Lu Shijin's mood is complicated.
There is only one murderer out of ten people, so there is a one-tenth chance of falling on him
The task of the others was to find the real culprit, but his task was to kill the other nine people, including Rong Zhi? !
God, what kind of international joke are you playing with me!
I just met an acquaintance here, and I planned to run over happily to "recognize relatives".
It's all right now, I can't recognize my relatives, and it's either you die or I die.
Lu Shijin's heart is broken.
When Lu Shijin hesitated, the phone started to vibrate non-stop, and the screen flashed red light to remind Lu Shijin to complete the task as soon as possible according to the instructions.
There is no other way, if you don't complete the task, you will die, if you fail the game, you will die, it is better to give it a try, maybe there is still a chance.
Lu Shijin gritted his teeth and made up his mind. He walked to the dresser and opened the drawer. There was indeed a brown glass bottle inside. There was a striking skull printed on the bottle label, for fear that others would not know that it was poison.
Lu Shijin put the medicine bottle into his suit pocket, tightened his tie, opened the door and walked out as if nothing had happened.
The corridor is very quiet, there is no instruction from the APP, everyone can only stay in the room obediently and cannot come out.
Mr. Lu's room was on the third floor, and he had to take a special elevator on the first floor to go up, so Lu Shijin went down to the first floor to find the elevator.
Along the way, Lu Shijin was always thinking about his role—adopted son, and the motive for killing his adoptive father, Mr. Lu.
It stands to reason that the adopted son is not related by blood to the Lu family. Although legally he enjoys the same inheritance rights, he actually has no position to compete with other people for property. What about his adopted son with no background
Moreover, Mr. Lu nurtured him and treated him with great kindness. Now he is terminally ill and has only two days to live. What is the reason that makes the adopted son so impatient to kill his adoptive father
Lu Shijin couldn't figure it out.
After finding the elevator, Lu Shijin pressed the button and waited for the elevator to come up. Unexpectedly, after a while, Mr. Lu's butler also came over and waited for the elevator with him.
"Shijin, are you looking for Mr. Lu?" the housekeeper asked Lu Shijin gently.
The butler has been with Mr. Lu for most of his life. He is one of Mr. Lu's most trusted confidantes. He also watched the younger generation of the Lu family grow up with his own eyes, so no one dares to underestimate him, and he is usually respected very much.
Lu Shijin smiled politely, "Yes, I have something to ask my father."
Seeing the elevator coming, Lu Shijin turned his body to the side, let the butler enter the elevator first, and then went in by himself.
Lu Shijin stood next to the butler, looking at the butler from the corner of his eye, thinking that as one of the important NPCs, the butler should know a lot of inside information, and maybe he could get some useful information from him.
So he thought for a while, and asked tentatively, "Housekeeper, how is father feeling today?"
With a sound of "ding", the elevator reached the third floor, the elevator door opened, and the butler walked out first, turned around and looked at Lu Shijin with a smile, and jokingly said, "What? Let me know, maybe Mr. Lu is still angry with you? "
Lu Shijin was overjoyed, it seemed that the butler was an insider, and he asked the right person.
"That's right," Lu Shijin came out of the elevator, and instead of rushing to find Mr. Lu in the room, he dragged the housekeeper to the balcony to chat, "You often take care of him by his side, and you know his temper best, tell me Say, is he still mad at me?"
The butler smiled and patted Lu Shijin on the shoulder, and said, "Father and son don't have an overnight feud. Don't worry, Mr. Lu is not angry with you. But you have to understand him. Mr. wants you to recognize your biological father for the sake of Hello, how can there be a child in the world who does not recognize his parents? Don’t you think so?”
Want the adopted son to recognize his biological father
Intuition told Lu Shijin that the adopted son's murderous intent must have something to do with this incident.
So he nodded and said sincerely; "Yes, you are right."
Seeing his straightforward attitude, the butler was a little surprised, and asked with wide eyes, "You agree?"
