Excessive ferocity due to caution

Luo Qili soon returned from the west side.

He has injuries.

It's quite serious, but it's already been bandaged up.

Why are you all alone?

Where is Liu Mei?

Zhao Yi feigned an air of superiority.

Actually, he had already sent a message to Luo Qili when he patted her on the shoulder.

—Get rid of Liu Mei.

Murder was nothing new to Luo Qili.

But clearly, Liu Mei is not a simple character.

It's not as simple as people imagine.

Even a player like Luo Qili, whose soul weapon is quite powerful, paid a heavy price when she killed Liu Mei!

"She was dragged into a house by a ghost. I didn't dare go in; it was too scary."

Upon hearing this, Pan Sensen's face fell.

How could she not guess that Luo Qili killed Liu Mei?

But she had no evidence, and she couldn't make accusations arbitrarily.

Furthermore, they are now in a 2-on-2 situation, so even if she were to turn hostile, it wouldn't make much difference.

In a head-on confrontation, Pan Sensen lacked the confidence to take down Zhao Yi and his companion.

"You must be careful of that guy named Zhao Yi..."

"He...is dangerous!!"

This is a message she sent from her future self not long ago.

They probably won't have a chance in a head-on confrontation.

Now that Liu Mei and Bai Zhihai are dead, they can only take things one step at a time.

After exchanging the information from the memo with Luo Qili, the four of them quickly made a decision.

Zhao Yi and Luo Qili went to find the Second Madam, while Wang Hua and Pan Sensen went to Wangyue Tower to find the First Madam.

Only after Zhao Yi and Luo Qili's figures disappeared into the twilight did Wang Hua's eyes reveal a sinister look.

"What do we do now?"

Pan Sensen stared in the direction the two had left, his once sunny face now appearing unusually cold.

"Stay calm."

"Let them do some tasks first..."

...

On the road.

"Why didn't you kill them?"

Luo Qili was puzzled.

"Killing someone can happen anytime."

"But keeping it might come in handy."

Zhao walked along, his expression subtle.

Luo Qili sighed and asked again:

"So... the owner of this haunted house really turned himself into a zombie?"

Zhao Yi:

"Very likely."

"However, the motives behind the haunted house's owner's behavior are worth pondering."

Luo Qili was slightly taken aback.

Why?

Zhao Yi:

"If the owner of the haunted house turned himself into a zombie, why would he ask people to buy glutinous rice?"

"Are you making yourself uncomfortable?"

Luo Qili raised an eyebrow.

"What if it's used to restrain oneself, to prevent losing one's mind and indiscriminately killing innocent people?"

Zhao Yi smiled and said:

"So that's what I've always found interesting..."

"If he's afraid of becoming a zombie and then indiscriminately killing innocent people, could he go to the deep mountains and forests to refine corpses?"

"Could he go to a deserted place to refine corpses?"

"He had the financial and material resources, but he didn't do it. Why?"

"Think about our main quest..."

Luo Qili pondered for a moment under Zhao Yi's guidance, then her body suddenly trembled!

"You mean...the heart?!"

Zhao Yi replied:

"That's right."

"We can make a reasonable assumption—the owner of the haunted house must have his heart stored somewhere in the mansion for some special reason."

"And his body cannot stray too far from his heart!"

"Therefore, he had no choice but to turn himself, who had no heart, into a zombie in his own mansion."

"To prevent himself from killing innocent people indiscriminately, he had himself confined to the second floor of the main house with glutinous rice."

Zhao Yiyue said that the faster her mind worked, the more she reasoned.

"Looking at this haunted house again, what's the most unusual thing about it?"

"They are two living people."

"Everyone else turned into ghosts, but the First Madam Fang Qian and the Second Madam Su Mei are still alive."

"It's not hard to guess that the heart is most likely related to one of the two of them."

...

In the live stream room:

Could all of this have been orchestrated by the two wives?

Probably not... What would they be after if they did that?

I still don't understand why the word "again" is used when the First Madam celebrates her fortieth birthday.

This is so confusing! I'm totally lost...

Sigh, let's see if Brother Zhao can continue solving the mystery... Speaking of which, those guys from Pan Sensen are really asking for it... They actually tried to scheme against Brother Zhao...

...

The moon was hidden behind the clouds.

The light of day grew even dimmer.

Zhao Yi turned on the flashlight, and Luo Qili glanced at it and coughed.

"This flashlight looks familiar."

Zhao Yi has an extremely thick skin.

"I found it."

Luo Qili glared:

"You're talking nonsense!"

"This is clearly something I lent you!"

Zhao Yi vehemently denied it:

"Hey, it's a flashlight... it's normal for them to look alike, you must have mistaken it for something else."

Luo Qili was numb.

"My name is engraved on it, okay?"

Have some shame!

Zhao Yi picked it up and looked at it.

Yo!

It really does.

When his lie was exposed, Zhao remained calm and composed, even turning the tables on Zhao:

"Socks!"

"Are you out of your mind?"

"You even have to engrave your name on a broken flashlight."

"Come to Guxuan Town another day, and I'll take a look at you. Mental illnesses need to be treated early, otherwise they'll get worse."

Luo: "???"

...

The two walked along the gloomy forest path leading to the old house for a while.

The secondary house is not far from the main house; it can be seen at a glance.

There was only a rather wide ditch in between.

Zhao Yi vaguely felt that the ditch was dangerous, and he didn't want to wade across it directly.

So they chose to take a detour.

As they approached the secondary residence, Zhao Yi tried to take out the shredder... well, his inventory was blocked.

Strange, why would I subconsciously reach for the body shredder?

What a strangely good habit!

Zhao Yi gave himself a 12 out of 10 in his mind and took out the butler's identity card.

Suddenly, two ropes slowly drooped down from the tree above.

Bloodstained.

The rope moved as the two people moved.

Slowly approaching...

Then it suddenly lassoed their necks!

The next moment, the two of them were pulled into the air. Luo Qili kicked wildly in panic, even losing her shoes!

A person can lose consciousness in just a few seconds if they are choked!

She couldn't make a sound, and as blood flow to her brain decreased, her vision grew increasingly dark...

Suddenly, she felt her neck loosen.

The person fell to the ground.

She was breathing heavily, clutching her neck.

Zhao Yi, standing to the side, was also somewhat disheveled, holding up his butler's identity card high!

The blood-stained rope slowly disappeared.

"Ahem... Where did you get this brand? Do you have any more?"

"Get one for me too!"

Luo Qili tugged at Zhao Yi's sleeve, and Zhao Yi pulled her up.

"That's all, just one left."

"If you don't want to die, you'd better get closer to me... Hey! No need to get this close, you big boobs!"

Luo Qili cautiously observed her surroundings, staying close to Zhao Yi.

"No... I feel safer if we get closer..."

The two continued walking until they emerged from the grove, where the secondary residence was just ahead.

A gentle and melodious humming voice drifted out from within:

"He is devoted to me, and I am willing to be with him..."

"Mandarin ducks embroidered with brocade carry spring away..."

"I don't ask for the wind, I don't ask for the rain..."

"I only ask to grow old together in love..."

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PS: Third update.

Thank you for reading.

In addition, my recent performance has indeed declined, which is related to my laziness. I haven't been reading other good works to copy... ah, I mean to improve my abilities.

I'll adjust as soon as possible!

Goodnight, brothers!