Chapter 182 [(*^▽^*)]
As the young master Xue Qian, he naturally had his own room. In other words, the remaining people who followed Xue Qian had to share a room in groups of three.
Soon the courtyard fell silent. Around dusk, a few girls came into the courtyard carrying vegetable baskets.
"Guests, dinner is ready!"
The players who were staying in the room came out one by one, took their share and went inside, not intending to eat outside.
Zhou Feng patted Xue Rui on the shoulder, and the two of them went outside, where they met Fang Hong and Ding Baishuang who came out.
All the food was portioned out according to the number of people, so each person only needed to take one portion.
Xue Qian certainly couldn't come out to get it himself, so some people asked their roommates to help them take it in. Before long, there weren't many people left in the courtyard.
Only a few pretty girls were tidying up their baskets.
Zhou Feng suddenly called out to the one who was walking the slowest, "Hey, um... wait a minute."
She turned to look at Zhou Feng, "Is there something you need, Uncle?"
Zhou Feng: "I just wanted to ask, what's fun to do in this village? Or what's strange about it? We're planning to wander around and see what's happening, so I'd like you to recommend something."
Her eyes darted around, and then she said, "Fun? The mountains near the village are all very safe. It's fine to go up and play, and you can even pick mushrooms. This is the perfect time to pick mushrooms!"
"As for the village... as you've seen, there's nothing fun to do there."
Fang Hong, "We'd like to visit the Lin family, but we don't know..."
The girl frowned slightly. "The Lin family... The master of the Lin family seems to be quite easy to talk to, but I don't know the specifics of whether or not I can go, since I've never seen anyone visit them before."
"They're usually people I know, or people I've arranged to meet beforehand, so..."
Fang Hong: "Oh, thank you. By the way, what's your name?"
She smiled and said, "I'm Wang Chunhe, you can just call me Xiaohe."
Wang Chunhe left quickly, and Fang Hong, watching her retreating figure, remarked, "What a beautiful girl! She's even prettier than Xi Shi or Diao Chan from TV dramas!"
Ding Baishuang remarked, "She does have a beautiful smile, it seems a bit of a waste to only have her in this small village."
Zhou Feng said, "Rather than a waste, it's more like she's out of place. None of the girls who came with her were even a tenth as pretty as her. I have a feeling that it might be related to our mission."
Fang Hong, "Keep an eye on it afterward?"
Xue Rui said, "Let's go back to our room first, and come out again tonight."
Everyone returned to their rooms. Xue Rui and Zhou Feng ate their fill after returning to their rooms, and then lay down on their beds to rest. After all, they were going out that night and might stay up all night, so they naturally needed to conserve their energy.
Lin Leyou turned his back to Zhou Feng and took out his phone. When he saw the message Lin Leyou had sent him, the corner of his mouth curled up slightly.
Lin Leyou's message was roughly that he had arrived at this instance, but they couldn't meet for the time being. He would naturally appear in front of him when the opportunity came.
Xue Rui smiled slightly and replied, "Then I'll wait for Brother Lin to come find me."
As the sun gradually set, Lin Leyou looked at the dim sunlight before him and, after confirming that there was indeed no one around, deactivated his talent.
He held his hand out into the sun and actually got burned. He quickly pulled his hand back, leaving a slight burn on his previously pale skin.
The burn healed in a few seconds, so it seems he really can't be in the sun. From now on, he'll have to do his dirty work at night.
He once again activated his innate talent, took out his phone to check the message he had just received, and then smiled as he put the phone back in his backpack.
The system only says that items in the backpack cannot be used, but it doesn't say that you can't use a mobile phone. A mobile phone is not an item; it's just a mobile phone.
In the short time it took to check my phone, the dim sunlight that had been in the courtyard had vanished, and the distant sun had completely disappeared into the clouds, slowly setting.
Night has fallen; it's time to stir things up.
Lin Leyou hasn't yet experienced the destructive power of his talent after it's been deactivated. He'll go find Lin Yangxu and see how he reacts when he encounters a vengeful ghost.
Lin Yangxu is currently having a meal, and he is having a meal with a beautiful woman in his own room. There are only the two of them in the room, and they are doing *that* while they are eating.
Lin Leyou's lips twitched. He was really hopeless. This Lin Yangxu would eventually suffer from kidney deficiency and die from a woman's body.
With other people around, he couldn't make a move. His only task was to kill the mother and child; no one else could... wait?
It seems like it's not that killing isn't out of the question?
Lin Leyou had just read Lin Yang'an's memories. Although he was the young master of the Lin family, his health had always been poor, and he had to take medicine almost every day.
He gets a minor illness every three days and a major illness every five days; in short, he's a sickly, medicine-dependent person.
