NOVEL WEB Chapter 17
Chapter Seventeen Something’s Off!
In no time, Meng Yue had been with the Monster Organization for three days.
This morning, when Meng Yue got up, she found Bai Yu was once again absent, though her breakfast had been prepared as usual.
This breakfast was quite abundant, with not only scrambled eggs, bread, and bacon, but also a bowl of steaming rice porridge on the table. Since Meng Yue “barely” learned how to use utensils, Bai Yu allowed her to sit at the table for meals.
Although sometimes, for the sake of amusement, he would make her eat like a pet cat, which was just sickening!
Meng Yue sat down and casually turned on the TV to see if there were any news. The reporter mentioned that after the incident at the abandoned warehouse, the Monster Organization had remained quiet.
“Mmm…”
While watching TV, Meng Yue ate her breakfast. A content look appeared on her little face. After all, she had never experienced such feelings in the rental house where she and her sister Liánglí lived; there was no TV or breakfast there.
“This dress…”
Meng Yue looked down at the extremely embarrassing black velvet fabric she was wearing. Bai Yu seemed to love her dressed this way! He used some excuse about training endurance that she didn’t understand and made her wear it all the time!
Even at night, he made her sleep in this outfit on the carpet and took photos, which was truly insane! And he didn’t even cover her with blankets, showing no care or concern!
Meng Yue was initially very upset, but seeing the air conditioner running 24/7 in Bai Yu’s room, she didn’t say anything…
“If not for the fact that the carpet is actually quite comfortable to sleep on and I have magic energy so I won’t get sick, I would definitely bite you to death!”
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At the same time, in another room, Bai Yu was sitting on the sofa. Opposite him sat a woman in her thirties, visibly exhausted.
“I saw the post you put up.”
Then Bai Yu spoke, “Please tell me the details of what happened.”
“Two days ago, my child was kidnapped!”
The woman immediately said anxiously, “Right in the neighborhood! Two men snatched my child right in front of me! During the process, I managed to tear off a mask from one of them, and recognized him as a neighbor living on the same floor!”
“Did you report this to the Knights?”
The Knights were the law enforcement organization of this world, similar to the police in Bai Yu’s previous world. Hearing this, the woman’s face showed anger!
“They said the surveillance cameras were broken and didn’t capture the scene of my child being taken!”
She clenched her fists and shouted, “They said my word alone isn’t enough evidence! Not only did they refuse to send anyone to question me, they even refused to investigate further and just kicked me out!”
“But you are very sure that you didn’t misidentify the neighbor who participated in taking your child.”
“Of course!”
She gritted her teeth and fiercely said, “The person who took my child right in front of me… even if he turns to ashes, I wouldn’t mistake him!”
Bai Yu glanced at the crystal ball on the coffee table in the middle of the room. It glowed with a faint blue light, indicating that the woman wasn’t lying…
“Tell me his address. If it’s been two days, your child should be fine.”
Comforting her, Bai Yu stood up and took out his phone, “Everyone… let’s get to work!”
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“This guy… hasn’t returned yet!”
After finishing breakfast, Meng Yue waited for Bai Yu for a long time but he didn’t come back as quickly as before.
Realizing that Bai Yu might not return soon, Meng Yue began to think again! She walked around the room barefoot, looking for the location of the Evil Energy Converter…
“Logically, such important things should be hidden in the final boss’s room, right?”
After searching for a while, Meng Yue mumbled, “For example, there might be some mechanism in the room, like a vase fixed on the cabinet, or a bookshelf with hidden secrets.”
Unfortunately, there were no vases or bookshelves in Bai Yu’s room. However, Meng Yue suddenly had an idea and turned her attention to the large photo hanging on the wall.
“The room of the Monster Leader has photos of magical girls; there must be something wrong!”
As if she had an epiphany, Meng Yue went up and grabbed the bottom of the photo, trying to pull it down! But when she pulled… nothing moved, as if the frame was welded to the wall.
“Could it be…”
Her eyes rolled, and she applied horizontal force to the photo…伴随着齿轮转动的吱吱声，墙上的照片竟然顺时针转动了一小点！
“果然是这样！”
先是惊讶，但随后，梦月露出了得意洋洋的表情！她嘻嘻笑道：“我真是个天才啊！居然能破解这种机关，怪人首领那种笨蛋完全不是我的对手呢！”
说着，梦月立刻将相框旋转了一百八十度……然后兴奋地期待着会发生什么！然而几分钟过去了，她也没看到房间哪里打开了什么秘密入口。
“诶？”
意识到不对劲后，梦月又将相框转了回来，但仍然没有事情发生。
“难道……必须按照特定的方式转动这相框才行？”
心中做出这个猜测，梦月只能闷闷不乐地松开了相框。明明连机关都被她那聪明的大脑猜出来了！可偏偏因为不知道转动方式，导致无法打开她想象中的秘密通道……
“可恶的主人，把机关搞得那么复杂干嘛！”
露出恼怒的神色，梦月在房间里不断踱步！无意中走到镜子前，她又看到了镜子里自己那羞耻的打扮，这羞耻的打扮！这打扮……
其实也还挺不错的？
然而这时，梦月的脑海里却忽然浮现出了这样的念头！她看着镜子里一副烧猫娘打扮的自己，不知为何心底产生了一种兴奋感！好像这样的打扮真的会让她发自内心感受到喜悦，甚至嘴角都控制不住咧起了一抹弧度……
“不对！这不对劲！”
后退两步，梦月一脸不敢相信地道：“我怎么会喜欢这种打扮……绝对不可能！都怪主人那个死变态！要不是他一直让我那么穿，我怎么可能对这种衣服产生如此奇怪的感觉！”
得赶紧找件像样的衣服，换掉抵消掉这种诡异的兴奋感才行！