Although they were shocked, there was an unwritten rule in Director Liu's team that guests should be given maximum freedom under certain conditions, so the production team did not send anyone to stop Ji Qian.
Once inside the warehouse, Ji Qian was like a mouse that had wandered into a granary, and began her joyful work of moving things around.
Ying Xu didn't expect the production team not to intervene, so he didn't participate in Ji Qian's moving work. But after seeing Ji Qian frantically moving things for more than ten minutes and still not seeing any staff members arrive, Ying Xu seemed to suddenly understand something and happily joined in the moving work.
In fact, because Ying Xu had a wheelchair, he ended up taking more things than Ji Qian.
After moving the items back to her room and hiding them under the bed, Ji Qian, who was basically immune to the "decorations" on her head, decided to start looking for clues from her surroundings, that is, from the main room.
Of course, this decision was made simply because this was one of the most important rooms in the old house, and certainly not because she was afraid to explore unknown areas alone.
To her surprise, Ji Qian found quite a few clues in this room.
The Book of Songs on the bookshelf contained letters between the Lin family head and others. Ji Qian roughly summarized them and found quite a few suspicious points.
The program's background information mentioned that the Lin family was a well-known landowner in the area, and the head of the Lin family, Lin Jingwen, was a kind and charitable person with a very high reputation among the local people.
Based on these letters, Ji Qian discovered that Lin Jingwen had secretly built several charitable estates.
The term "Yizhuang" refers to a temporary place where, in ancient times, poor families or people from other places would temporarily store the bodies of the deceased in a Yizhuang if they could not be buried in a short period of time for various reasons.
These letters are basically reports from the heads of local charitable institutions to their owner, Lin Jingwen.
Ji Qian rummaged through the study again and found several large characters that were obviously written by children practicing calligraphy. However, the children's names were not mentioned in the Lin family's records. The youngest son of the Lin family was already 16 years old when he moved in.
Ji Qian was at a loss for what to do, so she stuffed the large characters and the letter into the bundle on her back.
Actually, the bamboo basket that the production team gave to each person during the luggage distribution was for the guests to store their evidence. Ji Qian carried the basket for a while and then found it a bit cumbersome, so she simply tore off a curtain and made a bundle to carry on her back. It was indeed much lighter than the basket.
In the corner of the bedroom, there was a large wooden box about half a person's height, with a rusty brass lock hanging on it. Ji Qian noticed it when she entered the room yesterday, but because she had too many things to do yesterday, she didn't examine it closely.
According to the logic of typical mystery shows, to open a locked box like this, you usually need to find the key first. But that's the procedure for ordinary people. Since the previous attempt to pick the lock had already been broadcast live, Ji Qian simply stopped hiding it and reached out to pick the lock again.
She's here! She's here! She's brought technology with her!
[The production team really needs to pay attention this time; stop replaying it over and over again.]
Ji Qian gripped the copper lock with both hands, gently pushed the lock cylinder inward with her right hand, then shook it a few times quickly, and pulled it to both sides, and the copper lock opened.
Wow! That was fast!
[So... it's solved?]
Did anyone see it clearly?
I saw it clearly, but I didn't understand it.
[Didn't understand +1]
[Didn't understand +2]
[Didn't understand +]
Not only did netizens not understand it, but the production team didn't understand it either.
They had previously thought that the poor lighting had caused them to overlook some of Ji Qian's subtle actions, but now, even with such high-definition footage, they still couldn't figure out how Ji Qian unlocked the device. However, out of pride for the production team, they couldn't ask directly, so they secretly left messages on Ji Qian's Weibo, hoping that Ji Qian would give them a reply after the recording ended.
The moment Ji Qian opened the box, her heart skipped a beat. Inside was a bright red wedding dress; the overly neat stitches on the embroidery proved it was a product of modern industry, clearly a prop prepared by the production team.
But what horrified Ji Qian was that beneath her wedding dress, she could vaguely see disheveled hair and skin so pale it was almost gray—a skin tone that no living person should have!
Ji Qian subconsciously touched the machete at her waist, and her mood gradually calmed down. Remembering that she was still live streaming, she used all her strength to suppress her desire to escape and left the room at a normal speed.
[Wait, why isn't she going to get that wedding dress?]
[I don't know! This looks like a crucial clue!]
Did you guys think Ji Qian seemed frightened?
[It's just a traditional Chinese wedding dress. Ji Qian dares to keep prostitutes, so why would she be afraid of this?!]
As soon as Ji Qian stepped out of her room, she ran into Xu Qi, who had also just returned, in the hallway. As her childhood friend, Xu Qi immediately noticed that something was wrong with Ji Qian's expression. He took a step back and slammed the door shut with a "bang." Ji Qian even heard the sound of the door being locked from the inside.
Ji Qian had always known that Xu Qi was timid, but she didn't expect this kid to be so disloyal. Did he really think that locking the door would keep her out?
With the thought of "I'll take someone down with me even if I die," Ji Qian pushed open the window of Xu Qi's room.
In his panic, Xu Qi forgot to lock the window. He was startled when Ji Qian jumped in. His slow reflexes, honed over the years, made his knees buckle, and he knelt down: "Sister, I was wrong!"
Liu Xia, who was watching the live stream, saw this scene and crushed the unopened snacks in her hand.
If it weren't for the outrageous rumors surrounding Ji Qian and Xu Qi's contract expiring and him becoming a free agent, Liu Xia would never have allowed Xu Qi and Ji Qian to participate in the same program.
After all, Xu Qi's persona has been that of a cool and aloof handsome man since his debut, which is almost completely different from his real personality. He is fine when he works alone, but once he has a close friend by his side, his persona is easily ruined, and he may even be involved in a scandal.
Moreover, it would be one thing if the two were actually dating, but it would be too unlucky for a childhood friend to be misunderstood as being in a relationship and have their career affected.
Sure enough, the comments section was already buzzing with excitement.
[Xu Qi... was he so frightened by Ji Qian that he knelt down?]
[Such practiced movements! Are they really not familiar with each other?]
[Didn't Ji Qian peep at Xu Qi taking a bath? You wouldn't need to peep at someone you know well, right...?]
[The person in front of me, it seems your definition of "acquaintance" is quite different from mine.]
[Xu Qi actually apologized?? Did Ji Qian really hit him?!]
[The skill with which she apologizes can't have been developed through a beating.]
【Aaaaaah, Ji Qian, don't get involved! My Xu Qi is the only one who matters!】
[Can Ji Qian find someone else? Stop sticking to my Xu Qi and taking advantage of me.]
Are you fans selectively blind? Maybe the two of them have been dating for a while now, and this is him apologizing to his wife.
【Pah! Pah! Pah! Ji Qian, begone! Evil spirits, begone!】
[Please, have mercy on my brother!]
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