"Alright, host. Wait a moment." 888 activated the system detection function, scanned the small white pill in Lan Shuang's hand, and quickly exclaimed, "Host, this is a drug! Smelling it for a long time will make people fall into a coma. It's not harmful to the body, but the effect can last for three hours."
Lan Shuang's face was gloomy. "In other words, in these three hours, no matter what you do, the drugged person will not be able to wake up?"
"You could say that, but if the stimulation is too strong, you might wake up midway." 888 said in a heavy tone, "How could such a thing exist? This Rose Manor is really strange."
Lan Shuang didn't say anything. After a while, 888 felt strange, "Host, what are you thinking about?"
Lan Shuang whispered, "This thing looks new. If I'm wrong and it's not new, then the original owner stayed in the room most of the time. Doesn't that mean he could fall asleep at any time?"
888 was stunned. "You mean—this thing was placed there from behind? Wasn't it in this room from the beginning?"
"Yes, only humans can precisely control when to fall asleep, but... who put it there? The housekeeper?"
Lan Shuang held the small ball and looked at it for a while, then lifted the quilt and got out of bed. She found a small glass bottle in the separate bathroom and put the pill in it.
888 thought thoughtfully: "The butler is indeed the most suspicious."
Lan Shuang didn't say anything else, pushed the door open and walked out. She heard the sound of a door opening from the room next to her. She turned around and saw Wen Qingqing and the others coming out.
"What time is it?"
Wen Qingqing rubbed her eyes and said, "I feel like I've slept for a long time."
Mu Tiao shook his neck, "Oh, I feel stiff all over. What kind of bed is this?"
"It's not the bed." Lan Shuang took a look and asked, "Is Pei Jinzhi still not awake?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Pei Jinzhi's door opened. She looked at Lan Shuang in confusion, "Are you looking for me?"
Lan Shuang shook her head: "I'll look for everyone."
After the baptism of shock, everyone was now very sensitive. When they heard her say this, their faces changed instantly. Mu Tiao looked around and said, "Could we have encountered something strange again?"
"Don't worry, it's a small matter."
Lan Shuang mumbled a word of comfort, leaned over the railing and turned to look up at the third floor, "Are you all awake?"
The five men on the third floor also came out one after another and met in the living room. When they sat on the sofa, Lan Shuang saw that everyone was a little listless after sleeping, probably because they were scared. Only Jiang Lusheng had a rosy face as usual and looked energetic.
It seemed like nothing at first, but now that everyone was depressed, he stood out.
Zheng Mingxin looked him up and down several times and asked in confusion: "Why do you look as if you are not affected at all? Aren't you afraid at all?"
Although Lan Shuang is also brave, she still gets nervous sometimes, but Jiang Lusheng is flawless.
Hearing Zheng Mingxin's words, everyone looked at Jiang Lusheng.
Jiang Lusheng paused, then suddenly hugged himself: "Who said that? I'm so scared~"
Lan Shuang was drinking water and almost spit it out when she heard this. She quickly covered her mouth and looked at Jiang Lusheng with resentment.
You are someone that even the Space-Time Administration can't control, so what are you afraid of?
Jiang Lusheng noticed Lan Shuang's gaze and smiled at her.
Everyone's original nervousness was also diluted by his sudden "affectivity".
"Did everyone sleep well?" Lan Shuang finished drinking the water, put down the cup, and decided to get to the point.
Ten people leaning crookedly on the sofa, truly demonstrating what "bad" means.
Lan Shuang laughed, "Okay, I get it. Do you know what time it is now?"
Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. Liu Quan took off his glasses and tugged at his hair. "I don't know. Can you please stop keeping me in suspense?"
Lan Shuang spread her hands: "I'm not trying to keep you in suspense, but I don't know the time either."
As she spoke, she gave Jiang Lusheng a look, and Jiang Lusheng immediately reported the time: "It's 4:45 in the afternoon."
"Four forty-five..." Mu Tiao leaned on the sofa, lost in thought, and suddenly jumped up with a start, "What time did you say?"
"Four forty-five, you heard right. We fell asleep at noon and got startled in the middle. Then we all slept together until four thirty-five. From the time we went downstairs until now, it's been four forty-five."
Jiang Lusheng explained it calmly, and everyone, no matter how slow they were, noticed that something was wrong.
"I don't usually take naps, and I rarely sleep, so I wouldn't sleep this long." Wen Qingqing hugged the bear in her arms in fear.
Zheng Mingxin shrank on the sofa, his eyes flickering: “I can’t do it either, and it would be even scarier if we woke up at this time together, okay?”
Lan Shuang placed a glass bottle on the table. "I thought it was strange, too, so I looked around the room and found this."
He Ping looked at the small white balls in the glass bottle and frowned: "Mothballs?"
Lan Shuang shook her head: "The taste is totally wrong. You can smell it, it's a little sweet."
But no one moved after she finished speaking. They were all a little apprehensive. Gao Yaozu, on the other hand, was not so cunning. He opened the glass bottle, poured out the pills, put them in his palm and smelled them. "Oh, it really does smell sweet, like candy."
"But this ball was placed in the corner of the bedside table. It's clear the owner of Rose Manor is wealthy. They wouldn't be so stingy as to not even give their children a piece of candy, let alone leave it unwrapped in the cabinet. And it's not sticky like regular candy."
Pei Jinzhi was the first to react, "So you suspect our drowsiness is related to this thing?"
"Yes. I'm very suspicious, but I have no evidence, so I need everyone's cooperation. Go back to your rooms and look to see if there are any identical white balls."
As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Jinzhi immediately stood up and went upstairs. Seeing this, the others followed him. Only Jiang Lusheng and Lan Shuang were as steady as a rock, not moving at all. Jiang Lusheng took the opportunity to move and sit next to Lan Shuang.
Ten minutes later, the group came down from the building shouting and yelling.
"There's one in my room too!"
Zheng Mingxin pinched the ball, his face as pale as the ball, "Is it really because of this ball?"
"I found it too." Wen Qingqing followed her down. Mu Tiao didn't say anything. With a grim face, he opened his hand and put the white ball on the table.
Lan Shuang looked at the men, and they nodded one by one, "We also found it."
"Fuck, what the hell is going on? What's the purpose of putting this thing there?" Li Weiyan scratched his hair angrily. As a victim at noon, he was almost irritated at the slightest touch.
Lan Shuang shook her head. "I'm sorry, I don't know either, but tonight I suggest everyone be careful when they go to bed. So much can happen during the day, and the long night is sure to be full of ups and downs. Check before going to bed, and if you find anything, it's best to throw it away. Don't sleep too deeply, and if you hear someone calling for help, don't open the door easily."
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