She cried so hard that her voice trembled.
"The servant said he fell from the building and died while sweeping, but when I was being beaten, I clearly saw finger marks on Arui's neck..."
"Fingerprints? He was strangled to death?"
Tumen nodded first, then shook his head.
“I can’t be sure either. His uncle didn’t allow me to examine the body. I was too young at the time and no match for him. But I’m sure he didn’t fall to his death.”
Why are you so sure?
“Because Arui told me that he was the lowest-ranking servant and was not allowed to set foot in the main building area at all. He could only do odd jobs in the backyard. Why would the steward suddenly transfer him to the main building to sweep and clean?”
Qin Luo also felt something was amiss, but then she thought of something else.
Why do you think that ghost is your childhood sweetheart?
Upon hearing this, Tumen suddenly blushed, and her words were tinged with shyness.
"Because Arui said his uncle sold him under a death contract, meaning he'd never get out. I told him to wait, to redeem him after I made a lot of money, and he said he'd wait for me there forever..."
"That's it? Just because of that one sentence, you think that ghost is him?"
Tumen nodded very firmly.
"That's not all. Those martial arts masters who went mad before all kept shouting 'An An' after they came out, so that ghost must be him."
"If that's the case, you haven't gone in to look for him all these years?"
“She searched for him, and she was beaten countless times in the process. The worst time, she was unconscious for half a month. I thought she was going to die.”
Qi Niang's words, though seemingly sarcastic, were actually full of heartache.
Qin Luo ignored her words and instead questioned Tu Men'an again.
What made you think I would definitely be the sucker?
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