From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!-Chapter 1082 - 1078: Liu Chengzhi (Second Update)

Mrs. Liu can read, and most matters are settled in the bookroom. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

So Mu Shuangshuang guessed that important things, including the guest list, would be in the bookroom.

It was very quiet all around, not even a patrol person.

Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng walked for a while, and both felt a bit strange.

"Why doesn’t such a large Liu Mansion have servants patrolling at night?" Mu Shuangshuang wondered.

"Maybe they’re too confident? Thinking no one dares to mess with the Liu Family?" Lu Yuanfeng voiced his suspicion.

Mu Shuangshuang thought about it and felt Lu Yuanfeng’s words made some sense.

"Maybe it’s just as you say! Those who are too powerful tend to be more arrogant!"

The two crouched down and continued onward, but this time, they saw a servant with a lantern, sleepily coming out to patrol.

Their arrival was so sudden that neither was prepared, and they almost collided.

Luckily, Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng quickly got smart, hiding in the bushes, narrowly avoiding disaster.

The servant did not see them, made a cursory check, and then left.

Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng finally found the bookroom.

Inside, it was pitch black and seemed very much unoccupied.

Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng snuck into the bookroom, took out the prepared flint, and Mu Shuangshuang lit it.

They began searching for the guest list.

After rummaging through drawers and cabinets, the so-called guest list was nowhere to be seen.

Mu Shuangshuang was worrying when suddenly footsteps could be heard coming towards the bookroom.

Mu Shuangshuang quickly blew out the flint and pulled Lu Yuanfeng to hide behind the bookshelf.

After a while, the door creaked open, and Liu Chengzhi walked in from outside with a lantern.

He first wandered around the desk, then started moving towards the bookshelf as if looking for something.

Mu Shuangshuang covered her mouth with one hand, while gripping a thick book with the other, ready to knock Liu Chengzhi out if he came around the back of the shelf.

Lu Yuanfeng’s heart was pounding hard, his arms tightly holding Mu Shuangshuang, prepared to rush out if Liu Chengzhi came near.

The footsteps grew closer.

One step...

Two steps...

Three steps...

Just as Liu Chengzhi was nearing Mu Shuangshuang and Lu Yuanfeng, he suddenly spoke: "Come out, I saw your feet!"

Mu Shuangshuang instinctively drew her feet in, looked down, and realized from the bookshelf’s bottom shelf height that it was impossible for anyone outside to see her feet.

Ironically, her instinctive anxiety exposed her.

Such a blunder! Mu Shuangshuang thought.

But since she was discovered, she came out gracefully and even took off the mask on her face.

"You’re quite clever!" Mu Shuangshuang said.

"You’re good too, knowing to steal the guest list from the bookroom, though the list isn’t here!" Liu Chengzhi said to Mu Shuangshuang without a hint of surprise.

Mu Shuangshuang was a bit stunned, staring at Liu Chengzhi, realizing this nine-year-old child was behaving far beyond his age.

"When did you notice us?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

Liu Chengzhi came prepared, and Mu Shuangshuang believed he knew it was her and Lu Yuanfeng in the bookroom.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have dared to come alone, especially in the middle of the night.

"During the day! That veggie delivery person, I see often. But you both, I haven’t seen before, even though your disguises were good." He said.

"So that’s it!" Mu Shuangshuang understood. "But why didn’t you tell your mother to catch us?"

Mu Shuangshuang saw no malice in Liu Chengzhi.

On the contrary, the child before her didn’t give off a bad vibe.

At the restaurant, Mu Shuangshuang noticed he kept gazing at her, seeming like he wanted to speak.

Only with Mrs. Liu present did he hold back.

"Why catch you? I wish you could hold my mother’s birthday banquet, surely better than the people here! But... I like the desserts you draw on the menu, could you draw me a special piece, and I’ll give you the guest list!"

Upon finishing, Liu Chengzhi blushed.

He sneaked a glance at Mu Shuangshuang, thinking she might mock him.

Unexpectedly, Mu Shuangshuang was not mocking him, instead looking delighted.

Mu Shuangshuang remembered when drawing the desserts, she used cartoon images, those things should be quite appealing to kids.

Liu Chengzhi, though mature, is still a child.

Being attracted by those things is normal, and she’s too happy to tease him!

"Don’t be embarrassed, I also quite like those things. So, give me the guest list, and I’ll draw you something else that’s even more fun!"

Mu Shuangshuang is not miserly, seeing Liu Chengzhi willing to help greatly.

She decided to go all out; she doesn’t know much else, but has watched plenty of anime.

The likes of Tom and Jerry, Garfield cartoons could casually be drawn into a book for Liu Chengzhi.

"Really?" Liu Chengzhi was skeptical.

"Since you dared to come alone in the dead of night, you should trust my character! So, in three days, I’ll bring you three pages, after you read them decide whether to swap with me—tonight, I can leave without the guest list!"

Mu Shuangshuang slightly coaxed Liu Chengzhi.

"Alright then, in three days, if I’m satisfied with what you draw, I’ll give you the guest list. Also, I’ll tell you something else!"

Listening to Liu Chengzhi’s words made Mu Shuangshuang increasingly curious.

Liu Chengzhi, though young, knows quite a lot.

Since he can say it, surely it’s not a trivial matter.

After thinking, Mu Shuangshuang extended her hand.

"What?" Liu Chengzhi was puzzled.

"Pinkie promise, or how do I know you won’t fool me?" Mu Shuangshuang said matter-of-factly.

Liu Chengzhi blushed.

He extended his left hand and pinkie promised with Mu Shuangshuang, reddening his ears thoroughly afterward.

"Enough talk! Remember in three days!" Liu Chengzhi said and dashed out of the bookroom swiftly.

Leaving Mu Shuangshuang slightly bewildered.

"This kid is rather amusing..." Mu Shuangshuang murmured.

Unexpectedly, the man next to her wore a gloomy expression, watching her pinkie promise with Liu Chengzhi.

Watching her converse with Liu Chengzhi, observing her...

"Fengzi, what’s wrong?" Mu Shuangshuang snapped back to reality and saw Lu Yuanfeng staring at her.

Emotions flowed through his eyes she had never seen before.

Lu Yuanfeng was silent, so Mu Shuangshuang teased him: "Aren’t you jealous of that kid?"

Being hit by the truth, Lu Yuanfeng’s face turned beet red!

"I..."