Strange Stories about Castle Rules
Gao Wenwen walked over and rummaged through the drawer for a while. Buried deep among the books and papers, he found a thick notebook.
I often take it out and open it to write, so the leather surface has some wear and tear. From the side, the edges and corners of the notebook have also turned a little yellow.
After flipping through a few pages, his eyes lit up. This was the diary he had been longing to find.
Will records here what he has experienced and encountered.
The notebook is about the thickness of a coin, so there are many pages in it, enough for Will to have started recording a long time ago. Even with the passage of time, you can see that his handwriting is changing subtly.
The first page of the diary was two years ago.
"On September 12, 1205,
Today I discovered something strange: the world I see seems different from that of others."
"On December 23, 1205,
Christmas is coming soon. Today, my father dug up a tree from the forest and put it in the living room, saying that he wanted to decorate the Christmas tree.
My mother asked me to help her get the orange butterfly, but there were too many butterflies in the box and I couldn’t find it. She looked a little unhappy.
"January 30, 1206 New Calendar,
My parents got angry at me again, and I saw the servants carrying a tin chair to the second basement.
But my mother said that since I accidentally went in and got scared when I was a child, they have never punished the servants again."
"On February 2, 1206 in the new calendar,
It's so strange. I often see black, but why am I still afraid of the darkness in the interrogation room?
The desk lamp is too bright and I think my eyes are going to be damaged. Can bright light therapy really cure my eyes?"
"On February 4, 1206 in the new calendar,
Sarah, the new maid we hired, praised my beautiful eyes when she was helping me change my clothes. She said my eyes were as blue as the sea. She was born and raised by the sea and she likes this color very much.
She also said that she liked me very much, but I had never been able to see the true color of my eyes, so I was a little curious.
Sister Sarah told me not to be afraid of my own flaws and that living a peaceful life is the most important thing. Talking with her, I really didn’t feel so sad anymore.”
"On April 15, 1206 in the New Calendar,
Today, a child from my dad's friend's family came over, and when we were making a cream cake together, I took the wrong red cream, and my mom asked me to go to the dance hall to listen to music.
"On June 3, 1206 in the new calendar,
There was a dance party at home, and I was almost able to get the record.
Although I ended up being locked up in the ballroom all night, the noise didn't seem as scary as before."
"On August 18, 1206 in the new calendar,
I've been very good lately. My parents are preparing to go to town for a charity speech and don't have much time to take care of me. This is a good time to do something."
…
The diary ends here, and they cannot get a glimpse of what Will is going to do.
Gao Wenwen searched other drawers again but didn't find any new diary, which meant that Will hadn't recorded anything in it for more than a year, or he had hidden it somewhere else.
Throughout the diary, apart from the parents, the only outsider's name mentioned was Sarah.
From Will's tone, it can be seen that he has a good impression of Sarah, or rather, Sarah is the only person in the entire castle who can make him feel warmth.
He felt it was special, so he wrote it in his diary.
Sarah knew what the Warrens had done to him, so she tried her best to comfort and encourage him.
She would praise Will's beautiful eyes, and even though she knew Will didn't understand what color they were, she would still try her best to explain and describe them.
In the castle filled with seemingly indifferent people to Will, Sarah was probably a rare warmth.
As for what Will mentioned in his diary, it must be very effective to make the Warrens give up punishing him in the interrogation room.
Could it be that Will really found a way to cure his color blindness, or found a solution to circumvent this shortcoming?
Ding Can became even more curious. If he could find Sarah, he might be able to learn more details.
As she was thinking, her attention was drawn to a bright color in the room.
A pair of blue leather shoes were neatly placed in front of the cabinet. This was the first time she had seen this color after going in and out of so many rooms.
The color blue is also mentioned in the rules posted on the inside of the cabinet door.
The rules state that there is an attic in the castle decorated in Mediterranean blue style. If you are lucky enough to see blue leather shoes, you can go to the attic to see the special design.
It can be speculated that the attic is different from other rooms. The blue leather shoes are like fingerprints that can enter the room. Only people wearing them can enter.
But there is some connection between blue itself and Will.
His eyes are sapphire blue, and Sarah praised him for his good looks in the diary. Could it be that this attic was set up based on Will's wishes?
Because of Sarah, he felt that this was a very rare advantage in himself, so he chose to decorate a room like that.
After searching the bed without success, Gao Wenwen finally gave up the search: "If his room is here, then the Warrens' bedroom should be on the same floor."
The key that can open the door and leave is most likely hidden somewhere in their room.
