0p0 Chapter 173 A Twisted Fate? I Just Love Twisted Fates
Chapter 173 A Twisted Fate? I Just Love Twisted Fates
Ugh, these nails are really unsettling to look at.
[Is this something that attracts evil spirits?]
[I really don't understand. This mother is already doing very well, so why does she keep pushing her child to the brink? Is she afraid someone will take care of her when she gets old?]
Could it be because she has a mental illness? There are so many medications in the drawer.
The truth remains unknown.
But Lin Sui looked at the dried blood and calculated, then frowned deeply.
"What's wrong?" Yu Cinian keenly noticed her unusual behavior.
Lin Sui had regained her composure. She shook her head and said nothing.
After thoroughly inspecting the bedroom, Lin Sui went to the bathroom, the scene of the murder.
The bathroom, which was covered in blood and looked like a hellish place last night, is now clean and sparkling new.
The bathroom has a separate wet and dry area, and also includes a bathtub.
This is precisely Lin Sui's main goal.
She stepped forward, her palm gently brushing against the inside of the jar, faint golden-red runes appearing and disappearing.
Lin Sui withdrew his hand, his expression unreadable.
Did the black cat remember the wrong location, or...?
Lin Sui searched again and, sure enough, found the strange statue that she hadn't seen in the shared bathroom, in the gap between the bathtub and the wall.
Three years later, the aura of an evil god on the statue had long since disappeared.
Now it looks like just an ordinary statue that looks a bit strange.
"Money...take it!" Take the valuables back!
Tangxi clearly remembered what Lin Sui had said, and excitedly picked up the statue and walked out.
Sui Sui must have spent all her money preparing gifts for them again.
When she gets back, she's going to strip all the gold and jade off the statue and sell it for money to give to Sui Sui!
Lin Sui roughly knew what she was thinking, and felt both amused and exasperated.
I wonder what the evil god would think if he knew that His golden statue was going to be dismantled and sold for money.
but……
Lin Sui shrugged. Who cares?
These things had been eyeing them for a while, and since the feud had become so serious, they didn't care if a few more came.
Having too much debt means you don't have to worry.
After checking out the master bedroom, it was almost noon.
The group decided to eat first before going to 201.
For lunch, I had a bowl of pigeon stewed with Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus, which has the effect of gently replenishing qi and enhancing myocardial contractility.
Li Ye started stewing it this morning, and it's cooked perfectly now.
Lin Sui felt bad about eating alone: "Is there any more? Why don't you guys have some too?"
"No need, you eat yours." Si Xingran waved her hand, took a big bite of a braised pork rib, her mouth instantly filled with oil, and ate without looking up.
Lin Sui: "..." It seems that it's indeed unnecessary.
Seeing her staring at the ribs, Li Ye quietly put a piece on her plate as well.
Lu Xiang, whose chopsticks were a step too slow, picked up some greens and put them in her bowl instead: "Please stop worrying about it. No one else will starve, but we won't."
Lin Sui didn't say anything more and buried her head in gnawing on the ribs.
After lunch, they drank a cup of danshen and jujube tea handed to them by Yu Cinian, and even took a half-hour nap before leisurely heading to Room 201.
Before leaving, Yu Cinian also took one of his suitcases with him.
"Why are you pulling your suitcase when you're not leaving?" Si Xingran asked, puzzled.
Yu Cinian smiled slightly: "You will thank me."
It wasn't until 201 that Si Xingran understood what he meant.
As soon as the half-open door was pushed open, a whitish smell of dust wafted out.
Si Xingran covered his nose and waved it, saying in a muffled voice, "There's so much dust, even I'm starting to have OCD, let alone a madman."
Because no one lives in other areas, even if things were hidden there, the staff didn't clean them up properly.
The dust was so thick that every step left a footprint, probably to avoid revealing where things were hidden. The whole room was covered with messy scratches left by the staff.
Lin Sui and the others remained silent for a moment, then all looked at Yu Cinian, who was lagging behind.
Yu Cinian had already silently put on his mask, hat, and protective suit, and was slowly zipping it up.
"There are more in the box, take what you want."
He spoke without looking up, then picked up another set and handed it to Lin Sui, asking with a smile, "Does the squad leader need any help?"
"Thank you, no need." Lin Sui accepted the protective suit without hesitation.
Now it's not a matter of being a germaphobe or not; they're going to rummage through everything inside looking for things.
Even though Si Xingran had been bitten by a snake once and was afraid of ropes for ten years, she didn't hesitate at all.
Anyway, I've already used this madman's mask before.
Besides, there's Lin Sui. The madman wouldn't harm her, no matter who else he might harm.
Thinking about it this way, Si Xingran felt more at ease.
The house was bought by the crazy woman, and it has been empty for as long as she has been missing.
