1st Break: Second Young Master

Night is the best time to do shady business. Well, because both words are dark. Okay, enough with the lame joke. Just above the tiled roofs, several figures can be seen flying using their qigong.

"What the hell is - aaaah! Thief!"

It was a woman's scream that broke the seemingly peaceful but actually danger-filled night. The windows of several establishments opened one by one after the people inside the rooms lit up their candles. But, what shortly followed the woman's scream was another scream, but this time filled with horror.

The scent of blood came out of a window and drifted to everyone's noses. They could guess how much blood was spilled for them to be able to smell the rustic smell. Some women couldn't bear it and puked on the spot while the men immediately closed their windows to hide, afraid to be implicated.

The next day.

"Merchant Wen was killed last night?" A surprised voice spoke from behind the folding screen.

"Yes, boss." Someone answered.

"That is very unlucky." The person behind the folding screen said with a sigh. "I really like his wares." He said, feeling disappointed.

Nobody replied.

"Is there something else?" The person behind the screen asked.

"That, boss..." the other person muttered and coughed.

"I would like to congratulate you." He said.

"For what?" The person behind the screen was taken aback. "For being a laughingstock?" He asked when he recalled what happened three days ago.

The other person doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Boss, you are jesting. Of course, I want to congratulate you for finally being freed from the grave of marriage!" He said.

That is right. The person behind the screen is Meng Xing.

Meng Xing chuckled. "Good. I will give you a raise as thanks." He said.

The subordinate's eyes brightened. "Thank you, boss!" He said. "That, boss... what about the gossip? Should I take care of it for you?" He asked when he recalled the gossip circulating in the imperial capital.

"When did I care about gossip?" Meng Xing asked back.

The original owner of the body, named Meng Ruyan, is the second young master of the Meng family. But, five years ago, he announced to his family that he is gay, or the term the people of this era use, cut sleeve. Meng Ruyan is already not favored by his family due to his mediocrity, but at that time, he made his family snap. They became disgusted with him.

It has to be said that time, when he was sixteen, his family had already arranged a marriage for him to another wealthy family's young miss. But, he just had to break the news that same day. Fortunately, the arranged marriage with the young miss was not announced yet. Meng Ruyan's grandfather actually loves him. Because even though Meng Ruyan is mediocre, he is the most filial among the children. So, his grandfather arranged another marriage for him with another family's young master.

But, his grandfather had to choose the most brilliant child of the Lin family, the second child, Lin Ze, who is very talented in martial arts. This Lin Ze naturally doesn't like Meng Ruyan. But, he was already prepared for an arranged marriage since he was young and he grew up in a wealthy family. Even though his parents actually didn't want to arrange a marriage for him, especially with a man, after they found out that he was extremely talented, since Lin Ze didn't object, they didn't say anything either.

So, the engagement of the two lasted, that was, until three days ago, when Lin Ze himself decided to break their engagement for who knows the reason. It has to be said that Lin Ze, who was already talented five years ago, became even more brilliant after five years. And so, many women rejoiced when Lin Ze announced the breaking of his engagement with Meng Ruyan. So, Meng Ruyan became even more of a laughingstock.

As to why Meng Xing said that he never cared about gossip, it is because, after that day five years ago, Meng Ruyan never came out of his room. Why is this so, one reason is that Meng Xing has occupied his body. Another reason is that Meng Ruyan died in his room. Not because Meng Xing occupied his body, but because of some reason, which until now Meng Xing still doesn't know, and is still investigating.

Yes. Meng Xing resumed his work of his past life here – a detective. And he built a detective agency, named Huichen, which within three years, became very famous because they solved the most difficult cases. Meng Ruyan's death is the other reason he built this detective agency. After all, he is using his body, so giving Meng Ruyan a justified death is what Meng Xing could do for him.

"Look up merchant Wen's death." Meng Xing spoke. "I really liked his wares. This way, I can do something for the deceased." He said, feeling sad.

"Yes, boss." The subordinate answered. He was about to ask his boss when he would be returning to their agency when suddenly, they heard footsteps coming this way and so the subordinate immediately left without a trace.

As expected, there was a knock on the door.

"Second young master. It is time for lunch." A maidservant spoke outside the door.

"En. Just leave it on the table." Meng Xing answered.

"Yes." The maidservant answered and silently left without lifting her head or making her eyes wander around.

Not to mention the past five years the second young master Meng never went out, but before that, Meng Ruyan almost never went out of the house. So, not only was his family stunned and bewildered as to how Meng Ruyan became a cut-sleeve, but also nobody knew what Meng Ruyan looked like, aside from his family. Even the servants don't know.

This is one of the reasons why everyone was puzzled as to why Lin Ze agreed to his engagement with Meng Ruyan five years ago since nobody knows Meng Ruyan aside from him being the second young master of the Meng family. He doesn't even have a painted portrait. The Meng family didn't paint one for him even after he was engaged to give to the Lin family. This made the Lin family dissatisfied of course, especially after a rumor of Meng Ruyan being ugly as a beast circulated five years ago.

Of course, the Lin family proposed to go and meet Meng Ruyan to learn about Lin Ze's fiancee. But, it was only once, and it failed. It was not because of the tough attitude of the Meng family. Why would they hide Meng Ruyan, since they were the ones who proposed the engagement? But, the Lin family's plan failed because of Lin Ze himself. It was Lin Ze who stopped them, which puzzled not only the two families but the people as well.

They thought that Lin Ze despised Meng Ruyan because of the other's ugliness, and they all, especially the women, were waiting for Lin Ze to break the engagement. But, who would have thought that Lin Ze's reason for doing so was because he respects his fiancee's will? It was bullshit, but since they were not the ones who were involved, who are they to complain? Thus, when Lin Ze broke the engagement three days ago, it was a great fanfare.

"Ai." Meng Xing heaved a sigh after he looked at the food. He has no appetite. Even if he is not Meng Ruyan, he becomes him. So, no matter how indifferent Meng Xing is, he also has an ego.

Meng Xing rose from his seat, changed his clothes, and decided to visit his grandfather... 's grave.