Chapter 125 Children’s Giggling Voice (5)
The guests' heartbeats, which had just calmed down a little because of Zhang Wubing's comment that it was a prank, started beating faster again and almost jumped out of their chests because of the news brought by Yan Shixun's sudden appearance and the words said by the frightened waiter.
"Dead, dead, someone's dead?" The manager didn't even bother to scold the waiter for being rude in front of the guests. He himself was so frightened that his mind went blank and he almost couldn't speak with a lisp.
The only calm living person present was Yan Shixun.
His eyes swept over the puppet placed opposite the elevator. He frowned uncomfortably because of its strange shape, and then looked at the people in the elevator who were huddled together and shivering like chicks.
"How long are you going to stand there?"
Yan Shixun raised his chin and said, "Come out, aren't you afraid that the elevator will suddenly fall down?"
Because of Yan Shixun's words, everyone who originally thought that the enclosed space like the elevator could bring some sense of security, quickly fluttered and dragged their weak-legged companions out.
Even if we go by the best news we've heard so far, that this puppet was just someone's prank, then what Yan Shixun said is correct. There's no guarantee that the guy who released the puppet won't play other pranks.
For example, let the elevator car fall suddenly.
In just a few short seconds, more than a dozen clips from Hollywood movies that he had seen flashed through Annanyuan's mind, and he was trembling with fear at his own imagination.
Chi Yan was also frightened and turned pale, which made her red lips look even more red, as if they were dyed with blood.
But no one had the energy to comfort her at this time. Even her number one fan girl, Bai Shuang, was so frightened that she was unable to take care of herself.
The members of the program crew still didn't dare to get close to the puppet. Instead, they stood in the corner of the elevator hall farthest from the puppet, looking at Yan Shixun hesitantly.
"Don't worry, this isn't a corpse. Sickly is right, it is indeed a 'prank'. Although the blood is real, the figure itself is a rubber dummy."
Yan Shixun walked up to the puppet, stood face to face with it without fear, and looked down along the puppet's strange face.
Although he didn't know who put it here, Yan Shixun believed that this puppet was meant for Chi Yan.
During the opening ceremony, Yan Shixun noticed that the incense was broken into pieces before it was broken into ashes, just like a person having his limbs cut off.
This is not unusual.
Yan Shixun had seen some unusual situations when burning incense, but they were mostly because the incense sticks were extinguished or broken, just as the people in the industry often said, "People should avoid three longs and two shorts, and incense should be afraid of two shorts and one long."
However, this was the first time Yan Shixun had seen something broken into this shape.
Twice in a row.
Ordinary people might think this is just a coincidence, but Yan Shixun would never think so.
He knew very well that the master invited by the crew was not a charlatan, but a real person of some skill. The master organized the entire opening ceremony, and it really worked. It was like a guest going to a scholar's house to stay temporarily, saying hello to the scholar, giving gifts, and saying that they would bother him for a few days.
The ceremony went smoothly, and the ghosts and gods from all directions accepted the "greeting".
Until Chi Yan appeared and wanted to burn incense.
But suddenly, the ghost became angry, and a force intervened, breaking the incense into pieces, as if it was conveying some information to Chi Yan that only it and Chi Yan knew.
The same was true of the puppet in front of Yan Shixun.
It was that power that was conveying to Chi Yan the information that only they knew to each other.
Yan Shixun's eyes scanned the puppet carefully.
Although it has a human appearance, the puppet's limbs and torso were chopped off and then reassembled.
I don't know if it was intentional or not, the puppet's head was not on the neck, but on the shoulders. Not only that, the thighs were pressed on the arms, and the arms were across the middle of the belly...
If this puppet was placed in a museum, people might be startled and think it was some kind of horror art exhibition.
It was cut into pieces and then put together haphazardly, with a broken and weird smile.
On the puppet's headless neck, one can still clearly see the blood vessels and muscles in the cross-sectional cut. The blood makes it difficult to tell that it is a lifelike dummy, but rather looks like a real murder scene.
