Chapter 103
When they were still some distance away from the castle, they abandoned the car again, walked through the woods, and secretly approached the old, dilapidated, and almost abandoned castle.
The gate of the manor was locked, but they had no intention of entering through the main gate and alerting the family, so they secretly climbed over the fence next to it.
After they entered the manor, the text prompt gave detailed requirements: [You heard that this impoverished noble family has a unique ruby, which is the most valuable thing in the entire family. You decided to steal it, or knock off a small piece and keep it as a souvenir of your adventure.]
"Good fellow." Johnny grinned and said as soon as he landed, "I heard before that this family doesn't seem to come out casually during the day. Now that it's still light, let's go in quickly to find the gem, steal it and run away."
Although they knew that it might not go as they wished, the other people also had the same idea and nodded.
The manor was overgrown with weeds, and no one knew what kind they were. No one had trimmed them for many years, and they had grown to be almost as tall as a person, greatly obstructing their vision. Once they entered this field of weeds, they might get lost.
After entering the weeds, they walked in the direction they had previously identified and made marks along the way.
Half an hour later, the situation they were most worried about, which was getting lost, did not happen. After pushing aside a clump of weeds, the view ahead was finally clear. Without the weeds blocking their view, they approached the castle.
Around the castle, there is a circle of bright red flowers in full bloom. They are extremely gorgeous and each petal seems to be full of colorful juice. The densely planted flowers are very beautiful.
What’s strange is that the flower stems, which should be green, are white, which looks a bit weird.
Because these flowers are much shorter than the weeds, you won’t notice them at all unless you walk into the manor.
Johnny exclaimed when he saw these bright flowers, but he didn't know what kind they were. He said hesitantly, "They are hiding in their own manor... Are they not doing any illegal planting? I heard that some former nobles, after falling into poverty, would use their remaining land to engage in illegal businesses in order to maintain their dignity. The manor is their own private property, and no one would come to check it out unless it was reported."
The text prompt suddenly appeared again: [Because a strange sea of flowers that you don’t recognize appeared in front of you, Johnny thought that this might be some illegal planting, and he became more determined to steal things from Vincent’s house.
Because Johnny thinks that they are illegal, so even if you steal something they will not dare to call the police.]
Johnny closed his mouth.
Wei Xiaoyan looked at the beautiful flowers and asked quietly, "If no one takes good care of them, they won't grow so well, right?"
Such bright flowers suddenly grew in the abandoned castle where even the weeds were not removed, just like poisonous mushrooms growing on a dead tree, which makes people feel uncomfortable at first sight.
A few people walked around the castle and found that the flowers were also planted in a circle around the castle and could not be avoided at all.
However, when they went around to the other side of the castle, they saw a small artificial lake. In the relatively clear water, they could vaguely see shadows swimming back and forth.
They hadn't had any water for several days and had experienced strenuous exercise, so they were already dehydrated to varying degrees.
As soon as Johnny saw the lake, he immediately went over to observe it. He became so excited that he even forgot where they were. He pointed at the water and shouted excitedly: "Water, there are live fish in the water! This water is drinkable!"
Seeing him so excited, Yu Leng's face showed an indescribable expression, but he didn't say anything.
If it were in the normal world, the presence of live fish in the water would indeed indicate that the water is relatively clean. But here there is something swimming around in the water. Who knows if it is a water ghost?
But if he is so proactive in wanting to be a guinea pig, that's also a good thing.
Lu Jiamu also had an excited expression on his face, trying to encourage him to follow his inner will and drink water.
Johnny lived up to everyone's expectations and ran all the way to the lake and half-knelt down to scoop up some water.
The shadow in the water was startled by the sound of his running, so it swam faster, moved closer to the shore, then quickly jumped out of the water, about to bite Johnny.
Fortunately, Coleman had anticipated this and had already followed Johnny as he ran. He grabbed the shadow before it bit Johnny's nose.
The other shadows in the water scattered and fled.
Johnny looked at the strange and ugly flat fish with a mouth full of fangs flapping back and forth in Coleman's hands. He swallowed and hesitated again.
Lu Jiamu also came over and used his intact hand to move the ugly thing, looked around, and then used an empty alcohol bottle to fill it with water: "It's a live fish, but the species may be different from what we usually see. Maybe it can be eaten if we roast it."
Johnny hesitated for only a moment before his thirst overcame his fear. Taking advantage of the fact that there were no shadows in the water near the shore, he lowered his head and began to drink.
Several other people also took out their empty alcohol bottles and got some water, but none of them drank it immediately.
After getting the water, they turned their attention back to the flowers. Coleman carefully reached out his hand and tentatively touched a flower.
The delicate petals trembled slightly, shaking off some liquid that was not sure whether it was dew or nectar, and a sweet smell immediately filled the air.
Kou Man gently held it up and examined it, not daring to pick the flower off. He just said, "There doesn't seem to be anything wrong."
Several people lined up, carefully avoiding the flowers and gradually approaching the castle.
The door of the castle was not locked at all, and it opened with a grinding sound. There was no light inside, and the lack of light at dusk made it look particularly shabby and eerie.
The sound of the door opening did not alarm anyone, and they carefully closed the door again.
Johnny looked around but didn't dare to walk around. "It's all spider webs. Has no one lived here for a long time?"
"Go find their gems first."
A few people were worried that something unusual might happen, so they carefully and secretly walked around the first floor. It seemed that there was no one there.
The castle was too big. If they continued walking together, they would not be able to search the entire castle before nightfall. So they agreed to search separately again.
Kou Man led Yu Leng and Wei Xiaoyan to search from top to bottom, while Lu Jiamu and the black-haired girl Johnny searched from bottom to top.
I don’t know whether the other three people would gain anything, but after they came to the second floor, they felt that although the castle was big, every place exuded a sense of poverty and dilapidation.
After searching for a while, Johnny exhaled and stood up: "There's actually nothing valuable here, right?"
Lu Jiamu was still walking in and out of the room patiently: "I don't know."
After climbing the entire second floor, they were about to go upstairs, but as soon as Lu Jiamu approached the spiral staircase, he shrank back and made a "hush" gesture.
Johnny didn't understand what was going on, so he looked down the stairs and saw that many people dressed as maids had appeared on the first floor at some point, quietly cleaning things with tools in their hands.
[The Vincent family's old house is about to welcome a new foreign visitor. They are actively cleaning up, preparing to clean every corner of the old house to make it look brand new in order to welcome the visitor]
Lu Jiamu immediately pushed the other people into the room.
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