The Protagonist is Always Intimidating Me - Chapter 25

#This is a side story with a title that suggests the author might not be entirely sane#

#Proceed with caution#

The sky was a gloomy gray, and even the occasional breeze blowing through the courtyard carried a damp, cold, and eerie chill. The garden was filled with lifelessness.

Bai Meng stood in the drafty corridor, his delicate face full of the weariness of someone who had seen through the vanities of the world.

“My dear Sixteenth Concubine, you’ve really made it hard for me to find you! Didn’t I tell you not to cause any trouble?” A sharp voice came from behind him, belonging to a maidservant. “You’ve kept the Old Madam, the Master, and the Mistress waiting! The one to suffer for this will be you! I’ve already warned you about this!”

Bai Meng turned around calmly, but in the next second, his composure cracked, and his expression twisted in disbelief.

The maid’s long hair was braided into a plait, and the servant’s outfit accentuated the waist. Bai Meng recognized this idiot—Wasn’t this person named Feng Shi?

The shock in Bai Meng’s eyes was obvious. The rough features on Feng Shi’s face were filled with disdain. Noticing Bai Meng looking at him, Feng Shi let out a cold snort and spoke in a shrill voice, “What are you staring at? Jealous of my beauty?”

“……”

“Hurry up!” Feng Shi the maid arrogantly pushed the dazed Bai Meng. “Don’t make the Old Madam, the Master, and the Mistress wait! If you cause trouble for me, I’ll make you pay! Hmph!”

“……”

Bai Meng gave a weak smile and then—

“Ahhhh!!! The Sixteenth Concubine is killing me! Let go! Don’t pull my hair, I worked so hard on this braid!!!”

……………

Yesterday, during the tournament, Bai Meng had led his teammates to crush the people from Yinchen Hall, thoroughly humiliating them. In the evening, they went to a tavern to celebrate their victory with drinks.

…But why, when I woke up, has the world changed again?!

The overwhelming sense of déjà vu nearly suffocated Bai Meng, especially when he saw the Republican-era decor and the elegant, exquisite qipao he was wearing—everything became painfully clear.

At first, he had thought that crossdressing was terrifying enough, but now everyone was calling him the “Sixteenth Concubine”… Wait a second! I’m a man! I don’t have a chest, I don’t have hips, and I come with my own crime-committing equipment!!!

Bai Meng’s inner shock could already be painted as a famous artwork—”The Scream.”

Finally, the maid, the flower-like Feng Shi beauty, delivered the final blow.

There’s no helping it; when an old rogue meets a young maiden, someone’s bound to go crazy.

Although Bai Meng was neither an old rogue nor a young maiden, he decided it was time to embrace the madness.

……………

“Second Concubine, you must stand up for me…”

Feng Shi, the little maid, knelt by the Second Concubine, crying pitifully. After hearing his complaint, it was the First Concubine who reacted first, slamming the table in fury. “How dare he! Doesn’t he know that you were brought here by me?!”

The Second Concubine remained silent, glancing at the enraged First Concubine before quickly handing her a cup of tea. “Calm down!”

“Alright then…” The Second Concubine propped her head on one hand, a faint bitter smile on her face. “Sister, could you go check on things? I’m not feeling well today and may not be able to handle it.”

“Don’t say that! We’re good sisters! You rest and recover, and I’ll see what that wretch is up to!”

With that, the First Concubine brought her maid and headed toward the Sixteenth Concubine’s courtyard.

……………

Bai Meng sat by a stone table in the courtyard, staring absentmindedly at the hand he had just used to strangle someone.

Why didn’t I strangle him to death?

Bai Meng sighed inwardly, and then, without realizing it, spread his long legs apart, turning the layered qipao into something resembling shorts. He stood up, oblivious that his legs were exposed to the breeze, hypnotizing himself into believing this was all just a dream.

“But this dream is too disgusting!”

Thinking about the maid from earlier… Bai Meng rubbed his forehead in distress, only to hear a sound at the gate.

“Who’s there…”

Bai Meng looked up and saw a figure in a flowing light-blue dress, cinched with a large red bow at the waist, with its long trailing ends brushing the ground. The figure walked slowly with the demeanor of a first wife, full of regal authority.

“……”

I might be a salted fish and not a hamster after all… Bai Meng thought, devoid of any hope. Otherwise, why do I feel like jumping into the nearest body of water?

“Hah!” The flaming red lips of the First Concubine sharply stung Bai Meng’s eyes. She haughtily mocked Bai “Salted Fish Ashore” Meng, “Just because you seduced the Master for a moment doesn’t mean you can act recklessly. This household is still mine to command, not yours, you lowly Sixteenth!”

“……”

As long as I keep smiling, embarrassment won’t find me.

“Whatever filthy tricks you’ve got up your sleeve, put them away. I am the true mistress of this house. As for you, don’t even think about anything else. Your duty is to serve the Master well.”

“The First Concubine speaks wisely!” Feng Shi the maid quickly chimed in.

“……”

Receiving a double blow from these two, Bai Meng gave a dead-eyed, fish-like smile.

“Ahhhh!!! How dare you!! Don’t mess up my makeup!!!”

“Help me!!!”

“Ahhhhh!!! Somebody help!!! The Sixteenth Concubine threw the First Concubine and the maid into the pond!!!”

Throwing people into the water doesn’t satisfy me anymore.

Ignoring the chaos, Bai Meng turned around after finishing the deed and went back to his room.

I want to drag others into this!