No wonder the people on the show were scared.
Yan Shixun paused, bent his slender fingers and tapped the part of the puppet's skin that was not splashed with blood. A hollow "dong dong!" sound soon rang out from the place where he was tapped.
It was not the sound a dead body should make, but rather the echo of a plaster statue.
"Don't worry, it's just a prank...the kind targeted at someone." Yan Shixun's eyes swept across Chi Yan meaningfully, and then nodded to the manager next to him: "I have just called the official people, you can ask your people to check the surveillance to see who did this kind of bad prank."
"Then, come with me to the fire escape."
Yan Shixun said to the others, "You can wait in the penthouse suite, or go downstairs. It's up to you."
"Ms. Chi Yan...you can wait here and explain to the officials later what you did." He sneered softly.
After saying that, he turned around and took a long walk, as if he was about to leave.
The manager's face turned pale: "Ah? Ah? Me?"
Yan Shixun turned sideways and asked curiously, "Aren't you the hotel manager and the person in charge here? If something happens, do you still expect the waiter to check the scene?"
The manager wanted to cry but had no tears. He felt his legs were so weak that he could hardly use them.
The cameraman of the program crew next to the manager was so frightened that he could only follow the movements of the people next to him. When he saw the manager walking over, he subconsciously took a step forward.
Then he was stopped by Yan Shixun: "The guests are all here, where do you want to go?"
The photographer then realized that Yan Shixun was going to the stairwell where the murder took place, and this kind of scene certainly could not be filmed.
He quickly directed the live camera to the huge floor-to-ceiling window on the top floor next to him, allowing the audience to temporarily appreciate the bird's-eye view of the concession area.
After all, the others were also very frightened at the moment and it was really not suitable for them to be in the camera.
The audience was also grateful for the photographer's gesture.
[Good people live a peaceful life! Woohoo, the kid was almost scared to death, and he just needed to see some scenery in the world of the living to calm down. Can you understand that feeling? You are curled up in the kotatsu, eating fried chicken with your left hand and drinking milk tea with your right hand, and you are laughing out loud, and then suddenly the elevator opens, and then this thing appears!!!]
[I was so scared that my scalp went numb and I still have goose bumps all over my body. What kind of statue is that? It's so horrible! I think I'm going to have a nightmare tonight.]
[Wow, damn it, why did I watch it when I was home alone? It was all because the show was too cheerful before, which paralyzed me and made me let my guard down. Now I am curled up in the corner of the sofa, looking at the art statue in my living room, and I dare not pass by it to go back to my room.]
[What the hell!!! Who can understand my pain? My room is full of figurines! They look like people! Why do I suddenly feel so horrible in my room? It seems like those figurines are looking at me!]
[…I wrapped myself tightly in my blanket. I was afraid of these dolls that looked like humans because my grandmother told me when I was little that these dolls would come alive when I couldn’t see them. I finally grew up and thought I could finally get rid of the shadow of my childhood, but now it’s all back.]
[Don’t say you’re afraid of dolls. I’m a person who is always said to be fearless and has no phobias, but I was scared! It was so sudden! I turned around to drink some water, and then I saw the ghostly smile of the thing on the screen. It was so weird! My hair stood on end.]
[When that thing first appeared, my brother just pushed the door open. I was so scared that I screamed at the top of my lungs, which scared him again. We both screamed at each other in the house, and the neighbors were so scared that they thought something was wrong...]
[The production crew was supposed to send Chi Yan back to her room, so was this prank meant for Chi Yan? Who did this? Chi Yan is such a nice person, but this is so vicious! If Chi Yan hadn't run into the production crew and they hadn't left with her, wouldn't she have had to face this alone? I can't even imagine how someone would feel when they saw this kind of thing when they were walking out of the elevator.]
