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All seven won turned to look at the Inspector.
If the answer was “yes,” then they would have to start tearing each other apart from this mont on!
If the answer was “no,” then they need to reconsider the implication of “the last bride.”
However, would the Inspector really disclose the answer so easily?
It calmly observed the varying expressions of the won, and after a long pause, grinned slightly and said, “You brides must be exhausted from your travels. Please return to your rooms and rest. Later, I will prepare a hearty luncheon for you.”
Disappointnt swept over the won’s faces one by one.
Except for Bai Youwei.
As if she had already anticipated that the Inspector would not tell the truth, she calmly rolled her wheelchair past him and headed straight toward her room.
Seeing this, the others hesitated for a mont before reluctantly making their way to their rooms.
The Inspector watched as the won receded into the distance.
His sense of satisfaction suddenly felt unfulfilled as if soone had scrawled across an immaculate wall, or stepped on a pair of pristine white shoes… Or, as though he was just beginning to grasp the subtlety and richness of human emotions when he suddenly encountered a hard cold wall.
Bai Youwei…
He had encountered players of all sorts, so as intelligent as her, so as calm, but none… none like her, as if she were a born gar.
Out of all of them, she was the one who adapted best to the ga.
If such a player were to die in the ga, he would certainly feel regret. However… what kind of amazing data would she show at the mont of her death? The re thought of it was tingling with excitent.
He was…quite looking forward to it.
“There is another hint to the ga’s winning condition… ” The Inspector lingered at one end of the hallway and spoke again.
The won ahead ca to a halt.
All they heard was the Inspector saying softly, “You can roam freely in the mansion and use any items you co across. However, please avoid the locked rooms, otherwise the Duke will be very, very… irate.”
After saying this, the Inspector smiled at the won, turned around, and slowly walked away from the hallway.
The won stood rooted to their spots, gazing at each other in bewildernt and terror.
Cheng Xi was trembling with fear, even though she knew both Yu Yaqing and Hu Ya didn’t like her, she couldn’t resist moving closer to them and whispering, “Is this the second hint? …What does he an by that?”
Yu Yaqing frowned, “It sounds like he’s talking in reverse, deliberately making us look for the locked rooms?”
“…Could it be Bluebeard?” Zhu Shu spoke up.
“Bluebeard?” Cheng Xi froze a mont before hurriedly explaining, “I know that fairy tale. There was once an aristocrat with a blue beard that scared everyone away. No one dared to marry their daughter to him. Eventually, he got married. After the wedding, he told his wife she could unlock any room in the house, except one! This…this is very similar to the Inspector’s hint!”
“Since you know of Bluebeard, you should also know the original version of the story, right?” Bai Youwei gave her a glance, “In fact, Bluebeard was a habitual killer. Every wife he married would be subjected to brutal violence, and their bodies… would be in that locked room.”
“No…” Cheng Xi whimpered, tears welling up in her eyes. “Are we going to be killed? …I don’t want to be the bride….”
Zhao Lanfen also sobbed uncontrollably, “Why did they have to hold this feast! Why did they invite us for a al! If I had known this was going to happen, I wouldn’t have gone to the banquet with Old Li!”
Although Hu Ya didn’t seem as frightened as the others, she was just as anxious inside, turning to Yu Yaqing to ask, “Sister Yu, what should we do?”
Gritting her teeth, Yu Yaqing proposed after so thought, “The Duke won’t be back until the sunset. Let’s wander around and see if we can find any clues.”
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