Chapter 108
Johnny felt offended when he heard this, especially from his expression, which showed that he was not complimenting him.
But Johnny dared not speak out, and finally just said dryly: "Yes, I am really the chosen one. Maybe this is the halo of the protagonist. Any good thing can catch up with me."
Lu Jiamu did not continue to say anything to provoke him, but instead observed the direction in which the maid who had just dragged away the corpse left.
Seeing that she had no intention of making a comeback immediately, Lu Jiamu walked to the edge of the flower field and looked at the place where she had just buried the agent.
The land of the flower field did not completely swallow the body, but only barely revealed a little bit of the black head, which was very conspicuous among the white flowers.
Lu Jiamu looked for a while but didn't see anything, and he didn't dare to rush into the flower field. After remembering the location, he walked back to Johnny and huddled in the corner together.
The manor was getting colder quickly at night, and the temperature difference between day and night was much larger than expected. The temperature outside for two people to huddle together for warmth was obviously not enough.
Besides, Johnny's coat had been taken by Lu Jiamu to wrap fish at dinner time, and now his lips were blue from the cold.
Lu Jiamu was better than him, but he also felt the cold.
After it gets completely dark, you can't light a fire to keep warm. If you light a fire, you will be discovered immediately. But if you keep warm by shivering, it's only a matter of time before you freeze to death.
Lu Jiamu patted Johnny, who was shaking with his hands in his pockets, and said, "We can't stay here overnight. We have to go inside."
Johnny responded with a trembling voice: "Yes...No, it's freezing."
After he finished speaking, he stood up, went to the window of the old house and opened the security net.
Although the entire manor was extremely dilapidated, the anti-theft net was surprisingly strong and did not budge at all after being bent several times.
Johnny shrank back again: "How do we get in? The windows have security nets and can't be opened."
"Then get up and look around, maybe there are some that don't have anti-theft nets installed."
Johnny thought about it and felt that as long as he stayed away from the flower fields and the main gate, he could at least stay warm by walking around, even if he couldn't find any windows without security nets. So he followed Lu Jiamu shiveringly around the castle.
The rooms high up in the castle are inaccessible to the naked eye, and the rooms lower down are all equipped with anti-theft nets.
When the two men turned to the back of the castle, they saw a very inconspicuous, low window in a hidden corner that was even half buried in the ground.
"Is this... a semi-basement?" Johnny muttered quietly while looking at the window. "Why is there something like this in such a big building? Are they going to store something?"
Lu Jiamu didn't respond.
After looking for a moment, the two men did not rush to get through the small window immediately, but continued to walk along the outer wall of the castle.
After walking around twice, they determined that this small window was the only one they could touch, that it was not equipped with any anti-theft nets, and that they would not be discovered immediately if they entered.
The two people gathered in front of the small window again, squatted down and tried to peek at what was going on inside.
But there was no light inside, and it was pitch black and I couldn’t see anything.
Johnny looked at the small window, hesitating and not daring to move. He had a hunch that there must be something unusual here.
Although they also walked along the outer wall of the castle during the day, their attention was mainly focused on being wary of people around, observing the artificial lake, and the strange-looking flowers there, so it was normal that they did not notice such an inconspicuous small window.
However, after they entered the first floor of the castle and searched carefully for a long time, they did not see any stairs that could lead them down further.
So what is this semi-basement that suddenly appeared? What is it used for?
After hearing Johnny's question, Lu Jiamu put his hand on the small window and carefully opened it little by little, while answering: "There is an elevator in the castle, but we don't have the key and have never used it."
After saying that, he gestured, indicating that he would go down first.
Johnny felt relieved when he saw that although there were only two of them, Lu Jiamu was so conscientious at this time and did not force himself to charge into the front. He watched Lu Jiamu squeeze into the small window little by little.
It was quiet all around, and Johnny, who was standing by the window, felt even colder. He waited for a while. Although he didn't know what was going on below, he didn't hear any screams, so Johnny asked, "How is it?"
A hoarse and ambiguous voice came from the semi-basement: "Hmm..."
Johnny, who was listening outside, felt that the voice was some distance away from him, so that the response could not be heard clearly. He could not help but sigh that this semi-basement was quite large. At the same time, he felt a little happy: in such a short while, he had walked so far, it seemed that everything went smoothly.
Johnny was already frozen standing outside, and after receiving the response, he immediately climbed in through the small window.
There was another sound in the basement, as if someone wanted to say something, but stopped just as he was about to speak. In addition, Johnny was burrowing back and forth like an earthworm, and the sound of friction with the ground and window frames made him not notice this detail.
After entering the semi-basement, it was indeed much warmer.
Johnny breathed a sigh of relief. Being alone made him feel uneasy, so he immediately walked forward in the dark, trying to catch up with Lu Jiamu as soon as possible.
Before entering the basement, the other party had responded to him, so he could guess Lu Jiamu's approximate current location.
Johnny had only been groping in the dark for a few minutes when he bumped into something. Johnny was so scared that he took two steps back, and the other party was caught off guard and almost fell down, but there was no sound, so it was definitely not those malicious maids.
Johnny calmed down and reached down again, feeling that he touched a piece of cloth. From the touch of his fingertips, it seemed to be a person's shoulder.
Johnny thought he was walking too fast and bumped into Lu Jiamu who was wandering around exploring, but then he suddenly became confused: Why did he become shorter?
Johnny didn't dare to touch him anymore, and asked in a low voice with some uneasiness: "What's wrong with you, Lu?"
The person in front of me didn't speak, and there was silence in the darkness.
But after a pause, a voice came from a distance: "Turn on the flashlight."
Johnny immediately recognized it as Lu Jiamu's voice.
...Then what is this in front of me?
Johnny broke out in a cold sweat, but he still obediently took out his small flashlight and shone it forward.
He saw a head of long black hair tied with a rubber band. If he had touched it a few more times, he would have touched it.
No wonder he felt the road became shorter, it turned out to be a woman!
Johnny still remembered the maid in the castle. When he saw the hair in front of him, he immediately stepped back in fear reflexively, then turned the flashlight to the direction where Lu Jiamu's voice had just come from.
Lu Jiamu was dazzled by the light of the flashlight and squinted his eyes.
Johnny noticed that he was holding onto the wall with one hand, and it was obvious that he was walking close to the wall all the way.
Johnny felt something was wrong and immediately turned off the flashlight.
But the other side said, "Keep it open. There's probably nothing in the basement. Otherwise, you would have died just now."
Johnny felt that he was right, and turned on the flashlight again and shone it on Lu Jiamu's face.
When Lu Jiamu saw him looking at him, he raised his chin forward, indicating that he should look at the person in front of him first.
At this time, the person who was hit by Johnny was still standing there, as if he had not moved at all.
Johnny walked around to her front and saw a familiar girl's face, full of fear.
This was the black-haired girl who had been separated from them. They had all assumed that she had been pulled out of the closet and buried in the flower field. They had never expected to see her again.
Johnny was a little surprised: "It's you? Why are you here?"
The black-haired girl didn't say anything, her face still having that horrified expression.
"……What’s wrong with you?"
Johnny reached out his hand and poked her tentatively. The black-haired girl's expression remained unchanged. She stood there straight, swaying back and forth stiffly from head to toe.
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