Sprinkle dog food at the scene of a large escape

At night, when the two people in the house fell into a deep sleep, the crows outside the window flapped their wings and danced in the air.

The sound of 'fluttering' was the roar of flapping wings, and the scattered black feathers fell one after another, followed by piles of crows falling straight to the ground as if they had lost their vitality.

The moonlight gradually disappeared behind the dark clouds, and the rain fell, washing the crow's jet-black feathers.

'dong dong'

'dong dong'

'dong dong'

……

The rhythmic knocking sound is like knocking on the heart. The hollow sound is accompanied by the dripping rain, giving people an illusion of suffocation.

Chu Yixi was very restless in his sleep, his hands and feet couldn't help fluttering, the temples on his forehead were already wet with sweat, his face was pale, and he tossed and turned on the bed with his eyes closed, as if he was struggling, but he didn't leave to sleep The place.

Lying beside him, Zhou Yan sensed that Chu Yixi was not in the right state, so he hurriedly sat up and pushed him, "Little beauty? Chu Yixi! Wake up! Don't sleep!"

As Zhou Yan's movements intensified, Chu Yixi still did not respond, as if he was in a deep sleep and couldn't extricate himself. Seeing Chu Yixi biting his lower lip tightly, blood oozed from his lips, mixed with the fine lines on his forehead. Thick cold sweat wet the pillow together.

"what happened!?"

The knock on the door didn't stop, but listening carefully, it was not a knock on the door. Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes dangerously, and slowly turned to the window with murderous intent.

The window was covered by curtains embroidered with exquisite patterns without a single gap, and behind the curtains, there was a dull knocking sound.

Zhou Yan pulled up the entire quilt, wrapped Chu Yixi inside, and after making sure that Chu Yixi didn't even expose a single strand of hair, got out of bed and walked towards the source of the sound.

'dong dong'

'dong dong'

……

The knocking sound continued, but the person who knocked on the window seemed to be aware of something, and the speed of knocking on the window became faster and faster... as if urging something to happen.

——'Wow! '

Zhou Yan opened his arms wide and tore open the tightly closed curtains.

The sound of thunder sounded instantly, 'Boom! '

The lightning flashed along with the thunder, and between the lightning and the thunder, the white light of the lightning illuminated the face in front of the window for an instant.

Under the white light, a wrinkled face revealed an inhuman paleness, and the bulging face hung loosely between his mouth. He raised his head slowly, and his slow and stiff movements were like a stiff corpse forcibly moving.

A pair of pale pupils looked at Zhou Yan without blinking for a moment, and his dry and cracked lips became blood-stained as he pulled away a terrifying smile.

The white light disappeared, and the man's face was once again hidden in the darkness. With the rain soaking his whole body, the man raised his hand to continue knocking on the glass.

Zhou Yan spit out a word expressionlessly: "Get lost."

The person outside the window had a hideous face, "呵——!"

'Boom! '

There was another thunder, and the rain became heavier and heavier, and water leaks appeared at the corners of the house. After sticking to the glass, the twisted and terrifying face became flattened, like a pressed sticker, stuck directly to the glass.

Zhou Yan draws a line on the glass with a cold blade, "Crack..." The sharp and piercing voice seems to stimulate the numb nerves of the people outside the window, seeing his face become more ferocious.

Zhou Yan: "Get lost."

The people outside the window bypassed Zhou Yan unwillingly, looked at Chu Yixi who was sleeping soundly on the bed, "Bah!"

The straight line left on the window glass emitted a wisp of white smoke, and the person outside the window suddenly withdrew his hand, but it was too late, his raised skin had already been left with burn marks.

The man bared his teeth fiercely at Zhou Yan, "Bah!" Seeing that Zhou Yan was unmoved, he had no choice but to leave angrily.

In an instant, the aging figure disappeared outside the window.

As for Chu Yixi on the bed, it seemed as if she had escaped from that predicament-like nightmare, she gradually became calmer, and her breathing was gradually slow and long.

The rain didn't know when it stopped. The wet land sucked the rainwater and nourished itself. The water marks on the ground gradually became transparent and then disappeared.

The place where the corner of the wall was soaked by rain gradually disappeared, as if nothing happened last night.

That rain seems to be the most profound part of my memory.

Chu Yixi woke up very early this time, there was no sound outside, and she slept until dawn.

only……

Chu Yixi looked sideways at Zhou Yan, still awake?

Zhou Yan usually wakes up very early. As for the day before yesterday, even if he slept very late at night, he still woke up before the scream the next morning. Not up yet.

Chu Yixi observed carefully, and found the blue color in Zhou Yan's eyes.

What is this for?

Dark circles are boiled out.

It was still early, Chu Yixi stretched and got up, but didn't wake him up, it was just breakfast anyway.

