#25 - Fighting the Devil - I am the villain in the book

Several days passed quickly. Wei Changtian's daily routine remained unchanged: he still spent the mornings at the arena, practiced martial arts with Xu Qingwan in the afternoons, practiced calligraphy if he returned early, and told the story of Sun Wukong to the four girls and the dog in the evenings.

It was quite fulfilling, just not villainous enough.

As for Xiao Feng, Wei Changtian was certain that he must be hiding in the capital, but no matter how the Suspended Mirror Division's spies investigated, they found no clues. In the end, they had no choice but to temporarily put the matter aside and withdraw most of the search personnel.

However, Wei Changtian could clearly feel that the security around the entire Wei residence, including himself, had been strengthened.

Although there was still only Wang Er on the surface, there were countless hidden sentries.

In any case, it should be able to achieve 24-hour all-weather coverage.

Oh, besides these things, there is one more thing worth mentioning recently.

That is, after a period of research, Wei Changtian finally completed his first invention after transmigrating.

...

"Call the Demon Lord!"

"Snatch the Demon Lord!"

"Don't snatch!"

"I'll snatch..."

Beside the Eight Immortals table in the courtyard's gazebo, Wei Changtian, Lu Jingyao, and Qiuyun each held a stack of hard paper cards, muttering to themselves.

This was Wei Changtian's masterpiece—Fight the Demon Lord!

After all, "Landlord" is not a derogatory term in this world, and the sense of immersion of "Demon Lord" is stronger.

As soon as "Fight the Demon Lord" was introduced, it immediately set off a craze in the Wei residence. Its popularity was comparable to Douyin in his previous life, and it defeated drinking, gossiping, and cricket fighting, becoming the most popular pastime.

In particular, the servants and maids in the mansion liked this game that they could play even if they were illiterate. They often played until late at night, causing the consumption of candles and lamp oil in the Wei residence to skyrocket recently.

From a certain point of view, Wei Changtian can also be regarded as enriching their spiritual lives.

In the gazebo, Lu Jingyao, who had successfully become the "Demon Lord," reached out and gently took away the three hidden cards. After frowning and thinking for a while, she slowly put down a stack of cards.

"Three to eight, a straight."

"Young Master..."

Qiuyun, the next player, looked at Wei Changtian. After seeing the latter shake his head, she immediately said softly: "Pass."

"Haha! Good! I just happen to be able to beat it!"

Wei Changtian shamelessly threw out six paper cards: "Four to nine!"

"You, you!"

Lu Jingyao widened her eyes, bit her lip, and said angrily: "You are colluding secretly!"

Lu Jingyao muttered aggrievedly, looking at Qiuyun with dissatisfaction.

The latter lowered her head somewhat ashamed, but she did not regret it in her heart.

On one side was the madam, and on the other side was the young master. Of course, she had to side with the young master.

"If you're not playing, I'm going to play!"

"A three!"

"An eight."

"An Internal Guard!"

"..."

Under the close "cooperation" of Wei Changtian and Qiuyun, Lu Jingyao quickly lost.

According to the previously agreed rules, she should "step down" at this time and let Yu'er "step up" to play.

But perhaps because she had lost so unjustly just now, the usually knowledgeable and reasonable talented woman actually started to act like a "rascal" at this time.

"That just now doesn't count! I, I want to play another round!"

"What do you mean it doesn't count?!"

Wei Changtian waved his hand impatiently: "Losing is losing!"

"You, you're bullying me..."

Lu Jingyao couldn't help it, and her eyes immediately turned red.

Seeing this, Qiuyun hurriedly smoothed things over: "Young Master, let Yu'er replace me. Madam, she..."

"Don't worry about her!"

Wei Changtian had no awareness of cherishing the fairer sex. Just as he was about to drive Lu Jingyao away, a shout suddenly came from behind him.

"Brother Wei! Brother Wei!"

Judging from the voice, it should be Li Yang.

"Brother Li, why are you here?"

Wei Changtian glanced at Lu Jingyao and stood up, looking at Li Yang with a happy face and a bit of surprise: "Did you encounter something good that made you so happy?"

"Haha, of course there's good news!"

Li Yang ran over and was about to speak, but his gaze was attracted by the playing cards on the table.

"Eh? Brother Wei, what is this?"

"These are playing cards... I'll explain in detail later."

Wei Changtian stepped out of the gazebo: "Brother Li, let's talk inside."

"Oh."

Although Li Yang was curious about what "playing cards" were, he still followed him into the house.

Qiuyun served tea to the two of them and then retreated. Before long, the sound of "Call the Demon Lord, Snatch the Demon Lord" rang out again in the courtyard.

Wei Changtian coughed dryly and asked: "Ahem, Brother Li, what's the good news after all?"

"Ah!"

Li Yang finally came back to his senses and said with a happy smile: "Brother Wei, after my hard work these past few days, my father has finally agreed to help me go to the Zhang family to break off the engagement!"

"Hmm?"

Wei Changtian was stunned, remembering that Li Yang had left without saying goodbye that day, saying that he was going back to break off the engagement.

Could it be that Li Yang's fiancée is very ugly? Or did he have a new love?

Could it be that he also has a deadly rival "protagonist" who wants to snatch the marriage like me!

Although this question was not very important, Wei Changtian still asked casually: "Brother Li, I haven't asked you all along, why do you want to break off the engagement?"

"Hey! Isn't it because..."

Li Yang originally wanted to say "Isn't it because I saw Brother Wei you were so miserable," but after thinking about it, this was not appropriate, so he put on a "those who understand will understand" expression.

"Brother Wei, why ask when you already know?"

What?

Ask when you already know?

Are you trying to play riddles with me?

Wei Changtian just thought it was because of some things he didn't know, so he didn't continue the topic.

"That... Brother Li, what about the matter of me visiting your father that I mentioned last time?"

"I was just about to talk about this."

Li Yang followed up seriously: "My father has been busy with a case for the past few days and only has time today."

"If Brother Wei has time, you can come back with me later."

"That's fine too."

Wei Changtian thought for a while and nodded: "Then you wait a moment, I'll have someone prepare the gifts."

"Okay."

The interactions between wealthy families are very particular about etiquette, so Li Yang was not polite. After drinking a few sips of tea, he remembered the colorful playing cards again.

"Brother Wei, those playing cards..."

"Oh, I was just bored and came up with them to pass the time."

Wei Changtian replied casually: "If you are interested, I will have a maid explain it to you."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Wei..."

"..."

An incense stick later.

Qiuyun looked at Li Yang sitting across from her and asked softly: "Young Master Li, have you understood? Do you want this servant to explain it again?"

"I understand, I understand."

Li Yang frowned and said: "But I really can't figure out what the fun is in this thing."

Qiuyun covered her mouth and smiled: "You'll know after playing a game."

"Is that so?"

Li Yang looked unbelieving, but since he had nothing to do anyway, he nodded: "Okay, I'll play a game."

"Young Master, this way please..."

"..."

Another incense stick later.

Wang Er had already loaded the gifts into the carriage, and Wei Changtian found Li Yang in the gazebo who was "in the heat of battle."

"Brother Li, we can go."

"Hmm?"

Li Yang turned his head excitedly and said quickly: "Brother Wei, wait a moment! Let me finish this game!"