For some reason, she always had a strange fear of Li Luo, especially Li Luo like this now, which frightened her even more!

Xia Linyin's heart pounded. "Li Luo, don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"

Standing in front of Xia Linyin, Li Luo raised her hand and rubbed the button on her sleeve, then suddenly leaned down.

Xia Linyin was so frightened that she fell backward. She used the rabbit to cover her face, and after a moment, she moved the rabbit down a bit, revealing a pair of clear black and white eyes.

With his arms braced beside Xia Linyin, Li Luo's eyes were unfathomable. Suddenly, he smiled at Xia Linyin, a wicked and alluring smile. "What do you think I would do to you? Hmm?"

The word "mmm" in particular is incredibly alluring.

Xia Linyin blinked but didn't say anything.

Li Luo's eyes darkened further as he reached out and removed the spider silk from Xia Linyin's hair.

Xia Linyin remained stiff until she saw the spider silk in Li Luo's hand, at which point she relaxed. It turned out that she had accidentally gotten stuck in the spider web while crawling under the bed.

Li Luo straightened up, glanced at Xia Linyin, and turned to leave. Suddenly, Xia Linyin grabbed his wrist. "Li Luo, are you a player from Zone B?"

Li Luo's gaze followed Xia Linyin's hand that was holding his to her face. "You'll find out."

Xia Linyin released Li Luo's wrist and did not continue to ask questions.

"Everyone, come quick!" came a scream from downstairs.

It's Yang Shuming's voice!

Xia Linyin quickly stood up and ran downstairs with Li Luo.

"Zhou Yu and I just found this in the maid's room."

Seeing that everyone had come over, Yang Shuming held up a blood-red candle and said.

Qin Manwen asked, "What is this?"

"There's a note underneath this candle," Yang Shuming said, passing the note around. "It says, 'This is a candle that can summon spirits; it can tell you something.'"

Xia Linyin took the note Qin Manwen handed her. The yellowed paper was written in blood, and the word "it" in particular exuded a sinister chill, making one's hair stand on end.

After glancing at the note, Xia Linyin passed it to the next person.

"What do we do now? Should we light candles?" Yang Shuming asked.

"This is definitely a trick by the murderer!" Ma Yanming sneered. "There might be a sleeping potion in the candle. Once we light the candle, the murderer can catch us all in one fell swoop!"

“Brother Ma, this castle is strange in every way. Putting aside how the murderer strangled Zhao Dahai and Tian Chunli to death on the second floor in such a short time, Xia Yao’s death is also unusual. Her neck was twisted like that, which is obviously not the work of a human.”

Qin Manwen narrowed her eyes slightly, "Only a ghost could do all this. The rumor is true; there is a ghost inside this castle!"

"That's the killer's brilliance! He killed someone and then remained uninvolved, making us believe it was a ghost!" Ma Yanming said emotionally. "If we believe it's a ghost, we've fallen into the killer's trap!"

The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat oppressive and heavy.

Xia Linyin suggested, "Let's decide by voting."

Yang Shuming nodded, "Then let's decide by vote. The minority shall obey the majority. Raise your hand if you agree to light the candles."

Ma Yanming thought that even if everyone disagreed with his point of view and believed that ghosts were the killers, they would be too scared to light candles. After all, if they believed in the existence of ghosts, they would believe that lighting candles would attract ghosts. But to his surprise, most people agreed to light candles.

"Okay, I'll light this candle now." Yang Shuming took a deep breath, picked up the lighter on the table, and lit the candle.

Everyone held their breath, watching the candles slowly rise.

Perhaps it was because of the color of the candle, but the flame emitted by this candle had a blood-red hue, making everyone's face appear as red as a ghost.

A minute passed...

Two minutes have passed...

Three minutes have passed...

Yang Shuming finally couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Did they come? Is it not working...?"

Ma Yanming scoffed, "I knew this was just a gimmick."

"Um..." Xia Linyin pointed to the chandelier above her head, "Shouldn't we turn off the lights?"

Everyone's expression changed slightly. The events that had occurred after the lights were turned off were still fresh in their minds. They obviously dared not try turning off the lights again, but they also knew in their hearts that Xia Linyin was right. With the lights on, even ghosts wouldn't come.

"Since we've decided to summon the spirit, let's do it properly. What we're doing now is just a waste of time."

Qin Manwen straightened her chest and then walked towards the entrance to turn off the lights.

The living room suddenly darkened, and everyone stared at the candle in Yang Shuming's hand, not daring to breathe.

A minute passed...

Two minutes have passed...

In the eerie living room, eight people stood closely together, the blood-red candlelight flickering on their faces, while not far behind them stood a female ghost with her head hanging low.

"Is it still not enough?" Yang Shuming asked softly, looking at the candle in his hand that was only half burning.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, Xia Linyin turned around and glanced back, then the hairs on her entire body stood on end. "They're here!"

The female ghost, dressed as a maid, stood silently with her arms hanging down, her head drooping in front of her chest as if it had no bones.

The moment Liu Wei saw the female ghost, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He opened his mouth wide, his features contorted with terror, and after a while, his body fell straight to the side.

However, everyone else's attention was focused on the female ghost, and they were just as frightened as he was, so no one noticed his unusual behavior.

The ghostly voice echoed in the living room, "Master... killed Madam, Master killed Madam..."

"Hahahaha! The master—" After a series of eerie and terrifying laughs, the female ghost raised her hand and made a gun gesture, pointing her finger at her head, "Bang! The master shot himself, he's dead, all of them are dead."

The female ghost suddenly approached the group. After several blurry figures appeared, she stood before them, saying, "You will all die. Not one of you will escape! Hahahaha!"

"Has Madam run away from home?" Xia Linyin asked anxiously.

The female ghost suddenly raised her drooping head. "Run away from home? Madam loves Master so much, how could she bear to run away from home?"

"Where is the young master? Where is the young master?"

"Young Master—"

The female ghost suddenly stopped speaking. After a while, her body began to tremble violently, and then she vanished like a wisp of smoke.

Qin Manwen glanced at Xia Linyin, and the moment their eyes met, Xia Linyin knew that Qin Manwen had figured out she was a player, just as she had figured out that Qin Manwen was a player.