Chapter 028

Cheng Hui: ...Okay, just add more money. The little banknotes in his pocket are all prepared for this.

He pretended to be generous and said, "Money is not a problem, but if I find out that you cheated me..." He clenched his fists and sneered twice.

"I dare not, I dare not. How dare I deceive the witcher..." The boss laughed.

Cheng Hui was stunned: "Do you know me?"

"Haha, the new demon hunter Mr. Cheng solved an old case that lasted for nearly thirty years on his first try. How could we not pay attention to such an outstanding young demon hunter?" The boss flattered him with a smile.

Cheng Hui looked at him thoughtfully. It seemed that... the identity that this world had created for him was still a pretty powerful figure.

"I knew that my fiancé would be an excellent person no matter where he is." Aqiu chuckled.

Cheng Hui: ...Can we not mention my fiancé?

"Wait, if you value demon hunters so much, then why..." He raised his chin in the direction of the beautiful woman in men's clothing. I'm a demon hunter too, and I don't see your attitude being much better.

The boss smiled and said, "Mr. Cheng, you should know that even though we're all demon hunters, the gap between us is sometimes even greater than the gap between humans and demons. We're businessmen, and only those who can do business with us are our customers. As for those who try to gather information through violence... hehe..."

He chuckled meaningfully twice, and Cheng Hui couldn't help but twitch his lips. He always felt that the girl in men's clothing might be cheated by the boss.

He took out the banknote neatly. In his opinion, a problem that can be solved with money is not a problem... Anyway, the banknote is not his.

Sure enough, when the boss saw the banknote, his attitude became three times better than before. He didn't dare to repeat the previous information and gave more details.

The manor was built more than ten years ago. Four workers died during the construction. Later, the first owner probably thought the house was too evil and never lived in it. He just sold it to a real estate agent. The people who actually moved in were the couple with their daughter.

At first, nothing happened. They lived there for about one or two years and nothing happened. Later, everyone regarded the incident that happened when the house was built as an accident. But unexpectedly, when they had lived there for about two and a half years, everyone found something wrong.

The couple could afford such a large manor, so they were obviously not short of money. It was said that the man seemed to be a famous painter, and his works were sought after by many people. People came to visit him every once in a while, but since when, fewer and fewer people came to visit him. Some people would stay in the town after leaving the manor. From their mouths, it was learned that the painter seemed to have become a little abnormal.

Later, the servants in their manor began to have trouble. During that period, every servant who came to the town to buy things looked worried. Later on, everyone discovered that no one seemed to come to buy for a long time.

At this point, even the most obtuse person would have realized something was amiss. With over twenty servants, plus the owner's family of three, the daily expenses for such a large manor were considerable. They used to come out every few days to buy groceries, but now they hadn't been out for so long. Unless they found another source of supply, they would starve to death.

As a result, when the incident happened, the people in the town were very worried, and even some messages were left saying that the things that appeared when the house was built had started to cause trouble again.

Later, the residents of the town could no longer bear it, so they gathered together to go and take a look at the manor. They found that the entire manor was empty, the ground was covered with dust, and the room had not been cleaned for a long time. It seemed that no one had lived there for a long time.

Everyone was terrified at the time and said that there must be an evil spirit at work that ate all those people.

But in such a huge manor, there was not a single survivor, and there was no blood or body parts. It didn't look like a murder had happened at all.

In the end, the people in the town simply worked together to lock up the manor, and this situation has continued to this day.

After listening to the boss's words, he found that paying money made a difference. At least he learned a lot of detailed information from it.

For example, the painter only had one daughter, but from beginning to end, no one had ever seen what the painter's daughter looked like.

Of course, it is normal for a lady from a wealthy family to be unwilling to show up in public, but the problem is that even the servants in the manor rarely mention their young lady, and in the more than two years that she has lived here, this young lady has never set foot out of the manor.

Cheng Hui had just observed that the dynasty he was in was not that harsh on women. When he went downstairs, he saw from the window that there were many young girls walking on the street in the town. That is to say, even if they were ladies from wealthy families, it was normal for them to go out for a walk, but the painter's daughter had never shown up.

If the townspeople who were watching had not seen a ten-year-old girl wearing a veil getting off a carriage on the day he moved in, some people would probably have doubted that this daughter did not exist.

