Chapter 12: Sis! You’ve Been Tricked!

Watching Rafina’s considerate behavior, His Blackstone nodded approvingly.

‘She really is woman worthy of being the main consort—her magnanimity is remarkable.’

Wait, hold on…

That’s Feng Aotian’s main consort. What am I thinking?

At a corner not far away, Ni Wei was crouching behind a wall, her eyes fixed on His Blackstone.

‘That bastard actually dared to lie to my sister?!’

‘The “new” silver-haired girl he mentioned is clearly the one I caught in his bed a few days ago!’

Watching Rafina talk with a smile on her face toward His Blackstone, Ni Wei’s little fists clenched tighter and tighter.

‘Sister! What are you laughing at?! This man is an evil young master who bullies others, and he’s still lying to you right now!’

‘No, I can’t let this go on!’

Ni Wei carefully crept out from behind the wall, only to find Li Nuo Er immediately turning her gaze toward her.

His Blackstone noticed Li Nuo Er suddenly tilt her head slightly, so he followed her look in Ni Wei’s direction.

“Ni Wei? What are you doing here?”

Rafina had also spotted her sister by then and took the initiative to ask.

“Is the study already tidied up?”

“Yes… yes, it’s been tidied up for a while.”

Faced with her sister’s questioning, Ni Wei was momentarily flustered.

“Although Young Master His said you only need to handle the study, you should at least try doing some other work too.”

“Huh? Sister, I…”

Ni Wei hadn’t expected that her sister, who had always cared for her, would actually take the initiative to ask her to do more work for that evil young master.

Ni Wei looked at her sister, then at His Blackstone, who wore a faint smile, and an irrational anger swelled in her heart.

‘My sister must have been deceived by this man—that’s the only explanation!’

“Ah, forget it. I already agreed that she would only tidy the study. If I make her do other work now, I’d be slapping my own face.”

His Blackstone patted Rafina on the shoulder.

“Besides, I heard from Florin that she’s been volunteering to help with chores lately. Don’t be too strict with her.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

Rafina nodded obediently.

“Alright, you two go ahead and get busy. I’ll take my leave now. Li Nuo Er…”

His Blackstone turned around, only to find that Li Nuo Er’s gaze was still fixed on Ni Wei, not shifting at all.

“Let’s go.”

His Blackstone lightly flicked Li Nuo Er’s forehead.

After she snapped out of it, he took the silver-haired emotionless girl’s arm and led her away from the bathroom.

Back in the bedroom, Li Nuo Er immediately spoke.

“Young Master, I am now certain that the maid tidying your study is the same person who followed us yesterday.”

“Is that so?”

His Blackstone wasn’t too surprised by this result.

After all, Ni Wei had already clearly “warned” him that she would keep an eye on him.

“Don’t worry about her. She’s no threat—let her be. Your task is complete. You didn’t get much rest last night, so go sleep now and recover your energy.”

Li Nuo Er glanced at His Blackstone.

This time, she didn’t press further and silently left the bedroom.

Watching Li Nuo Er leave, His Blackstone turned around and threw himself onto the large bed.

‘Come to think of it… I didn’t sleep well last night either. Making money is important, but rest is just as crucial. Might as well take a nap now…’

Just as His Blackstone was about to close his eyes and try to sleep, familiar glowing text appeared in his vision.

[Today’s Flash Report!]

[The Underground Black Market has a rare herb, Moonlight Grass, available today—limited to three plants, first come, first served!]

[For details, pay 300 gold coins to unlock.]

‘Huh? Moonlight Grass? What’s that?’

Watching the system’s increasingly expensive intel and thinking about his dwindling allowance, His Blackstone couldn’t help but hesitate.

‘This thing doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the matters at hand…’

However, with Ni Wei’s previous incident as a lesson, His Blackstone decided to grit his teeth and buy the information.

After all, who would complain about having too much intel? Especially since the system’s information had always played a key role.

[Moonlight Grass: When crushed with the Dark Element and applied to areas of Elemental Disorder, it can effectively cleanse the elements accumulated in the body.]

‘Elemental Disorder… So it’s intel related to Ni Wei.’

His Blackstone had thought it would be something about Feng Aotian encountering new trouble.

But having a way to speed up Ni Wei’s treatment was not bad news.

Ever since he had used the Dark Element Massage Method to unclog the Dark Element accumulated in Ni Wei’s body, her condition had improved significantly.

However, according to the system’s intel, using this method would make the treatment cycle very long.

“Sigh…”

His Blackstone sighed and decided to make a trip to the Black Market tonight to see if he could buy the Moonlight Grass.

Although Ni Wei’s attitude toward him annoyed him, she was Rafina’s most cherished sister.

Ni Wei’s well-being would greatly affect Rafina’s happiness.

Now that things had finally stabilized a bit, he didn’t want Rafina to develop any dissatisfaction toward the Duke’s Mansion.

Otherwise, he’d really be close to death…

***

Late at night, His Blackstone changed into a black casual outfit and quietly pushed open the bedroom door.

“Young Master, where are you going?”

The sudden cold voice startled His Blackstone.

He turned around to find the silver-haired emotionless girl standing beside him, her eyes devoid of any emotion, fixed on him.

“I… I have something to attend to and need to go out.”

“Young Master, I won’t ask why you’re going out so late, but for safety reasons, I must stay with you.”

“…”

“Young Master?”

“Fine. I’m going to the Black Market. You can come with me.”

“Yes.”

The two quickly crossed the Duke’s Mansion hall and left.

However, His Blackstone didn’t notice that his figure as he walked out the door was caught by a pair of eyes upstairs.

Ni Wei watched His Blackstone sneak out of the Duke’s Mansion in the dead of night, and excitement gleamed in her eyes.

‘Going out this late—he must be up to no good!’

“Ni Wei, it’s very late. Go to sleep.”

Rafina’s voice came from behind.

“You go to sleep first, Sister. I suddenly remembered there’s a book in the study that hasn’t been put back in place. I’m a bit uneasy, so I’ll go check on it.”

“You can go early tomorrow… Hey, Ni Wei?”

Perhaps because she had found new evidence that His Blackstone was a bad person, Ni Wei forgot to maintain her obedient image in front of her sister and rushed out of the bedroom excitedly.

“That child, always so rash…”

Watching Ni Wei’s retreating figure, Rafina sighed softly and lay back down on the bed.