Chapter 990: Hit

After listening to Ye Wanxi's angry question, the man remained silent for a moment before saying only, "The greatest truths are the simplest, and sacrifice is inevitable."

Ye Wanxi clenched her fists tightly, trembling with anger.

The so-called "great truth is simple" is, in essence, a disregard for human life, sacrificing others to prove oneself for one's own purposes, interests, rights, and power.

How cold-blooded and hypocritical to step on the corpses of others to complete one's so-called path?

Wu Yequan back then was, and so is the person before me!

"What exactly are you hiding in Country D? Are you so afraid of us finding out that you're willing to risk exposing yourselves and strike first?"

Before this, this person had been hiding from them, never showing up no matter how hard they searched. Now, however, he was willing to reveal his true identity in order to trap and kill them.

The more this was the case, the more Ye Wanxi felt that there must be something shady hidden here.

Upon hearing her words, Wu suddenly smiled strangely: "Who told you that I'm hiding something unspeakable in Country D?"

Ye Wanxi and the other woman were stunned for a moment. Something flashed through Feng Tianyu's mind, and his eyes also darkened: "A diversionary tactic."

Ye Wanxi's expression also changed. If that was the case, then this person had deliberately released clues to lure them to Country D.

The purpose was to arrange something terrible within the country during their absence.

His appearance today—was it because he really wanted to kill them, or was it simply to... stall them?

Once she understood this, Ye Wanxi's heart immediately jumped, and she was anxious to break through the barrier and leave this place.

Wu seemed to know what she was thinking, and his malice intensified: "Too late."

At this moment, Gu Shaoling and the others had no idea that just a few meters away from them, a small world had been created that they could neither approach nor enter.

After a brief one-hour stalemate, all four men were wiped out.

At first, Li Guangjun and the others were wary of the servants in the castle and were extremely resistant to the maids bringing them food.

They were terrified that this action would trigger the assassin's weapons. Knowing the show's usual practices, even though the director mentioned the assassin's weapons, they would have to find and destroy them to be considered successful.

In normal circumstances, when people think of weapons, they would first think of sharp objects such as knives, daggers, and needles.

But if the assassin is a servant in charge of meals, then the weapon might not just be a weapon in the literal sense, but something they can't see or touch, such as poison.

Who knows if these foods are poisonous? What if they accept them and the production team judges them to have been poisoned to death? Wouldn't that be unfair?

Zhao Yun'er and the others didn't react at first, but after seeing their boyfriends' actions, they belatedly realized this possibility.

Just to be on the safe side, no one accepted the food, lying that they had eaten too much for dinner and weren't hungry at all, and brushed it off.

They dared not linger any longer and quickly pulled the people around them away.

Whether it was their imagination or not, as they left, Zhao Yun'er and the others felt that the servants standing in the shadows of the lamplight were looking at them with an indescribably sinister and eerie gaze, filled with murderous intent, which frightened them so much that they ran even faster.

It has to be said that playing this kind of game at night creates a much better atmosphere than during the day.

After Li Guangjun and the others ran away, they still did not give up on going to the third floor to find the castle owner's bedroom. As a result, when they finally ran up to the third floor, they bumped into Butler Phil, who was patrolling the corridor at night with a candle in his hand.

Li Guangjun and the others immediately became anxious again: "Butler Phil, it's so late, why are you still wandering around in the corridor?"

Butler Phil chuckled and said, "It's raining quite heavily. I was worried that the windows in the master's bedroom and study weren't closed properly and that rainwater might get in, so I came out to take a look."

This was nothing out of the ordinary, and no one suspected anything. Instead, they became concerned about another piece of information revealed in Phil's words.

"The master's bedroom... is it the master of the castle? Has he returned?"

"To be honest, our master has indeed returned."

These words were like a thunderbolt to the four men. When the director spoke through the megaphone, they had thought that assassinating the castle owner was just a background plot.

Unexpectedly, the real owner has returned!

"Is it convenient for us to meet him now?" After saying that, Li Guangjun seemed to feel that his request was indeed reasonable, and hurriedly added, "We don't mean anything by it, we just want to thank him in person for taking us in."

Butler Phil maintained his polite smile, neither agreeing nor immediately refusing, only saying, "The master has already retired for the night. I will convey your kindness to him when he wakes up tomorrow morning. Whether we meet or not will depend on the master's decision."

Upon hearing his words, Li Guangjun and the others knew that they would not be able to see the castle owner tonight. They opened their mouths as if to say something, but ultimately remained silent.

From the housekeeper's perspective, it's perfectly understandable that the master would refuse to see them after returning from a trip, as they are already exhausted.

As guests, it would be extremely impolite of them to insist on disturbing us at this time.

None of them were shy enough to speak up, so they had to give up on this shortcut.

Just as they were about to leave, they saw two maids carrying a folding ladder toward them.

Seeing this, Li Guangjun and the others couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Butler, what's going on...?"

Butler Phil smiled slightly and said, "The light in this corridor is broken. We were originally going to wait until we were done with this busy period to fix it, but the owner came back early. I thought I'd change the light bulb to see if it would work, so that the owner wouldn't have trouble walking around at night."

Li Guangjun and the others then realized that although there were lights inside the castle, the corridor on the third floor was unusually dark. Moreover, when Butler Phil appeared, he was carrying a large candlestick, so the light was broken and he was holding a candle to change it.

Li Guangjun and Nie Yuyang glanced at the rather elderly butler, Phil, and then at the two maids in skirts. In the end, they couldn't resist their slight pity and offered to change the light bulb themselves.

Phil, the butler, naturally declined in every way possible, believing that it was extremely impolite to ask a guest to help change a light bulb.

People are sometimes like that; even if they know it's for their own good, they'll still feel somewhat uncomfortable doing something.

But the more I'm forbidden to do it, the more I feel itchy inside, wishing I could snatch it away and do it myself.

The matter of changing a light bulb was a case in point; Phil's repeated refusals only made the two of them lower their guard.

As a result, this relaxation led to infection.

(End of this chapter)