Chu Yixi glanced at the window and tilted her head. Did they draw the curtains when they slept last night?

He couldn't remember clearly, but the curtains weren't opened so wide even in normal times, right?

Chu Yixi's fingers lightly covered the scratches on the glass, when did they leave it...?

How could he have no impression at all.

After pondering for a long time and still not having an answer, Chu Yixi simply gave up thinking about it and turned around to tidy up.

Chu Yixi tidied himself up and turned around to see that Zhou Yan was still sleeping. Seeing that the time was getting late, he could only go forward and wake him up, "Zhou Yan, don't sleep, it's time to wake up."

Zhou Yan remained vigilant even in his sleep. When Chu Yixi stretched out his hand, he grabbed his wrist and rolled backwards. Chu Yixi lost his center of gravity and fell towards him, while Zhou Yan followed the trend Throwing Chu Yixi into the air, he rolled over and pressed him on top of him. The quilt rose into the air with the entanglement of the two of them, and was then discarded on the ground, with the quilt also wrinkled.

After this set of movements, Zhou Yan still closed his eyes tightly.

Chu Yixi looked at the man on him with a dark face, and gritted his teeth.

Before he could speak, Zhou Yan spoke first. He opened his eyes, and his eyes gradually focused on Chu Yixi's face, "What are you doing so early in the morning?"

Chu Yixi's face was livid, trembling with anger, he said every word: "You, down, go!"

"Hey, little beauty, you have to be reasonable. I saved your life again yesterday. It's fine if you don't thank me. You woke me up early in the morning. I was just defending myself, but you still..."

'Snapped! '

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Because of the tossing in the morning, the two of them went downstairs to eat a little later, and everyone who had already arrived downstairs was already enjoying breakfast.

Lu Xiaoyun had a pretty good impression of the two of them because of yesterday's clue sharing, so he looked up to say hello, but when he looked up, he saw Zhou Yan walking down with a stiff and handsome face. Her appearance was eye-catching, but what surprised her was the... slap print on Zhou Yan's cheek.

Bright palm prints.

Even the slender five fingers are distinct.

When Lu Xiaoyun wanted to say hello, he suddenly turned his throat: "Morning... what's wrong with your face?"

After hearing Lu Xiaoyun's words, everyone looked up one after another. Zhou Yan used the cold blade to frighten many people on the first day. In many people's minds, this is a big-boss existence that cannot be provoked casually. After all, in the game Among them, force value is also an important element for survival, but now, there is a slap mark on the boss's face!

'boom'

I don't know whose egg hit the plate and made a noise.

Zhou Yan's face turned darker.

Chu Yixi already knew what happened last night from Zhou Yan, and at this moment she was still a little embarrassed about the reason for the slap print, so she pursed her lips and sat down without saying a word.

Everyone's eyes kept falling on him intentionally or unintentionally, Zhou Yan slapped his chopsticks on the table angrily, "Eat."

Hearing this, everyone bowed their heads one after another, pretending not to see anything, and focused on eating.

After breakfast, Zhou Yan raised his head and glanced at the dining table. When he came down just now, he thought he had read it wrong, or some people hadn't come down, but the breakfast was already cold. If it took too long, the butler should go up to find someone.

Zhou Yan put down his chopsticks and asked casually, "Why are there so many people missing?"

"I don't know, these are the only people who came down today." Lu Xiaoyun said without any concealment: "At first we came here thinking that some people didn't come down, but it turned out that this is the time, those people should..."

Chu Yixi glanced at the people present, and found that the few people who were sitting and waiting for the customs clearance message yesterday were not there. Although he didn't know many people with familiarity, those few people made him remember deeply, so he asked: "Who were the five hugging together yesterday?" Do you have any impression of the person?"

Another girl said: "I know them. They came in together when they came in, but...it seems like I didn't see them last night after dinner."

Lu Xiaoyun nodded and echoed: "Yes, I also remember that many people went back to their rooms at that time, and there were only a few scattered people left on the dining table. As for those few people who were not there from the beginning of the meal."

Chu Yixi subconsciously turned his head to look at Zhou Yan, as if he wanted to ask Zhou Yan's opinion. In the past, Zhou Yan would look at him, but this time, Zhou Yan didn't even look at him, "I'll go upstairs to see, you slow down Eat slowly."

With that said, Zhou Yan got up and walked upstairs.

Previously, they had been searching outside the villa and inside the rooms. No one had been to the third floor, mainly because the stairs leading to the third floor were locked by a door, and the key to the iron lock was unknown. Whoever holds it, cannot enter it.

When Chu Yixi followed, Zhou Yan was squatting in front of the door, studying the lock. Seeing his concentration, as if studying the method of unlocking, Chu Yixi couldn't help being curious, "Can you unlock it?"

