Although they had expected it in their hearts, they couldn't help but feel depressed when they heard the bad news.
After discussing for a short time, it seemed that an hour was going to pass. Those who were not full devoured the compressed biscuits one after another, poured themselves a few sips of water, and left in a hurry to continue to work.
The afternoon in the villa was also uneventful. After serving the hostess and the young master for dinner, the day is considered to be over.
In the evening, Su Xiaoqian made the beds for the villa owners in advance, and was told that she could go to rest, and they didn't need her to keep watch.
Hearing this order, Su Xiaoqian breathed a sigh of relief. Although no one died that day and the owners of the villa were quite pleasant, she still didn't want to sleep with the owner alone at night. In horror movies, people who are alone are the most likely to have accidents. In her opinion, only living with the players who entered the game with her is the most reassuring.
Just like at noon, after finishing the work at hand, she didn't even have time to drink water, so she hurried into the servant's room.
There, everyone had already gathered, and she was the only one left.
Seeing her enter the door, An Qing greeted her with a smile, and seeing that there was no one missing in the room, Su Xiaoqian felt relieved, picked up a compressed biscuit, and listened to everyone discussing the situation in the afternoon while eating.
"Xiaoqian, when you didn't come, we communicated for a while, and Brother Lu and the others didn't find anything special." An Qing said: "However, when I was tutoring the young master this afternoon, I found a strange piece of news. .”
"What news?" Su Xiaoqian said: "I worked all afternoon, but I didn't find anything useful. The eldest son who was locked in the cellar was still the same as at noon, crazy, and didn't say anything useful except going crazy."
"It's like this. At one o'clock in the afternoon, Brother Zhu carried me up to the second floor and sent me to the young master's room to give lectures. When I entered the room, the young master didn't talk to me, but just gave me a book, indicating I read it. So, I followed his advice and read the book all afternoon."
"Did he not talk all afternoon? He just listened to you reading?" Hearing this, Bai Yan raised his hand and asked, "I saw that he ate very little at noon, so I asked him if he was not satisfied with his lunch, but he only glanced at me. , also did not speak. The second son of this family, is he a mute, can't speak at all?"
Hearing Bai Yan's question, An Qing stopped talking and thought about it seriously. The whole afternoon, the young master really didn't say a word to her. Even when she was hoarse and wanted to drink water, she asked him if she could stop, but he didn't answer, allowing her to stop drinking water, and just looked at her without saying a word.
"No, he didn't speak, maybe your guess is true." An Qing continued: "He didn't talk to me, and he didn't make any demands. But I can't be lazy all the time. When my throat feels better, I will continue Read on. There is nothing unusual about the young master himself, what is unusual is that he asked me to tell the story."
"When I finished reading the whole book, I realized that this is a ghost story with suspense elements."
"Ghost story?" Upon hearing this, Yang Qi was startled and almost screamed again.
"Yes, it's a ghost story. And it's not just this one. While drinking water and resting halfway, I glanced at his room and found that the names of the books in his room were more terrifying than the last one. If I guessed correctly, these books They're all horror novels, and every one of them is a ghost story."
After reading all afternoon, An Qing's voice was a little hoarse. She took a sip of water and continued: "This story is quite long, so I won't go into details. I will briefly talk about the plot. The story is like this. In a village, many disappearances suddenly occurred one day. Every victim They all disappeared at night. After a horrible experience, two children in the village discovered the source of the disappearance. There was a ghost in this village—a terrifying knocker!"
"Every midnight, the knocker will choose a person, knock on the door of this house, stand silently at the bedside of this person, and wake him up in various ways. Once the knocker finds out You're awake, the knocker will kill the man, and that's where the disappearance comes from."
"The knocker...why did he ask you to read this story?" Bai Yan narrowed his eyes, thinking about the deep meaning of the story: "Does this story have an ending? What will happen to the two children in the book?"
"Unfortunately, this is a tragedy. Both children died." An Qing sighed: "After I came back, I have been wondering if this is a reminder from the game. The blood on the bedside shows that the former servant People had accidents in the room, so does the story of the ghost knocking on the door suggest the way that ghost kills people?"
"Then...then what should I do?" Yang Qi, who was the least courageous, was about to cry from fright: "How can we not be killed by the knocker after telling the story?"
"As long as the door knocker thinks you are still asleep, you can escape. The book implies that." An Qing said: "Those two children died in the finale because they were awakened by the door knocker." gone."