"I want to go to the attic first." Ding Can felt that what was in front of them was like a big net woven by countless silk threads.
It is impossible to tear it apart and rush out rashly. Only by discovering every piece of information hidden in it and gradually unraveling it can you truly escape.
Gao Wenwen thought it made sense: "Okay, I'll cover for you."
Ding Can took off his leather shoes and placed them in front of the cabinet, then changed into blue leather shoes. He opened the cabinet and took a look at the rules. The symbol of this room was a kite.
Kites are often flown during spring outings, so they represent spring.
The two left Will's room. Before that, they were not sure how many floors there were in the castle.
But once I stepped into the corridor on the fifth floor, everything became clear.
The roof here is highest in the middle and slopes towards both ends, which is caused by the original sharp roof shape of the castle.
Then the attic you want to find is in a room on this floor.
The stairs leading up were close to the right side of the corridor, so the two decided to start searching from the rightmost room.
The two of them gestured silently, only to take each step before they heard a familiar voice.
"I'm here."
It was Xia Jialian, who appeared at the door of a room at this time and was greeting the two of them.
Gao Wenwen showed joy on his face, but he held back from making any sound. It was not until he entered the storage room where he was staying that he let down his guard a little.
"Finally seeing you again."
Xia Jialian said calmly, "I hid because I heard footsteps just now. I didn't expect it was you."
Gao Wenwen was a little surprised: "You can hear footsteps? We were walking on the carpet and deliberately keeping our voices down."
Even he himself couldn't hear the sound, and felt that it was seamless and would not be noticed at all.
When I followed the maids from behind, they hid very well.
Xia Jialian pointed to her cochlear implant and said, "It works much better than a normal person's ear."
They couldn't hear it, but in Xia Jialian's ears, the muffled sound produced by the friction between the soles of the shoes and the wool material would be amplified, especially when he was in a quiet environment, it was particularly clear.
He continued, "I've checked this floor. No one's here. You can talk without worry."
The top floor is mostly used as a storage room, and usually few servants come up there, so it is relatively safer to hide here.
Gao Wenwen saw a loose-leaf notebook spread out on the ground and asked, "What are you reading?"
"There are some filing cabinets here. I just noticed that one row contains the files of the castle's employees over the years. This is the latest edition. I want to see if there are any clues in it."
Ding Can told Xia Jialian about his previous discovery and also got some useful information from him.
After parting ways with Gao Wenwen, he arrived at the kitchen.
It was just after breakfast time, so there were no servants busy in the kitchen.
The table was cleaned very cleanly, like a model house, and you couldn't tell that a meal had just been cooked there.
Even though it’s just a place like the kitchen, there are still many places worth exploring on your own.
For example, by looking at the food reserves, you can roughly know how many people are in the castle.
Near the inside of the dining table, there is a small blackboard with the entire day's menu written on it.
The breakfast was exactly the same as what he had seen before. Xia Jialian also looked at the configuration of lunch, afternoon tea and dinner.
It was still enough for one person, which at least meant that they only needed to serve one little master today.
As for the other food shelves, they are filled with relatively common ingredients and dishes. This amount of food is prepared for the workers in the castle.
There are probably about forty or fifty people working in the castle.
In addition to the servants working inside, there may also be gardeners who take care of and maintain the garden, as well as repairmen and the like.
In such a large castle, only these people are not considered densely populated.
Even relatively speaking, their number is much smaller than that of some nobles who focus on enjoying life.
But if they need to avoid the crowd, the possibility of meeting people in the castle will greatly increase.
You must first know their respective activity areas and their own functions, and use this as a starting point to choose a more suitable route of action, so as to avoid obstacles encountered in the subsequent action as much as possible.
The functions of the employees in the castle are clearly divided, and everyone has specific work to do.
The person with the highest status is a female supervisor named Lorraine. As the highest decision-maker, all matters in the castle are decided by her, and she is almost second only to the other person.
Personal maids and valets are responsible for serving their masters in their daily lives, such as choosing clothes, styling hair, and accompanying them on travels.
Ordinary male servants only do physical work such as carrying items. Don’t think that this is an easy job. There are many complicated affairs in the castle and they are often needed.
The cook prepares meals for everyone and ensures that there are no mistakes in the daily diet.
In addition, there are dedicated people responsible for areas such as the wine cabinet, cigar room, and pastry and tea room, who take care of every detail.
This way the assembly line works very well, avoiding the chaos caused by too many personal responsibilities.
The files also included employee rules and regulations, and based on this, Xia Jialian had a general idea of the staffing situation on each floor.
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