Chapter 28, Death by Pushing Open the Door

This is why Zhong Bingxuan was in such a hurry to take action; she was extremely anxious about the fact that the original owner's hidden body would be possessed by the original owner's birth mother.

Who knows if this will happen again after Zhong Bingxuan arrives? We must break the taboo surrounding the original owner's mother among the Wang family members and discover the truth.

The number of player deaths was not as high as the previous night. Having learned their lesson, the players all switched to top-notch actors and began their superb performances, ensuring that the original inhabitants of the Wang family did not notice anything amiss.

Even Zhong Bingxuan, if she hadn't noticed the changes in those people early on, wouldn't have been able to detect anything unusual just by looking at their behavior during the day.

Zhong Bingxuan searched the original owner's room inside and out many times, but found nothing except the rule note for impersonating Wang Qiuling.

Zhong Bingxuan also checked the other people's rooms in the Wang residence during the day when it was relatively safe, but she didn't find any useful clues.

Even the room of the player who had died and impersonated Wang Shixuan, she took the opportunity to check it out and found nothing amiss.

Zhong Bingxuan thought that under the cover of night, when the eerie atmosphere was reviving, she would put on the mask of the madam's upper body and go to her deceased second sister's room to check and hopefully find some clues.

Whether the mission is completed or not is not important; what is important is to find the hidden dangers in the instance and successfully survive in the Wang Mansion for ten days.

Zhong Bingxuan couldn't believe that the supernatural revival dungeon, which was so feared by the players, could be so easily cracked by them.

If it were that simple, so many people wouldn't have to die every time.

Heading towards Wang Shixuan's room, Zhong Bingxuan walked over gracefully, maintaining an air of elegance.

One downside to impersonating the former wife is that the former wife is a model lady from a respectable family. Compared to the original owner, who was neglected by her father, had no mother, and had terrible manners, the former wife was very well-mannered and well-educated.

To ensure that nothing went wrong tonight, Zhong Bingxuan spent the day learning various etiquette rules for young ladies, so that her disguise as the original owner's mother would not reveal any flaws.

Thanks to Zhong Bingxuan's thorough preparation, no one noticed anything amiss with her disguise along the way, and everyone bowed respectfully to her.

Zhong Bingxuan nodded reservedly and smoothly entered Wang Shixuan's room.

"Madam, what brings you here?"

When they arrived outside Wang Shixuan's room, they were stopped by a sharp-eyed old woman who was trembling.

"Do I need you to teach me how to do things? Get out of my way."

Zhong Bingxuan did not answer the servant's question directly. Following her own solution, she scolded the old woman and told her to leave.

The old woman mustered her courage, but it vanished when she saw Zhong Bingxuan's cold expression. She stammered, "Master doesn't allow you to have much contact with your other children."

Zhong Bingxuan secretly remembered what the old woman said, pretended not to care, and walked into Wang Shixuan's room without looking back.

Seeing that she couldn't stop the madam, the nanny could only quietly leave Wang Shixuan's courtyard and then rush to find the master.

The lady is going crazy again.

The nanny moved very carefully, but Zhong Bingxuan still noticed her behavior. Just in case, Zhong Bingxuan had left Wang Shixuan's bedroom door open when she came in, and just happened to see the nanny's guilty little movements as she left. Knowing that she didn't have much time, Zhong Bingxuan had to quickly find Wang Shixuan's room.

Compared to the original owner's room, Wang Shixuan's room, as her father's most beloved daughter, and with the help of her mother who was the head of the household, was extremely luxurious and fully equipped.

Zhong Bingxuan glanced at all the luxurious items, but didn't pay them any attention. What caught her eye more was the lifelike portrait of a graceful dancer that was pasted on Wang Shixuan's room wall.

How could such a portrait appear in the room of a lady from a respectable family?

In ancient times, dancers were considered of low social status and looked down upon even by ordinary people.

It's rather strange that Wang Shixuan, a young lady from a prominent family, has a portrait of a seductive dancer in her room.

What made Zhong Bingxuan most uneasy was that the rules for playing the original owner clearly stated that no portraits of people should ever be displayed in the house. If you see a portrait of a person, you must be seeing things or dreaming.

The problem is that Zhong Bingxuan learned from the player who played Qiaoqiao that the rule is that no portraits of any characters should be displayed at home. If you see a portrait, it must be because the late Madam misses the eldest young lady too much. You need to go to the eldest young lady, tell her about this, and take her to the place where the portrait appears.

When the two conflicted, Zhong Bingxuan didn't know whether she should pretend not to know, ignore the portrait, or still dare to go up and greet him.

Logically speaking, a dancer of such lowly status could never be compared to the pampered status of the original wife. Zhong Bingxuan worried that if she called the dancer "mother," she might be strangled to death by the angry original owner's mother.

Just as Zhong Bingxuan was at her wit's end, the portrait of the dancer in front of her came to life and gently called out to Zhong Bingxuan, "My child, why didn't you call me when you came? I didn't even notice you."

The dancer's voice was melodious, sweet, and captivating, making one unconsciously relax.

Zhong Bingxuan almost responded to the other party, but the sudden warning broke the dancer's spell on her.

[Warning! Warning! Danger is approaching. Please move away as soon as possible.]

Zhong Bingxuan's mouth, which she had just opened, froze halfway. She wanted to pretend she didn't care and turn around and leave, but then she remembered what she had said to the nanny when she came in. Would this strange dancer have heard it?

If the dancer knew she was possessed by the former wife, it wouldn't have been right for her to leave immediately.

For safety's sake, and also to verify the authenticity of a rule, Zhong Bingxuan's eyes suddenly changed from sharp to confused, and her dignified and generous temperament became petty, as if she had transformed from a well-bred young lady into a self-conscious and sensitive little girl.

"Where am I? Wasn't I in my room getting ready? I need to get back to my room and go to sleep. Father doesn't like kids wandering around at night."

Zhong Bingxuan pretended to have just woken up, ignoring the gentle eyes of the alluring dancer in front of her, and turned to go back to her room.

Anyway, she's a poor soul possessed by the ex-wife, so it's perfectly normal for her not to understand the situation around her.

However, things were not that simple. As soon as Zhong Bingxuan opened the door, her death save-load ability was activated.

[Rewind one second, and the pain of death doubles.]

Zhong Bingxuan didn't realize anything was wrong. Suddenly, everything went black, and her consciousness returned to the moment she opened the door.

Zhong Bingxuan's first reaction was that the original owner's role-playing rules were wrong, and that the character portrait should not be ignored.

My second reaction was to close the door immediately to avoid another bizarre death in the next second.

The pain of dying and reloading this time wasn't too great, but it might be next time.

To be honest, her death was so sudden that Zhong Bingxuan had no idea how she triggered the death conditions and was killed by a strange force.

Even the death prophecy hadn't been broadcast yet, and Zhong Bingxuan was completely unaware of what happened after she pushed open the door.