Thriller Night Talk

Beiquan: "Oh?"

He asked the man on the call:

"So, what happened to you in that family?"

【No, no. 】

The man replied:

[In that manor...everything is normal, speaking from the public senses, it is indeed so. 】

【But……】

His voice stopped slightly for two seconds.

[However, the people living in that manor seem to be being targeted by the god of death. Something happens to someone every now and then, and the ending is death without exception. 】

The tremor in the man's voice became more obvious.

【Can you imagine? 】

He said:

[I lived in that family for four years, and I attended three funerals...]

Beiquan: "Oh, who are the dead?"

The man thought for a while:

[In order not to cause ambiguity, let me just start from the beginning. 】

Beiquan smiled: "Okay, please tell me."

[Thank you host. 】

The man thanked politely, and began his memory:

[The first funeral I attended, the deceased was named Zac, strictly speaking, he was a brother I had never met...]

Next, Beiquan and Wei Fuyuan heard a rather weird story.

The man told them that before entering the manor, he had heard some rumors about "Texas Daddy Long Legs" other than "richness", "generosity" and "kindness".

In the orphanage where he lived, the nuns once whispered that "Daddy-Long-Legs" was a weirdo.

The strange thing about "Daddy-Long-Legs" is not his appearance, personality, clothes, hobbies, or any other habits, but that he is always renovating the manor and expanding his mansion every year.

Of course, "Daddy Long Legs" claimed that this is because there are more and more children in his big family, and in order to provide these children with better living conditions, he will continue to make necessary expansions and renovations.

But if someone looks down from a slightly higher place, they will find that the home of "Daddy Long Legs" looks more and more weird every year.

Originally a good European-style luxury villa, because the two wings were constantly covered with new corridors and rooms, it gradually lost its original beauty and began to become as complicated and chaotic as a maze.

If someone who is not familiar with the structure of the house steps into the house, it is easy to be confused by its old and new corridors, which bend and turn.

But that doesn't mean anything.

Maybe this is really just a little hobby of a rich man who has too much money to burn.

And the maze-like mansion of "Daddy-Long-Legs" is not a mystery to the residents of the town.

Because the host is really kind and generous.

He often opens his manor and residence to hold various charity events, allowing invited guests to visit his home at will and learn about the good life he provides for his children.

That way, over time, the fact that he's renovating and expanding the house every year is no longer appreciated.The townspeople who are often invited to the mansion even regard the mansion as an interesting topic, eagerly looking forward to discovering new changes this year.

And the man—he was an eight-year-old boy back then, when the government decided to foster him in the home of "Daddy-Long-Legs" and arrived at the manor on the first day, he felt that there was something wrong with the strange-looking mansion in front of him. Feeling weird.

After two months of living in fear, the boy attended a funeral.

The name of the deceased was Zach, one of the adopted sons of Daddy-Long-Legs. The cause of death was a car accident—he was hit by a drug-driven car on his way to work, and fell heavily on the road sill. By the time the ambulance arrived, no one was there.

It’s just that Zac was 27 years old when he died, and he had already left the guardianship of his adoptive father, and he went to another state to go to college after he became an adult. After graduation, he found a good job in the city where the school is located, and only occasionally came back to visit Look at his adoptive father.

But even so, "Daddy-Long-Legs" is still extremely saddened by the death of his adopted son.

He arranged a decent funeral for Zach, took his children himself, and presented white roses to the coffin.

But that's just the beginning.

About a year later, the boy attended another funeral.

This time it was a teenager named Carter who lived next door to him.

Cartel is six years older than the boy, a mixed-race African-American, tall, lively, and a good athlete, especially good at basketball.

However, that promising young basketball player unfortunately fell down in a certain inter-school competition while fighting for rebounds, and hit the back of his head on a metal basketball hoop. The traumatic cerebral hemangioma ruptured. Heavy and unfortunately died.

Like Zack, Cartel's death seemed to be a regrettable tragedy, nothing suspicious, and it could not be blamed on Daddy-Long-Legs at all, but the boy who was only nine years old at the time thought it was a tragedy. Something is wrong.