[That would definitely scare her to death, maybe even to death with a heart attack. Anyway, I have a weak heart, so I really can't stand this kind of shock. Maybe someone is jealous of Chi Yan, so they did it? They found out Chi Yan's schedule and arranged it in advance. After all, Chi Yan has a good character and acting skills, so it's not impossible that her colleagues are jealous of her and want to destroy her.]
[But did you hear what the waiter said? Is there really a dead person? How scary.]
[Brother Yan said he has called the authorities and the case will be handed over to professionals. Don’t be afraid, Brother Yan is here.]
[Did they see it wrong because they were scared? At first I thought it was a dead person, but after Brother Yan knocked on it I realized it was a mannequin. Maybe it was a dead person because they were too scared and their eyes were blurry. Otherwise there is a dead body next to the wall in the hotel... I will never dare to stay in a hotel again.]
Everyone who had breathed a sigh of relief when Yan Shixun showed up could only watch as Yan Shixun was about to leave just as he came over. However, Yan Shixun's reasons were too convincing, so they did not dare to speak up to keep him.
Lu Xingxing, who came with Yan Shixun, stayed.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you. If anything happens, I can handle it. Don't be afraid." Lu Xingxing straightened his chest, looking very confident, and comforted everyone, "After all, I am from Haiyun Temple."
However, everyone: “…”
Thank you. Although I am very grateful for your kindness, I am not comforted.
Lu Xingxing: “??? What do you mean by that expression? Don’t you trust me?”
Zhang Wubing coughed and asked for everyone's opinion: "So, should we wait for Brother Yan to come back in the top floor suite for the time being, or go downstairs and wait in the lobby?"
An Nanyuan, who had an extremely strong associative ability, was already daydreaming when no one was talking to him, and his mind was filled with random thoughts and clips from movies he had seen before. The scene in which the elevator suddenly fell and everyone was smashed into a pool of meat patties was playing over and over in his mind.
So when Zhang Wubing asked the question, An Nanyuan shuddered and immediately refused: "You can't take the elevator!"
He was so anxious and frightened that his voice broke.
Hearing this, everyone looked towards An Nanyuan, wanting to know the reason.
"Brother Yan is right. If that guy can pull off such a nasty prank, who knows what else he can do? It's not impossible that the elevator was tampered with."
An Nanyuan said quickly: "After all, there is only one elevator that can lead to the top floor suite. If he wants to target Ms. Chi, then it is very likely that even the elevator as a retreat route will be cut off."
That does make sense.
After all, after the other party did such a bad thing, we can't expect him to be a moral person. It's really possible that he would cut off the elevator. Although it's not certain, if it really happens, then there will be no one to turn to for help in the elevator, and you can only wait to die.
Everyone hesitated for a moment and then nodded immediately.
"Nanyuan has a point. We can't take that risk."
"But...are we going to be next to this thing and in the same space with it? Is there no other way to go downstairs? I'm a little scared."
The waiter who was left on the top floor said in a trembling voice, "There is only one passenger elevator. There is a freight elevator, but it can only go to the second top floor. If you want to go there, you can only go down the fire escape staircase. But the staircase is..."
Speaking of the stairs, the waiter, who had originally calmed down a little after seeing a living person, seemed to remember the horrifying scene on the stairs all over again. He was so scared that he shook like a sieve and could hardly speak.
Although I don’t know what the stairwell looks like, the waiter’s reaction says it all.
They didn't want to walk down the stairs where there was such a horrific scene.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment: "In this case, all ways to go downstairs are cut off."
"That's fine, let's listen to Brother Yan and wait in the living room for a while. It's better to be with a dummy than to see a dead body."
"What the hell is this? There was an accident at the opening ceremony, and now this has happened again! Director Li's movie has had enough twists and turns..."
Everyone talked in low voices, shaking their heads and sighing.
However, even though they said "a fake man is better than a dead man", in reality, when walking from the elevator hall to the living room, everyone still walked sideways like crabs, sticking close to the wall away from the puppet, not daring to breathe.
Bai Shuang was so frightened that she closed her eyes tightly and didn't even dare to look.
