173 Just a Punishment [Part 2]
It's landing in reality
No one can answer this question yet.
"Go back first, we'll deal with the rest later." Qi Qiuxue tied the package as before, leaned over and put it back into the hole, "Fill it with soil."
"Okay." Liu Ge nodded, and quickly got busy with Qi Qiuxue again. Soon, the hole was filled again.
The three of them left the yard lightly and returned to the guest room without any trouble.
“…”
No one had any hallucinations tonight.
This seemed like a good sign, but it also made people inexplicably worried. Qi Qiuxue roughly told the other three players about what they had seen and heard tonight. There were too few clues about Li Zhinuo at the moment, and no conclusion could be drawn by forced analysis, so it was better to go back to the room and rest.
Just like yesterday, Li Yiqing also stayed in her room tonight. The two of them squeezed into a small bed and slept in each other's arms. Qi Qiuxue closed her eyes and listened to her heartbeat, and unconsciously felt sleepy.
A dreamless night.
The next day, Li Yiqing got up at dawn.
Qi Qiuxue lay on the bed and looked at her in a daze. Perhaps because she was still sleepy, she, who was usually independent and strong, showed some clinginess that was hard to see easily at this moment.
She subconsciously grabbed Li Yiqing's sleeve, her tone slightly displeased: "How long will it take you to complete the tasks you have on hand?"
"One more day." Realizing Qi Qiuxue's reluctance to leave and her pleas to stay, Li Yiqing sat down on the bed again, lowering his gaze to rest his head against her forehead. The pendants on her cheongsam jingled as she moved. "As long as I finish today, I won't have to leave."
"I also want to stay with Ah Xue." She gave Qi Qiuxue 100% love and coquettishness in return. She took Qi Qiuxue's hand, placed it on the position of her heart, and let her touch her heartbeat. "I don't want to be apart from you for even a second."
"Really?" Qi Qiuxue grabbed her collar.
"It's true." Li Yiqing buried his head in Qi Qiuxue's shoulder, hugged her tightly, and looked at her with smiling eyes, "Of course it's true."
After saying this, Qi Qiuxue slightly raised the corners of her lips.
"Let's go." After a while, she withdrew her hand and patted Li Yiqing's back gently as if to comfort him. "No matter what, you must be careful."
"Got it." Li Yiqing responded, lowering his eyes and gently kissing Qi Qiuxue's forehead, "It's still early, Ah Xue, rest a little longer."
After she finished speaking, she stood up, tied her shawl, walked to the door and pushed it open. The cold air in the early morning rushed in in an instant, making Qi Qiuxue shiver, and she subconsciously wrapped the quilt tightly around herself.
It was clearly just a trivial distraction—
But when Qi Qiuxue looked up at the door again, Li Yiqing in front of her suddenly began to twist without any defense.
Her figure was infinitely stretched and distorted, and her voice seemed to come from another world, becoming terrifying and distant.
More and more cold air poured in from outside, filling the entire room. Qi Qiuxue began to feel cold. The coldness came from the bottom of her heart, gradually sweeping across her body and spreading to her limbs.
Li Yiqing at the door did not move his body, but he turned his head at some point.
Her expression was also distorted, and the order of her facial features was completely disrupted, spreading across her face in a counterclockwise order, like a strange vortex, getting closer and closer to her.
Afterwards, fangs grew from all those messy facial features, one circle after another, and they rushed over quickly, trying to devour Qi Qiuxue on the bed.
"Bang, bang, bang."
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, followed by a servant's gentle call: "Miss Qi, breakfast is ready. Do you want to eat now?"
Thanks to the other party's call, Qi Qiuxue woke up suddenly from her dream with her chest heaving violently. She subconsciously looked at the time. It had been almost an hour since Li Yiqing left, but to her it seemed like only a moment.
“…”
The thing I worried about still happened.
Qi Qiuxue rubbed her aching solar plexus, frowned, and summarized the pattern of the hallucinations. The first time was in the middle of the night, the second time was in the evening, and the third time, which was now, it appeared at dawn.
It is gradually landing in reality, and at the moment, they are powerless to fight back.
