She is the Side Character! — Watch Her Change her fate!

Late at night, Ah Chen lay on her bed when the door of her room suddenly resounded with a knocking sound.

She got up and took a look, then called out, "Who’s there?"

This villa was hers alone, connected to another slightly smaller villa next door where the butler and maids lived. It was easy to reach them, a phone was enough, not inconvenient at all.

The sudden knocking on the door in the middle of the night was indeed eerie.

After Ah Chen spoke up, there was no more sound from the door.

She lay back down to continue sleeping, but the knocking sound resumed.

She got up, cautiously approached the door from behind, and yanked it open. Naturally, there was nothing outside.

Then she turned on the corridor light, accessed the corridor surveillance with her phone, and lay down again.

Knock, knock, knock——

The familiar knocking sounded once more, Ah Chen picked up her phone to check the surveillance, finding nobody at the doorway.

[This is terrifying.]

[If I didn’t know it was someone playing tricks, I might be scared to death.]

[The protagonist is quite brave and sensible, knowing to check surveillance, but the one playing tricks had anticipated this!]

[The butler and the others are next door; maybe the protagonist will go seek their help, not knowing it’s all the butler’s doing.]

[If the protagonist trusts Shen Muzhi and calls him directly, the butler’s plot would be thwarted.]

Ah Chen turned on the lights, stared at the door, then took out her phone, opened the contacts, found Shen Muzhi’s number, and dialed.

[Eh? The protagonist didn’t call the butler but Shen Muzhi? This is different from the original story we know, isn’t it?]

[What’s going on?]

[Did the drama version have major alterations to the plot?]

After two rings, the call was answered. It was Shen Muzhi’s voice: "Xiao Chen?"

"Brother Muzhi." Ah Chen’s voice carried traces of fear, "There’s a strange sound at my room door, I checked the surveillance, but there’s nothing outside..."

"I’ll be right over to check it." Shen Muzhi said, not waiting for Ah Chen to finish, accompanied by some rustling sounds, evidently getting dressed, "Don’t be scared, I’ll be there soon."

His voice remained cool and indifferent, yet in the dark night, it added a sense of security.

Ah Chen responded, "Okay."

[Actually, calling Shen Muzhi is better, right? I really don’t want to see the protagonist getting tricked and led around by the butler’s family early on.]

Ah Chen sat in her room, gripping her phone, waiting for Shen Muzhi to arrive.

In less than five minutes, Shen Muzhi called, saying he was at the main door, clearly having rushed over.

Ah Chen remotely opened the door for him. Soon, she heard footsteps, followed by a knock on her room door. Listening closely, it was different from before.

"Xiao Chen, it’s me."

Ah Chen stood up and immediately opened the door. To her relief, Shen Muzhi was standing outside. She said, "Sorry for disturbing you so late, Brother Muzhi."

[It’s really like what the comments said, disturbances at night, was the knocking the butler’s trick? How did they do it? This needs a thorough check, finding evidence would be best.]

[Bringing Shen Muzhi over is precisely to identify anything unusual, after all, as the comments suggest, the Shen Family can be trusted. The butler and maids next door, maybe not so much.]

Shen Muzhi’s eyes grew darker, then he asked, "Can you describe the situation? If you’re tired, I suggest thoroughly checking, I don’t believe there’s any supernatural cause, it must be due to something."

"I’m not tired, it’s the weekend tomorrow, no school, let’s first see where the issue might be," Ah Chen said, walking out of her room to inspect the door and surrounding area.

Shen Muzhi diligently helped, checking inch by inch.

At that moment, a voice came from downstairs, "Miss, is something the matter?"

The speaker was Shao Yifan, his voice nearing as he came upstairs.

Ah Chen and Shen Muzhi exchanged a glance, then replied, "There is something."

Soon Shao Yifan arrived, his expression slightly anxious. Seeing that Ah Chen was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"As long as everything’s okay. I just saw the lights here suddenly turn on brightly, so I came to see what’s happening," Shao Yifan said, "Glad you’re alright."

Shao Yifan was a year older than Ah Chen, attended the same high school, an excellent student, and the current butler Shao Baocheng said he would have Shao Yifan succeed him as the Qiao Family’s butler, which is why Shao Yifan still referred to Ah Chen as Miss.

In this day and age, addressing by name wouldn’t matter much.

If not for demanding studies, Shao Yifan would surely handle various matters related to Ah Chen.

"President Shen." Shao Yifan greeted Shen Muzhi quickly, eyes briefly showing annoyance, then turned his gaze to Ah Chen, truly ready to be a butler, inquiring about the situation.

Ah Chen explained simply, Shao Yifan’s face grew serious, joining Shen Muzhi in searching for possible anomalies at the doorway.

After the door and surrounding walls were thoroughly checked, confirming no abnormalities, their attention turned to the ceiling, if there was anything, the ceiling indeed was a good hiding place.

Shao Yifan and Shen Muzhi exchanged a look and went to get a chair and tools, intending to pry open the ceiling to check.

The comments were buzzing about the situation.

[Do you know where the sound-making object is hidden?]

[Could it be the ceiling?]

[The drama version just started airing, I’m not sure. In the novel, the protagonist sought help from Shao Yifan, but never searched so thoroughly. The next day upon reflection, of course, nothing would be found, it had probably been moved by the butler since his goal was achieved.]

[So, nobody knows where the object is hidden? Don’t know if it can be found.]

"Nothing." As Shen Muzhi was taller, he checked the ceiling standing on a chair, but nothing was found, he shook his head at Ah Chen.

Shao Yifan chimed in, "Then it couldn’t possibly be some inexplicable object making the sound, could it?"

[This guy is terrible, saying this to frighten the protagonist.]

[Not achieving his goal tonight, Shao Yifan is probably frustrated too, who knows what tricks he’ll pull next.]

[This villa is fully under the butler’s management, tampering is really all too easy.]

[If not for Old Sir Qiao’s shrewdness, who knows what the butler might do, at least now he doesn’t openly harm the protagonist, only using more subtle measures.]

[But living in this villa, all under the butler’s surveillance, just thinking about it is frightening.]

[Sigh, the protagonist may be wealthy, but her current situation is really tough.]