"I agree, what's the point of disagreement?" Lu Shijin spread his hands, "It's only natural for the child to recognize his father."
"But it wasn't because of your biological father..." The butler paused, as if he felt that it was inappropriate to say something directly, "So you didn't want to recognize him, and you had a big fight with your husband because of this?"
What the housekeeper didn't directly explain must be a blind spot!
Lu Shijin continued to follow the housekeeper's words, pretending to be embarrassed but knowing the righteous tone, and said: "No matter what, he is my biological father after all. Even if the dog doesn't think the family is poor, let alone he gave birth to me anyway." One, if I don't recognize him, am I in vain?"
Lu Shijin's words obviously satisfied the butler, and he looked at him with admiration.
"It's good if you can think so," the housekeeper said happily, "son, don't get me wrong, sir, he has always treated you as his own son, he didn't mean to embarrass you, in fact, your biological father is not a bad person, go to jail It was also because of manslaughter, and now that he has been released after serving his sentence, you and your father just happen to be reunited to enjoy family happiness, which is also one of his greatest wishes."
That's right.
Lu Shijin's eyebrows moved imperceptibly. Perhaps, he already knew the general idea of his adopted son's motive for killing.
The adopted son's biological father is a murderer who has just been released from prison. Mr. Lu wants the adopted son to recognize his biological father, and the adopted son must be very resistant to this.
The pampered young master of the Lu family, of course, would not want to be regarded as the son of a murderer. This would also be a huge stain on his future development.
The adopted son might think that the adoptive father was jealous of him, worried that he would stand in the way of his own son, so he deliberately let him accept such a dishonorable life experience and hit him, so he held a grudge and became murderous.
Thinking about it this way, the reason for the murder makes sense.
But there is still a problem here, that is, why does the adopted son have to choose this time to do it
There were too many people on board, and at the critical moment when the will was about to be announced, so many pairs of eyes were staring at him, even if he wanted to kill someone, this was not the best place to do it.
The adopted son can obviously choose a more favorable time to attack him, why can't he wait for today
I'm afraid that Mr. Lu's forcing him to recognize the murderer's biological father is only one of the reasons why the adopted son wants to kill Mr. Lu. There may be even more unknown secrets that have not been discovered.
"I understand all these, and I can understand father's painstaking efforts," Lu Shijin said with a smile, "Thank you for enlightening me. I'll go find my father first."
The butler nodded, waved Lu Shijin to pass, and suddenly thought of something to stop him, "By the way, remind Mr. Lu to take his medicine, I'm afraid he will forget it again."
Lu Shijin: "Okay."
Lu Shijin walked to the door of Mr. Lu's room, raised his hand to knock on the door, but the door opened by itself.
Rong Zhi came out from the inside, met Lu Shijin's eyes inadvertently, Lu Shijin's heart skipped a few times, thinking that Rong Zhi would greet him, but Rong Zhi quickly averted his gaze, and walked straight past Lu Shijin , like not knowing him at all.
Lu Shijin blinked, a little dazed.
He doesn't seem to know me? Is it real or fake
But his looks are exactly the same as Pei Wen's. It's impossible for two people to have the same mole on their eyelids, in the same place, right
Lu Shijin confirmed that he was Pei Wen, but why did Pei Wen turn a blind eye to him? There is no reason.
Forget it, Lu Shijin shook his head, what he is holding is the murderer card, even if he recognizes Rong Zhi, so what
Their situations are already opposite, and it is very likely that only one will survive in the end.
Although Pei Wen had helped him before, and he sympathized with what happened to Pei Wen, but this time, he couldn't lose because there were still people waiting for him.
So what he can do is to do his best to complete the task and hide his identity, and leave the rest to fate to decide.
Lu Shijin calmed down, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door twice.
Mr. Lu's old voice sounded from inside: "Come in."
Lu Shijin walked in and carefully observed the situation in the room. This is a luxurious suite with a living room, a bedroom, and a spacious cloakroom.