The task must be completed as soon as possible.
"I'll go right away." Qi Qiuxue took a deep breath, opened her lips to respond to the servant's call, and quickly sat up from the bed.
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The experiences of the other players were exactly the same as hers.
During breakfast, everyone briefly discussed the strategy, and decided to let Li Yiqing handle the Third Miss. Because of her blindness, Li Zhinuo stayed in the third courtyard for a long time and refused to go out. Ordinary players like them couldn't get in there. Even if they found an excuse to go in, they probably wouldn't be able to get any clues from the introverted and shy Li Zhinuo. It would be better to let Li Yiqing, who was relatively familiar with her, do it.
As for Madam Han, when Qi Qiuxue came this morning, she heard her angrily scolding the servants. She must have realized that the jade necklace was lost and suspected that it was done by some dishonest servant, so she was questioning him carefully.
If the timing is right, they can actually use this opportunity to temporarily lure Mrs. Han out and sneak into her room to look for the treasure.
Based on the clues obtained in the past few days, it is very likely that Mrs. Han’s treasure is the medicine powder.
——The medicinal powder that only she possesses can change the medicinal properties in an instant.
When they arrived at her room, Madam Han had just dismissed the servants who had gathered in front of the room. She was still wearing her beautiful cheongsam and had an exquisite hairstyle, but there was a trace of anger between her eyebrows. When she saw them coming, she deliberately avoided their gaze, making it clear that she was in a bad mood and had no intention of entertaining them.
Qi Qiuxue glanced sideways and winked at Wu Shanyue, who had the best temper and the most harmless appearance. Soon, Wu Shanyue came over in a familiar manner and asked Mrs. Han about what had happened.
"Jade necklace?" Even though Madam Han's tone was unkind, she didn't take it to heart. Instead, she frowned and deliberately thought for a moment before saying, "Are you talking about the teardrop-shaped necklace with auspicious clouds engraved on it and a circle of gold inlaid around it?"
The description she gave was exactly the same as the one that Mrs. Han had lost.
Mrs. Han changed her attitude and finally turned around to look directly at Wu Shanyue in front of her: "How did you know?"
"Yesterday, when I passed by the courtyard, I happened to see it on a servant." Wu Shanyue said fluently, as they had agreed in advance. "That necklace looked quite valuable, obviously not something an ordinary person could afford. I was curious, so I took a few more glances at it."
She acted as if suddenly realizing something. "So that was Madam Han's lost property. I think your necklace must have fallen somewhere by accident, and that servant happened to pick it up, but was too busy with work to return it in time."
"Not in time?" Madam Han sneered, "I guess you don't want to pay it back!"
"Do you remember who that person is?" she asked quickly.
Wu Shanyue shook her head. "There were so many servants in the courtyard that I couldn't remember his appearance completely at the moment. But if I see him again, I will definitely recognize him."
"Okay." Madam Han nodded and quickly stood up. "What I hate most in my life is people who push their luck too far. Things used to go missing from our house all the time, and I always turned a blind eye and muddled along, thinking they had a hard time. But I never expected them to develop such a bad habit that they even stole from me!"
"I want to see who did this." She asked Wu Shanyue to go with her to identify the person. She had already reached the door, but suddenly turned back to look at the others. "Everyone, please leave. It's hard to prevent a thief from roaming in your own home. To prevent this from happening again, I'm going to lock the door to my room for now."
"If you don't have anything to do..." She smiled at Qi Qiuxue and the others, and suddenly took out something from her body. It was a sewing kit, with dozens of needles of different sizes and thicknesses lying inside. "Then come with me. Just treat it as a fun thing to relieve the boredom of life."
Qi Qiuxue looked directly at the thing in her hand: "What do you want?"
"This?" Madam Han smiled charmingly, her lips as beautiful as flowers slightly parted as she uttered cold and terrifying words: "It's just a small punishment."
"It's very effective in dealing with disobedient servants. It ensures that they will behave themselves and never dare to have any dissenting thoughts again."
“…”
It was not until this moment that Qi Qiuxue finally understood why the servants lived in fear and panic every day.
【Author’s words】
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