As soon as Lu Xiang stepped into the living room, many memories she thought she had long forgotten flooded back to her mind.
Indeed, she was imprisoned in this cold "cell" like a criminal from birth.
She picked at the paint on every corner of the walls, tables, chairs, and cabinet doors countless times out of boredom.
Even a madwoman probably doesn't know this place as well as she does.
In the first few months after being sent to the Lu family, Lu Xiang would secretly run back and sit on the ground with her knees drawn up to her chest, waiting.
She hoped that she could see that crazy woman again, and then see her calling her Xiangxiang with a smile, just like on her birthday.
But I waited and waited, and waited and waited...
Day after day passed, and she received nothing in return.
She gradually came to realize that the indifferent and resistant madwoman who had almost completely ignored her was truly never coming back.
She was abandoned.
In a fit of anger, she threw down the keys and refused to look back.
She really thought she would never come back.
Many years later, she returned here and found that nothing had changed.
The house remained empty, only covered with a thick layer of dust accumulated over time.
The air quality was really bad, so as soon as Li Ye entered the room, he and Tang Xi opened the windows of each room to ventilate the room.
Lin Sui stood beside Lu Xiang, silently observing the place Lu Xiang had lived in, a place that could barely be called home.
The living room was sparsely furnished, with only a round table and two chairs against the wall, and nothing else.
Plaster head molds used for shaping were scattered all over the ground, and tools and materials for making human skin masks were also everywhere.
If you don't look closely, those head models can be quite frightening.
Lin Sui didn't find it scary; she just felt a tightness in her chest.
She could almost imagine how little Lu Xiang must be all alone here, repeating the tedious and cumbersome practice day after day.
She had no friends and no one talked to her.
Finally, she bravely sneaked out of the house, only to fall into deeper fear and despair.
Lin Suidan feels so sad just thinking about it.
At this moment, she even felt a little resentful towards the crazy woman Lu Xiang had mentioned, but she also knew that she shouldn't and had no right to.
In the end, all she could do was sulk by herself.
What are you angry about?
Lin Sui's behavior was so obvious that Lu Xiang turned her head and laughed.
She gently pinched Lin Sui's puffed-up cheek through her mask: "Getting angry too much will make you age prematurely. Be good, don't be angry anymore."
Seeing her nonchalant demeanor, Lin Sui smiled as well.
"Alright, you two, is this some kind of nice place?" Si Xingran pouted. "Aren't you afraid of getting a mouthful of dust mites if you stay here too long?"
Lin Sui: “…”
Lu Xiang's face darkened: "King Gigi, could you be any more disgusting?"
Si Xingran thought about it seriously: "Do dust mites poop?"
Yu Cinian, still regretting that he couldn't help, froze.
Lin Sui felt a gust of wind coming from behind her.
She turned around and watched as Yu Cinian, who had been following behind her, strode to the door and slammed it shut with a loud bang.
"..."
Lin Sui took a deep breath... she dared not inhale any more, she forced herself to hold it back and tried her best to smile in a friendly manner: "Let's think about where the combination lock might be hidden first."
If the card is a clue to the password, it doesn't point directly to 201.
Therefore, the only thing hidden here could be a combination lock box.
Tangxi squeezed in and hooked her sleeve around Lin Sui's clothes: "Lu...zhi, lead!" Lu Xiang knew, so she was asked to lead the way!
Lu Xiang glanced at her, raising an eyebrow slightly: "There aren't many places to hide things here, so it should be easy to find."
She readily agreed to Tangxi's suggestion and took the lead.
Taking this opportunity, Tangxi tiptoed and pinched Lin Sui's cheek.
Hmm, even through the mask, it feels pretty good to the touch, it's really nice to squeeze, hehe.
Lin Sui was a little confused when her face was pinched again.
But Tangxi's almond-shaped eyes were bright and full of joy, and Lin Sui smiled helplessly.
What else can be done.
Let her pinch him.
As Lu Xiang said, there wasn't much furniture in the house, and not many places to hide.
However, they searched every nook and cranny, under the bed, and in the wardrobe, but still couldn't find anything that could be called a combination lock.
I did find a photo of Lu Xiang when she was a child, as well as a few scribbles she made when she was bored.
The photo, framed and slightly yellowed, still clearly shows her childhood appearance—cute and beautiful.
Lin Sui stared blankly, a hint of nostalgia flashing in her eyes.
Si Xingran hissed, stroking his chin as he looked at her again and again: "Why does this old witch look so familiar?"
Tangxi and Liye, who were standing to the side, also looked somewhat surprised and bewildered.
They clearly felt the face looked familiar, but couldn't recall where they had seen it before.
Lu Xiang didn't notice or care: "I never left the neighborhood back then, how could you possibly recognize me?"
