Luo Qili soon returned from the west side.

She was injured.

The wounds were quite severe, but they had already been bandaged.

"Why are you alone?"

"Where's Liu Mei?"

Zhao Yi feigned indifference.

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

—Take care of Liu Mei.

Killing was not unfamiliar to Luo Qili.

But clearly, Liu Mei was not a simple character.

At least not as simple as everyone imagined.

Even a player like Luo Qili, with a strong Soul Weapon, paid a hefty price to kill Liu Mei!

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

Upon hearing this, Pan Sensen's face turned a bit sour.

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

But she had no evidence and couldn't accuse her casually.

Moreover, they were now in a 2 vs. 2 situation, and even if she tore off the pretense, it wouldn't help.

In a direct confrontation, Pan Sensen wasn't confident she could take down Zhao Yi and Luo Qili.

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

"He... is very dangerous!!"

This was a message from her future self not long ago.

In a head-on clash, they probably had no chance.

Now, with Liu Mei and Bai Zhihai dead, they could only take one step at a time.

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

Zhao Yi and Luo Qili would go find the second madam, while Wang Hua and Pan Sensen would go to Moon Tower to find the madam.

Once Zhao Yi and Luo Qili's figures disappeared into the twilight, Wang Hua's eyes turned vicious.

"What now?"

Pan Sensen looked in the direction the two had left, her once sunny face now appearing particularly cold.

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"Stay calm."

"Let them do the tasks first..."

...

On the road.

"Why didn't you kill them?"

Luo Qili was puzzled.

"Killing can be done anytime."

"But keeping them alive might be useful."

Zhao Yi walked along, his expression subtle.

Luo Qili sighed and asked again:

"So... did the master of this haunted house really turn himself into a zombie?"

Zhao Yi:

"Highly possible."

"But the motives behind the master's actions are worth pondering."

Luo Qili was slightly taken aback.

"Why?"

Zhao Yi:

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

"Is he looking for trouble for himself?"

Luo Qili raised an eyebrow.

"What if it was to restrain himself, to prevent losing his mind and killing innocents?"

Zhao Yi chuckled:

"That's the interesting part I've always thought about..."

"If he feared becoming a zombie and killing innocents, couldn't he go to a remote mountain to refine himself into a zombie?"

"Couldn't he go to an uninhabited place to do it?"

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

"Think about our main quest..."

Under Zhao Yi's guidance, Luo Qili thought for a moment, and then her body suddenly trembled!

"Are you suggesting... the heart?!"

Zhao Yi replied:

"Exactly."

"We can make a reasonable assumption—the master's heart, for some special reason, must be stored somewhere in the mansion."

"And his body can't be too far from the heart!"

"So he had no choice but to turn himself into a zombie in his own residence."

"And to prevent himself from killing innocents, he had people use glutinous rice to confine himself on the second floor of the main house."

The more Zhao Yi spoke, the faster his mind worked, and he continued to deduce.

"Now, what's the most peculiar thing in this haunted house?"

"It's the two living people."

"Everyone else has turned into ghosts, yet the madam Fang Qian and the second madam Su Mei are alive."

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

...

In the live streaming room:

: Could it all be orchestrated by the two madams?

: Probably not... What would they gain from it?

: I still don't get why the madam's fortieth birthday uses 'again'?

: So confusing! I'm completely lost...

: Sigh, let's watch Zhao Yi continue solving the mystery... Speaking of which, Pan Sensen and those guys are really asking for trouble... trying to scheme against Zhao Yi...

...

The moon hid behind the clouds.

The sky grew dimmer.

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

"This flashlight looks familiar."

Zhao Yi, with a thick skin, replied:

"I found it."

Luo Qili glared:

"You're lying!"

"This is clearly the one I lent you!"

Zhao Yi refused to admit:

"Hey, flashlights... they look alike, it's normal. You must be mistaken."

Luo Qili was speechless.

"My name is engraved on it, okay?"

"Have some decency, will you?"

Zhao Yi picked it up and looked.

Oh!

It really was.

Caught in his lie, Zhao Yi's face didn't turn red, nor did his heart skip a beat, and he even countered:

"Wow!"

"Are you crazy?"

"You engraved your name on a lousy flashlight."

"Next time we go to Hanging Valley Town, I'll show you. Psychological issues need early treatment, or they'll get worse."

Luo: "???"

...

The two walked along the eerie forest path of the ancient house for a while.

The secondary residence wasn't far from the main house, visible at a glance.

But there was a rather wide ditch in between.

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

So he chose to take a detour.

As they approached the secondary residence, Zhao Yi tried to take out the Shredder... hmm, the item bar was sealed.

Strange, why did he instinctively reach for the Shredder?

What a peculiar habit!

Zhao Yi internally gave himself a perfect score of 12, and pulled out the butler's ID card.

From the treetops above, two ropes suddenly descended slowly.

Stained with blood.

The ropes moved with the two of them.

Slowly approaching...

Then suddenly looped around their necks!

In the next moment, their bodies were pulled into the air, Luo Qili kicking frantically, even losing her shoes!

Being strangled, it would only take a few seconds to lose consciousness!

She couldn't make a sound, and as her brain was deprived of blood, everything grew darker...

Suddenly, she felt her neck loosen.

She fell to the ground.

Gasping for air, she clutched her neck.

Beside her, Zhao Yi was also a bit disheveled, holding the butler's ID card high!

The blood-stained ropes slowly disappeared.

"Cough cough... where did you get that card, do you have another?"

"Get me one too!"

Luo Qili grabbed Zhao Yi's sleeve, and he pulled her up.

"No more, just one."

"If you don't want to die, you'd better stick close to me... hey! Not that close, chest D!"

Luo Qili cautiously observed the surroundings, sticking close to Zhao Yi.

"No... I feel safer sticking close..."

The two continued forward, out of the small forest, and ahead was the secondary residence.

A gentle and melodious humming drifted out from inside:

"The lover is affectionate, the concubine is willing..."

"The mandarin ducks embroider the brocade, carrying spring away..."

"Not seeking the wind, not seeking the rain..."

"Only wishing for a long-lasting love till old age..."

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