Mr. Lu was sitting on the sofa in the living room. There were two goblets and a bottle of red wine on the coffee table in front of the sofa. There was still red wine residue at the bottom of the goblet.
Rong Zhi was the only one who went out just now, so the other wine glass should have been drunk by Rong Zhi.
"Didn't the doctor tell you that you can't drink? Why do you still drink?" Lu Shijin pretended to be concerned, and wanted to put away the wine bottles and glasses on the coffee table, but was stopped by Mr. Lu, "Hey, just leave me alone and drink A little red wine, it's okay, put the glass down, it's rare to be interested tonight, don't spoil my interest."
Hearing what he said, Lu Shijin didn't force himself anymore, sat down on the sofa next to him, and asked with a smile: "What makes you so excited tonight?"
Mr. Lu glanced at him, and asked without answering, "Why did you come to see me? Didn't you have a tough temper before and didn't want to answer my phone?"
"I was trying to figure it out before, and I couldn't figure it out." Lu Shijin slapped his face and made a confession, "Now that I figure it out, I'll make it up to you."
"If you don't pay, you will be exempted. Your wings are hard now, so I don't care about you." Mr. Lu folded his arms and snorted coldly, "But I warn you, if you don't agree to my conditions, I will cancel your inheritance right ! You weigh it yourself!"
"I agree, who said I won't agree?" Lu Shijin said, "You just want me to recognize that person, I will!"
Mr. Lu looked at him incredulously, "Really?"
Lu Shijin: "Really, it's more real than pearls."
Lu Shijin's expression relaxed a little, but he still didn't smile, "I know you don't want to part with Lao Tzu's inheritance."
Lu Shijin raised his palm, "I have to defend myself for this. I promise you to agree with him, whether it's for some inheritance or not."
"Why else?" Mr. Lu asked.
Lu Shijin: "For your happiness, as long as it makes you happy, let me do anything."
Thousands of wears and thousands of wears, flattery does not wear.
Although Mr. Lu is just an NPC, Lu Shijin feels sorry for this old man whose life is about to end, so he is willing to say some nice words to make him happy.
Sure enough, Mr. Lu was silent for a while after hearing this, and an imperceptible hint of emotion flashed on his cold face.
"Slick tongue." Mr. Lu scolded, and stood up uncomfortably, "I'm going to the bathroom, you wait here."
Mr. Lu went to the bathroom in the bedroom. Lu Shijin looked around in the living room looking for clues. His sharp eyes saw two small medicine bottles with red and blue labels on the TV cabinet.
At the same time, the phone in his pocket vibrated, Lu Shijin took it out to have a look, and received the next instruction from the APP—
"Put the poison into Mr. Lu's wine glass."
Now is indeed the best time to poison, but looking at the two bottles of medicine, Lu Shijin had other thoughts.
As one of the most important NPCs, butler, every word he said could be a clue. He specially emphasized that the order of taking these two bottles of medicine cannot be wrong. Here, obviously quite an important prop.
Lu Shijin suddenly had an idea in his mind, could it be that he was not the only one who wanted to kill Mr. Lu
After all, it is about the distribution of inheritance and everyone's interests are involved, so besides him, maybe someone else will do it tonight.
Lu Shijin reached into his pocket to touch the bottle of poison, and had another thought, if he swapped the poison with one of the two bottles of medicine, wouldn't he be able to kill someone with a knife
But before he could take any action, the phone vibrated strongly, reminding him to put the poison into Mr. Lu's wine glass as soon as possible, and a countdown was displayed on the screen.
It seemed that APP didn't let him mess around, so Lu Shijin could only give up the idea of borrowing a knife to kill someone, obediently completed APP's instructions, poured the poison into the wine glass, and poured some wine into it to cover it up.
It was the first time that Lu Shijin was doing this kind of poisoning and harming people, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and he felt a little bit sorry, and kept hinting to himself that this was just a game, and that Mr. Lu was not a real person, so there was no need to feel too guilty.