Only after everyone carefully moved through the elevator hall did they breathe a sigh of relief.
An Nanyuan threw himself directly onto the soft sofa, no longer caring about his idol image. He hugged the pillow tightly and huddled in the corner of the sofa, trying to give himself a sense of security.
But Zhang Wubing, who should have been the most afraid of ghosts and the most timid, did not feel the slightest fear at this moment, only had a head full of question marks.
For some reason, he could not detect any ghostly aura. Even when he saw the puppet, he was only scared at first, but then he immediately thought it was just an ordinary statue and his emotions returned to normal.
What's going on? Is this thing also treated differently?
The calmest person among the crowd was actually Chi Yan.
Chi Yan even personally supported Bai Shuang, whose legs were weak, and helped her sit down on the sofa. She then took a bottle of hot milk from the hot drink cabinet next to her, stuffed it into Bai Shuang's hand, and whispered to comfort her.
It was not until Bai Shuang took a breath and smiled at her gratefully that Chi Yan smoothed Bai Shuang's messy hair. Then she stood up and said to everyone sincerely, "I'm so sorry. Because of me, you all encountered this kind of thing. I feel so guilty that I don't even know what to say."
Beauty always has privileges, especially when she is vulnerable but trying to be strong, and is full of apologies to you.
The variety show star was not very happy at first. He felt that he was in trouble because the prank was obviously aimed at Chi Yan. Although he didn't know how that guy knew that Chi Yan had decided to stay in the penthouse suite at the last minute and arranged all this, if it wasn't for Chi Yan, the program crew would have booked a room downstairs and wouldn't have to go through all this.
So, he couldn't help but complain in his heart and took his anger out on Chi Yan.
But when Chi Yanshi apologized, the variety show host suddenly felt embarrassed, thinking that as a man he should help the lady and how could he be so narrow-minded.
After all, Chi Yan is also a victim, and it wasn't her who did all this. If anyone should be scolded, it should be the prankster.
The variety show star quickly waved his hands and consoled him, "That's too much. Luckily we brought you up here together, otherwise you would be so scared facing this kind of thing alone."
Zhao Zhen, who was about to work with Chi Yan in the same crew, also comforted her, "Don't worry about it, Sister Chi. Brother Yan has already called the official people, and we can ask the manager to check the surveillance footage later. We will definitely catch the prankster."
"By the way, Director Li doesn't know about this yet, I have to tell him." Zhao Zhen said, and took out his phone: "Sister Chi, if you feel uncomfortable, I will ask the director for leave for you. When encountering such a thing, it is reasonable to take a few days off to relax."
Chi Yan smiled bitterly. Although she was wearing sunglasses and her eyes could not be seen, the bitterness on her lips was clearly seen by everyone: "Thank you, I'm so sorry. First there was the opening ceremony, and then this happened. I probably shouldn't have come, otherwise this wouldn't have happened..."
"It's not your fault, Sister Chi Yan. You are also a victim." Bai Shuang reached out and held Chi Yan's hand worriedly, wanting to give her some comfort.
But Chi Yan's delicate and beautiful hands looked soft, but they were cold and stiff to the touch, just like lifeless porcelain statues. Bai Shuang shivered with cold, and the words of comfort she wanted to say were forgotten because of the cold. Her brain was buzzing, but there was only a blank.
No one else noticed Bai Shuang's abnormality, and Chi Yan didn't say anything. She just nodded and sighed: "I should go and apologize to Director Li in person later."
…
Li Xuetang was already a little annoyed when he received Zhao Zhen's call.
He had just made more than a dozen calls to the master invited by the crew, but except for the first call which was answered but hung up immediately, the next dozen calls only had a "beep" waiting sound, but no one answered.
Li Xuetang asked his assistant unhappily: "What kind of master is this? Doesn't he know his own position? What's his attitude!"
The assistant didn't dare to speak and could only smile awkwardly. Then he quickly took out his tablet and showed the director the official account promotional updates that had just been sent out.
