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Seeing that she was obstructed when her target was so close, the maid was naturally unresigned.

She struggled hard to free her wrist from Luo’s grasp, but the instant she used her strength, he unexpectedly let go. The maid immediately lost her balance and fell backwards. ZwMmXn

Xiao Lan seized the chance to duck into a small dressing room on the side, and waved at Luo. Luo immediately understood, and released a bit of shadow to merge with the maid’s shadow and inhibit her movements temporarily, before he entered the room as well.

The maid wanted to go after them, but discovered that she was unable to move, as if she was frozen. She did her best to struggle, and escaped with difficulty, before she charged at the dressing room door. Unfortunately, she was a step too late, and could only watch as the door closed before her eyes.

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In the dressing room, Xiao Lan, who had just closed the door, was a little stupefied.

In that final moment when the maid rushed over, the lace collar she was wearing had come loose to reveal a thick neck covered with veins, and Xiao Lan had clearly seen it — an Adam’s apple. iFgIQ3

Where was the agreed-upon maid?

This wasn’t what we ordered ba, Miss Housekeeper. 

“Sir, which one do you want?”

Luo’s voice pulled Xiao Lan back from his train of thought. He turned his head to see Luo standing before a rack of clothes and smiling at him.

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Only then did Xiao Lan shift focus and begin to survey this dressing room.

There were exquisitely carved open wardrobes built into the walls on both sides. A number of formal suits hung in them, and each and every one looked to be of the best quality. The tailoring was excellent, and there were also all sorts of sizes for the guests to choose from; there were even two fitting rooms.

Not only were there clothes; from shoes, hats, and neckties, to all sorts of cufflinks and lapel pins, there was everything necessary to make up the full complement of formal attire. There were even sofas and chairs provided on the side for people to rest on; the whole thing exuded an aristocratic and refined air.

“Mn…” As a veteran pauper, Xiao Lan looked at this pile of things and sank deep into thought. nKelL9

Aside from shirts, pants and shoes, there were also a lot of extra things here which he simply didn’t recognise. What were these pairs of clips here for? And what was with that handkerchief? Why were there flowers? Could it be that putting on clothes wasn’t a problem that could be resolved in a minute???

This game truly was too hard; it was simply hostile to poor players.

Xiao Lan was caught up in the hardest problem he had faced ever since he entered the Advent World.

“Sir, allow me to assemble it for you.” STm8Fc

Luo smiled as he stepped forward to resolve this problem on Xiao Lan’s behalf.

He calmly wandered between the wardrobes and swiftly made his selections.

He even considered the high possibility of getting into a fight in the game world, and so didn’t choose the more gorgeous-looking swallow-tailed coats, but selected a single-breasted suit instead. He also rejected all those unnecessary accessories, since they would affect their movements. After all, they weren’t genuinely here for a marriage interview with Madam Bella, so there was no need to dress up too extravagantly.

The two of them changed, and Xiao Lan then sat in front of the mirror to let Luo help sort out his hair. 3N8Msx

Luo’s movements were soft as he carefully combed Xiao Lan’s hair, and were practised and nimble when styling it.

Xiao Lan thought that Luo must have been a guy who valued his appearance very much before; he had even forgotten who he was, yet could so clearly remember something as complicated as putting together a formal attire ensemble.

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Finally, Xiao Lan wore a form-fitting black suit, under which was a white, formal button-up with a waistcoat in the same colour and paired with a black bow tie. His hair had been combed neatly, and he looked slender and tall, like the young master of an aristocratic family.

He turned to look at Luo. After changing into formal attire, Luo had a little more of a noble temperament compared with his usual three-piece suit. Frankly speaking, however, this person was always like this, so there actually wasn’t much of a difference. XuCVhx

He lifted his arms, and Luo helped him straighten out every detail of his formal attire.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Xiao Lan had a sense of unfamiliarity. Even if Luo had simplified a lot of steps, Xiao Lan had still never dressed so elegantly before.

“Sir, this is?” When straightening Xiao Lan’s cuffs, Luo asked about a scar on Xiao Lan’s wrist.

“A burn from the first time I cooked.” Xiao Lan smiled nostalgically. “Back then, I had no idea that a pot would be so hot after being on the stove for a long time.” 9mvSd8

Because his mother suddenly collapsed, the youth who had yet to grow up had no choice but to take on the burden of the household. Naturally, his first attempt at cooking was extremely unpalatable, and he even injured himself. He suddenly realised at that time that taking care of every detail at home turned out to be so hard.