"Interesting, if this is true, then this young master is not simple." Bai Yan touched his chin, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Look at the experience shared by the seniors on the forum, such a game that lasted for several days , the most dangerous moment is at night. If this book really hints at our way of life, then we have to protect this clue person, maybe he, like the eldest son, knows something crucial."
"But if this child is also a part of the accomplice, if we follow this book, wouldn't we die faster?" After the tragedy of all his teammates in the last round, Lu Tianyi is now suspicious of any clues: " In my opinion, it is enough to just listen to this kind of clues, but if you encounter the same thing, you should make a judgment based on the actual situation, and you can't blindly believe it."
Seeing that everyone listened to what he said, Lu Tianyi said again: "Anyway, according to my experience in the last round of the game, something will definitely happen tonight, maybe someone will be visited by ghosts. No matter what happens, I hope everyone can Try to keep calm, and call for help loudly when necessary, only by being calm can you find a way out in a crisis."
After Lu Tianyi finished speaking, several people were frowning.
After hearing this story, they all panicked in their hearts, wishing that everyone would gather in one room, so that they could be more courageous if they were popular.
However, the hostess forbade them all to live in the same room, and they dared not accept the fate of disobeying the order of the lady.
So, around eight o'clock, everyone left the venue and left the room of the three girls.
Liu Kui and Li Hao plan to continue going to the garden to see if they can find clues in the garden at night. Meanwhile, Bai Yan and Lu Tianyi, accompanied by Zhu Fugui, waited at the gate for the transport truck arriving at 8 o'clock to search for the source of the ingredients.
…
At eight o'clock, a transport vehicle stopped in front of the villa.
Seeing the driver in the car getting off the car to unload the goods, the three of them went forward to receive new ingredients. Of course, like those in the refrigerator, they were all dead cats and dogs, and they were all rotten. The kind that smells bad.
"Master, why are all the things you shipped spoiled?"
Lu Tianyi volunteered to help carry the goods, and when he and Zhu Fugui were walking in with the ingredients, Bai Yan approached the driver and boldly told him some tricks.
The driver was dark-skinned and a muscular black man. Under the night, Bai Yan could only see a dark mass of human figures. At the same time, the driver's clothes are also dark. If you don't look carefully, you may not be able to spot him if he passes by you at night.
"Our company's ingredients look like this, so don't buy them if you don't like them." Hearing this, the driver showed his thick white teeth, and Bai Yan could finally see where the old man's head grew.
"Oh, actually, I don't have any complaints about the ingredients. It's quite unique to have such a strong taste." Feeling that the driver might be someone who loves the company, Bai Yan immediately flattered: "I'm the new housekeeper, can I ask Let me tell you, when did my masters place an order with your company?"
"half year ago."
"In addition to selling ingredients, does your company have other businesses?"
"Young man, I advise you not to ask too many questions. Sometimes the more people know, the sooner they die." After saying this, no matter how Bai Yan hooked up with him, the driver stopped talking to him.
Maybe he was annoyed by Bai Yan's question, the driver got into the car, stepped on the gas pedal, and after the rumbling sound, he drove the transport truck away, leaving only Bai Yan's exhaust.
"..." So what is this
The driver's unceremonious attitude made Bai Yan a little depressed, but through a few short sentences, he at least knew that the anomaly appeared half a year ago at the latest.
And what did the driver's warning to him imply? Are you reminding him to stop exploring the source of ingredients
Full of doubts, Bai Yan returned to the kitchen. At this time, Zhu Fugui and Lu Tianyi had already put all the ingredients into the refrigerator.
Although the husband and wife can eat rotten and smelly food with relish, they can't be too fooled.
Seeing that the two of them finished their work, Bai Yan told them what the driver said, then turned around and went back to the room, ready to take a shower and rest.
When Bai Yan returned to the room, Liu Kui and Li Hao were still outside.
While they were away, Bai Yan hurriedly finished washing, continued to apply foundation on himself, then took off his glasses, lay flat on the bed, and began to feel sleepy.
The clock in the room was ticking.
Before he knew it, he fell asleep like this...
In the middle of the night, Bai Yan was awakened by a loud snoring.
Out of the daze of just waking up, he instinctively wanted to open his eyes, but he quickly remembered that he was in a game, so he pretended to be uncomfortable and adjusted his sleeping position, and then put one hand on the In front of him, through the gap between his two fingers, he opened his eyes slightly.
…
"Boom boom boom."
"Boom boom boom."
He just opened his eyes when there was a knock on the door.