"Director, look, the update has already been read by several million people. According to this ratio, there should be tens of millions of people following our movie, so it is considered popular."
Attached below the post is a nine-grid photo. In addition to the photo taken when the director was burning incense at the opening ceremony, there is also a group photo of the entire Shichuang crew. Chi Yan is also in the photo, but no individual photos of burning incense were posted.
This was the solution the publicity team came up with in the end. Since Chi Yan had a problem with the incense burning, which made the photo unusable, they simply didn't post photos of everyone else burning incense, and only used the director's photo. This would give viewers the impression that there was no individual photo promotion, instead of noticing anything wrong with Chi Yan and the crew.
——After all, the photos of the ladies’ corner were excluded from the publicity, which doesn’t seem right no matter how you think about it.
Moreover, Chi Yan's reputation has been very good over the years. Except for some of her black fans and competitors who continue to buy press releases, saying that she became popular because she went to Country T to buy Buddha amulets, raised a little ghost, borrowed other people's luck from a master... and other groundless speculations and smears, few people dislike her.
After all, Chi Yan's beauty is top-notch even in the entertainment industry where there are so many beauties. No one knows which doctor has kept her all these years. She is obviously in her thirties, but she looks as young as if she is in her early twenties. Her condition and appearance have always been online.
Such a beautiful person with high status is not arrogant and can handle relationships well with everyone.
So her fans are also famous for their cohesion. It’s not that they are usually very fanatical, but they are die-hard fans.
If Chi Yan was really wronged, then tens of millions of fans would rush over and tear them apart.
The people in the publicity group don't want to cause trouble for themselves.
In addition to photos of the Shichuang staff, the post also included a group photo of the crew, and tagged the official account of the crew, interacting in a friendly and intimate manner. Many fans of the crew and guests left comments and liked the post, and the popularity quickly soared. Tags related to the crew can also be seen on the real-time popularity list.
It seems that the fans are very happy with this.
Even Li Xuetang, who has never paid attention to traffic, knows very well that in pursuit of authenticity, this film did not choose a studio or post-production, but instead rented the entire East District of the Concession where the story takes place.
Although the effect of real-life shooting is better, the cost has also doubled, and the crew's investment budget has been spent very quickly. If there is no traffic support, and if not enough tickets can be sold, then such a high cost will undoubtedly result in a loss.
Some investors have already started to complain, and have suggested several times in a tactful way that they send a producer over.
Li Xuetang knew very well that as long as this loophole was opened, a steady stream of "actors" who had no acting skills but had traffic and connections would be stuffed in, and by then, the movie would be ruined.
Fortunately, the traffic brought by the program team allowed investors to see the profits and temporarily suppressed their dissatisfaction.
It also made Li Xuetang feel relieved.
At this moment, he looked at the publicity enthusiasm shown to him by his assistant, and his mood, which had just been ruined by the master's bad attitude and refusing to answer the phone, also warmed up a little.
It was at this time that Zhao Zhen called.
After hearing what happened in the hotel on the other end of the phone, the director's face became terribly gloomy: "Chi Yan again?"
He was not a person obsessed with these ghost and god theories, but it was too unlucky for such things to happen one after another on the day of the opening ceremony!
"Wait for me, I'll go back to the hotel."
Li Xuetang snorted coldly: "Chi Yan said she wanted to apologize to me in person? She should tell me what happened!"
What his old partner had just said to him was still ringing in his ears. Li Xuetang, who had a bad temper to begin with, was not prepared to save face for Chi Yan this time. He needed to know what exactly was wrong with Chi Yan, and her troubles could not become troubles for his movie.
"I gave her the contact information of the master she wanted before. I heard that she also asked other people for the contact information of other masters. She did it so frequently. She should also explain what trouble she got into!"
Zhao Zhen hung up the phone, a little dazed.
What the director means is... that master Chi Yan was also invited to the opening ceremony?
