Chapter 2: Rising in the World

“This matter starts with another host of mine.”

“Go on.” Wang Bo assumed an attentive posture.

His cheat rarely spoke of other hosts; even when Wang Bo actively asked, the other party often refused to answer. Today, it suddenly brought up another host, so Wang Bo naturally wanted to know what had happened.

“One of my hosts entered a rather dangerous world and provoked a big shot. As a result, he was hunted by that big shot with no escape above or below, and finally had to use the substitution method to replace a character in the plot.”

“And then? Did he escape the pursuit?”

“No. He was originally a man, and he replaced a male character. Soon the big shot guessed something and continued the chase. In the end, he gritted his teeth and replaced a female, choosing soul substitution, directly becoming a woman. Only then did he evade the big shot’s pursuit.”

Wang Bo: …

“Now do you understand the importance of replacing women? Are you still going to remove female candidates?”

“Hearing you say that, I want to remove them even more. I don’t want to become a woman when I’m cornered. Let me cut off that path from the root, please.”

“Fine, after all, you’re the host.”

The cheat quickly removed all female candidates from the substitution list.

Seeing the list of replacement candidates filled with male names, Wang Bo couldn’t help but sigh in relief.

“Want to try the new feature by replacing someone?”

Faced with the cheat’s temptation, Wang Bo decisively chose, “No, I have more important things to do now.”

For Wang Bo, the so-called important thing was naturally to visit his old friend… Evelyn.

Since his last hasty departure, Wang Bo hadn’t seen his old friend for a long time. He wondered how she was doing and whether she had married.

Thinking of this, Wang Bo felt somewhat helpless.

In the original plot, Evelyn and O’Connell would marry after the adventure in Hamunaptra and become a happy couple. But because he had inserted himself into the plot, their relationship hadn’t stabilized.

In the end, O’Connell turned and left, taking the gold from Hamunaptra to enjoy himself.

Meanwhile, Wang Bo followed Evelyn and her brother Jonathan to London, bought a manor, and originally planned to spend the rest of his life there.

But then his cheat came online, forcing him to leave that world.

In the end, Wang Bo had to entrust the Book of the Dead and his manor to the siblings before leaving that world.

Wang Bo had thought his chances of returning to that world were too slim, but he never expected to come back today.

This filled Wang Bo with immense excitement.

He returned to London almost immediately and confirmed that the current time was 1933, a full eight years since his last departure.

But when Wang Bo returned to his purchased manor, he found it still operating normally.

Clearly, Jonathan and Evelyn had taken care of his manor over these eight years and hadn’t abandoned it.

However, Wang Bo was somewhat surprised to find that the head maid of the manor was no longer the Anna he knew, but a young woman in her twenties.

When Wang Bo returned to the manor, he was stopped by this young maid.

“Who are you? Where’s Anna?” Wang Bo asked.

The maid said calmly, “Grandma Anna has retired. I’m her granddaughter, Lina, and also the head maid of this Eastern Manor. Whom are you looking for?”

Clearly, the new head maid didn’t recognize Wang Bo at all.

Wang Bo didn’t mind; after all, he had been away for a long time. When he left, Anna was in charge, so it was understandable that she didn’t know him.

“I am the owner of the Eastern Manor,” Wang Bo said with a slight smile.

Head Maid Lina said in surprise, “As far as I know, isn’t the owner of the Eastern Manor Mr. Jonathan?”

“Jonathan? When did he become the owner of the Eastern Manor?” Wang Bo was stunned. Could Jonathan have secretly transferred the manor to his name while he was away?

Hmm, that wasn’t impossible, since Jonathan wasn’t exactly a good person.

Wang Bo asked, “Where is Jonathan now?”

Head Maid Lina seemed reluctant to speak, hesitating, “Mr. Jonathan is not available to see guests right now.”

Wang Bo glanced at Lina, then swept his gaze over the manor’s villa, seeing Jonathan in the master bedroom rolling in the sheets with a blonde.

The sight was an eyesore.

Wang Bo quickly averted his gaze and said, “Make me a cup of tea, Lina. When Jonathan is done, tell him to come see me.”

“Alright.” Lina nodded instinctively. After nodding, she realized she had agreed too quickly. She didn’t even know this person, so why had she agreed to make him tea?

But Lina soon realized it was pressure!

This man gave her a sense of pressure from a superior. Under that pressure, she couldn’t defy his orders.

After hesitating, she ushered Wang Bo into the living room and brewed him a cup of tea.

If Wang Bo knew her thoughts, he would surely sneer. He, Wang Bo, had been an emperor, the lord of the world, the supreme ruler. How could an ordinary person defy his orders?

“Your black tea, sir.”

Wang Bo nodded, took a sip of the tea, and said, “Excellent craftsmanship.”

“Thank you for the compliment.” Lina placed her hands folded over her abdomen and gave a slight bow, displaying the fine qualities of a maid.

Wang Bo was very satisfied. He had been satisfied with Anna back then, and he hadn’t expected Anna’s granddaughter to surpass her. But what surprised him even more was that Anna had let her granddaughter become a maid.

Generally speaking, being a maid was servitude, after all, not a respectable job.

If possible, the older generation would never allow the next generation to follow their path.

For example, those in the mafia generally didn’t want their sons to join the mafia, because they knew it had no future.

They hoped their next generation could rise in the world, not live under someone else’s roof.

But sometimes, due to various reasons, these people had to inherit their parents’ careers.

Anna was different. When she served as head maid of the Eastern Manor, Wang Bo gave her a good salary. She could have used that salary to give her next generation a better education, allowing them to rise in the world.

Instead of living under someone else’s roof and working as a maid.