Zhou Yan turned his head and rolled his eyes at him, stood up directly under Chu Yixi's suspicious gaze, and kicked him up.

'Boom!Boom!Boom! 'Three times, this door fell down in response, and even a little bit of wall skin on both sides, this door fell to the ground unwillingly.

Chu Yixi: "..."

excuse me.

The wooden door fell to the ground, and Chu Yixi saw the oil paintings stuck on both sides of the corridor at a glance.

This place seems to be the staircase dedicated to storing these oil paintings.

In each oil painting, there is an exquisite and rich woman in the center. The woman's demeanor has been carefully considered with expensive dyes, and on her side, the man painted seems to exist as if made up, but each painting, Both men and women use an intimate gesture.

It is not difficult to guess the relationship between the two.

Chu Yixi guessed, "This is the Duke and Duchess."

"Ah."

Chu Yixi climbed up the steps, looked at the oil paintings on both sides along the road, and judged where they were painted based on the appearance of them, "This is in front of the villa, is this a restaurant? Then this... ah!" Chu Yixi walked Soon, he didn't pay attention to the road under his feet, stepped on some hard object, and staggered forward!

Zhou Yan's gaze was always on the oil painting, and he didn't give Chu Yixi any attention, but at this moment, he strode forward and grabbed Chu Yixi's waist, and pulled him away from where he was.

Chu Yixi was still in shock, glanced at the things under his feet from the corner of his eye, and after seeing clearly what it was, his face turned pale instantly, "That's—"

Chu Yixi didn't need to say much, Zhou Yan looked down.

It was...a pile of bones.

The reason why it is described as a pile is because there are a lot of these bones, and the large number of bones is not like the bones of only one person. These bones are piled up on the top of the stairs in a disorderly manner. Frightened and flapping its wings, it flew out.

I don't know the reason for the skeleton this time. The flesh and blood on the skeleton was not cleaned up like the two corpses at the beginning. There were still many complete pieces of meat on it, and there were obvious teeth in some places. In the seal, a shallow layer of minced meat hangs on the bones, and the pattering appearance makes people feel a little nauseated.

Chu Yixi suppressed the nausea, and asked, "Is this... those people?"

Zhou Yan: "Yes."

The impact of these skeletons on people's sight is much stronger than before. As for the joints, there is no need to examine them carefully. After passing through the two skeletons, they already know what is going on, so there is no need to do anything extra.

Chu Yixi raised his head and looked around, the crow from just now was gone, the entire stairwell was completely closed except for the door, the crow could not come in from the air, and with the obvious teeth marks, Chu Yixi Yixi felt a little weird in his heart, even though he saw the crow pecking at the food just now, he didn't feel that all these bones had entered the crow's belly, "These bones...are not crows eating?"

The two corpses in a row had the same appearance as crows, plus they were eaten, Chu Yixi subconsciously classified those eaten corpses as crows, but...the first Xu Manman's corpse didn't seem to be either. so dead.

The crow cleaned up the bones like it was cleaning up leftovers.

Zhou Yan took out a cold blade and stroked lightly on the skeleton. At this moment, traces of cold white began to appear in some places on the skeleton that was originally light pink, but these traces were very short, and some places did not exceed one centimeter.

Zhou Yan wiped the cold blade clean, put it away, and said firmly, "It's the person outside the window last night."

"Last night?" Chu Yixi nodded thoughtfully, and the mark made across the window also left a mark on the palms of the people outside the window.

So... when people outside the window are eating, they will inadvertently grab it with their hands, leaving traces of their palms.

Zhou Yan didn't go into details, but asked: "What dream did you have last night, do you still remember?"

"Ah?" The topic changed too quickly, and Chu Yixi still hadn't realized it, but... the words of the dream, he struggled to recall: "It seems that someone is biting me... I am conscious, but I can't move, no matter what It was useless to struggle, and then the person who bit me disappeared and I lost consciousness."

Chu Yixi's consciousness was not clear about what was in the dream, so he could only vaguely outline it.

Zhou Yan nodded and smiled at him, "Congratulations, those carrots you ate yesterday worked, are you happy?"

Chu Yixi: "..."

Chu Yixi snorted coldly: "Didn't you say that it's okay to eat carrots during non-dinner hours? I only ate them with your guarantee. Now it seems that you, an old man, don't have much experience."

Zhou Yan: "What I'm talking about is that it fits the theme. Your situation is considered death and should not be confused."

"Eating too many carrots, you were coveted by the NPC, but because it didn't fit the theme, you were not directly killed like other people, but were trapped in a dream by the NPC first. If it wasn't for me, you would have been confused by the NPC." have eaten."

"Oh, thank you."

"..."

I #￥%&...%￥! ! !

Zhou Yan suppressed his anger and curled his lips, "Because that NPC didn't get what he wanted, so he chose these few to fill his stomach."

"Then he can still eat."

