"The door won't open! It's locked!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"I can't break it! Damn it! Is this window made of bulletproof glass?! I can't break it!"
"What do we do? We're trapped here!"
...
Xia Linyin displayed the behavior expected of a normal girl in this situation, rather than the composure of a player.
Her eyes were brimming with tears, she was biting her lip, clutching her bag tightly, standing there helplessly. She looked utterly pitiful, clearly scared but trying her best to remain calm.
When Xia Linyin caught sight of Li Luo looking at her with her watery eyes, she almost lost control of her emotions.
Oops! Don't look at me like that! It's making me really embarrassed!
Also, be careful to hide your player identity!
Li Luo, could you show a little bit of fear?
The ghost killed someone! You don't care at all about how to escape, but what's with staring at me like that?
Whether he understood the meaning in Xia Linyin's eyes or not, Li Luo finally looked away from Xia Linyin.
His fists were clenched tightly, trembling slightly, as if he were suppressing something.
"One thing is certain now: we're trapped in the castle." Ma Yanming gathered everyone together. "The murderer is in the shadows, and we're in the light. If we want to survive, we have to find the killer!"
Ma Yanming narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing the changes in everyone's expressions. "Whether it really is a ghost or someone is just playing tricks, I believe the truth will eventually come to light. No matter how sophisticated the murderer's methods are, they will leave clues."
Yang Shuming clenched his fist. "Brother Ma is right. We can't just sit here and wait to die! We have to find the murderer! Even if it really is a ghost, there's always a cause and an effect. We have to figure out the ghost's motives and methods for killing! That way, we can find a way to deal with the ghost!"
Everyone nodded in agreement. After moving Xia Yao's body aside and covering it with a blanket, they began searching for clues in pairs.
Ma Yanming stood in the center of the bathroom, looked up at the ceiling, and picked up a mop to poke around.
It seems that Zhao Dahai was pulled to the second floor by the murderer through a secret passage in the ceiling.
Liu Wei, standing to the side, looked like a wilted eggplant, completely deflated. His expression was listless, and he muttered, "Ghost, ghost..."
He was clearly terrified by the scene of Liu Dahai and Tian Chunli hanging themselves.
“Shut up, it’s not a ghost…” A dark glint flashed in Ma Yanming’s eyes as he stared intently at Liu Wei.
"I once saw a movie where the serial killer set up traps throughout the villa and used them to kill one person after another who entered. There were no ghosts at all! The murderer who killed Xia Yao, Zhao Dahai, and Tian Chunli is one of us!"
"Isn't it a ghost?" Hearing Ma Yanming say this, a glimmer of light appeared in Liu Wei's desperate eyes. He roused himself and joined Ma Yanming in searching for clues.
The shoe cabinet in the entryway contained shoes for men, women, and children. Xia Linyin squatted down, took out the shoes from the cabinet, and examined their soles.
The soles of the women's and children's shoes were clean, but the soles of the men's shoes had mud on them, making them look like they had been worn.
Just as I expected.
Xia Linyin frowned slightly as she looked at the oil painting hanging in the living room. There should be a family of three living in this castle, but there was only a toothbrush and a toothpaste in the bathroom.
In addition to the soles of the shoes, all signs indicate that there should only be one man living in this castle now.
Another strange thing is that although the male and female owners in the oil painting look very happy and loving, they sleep in separate rooms.
Let's speculate: a loving couple had a fierce argument over something, to the point of considering divorce, and then the wife left home with their son.
But the castle is inhabited by a ghost, not a man.
Could it be that the man committed suicide because he couldn't bear the departure of his beloved wife and became a ghost?
So the ghost is the man in the oil painting?
Xia Linyin went upstairs to the second floor and entered the master bedroom's bathroom. She picked up the toothbrush from the toothbrush cup, touched the bristles, and found them to be completely dry, as was the bottom of the cup.
The husband and wife quarreled, and the wife left home with the children. After living a lonely and painful life for a period of time, the husband committed suicide and became a ghost.
The toothbrush and cup were used by my husband when he was alive, and no one uses them after his death, so they are now dry.
This is just a simple speculation, and more clues are needed to prove whether this guess is right or wrong. Xia Linyin left the master bedroom and walked towards the children's room.
A large rabbit doll sits on the children's bed, which is covered with a blue star-print sheet, and a storybook sits next to the soft little pillow.
There was a rabbit piggy bank on the desk, and a rabbit pendant on the wall, so it seemed that the boy really liked rabbits.
Xia Linyin dragged a wooden box out from under the bed. The box was covered with a layer of dust. When she opened it, she found it was full of various rabbit toys, but all of them were broken.
Xia Linyin picked up a rag doll rabbit. The rag doll rabbit, about the size of a palm, had lost an eye and a broken leg, leaving only a wad of cotton inside. It looked quite pitiful.
The sound of the door closing with a "click" startled Xia Linyin, who turned around and called out, "Li Luo?"
She was paired with Li Luo, who stood beside her like an invisible person the whole time, not saying a word or offering any opinions, just standing quietly to the side with her eyes downcast, seemingly lost in thought.
After failing to get a response after several attempts to speak to her, she tried to ignore Li Luo's powerful aura and focused on finding clues.
Now that the door is closed, only she and Li Luo are left in the small children's room. Li Luo's presence cannot be ignored at all. Xia Linyin feels that the air is almost thin, and a sense of oppression is coming towards her.
Xia Linyin swallowed hard, put down the rabbit in her hand, and stood up from the ground. "Li Luo, you... why did you close the door?"
With his black, feather-like eyelashes fluttering, Li Luo slowly raised his eyes to look at Xia Linyin, his pupils deep and frightening. He took long strides and walked towards Xia Linyin with unhurried steps.
The soft carpet absorbed the sound of Li Luo's footsteps, but Xia Linyin could still feel his footsteps, each one like a drumbeat striking her heart.
"Li Luo, what are you trying to do? Don't scare me..."
Xia Linyin took two steps back and fell onto the children's bed. She quickly grabbed a large rabbit from the side to shield herself, saying, "I'm warning you, don't... don't do anything reckless..."
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