[This old count is really crazy; he'd rather postpone his wedding than not send his daughter to a convent!]
I have a feeling that the old count's motives are not pure.
[This humble Taoist priest has calculated with his fingers and believes there is definitely something fishy going on!]
"Is it really that bad? Perhaps the old count is just very devout."
Yes, it was quite normal for people in the 16th century to be religious.
[Let's make a bold assumption: maybe the older brother is the villain!]
By the way, isn't the older brother here the father of that unfortunate guy?
[It should be, according to previous information, the unfortunate guy's aunt is named Nora Brooke.]
So...it was her singing in the mirror before?!
Ji Qian also noticed this at this time:
"Wait, the name Nora sounds familiar."
Before she could even take out her phone to look at the information, she heard Xu Qi, who was standing next to her, reply in a trembling voice:
"Then... isn't Nora the original owner of Mengjie's room?!"
Upon hearing this, Ji Qian felt a chill run down her spine. She instinctively looked up towards the balcony.
The blonde, blue-eyed girl was nestled in her lover's arms, her youthful and beautiful face full of sweetness, showing no trace of madness.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, the girl abruptly raised her head, her eyes meeting those of Ji Qian, who hadn't had time to look away.
Those azure eyes were momentarily stunned, then quickly consumed by the surging darkness.
"We've been spotted! Run!!"
With Han Mengyao in her left hand, Wang Yingying in her right, and Xu Qi dragging behind her, Ji Qian turned around and ran downstairs quickly.
The sharp whistling sound that rang out from behind at just the right time indicated that the owner of the sound was not in a pleasant mood.
The banquet hall downstairs was no longer as quiet and peaceful as it had been just moments before.
The candlelight, which had illuminated the entire banquet hall as if it were daytime, suddenly began to flicker wildly.
The people on the dance floor stopped dancing and stared blankly in the direction where Ji Qian and the others were.
Even the marble floor suddenly cracked, with several fissures appearing, each one heading straight for Ji Qian and the others.
Ji Qian, dragging three people around, tried to avoid them, but eventually bumped into a male waiter standing in a corner.
The man staggered back several steps after being hit, and his mask slipped off, revealing a face that Ji Qian and the others recognized very well:
"Liu, Liu Liu, Director Liu?!?"
As Wang Yingying exclaimed in surprise, Ji Qian finally snapped out of her initial shock.
Feeling the eerie aura closing in from behind, Ji Qian didn't care about anything else for a moment and simply pushed Director Liu to run towards the door.
Just a second before Ji Qian was about to rush out of the banquet hall, she suddenly felt a wave of drowsiness.
Ji Qian staggered two steps, and before she could react, she was quickly plunged into darkness.
Ji Qian regained consciousness when she heard the assistant director's earnest call:
"Teacher Ji? Teacher Ji! Wake up!! Director Liu is dying!!!"
As Ji Qian slowly opened her eyes, the dazzling golden sunlight rushed into her vision.
Ji Qian squinted again, blinded by the sunlight. She vaguely saw a figure with a huge halo above its head. Still not fully conscious, she subconsciously murmured:
"Buddha...has appeared to us?"
The assistant director was so excited to see Ji Qian finally wake up that he almost cried.
"Teacher Ji, please get up! If you don't get up, Director Liu is really going to meet Buddha, waaaaah..."
Upon hearing the assistant director's words, Ji Qian immediately tried to get up from the ground, but as soon as she braced herself with one hand, a huge scream rang in her ears.
"ah!!!!!!!!!"
Ji Qian was so frightened that she almost fell back to her original spot. Only then did she realize that the ground she was supporting felt slightly different from usual.
Ji Qian looked down along the arm and saw a familiar cartoon character:
"Why does this thing look exactly like that cheap, knock-off Mickey Mouse on Director Liu's clothes?"
"...Is it possible that that person is Director Liu?"
Ji Qian then realized that the place she had just been lying on was not a bed, but Director Liu's ribs.
What he was supporting himself on wasn't the ground, but Director Liu's round, full belly.
Poor Director Liu was lying on the ground foaming at the mouth, on the verge of fainting.
Upon seeing this, Ji Qian quickly got up from the ground and rushed forward with the team of doctors to begin the busy rescue work.
"What's going on?"
Ji Qian felt dizzy and lightheaded. She clearly remembered that she had fainted while fleeing for her life, so how come it was already daylight when she opened her eyes?
"That's what I wanted to ask you too! Teacher Ji, where did you all go yesterday? How did you suddenly fall from the ceiling?"
"you?"
Ji Qian then remembered the other three people who were with her. She reached up to her waist and grabbed the red rope that was connected to Xu Qi.
"Ah, Teacher Xu is over there..."
The assistant director saw Ji Qian touching the red rope and thought she was worried about Xu Qi's safety. Just as he was about to explain, Ji Qian pulled hard, dragging Xu Qi, who was lying on the other side, over.
As if she had rehearsed it countless times, Ji Qian raised her arm and caught Xu Qi, who was lunging at her, and gently placed him on the floor at her feet.
The strangest thing is that Xu Qi slept very peacefully the whole time, without showing any sign of waking up.
"Where are Mengjie and the others?"
The assistant director was stunned by Ji Qian's acrobatic-like actions, and only snapped out of his daze when he heard Ji Qian's question. He raised his hand and pointed in the direction Xu Qi had come from:
"Teacher Han and Teacher Wang are both lying over there; you are the first one to wake up."
Ji Qian tiptoed and looked in the direction the assistant director was pointing. Sure enough, she saw Han Mengyao and Wang Yingying lying peacefully on the mats that the production team had laid out.
After confirming that everyone else was safe, Ji Qian breathed a sigh of relief and finally had time to ask the assistant director about what had happened before she woke up.
This includes, but is not limited to, why Director Liu ended up like this.
According to the assistant director, he was lying on his cot sleeping when he suddenly felt a hurricane sweep over his head.
He opened his eyes groggily and just saw Ji Qian fall from mid-air and land precisely on Director Liu, who was so shocked that his eyes rolled back in his head.
Upon seeing this, the assistant director quickly got up to call a doctor, only to see Xu Qi, Han Mengyao, and Wang Yingying appear out of thin air one after another and then fall to the ground.
The only saving grace was that all three of them landed in the gap between the beds, so apart from Director Liu, no one else was injured.
In a way, Director Liu deserved his bad luck.
There were originally rooms in the castle prepared for the staff to live in, located on the third floor of the castle, which was below Ji Qian and the others' bedroom.
Yesterday afternoon, the assistant director suggested that everyone go back to their rooms to rest that night, but Director Liu insisted on sleeping in the banquet hall, claiming it was for the convenience of filming.
This is what led to the current tragic situation.
"Wait! You mean we all appeared out of thin air in mid-air?"
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