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Luo looked quietly at the injury, and appeared to inadvertently stroke it lightly for one moment, before he finished straightening the cuff and covered it up.

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Wang Taidi wore a white silk shirt paired with long, striped blue pants. There was a leopard sash around his stomach, and even a red rose on his chest.

Wang Ke was wearing black inside and out, as if he was prepared to go out and assassinate Madam Bella.

Qi Ning wore a graceful swallow-tailed suit, but still had on his wide-brimmed hat and beaked mask, which made one wonder how he was going to eat later. i9AErL

The large man whom Xiao Lan suspected was Qi Ning’s target was clearly very tan, but he still chose to wear gold clothes from head to toe; at one glance, he looked like the little gold man of the Oscars. The other three weren’t that much different either; they were all fans of garish colours, and were dressed festively, as if preparing to go onstage to perform for the New Year; clearly, they had misunderstood what was considered formalwear.

Only the lone woman looked normal; she was dressed in a long silk champagne dress, and her hair had also been combed to an elegant bun.

Perhaps this round of players was genuinely too disturbing in their appearances; when the housekeeper came in, she was frightened into taking a step back from the novel and creative styles, even forgetting to lift her oft-raised chin.

Her eyes opened wide as she looked at this bunch of colourful fellows who didn’t know what etiquette was. She pointed a finger at them, and her voice quivered. “You – you people are actually so impolite to the madam! Do you not know where you are?!” jPmwh

The housekeeper took a few steps forward, and was about to continue her lecture.

An imposing peal of bells rang out from some unknown place, interrupting her plan. She looked at the colour of the sky outside the window, and cutting herself off, she turned to sternly tell the players, “Please follow me. The banquet is about to begin.”

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With that, she left briskly without even turning her head, as if sparing this group one more look would cause some irreversible injury.

Following in the housekeeper’s footsteps, the players left the cloakroom and entered another long corridor. EOJ1l9

The housekeeper didn’t speak as she walked, and the maids in the cloakroom didn’t follow them either.

Who would have guessed that Madam Bella’s manor was actually this large; they actually walked through this long corridor for several minutes and had yet to reach their destination.

En route, several players wanted to probe for information, and they raised a few topics with the housekeeper. However, the housekeeper merely walked forward with an arrogant face, not even deigning to give this group of players that she was leading a single look. Who knew if the game was set up so that she wasn’t allowed to explain, or she was simply so angered by the appearance of this group which stung the eyes that she didn’t want to speak.

The players had no choice but to drop it and quietly trail behind her. JFky2P

Finally, a pair of large doors even more gorgeously carved than all the ones they had seen previously appeared before their eyes. The housekeeper knocked gently, and the doors slowly opened from within.

At the same time, the players heard the system notification:

“Ding dong —”

An alluring, gentle and lovely female voice rang out. “You can come seduce me ah~” un7BUW

What goddamn notification was this??

Could it be that the way to clear the game was to become the husband ultimately chosen by Madam Bella? But if that was the case, wouldn’t that mean that only one person would be able to clear this game? Of course, perhaps Madam Bella was the type for whom the more there were, the better…

Or perhaps there was another meaning to this notification?

It seemed that the boss this time wasn’t as straightforward as Zhang Dong from the Terminal Supermarket, or Gu Mo from Six Realms Hot Springs. It would certainly be disastrous if they guessed her intentions wrongly. V7Z6Yk

All the players had very wonderful expressions at that moment: some were contemplative, some uneasy, and some were even excited. Who knew what sort of unsavoury things they were making up in their minds.

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As the doors opened, the banquet hall was revealed to them, and it was a dazzling sight.

There were exquisite carvings on the ceiling, and a crystal chandelier glittered with resplendent light. The solid wooden furniture looked priceless, and on the walls hung paintings that looked to have been created by renowned masters. Exquisite decorations were on display everywhere, and even the carpet design was in line with the banquet hall’s decor. GjNDaM

At the housekeeper’s guidance, everyone took their seats at a long dining table.

Xiao Lan chose a seat further away from the host seat. Firstly, due to safety concerns, he didn’t want to get too close to the boss; secondly, after his experience with the maids, he was suspicious of Madam Bella’s aesthetics.

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Wang Taidi was on his left, and Luo was on his right.

The players who had been fawning over the only female player were now fighting to sit at the very front. There were expectant expressions on their faces. Xiao Lan didn’t know whether to say that they were bold in their lust, or blissfully ignorant. 8HYiRE

The players didn’t wait for long, before large doors on the other side of the banquet hall slowly opened, and there was the sound of footsteps. The players raised their heads to take a look.

