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Ruan Qing looked at the bed for several seconds with a desolate expression, as if immersed in a wave of sorrow.
After a while, he raised his head, seemingly noticing that the door to his room was open.
He paused, a trace of confusion appearing on his delicate face, as if wondering why the door was open. After all, he had closed and even locked it before going to sleep last night.
However, Ruan Qing seemed uncertain, displaying a look as if he couldn’t remember whether he had closed the door or not.
Eventually, he got out of bed and closed the wide-open door. Surprisingly, he didn’t lock it, just closed it casually.
Although they were on the third floor with the window opening to the villa’s garden, jumping down would still cause injuries.
Ruan Qing never liked closing off his own paths. If something was amiss, he wanted the option to open the door and escape.
Dressed in pajamas, he went to the bathroom for a quick wash before heading to the dressing room.
This room belonged to Yang Chenfeng, and the clothes inside belonged to him as well.
The original owner’s clothes were meager and placed in a suitcase on the floor, brought only for his seven-day stay.
After attending Yang Chenfeng’s funeral, the original owner knew he wouldn’t be allowed to stay at the Yang family estate any longer.
Unsure if anyone was in the room, Ruan Qing didn’t want to change clothes inside; after all, one never knew what might happen halfway through.
At that time, it would be inconvenient to run out.
But staying in pajamas was also very inconvenient; he couldn’t stay in forever.
If that person was still in the room, the longer he stayed, the more unsafe it became.
Unsafe in every sense.
Although he didn’t know who that person was, based on their recent actions, it was clear they weren’t a normal person.
Ruan Qing glanced at the bathroom, eventually picking up a clean set of clothes, pretending to enter the bathroom to prepare for a bath before changing.
The bathroom window wasn’t opened very high; even Ruan Qing could easily climb out.
Moreover, the bathroom had a door, and if it was locked, at least it could buy him some time.
Ruan Qing moved quickly, turned on the tap without using any bathing products, just quickly rinsed, and changed into the clothes.
Nothing happened during this time.
As if that person had already left the room.
Though Ruan Qing wasn’t sure if the person was still there, it was definitely the right decision not to stay in the room.
After another quick glance around the room, Ruan Qing walked out directly.
The Yang family mansion was, in fact, a luxurious villa built on the mountainside in the suburbs.
It was called a villa, but in reality, it was almost like a castle.
The scale was somewhat beyond imagination.
Even if one spent several days, it would probably be challenging to explore the entire Yang family estate.
The Yang family mansion had a total of six floors, with the third to sixth floors being the residences of the Yang family members.
Guests attending the funeral either stayed in other parts of the mansion or on the first and second floors.
Only three guests stayed on the third floor.
The original owner was one of them, and the other two were from the Shen family.
One was Shen Baiyue, the daughter of the Shen family, and the other was Shen Baichao, the eldest son of the Shen family.
Both came to attend the funeral.
The original owner had only moved in yesterday and learned about this information. However, because the Shen family arrived late yesterday, the original owner didn’t want to disturb them.
And now that Yang Chenfeng was also dead, talking about these things probably didn’t make much sense.
So the original owner planned to apologize if they ran into each other, and if not, then so be it.
The rooms of those two individuals were not very far from Ruan Qing’s room.
Ruan Qing had no intention of apologizing, and in fact, deliberately avoided doing so. He began to examine the layout of the villa.
It’s strange, the other members of the Yang family all seemed to live on the fourth, fifth, or sixth floors, while Yang Chenfeng, the young master, was the only one living on the third floor.
The third floor was evidently reserved for hosting esteemed guests like the Shen family.
It seemed peculiar for Yang Chenfeng to reside on the third floor.
Moreover, the information in the instance also stated that the Yang family showed no sadness over Yang Chenfeng’s death.
If it was useless information, the instance probably wouldn’t deliberately mention it; something seemed odd.
Ruan Qing explored the third floor and found that there were hardly any surveillance cameras in the villa.
And this villa was truly outrageously large, to the point where one could easily get lost if unfamiliar.
To thoroughly investigate and find any issues, the workload would be enormous unless relevant clues were discovered.
Considering the instance name, it should be related to some eerie blood shadow.
Blood shadow? A red shadow?
Were the missing servants consumed by this blood shadow?
What did this have to do with the funeral?
