"Fang Qian... How could it be?!"
Luo Qili gasped softly.
The owner of this mansion... turns out to be the madam, Fang Qian!
"Isn't this kind of mansion usually a reward from the court to meritorious officials?"
"By that logic, shouldn't the deed belong to the 'master'?"
Zhao Yi explained:
"Not necessarily."
"Apart from court rewards, it's also possible that the 'master' voluntarily retired and returned to his hometown."
"If that's the case, then the ownership of the mansion's deed is uncertain, as it's a private matter."
"And personally, I lean more towards the possibility of the 'master' retiring."
Luo Qili was curious.
"Why?"
Zhao Yi took out Chief Che's memo.
"Chief Che said he followed the master through battles for thirty years."
"This indicates that earlier, the court was unstable, and the country was in turmoil."
"It was people like the 'master' who stood up to quell the chaos and helped the emperor unify the nation."
"But often, these people, when it comes time to reward them... the emperor finds ways to deal with them!"
Luo Qili's eyes sparkled.
"Too much merit can threaten the ruler... no rewards left to give, nothing to bestow!"
Zhao Yi nodded.
"Exactly."
"But the 'master' of the Wang Mansion was smart; he retired, voluntarily shedding his glory to enjoy his later years."
"So the mansion wasn't a reward from the court, and the master no longer holds an official position."
"Though it's called the 'Wang Mansion,' it's only because the 'master' is the head of the household."
"As for the deed's ownership, it falls to whoever bought it... which is the madam."
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Luo Qili murmured:
"So, the one we need to kill isn't the 'master,' but the madam!"
"The heart we're looking for isn't the master's heart, but... the madam's heart!"
Zhao Yi stood by the window at the edge of the building, looking towards the main house in the distance.
There, dark mist was swirling, and ominous energy was rolling!
It seemed something terrifying was about to emerge from inside!
"The ghost attracting the Paper Chief... must have been sent by the madam."
"And the one who killed the warehouse guard and took the key to the second floor... was also the madam!"
Zhao Yi paused, a smile appearing on his face.
"No... that's not accurate."
"The madam has long been dead."
"The current madam... is just a Flesh Puppet."
"From the moment it was resurrected, everyone treated it as the madam!"
"But it knows in its heart that it is a new life with self-awareness..."
"Everyone in the mansion respects it, yet... no one acknowledges its existence!"
"It lives like an invisible person in a world where it has no place."
"So it was provoked, its emotions became unstable, and the drawbacks of the Flesh Puppet began to show—it used its identity as the 'madam' to argue with the master, trouble the second madam... even wanting to kill her."
Recalling the drawbacks of the Flesh Puppet's tendency to become emotionally unstable and extreme when provoked, many clues in Luo Qili's mind began to connect!
"So that's how it is..."
Only now did she realize the bottomless pit the system had dug for them!
The mansion owner, the ghost face appearing in the main house, the repeated mentions of the master...
All the clues were almost pointing towards the 'master'!
Damn!
Damn system, heartless!
Zhao Yi rummaged through the bedside cabinet and quickly found a record.
[Today]
[He won't board the ship with me]
...
[Today]
[He won't board the ship with me, he says he loves me.]
...
[Today]
[The master won't board the ship with me, it must be because of that fox spirit, if I kill her, he'll board the ship with me.]
...
[Today]
[Men, not a single one is good!!]
...
[Today]
[They should all die!!]
...
[Today]
[I found that book, it says if I can obtain the heart of my true love, I can be resurrected!]
[Since that old man says he loves me... he must be willing to give me his heart, right?]
[Willing, right?]
...
[Today]
[He seems to know my intentions... damn... will he use the birthday celebration as an opportunity to get rid of me?]
[Very likely!]
[I can't just sit and wait!]
...
[Today]
[Another boring birthday, he gave me a Linglong Heart, saying this Linglong Heart is his true heart, he's willing to give everything for me, including his life... ha, not even ghosts believe men's words!]
[But this Linglong Heart looks really beautiful... might as well keep it for now!]
...
[Today]
[Something terrible seems to have happened in the mansion...]
...
[Today]
[The master is dead... but his heart has disappeared...]
[He saw that fox spirit one last time before he died, the heart must have been taken by her...]
[I must find his heart... I must...]
...
[Today]
[That fox spirit actually has such powerful guards... damn!]
...
[Today]
[The servants say the fox spirit goes to the second floor of the main house every day.]
[The master's heart... must be there!]
...
"Linglong Heart?"
Zhao Yi squinted.
He opened Chief Che's memo.
Found the record from January 22nd.
"That old man really took out his own heart and gave it to the madam..."
Zhao Yi clicked his tongue, while Luo Qili was utterly shocked!
Letting the madam see his true heart... sounded romantic at first.
But who would have thought the reality was so bloody!
"The book on Flesh Puppets records that their strength and life come from resentment, and the resentment accumulates in their heart, the closer they are to their heart, the deeper the resentment..."
"If the Flesh Puppet completely merges with its heart... then it will become a super terrifying... corpse ghost!"
Thinking of this, Zhao Yi suddenly exclaimed excitedly:
"Goodness, it's getting real!"
Luo Qili was stunned, hurriedly flipping through the book on puppet crafting, while asking:
"What?"
Zhao Yi:
"If I'm not mistaken, the madam's heart... should be stored on the second floor of the main house!"
"She might mistake that heart for the master's heart and put it into her own chest..."
"At that point..."
Luo Qili felt a chill in her heart!
Damn!
If that's true...
Aren't they doomed?!
And...
Why the hell are you excited?!
We're all going to be finished!
"Is there any solution?!"
She asked anxiously.
Zhao Yi raised an eyebrow:
"Follow me..."
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