"Do you know who it is?" Pei Jinzhi asked with a frown.
Lan Shuang shook her head: "I can't be sure. He didn't have anything on him to prove his identity. He was just shot to death."
"Gun?" Wen Qingqing exclaimed, "Is it the pistol in the warehouse?"
"Yes, I think so." Lan Shuang leaned back in her chair and pinched her brows. "It's strange to say, but the body looks like it just died not long ago. There is no sign of decay at all."
This statement is as terrifying as if there is a ghost here.
Silence spread again, and Lan Shuang smiled. "Don't be like this, everyone. I haven't told you anything more terrifying yet. Be mentally prepared."
"Anything else?" Zheng Mingxin hugged his head, his expression broken: "If I keep listening, I feel like I won't live to see tomorrow."
"This is my own experience. Last night at twelve o'clock, I couldn't fall asleep, so I opened the door to check. I found movement on the third floor, so I hurried up and saw Liu Quan opening Jiang Lusheng's door."
Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up instantly. They all looked at Liu Quan, and then at Jiang Lusheng. At that moment, they reached an unprecedented tacit understanding.
Jiang Lusheng: "..."
Liu Quan quickly explained: "I was unconscious at the time. I was controlled, just like He Ping. I didn't do anything before Jiang Lusheng kicked me down."
"What do you mean? If I don't kick you, what else do you want to do?" Mu Tiao smiled.
"Don't joke with me, aunt. I was so scared when I woke up!" Liu Quan clasped his hands together and begged her for mercy.
Mu Tiao shrugged. "So judging from the current clues, He Ping and Li Weiyan's characters are a couple, and Liu Quan and Jiang Lusheng's characters are a couple?"
"It's not that simple." Lan Shuang said, "Here comes the key point today. After I went upstairs, my body didn't move, but my consciousness entered another dimension. You could say I had a dream. In the dream, I saw the woman in red that Zheng Mingxin mentioned. I saw her face. She was very young. She must have been a beauty when she was alive. She pushed me into Jiang Lusheng's room."
Everyone listened to her with bated breath.
"Then the door of the room was closed, but when I touched it again, it disappeared. I entered the corridor, actually entering an event that had already happened. I heard someone coming upstairs and hid behind the potted plants. I saw with my own eyes the manor's host and hostess leading two men upstairs. One was the boss, the other was the secretary. They entered Li Weiyan's room, which was also the eldest daughter's room."
Li Weiyan's eyes widened: "What the hell? Me again?"
"Yes, it's you again." Lan Shuang looked at him sympathetically, "The role you've been assigned is very crucial."
Li Weiyan: "Hehe..."
"What happened next?" He Ping pushed his glasses.
Lan Shuang sighed, "The couple took the young lady to her room, knocked her unconscious with milk, and then showed her to the boss. He was very satisfied and said he would pay the balance when she came of age. The young lady, who was still a little girl at the time, saw this from outside the door."
"What do you mean by paying the balance?" Mu Tiao was surprised. "Could it be what I thought?"
"It's hard to say." Lan Shuang looked at He Ping. "If I'm not mistaken, this boss should be the identity corresponding to your serial number. You entered the wrong customer yesterday. I guess you should enter buyer."
Everyone gasped.
Jiang Lusheng snapped his fingers and asked, "Rose, is our answer correct?"
Rose smiled and said, "Oh, that's right~ very smart."
After the answer was determined, no one felt happy at all.
"The buyer..." Pei Jinzhi sneered, "So they treat us as merchandise. No wonder there are cameras in the room."
"And they're high-end stuff, too. They're learning poetry and musical instruments. Oh, right." Mu Tiao said, curling her hair. "I found books on flower arrangement in the room. These ladies must be learning flower arrangement. You know, apart from those who are truly interested in these things or specialize in them, the rich ladies who learn them, the rest of them have more special professions."
Zheng Mingxin was completely confused and murmured, "Did they raise their daughter just to sell her?"
"Or have you ever thought that these seven young ladies are not your biological children?"
Jiang Lusheng suddenly spoke, like a wake-up call.
"Yes." Lan Shuang's eyes lit up. "Didn't we mention the different attitudes of the housekeeper and the servants towards us yesterday when we were chatting? They said this family might favor boys over girls, but that doesn't make sense. My eldest brother is the eldest. If they continue to have children, they can't keep having girls until they reach the seventh child. There's no need for that. Besides, it's very harmful to a woman's health if she keeps having children. This family doesn't seem to be short of money, so they wouldn't necessarily do such a thing."
Pei Jinzhi continued, "If these seven daughters were adopted, then that makes sense."
"No, that's a little unreasonable!"
Li Weiyan raised his hand: "Where did they adopt seven daughters from? Did they adopt them just for money?"
"This is the clue we are going to look for next."
Lan Shuang leaned back in the chair and let out a long breath. After talking so much continuously, her throat was now dry and itchy. She was about to get up to find some water when suddenly a cup was pushed in front of her.
Lan Shuang looked up in surprise. Jiang Lusheng blinked at her and sat down.
Lan Shuang smiled and didn't even notice when he left. It turned out that he went to pour her some water.
She took it and drank it in big gulps. Soon the cup was empty and she felt like she was alive again.
"How did you get out later? And that Sixth Miss, how did she end up there?"
Lan Shuang knew Pei Jinzhi would ask this question. Her logic was very meticulous. "I suspect that the female ghost in red might be the Sixth Young Lady. Otherwise, how could they arrange for the Sixth Young Lady to appear there? The Sixth Young Lady witnessed all of this, so I had to repeat it when I was there. I woke up after the Sixth Young Lady was discovered."
"Is she reminding you?" Mu Tiao touched his chin, "But why is she doing this?"
"I'm not sure about that. Now it's your turn to speak. Did you make any new discoveries yesterday?"
Lan Shuang narrowed her eyes and looked at everyone.
Liu Quan smiled bitterly. "I found a lot of photos in music books. They all show a girl. She's very beautiful, with long, straight black hair, a great temperament, and a tall stature. I suspect most of these photos were taken secretly, with strange angles. I've wondered before who this girl is, but after hearing what you said, I have a reasonable suspicion that it's Miss San."
Jiang Lusheng nodded: "So your role is a little different from He Ping's. You are secretly in love with the Third Miss."
Liu Quan thought for a moment and said, "That's about right."
"Now the relationships between the characters are clearer. You two outsiders, one is the buyer, the other is the secret crush, and both have corresponding people. What's a bit blurry now is the story lines of the second, fourth, fifth, and seventh ladies. Do you have anything to add?"
Lan Shuang looked at the four people.
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