Fan Zhiyi slept until he woke up naturally. When he opened his eyes dazedly, he heard Bai Bai yelling in his head: "Host, you're finally awake! Someone's dead!"
"Huh?" Fan Zhiyi was still a little dazed and yawned. The aftereffects of staying up late were too obvious, and his head was still dizzy. "What's going on?"
"Last night, after you all fell asleep, the demon killed someone and left. When everyone woke up, they found a corpse in the blood-stained yard with only a layer of skin clinging to the bones."
Fan Zhiyi sat up. He didn't feel good after hearing the news so early in the morning. "Who died?"
"That's the young man who's been hiding in the corner and not talking much." Bai Bai paused, "Everyone is here now, except you. Master Fan came to call you, but because of the male protagonist's soundproofing skills, you didn't hear it."
Fan Zhiyi discovered the loophole and immediately got out of bed and asked, "Why didn't you call me?"
Speaking of this, Bai Bai got angry: "Ever since the host fell asleep, no matter how I called you, you couldn't wake up. Even when I used electric shock, the host still didn't react at all."
"You mean, no one woke up last night, and that person was killed by a ghost without even the Gao family and another cultivator whose cultivation was obviously higher than ours noticing?"
"right."
Just as Fan Zhiyi was about to go out, he remembered the lantern he had placed next to his pillow and took it with him.
This lantern is really amazing. The candle has not decreased even after burning all night.
Bai Bai was still explaining to him, "Last night, Master Fan and Monk Du first saw a ghost in the courtyard. They were then trapped in a barrier set by the ghost. Then, the unlucky guy was dragged into the courtyard by the ghost. Because of the barrier, the system couldn't continue its survey. When the barrier disappeared, only the unconscious Master Fan and Monk Du were left."
"Brother Du is..."
"That's the monk who stayed with the senior family. Oh, and host, that ghost used your appearance from beginning to end."
Fan Zhiyi: “…” The male protagonist is a dog.
Bing Nandong, who was leading the remaining five monks to avoid the pursuit of the fierce ghost, sneezed softly. He narrowed his eyes, looked at the evil ghost in front of him, and asked the other monks to go first while he stayed behind.
A night passed, and the rope on his hand did not move. Bing Nandong looked at his wrist and thought, it doesn't matter, the farce is about to end.
As for Fan Zhiyi, since he was thinking of the male protagonist, he casually asked, "How long have I slept? Where are the male protagonist and the others?"
"Today is the sixth day, and the male protagonist and his friends haven't returned yet."
Fan Zhiyi paused: "Not back yet?" Didn't he say he would be back before nightfall?
Fan Zhiyi remembered that the system said that this house was alive. Could it be that even the male protagonist could not handle it?
"Yes, host, you heard it right. He didn't come back."
"Oh." He is the perverted male protagonist of the whole book, so it's not a big problem.
Fan Zhiyi said this, but his hand unconsciously stroked his wrist. Just like Bing Nandong said, he felt no sense of restraint at all. However, the host was not here, and he still did something for him. He said he wanted him to have a good rest, but he was secretly doing these things.
As soon as he appeared, he attracted people with him. All the monks who were discussing in the courtyard looked over, but their hostility towards Fan Zhiyi was even greater than yesterday.
As soon as Miss Gao saw Fan Zhiyi, she started yelling as if she had seen something terrifying: "Don't come over here! Don't come over here!"
Fan Zhiyi was very tactful and did not provoke them anymore. He just stood there holding the lamp and glanced down. Through the gap where they were standing, he could vaguely see a human figure lying in a pool of blood. There was a familiar and disgusting smell of blood in the air, and the whole yard was in a mess.
To break the strange silence, Fan Zhiyi spoke first: "What happened?"
"Stop pretending, Yi Zhifan. Master Fan and Monk Du both said that it was you who asked them to meet in the yard last night, and then you knocked them out!" Monk Wang frowned and pointed angrily, apparently having determined that Fan Zhiyi was a ghost.
The more time passes, the more you need to stay calm and not be led astray by their words. Fan Zhiyi analyzed, "Except for a few words with Master Fan yesterday, I was in bed all the time."
"Can anyone prove it?"
Fan Zhiyi looked at the body on the ground, then looked at the others, and sighed: "Probably not."
"Then what else do you have to say? We were all deceived by you. We were so busy setting up the barrier to protect against the ghosts outside that we neglected you! I didn't agree to let you join from the beginning, but that monk insisted on protecting you. If it weren't for that, this person wouldn't have died!"
"Don't put everything on me first. Let's sort it out. You said I killed him. Where's the evidence? Is it because Master Fan and Monk Du said they saw me last night?"
"This certainly doesn't prove anything, but it also doesn't clear you of suspicion," Monk Du said. "Last night, Master Fan said you privately arranged a meeting with him in the courtyard at midnight. Master Fan thought something was amiss, so he asked me to accompany you. When we went, we discovered we'd fallen into a ghost's trap. The ghost had trapped both of us within a barrier. We both passed out, and when we woke up, only this young master's body was left. Therefore, the ghost is still among us. Master Yi, whether or not you truly are a ghost, you are the most suspected at this point. Otherwise, why would the ghost continue to use your appearance?"
Of course it was the male protagonist's idea.
Fan Zhiyi was speechless. This ghost was truly thoughtful. Knowing they couldn't defeat Monk Du, they trapped them. As for why they only killed one person despite having ample opportunity to commit crimes, it was probably because they were constrained by the rules of the note. However, using his likeness to kill people repeatedly was an infringement of others' portrait rights.
Furthermore, Fan Zhiyi definitely did not make an appointment with Master Fan. Firstly, it was that ghost who made the appointment, and secondly, Master Fan was lying.
Fan Zhiyi suddenly remembered that Bing Nandong had said that Master Fan was a ghost. Could it be that what Bing Nandong said was true, or did Bing Nandong want to use himself as a starting point to watch another drama of fratricide? How much did he like this kind of drama?
Fan Zhiyi thought for a moment and said, "Although the ghost has trapped Monk Du, isn't there still the Gao family? The ghost killed people, but don't the others feel anything at all?"
Gao Jia, who had been silently accompanying Miss Gao, said, "We were not careful last night and were also drugged by the ghost. The drug was hidden in the candle wax." Speaking of this, he seemed to feel a little ashamed. A dignified monk was actually defeated by this most inconspicuous trick.
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