The phrase "the entire estate" immediately piqued everyone's interest, and the complaints died down. After all, from their perspective, it was originally supposed to be divided like slices of a cake. But "the entire estate" meant that if one could obtain it, the amount would be several times larger than originally expected.
Everyone acted their parts perfectly, but Yin Chengjue still remained silent, even starting to close his eyes and rest. Rong Yu, on the other hand, half-leaned on his chair, one hand propping up his chin, legs crossed, just smiling as he looked at Liu Qingling.
Liu Qingling even suspected it wasn't a smile, but that Rong Yu's lips were just naturally shaped that way.
"Originally, I wanted to show everyone around first, but since you've asked now, I'll first tell you about the tasks our master set before his passing." Liu Qingling cleared his throat and continued, "The master's instruction is that those who come here to participate in the selection for the heir must accomplish three things."
Liu Qingling slowly raised one finger: "The first thing is to stay in this villa for seven days and seven nights. The time starts counting from the moment you entered earlier. During these seven days and seven nights, you must not leave the old manor, otherwise it will be considered automatic withdrawal from the heir selection, and you will directly lose the inheritance qualification."
Hearing this, the others exchanged glances. Wei Shu and Guan Haifeng cooperated, "Is the first thing really that simple? Then what's the second thing?"
"The second thing is that you must not set foot in the glass greenhouse in the backyard. Once you step inside, it counts as automatic withdrawal, and you directly lose the inheritance qualification." Liu Qingling raised a second finger.
"Then what about the third thing?" Wei Lu asked.
"The third thing is that you must return to your room before 12 PM at night, and you cannot leave the room from then until 6 AM the next day." Liu Qingling raised a third finger.
Yin Chengjue opened his eyes at this point and said calmly, "Any room will do?"
The others heard this and looked at Yin Chengjue.
Liu Qingling added, "Not every room is acceptable. There are only five rooms available here for you all to stay in temporarily. Mine and Servant Yang's rooms are not counted among these five. Lawyer Lei will stay alone in one of these five rooms. The remaining four rooms will be allocated freely among the six young masters and ladies."
Rong Yu said, "Then I'll stay with my brother."
Yin Chengjue nodded slightly.
Wei Shu familiarly patted Guan Haifeng's shoulder: "Then us two men can make do together, freeing up private space for the two ladies."
Guan Haifeng nodded in agreement.
Wei Lu and Ling Ting thanked them politely.
The rooms had actually been arranged last night; today was just acting out the process.
Liu Qingling: "Alright, since all the young masters and ladies have chosen their rooms, please follow me."
They had already seen the place last night. The introduction now was really for the audience's benefit.
The owner of the villa rented by Qin Linlin loved paintings, so every corridor was hung with various oil paintings of various styles—abstract, impressionist, you name it.
Yang Ji looked around and couldn't help but sigh: "It's really great when the crew has money; we all get to enjoy the benefits. Normally, we'd never have the chance to come to a place like this."
Liu Qingling's eyes shifted: "Well, Lao Yang, do you know why the crew has money now?"
Yang Ji was first stunned, then quickly caught on under Liu Qingling's wink. He casually picked up a smart learning machine placed conspicuously nearby: "This is of course to thank our OXR Learning Machine for its strong support of our program! OXR Learning Machine, making learning easier for children!"
Everyone: "..." This wave of advertising was really sudden!
Wei Lu also suddenly remembered that she was the spokesperson for this Xiao Corporation OXR Learning Machine and quickly took over Yang Ji's words, reciting the long-memorized OXR Learning Machine advertisement to the camera.
After inserting this wave of advertising, the atmosphere noticeably livened up. Everyone stopped sticking rigidly to the basic character settings and began to improvise freely.
"Butler Liu, how long have you worked here?"
Liu Qingling cooperatively replied: "It's been over thirty years. For thirty years, I have always been our master's right-hand man!"
"Servant Yang, is a place this big cleaned by you alone?"
Yang Ji immediately put on an appropriately distressed expression: "Isn't that right! After the master passed away, the household staff resigned, scattered, leaving only me, one servant, getting up early and working late, tidying rooms, washing and scrubbing, carefully wiping every brick with a rag..."
Everyone: "..." That's enough, it's too exaggerated!
As the conversation reached this point, they happened to arrive at the dining hall.
It was a very large dining hall, with a small bar counter next to it specifically for placing alcohol, which could be used for mixing drinks.
Next to the dining hall was the kitchen, spacious, clean, and tidy, fully equipped with all kinds of utensils.
Liu Qingling cleared his throat: "That's right, because there is no dedicated chef, you will have to cook for yourselves these few days. The necessary ingredients will be provided here."
As Liu Qingling spoke, he opened the refrigerator door—
"Thud! Roll roll roll…"
Simultaneously, a round object rolled out from the refrigerator, tumbling right to the feet of Yin Chengjue, who was standing closest.
Everyone instinctively looked down.
Then…
"Ah!——————"
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