When it came to asking the butler, everyone became dispirited. They really didn't want to talk to that weird butler. They felt an inexplicable sense of oppression when they saw him.
Lan Shuang saw that they were not moving and did not hold out any hope. However, before she could speak, Jiang Lusheng stood up first and said, "I'll do it."
He turned around and shouted to the back: "Butler——"
Everyone turned their heads to look, quite nervous.
The next moment, the butler came out from the room at the other corner. Lan Shuang raised her eyebrows and took another look. That room might be the butler's bedroom?
The butler came over and slowly scanned everyone's faces, "Does anyone need anything?"
Jiang Lusheng raised his hand lazily, "Yes, did a servant go to the second floor just now?"
The housekeeper shook his head: "No special matter, servants will not go up to the second and third floors."
"Oh, I just went to the kitchen and saw a fruit knife missing. I don't know where it went. It's quite dangerous. You should take someone to look for it. There are guests here. It would be bad if it hurts them."
The housekeeper was a little impatient at first, but when he heard the word "guest", he suddenly glanced at Liu Quan and He Ping. That look was meaningful. He relaxed his frown and curled his lips: "Miss San is right. I'll send someone to find them right away."
As he said this, he turned and opened the last door. Inside, a group of maids were standing or sitting.
He said a few words, and the maids filed out and began to search around.
Lan Shuang stared at them for a few seconds and found that they had no expression, their eyes were dull, and they looked very dull. They gave people a very uncomfortable feeling, like a group of zombies.
"Xiao Baba, this is definitely a horror game, right?"
Lan Shuang sat there as if nothing had happened.
888 crossed his fingers and said, "It should be, but the information is incomplete, so I can't make a definitive conclusion. You better be careful."
Lan Shuang stopped talking. Ten minutes later, the maids returned and reported to the housekeeper. The housekeeper came back and said, "We've counted the tableware in the kitchen, and there's no missing fruit knife. Did Miss San remember it wrongly?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the living room fell into deathly silence.
Everyone looked at each other, then turned to look at Jiang Lusheng. Jiang Lusheng pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Ah, no? Then maybe I really remembered it wrongly. Did you go to the second floor to look for it?"
He actually saw that they didn't go upstairs, so he asked this on purpose.
The housekeeper's face became impatient again. "Miss San, if you have nothing to do, you should go back to your room and practice the piano. After all, the master and the others will be back tomorrow, instead of wasting our time here."
After saying that, he left with the maid.
Jiang Lusheng shrugged and sat down. "Looking at how arrogant they are, it shouldn't be them who put it there."
"But he said the fruit knife was not missing. Does that mean that the knife is no longer there?" Mu Tiao asked.
Lan Shuang couldn't help but look at her. This beautiful superstar had a very quick mind and a unique perspective.
Perhaps because she was used to living under surveillance cameras and flashing lights, Mu Tiao was very sensitive to people's gazes. She turned around almost instantly and saw Lan Shuang looking at her. She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: "Do you think I'm right?"
Lan Shuang nodded. "But we're not in a hurry to go back and take a look. Let's talk about our findings first. I used to be skeptical about whether there were ghosts here, but now I'm 80% convinced."
She recounted her previous experience in the lounge. Except for Liu Quan, who had already heard about it, everyone else's face became whiter. Even Gao Yaozu's dark skin became brighter. The whitening effect was gratifying.
Wen Qingqing shivered. "So it's just one ghost? Or are there many?"
"It's hard to say." Lan Shuang's voice was calm, almost indifferent.
"Then what should we do?" Zheng Ming asked anxiously, "It's only the first day, and they've appeared three times. If we continue to stay here, will they attack us?"
He Ping whispered, "It's very likely, so it's best for all of us to stay together and try not to be alone. This way it will be more difficult for them to attack."
"But we still have to go back to our rooms to sleep at night, and then we'll be alone."
Pei Jinzhi crossed his legs and was the calmest person on the women's side except for Lan Shuang.
Lan Shuang snapped her fingers and summoned Rose, "Can we sleep together tonight?"
"No, unless there are special circumstances or the plot requires it, you are not allowed to sleep together. You must stay in your own room."
Rose refused coldly.
"Does the plot require it?"
Several people shouted at the same time.
Lan Shuang and Jiang Lusheng looked at each other and had a vague guess, but didn't say it out loud.
In the end, no one could come to an agreement and everyone just went their separate ways.
Lan Shuang was silent for a moment, then stood up and walked out.
Pei Jinzhi saw her and asked her, "Where are you going?"
"Let's go walk around the garden and familiarize ourselves with the terrain."
"Are you alone?" Pei Jinzhi took a step forward, wanting to follow her, but Jiang Lusheng was one step faster than her. "I'll accompany her."
Pei Jinzhi looked at this and then that, understood something, nodded, and left very tactfully.
Lan Shuang and Jiang Lusheng walked out of the manor gate side by side. The sunlight outside was not as scorching as they had imagined. Instead, it was pale and weak, like a moon forced to go to work.
She turned her head and saw Jiang Lusheng in the sunlight, and couldn't help but sigh.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Lusheng tilted his head in confusion.
Lan Shuang pinched his face and whispered, "You look very ugly now, like a wax figure."
Jiang Lusheng then noticed that Lan Shuang's face was also abnormally pale, and she really looked like she was wearing a mask.
"Nothing in this damn place is normal. Even if the colors are weird, they don't seem that weird."
As Jiang Lusheng spoke, he held Lan Shuang's hand and led her towards the garden.
Lan Shuang smiled and said, "That's right."
After they walked a few steps, the road turned into small pebbles, with large clumps of roses blooming on both sides, red, white, blue, and yellow...
Looking around, it is simply a sea of roses.
The fragrance is strong, which is ok at first, but makes people feel dizzy after smelling it for a long time.
Lan Shuang covered her nose and said in a muffled voice, "Rose Manor is truly worthy of its name."
Jiang Lusheng nodded in agreement. The branches were well trimmed and the shapes were beautiful.
The two of them walked around and didn't find anything unusual, so they prepared to go back. However, when passing by a red rose bush, Lan Shuang inexplicably felt something was wrong. She stopped and stared at the flowers for a while. Jiang Lusheng didn't urge her, but stood beside her and watched the black fog swirling outside.
"Jiang Lusheng, do you think this flower is too red?"
"Too dark?" Jiang Lusheng's eyes flashed slightly. He avoided the thorns and picked a rose to take a look. The red of a red rose should be bright, but it would look better if the color was darker. However, the center of the rose in his hand was so red that it looked black.
Lan Shuang discovered something again and pulled his sleeve. "Look, isn't the color over there lighter? It seems that only this part is redder?"
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