When Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian returned to the Yun Mansion, Luo Mansu frowned and said, "How could you just run away like that? It's too dangerous!"
Xiao Tangqiu stopped Tang Mianmian who wanted to speak and smiled at Luo Mansu: "We were wrong. We will be more careful next time."
"You must be more careful next time! This place is different from our old world. It's full of dangers. If you're not careful, you could lose your head!" Luo Mansu warned Xiao Tangqiu sternly. He quickly changed the subject, "Did you see anything unusual when you went out? Where's Yang Bing? Is he dead?"
Xiao Tangqiu picked out some of the things that had just happened, including the river full of corpses, Yang Bing who was burned to death, and the paper man who chased him halfway.
"You met that paper man again? How did you avoid it this time?" Luo Mansu looked at Xiao Tangqiu suspiciously.
Xiao Tangqiu concealed the matter of the jade pendant and only said that he and Tang Mianmian ran all the way back and got rid of the paper mannequin.
Luo Mansu's eyes were a little suspicious, but he didn't ask any more questions. He just breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, you are fine, otherwise two people would have been killed in vain. We haven't even finished searching the Yun Mansion yet!"
Xiao Tangqiu said calmly, "Based on my speculation, I think if we want to complete this mission, we must stop the wedding tonight!"
Luo Mansu looked puzzled: "Isn't this natural? Is there any need for speculation?"
Xiao Tangqiu: "...Huh?"
"Ahem," Luo Mansu noticed Xiao Tangqiu's embarrassed expression and rubbed his bald head. "Actually, this mission has plenty of hints. After all, it's just a D-rank mission of the lowest difficulty. Once you've completed a few more missions and gained experience, you'll basically be able to guess the final answer based on the various hints..."
Xiao Tangqiu couldn't help but blush: "Then let's stop talking nonsense and quickly search the Yun Mansion separately!"
Luo Mansu nodded, assigned some tasks to him, and left with the twin sisters.
Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian set off in opposite directions.
On the way, Tang Mianmian couldn't help but ask, "What did he mean by D-level mission? Are there also A-level and B-level missions?"
Xiao Tangqiu thought for a moment and said, "That should be the case."
"Damn it! This D-level mission is so difficult, how much more abnormal must those A-level missions be?" Tang Mianmian looked depressed. "We almost died several times on the lowest difficulty level. If it was an A-level mission, two weaklings like us wouldn't survive more than three seconds!"
Xiao Tangqiu laughed dryly: "I am the only weakling fighting against the weaklings. Please expel yourself from this group, thank you."
"I'm not much better than you. I'm just a weakling. For those bosses, I'm probably not enough for them to swallow in one bite..."
Xiao Tangqiu sighed. He knew that, but what could he do? He could click the cross if he didn't want to watch a horror movie, or quit a horror game if he didn't want to play it, but for this kind of real-life game... he really wanted to know where the exit button was!
The two searched the places they hadn't searched yesterday, but found nothing.
Not to mention a locked door, there wasn't even a padlocked box. Xiao Tangqiu had a key but couldn't find the hole.
"I finally know what's even worse than finding the door but not the key in a horror game," he said quietly to the key, "that's finding the key but not being able to find the door that requires it."
"...Actually, both are equally bad," Tang Mianmian interjected. "How about we look for more? Maybe there's somewhere we haven't found, like a secret door or a tunnel? Isn't that how it's portrayed on TV?"
Xiao Tangqiu made a quick decision: "Keep looking! Anyway, before the wedding tonight... we must find it!"
The two rolled up their sleeves and continued their search. This time, they looked specifically in corners and crevices, trying to find some secret door. Whenever they saw something suspicious like a vase, they would pick it up and examine it for a long time.
However, until it was completely dark, they still found nothing.
The two men almost collapsed on the ground due to exhaustion, but mental exhaustion was worse than physical exhaustion. Xiao Tangqiu frowned and looked at the key in his hand: "What does this key open... I have a bad feeling." He could find the key but couldn't find a place to use it. He would rather have never found the key. This feeling as if he had missed something important made him feel very bad.