Ever since his stepmother and her illegitimate son, who was two years older than him, entered the family, everyone in the Lin household started to treat him perfunctorily. Even the medicine that used to be delivered was sometimes completely cold.
Lin Yang'an's health was already poor, and he had been taking medicine to maintain it for many years. He never expected that the medicine sent to him, as well as other food, clothing, and other necessities, would be of much lower quality.
As his health deteriorated, Lin Yangxu frequently mocked him and even physically assaulted him. He told Lin Zhoushan about it, but Lin Zhoushan refused to believe him.
After all, in Lin Zhoushan's eyes, even if Lin Yangxu was a little naughty, he was still an obedient and good child. Most importantly, the child was healthy!
So Lin Yang'an was gradually abandoned, and in the end Lin Yangxu became more and more arrogant. Unexpectedly, Lin Yang'an was eventually beaten to death by Lin Yangxu, and Lin Zhoushan just picked him up high and put him down lightly.
Of course, Zhao Anxue also had a significant role in this story. She was responsible for cutting corners on expenses, as long as Lin Yang'an didn't starve or freeze to death.
All those expensive medications have been stopped, and recently they've been replaced with calming tonics, which are very cheap. They've even repeatedly claimed that the household's expenses are insufficient and have been taking things from the young master's private treasury.
A healthy son is so important.
Lin Leyou didn't dwell on it; it was pointless. He had been waiting for Lin Yangxu to finish and let the woman leave, but he hadn't expected this man to be so...
Forget it, I'll not look for him for now. I'll go find Zhao Anxue first; that woman is also the culprit.
Fortunately, Lin Zhoushan was still in the study and not with Zhao Anxue. Zhao Anxue was looking through the account books alone in the room at this time.
Lin Leyou leaned over to take a look and found that everything recorded in the ledger was a treasure from Lin Yang'an's private treasury. Wow, that was fast!
He died just yesterday, and today he's already documented everything and emptied the place!
I guess they've been preparing for this for a long time.
Lin Leyou looked around. Great, no one's in the room, time to play...
He revealed a mischievous smile, then deactivated his ethereal ability and floated behind Zhao Anxue.
Zhao Anxue felt a little cold, but the ledger in her hand was really important, and she needed to check it step by step.
Until...
"Huh? Why did the candle go out?"
After the candle went out, the room was plunged into darkness.
"Someone come here!"
She called out, but there was no response from outside. Zhao Anxue felt a little strange and flustered. She slowly got up and walked towards the door. When she opened the door, she saw that the courtyard outside was completely dark, and there was no one outside at all.
"What happened? Where did everyone go?"
Zhao Anxue walked out, but soon after she left the courtyard, she realized that she seemed to be circling around in the vicinity.
Normally, I would have reached the study in this short walk, but this time was different.
She walked at least four or five times the distance she usually did, and her feet ached, but she still hadn't reached the study. Only then did she realize something was wrong.
"It's an illusion, it's an illusion..."
Lin Leyou set up a maze on the road outside, and then watched Zhao Anxue wander around inside it, unable to get out no matter how she tried.
At first, I comforted myself that it was an illusion, then I increased my walking speed, and then switched to running. Before long, I was stumbling and falling many times.
He even had many bruises on his body from the fall, and looked very miserable.
Zhao Anxue sat up in a daze, looking at the bruises on her body, completely unaware that Lin Leyou had appeared behind her.
Just as Lin Leyou stretched out his hands with sharp black nails toward her neck, she suddenly felt as if she had been electrocuted and abruptly withdrew her hands.
Lin Leyou looked at the few burn marks on his hands and was very puzzled. What happened?
His hands seemed to have only touched a tiny bit of Zhao Anxue's hair, and it was already burning?
How can I kill her?
Wait, maybe I don't need to do it myself, right!
Killing the mother and child, a C-level mission that rewards 5,000 points, is indeed not that simple. You can't just take action directly; you have to kill them in another way.
Okay, then... in that case, this "ghost wall" situation will definitely last for a full two hours, so we won't take it back early.
He activated his ethereal talent and vanished once again.
The next second, Zhao Anxue turned around sharply, but saw nothing. If she had turned around a little earlier, she would have definitely seen Lin Leyou's fluttering clothes.
Unfortunately, it was just a little bit short.
Zhao Anxue didn't see anything, but she always felt that her neck had been a little cold before.
Was it just her imagination?
Am I dreaming?
Zhao Anxue started pinching herself many times. Although it hurt a lot, she still didn't wake up, so this wasn't a dream?
"No...I'm not dreaming...No! Help me, Master...Ah Xu...Please come and save me, I'm so scared..."
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