Housekeeper Liu stuttered.
Lu Feng icily asked, “Then what if I told them that you placed a bag of poison sewn in the clothes?” Housekeeper Liu’s expression changed gravely, “You, how did you find out.” Lu Feng coldly stared at Housekeeper Liu and replied, “You really have big guts, thinking of poisoning the future son-in-law. I’ll definitely inform the mistress and head.”
Housekeeper Liu was frightened by what Lu Feng said. “Young Master, please don’t. E-even if I tried to poison you, the poison wasn’t enough to kill you.” he pleaded. Lu Feng gave the trembling man a cold stare and said menacingly “Not enough to kill me? Well I bet it was enough to cripple me, wasn’t it?”
Housekeeper Liu shook his head vigorously, “No, not that…” Lu Feng then interrogated, “Then in the end what was the effect of the poison?” Housekeeper Liu then awkwardly replied, “She said, the poison would make you enter a state of insanity, allowing her to control you.”
Lu Feng suspiciously asked, “Who is ‘She’?”