Chapter 188 [(*^▽^*)]
Upon hearing Lin Zhoushan say this, the players naturally agreed.
"Of course, of course, that's exactly what we came here for!"
"Yes, Mr. Lin, don't panic. With so many of us, we can definitely help you resolve this matter."
"However, I will definitely need to move around within the Lin residence during this period, and I hope Master Lin..."
"It's alright, it's alright. Please feel free to move around the manor as you wish. Servants and maids will come to show you around and give you directions. We'll do anything to resolve this matter."
Now the players are all satisfied.
Lin Zhoushan didn't stay with the players the whole time; he left quickly, leaving the remaining twenty players to gather and start dividing up the tasks.
Zhou Feng looked at Xue Rui and asked, "What are you thinking?"
Xue Rui sighed, "I have a feeling that this Master Lin is hiding something very important. Did he find the vengeful ghost of the Lin family and kill it? I don't think the first C-level difficulty dungeon is that simple."
Fang Hong: "Perhaps the process of finding the vengeful ghost wasn't easy?"
Ding Baishuang: "I agree with Xue Rui. I don't think it's that simple."
Xue Rui said, "This Master Lin is definitely hiding something very important. Let's go to the village and ask the other people there to see what exactly happened at the Lin family's residence before."
None of the three had any objections, and as they were about to leave, they were stopped by someone.
"Hey, where are you four going?"
Xue Rui turned around and looked at the person who had called out to him. "Is there something you need?"
A man called out to them. He stood in the middle, surrounded by about seven or eight players. "It's nothing, I just wanted to ask where you're going? Do you need to team up with us? Oh, by the way, my name is Zhang Jian!"
Zhang Jian looked upright and didn't seem like the type to cause trouble.
Xue Rui had a sudden inspiration. "We left some things at our place and are going to pick them up. As for the cooperation, we'll talk about it when we get back."
Zhang Jian nodded, "Alright then, hurry back and we'll discuss it again later."
Thus, Xue Rui and his three companions successfully left the Lin residence temporarily. To their surprise, from morning until now, Xue Qian not only did not cause them any trouble, but he did not even speak to them.
Is the sun rising in the west?
Although Xue Rui didn't quite understand, now wasn't the time to think about it. They returned to their residence, but didn't immediately go out to ask anyone about the Lin family.
Instead, they waited there until about noon, and sure enough, the same women from yesterday came to deliver food again, with Wang Chunhe at the very back.
Wang Chunhe: "Hey? You guys were looking for me? What's up?"
Xue Rui nodded, "There is indeed something I want to ask you."
Wang Chunhe said with a smile, "Go ahead and ask. If I know, I'll definitely tell you everything."
Xue Rui: "We want to ask about the Lin family, do you know anything about it?"
Wang Chunhe hesitated for a moment, "This..."
Xue Rui said, "There's no need to talk about secrets. Just tell us what your village already knows. It's not easy to find out things that are too secretive."
Wang Chunhe breathed a sigh of relief, "Of course that's possible."
She began to recount the events of the Lin family.
"Master Lin Zhoushan is the head of the Lin family. He married a woman in his early years and they had a son named Lin Yang'an. However, this young master is in poor health and always needs to take medicine. It is said that over the years, he has spent a lot of money on medicine."
"Later, Young Master Lin's mother also passed away due to illness. After that, Old Master Lin married a woman. However, what no one expected was that this woman brought a son with her."
"Everyone thought this son was born to this woman and some other man, but it turns out that's not the case. This is Mr. Lin's son, Lin Yangxu!"
"And most importantly, this Lin Yangxu is two years older than Young Master Lin! And he's in excellent health."
"This lady has only been married for less than two years. Some time ago, there were rumors that Young Master Lin was seriously ill and needed to rest in bed. It seems that something else happened afterward. I don't know what exactly happened."
Zhou Feng: "Good heavens, so that's how it is...no wonder."
No wonder Lin Zhoushan spoke so evasively; there's another layer of relationship involved.
Wang Chunhe said, "Alright, that's all I know about the Lin family's affairs. It's basically something everyone in the village knows. If there's nothing else, I'll head back now. Remember to eat."
Xue Rui: "Thank you for your trouble."
Wang Chunhe left quickly, but the four of them were still somewhat hesitant.
Fang Hong: "Should we tell the other players about this?"
Zhou Feng said, "We definitely have to say it. After all, the girl just said that this matter is not a secret in the village. Other players can find out by asking around."
Ding Baishuang said, "Our explanation might not be effective enough."
Xue Rui said, "Let's eat first, and then we can go to the Lin residence to check on the situation."
Lin Leyou hasn't sent him any messages yet, which means the player hasn't found his body hidden at the bottom of the pond and isn't in a hurry.
