Chapter 24, Sudden Change
Zhong Bingxuan hasn't come away empty-handed. At least she has a better understanding of the personalities and habits of the main members of the Wang family, so she can react quickly if any unexpected situation arises.
Just like her stepsister now, that seemingly gentle and dignified young lady, suddenly changed her appearance, eating and walking with gusto, and speaking and behaving extremely casually, without any of the grace and poise of a well-bred lady. It was clear that the player had entered the stepsister's body.
This player was too careless. Zhong Bingxuan noticed the displeasure in Wang's father's eyes and the doubt in her stepmother's eyes, but this player didn't notice at all and continued to do as he pleased.
People who are careless like this might make the same mistake again and lose their lives if they help the other person this time. Zhong Bingxuan didn't bother to give the other person a kind word to avoid being implicated and having her identity exposed as well.
Besides Zhong Bingxuan noticing something amiss with Wang Shixuan, there was also the stepmother's housekeeper, Li.
The old housekeeper, who had always looked down on her as the daughter of the first wife, changed his tune and came to ask her all sorts of questions, all about the Wang family. Zhong Bingxuan knew that this man was also a player.
After all, Steward Li knew more about the Wang family than she, an outsider, so there was no need to ask this shy and introverted girl.
After finishing her meal, Zhong Bingxuan wandered around the Wang residence to digest her food. She noticed that many people in the Wang family were behaving differently than usual. There were servants, young masters, and so on, with all sorts of identities and backgrounds. She couldn't find any connection between them, and she couldn't find her teammates either.
Zhong Bingxuan knew that the safe period was about to end, the players were all in position, and danger was about to come. She became vigilant and prepared for any possible accidents.
Nothing happened during lunchtime, but the incident occurred that night.
Zhong Bingxuan sat upright in the hall, eating her dinner according to the etiquette she had observed over the past three days, carefully trying not to give anyone the slightest reason to find fault.
The player playing Wang Shixuan remained carefree and uninhibited, disregarding the etiquette and upbringing of a noblewoman.
Just when Zhong Bingxuan thought the meal would pass peacefully,
Then things took a turn for the worse. Mr. Wang's expression changed instantly. He took out his chopsticks and poked out one of his stepmother Wang Jingjing's eyes.
"Damn it, I work myself to the bone to support my family, and this is how you raise my child? Look at the good daughter you've raised, she has no manners whatsoever. If she goes to a banquet, she'll be a disgrace to me."
"Master, I was wrong, I was wrong, I will never do it again, please just burn me this time!"
While poking Wang Jingjing's eyes, her father also punched and kicked her.
Stepmother Wang Jingjing begged her father to let her go, without any intention of resisting him.
Zhong Bingxuan felt disgusted by what she saw, lowered her head and refused to look anymore. She also subtly moved her rice bowl and chair to prevent the blood from Wang's father poking her stepmother's eyes from getting into her bowl.
Anyway, Wang Qiuling, the stepmother, is no good either. According to the message sent by the system, this person is the original owner's aunt. She came to the Wang family to take care of her niece, Wang Qiuling, under the pretense that the original owner's mother had just passed away and that the original owner was too young to be taken care of. In reality, she climbed into Wang's father's bed and became Wang Qiuling's stepmother.
Furthermore, after becoming the original owner's stepmother, she would beat and scold the original owner. Zhong Bingxuan would avoid such a two-faced green tea bitch as long as she could, let alone speak up for her.
Wang Shixuan wasn't so lucky. She was already quite frightened by her father's sudden outburst, and then Wang Jingjing spurted blood onto her face. It wasn't hot, but rather a little cold, giving her goosebumps and a chilling feeling.
"Ah! Blood, blood sprayed on my face! Quick, get me some tissues to wipe it off."
Wang Shixuan couldn't help but scream. Zhong Bingxuan knew something was wrong. The system had warned the players at the beginning to stay rational and reject fear.
Isn't Wang Shixuan a veteran player?
How could she make such a simple mistake, violating the biggest taboo in the dungeon? In order to avoid being implicated, Zhong Bingxuan looked up to remind the other party, but found that something was wrong with the surroundings. It was too quiet, without even a sound of wind or birdsong. The silence was frightening.
Zhong Bingxuan quickly shut her mouth and didn't say a word, acting like a quail according to the original owner's personality.
"Master, this isn't our daughter! Our daughter was eaten by a monster! Kill her! Kill her! Avenge Xuanxuan!"
The first to break the silence was Wang Jingjing, who had been passively beating her without any intention of resisting.
Seeing the other party's transformation from cowardice to a frenzied, burning gaze, snatching the chopsticks from Wang's father's hand and striking the player playing Wang Shixuan's thigh and arm with a pair of chopsticks, pinning the player to the wall near the door, the tone sounded inexplicably eerie.
Zhong Bingxuan dared not say another word, lest she bring trouble upon herself.
"Oh dear, it turns out our daughter has been possessed by an evil spirit. I have truly wronged you, my lady. Please wait, your father will avenge our daughter and tear out the evil spirit's heart and liver to serve as our food and drink, to comfort our daughter's spirit in heaven."
The player playing as Wang Shixuan realized something was wrong as soon as the surroundings became silent and wanted to escape immediately.
But the original owner's birth mother, Wang Jingjing, was even faster. She didn't have time to escape and was nailed to the wall by Wang Jingjing with two small chopsticks. She could only watch helplessly as Wang's father extended his sharp black fingernails and attacked her heart, trying to tear out her heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.
"Ouch! It hurts so much! Help me, everyone please help me!"
The player playing Wang Shixuan was so frightened that she blurted out something inappropriate. When Zhong Bingxuan heard her reveal that she had accomplices, her face turned pale. Realizing that she couldn't let others notice her strange expression, she quickly lowered her head to hide the abnormality on her face.
"Oh, there are other people here."
“Master, it must have been the work of that group of evil beings during the day. I noticed that many people were acting strangely at the time, and now that I think about it, it must have been the work of that evil being’s accomplice who possessed the Second Miss.”
Wang Juan was as excited as a cat seeing fish, and she went up to him in a fawning manner as if she were talking to the master.
"Then arrest everyone and appease the resentment of those whose loved ones were killed by evil spirits."
"Yes, sir. This old servant will never let a single evil creature go and will avenge our loved ones."
Mr. Wang spoke casually, not taking the dozens of lives seriously at all.
Wang Juan was overjoyed and gathered several of her strong guards, heading towards the place where she had noticed something amiss during the day.
Zhong Bingxuan's face immediately turned even more pale, her fingers clenched tightly as she suppressed the panic in her heart.
"Qiuling, what's wrong? You've been looking down the whole time. Are you not feeling well?"
Wang Qiuling's stepmother's gentle voice rang out not far from Zhong Bingxuan. Zhong Bingxuan was about to nod and follow her stepmother's lead, saying that she was feeling unwell and wanted to avoid the revelry.
The alarm bells in my head started ringing wildly.
[Danger! Danger! Please calm Wang Jingjing's murderous intent as soon as possible and clear yourself of suspicion.]
Good heavens, how cunning and treacherous! They actually tried to tempt her into making a mistake when her heart was at its weakest.
"Mother, you're joking. I'm just too heartbroken. My gentle and kind second sister has been possessed by an evil spirit... Waaah... My dear sister... My dear sister..."
Zhong Bingxuan pretended to be heartbroken and looked up to observe her surroundings, but the eerie creature was too cunning and actually floated directly in front of her.
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