"It looks like it's me..."
At this moment, another male team member walked out with a pale face and his hand raised.
He was timid to begin with, and especially after hearing the terrified screams of his teammates at the bottom of the well, he felt that this task was not as simple as just opening the door.
Can you do it?
Seeing this, the team leader patted him on the shoulder with concern and asked.
Realizing they had already come this far, and that they couldn't let the live stream be interrupted because of their own cowardice, the male team member swallowed hard and nodded.
"I can do it!"
Knowing that he was the most timid member of the team, the others' eyes reddened as they cheered him on.
"Keep going, you can do it! We're here with you."
The male team member nodded, took the key and lantern, and then opened the lock with trembling hands.
After the lock was opened, the boy band members pushed open the door and boldly went inside.
As the door behind them slammed shut, cries for help suddenly came from inside the room.
This is not just a dialogue between NPCs, but a real performance.
"Please, please let me go!"
"No, no!"
The woman's pitiful cries for help reached their ears, accompanied by the sound of clothes being torn.
The boy band members were trembling with anger as they looked at the man who was pinning the woman to the ground and humiliating her. They were about to step forward and pull the man away when they suddenly stopped in their tracks.
He hadn't forgotten that he was now only in God's-eye view; everything that had happened before him was already in the past, and the maid Xiuzhi had already committed suicide.
The next second, the man's furious voice rang out: "Damn it, you bitch, how dare you bite me!"
"I'll strangle you to death!"
After saying that, he grabbed the woman's neck with both hands.
The woman struggled violently in despair, but the disparity in strength between men and women eventually led to her exhaustion. With her last bit of strength, she grabbed something and threw it toward the male group members.
The boy band member looked down and saw a jade pendant, the very same jade pendant he had come in looking for.
At the same time, the woman's hand fell limply to her side.
"Dizzy? Fine, let me have my fun first. By tomorrow, you'll have no choice but to marry me!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The story ended there, and the room fell into darkness once again.
The boy band members stared intently at the jade pendant on the ground, and finally gritted their teeth, bent down, and picked up the prop.
He never imagined that Xiuzhi had been choked unconscious by a man and forced into sexual relations, and that she couldn't bear it after waking up...
With heavy hearts, the boy band members walked towards the door.
At the same time, Xiuzhi's desperate voice echoed from inside the room.
"How could you do this to me... It was all a lie, I trusted you so much, and you..."
"I will not let you get away with this!"
Then came the sound of a stool being kicked over and overturned on the ground.
A scene involuntarily flashed through the minds of the boy band members, causing them to clench their fists.
Inside the cold woodshed, Xiuzhi, a maid who had discovered that her chastity had been defiled, heard the joyous sounds of the wedding ceremony being completed and the bride being led to the bridal chamber outside, and her heart sank into despair.
Finally, filled with resentment and bitterness, he chose to hang himself in the woodshed.
The people outside the door also heard the commotion inside, and they weren't in a good mood either.
So, is it Xiuzhi's ghost seeking revenge in the background?
After the male team member pushed open the door and came out, he handed the jade pendant he had in his hand to Tu Hengchuan.
"Brother Chuan, you keep it safe. I don't know what this jade pendant is for."
At this moment, the surrounding fog seemed to grow thicker and thicker, and at the same time, the wind picked up, as if Xiuzhi had returned with the resentment of the dead.
The group felt a chill run down their spines and huddled together around Tu Hengchuan.
This escape room was quite fun, but I won't play it again next time.
"What does the son-in-law want us to do in the front hall?"
"Don't you know? Last night, Ah Niu was found hanged in the woodshed..."
"Huh? That's weird. Wasn't the woodshed locked? Where did he get the key...?"
In the days following Xiuzhi's death, various rumors circulated in the mansion, disturbing Xue Rongmei's peace of mind.
For several days in a row, he locked himself in his room and had nightmares every night about Xiuzhi coming to take his life. His mental state deteriorated day by day.
It wasn't until the door to the woodshed was wide open that the servants of the mansion saw Ah Niu's body, which had been hanged inside.
Ziqiu looked at the group of servants kneeling in front of him and said, "These past two days, Xiuzhi has caused panic in the manor. Don't be afraid, everyone. I have spent a lot of money to invite a master to perform a ritual here."
Not long after Ziqiu's voice fell, an old voice came.
"Son-in-law, you must do justice for my son! His body has disappeared..."
"What!"
Noc's conversation stopped there. The conversation had been somewhat disorganized, but Su Ping and the others had managed to glean a few key pieces of information.
Miss Xue Rongmei of the Xue family has gone mad; Ah Niu hanged himself in the woodshed and his body has disappeared...
So what should we do now?
Just when the group was at their wits' end, the conversation started again.
"Young master, a man has arrived at the gate of the mansion. He claims to be the master you invited!"
"What? Please come in quickly!"
At the same time, an unfamiliar male voice rang out.
"Son-in-law, the current problem is a bit tricky..."
"The maid Xiuzhi died with her eyes wide open, and her ghost has not yet dispersed. There is only one way to restore peace to the manor..."
"What?"
Where is the body of the person who hanged himself?
The conversation abruptly ended again. Su Ping and Tu Hengchuan looked at each other, realizing that their current task should be to find A Niu's body.
But with no clue, where should they begin their search?
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"Xiuzhi, no! Don't come any closer!"
Suddenly, the lights came on in the other room, and through the silhouette of the window, you could see a disheveled woman frantically banging on the window.
"She's here to take my life! Let me out! Someone, let me out!"
Su Ping couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that Xue Rongmei had indeed gone mad, just as the rumors in the mansion had said.
After the NPC finished performing, the room returned to darkness.
At the same time, another conversation broke out: "Have you noticed lately that the well water you draw always has a strange smell...?"
"Yes, it looks like something is rotting inside. Could there be dead rats or stray cats inside?"
Upon hearing these two sentences, Su Ping and Tu Hengchuan's eyes widened simultaneously, and they walked towards the dry well without prior arrangement.
But they discovered that the ladder that was originally placed in the well was gone.
At the same time, the sound of conversation resumed.
"Young master, we've found Ah Niu's body! It's in the well!"
"But for some reason, that well..."
The servant paused at this point, his tone filled with fear.
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