The footsteps grew closer, but there was something fishy about them to Xiao Lan: Would an aristocratic lady who lived like a princess have such heavy footsteps?

A massive shadow enveloped the doorway, and part of a delicate, gorgeous dress was revealed as a huge figure tunneled out through the door. That was right, tunneled out. This manor’s doors were already extremely tall in the first place, but this lady had to lower her head and bend her back to enter.

Madam Bella finally appeared before the players. l6gaLR

She was well-built, and looked to be almost three meters tall. Her facial features were especially spread out, but her eyes seemed forcibly put together, the shape and colour of each completely different to the other.

But this wasn’t the main point; there was a tall and slightly curved protruding nose on the lower half of her face, and tusks could faintly be seen inside her huge mouth. This was obviously the face of a human and wild boar combo.

She had even put on garish makeup, the dark purple eyeshadow and purplish-black lipstick pushing the monstrous feel of her features to the peak. Her hair had also been combed into a gorgeous, complicated bun that was almost half a meter tall, making her appear even larger.

This clearly couldn’t possibly be a human. HGL38a

Madam Bella entered the banquet hall with heavy strides. With each step she took, the players could feel the floor tremble a little. Under everyone’s gazes, she sat in the host seat in the dining hall.

The male players who had grabbed the seats at the front looked like they had eaten five kilos of houseflies. As if they couldn’t help it, their butts shifted backwards as they did their best to get further away from this lady; even a centimeter was good.

If they could turn back time, they would beat their reckless selves to death.

They were inside a game; how could good things happen in an instance? Compared with being chosen to be her husband, perhaps losing the game wasn’t as scary. 9imZFK

After Madam Bella sat down, she surveyed all the players present. Turning a blind eye to their utterly blinded expressions, she smiled and reached up to gently tap her chin as she said, “Let me have a good look. Sweethearts, you are all here to ask for my hand in marriage, right?”

Her voice, on the contrary, was sweet and charming enough to move people, completely unlike her coarse and wild appearance.

But paired with such an appearance made her even more monstrous.

The players were instantly silent. They really didn’t want to admit it. According to the game setting, however, they were indeed a group of such brave warriors. For one moment, their reason continuously wavered between dignity and life. VdSCeX

Seeing that no one was replying, Madam Bella frowned, and fixed her eyes on the very first male player on her right. “What about you, cute little sweetie?”

That tone was sappy and greasy, and gave one goosebumps.

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The male player shuddered, and the desire to live prevailed. He looked at the tall monster before him and said, “Of – of course…”

Madam Bella stared at him for several seconds, until the man trembled even harder, before she finally revealed a satisfied smile. She nodded at the housekeeper, who immediately shook a bell to prompt the maids to begin serving the dishes. A4lTOg

Right after that, Madam Bella turned to the only female player, and there was some banter in her voice. “It looks like we have a rare female guest. We must entertain her properly.”

The female player was instantly alarmed.

After that, Madam Bella waved her hand lightly. A maid on the side came over to invite the only female player to go elsewhere. The female player wanted to struggle, but as soon as she made a move, she was unexpectedly subdued by the maid with unassailable strength.

“You guys, save me! Save me ah!” She reached out for those male players who had fawned over her. 4P3FVQ

Those people hesitated and traded looks, but didn’t move.

The only female player present was thus brought straight out of the banquet hall.

Seeing the players’ bewildered and uncertain gazes, Madam Bella explained, “Receiving female guests is different from you gentlemen.”

Her attitude was perfunctory, and she didn’t give any details. kKhTJ

It seemed that in this game, female and male players had different missions; perhaps it would be more difficult for a female player to clear the instance. The female player’s original plan to have the male players protect her was completely fruitless; just wish her good luck ba.

After that, Madam Bella and the players had an animated conversation, or more accurately, a one-sided animated conversation.

She specially introduced the flower vase that was on display in the center of the dining hall. This was her favourite treasure, which was several hundred years old and also made by a well-known artisan at the time. Xiao Lan didn’t really absorb much of the introduction to the flower vase, but he already understood that this was poverty value, a large amount of poverty value.

But looking at the current situation, Madam Bella might explode with rage if someone broke this flower vase. Not wanting to be hunted down by the boss at the very start of the game, Xiao Lan could only temporarily suppress the thirst in his heart. huHO w

Poverty came from danger; he would have an opportunity later.

Soon after, the food was served on delicately patterned plates.

