Lunar festival?

"No, Who are you? And what am I doing here?"

Hulk-maid stopped screaming but she still seemed to be on guard against him, which is an expected reaction when finding a stranger in your Young Master's bed.

"Where is Young master Chang…"

Is what the maid wanted to say but he said it first, he made sure to make a pitiful expression while also looking wronged and bullied. Shen Mingze blinked his eyes a few times and was able to squeeze out a few crocodile tears with much hardship.

Seeing him like this, those who wanted to misunderstand would misunderstand. After all, what kind of person was that Chang Haorang? Wouldn't it be normal for him to occasionally pull people to his bed, Shen Mingze was never a heavenly beauty but he can say confidently that he is worthy enough a looker to act as a boy toy.

As he thought the Hulk-maid seemed to be doubting her initial opinion of him, in the blink of an eye the Hulk-maid was already standing in front of him. She took his hand in her own and started feeling through his pulse.

After a while her tense expression completely relaxed, she no longer considered Shen Mingze a threat. This time when she looked at him, her eyes only held indifference.

"How did you get inside the sect without anyone noticing?"

*Fuck* he was hoping the Hulk-maid won't ask that question but he was obviously wishing for the impossible.

[ personal blood array scroll ]

He didn't know what came over him but he decided to trust the system with his life, his second life mind you, at that moment. Maybe it was the fact that he had no other option but to trust him, maybe his mouth works faster than his brain.

"The young master gave me a personal blood array scroll the last time we met"

"oh.."

The initial danger was gone, is what Shen Mingze thought when all the doubt in hulk-maid's eyes was gone, but just as Shen Mingze let out a sigh of relief many navy clothed men came barging in Chang Haorang's room.

"Junior sect sister we heard your scream! is the young master okay?!"

Each of the men looked like they could beat up at least 10 Shen Mingzes on their own, all of them had exceptional bearing and most of them carried unsheeted swords in their hands, every blade letting out a murderous aura. Seeing them Shen Mingze controlled his urge to run away.

Contrary to his expectations all of them relaxed at once after seeing that Shen Mingze was a mortal with no inner Qi and how relaxed Hulk-maid seem to be, it seems like this is not the first time such a situation has occurred.

"Senior sect brother Hu, I am sorry to disturb you the young master probably went to his private lab... I was just about to escort this gentleman out of the sect."

All the men relaxed as soon as words left the hulk-maid's mouth, all of them lowered their blades and started to collectively look at the person in front for instructions.

The man leading the group, presumably sernamed Hu, simply nodded and began to leave but before going away he didn't forget to look at Sehn Mingze one last time, a sneer of disgust on his face.

"Make sure you compensate the man properly... before you kick him out." and then he left

Shen Mingze did his best to look humiliated and it probably worked since the Hulk-maid gave him a look of pity, okay maybe really did feel humiliated, she handed him a pouch full of silver before grabbing him by his waist and then bringing him to the entrance of the sect.

"May I ask how this lord came in contact with our young master" the hulk maid said as she saw him off, but it was clear that she didn't care for his answer.

"We met in a gambling den"

Hearing his answer the hulk maid had a disguised expression on her face and she let him go without inquiring any further. That's what he thought when suddenly she grabbed his wrist once again to stop him.

"Here I forgot to give this to you" Hulk maid said, handing him a white bag

"Didn't you already give me the money?"

Not like Shen Mingze minded being given more money but.. He doesn't want to loot the poor Hulk maid who has been good(?) to him all this time.

"No… that is medicine for your…"

Hulk-maid averted her eyes from him as she said this and then turned around to leave, Shen Mingze swears that he saw her blush on her way to leave.

"..."

He was the one who wanted her to perceive him as a boy toy but somehow, now he's the one feeling embarrassed. He wanted to throw the pouch away but he decided to take it with him because he didn't want to waste the hulk-maid's kind intentions.

Shen Mingze walked down the road alone, well there were a lot of people around but that didn't matter, As he walked and walked the realization finally sank in.

He was now free, more than he has ever been.

He can do what he wants now, wear what he wants, eat what he wants, heck he can even rob a bank and no one will care!!!

Well the last part is probably not a good idea, people are sure to care if someone robs a bank, even if it is an ancient bank.

So Shen Mingze went around the town and bought himself nice clothes, nice food and he did not try to rob a bank but despite that he had a nice day.

He even brought himself a jade flute to play later, he definitely needed some music in his life. The best part of it all however was the fact that not one thing went wrong the whole day!

In a few hours Shen Mingze was sitting in a restaurant looking like the rich young master he wasat least he looked like one, he ordered the best wine the shop had to offer and started to observe the bustling city.

In the rush to act like an insane third generation chaebol, Shen Mingze hadn't noticed the red lanterns that were all around the town, it might be just something ancient people used as decoration but it almost looked like a festival.

So when the shopkeeper brought him the wine he asked him what was this all about, The Shopkeeper looked at Shen Mingze like he had brain damage and was currently experiencing a serious case of stupid.

"The young master must be a foreigner"

At that Shen Mingze mentally face palmed, of course it was for a super important festival that everyone had to know about.

"Yes, I came here with my father to secure a business deal" At this point Shen Mingze felt like he can become a professional liar if he tries just a bit harder.

The shopkeepers seem to believe him or maybe he just doesn't really care whether he was lying or not but he starts explaining the whole thing to him anyway.

"The second lunar festival is coming and the flower viewing will start soon. Don't they light lanterns to celebrate in the young master's hometown?"

"Not really"

The shopkeeper didn't care to explain the details to him, which was normal because according to him Shen Mingze had no reason to not know about this big festival that every person on earth is supposed to celebrate.

With no other choice left, stealing his heart, Shen Mingze asked the system.

[ there are 568 days in a year there are 544 gods in this world, Each one of those Gods had cultivated day and night to reach to their position, each one ruling over a day, it is said that Feng and Jun the most power full of them all who were in control of a whole week each were not Gods at all.

Those two were so strong that even the heavens bowed to them when they hadn't even reached the peak of their power, the other Gods were worried about what would happen when they did ascend and the heavenly emperor felt that his position was being threatened.

Eager to stop them the emperor instructed the God of love to make them fall with each other and then- ]

"But what does that have to do with anything? why would the emperor even do that?"

[ As expected the two of them were already stronger than the God of love so his charm did not work on them but unexpectedly they did actually end up falling in love. ]