[I can't tell what's wrong. 】

The man said on the phone:

[But I just have a strong feeling that I can't stay in that house any longer. 】

[But fortunately, I was only temporarily fostered in that family, so I still have a chance to escape. 】

【So I started to try my best to find a family willing to adopt me...】

He sighed:

[It's just that I was not young at the time, and it was not so easy to find a suitable family... It took another three years to find a suitable family. 】

The man told Bei Quan that in the last year before he left Daddy-Long-Legs' family, he attended the funeral for the third time.

This time, it was a nanny in the manor who died.

The woman was Natasha, an immigrant from Eastern Europe. She was over 60 years old at the time, and unfortunately suffered from ovarian cancer. It took less than half a year from abdominal pain to death.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature, except for boys, no one seems to feel strange about it.

[This is by no means my suspicion. 】

There is a hint of nostalgia in the man's words:

[I have a pretty good relationship with Natasha, she has always taken care of me, so before she died, I secretly visited her in the hospital. 】

[At that time, she was already very weak, and her consciousness was not so clear...but Natasha still recognized me. 】

He paused, his tone changed from nostalgia to panic:

【I clearly remember that Natasha held my arm tightly with her skinny hands...】

【She said to me—there are other people in that family! 】

"other people?"

Beiquan touched his chin, and found this statement very interesting:

"Do you know who she's referring to?"

【do not know. 】

The man replied:

[At that time, Natasha just kept repeating this sentence, but no matter how hard I asked, I still didn't get an answer. 】

【Two days later, Natasha died...】

There was more emotion in the man's voice:

[Although you may think that I am irrational, Natasha's last words before she died really convinced me that something is wrong with that house! 】

[So when I found a family willing to adopt me, I couldn't wait to leave that home! 】

Beiquan:

"Then, after you left, you never went back to that manor again?"

【Yes. 】

The man replied:

[Later, 〖Daddy-Long-Legs〗 invited me back in the name of various activities, but I tried to find reasons to shirk it. 】

【Four years later, my adoptive parents took me back to Huaguo, and I completely severed all ties with them...】

Beiquan recalled the information provided by the man earlier, and quickly added and subtracted in his heart:

"So, you haven't been back to that manor for more than ten years, and you haven't contacted 'Daddy-Long-Legs'?"

[To be precise, it is a full 20 years. 】

The man replied:

【If not recently...】

His voice cut off abruptly.

Beiquan's heart skipped a beat, fearing that the evil ghost would be alarmed as soon as the key information was mentioned.

Fortunately, the phone was not hung up.

After about two seconds of silence, the man continued:

[Moderator, you must not guess what happened. 】

There was a smile in his voice, but he was obviously laughing at himself:

[I actually received another overseas email from Daddy-Long-Legs. 】

Beiquan: "What did you say in the email?"

[The mail is from his lawyer. 】

The man replied:

[He told me that [Daddy-Long-Legs] was seriously ill, and the doctor said that he might die soon, so...he wanted to share his property equally with the children he had taken care of, but the premise was that we had to go back See him one last time. 】

Having said that, the man finally laughed out loud.

[Host, can you believe it? 】

[This kind of bloody plot that only appears at eight o'clock, actually happened to me! 】

[The lawyer's letter stated that all the inheritance of Daddy-Long-Legs will be divided equally between me and the other three adopted children. According to preliminary estimates, after deducting taxes, each person can get more than one billion US dollars! 】

The man took a deep breath:

[A whole billion dollars! 】

Beiquan, as an "extraordinary expert" who grew up in a secret place, actually doesn't have much concept of money.

But Wei Fuyuan, who was sitting outside, stared wide-eyed.

There is no one who will not be tempted by a windfall from the sky.

Especially when the amount of this "windfall" is beyond ordinary people's imagination.

Young Master Wei put himself in another position and thought about it. Even if he was a child of a wealthy family who grew up in the Jinxiu pile, it would be difficult for him to resist the temptation of this "billion dollars".

But Beiquan was thinking about another thing at this time.

He clearly remembered that the man had said before that when he left that home, he had already had eleven children.

But now, the lawyer told him that the man will share the estate of "Daddy-Long-Legs" equally with the other three adopted sons.

——In other words, among those eleven people, only four are left alive.

Thinking of this, Beiquan smiled and asked the person on the other end of the phone:

"So, are you planning to go back?"

He heard no answer.

Because in the next second, a busy tone of "beep, beep, beep" came from his earphones.

The author has something to say: The source of inspiration for this chapter is Midi's Winchester Mystery House!