The coveted props were all tossed aside by Sheh like trash to Shi Jinzhe, who was guarding the door, with the words, "Here you go~"

Shi Jinzhe hurriedly accepted the various odds and ends, saying, "Thank you, I'm so honored."

He put everything into his prop backpack and began to examine them one by one.

Item: [Color-Changing Paper Doll] (Permanent Item)

Effect: When the pure white paper doll encounters a dungeon boss, it will change color to warn of danger.

Green: No danger.

Yellow: You can hit it.

Red: Half-dead.

Black: Get ready to collect the corpse.

Item: [Compressed Fructose] x62

Effect: One pill keeps you full for three hours; eat one and you'll have no worries.

Item: [Exorcising Yellow Talisman] x2

Effect: Produced by the store; the kill effect depends on the monster's level; it is nullified upon burning.

Item: [Protective Yellow Talisman] x4

Effect: Produced by the store; defensive effect depends on the monster's level; becomes useless after burning.

Item: [Stolen Stabilizing Potion] x1

Effect: Immersing weapons in this substance grants permanent reinforcement and a 20% damage bonus. (Because it was stolen, the effect is weakened.)

Item: [Cursed Red Thread] (Permanent Item)

Effect: A two-player item. If one player enters a near-death state, a life-absorbing mechanism will be passively triggered until the near-death player is out of danger. (The absorption cannot be paused once it begins; please use with caution.)

Item: [A complete apple peel] x1

Effect: After use, the luck value in this game will increase by 30%.

Item: [Magical Butterfly] x1

Effect: Introduces an unpredictable factor that steers the situation in an unpredictable direction, which could be the best or the worst outcome. Please use this item with caution.

Besides these unfamiliar items, there are several speed-up and power-up items, as well as a card knife and a corn bomb.

I found the card knife yesterday. It has a blade in the form of a card and is a one-time use item. It is not very dangerous, but it is lightweight and will not attract attention.

"What a bumper harvest!"

Putting everything else aside, those six yellow talismans alone require several games to accumulate points in the shop.

Adding in the dozens of compressed candies, the reinforcement potion, and the lucky apple peel, Shi Jinzhe suddenly had the illusion of being kept by a rich woman.

I used to think that only I could be truly reliable, but now I realize that was a narrow-minded view.

This is what comfort is all about.

Shi Jinzhe called out to Shehe and put a piece of compressed fructose to Shehe's mouth, "Open your mouth."

Sher flicked his tongue forward and tasted a sweet flavor, somewhat like grapes. He bit into the crisp outer shell and found it burst with juice inside.

"tasty."

"If it's delicious, you can have it all."

Sher didn't take the handful of candies offered to him. Instead, he picked a pink one from Shi Jinzhe's palm, peeled it open, and found it to be peach-flavored, sweet and delicious.

"There are no pockets left, you can take the rest back."

She bit into the candy, walked to the door of 402, and knocked.

Meng Chengxi had only been back for five minutes, and had just lay down, not wanting to move, when he asked Xiao Fang to open the door.

Six o'clock in the morning.

The four people pieced together all the known clues.

That lying ghost is probably Manager Zhang's boyfriend. He was gagged with a red thread when he died, which means he must have offended someone in a verbal dispute.

Shi Jinzhe: "As an editor at the publishing house, I don't know if he has anything to do with the book published by Wang Luan. Rumor has it that Wang Luan was the one who tried to reconcile them, so the two of them probably don't get along too badly. If he has a good relationship with Wang Luan, then he must have some disagreements with Manager Zhang."

Xiao Fang didn't understand: "But no matter what, they are mother and daughter, their relationship should be better than that of an outsider."

“That’s not necessarily true,” Shi Jinzhe said meaningfully. “Some parents and children get along like enemies.”

He picked up a pen and paper from the bedside table. "Come on, let's use the existing clues to start using our imaginations."

"I'll go first." Meng Chengxi began to connect the clues based on his years of experience watching melodramatic dramas.

"I guess Zhang Anguo couldn't control his lust and took advantage of the widow and her child in the hotel. Then, Manager Zhang's ex-boyfriend spread the story as a hot topic, which is why we heard the wrong version."

Among those who heard this must have been Lu Xiaohui, who had helped her friend and then this happened. Coupled with her husband's years of infidelity, she could no longer tolerate it and killed Zhang Anguo and Wang Luan.

The ex-boyfriend's death was likely a revenge killing by Manager Zhang; if his mouth wasn't sealed, then he'd sew it shut.

As for those amulet coins downstairs... I think Lu Xiaohui put them there because she was worried something might happen to the hotel. Well... that's all for now.

"Then let me share my thoughts." Xiao Fang sat up straight, like a well-behaved student answering a teacher's question.

"I think it was Wang Luan's years of educational oppression that prevented Manager Zhang from experiencing maternal love, while Lu Xiaohui, who had no children of her own, wanted a daughter like Manager Zhang. So, in order to make Manager Zhang her own child, she killed Wang Luan."

Later, she discovered that her husband had assaulted Manager Zhang. Overwhelmed with love for her daughter, she killed Zhang Anguo as well. Otherwise, why couldn't she tolerate this infidelity now, after enduring so many years and most of her life?

Shi Jin jotted down the key points and asked Xiao Fang, "Anything else?"

"Yes, I think my ex-boyfriend was silenced by Lu Xiaohui because he told Manager Zhang about him."

No matter what, Wang Luan was her mother. She was murdered by Lu Xiaohui's scheme, so Manager Zhang would definitely hate her. I think she was lying in wait at the hotel to seek revenge on Lu Xiaohui.

Furthermore, if Wang Luan and her ex-boyfriend had issues, wasn't Manager Zhang afraid of walking around the hallway dressed like that in the middle of the night?

As Shi Jinzhe wrote and drew, he asked, "So you think that only her closest and dearest loved ones died, which is why Manager Zhang dared to live so boldly here?"

Xiao Fang nodded shyly as she watched his movements.

He thought to himself, "Why is Shi Jinzhe acting like a teacher, writing and drawing and circling key points? It's making me nervous."

"Does anyone else have something to say, Shekh?"

Shekh was almost asleep from their talking, but when he heard them calling him, he forced himself to stay awake and said:

"I don't have any particular thoughts. I just feel it's a pity about Manager Zhang. According to you, if she had my abilities, wouldn't she have been spared such misery?"

"With your abilities?" Shi Jinzhe stopped writing, having grasped a spark of inspiration.

"Yes, that way she can fight back if she gets bullied."

Shi Jinzhe's brain suddenly had a flash of inspiration because of this sentence, "Kill back!" He suddenly realized where the awkward part of this dungeon was!

They have always assumed that the dead are the victims, the ones who have been harmed.

But what if they aren't?

In every possible interpretation, Manager Zhang is the victim for whom no fault can be found.

She may have been violently bullied by Zhang Anguo, oppressed by her mother for many years, slandered by her ex-boyfriend, and coveted by Lu Xiaohui.

Of the four people who hurt her, three are now dead and one is crippled.

Why can't this be a perfect example of a victim successfully fighting back against their perpetrator?

A deceased wife—who says a deceased wife is necessarily a good wife?