"Who knows?" Si Xingran said nonchalantly. "Maybe...it was just a dream?"
Lu Xiang's heart stirred, and she couldn't help but think of Zhuang Xiaomeng's past and present lives.
She glanced at Lin Sui and couldn't help but ask, "Is what you told Zhuang Xiaomeng about the Meng Po soup being diluted with water true?"
"Probably," Lin Sui said casually. "Anyway, I see that whenever there are impressive young men or women online, people say the same thing."
Lu Xiang: "..."
Unwilling to give up, she jokingly asked, "Then, Sui Sui, do you think we might have known each other in a past life?"
Upon hearing this, everyone, including Yu Cinian, who had been waiting outside for a long time and had to wear several layers of masks to come in, all looked over.
Lin Sui's expression remained unchanged as he shrugged and said, "We can only wait until we die and ask King Yama in the underworld."
Upon hearing this, the villains exchanged a silent glance and said nothing more.
The combination lock was eventually found by Li Ye in the ceiling partition of the bathroom.
He was tall, and with a slight glance, he noticed something was wrong with a gap. He pried it off easily.
The group returned to 302 with the briefcase and Lu Xiang's photo.
In the quiet villa, Qi Yan was enjoying afternoon tea while watching a live stream.
When he heard Lu Xiang's question, his eyes darkened, and he picked up the tablet and opened the video he had casually saved yesterday.
The video shows Lin Sui and Zhuang Xiaomeng talking about their past and present lives.
"...Otherwise, it will only be a tragic relationship, adding nothing but trouble."
Qi Yan habitually stroked a string of sandalwood beads on her wrist.
This was a birthday gift Lin Sui gave him the year he first met.
He was very unlucky during that period because he had been possessed by his adoptive mother.
Unlucky enough to choke on cold water, eat instant noodles without the seasoning packet, go to the toilet without toilet paper, burn the food in the pan, never win a single game of mahjong, and when you finally win, it's a false win... Of course, you'll also occasionally attract unclean things.
Lin Sui probably felt bad about it, so he gave him this bracelet that could ward off evil spirits.
Qi Yan's gaze fell on Lin Sui in the video, and it was as if he saw someone from his memory through her.
"A tragic fate?"
After a long pause, he murmured to himself, then suddenly smiled.
"I just love ill-fated relationships."
……
Lu Xiang couldn't explain why she brought the photos out.
To be honest, they probably wanted to use advanced Photoshop techniques to Photoshop her and Kobayashi Toshi together.
Let's just pretend they've known each other since they were kids.
With that in mind, she wiped the photo frame clean and placed it next to the gift Lin Sui had given her, feeling at ease.
After dinner, Lin Sui washed up and went to bed early, as usual.
Since Xu Haize's team needed to turn on the TV for courage, Yu Cinian also put a pair of noise-canceling earmuffs on her.
For the first half of the night, nothing happened except for the bloody footprints on the ground.
Until the clock struck midnight.
The lush, leafy neighborhood is especially tranquil late at night.
Only the streetlights shone with a dim light.
Under the lamplight, a shadow sometimes lengthened and sometimes shortened.
That's a man.
He carried a bag of incense and paper money, deliberately choosing dark and shadowy spots, and hurriedly and furtively made his way toward Building No. 4, a place that others avoided at all costs.
As he approached, he looked at the ghostly building that emitted no light whatsoever and hesitated before stopping.
He clearly heard that someone went into this haunted building to film a show, so why is there still no light at all?
Could it be that all those reckless people are dead?
Thinking of this, his face turned pale, and he turned around to go back.
However, for some unknown reason, he paused, struggled for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and decided to take a gamble.
It's a fact that all the previous deaths were women; he's a man, so there's nothing for him to be afraid of.
He comforted himself with this thought and shakily arrived at the entrance of Building No. 4.
Soon, a small flame ignited in the pitch-black night.
The man knelt on the ground, burning paper money while muttering, "I heard, I heard that you can't stand women who cheat on you the most. As long as you burn paper money for them, you will help kill them."
“My wife cheated on me. Not only did she cheat, but she also used my money to support other men, and she wanted me to leave with nothing.”
"I... I really can't swallow this insult, that's why I risked coming here to ask you for help..."
When the paper money is burned out, the flames that are about to go out flicker and emit a faint green light.
The next second, the green light rolled up the paper money that had turned into a pile of ash and disappeared.
The man's eyes widened, and he ran away in fright.
Only light could give him a sense of security at that moment, so he ran to the nearest streetlight in one go.
A face was clearly visible.
It was Jiang Ping, who had just had his fortune told by Lin Sui yesterday.
At the same time, Lin Sui, who was fast asleep, opened her eyes.