Not a while after taking the poison, Mr. Lu came back from the bathroom. He didn't seem to notice Lu Shijin's stiff expression, and sat back to the position he had just been in.
Seeing some extra wine coming out of the wine glass, Mr. Lu asked a little strangely: "This wine... did you pour it for me?"
Lu Shijin panicked, feeling as if someone had discovered what he had done, so he unnaturally made an excuse and said, "Yes, yes, I poured it. You can drink if you want, but after drinking this glass, no more is allowed. Drink it." As he spoke, he solemnly took the wine bottle and hugged it in his arms to hide his guilty conscience.
Mr. Lu had no doubts, he shook his head and pointed at him with a smile: "You, you are still the same as when you were a child, you like to let me drink."
He picked up the wine glass and shook it, as if he was about to take a sip. Lu Shijin's eyes followed his movements closely. When he saw Mr. Lu handing the wine glass to his mouth, his heart was almost in his throat, but Mr. Lu glanced at it. Outside the window, for some reason, he suddenly put down his wine glass again.
Lu Shijin's mood was like riding a roller coaster, with ups and downs, but Mr. Lu didn't drink the glass of wine immediately, which made him heave a sigh of relief.
Mr. Lu put down his wine glass, stood up, and walked to the window. Lu Shijin took the opportunity to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, put down the wine bottle, stood up and walked to him, and followed his gaze to look out of the window.
This is the third floor of the cruise ship. You can see very high and far away. Outside the window is a vast night, and in the distance is the vast sea. The searchlight on the top of the ship flashes across the sea from time to time. At this moment, the sea is calm and there is a full moon in the sky. As it rose, the moonlight reflected on the sea surface, coating the sea in the dark night with a layer of bright silver light.
Lu Shijin noticed that Mr. Lu was staring out of the window fascinatedly, with a special brilliance in his eyes, and asked curiously, "What are you looking at?"
"It's the same as the moonlight tonight..." Mr. Lu pursed his lips together and murmured, "It's the same as when I first saw her..."
Lu Shijin immediately understood that this is the "NPC" giving clues again, and quickly asked, "Who is TA?"
Mr. Lu didn't speak, but turned his face away, staring at Lu Shijin with deep and dark eyes, and there was a smile of unknown meaning on the corner of his mouth. Because of his thin body, Mr. Lu's cheeks were sunken deeply, which caused that smile to look at Lu Shijin at night. It sounds really weird.
And although that gaze was fixed on Lu Shijin's face, it didn't look like he was looking at Lu Shijin, but rather like looking at another person through Lu Shijin.
Lu Shijin was so stared at that his back was trembling, "What... are you looking at?"
"It's nothing." Mr. Lu's expression returned to normal, and he put his hand on Lu Shijin's shoulder, "You must be filial to your father in the future. He suffered too much in the first half of his life and suffered too much. You have to make it up for me. Him, do you understand?"
Lu Shijin nodded with a half understanding, Mr. Lu waved his hand wearily, "Okay, I'm a little tired, let's go."
Although I really want to know who the "she" Mr. Lu just mentioned is, but the NPC issued an order to chase away the guest, obviously not wanting to reveal any more clues to you, so Lu Shijin had no choice but to leave.
After the door of the room was closed, Lu Shijin stood outside the door and realized something important. Will Mr. Lu drink the poisoned glass of red wine
But this is beyond his control, because the APP quickly issued an order to let him go back to his room and stay.
When he walked to the elevator entrance and waited for the elevator, Lu Shijin lowered his head and thought about it. As soon as the elevator door opened, he wanted to step in. He didn't notice that there was still someone inside, so he almost bumped into the person who came out.
"Hey, watch out!"
Lu Shijin looked up and saw that it was Lu Zhongze.
Lu Zhongze jokingly asked: "What are you thinking, so preoccupied?"
Lu Zhongze had shown his kindness to him, but Lu Shijin didn't deliberately hide it, and said generously: "I'm thinking about clues."
"Oh?" Lu Zhongze showed interest in his eyes, "What clue?"
