What Yang Ji had said made sense. If the plot was indeed taking a supernatural direction, then the goal of the escape route was likely not merely to unlock the villa's main door. Instead, the true objective was to resolve the deep-seated resentment that bound them there, allowing their spirits to transcend and be saved from being earthbound spirits.
After Guan Haifeng finished sharing his clues, it was the turn of Ling Ting, sitting next to him.
Ling Ting shared the clues she found in the butler's and servants' rooms, and then stated without hesitation that the person who killed Servant Yang was Butler Liu, she had already seen the key evidence.
Upon hearing this, Yang Ji immediately looked at Liu Qingling, tears instantly welling up in his eyes: "Lao Liu, I never realized you held such a deep grudge against me!"
Liu Qingling also played along: "Of course, I've been fed up with you for a long time!"
Yang Ji exaggeratedly rolled up his sleeves: "Hey! Come on, let's fight!"
Liu Qingling also gestured towards Yang Ji with a hook of his finger: "You, come here!"
"Hey! Wait! So doesn't that mean the murderer has already been found? The detective route wins?" Guan Haifeng said in surprise.
"Not necessarily. There's more than one murderer. Yesterday we saw a video of you moving a body, the one in the refrigerator. That means you hid that skeleton, you killed the adopted daughter Wei," Wei Shu said.
Lei Miao: "Wow! So that means there's more than one murderer. Does the detective need to name several people? Is getting even one wrong considered an incorrect accusation?"
"Difficulty level increased?" Guan Haifeng said.
Yin Chengjue couldn't help but remind them: "The difficulty is indeed higher than before, but now the leader of each task route has two lives, and each task route has one three-character special skill card that can be used to eliminate some unfavorable factors."
Pausing, Yin Chengjue's gaze fell on Ling Ting and Liu Qingling's faces, his tone feigning casualness: "The search dog acts during the day, which is much more convenient than the one who acts at night. It just needs to target those who aren't yet under suspicion."
Unfortunately, after hearing this, Ling Ting and Liu Qingling's expressions still didn't change much, clearly very skilled at controlling their facial expressions.
Yin Chengjue's attempt to probe was ineffective, so he had to let it go.
Everyone took turns sharing the plot they had found, finally reaching one conclusion: This mansion is a mess.
Setting aside the supernatural elements, just looking at the identities of the heirs: one eldest adopted daughter, two sons from the first wife, two children from the mistress, one son from a cousin.
It could be said that everyone remotely related had come for this inheritance.
At the beginning of the story, the villa's lady had been unable to get pregnant for a long time, so the couple discussed and adopted a daughter.
In the second year after the adopted daughter arrived, the villa's lady became pregnant.
At the same time, a maid working in the house also became pregnant.
After having their own child, the villa's master and lady no longer cared for the adopted daughter as attentively. Since they didn't lack food for her, they just kept her around.
Until one day, the adopted daughter, due to mischievousness, nearly caused the lady to miscarry.
The master was furious, believing the adopted daughter's presence would harm his own child, so he sent the adopted daughter far away.
Later, the lady successfully gave birth to a healthy boy.
The maid also gave birth a few days later, to a daughter.
The lady, having borne a son, finally felt she could hold her head high in her husband's family, no longer having to endure her mother-in-law's subtle remarks calling her a barren hen.
The postpartum maid resigned to go home and raise her child, gradually fading from everyone's view.
Everything seemed to be moving in a positive direction.
Until one day, the eldest son born to the first wife was diagnosed at age seven with a hereditary family disease. Doctors predicted he wouldn't live past thirty, eventually dying from severe complications of the illness.
The lady was heartbroken. After consulting several famous doctors, she learned that using matched umbilical cord blood could potentially alleviate the symptoms or even cure the disease.
However, they hadn't preserved the umbilical cord blood when their son was born. So, the lady thought of a solution: have another child.
Even if another child might also have the hereditary disease, the lady wanted to gamble.
She wanted to gamble on a future for her son.
Soon, the lady was pregnant again. During this time, the maid returned to the villa—she came back leading a daughter and carrying a baby boy in her arms.
At the same time, the master brought the maid before the lady.
The master pointed to the maid and said she was his true love all along, and his true love had borne him a son and a daughter, both healthy, without the hereditary disease.
The master cruelly proposed divorce to the lady and threw the divorce papers in her face.
The lady was furious and volatile. She made a scene and threatened suicide, but it was all futile.
In the end, the lady gritted her teeth and swallowed her anger, left with her seven-year-old son and her five-month pregnant belly, and departed from this sad, hateful, disgusting place.
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