Chapter 62 Settling the score slowly

Wearing the golden mask, Jiang Liyue went upstairs. Before she even reached the room deep inside the second floor, she smelled a pungent stench of blood.

Blood flowed down the stairs, spreading throughout the entire second-floor corridor.

Jiang Liyue looked up the stairs and saw a huge corpse lying in a pool of blood.

The corpse was unlike any other strange creature Jiang Liyue had ever seen; it was so large that it almost took up the entire corridor.

It was clearly the corpse of "one person," but its swollen skin contained a jumble of messy internal organs and limbs, as if a mountain of corpses had grown out of its flesh.

Inside the "mountain of corpses," there were more than a dozen human heads, each in a different state of decay. Jiang Liyue recognized the newest one as Yuan Le!

I don't know what he went through in such a short time to become like this.

At the very center of the head, Jiang Liyue recognized that it was the villa owner in the photo.

His expression was ferocious, and he had now completely closed his eyes.

A steady stream of blood is spreading from beneath the mountain of corpses.

Even the weirdos in the live stream couldn't stand it: "What is this thing? It's a disgrace to us weirdos!"

[Hey, stop giving me these close-ups in the live stream! I can't even finish my meal!]

What I want to see is bloody, raw human flesh, not these grotesque monsters.

Ugh, ugh, I absolutely refuse to believe this is weird!

"It's disgusting, isn't it?" Ji Lin slowly walked out from the shadow of the mountain of corpses, a sarcastic smile on her face.

Jiang Liyue nodded seriously: "A little."

Even she felt a little disgusted by such a scene.

Ji Lin's expression grew even more sorrowful: "But he is my father."

She stepped through the blood on the ground and slowly walked to Jiang Liyue's side, still wearing that familiar watch on her wrist.

"You should have found a clue about my identity by now, right?"

Jiang Liyue did not deny it: "Yes."

Jiang Liyue knew Ji Lin's identity from the moment she saw the photo of the villa's original owner.

"Actually, he wasn't like this at the beginning. In my memory, he was the best father."

“Me, my mother, my brother, and my younger brother, our family was so happy,” Ji Lin said, wiping her eyes. “But he ruined everything.”

Ji Lin told Jiang Liyue a story.

It all started when her father received a bowl of blood from a thousand years ago.

"So the blood and the golden mask were actually what he originally obtained?" Jiang Liyue asked, seizing the opportunity.

“Yes.” Ji Lin glanced at the golden mask on Jiang Liyue’s shoulder before continuing, “He gained his magical power from that blood.”

He firmly believed that the blood could grant him immortality and began collecting other artifacts with magical effects.

"Later, more and more strange things appeared in the house. My mother was very scared, my brother became quiet, and my father gradually went crazy." Ji Lin slowly recalled everything from her childhood, her expression sorrowful.

Later, the man went completely mad, turning into a real monster and killing everyone. Ji Lin witnessed all of this but escaped by hiding in the basement.

She lost her childhood memories when she was rescued due to a traumatic experience and was adopted and raised by others.

But she always had strange dreams, which invariably ended in a crimson glow.

"It wasn't until Lu Zhuokai invited me and I saw the watch on his wrist that I gradually regained some of my memories from back then."

As Ji Lin spoke, she raised her hand to reveal the watch she had taken from Lu Zhuokai.

He had visited Blood Moon Villa with Hou Wu beforehand and inadvertently obtained a watch belonging to the villa's owner, which triggered Ji Lin's memories.

“I want to come back and see this place, the place of my nightmares, and also find out from Lu Zhuokai where he got the watch.” Ji Lin paused as she spoke, her eyes turning to hatred and anger as she looked at the mountain of corpses.

"I'm going to kill him!"

This was no longer her father, but a terrifying monster who had taken many lives, and only by killing him could all this evil be put to an end.

Jiang Liyue has always been more patient with girls, especially since Ji Lin is a pretty girl.

She listened silently to her story, then tilted her head and asked curiously:

"So you killed her?"

Upon hearing this question, Ji Lin looked at Jiang Liyue with a strange expression, then slowly shook her head: "No..."

Before she arrived, she searched everywhere for masters who were said to be able to exorcise ghosts and kill monsters, and bought many props.

But when she saw the real monster, she was still startled.

Before she could even act, someone appeared and took care of the monster.

“It’s your husband.” Ji Lin recalled the man’s cold gaze as he looked at her, his wild, beast-like red pupils sending chills down her spine.

She thought she was going to die with the monster, but to her surprise, the monster just did something to the corpse and then turned and left.

Their steps were even somewhat hurried.

Thinking of this, Ji Lin couldn't help but shrink back, her face filled with fear: "Be careful, I think your husband is a bit strange..."

Not only because of his beast-like scarlet pupils, but also because Ji Lin saw him take a drop of blood from the monster's corpse.

That drop of blood merged directly into Zhou Yulin's skin.

"I think he is very likely..." not human.

Before Ji Lin could finish speaking, her pupils suddenly dilated as she looked behind Jiang Liyue.

As if sensing something, before Jiang Liyue could turn around, her eyes were covered from behind.

A cold breath brushed past her ear, and it was Zhou Yulin's deep, husky voice: "Yueyue, didn't you say you would wait for me obediently?"

"Husband." Jiang Liyue said sweetly as before, then turned and threw herself into his arms, grabbing his hands that were covering her eyes and pulling them away.

She seemed completely oblivious to the dangerous aura emanating from Zhou Yulin.

Her beautiful eyes sparkled and glistened as she looked at him: "Look what I found for you!"

As she spoke, she gestured to the golden mask on her shoulder, which seemed particularly excited and tried to rub against Zhou Yulin.

But after being given a cold glance by him, it instantly shrank back like a quail and remained perched on Jiang Liyue's shoulder.

Waaaaah, it's been so long, and my master is still just as terrifying.

It wants a new owner, a new owner who's sweet, soft, and affectionate, hmph!

Zhou Yulin noticed that the golden mask deliberately rubbed against Jiang Liyue's cheek, and reached out with his large, well-defined hand to grasp the mask.

The mask visibly brightened with joy.

Hehehe, its owner still loves it. Now that it's looking for a new owner, it's getting anxious, isn't it?

Indeed, no one can resist the allure of the Great Mask!

The golden mask swayed smugly, about to spin around arrogantly, when Zhou Yulin mercilessly pinched it—

With a whoosh, it was thrown into the darkness.

Then he bent down and picked Jiang Liyue up with one hand, while repeatedly stroking her cheek where the mask had rubbed against her face with the other hand.

"Isn't that your mask?" Jiang Liyue blinked twice hesitantly.

Zhou Yulin narrowed his eyes and looked at Jiang Liyue dangerously: "So you deliberately ran away from me because of it?"

Jiang Liyue was speechless: Is this something you can be jealous of?

Zhou Yulin seemed to understand her expression, and continued with a half-smile, "Wife, let's settle the score when we get back..."

The golden mask behind him lay on the ground, still somewhat dazed.