The Buggiest System

197 - The Mistress and the Bodyguard

"Young Mistress, they have entered the premises."

Ye Muqi wore a wireless earphone, hearing everything transmitted to her by her lackeys. She positioned one to wait in StarLars in advance.

She responded with a short and simple "hmm".

"Mr. You, I will get off here."

The driver named Mr. You stopped the car and turned off the engine, unlocking the doors through a button near the front seat.

Ye Muqi exited the air conditioned car, exposing herself to the bright sun above. Since her eyes grew accustomed to the dark after riding inside the dark car, she squinted for a moment.

Following after the young mistress, Mr. You opened the door on the front and intended to accompany her. However, Ye Muqi glanced at him, and he understood immediately that he was not to exit the car. He closed the door and leaned his back on the reclining seat, relaxing.

Ye Muqi faced the biggest challenge of her whole life: going to a mall. As the class president, she had already entered this particular mall a few times, but only to buy essential materials for various activities and the such. Never did she expect that one day would come where she came here of her own volition.

While making her way towards the café, Ye Muqi received a transmission from her lackey.

"Young Madam, the group has grown to three..."

She raised her eyebrows as she pressed on the earpiece to listen to his words more clearly. "What did you say?"

"Another person has joined the two people you asked me to monitor."

"Mm, okay." Ye Muqi analyzed the situation.

The two went on a date to a café, but they were joined by another person? Perhaps... it was one of Zhou Lei's friends. Or the more likely possibility, was that it was one of the girls she tried to plan with earlier.

'Lu Xi already said her plan out loud earlier, and that was to stalk them silently, so that leaves Fan Xinyue and Ma Xiaoli... But which one?'

Ye Muqi was left confused by this event. 'These two... I know that Fan Xinyue is calculative, but I have no idea about Ma Xiaoli. She always sleeps in class, so I can't imagine what she's doing now that she's active.

I'm guessing that the one that approached those two is Ma Xiaoli, since Fan Xinyue wouldn't do that blatantly.'

After deducing this much, Ye Muqi turned the transmission on the earpiece on again and spoke, "Is the person that approached them a girl? Is she wearing a school uniform like theirs?"

"Yes to both, Young Madam... Eek!"

"Hmm?" The short shrieking sound the lackey made startled Ye Muqi. "What's the matter?"

"Young Madam, I just felt a chill run through my veins... It was nothing."

"I wonder about that."

As she said that, she opened the door to the café, StarLars. Multiple people in casual clothes followed after her discreetly.

After identifying where Zhou Lei and the rest were, Ye Muqi sat down somewhere near. She removed the earpiece and placed it in her pocket.

"Gao."

A single word came out of her mouth.

The people who followed her sat down at tables near their Young Madam's seat one by one.

The lackey named Gao heard the utter and approached Ye Muqi's table.

He removed his cap, revealing a face approximately the same age as hers. Although he wasn't handsome, he wasn't ugly either.

"Gao, what did you mention earlier about a chill?" Ye Muqi rested her chin on her palm, looking at Lackey Gao.

"Young Madam, the chill came from the gazes of the two girls of the group. They stared at each other..."

A smile crept up on Ye Muqi's face. 'Stare, eh? So one of them challenged the other... Interesting.'

"Do you remember who extended her hand first?"

"Ah, it was the newly arrived girl, Young Madam."

'Ma Xiaoli? I didn't expect her to be this proactive.'

Several thoughts ran through Ye Muqi's mind. While she was doing so, she caught a glimpse of a dark-skinned girl on the glass door.

'Fan Xinyue... she's arrived.'

Ye Muqi wasn't aware of it, but a grin slowly crept up on her face.

After a few minutes...

Ye Muqi's eyes wandered about in the small café.

'Calm atmosphere... The smell is truly alluring... The customers are relatively peaceful... This establishment will receive a 3-star rating from me.'

Her sight landed back at the glass door, with the familiar girl standing outside. After Ye Muqi looked around the café, Fan Xinyue was still, not daring to move around.

'What is she doing...?' Ye Muqi couldn't comprehend what was going on inside Fan Xinyue's mind. 'Is she developing her plan? Did she perhaps... spot me?'

As these thoughts ran through her mind, the glass doors were finally pushed open, Fan Xinyue entering the café. She turned her head both sides before proceeding to walk to Zhou Lei's current location.

'She doesn't seem to have seen me... but she's executing her plan.'

"Gao, observe them at a closer distance, report to me through the earpiece." As she spoke, Ye Muqi took out the small earpiece and put it on her ear again.

Lackey Gao nodded and stood up. After regaining his composure, he walked towards the group once again. His legs were visibly wobbly, not to mention the rest of his body...

He watched the scene unfold before him, reporting the events as clearly as he could to the Young Madam.

"The girl who arrived just now..."

"Her name is Fan Xinyue..."

"Ah, Miss Fan sat beside Miss Lin..."