The night passed.
"Master Benjamin, it's time to get up. The old lady wants you to go down and have breakfast."
The housekeeper's voice sounded together with the knock on the door, bringing Gu Bei, who was still lying in bed, back to reality.
Is it already morning
He smiled bitterly in his heart. Unexpectedly, just absorbing the memory of Benjamin Reese would make him stay up from midnight to early morning, leaving no time for himself to rest.
It's not a system problem, the simplified version of the memory is indeed simplified enough, and I gave a rough introduction to my situation within half an hour. However, the problem was that it was oversimplified. Gu Bei searched his memory and could not find the person who might have hired an assassin to kill him.
Therefore, he could only refine the question and start asking about the details in the system's memory in detail.
Since this kind of inquiry was no different from finding a needle in a haystack, and coupled with the system's temperamental nature of getting sick from time to time, the search operation for the man behind the scenes continued until the morning. Even the housekeeper came to ask him to have breakfast, but there was no result. In other words, he still doesn't know who wants to kill him.
Gu Bei was a little frustrated, as if the entire night had been wasted.
There was no way, the time was up, and he could no longer search for details in his memory. The butler was waiting for him outside the door, and he was about to face the Riese family—this was a more important and urgent matter at the moment.
Can he get by under the noses of "his" relatives
Thinking from this perspective, the night's time was not wasted. He memorized the simplified version of the memory and reviewed many details in the memory, which was very helpful for his disguise.
Relying on these memories, dealing with the current butler should not be a problem.
"Got it, I'll be there soon."
He replied to the butler.
"Jeremy is not feeling well. Let me help the young master get up." Unexpectedly, the housekeeper opened the door, came in and said to Gu Bei.
"No... no, I can do it myself." Gu Bei quickly refused.
He felt a little weird having a middle-aged man wash and change clothes for him. No, it should be said that as a good young man in the new era, he is no longer a three-year-old child, let alone a mommy baby who is laughed at. It is not normal to let others help him get dressed.
However, after listening to Gu Bei's words, the housekeeper showed a strange expression on his face.
Gu Bei immediately realized something was wrong.
"Hey, you didn't tell me last night. The nobles here are used to letting others dress themselves. It would be weird to dress yourself." He asked the system in his mind.
"No, although it is indeed customary here to have servants serve you, there has been a trend recently. Many people have started to wash and dress themselves. It is not surprising." The system seemed a little confused and said this .
"Is this so..."
Hearing this, Gu Bei felt a little relieved.
Since the system said so, then I shouldn't be exposed. Maybe Benjamin was used to letting others take care of him before, but one day his temper changed a little, so it shouldn't be a big deal.
I feel guilty for being a thief.
Thinking of this, Gu Bei acted matter-of-factly and said to the housekeeper, "It's okay. You can go about your business. I'll be down soon."
Sure enough, the housekeeper had no objection. He bowed, put the things down, turned and left.
Gu Bei breathed a sigh of relief.
Every step after returning here is a war without smoke!
He got up from his bed and looked around. I didn't see it clearly last night because of the light, but now I want to take a look.
Speaking of which, my room is quite big, comparable to the living room of a modern well-off family. There are desks, wardrobes, dressers, and bookshelves. The window area is not small, but it is firmly covered by elegantly decorated curtains. There is also a European-style wall clock with a pendulum hanging on the wall. The whole room looks quite like a Western aristocrat, and an oil painting with a strong religious meaning hangs on the wall above the bed.
And the chamber pot that made a big splash last night was placed by the door by the butler just now.
Gu Bei walked to the dressing table, washed himself with the water left by the butler, and tidied his hair. Then, following the system's instructions, he took a shirt and overalls from the closet and changed into them.
In the mirror, he saw his own appearance for the first time.
A typical white teenager with golden brown hair, light blue eyes, a thin figure, a few light freckles on his pale to red cheeks, and a temperament of kidney deficiency coming out of his entire face.
He wasn't too disappointed. He doesn't have many requirements, just that he doesn't look unattractive. He also believed that his current withering temperament would improve in the future.
He just silently remembered this face and what "himself" looked like.
A voice sounded in his heart: From this moment on, he was no longer Gu Bei, he was Benjamin Reese.
Gu Bei's life has been broken at the age of twenty-five. From today on, there will no longer be the so-called "Gu Bei". He had to turn himself into Benjamin Reese through and through.
He looked at the unfamiliar face in the mirror and secretly made up his mind.
Then, Gu Bei opened the door... No, it should be said: Benjamin opened the door and walked out.
Benjamin followed the route map given by the system, went downstairs, and came to the living room where the Reese family used to dine. Two servants stood at the door of the living room. The servant bowed to him, and he nodded to the servant.
Everything was "normal", nothing unusual, Benjamin walked into the living room.
If his bedroom is about the same size as an average person's living room, then this living room is already at the level of a wealthy person. The nearly ten-meter long brown table spans the entire living room and divides the entire room into two. The sideboards on both sides of the living room are placed against the milky white walls, very symmetrical. Four religious paintings with different contents are hung on the four walls of the living room, making the room with a rich Baroque style even more mysterious and solemn.
The huge living room was a little deserted, with only two people there.
An old lady who was nearly eighty years old and dressed in gorgeous clothes sat at the table to dine, while a maid in her fifties was waiting beside her, her face respectful and motionless.
Through the system's transmission of his memories, Benjamin knew that this old lady was his grandmother, a figure like an "old lady" in the Reese family.
There was only one person dining, so he was naturally a little surprised, but also felt relieved.
In his expectation, what he would face at this breakfast would be his relatives in the entire Riise family—his parents, his younger brother, and the grandmother in front of him. I don’t know what happened now, but the old lady was alone, which naturally made Benjamin’s psychological pressure lessen.