The information provided by the instance was very limited, requiring further investigation.
As Ruan Qing approached a turn, he turned and headed towards another corridor.
Underneath that corridor was the villa’s hall, which was hollowed out, allowing the upper floors to see the situation in the hall.
What Ruan Qing was looking for were the players.
Since the Yong’an Guild had entered this instance with clear objectives, they must be aware of the situation.
Therefore, the fastest way to investigate clues was to approach the Yong’an Guild’s players.
If nothing unexpected happened, the players should be residing on the first or second floor.
If Su Zhen and Li Shuyang also entered, the best course of action would be to possess one of the players.
This way, he could infiltrate the player’s team to gather information about the instance and disrupt the two’s line of sight.
Most importantly, it would be convenient to escape.
However, the choice of the person to possess must be cautious; if the other party’s will was too strong, the possession time would be short, and it would consume a significant amount of his mental power.
This would obviously not be worth it.
He and that group of players should have entered the instance at the same time.
After entering the instance, the players probably wouldn’t be in the mood to sleep; at this moment, they might have already gathered.
When Ruan Qing looked towards the hall from the corner, he saw a group of people gathering in a secluded corner of the hall.
It was only just dawn, and the guests who came for the funeral had mostly not yet woken up.
So, apart from the players, this group couldn’t have been the other guests attending the funeral.
Ruan Qing scanned the crowd downstairs and did not find the two players resembling Su Zhen and Li Shuyang.
Did they not enter?
However, it seemed that the Yong’an Guild had deceived quite a few new players to enter.
There were quite a few players with low mental power.
Ruan Qing carefully noted down this group of people.
Perhaps Ruan Qing’s gaze was too intense; a player in the crowd suddenly lifted his head and looked straight at the corner of the third-floor corridor, his gaze very sharp.
The people gathered in the corner of the hall were indeed players. Other players, seeing the man looking towards the third floor, were puzzled.
They looked in the direction the man was staring at.
There was no one there.
One of the players, with a hint of confusion, asked, “Vice President, what’s wrong?”
“Is there something strange?”
The man called ‘Vice President’ coldly replied, “There’s someone on the third floor.”
Bonus chapter! Thank you to Paopao for the donation! ^^
***
Ruan Qing looked at the bed for several seconds with a desolate expression, as if immersed in a wave of sorrow.
After a while, he raised his head, seemingly noticing that the door to his room was open.
He paused, a trace of confusion appearing on his delicate face, as if wondering why the door was open. After all, he had closed and even locked it before going to sleep last night.
However, Ruan Qing seemed uncertain, displaying a look as if he couldn’t remember whether he had closed the door or not.
Eventually, he got out of bed and closed the wide-open door. Surprisingly, he didn’t lock it, just closed it casually.
Although they were on the third floor with the window opening to the villa’s garden, jumping down would still cause injuries.
Ruan Qing never liked closing off his own paths. If something was amiss, he wanted the option to open the door and escape.
Dressed in pajamas, he went to the bathroom for a quick wash before heading to the dressing room.
This room belonged to Yang Chenfeng, and the clothes inside belonged to him as well.
The original owner’s clothes were meager and placed in a suitcase on the floor, brought only for his seven-day stay.
After attending Yang Chenfeng’s funeral, the original owner knew he wouldn’t be allowed to stay at the Yang family estate any longer.
Unsure if anyone was in the room, Ruan Qing didn’t want to change clothes inside; after all, one never knew what might happen halfway through.
At that time, it would be inconvenient to run out.
But staying in pajamas was also very inconvenient; he couldn’t stay in forever.
If that person was still in the room, the longer he stayed, the more unsafe it became.
Unsafe in every sense.
Although he didn’t know who that person was, based on their recent actions, it was clear they weren’t a normal person.
Ruan Qing glanced at the bathroom, eventually picking up a clean set of clothes, pretending to enter the bathroom to prepare for a bath before changing.
The bathroom window wasn’t opened very high; even Ruan Qing could easily climb out.
Moreover, the bathroom had a door, and if it was locked, at least it could buy him some time.
Ruan Qing moved quickly, turned on the tap without using any bathing products, just quickly rinsed, and changed into the clothes.
Nothing happened during this time.
As if that person had already left the room.
Though Ruan Qing wasn’t sure if the person was still there, it was definitely the right decision not to stay in the room.