Apart from his daughter who strangely never showed up, the painter's wife also seemed to be frail and sickly, but at least she would show up occasionally. Sometimes, when some wealthy people in the town brought their families to visit the painter, she would also come forward to entertain them.

As for the servants in the manor, there is not much to say. They were all brought by the painter himself and lived in the manor on weekdays. They were not very familiar with the townspeople. However, according to the boss and others' investigation after the incident, it seemed that someone saw a trafficker delivering people to the manor. As for whether it was buying or selling people, it is hard to say.

Cheng Hui not only had a new respect for this boss, but also thought that this boss was quite capable as he could even find out such secret information.

After paying some money, Cheng Hui was very satisfied with the information he received.

"What do you think?" In just a short while, he seemed to have gotten used to Aqiu's presence and started communicating with him directly.

The gorgeous young man, who existed somewhere in his consciousness, slowly raised the corners of his lips, and his plump red lips parted slightly: "I think... you can take a closer look at the letter."

"Hmm?" A letter written by my 'friend'?

He returned to the room and rechecked the letter. The content of the letter can be divided into three parts. The first part is Li Ying's description of his longing for each other after a long separation. The second part is an invitation to Cheng Hui to stay in his newly purchased manor. The third part mentions that some strange things seem to have happened in his manor and hopes that Cheng Hui can help take a look.

Cheng Hui looked at it for a long time but couldn't see anything wrong, but he just felt something was wrong. Until A Qiu reminded him: "Don't you think his tone is too relaxed when he describes the strange things?"

"Huh? Doesn't he act very scared?" Cheng Hui felt that Li Ying's words revealed the word fear between the lines.

Ah Qiu chuckled. "If I were an ordinary person and encountered something strange, I would definitely be very scared. When I asked my friend for help, I would definitely use a long sentence to describe the horror of the manor instead of reminiscing about the past with you."

Cheng Hui suddenly realized that this was just like when an ordinary person calls the police, they would definitely tell what happened to them first instead of chatting with the operator on the other end of the phone.

"You mean... this letter wasn't written by my friend, but was used by someone else to deceive me?"

"That may not be the case." A Qiu said calmly: "Maybe your friend has bad intentions towards you and wants to trick you into coming here to die."

Cheng Hui: ...No, it can’t be that cruel, right?

But looking at the letter in his hand and thinking about how horrible the manor was described by his boss, he suddenly felt unsure.

"Okay, don't think too much. No matter what, you have to go to the manor first. Don't worry, I will always be with you." Aqiu said with a smile.

"That's right." Cheng Hui also agreed. No matter what was hidden behind this incident, he had to go there to find out what was going on.

He looked at the sky. It was already morning when he appeared here. It didn't take him too much time to find the boss to inquire about the news. He simply left the inn and went directly to the manor.

When he was going out, he met the waiter. Seeing that he was going out, the waiter cleverly brought his mount over.

Cheng Hui: ...I actually still have a horse...

Cheng Hui felt a little insecure looking at the black horse. Riding a horse was a high-level skill that was clearly beyond the reach of an ordinary college student like him, so... what was he to do?

Otherwise, why not just ride it first?

He looked at the horse and felt it seemed very docile, so he gritted his teeth, stepped on the stirrups and climbed on.

Then... his body adjusted its posture consciously and he jumped out on his horse.

Cheng Hui: ...Fuck!

While riding his horse at full speed, Cheng Hui was still a little confused. His technique was quite proficient. Could it be that this was an ability directly given to him by this world?

Never mind the details.

He rode for half an hour and saw a house looming in the woods in the distance.

“Whoa—”

He dismounted and walked to the gate, only to find it already open. He paused, then knocked hard on the door, but there was no response.

According to that mission, his good friend Li Ying should have disappeared, so... who opened this door?

He thought about it, led the horse into the manor, walked around the screen wall, and saw three people standing in the front yard.

One of these three people was very familiar to him. She was the beautiful woman in men's clothing who had provoked him in the inn. The other two were: one wearing black armor, with deep eyebrows and high eyes, and an iron plate hanging on his waist with the words "Jing Yao" written on it. The other one was an old monk with a kind face.

Cheng Hui's entry immediately attracted the attention of the three people.

The beautiful woman in men's clothing tutted her words, a look of disgust on her face. The man from the Demon Suppression Division had a blank expression on his face. Only the old monk greeted him with a smile.

Cheng Hui: ...Oh, it turns out I have teammates.

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