Lin Leyou is currently at the Lin residence watching these players wander around aimlessly.
He originally thought these players had items to find their corpses, but to his surprise, they did bring out some items, but none of them had anything to do with finding the corpses.
They're all looking for vengeful ghosts!
After deciding that they needed to kill the vengeful ghost to clear the level, they focused all their attention on the ghost and didn't care about the corpse at all.
What's wrong with the body? What good is finding the body anyway? Finding the ghost is definitely more important.
However, some players still paid attention to the corpse, namely Zhang Jian, who had spoken to Xue Rui earlier.
Zhang Jian: "Ji Yan, are you really not going to look for this young master's body?"
Ji Yan sighed, "I don't think it's necessary. Everyone should have realized that Mr. Lin was hiding something in his words just now."
“He led people to the cemetery on the back hill early in the morning. He must have had some ulterior motive. He must know where the body is, but he just doesn’t want to say it.”
Zhang Jian: "That makes sense, but to kill the vengeful ghost, finding the body is essential, isn't it?"
Just then, a person walked up to them and stood in front of them. "What are you doing standing here?"
Ji Yan, "Wang Xiangran, have you found any clues?"
Wang Xiangran shook his head. "No, we used props, but we couldn't detect any ghosts. Could it be that the ghosts are hiding because it's broad daylight and we can only find them at night?"
Ji Yan said, "Speaking of which, the strange thing that happened to Master Lin's wife also happened last night."
Wang Xiangran: "Shall we go back and rest now, and come back tonight?"
Zhang Jian suddenly thought of the four people who had left earlier. "Didn't those four say they would come back after going back to get something? Why haven't they come yet? Did they find clues elsewhere?"
Wang Xiangran: "Then let's hurry back and look for it!"
They couldn't find any clues at the Lin residence in broad daylight, so they all agreed to go back and look for Xue Rui and the others. However, when they returned to their residence, they saw Xue Rui and the other three about to leave.
Fang Hong: "Huh? Why are you back? Are there any leads at the Lin residence?"
Zhang Jian was taken aback. "You're going out?"
Fang Hong: "Yes, let's go to the Lin residence."
Zhang Jian: "Then...then why have you been here for so long?"
Fang Hong said with a smile, "The girls from the village brought us food just now, so we planned to eat before going to the Lin residence. It didn't take too long."
Zhang Jian then remembered that there was such a thing as delivering food, but speaking of food, they seemed to be hungry too.
Ji Yan: "How about we eat first and then talk?"
They had no objections. They searched the Lin residence for a long time but found nothing and didn't eat. Come to think of it, it seemed that Lin Zhoushan hadn't asked anyone to prepare food for them.
However, no one wants to eat food from the Lin family mansion, since the mansion is haunted. What if the food looks fine but actually has a problem?
Lin Leyou watched as the group of players scurried around the Lin residence like headless flies, finding nothing. He then continued to follow Xue Qian and Zhou Nanyue.
It was discovered that besides Zhou Nanyue, there were three other people accompanying Xue Qian, and they all looked at Xue Qian with fawning eyes.
So she really did take a fancy to Xue Qian's status as the young master of the Xue family?
But don't they know that Xue Rui is the real young master?
Although it is unknown what happened in between, it was indeed Xue Rui, not this Xue Qian, who ultimately inherited the Xue Group.
In his previous life, he had never even heard of Xue Qian. He might have been killed by Xue Rui long ago, or perhaps he was still alive in a dark, stinking ditch.
Xue Qian was getting impatient. "Are you even going to find it or not?! How long has it been? I'm starving!"
Zhou Nanyue suddenly remembered something and saw a maid in front of her, so she quickly called out to her, "Hey, you! I'm talking to you! It's so late, have you prepared any food?"
The maid was taken aback when she heard what he said. Prepare food? The master didn't give that order!
But she certainly couldn't say that. "Please wait a moment, sir. I'll go ask in the back."
Zhou Nanyue said, "Go quickly."
The girl quickly went to find Lin Zhoushan, who then realized that he had forgotten to prepare food for the guests. However, he then remembered that he had arranged for villagers to deliver food to their accommodations.
It should have been sent by now.
"Tell them to go to their lodgings; food has already been prepared there."
The maid replied, "Yes, sir, I will go and tell him right away."
After receiving the message, the players didn't react much and went back to their lodgings to eat. Only Xue Qian and Zhou Nanyue were very angry.
Of course, the one who was really angry was Xue Qian; Zhou Nanyue was just angry on his behalf.
Zhou Nanyue said, "This is really too much! My young master is here to help your master, how come you can't even prepare a decent meal for him?!"
"You want us to eat at your place? You have absolutely no sense of hospitality!"
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