His gaze inevitably turned to Chi Yan.
Before participating in this program, he did not believe in ghosts and gods, and he always sneered at those in the circle who tried to win by these means.
However, this does not mean that he does not know that there are people who do this in the entertainment industry.
Chi Yan...will it be one of them?
When people begin to have doubts, all the rumors that were previously firmly believed to be nonsense will begin to be believed.
Zhao Zhen began to recall the gossip he had seen or heard before.
Some people have always said that the reason why Chi Yan has maintained her "ageless" beauty is because she consulted a master and used some other methods. And her career, which seems like a miracle, is also because she has raised a little ghost, or some say that she has invited a Yin card that comes from an illegal way but has a better effect, or that she has raised a poisonous insect.
There are so many things to speculate about, and there has never been an end to it.
It was only because of Chi Yan's rising career and her usual good image that she was considered to be slandered by her peers.
After all, when you are famous, you are prone to gossip. Anyone who has some fans in the circle has been rumored to have similar news.
Even Zhao Zhen himself had such a smearing press release.
Zhao Zhen originally thought that this kind of thing was stupid, but now, he suddenly became uncertain.
Could it be... that Chi Yan really did it?
After all, he knew he hadn't done it, but people's hearts are different. In the entertainment industry, which is a big melting pot, many people will do anything to become famous.
Zhao Zhen was a little hesitant.
Chi Yan noticed Zhao Zhen's gaze and looked at him with a smile: "What's wrong?"
"No..." Zhao Zhen was a beat late before slowly shaking his head.
But at this moment, Bai Shuang suddenly screamed and stood up abruptly from the sofa.
At the same time, a bloody smell filled the living room.
Everyone looked over quickly and found that Bai Shuang was holding an opaque milk bottle in her hand, and her hands and body were covered in spilled blood.
There was still a circle of red marks on the mouth of the milk bottle that had just been unscrewed.
It seems that this is where the blood came from.
"Blood." Bai Shuang cried out tremblingly, "Hot blood!"
In the empty living room, everyone stared at Bai Shuang in a daze, and for a moment they were so frightened that they didn't know what to say.
Zhang Wubing suddenly remembered that it was Chi Yan who had just casually taken out the milk from the hot drinks cabinet and handed it to Bai Shuang - it was the bottle in her hand now!
Zhang Wubing immediately wanted to go over to comfort Bai Shuang and ask Chi Yan.
But as soon as he stood up, he felt his vision spinning, and he could no longer control the movements of his body. He fell backwards with a "bang".
Not only Zhang Wubing, but others also realized belatedly that their eyes seemed to be swallowed up by darkness, starting from the edge of their vision and occupying the entire field of vision.
It was pitch black before my eyes.
“Bang!”
It was as if the lights in the entire space had been turned off.
Everyone fell into darkness and lost consciousness.
Only the puppet in front of the elevator, which had not moved, twisted its neck, and with its crooked arms, it lifted the head from its shoulders and raised it towards the living room. Its empty, lifeless eyes rolled around and suddenly turned blood red.
The puppet's mouth was wide open, extending all the way to below the ears, as if its entire head was cut in half.
In the darkness, the smell of blood spread.
“Hehe…”
…
In the stairwell, when the manager was carried down by Yan Shixun, his calves were shaking. If Yan Shixun hadn't held his collar, he would have slipped down the wall at any time and collapsed into a pile of mud.
Even though he is the manager of a high-end hotel and receives many distinguished people on a daily basis, he also has to deal with bad incidents that ordinary people can't imagine, and he is overwhelmed by coordinating all kinds of troubles and deliberate trouble-making.
But, he is still an ordinary person after all, and seeing dead people... he really can't bear it!
Yan Shixun could see the manager's inner breakdown from his expression, but he was not prepared to let the manager leave.
In addition to the fact that the manager is the person in charge of the hotel and the person in charge needs to be present when something like this happens in the hotel, Yan Shixun also has questions he wants to ask the manager.
