The storm was getting stronger and stronger. Stone's face was hidden in the darkness under the flashes of lightning, and then suddenly lit up. Outside the window, the sound of a torrent burst out from the cliff. The muddy and dirty torrent washed over the trees, making it difficult for the animals in the forest to escape the disaster. The cold rain hit the glass, making a terrifying loud impact, as if the next moment, the raindrops would turn into hail, smashing the glass and bringing the cold into the corridor.

It is absolutely impossible to sleep well in such weather.

In the room, Lily curled up in bed. She couldn't fall asleep. Ever since she learned about Goder's death, Lily felt very scared. She couldn't control this trembling feeling at all. The fear in her heart was infinitely magnified, making her unable to even do the most basic thinking.

Boom——

A flash of lightning exploded in the sky. Lily quickly covered her ears and curled up into a ball. She felt her throat dry and nauseous, and it felt like there was something alive in her stomach that wanted to crawl out of her mouth.

Lily resisted the urge to vomit, her eyes were bloodshot, her muscles were tense, and she was so frightened that she could no longer feel the pain.

Boom boom boom——

There was a knock on the door, but Lily couldn't hear it at all. She just wanted to find a hole to hide in on this stormy night.

Boom boom boom——

The knocking continued, and was accompanied by some calls.

Those calls penetrated into Lily's ears and turned into low whispers.

"They want to kill you. You are a threat to them. Think of God. They can do it!"

"The Browning family is not a good person. Think about how you became what you are now. You should have had a better future."

"Strike first before they do, or you'll be the one to die!"

"You can't do anything. You can only die in this room in disgrace!"

These whispers echoed in Lily's ears, making it impossible for her to think and controlling her will.

Boom boom boom——

This time the knock on the door was louder, and even Lily couldn't ignore it.

She looked towards the door in horror and leaned back involuntarily until her back touched the hard headboard of the bed and she felt a little safe.

A loud thunderclap struck, and Lily covered her ears again. The feeling of vomiting rose up her throat, and she felt dizzy.

Suddenly, all the sounds disappeared.

It was like a classroom without a teacher, when students were whispering to each other, and suddenly at some point everyone became quiet, an eerie silence.

Lily was a little slow to react at first. When she felt quiet, another wave of noise had already exploded.

Bang——

Lily saw the door of her room was suddenly opened. The heavy wooden door seemed as fragile as paper. She even thought that some legendary giant had broken into her room.

But it wasn't some giant.

Lily saw a woman in a cloak dusting off her hands and walking into the house.

"It looks like there's nothing wrong."

Xia grabbed the door that was blown away and fell to the side, and put it back to its original position.

Of course, the door could not be put back in its original state because the latch was completely damaged.

So, the door is just placed there.

"I thought something had happened to you too. You looked frightened."

Xia had no intention of showing mercy to the girl. She came to Lily and picked up the girl who was like a little animal.

"No, don't kill me!"

Lily immediately covered her eyes with her hands.

"No one is trying to kill you, little girl. We just want to ask you a few questions."

Shia said, causing Lily to unsurely let go of her hand that was covering her eyes and look at Shia suspiciously.

"We want to ask you how Mr. Browning came to sleep with you."

Lu Ban spoke frankly.

Upon hearing this, the maid behind him immediately covered her mouth and turned her face away, as if she didn't want to hear what was to come next.

“Ahem.”

Stone wanted Lu Ban to not be so direct, so he cleared his throat and motioned the maid at the door to move away a little.

"Ms. Lily, we want to know what kind of man Mr. Browning is."

He started again with the classic rhetoric.

"he?"

Lily didn't react for a moment. The frightened girl didn't understand what Stone meant.

Now that someone is dead, why are you still concerned about Browning? He can't possibly get out of his coffin and kill someone!

"As you know, Mr. Gold is dead. He was murdered. The reason for all this is Mr. Browning's legacy, or the legacy of Taoist Heming that was left in this house. Mr. Rum and Ms. Emma do not live with Mr. Browning on weekdays, and they have limited knowledge of their father's current situation. As for you, Ms. Lily, you have been with Mr. Browning day and night for a while, and you know him best. We want to talk to you. Don't worry, with us here, no one can hurt you."

Stone said in relief.

Lily listened to Stone's words and gradually calmed down.

She stopped her trembling a little, and the unreal layers of whispers that had been lingering in her ears seemed to disappear, and she gained a moment of peace.

This allowed Lily to think calmly for a moment. She glanced at Stone. The detective, who was in his thirties, looked very reliable indeed. He was not as rough and upright as Lu Ban next to him, nor as violent and frightening as Xia who broke into the room at the beginning.

"Mr. Browning is a pretty good man. I mean, he doesn't care about a lot of details. When I was still a maid, yes, I was his personal maid, responsible for helping him change his clothes, bathe, etc. He was a gentleman most of the time, not like some masters who like to take advantage of others like I heard."

Lily said as she recalled.

Her speech began to become more coherent, as if her memory was slowly coming back to her, and she was even able to tell some details that she would not be able to tell under normal circumstances.

For example, she would mention that Browning had a surgical wound in his flank, which was caused by a gang attack.

For example, she mentioned that Browning liked sweets and liked to have sweetened black tea with butter biscuits for afternoon tea, but sometimes he would eat tea with many lemon slices and sour grapes.

Although Browning was quite a gentleman most of the time, he was very rude and had a certain tendency to violence when he was having sex.

Lu Ban noticed that when Stone was asking questions, his other hand was always in his pocket. Through Lu Ban's [True Vision], he could see that there was a magnifying glass in Stone's shirt pocket. While asking questions, Stone's hand kept groping on the handle of the magnifying glass. It looked like a prop from [A Quiet Place].

"...Oh, there's one more thing."

Lily seemed to recall the last part, and she said.

"Before Mr. Browning died, he was supposed to sleep in my room, but he chose to sleep alone that day, and the servants found him dead the next morning."