Everyone was stunned at the sight.

　　What was going on?

　　She vomited after drinking beef porridge, but not after drinking plain congee?

　　After feeding the old woman the porridge in the bowl, Ning handed the bowl to Liu and left the room.

　　“Bro, what… what’s going on here?” Liu asked curiously.

　　Ning shook his head.

　　“It’s complicated. We’ll talk about it later… Right, where’s Yamo?”

　　As he asked, everyone realized that Yamo, who had run downstairs in fear earlier, had disappeared!

　　“Yamo!”

　　Liu shouted loudly.

　　But there was no response from the villa, only an eerie silence.

　　A sense of foreboding filled everyone’s hearts.

　　They searched for Yamo all over the downstairs.

　　Finally, Ning stood at the open door, looking out at the rain, and said to everyone:

　　“No need to look.”

　　“She’s escaped.”

　　“Ah, she escaped?”

　　Liu was closest, and he looked at the blurry wind and rain outside and shivered involuntarily.

　　For some reason, the first thing that came to everyone’s mind after hearing this news was the fat man who jumped out of the window of the bus and was later skinned by something unknown!

　　The task required them to take care of the paralyzed old woman in the villa for 5 days.

　　What would happen if they left the villa during this time?

　　Ning was about to return to the living room on the first floor, but his eyes fell on the shoe rack at the door.

　　He had a hunch and squatted down to rummage through the shoe rack.

　　“Brother, what are you looking for?”

　　Liu trotted over.

　　Ning narrowed his eyes.

　　“There are no men’s shoes.”

　　Liu:

　　“Ah?”

　　Ning’s mind raced.

　　Even he didn’t realize why his mind was… so sharp.

　　“The villa owner mentioned earlier that her husband is away on work.”

　　“But there are no men’s shoes in this house!”

　　Liu’s body stiffened.

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　　“Bro, you mean…”

　　A sharp glint appeared in Ning’s eyes:

　　“There are two possibilities.”

　　“First, her husband moved out for some reason…”

　　“Second, she doesn’t have a husband.”

　　Liu frowned.

　　“She doesn’t have a husband?”

　　“But how? Then, her daughter…”

　　Before he finished speaking, Ning looked at him and slowly asked a question that made Liu’s scalp tingle:

　　“Why do you think… that girl is her daughter?”

　　“Just because… she was holding her hand?”

　　After looking at Ning for a few seconds, cold sweat began to form on Liu’s forehead.

　　He swallowed hard, realizing the seriousness of the situation.

　　Yes.

　　There was no evidence to prove that the child the woman was holding… was her daughter!

　　“… Let’s go back.”

　　After a moment of silence, Ning looked at the blurry rain outside and felt an inexplicable chill, as if something terrible was watching him from the depths of the rain!

　　He immediately closed the door, triple-checked it before returning to the living room with Liu.

　　Everyone’s faces were pale.

　　The villa was large, and they had originally been 7 people, so there was still some life in the house.

　　Now, Wang was dead, and Yamo had escaped into the rain, leaving only five people in the room.

　　“Ning, what was that… that old woman saying?”

　　Xue’s face was pale.

　　So far, he was relatively calm.

　　This was simply because he had been a funeral makeup artist and had seen too many dead bodies in terrible conditions, so his psychological resilience was stronger than that of ordinary people.

　　Seeing everyone’s eyes focused on him, Ning said directly:

　　“Her words were… the meat wasn’t cooked.”

　　Everyone was stunned.

　　The meat… wasn’t cooked?

　　“It's bullshit！”

　　Liu was unhappy at that time, and he glared and cursed.

　　“I know if the meat is cooked or not, okay?”

　　Seeing Liu’s frantic appearance, everyone’s expressions eased slightly.

　　This bearded man’s loud curses had plenty of yang energy, which was perfect for dispelling the gloomy atmosphere in the dead quiet villa.

　　Unlike the fear on everyone else’s faces, Ning’s calm was abnormal, as if… he had experienced such scenes countless times.

　　“So, those three words… were not ‘the meat wasn’t cooked’.”

　　The chattering people suddenly fell silent.

　　“What do you mean?”

　　Xue frowned.

　　Ning raised his eyebrows and said:

　　“The old woman upstairs… is very old, very unhealthy, and mentally unstable.”

　　“Her speech is slurred.”

　　“And we were prejudiced, misled by the death of Wang earlier.”

　　“We subconsciously assumed that the old woman’s first two words were ‘the meat’.”

　　“But actually… I think the old woman upstairs was not trying to say those words.”

　　Beidou sneered:

　　“Who cares about what the murderer says?”

　　“Didn’t you see the knife and fork on her table this morning?”

　　“Obviously, she killed Wang last night!”

　　After pausing, he glanced fearfully at the second floor to make sure no one was there before lowering his voice and saying:

　　“Maybe… Wang’s missing flesh was eaten by her!”

　　His voice was gloomy, and as he finished, Yan was so scared that she hugged Liu next to her!

　　Liu was also startled by Yan’s sudden move and cursed:

　　“Beidou, are you telling ghost stories here?!”

　　“Look how scared you’ve made the girl!”

　　Beidou’s face was also very ugly, and he twisted his fingers nervously and muttered:

　　“I don’t want to die…”

　　“I don’t want to die like Wang…”

　　“Did you see… she was clearly eaten…”

　　“It’s too scary… It’s really too scary…”

　　Xue felt annoyed and impatient, saying:

　　“Enough!”

　　“Stop babbling!”

　　“Who wants to die? Huh! Who wants to die?”

　　“Isn’t everyone trying to find a way out now?!”

　　Liu turned his attention back to Ning, who was thinking seriously.

　　It had to be said that his calm and composed appearance could bring peace of mind to everyone and subtly became the anchor in everyone’s hearts.

　　“Bro, have you figured anything out?”

　　Ning looked up and glanced at him.

　　“I have a guess, and I need someone brave to verify it with me tonight.”

　　As soon as everyone heard that they had to do this at night and thought of what happened last night, they all fell silent.

　　After a long time, Liu gritted his teeth and asked:

　　“Bro, why do we have to go at night… Can we go during the day?”

　　Ning shook his head:

　　“No.”

　　Liu was stunned.

　　He had originally wanted to remain silent and act like a mute, but after looking at the calmness in Ning’s eyes, he blurted out:

　　“Okay, I’ll go with you!”

　　As soon as he finished speaking, Liu wanted to slap himself!

　　Damn it!

　　Why can’t I control my mouth?!

　　“Alright, you’ll follow me tonight.”

　　Just then, a shrill scream came from the second floor:

　　“No! Don’t!!”

　　“Please… I know… AAAAAAAAH!!!”

　　Everyone was startled by the scream and shivered!

　　They looked at each other and saw the fear in each other’s eyes—

　　They were very familiar with this voice.

　　It was… Yamo, who had just escaped from the villa!