Along the fire escape stairs, the entire ceiling and walls were smeared with minced meat and blood.
But this was not formed by natural splashing, but was deliberately applied by someone.
The master invited by the crew fell on the stairs with his back facing down, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets due to fear, as if he saw some horrible scene before he died. But his limbs were cut off at the seams, and his hands and feet were twisted into an abnormal angle.
Blood flowed from under his body along the stairs, forming a horrifying waterfall of blood.
The blood and flesh smeared on the walls also came from here.
Yan Shixun stood on the stairs and looked up at the blood-red ceiling with some uneven meat scraps. He stretched out his arm and roughly measured the height. It was about four meters from the ground where he was standing. A normal person could not stand so high.
But the smear marks left on the ceiling were extremely smooth, as if someone had smeared them on the white wall while running, with no breaks or pauses, and it did not look like someone had used any tools or was standing on a ladder to smear them on the ceiling.
How is that done?
Yan Shixun looked at the bloodstains around him, but from the trend of the bloodstains and the direction of the minced meat, all he could think of was that something was floating in the air and smearing it.
...Or, that thing was just lying on the ceiling.
When this thought flashed through his mind, Yan Shixun was startled, felt a chill on his back, and subconsciously looked somewhere else above his head.
You should know that the human field of vision is about 210 degrees. Under normal circumstances, you cannot see things behind you, nor will you always look up at the top of your head.
For humans, no matter how cautious they are, this is a blind spot due to their physiological structure. If there is something behind or above their heads, it is difficult for them to detect it immediately.
Judging from the Master's posture, he was probably killed by something from behind while he was hurriedly running down the stairs.
But what was strange was that there were no obvious wounds or bloodstains on the master's back, and judging from the wrinkles on his clothes, it didn't look like he had been hit.
But there was blood on the master's head.
Yan Shixun carefully avoided the blood on the stairs, stood beside the master, squatted down and looked closely at the master's head.
This master should be from Taoism. During the opening ceremony, Yan Shixun saw that he used mostly Taoist methods. Although he was not wearing a Taoist robe, this master had long hair like Taoists, combed into a Hunyuan style.
Between those gray-black hairs, there was a wet reflection that had not yet dried up.
Yan Shixun stretched out his hand and touched it lightly, and his fingertips were stained with blood. He twisted it open, and the stickiness of it and the fact that the master's body was not yet completely cold gave him a rough idea of what was going on.
I'm afraid the master died half an hour ago.
It was when Chi Yan and the others were coming up in the elevator.
The master hurried down from the penthouse suite, not knowing what he was avoiding, but was hit on the head from above and fell on the stairs. His limbs were then cut off and blood was smeared everywhere.
Is it a decoration? Is it fun? Or is it just a bad taste?
Yan Shixun raised his head and looked at the ceiling above him vigilantly, prepared for something to suddenly appear on the ceiling when he wasn't noticing.
"When we came up just now, the waiter said that the fire escape from the penthouse suite is only opened when the customer who originally booked the penthouse suite for a long time checks in every year. It is usually locked. So, apart from the key we got from the front desk when we came up, who else has it?"
Yan Shixun asked the manager, "Why is this person in the fire escape?"
The manager leaned against the wall tremblingly, the strong smell of blood made him retch repeatedly.
"No, no, there is only one key. We have to ensure the privacy and security of our VIP customers. The more keys there are, the more likely it is that management problems will arise."
No?
So how did this master get down here?
Yan Shixun lowered his head and looked at the master who died with his eyes open, his brows tightly furrowed.
Only a few waiters serving the penthouse suite knew the passage, and the only key was at the front desk but not lost. So how did this master know and how did he get in?
Unless...something opened the door for the master, drove him here like a dog, and then killed him.
If he hadn't suddenly taken the fire escape, the master's body would probably have not been discovered for a long time.
Before Yan Shixun could think clearly, he suddenly heard a "buzz!"
Then the entire vision fell into darkness in vain.
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