Lu Shijin saw that he didn't answer, but just smiled politely. Of course Lu Zhongze understood what Lu Shijin meant. The friendship between the two of them was not enough to share clues. He touched his nose slightly, "Sorry, I asked too much. too much."
Lu Shijin didn't feel relieved, "Are you looking for Mr. Lu?"
"Aren't you too?" Lu Zhongze asked back.
Lu Shijin smiled lightly, "Tonight is indeed a sleepless night."
Lu Zhongze laughed twice, walked out of the elevator, and waved to Lu Shijin, "Okay, it's my turn, see you tomorrow."
When Lu Shijin approached the elevator, the moment the elevator door closed, his heart suddenly brightened.
He was right. Many people will go to find Mr. Lu tonight, so although the APP asked him to poison Mr. Lu, he may not be the final culprit.
If you want to know who the murderer is, you must first understand everyone's motive and method of killing.
So what Lu Shijin has to do now is to wait, and he can only wait until the news of Mr. Lu's death comes out tomorrow, and until the app's restrictions on everyone's movement are lifted.
Lu Shijin walked back to his room, paused when he opened the door, looked up, and estimated the location of Mr. Lu's room, it seemed to be directly above his room.
He didn't know if there was any particularity in the location of the rooms arranged by the game. It was known that Lu Zhongze lived in 207, which was separated by an aisle, while Lu Shijin's room was sandwiched between 203 and 205.
The doors of the two rooms 203 and 205 are closed, and there is no sound inside. Who will live in this room
Lu Shijin entered the room, closed the door, and locked it, then sat down on the sofa in the room, took out his mobile phone and waited for a while, but he didn't receive the next instruction issued by the APP, so he guessed that his task should be completed tonight up.
Lu Shijin lay on the bed, although he had nothing to do tonight, but he still didn't dare to sleep.
With his hands behind his head, he looked at the snow-white ceiling above his head, separated by a ceiling, wondering what would happen in Mr. Lu's room now.
This poor old man, in the last period of his life, thought he was surrounded by close relatives and shared a family relationship, but he was surrounded by a pack of wolves. Everyone was hiding from him for different reasons, either out of hatred or out of interests. Killing intent, everyone wants him to die tonight.
Lu Shijin was sighing, when he suddenly felt the phone vibrate twice again under the pillow, which made him startled, and quickly took it out to look.
The result was not that the APP issued instructions, but received a prompt to add friends—
Players can apply to add you as a friend, [Approve] or [Reject].
After Lu Shijin got the phone, he didn't have time to study it carefully, thinking that the phone was useless except for receiving commands, but he didn't expect that there was a function of adding friends? !
And it was Rong Zhi who took the initiative to add him!
Lu Shijin hastily clicked [Pass], and the APP prompts: Player Rongzhi has become your friend.
Rongzhi's message came right after.
Rongzhi: [Hi?]
Lu Shijin: [Hi!]
Rong Zhi: [It's me.]
Lu Shijin: [I know...]
Rong Zhi: [I didn't expect to meet you here.]
Lu Shijin: [Me too...]
The two chatted back and forth, showing a sense of strangeness. After Lu Shijin sent the last message, Rong Zhi didn't reply in time.
He actually wanted to ask Rongzhi a lot of questions, such as "Why did you pretend not to know me just now", "How did you come into this world", "What is your identity" and so on, but there were too many questions. There is no way to ask for a while.
Too many things happened in the middle, and the acquaintance of the two seemed to be so long apart in the previous life, the previous life, and the previous life.
When we meet again, no one can tell what kind of thoughts we have in mind for each other, whether it is malicious or good intentions.
That's why they are strange, awkward, and have nothing to say.
Lu Shijin was feeling melancholy, when Rongzhi's message came again, he quickly turned his phone screen to his eyes.
Rong Zhi: [Can we trust each other?]
Lu Shijin hesitated for a second, if Rong Zhi is Pei Wen, or the person he knows... why not
Lu Shijin: [Yes.]