Zhou Yan hit Chu Yixi's head with his backhand, "...I didn't ask you to praise him!"

"Hiss...then what do you want to say?"

"Who do you think this man-eating NPC is?"

"do not know."

Zhou Yan was so suppressed by Chu Yixi's answer that he didn't want to speak and pointed to the stairs: "Go, you go out quickly, it's getting late and go to sleep, go!"

Chu Yixi slandered violently in his heart, and said at the same time, "I suspect it's the housekeeper or the duke who never showed up."

Hearing this, Zhou Yan withdrew his pushing hand and motioned for him to explain, "The reason."

"After the first person died, I saw the butler cut her body with a knife, so the butler was suspicious. The second person who died was eaten. It's not clear what happened, so I skipped it for now. As for the Duke ...These corpses are hidden at the end of the stairs. If you didn't break them down violently, no one would know that they were dead. And the key to this staircase is in the hands of the Duke. The Duke has never appeared since the beginning, so there are also suspected."

Zhou Yan confirmed that Chu Yixi's reasoning was correct, but, "The key may also be in the hands of the housekeeper."

Chu Yixi shook his head. What he said just now is because he is sure that the keys are not on the housekeeper. "No, the clothes he wears are close-fitting. If he puts a large bunch of keys, it will be obvious."

"Then you can just put one."

Chu Yixi rolled his eyes, and looked at him like a fool, "You have been observing for a long time just now, and you didn't find that there are two rows of keyholes, ten?"

Zhou Yan: "..."

I'm just squatting there sulking, waiting for you to come up by the way, who sees that broken lock!

"Then he can also be placed in the room, can't he?"

"Does the NPC have a room?"

"..."

There are game participants in every room. If NPCs have rooms, then the villa must have more than the current three floors.

"Forget it, let's go out first, it's not safe here..." Before finishing speaking, Zhou Yan turned around, bumped into the housekeeper and walked in.

The butler's narrow eyes opened wide, and two people in the corridor ran into his eyes. Thoughts were circulating in his eyes, and he looked at them suspiciously, "You two distinguished guests, what are you doing here?"

Zhou Yan opened his mouth and said: "When we went upstairs, we found that the door here was broken, so we walked in. Unexpectedly, we saw the portraits of the duke, duke, husband, and man on the wall. We were fascinated by it for a while, so we didn't leave. " On top of the word duke and madam, Zhou Yan deliberately slowed down his speech, observed the expression on the butler's face, and found the butler's expression of approval.

That's right.

The portraits here are indeed the Duke and Duchess.

The butler smiled and rolled his eyes, and rubbed the edge of the frame with his fingertips, "Our duke loves his wife very much. The portraits here are all drawn by the duke himself for his wife. Every stroke of the painting is full of the duke's love for his wife." ah."

As he raised his hand, a silver light flashed across the butler's palm, and Chu Yixi could see clearly that it was a silver scratch.

Chu Yixi immediately turned to look at Zhou Yan, that scratch!

Zhou Yan nodded calmly.

The person outside the window last night was the butler.

"The Duke has a very resolute character, but he treats his wife very well. Even though he is manic, he never loses his temper with his wife. The lady is also gentle and obedient to the Duke. What a beautiful couple. Nah!" Looking at the oil painting in front of him, the housekeeper couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Mania?

Chu Yixi's eyes flickered, if the Duke loves his wife very much, then what is the meaning of the so-called madam that the Duke hates and the Duke hates himself in the reminder?

Hating oneself can be understood as the mania of hating oneself, which may cause harm to Madam, but... hating Madam cannot be explained.

Zhou Yan scanned over twenty oil paintings on the stairs, "Is every oil painting here painted by the Duke himself?" If they are all painted by himself, the workload is not small.

The butler smiled, "Naturally, how could the Duke allow others to paint for his wife. He has been painting for his wife all his life."

The clues were intertwined like a mess, and just thinking about a dead end, Chu Yixi wanted to go back to the room to sort out the clues, and just wanted to ask Zhou Yan to go with him.

But when I looked up, I saw an astonishing scene. I saw the key's aging face slowly slipping down, and the loose face hung on the jaw. The housekeeper seemed to have noticed something, touched his face, and lifted the loose skin Pulling his face upwards, the face miraculously fitted to his face. The butler smiled helplessly, "Oh, this man is old and his face is loose, so I'll leave first. Someone will repair the door here."

"If the guest is tired, go back and rest early."

Chu Yixi responded, "Okay."

Zhou Yan acted as if he hadn't heard, and watched the old housekeeper leave.

"It was him last night! I was targeted because I ate too many carrots that the Duke hates! Carrots are one of the elements of death, that's right!" At this moment, Chu Yixi was finally sure, even if it wasn't in the subject, As long as it is touched, it is life-threatening.