After another quick glance around the room, Ruan Qing walked out directly.
The Yang family mansion was, in fact, a luxurious villa built on the mountainside in the suburbs.
It was called a villa, but in reality, it was almost like a castle.
The scale was somewhat beyond imagination.
Even if one spent several days, it would probably be challenging to explore the entire Yang family estate.
The Yang family mansion had a total of six floors, with the third to sixth floors being the residences of the Yang family members.
Guests attending the funeral either stayed in other parts of the mansion or on the first and second floors.
Only three guests stayed on the third floor.
The original owner was one of them, and the other two were from the Shen family.
One was Shen Baiyue, the daughter of the Shen family, and the other was Shen Baichao, the eldest son of the Shen family.
Both came to attend the funeral.
The original owner had only moved in yesterday and learned about this information. However, because the Shen family arrived late yesterday, the original owner didn’t want to disturb them.
And now that Yang Chenfeng was also dead, talking about these things probably didn’t make much sense.
So the original owner planned to apologize if they ran into each other, and if not, then so be it.
The rooms of those two individuals were not very far from Ruan Qing’s room.
Ruan Qing had no intention of apologizing, and in fact, deliberately avoided doing so. He began to examine the layout of the villa.
It’s strange, the other members of the Yang family all seemed to live on the fourth, fifth, or sixth floors, while Yang Chenfeng, the young master, was the only one living on the third floor.
The third floor was evidently reserved for hosting esteemed guests like the Shen family.
It seemed peculiar for Yang Chenfeng to reside on the third floor.
Moreover, the information in the instance also stated that the Yang family showed no sadness over Yang Chenfeng’s death.
If it was useless information, the instance probably wouldn’t deliberately mention it; something seemed odd.
Ruan Qing explored the third floor and found that there were hardly any surveillance cameras in the villa.
And this villa was truly outrageously large, to the point where one could easily get lost if unfamiliar.
To thoroughly investigate and find any issues, the workload would be enormous unless relevant clues were discovered.
Considering the instance name, it should be related to some eerie blood shadow.
Blood shadow? A red shadow?
Were the missing servants consumed by this blood shadow?
What did this have to do with the funeral?
The information provided by the instance was very limited, requiring further investigation.
As Ruan Qing approached a turn, he turned and headed towards another corridor.
Underneath that corridor was the villa’s hall, which was hollowed out, allowing the upper floors to see the situation in the hall.
What Ruan Qing was looking for were the players.
Since the Yong’an Guild had entered this instance with clear objectives, they must be aware of the situation.
Therefore, the fastest way to investigate clues was to approach the Yong’an Guild’s players.
If nothing unexpected happened, the players should be residing on the first or second floor.
If Su Zhen and Li Shuyang also entered, the best course of action would be to possess one of the players.
This way, he could infiltrate the player’s team to gather information about the instance and disrupt the two’s line of sight.
Most importantly, it would be convenient to escape.
However, the choice of the person to possess must be cautious; if the other party’s will was too strong, the possession time would be short, and it would consume a significant amount of his mental power.
This would obviously not be worth it.
He and that group of players should have entered the instance at the same time.
After entering the instance, the players probably wouldn’t be in the mood to sleep; at this moment, they might have already gathered.
When Ruan Qing looked towards the hall from the corner, he saw a group of people gathering in a secluded corner of the hall.
It was only just dawn, and the guests who came for the funeral had mostly not yet woken up.
So, apart from the players, this group couldn’t have been the other guests attending the funeral.
Ruan Qing scanned the crowd downstairs and did not find the two players resembling Su Zhen and Li Shuyang.
Did they not enter?
However, it seemed that the Yong’an Guild had deceived quite a few new players to enter.
There were quite a few players with low mental power.
Ruan Qing carefully noted down this group of people.
Perhaps Ruan Qing’s gaze was too intense; a player in the crowd suddenly lifted his head and looked straight at the corner of the third-floor corridor, his gaze very sharp.
The people gathered in the corner of the hall were indeed players. Other players, seeing the man looking towards the third floor, were puzzled.
They looked in the direction the man was staring at.
There was no one there.
One of the players, with a hint of confusion, asked, “Vice President, what’s wrong?”
“Is there something strange?”
The man called ‘Vice President’ coldly replied, “There’s someone on the third floor.”