He walked over, sat down at the table, and respectfully said hello to the old lady.
"Good morning, grandma."
The old lady glanced at him and raised her eyebrows with unknown meaning: "Good morning, child. Young people are always full of energy and want to turn the whole world upside down. They are not like us old guys, are they?"
It is worth noting that her tone was a little subtle, not like she was talking to her junior at all, but instead gave Benjamin a hint of cynicism, as if Benjamin was a junior who was her mortal enemy.
What's the meaning? What did she want to say
A big question mark arose in Benjamin's heart.
Before Benjamin could figure out how to answer, the old lady suddenly put down her knife and fork, wiped her mouth with a napkin, then looked at Benjamin with an indifferent look, and said:
"Are you hungry? The cook didn't prepare breakfast for you, but since you are a strong young man, you naturally don't care about these things."
“…”
Really biological
It was obviously you who called me down for breakfast. No breakfast? Why did you ask me to come down without breakfast? Eat air? !
Benjamin was in shock.
The system appeared in time and said in Benjamin's mind: "I seem to have forgotten to tell you last night. Since your grandfather passed away, this old lady's temper has become more and more weird and difficult to deal with. Even your genius Her younger brother doesn’t even get a good look from her. I think she’s angry that you disturbed her with the noise you made last night.”
"Didn't you fucking tell me earlier?" Unable to do anything to the old man, Benjamin had no choice but to vent all his anger on the system.
"Isn't this all trivial? When I mentioned this yesterday, you didn't ask in detail." The system answered confidently.
"..." Faced with the system's shamelessness, Benjamin was defeated once again.
In reality, when the old lady saw that Benjamin did not answer, she turned her eyes and continued: "Young people still need to learn more etiquette. The little guy in the Foer family has nocturnal syndrome for a day or two. Although I don't have it either. I like him, but after all, he is here to be a guest, and we must always show basic courtesy, otherwise what will other nobles in the royal capital think of us. Don't you think so?"
After hearing this, Benjamin finally understood what she wanted to express.
The system was right, the noise he made last night definitely offended her.
But Benjamin was still helpless. If this grandma had spoken to the younger generation as if he had done something wrong and the elder was teaching the younger generation a lesson, then he would never have the slightest complaint. But this strange and sinister tone really left Benjamin speechless.
Can we talk properly
In any case, she was kidnapped and narrowly escaped death before being rescued. As a relative of hers, shouldn't she be concerned? How could she act like nothing happened
Again, what’s going on in this world
"Today's young people have not learned any real skills. They are very good at pretending to be deaf and dumb. It is as if they did not hear what their elders said. Don't you think so?" the old lady continued.
Benjamin was really angry now.
"Since there is no breakfast, as a grandson, I will go back to rest first. Grandma, please take it easy."
Although Benjamin felt a little regretful as soon as the words came out of his mouth. These were definitely not words that Benjamin would have said in the past. But in his heart, he was still secretly happy. He was really fed up with this kind of attitude of relying on his elders.
Benjamin was also quite satisfied with the old lady's performance. She widened her eyes and looked at Benjamin in surprise, her wrinkled eyelids twitching, but for a moment she didn't continue her sarcasm.
Seeing this, Benjamin said nothing more, stood up, bowed to the old lady sarcastically, turned around, and left the living room in a very personal way under everyone's stunned gaze.
The old lady looked around with wide eyes, suddenly showed an innocent look, and said to the servants: "What's wrong with this child? What did I say? Why did he leave so suddenly when he had just eaten? How strange is it, don't you think so? ?”
Several servants looked at each other and did not dare to speak.
On the other side, Benjamin returned to his bedroom.
As soon as the bedroom door was closed, the system's voice rang:
"What you did just now is so great! Everyone will think, 'This is our Master Benjamin. Master Benjamin was like this before. He is exactly the same as before!' No one will doubt you anymore. I really I'm proud of you."
A vein popped up on Benjamin's forehead again: "Shut up, I have exhausted the limit of being able to endure ridicule today."
"Then what are you going to do? Benjamin used to be a pathetic guy. With you like this now, everyone will start to feel that something is wrong." The system asked back.
"No, no one will doubt me."
Benjamin gradually regained his composure, without showing any signs of panic.
"How do you know?" The system obviously still didn't believe it.
"The reason is simple, because Benjamin was a poor guy before." Benjamin paused for a moment and said what he had just realized. "Because of this, other people never really paid attention to Benjamin Reese. , they don’t know what Benjamin Reese is thinking. In this case, even if I behave like today, others will only think that I am a pathetic person who has been stimulated, thinking that this pathetic person finally broke out today For a moment. They would just be surprised, but no one would doubt me."
"how do you know?"
"Because I'm smart and you're dumb."
"..." This time it was finally the system's turn to be speechless.
When turning to leave the living room, Benjamin paid special attention to the eyes of the servants looking at him. There was no doubt that those eyes were shocked, but after careful consideration, he was sure that those eyes were the kind of surprise that said, "Oh my God, the young master has endured it for so long and he actually exploded." rather than "Oh my God, the young master." His whole person has changed, as if he has been transported through time." He was astonished.
This completely reassured Benjamin.
To put it bluntly, no matter how outrageous he behaves in the future, others will think that he has been suppressed for too long and his whole temperament has changed drastically after being kidnapped, and no one will think of things like time travel or soul possession.
Why? Because to put it bluntly, no one is paying attention to Benjamin Reese, he is just a loser. No matter how the loser's character changes, no one will care.
Benjamin was not frustrated by this, but felt very happy.
No one is paying attention - this is the position a mage should be in.
"Just in time, even if I go out now, no one will notice." Benjamin thought and said.
"Get out? Where are you going?" The system was puzzled.
"go to church."