Ma Yanming's face was covered in sweat, looking like he had been struck by lightning. What was happening before his eyes had shattered his understanding of the world. He had sworn that there were no ghosts in this world, yet just a candle had summoned a ghost.

He staggered backward, his heel tripping over Liu Wei, who was lying motionless on the ground.

"Liu Wei!"

Upon hearing Ma Yanming's voice, everyone quickly looked over and saw Liu Wei lying stiffly on the ground with his eyes wide open.

What happened to Liu Wei?

Ma Yanming reached out a finger and checked under Liu Wei's nose. His finger trembled, and Ma Yanming's voice trembled as he said, "Liu Wei isn't breathing..."

"What?! Liu Wei is dead?" Yang Shuming was shocked, followed by a wave of fear. Liu Wei had died in just a short while, his body lying beside them. What if it had been him instead of Liu Wei who had just died?

"Was it the ghost who did it?" Qin Manwen frowned, also shocked by Liu Wei's death.

Li Luo glanced at Liu Wei's corpse and said indifferently, "He was scared to death."

An eerie silence fell over the living room for a moment, then Qin Manwen's voice broke it, "Xia Linyin, what did you mean by asking if Madam had run away from home?"

Xia Linyin sighed. To be honest, the question she asked wasn't very clever. Just as the female ghost approached, she didn't have time to think too much and blurted out the doubt in her heart that didn't match her guess.

However, if she directly asks the female ghost who the ghost is, the ghost might not give an answer to such a crucial question. She just disappeared after asking the young master, so it seems they will have to analyze and deduce it themselves.

Xia Linyin shared her previous findings and analysis. After listening to Xia Linyin, Yang Shuming pondered, "Although the lady did not run away from home, the story could be like this: a loving couple, because of something, their love turned to hatred. During the argument, the angry husband accidentally killed his wife. After realizing what had happened, the husband, in unbearable pain, committed suicide. However, because his obsession was too deep, his soul remained in this castle. Therefore, the ghost is the man in the painting."

Following Yang Shuming's gaze, everyone looked at the man in the oil painting. Whether it was psychological or not, they felt that the man in the painting was staring straight at them with a strange and cold gaze.

"Where is the child?" Qin Manwen asked, frowning. She hadn't forgotten that when Xia Linyin asked about the young master, the female ghost hesitated, then trembled violently and disappeared. If it wasn't a coincidence, there was clearly something wrong here.

“Child…” Yang Shuming stroked his chin. “In general, if there are relatives, the child will be sent to their home to be raised; if there are no relatives, the child will be sent to an orphanage.”

“No.” Xia Linyin shook her head. “I previously deduced that the ghost was the husband because I thought that the husband had lived alone for a period of time, which would leave traces of a man’s life. I thought that the person who left these traces was a person, but Yang Shuming thought it was a ghost.”

“Yes, that’s right.” Yang Shuming looked at Xia Linyin in confusion. “The one living here is a ghost. Her husband is actually dead, but perhaps he thinks he is still alive, so he acts like a normal person.”

“If that’s the case, the toothbrush and cup shouldn’t be dry.” Xia Linyin shook her head and looked at everyone. “I previously speculated that the toothbrush was used by the husband before he died, and since no one used it after he died, the toothbrush would naturally dry. But the female ghost told us that the wife never left home, which means that the husband never lived alone.”

“Oh, I understand what you mean.” Yang Shuming suddenly realized. “I speculate that the traces of living alone were left by a ghost, that is, after her husband died, she still put on her shoes and went out, brushed her teeth and washed her face. If the toothbrush was used by the ghost, then the ghost has been in the castle all this time, and the toothbrush could not be dry.”

Qin Manwen crossed her arms. "A ghost might not necessarily use water to brush its teeth. After all, it's a soul after death. Maybe it's just putting on a show."

"But if it's all just for show, then there shouldn't be mud on the soles of the shoes."

Xia Linyin rubbed her temples, feeling that her brain cells were not enough. It seemed that this game was more about reasoning, but she was given a body with a cold.

Her head was a complete mess, and it was throbbing with a throbbing pain.

"Who exactly is that ghost?" Yang Shuming scratched his hair in frustration. "What should we do now?"

"Let's keep looking for clues. We just found a candle; there might be other important items as well."

Realizing she had misspoke, Qin Manwen quickly added, "I meant, other items that could provide us with clues."

There are still too many unresolved questions, such as what caused the master and mistress to sleep in separate rooms, what exactly caused the loving couple to quarrel, and who is staying in the room upstairs with the sexy clothes hanging there?

"Actually, I have another guess, but I don't know if it's right," Xia Linyin said hesitantly.

"It's alright, Lin Yin. Feel free to share your thoughts, whether they're right or wrong, put them aside for now," Yang Shuming encouraged.

"The maid only told us that the master killed the madam and the master committed suicide, but she didn't say when this happened. What if this happened more than ten years ago?"

Xia Linyin said, "If this had happened more than ten years ago, the man living in the castle would very likely have been the young master when he grew up."

Yang Shuming clapped his hands. "That makes sense! And the ghost is the father or mother after death!"

As if inspired by Xia Linyin, Yang Shuming became more and more excited as he spoke, "Young Master lived alone in the castle, but he's grown up and is about to get married, so naturally he can't live in the castle anymore. So he moved out of the castle. Hey, hey, hey! Where are you going? I haven't finished yet!"

During the thorough search, the second important item was quickly found: Xia Linyin found a diary under the mattress of the children's bed.

Seven people were crammed into the children's room, all eyes fixed on the diary in Xia Linyin's hands.

Xia Linyin opened the diary, and neat handwriting was written on the yellowed paper.

"Dad brought someone home from outside, and Mom was very angry."

"Ever since that person came, Dad and Mom have been arguing every day."

“My mother often hugs me and cries, and I don’t understand why she’s crying.”

"Dad went on a long trip, and Mom locked up the people Dad brought back."

“The screams coming from the basement every night terrified me. I couldn’t sleep at all, but there was no one to sit by my bedside and tell me stories to lull me to sleep anymore.”