But this dish was very sorry-looking. Some unidentifiable white lumps lay at the bottom of a green, gooey soup. It didn’t have the colour and fragrance which food should have, nor was it exquisitely plated; it was especially incongruous with this exquisite banquet hall.

Xiao Lan poked suspiciously at the unknown object in the dish with his spoon. No one in their right mind would want to eat this, right? PVf7oA

At that moment, Luo leaned in close and said quietly, “Sir, the food gives me a bad feeling.”

Xiao Lan: “What is it?”

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Luo: “I can’t identify it. It seems that there’s something inside that isn’t normal; it gives me a very ominous feeling.”

Xiao Lan frowned at the appetiser. This looked like something of dark cuisine, but was it ‘dark’ in every sense of the word? Zdf04i

“Little sweetheart~” Madam Bella’s voice rang out again.

Xiao Lan turned to look, and saw her holding a spoonful of the appetiser up to the lips of the unlucky person on her right as she smiled. “Come, try my cooking. I personally made this for all of you.”

Everyone’s gazes couldn’t help but turn sympathetic.

The male player looked at the spoon that had been brought to his lips, and had no choice but to summon his courage and drink from it. He even squeezed out a smile that was even uglier than crying, before he said to Madam Bella, “Thank you, madam… your cooking really is… very tasty.” 45E6Pl

His tone was so heavy it was like he was visiting his ancestor’s grave.

After that, like clockwork, Madam Bella fed the poor devil on her left.

But after the second person swallowed a mouthful, a change started to appear in these two before everyone’s eyes.

Their gazes towards Madam Bella were no longer conflicted and fearful; instead, they suddenly developed something like adoration and happiness which seemed to come from their hearts, as if they really were two admirers who had come to this manor from far away to propose marriage. CK5dWb

They looked at Madam Bella and expressed their admiration:

“Madam, this is the most delicious food I have ever eaten!”

“Madam, your cooking is simply a beautiful masterpiece rarely seen in this world!”

“You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen!” wgFa9y

“The world unexpectedly has such an outstanding beauty!”

Their gazes were deranged as they fervently conveyed their adoration for the freak sitting in the host seat. They were practically itching to dig their hearts out and place it before Madam Bella to express their ardent devotion.

This unforeseen change stupefied all the players who were watching on the side, and a few who were about to try the food promptly flung their spoons away. suoN9L

Wang Taidi whispered to Xiao Lan with a deathly pale face, “On a certain level, this is the scariest boss I’ve ever met. ‘You can kill me, but you can’t humiliate my aesthetics’.”

Xiao Lan nodded. “Soldiers would rather die than be dishonoured.”

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Imagining how he might crazily confess to this hog head if he was infected, Xiao Lan resolutely decided that he absolutely mustn’t lose this game.

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Translator's Note

Gasp! Touching his wrist? How scandalous!

Translator's Note

the og saying was that ‘money came from danger’, as in you have to take risks to profit

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34 comments

  1. Turns out Madam Bella isn’t very bella…

    (Bella means beautiful)

    Thank you for the chapter!!! ❤️❤️

  2. The best way to get out of this is to say your allergic. This excuse should only be used in these types of scenarios.

    Thanks for the chapter!

  3. Thankfully Xiao Lan is smart! And with Luo there, he probably will never get poisoned. Madam Bella sounds nice lol

    Also, at least he can team up with the Wang brothers! Thanks for the chapter ❤

  4. XL: … Must break vase, want to break vase ah

  5. It is the role of the husband to eat whatever the wife feeds him. Without complaining or saying that it’s bad.

    Ha ha

    Thank you for the chapter~

  6. Oh oh? I guess those two already lost.

    I wonder what’s the girl’s mission. It’s a shame that she can’t participate to win the madam’s heart. 😛 Maybe she has to become the best maid?

    Thanks for the chapter!! 🥰

  7. A description of a huge aristocratic lady named Bella who’s living in a massive mansion painted me an image of Bella Dimitrescu who’s the size of Lady D

  8. I have an idea.

    Is Madam Bella gonna use the girl to be her vessel? It just came up to me remembering how the housekeeper smiled at her. Plus the reveal of the Madam made me suspect it.

  9. I did say on the other novel in the cg that i will be back a month later bc of my thesis but I’m chap 30 here. Why did it have to be so good? Huehue helpppp haha

  10. Luo you must protect him in this game! please gege!

    i have an uneasy feeling…. maybe it’s because it’s now half 5 in the morning or it’s with how the story is going