Chapter 5
The logic wasn’t wrong, and it was the correct answer.
But …
Zhou Wenyan lowered his head and saw Shen Dongqing frowning in distress. He couldn’t help but find it funny.
Although it was his first time meeting this young man, he inexplicably wanted to get close to him.
“Let me give you a simple hint.”
Zhou Wenyan ignored the system’s warning and said slowly, “Perhaps what you’re looking for isn’t just the murderer who killed Mr. A.”
The newbie level wasn’t usually too difficult, just like the brainteaser.
But often, many people would be confused by the system’s hints and walk into a dead end. As long as the questions were separated, the correct answer could be easily found.
The others were still thinking about the meaning of this sentence when Shen Dongqing’s eyes lit up and he blurted out, “Actually, everyone is a murderer.”
The person who had been slashing around with an axe at night was Mr. A. He had killed the mistress, the crazy mother-in-law, and the twin daughters.
But now that Mr. A’s funeral was being held, it meant that the four people who had turned into ghosts had killed Mr. A. The whole family was neat and tidy, and no one could escape.
So, everyone was a murderer.
“Bingo!” Zhou Wenyan snapped his fingers. “You guessed right.”
He stood up and just as he took a step forward, he turned around, took out something from his windbreaker pocket, and placed it in Shen Dongqing’s palm. Facing the puzzled gaze, he smiled slightly. “Reward.”
After saying that, Zhou Wenyan walked out of the hall.
The bus was still parked outside, and the door opened silently.
Zhou Wenyan got on the bus and turned around to look into the house. He tilted his head and said silently, “See you next time.”
Beep!
The door closed and set off. Through the glass door, his blurry silhouette could be seen.
The bus slowly went away and was finally swallowed by darkness, as if it had entered another world.
Shen Dongqing spread out his hand.
Lying in his palm was … a milk candy?
The candy wrapper wrapped the round milk candy. The print on it was a little rabbit. It was very cute, and he could smell the fragrance of milk.
Shen Dongqing opened the milk candy and threw it into his mouth. The thick milk taste spread in his mouth, and it was so sweet that he narrowed his eyes.
Before the milk candy melted, he saw the scene in front of him suddenly change.
Everyone had disappeared.
The young mistress walked in with a cheerful smile. The light behind her was blurred, and it was no longer dark.
This was the complete story.
The mistress married into this family and gave birth to a pair of lively and adorable little girls. Her life was blissful.
However, there was one flaw. The male owner, Mr. A, had a bad temper and always suspected that the female owner had an ambiguous relationship with the owner next door. He even felt that the twin daughters were not his children.
So one night, when Mr. A was drunk, he picked up an axe and killed his mistress and her twin daughters. His mother-in-law, who came out to stop him, also died under his axe.
The four of them were unwilling to give up and turned into malicious spirits.
Mr. A and the indifferent tenant were trapped in the house and eventually died at the hands of the ghost.
In this house, a cycle would take place every three days. The past would repeat itself, welcoming batch after batch of players until the game began …
The light in front of him dimmed, and all the images disappeared.
Shen Dongqing heard a hoarse female voice ringing in her ears.
[Congratulations on completing the novice mission. Calculating —]
[This time the rating is A, received 500 points, no special rewards dropped.]
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