Judging from the pace, light yet hasty, it should be a woman. She seemed to be chased by something and was dashing straight towards the house where everyone was.
Everyone was startled. They saw Yu Nian quickly draw a talisman in front of where they were standing and whispered, "Don't be afraid. As long as you stay within this boundary, she won't be able to see us."
The door was pushed open impatiently. A beautiful young woman appeared before them. Her clothes were in the most popular style twenty years ago. But now, her face was etched with intense fear and grief. She leaned against the door and burst into tears.
Feng Chengyuan, who happened to be standing beside Yu Nian, whispered in a voice only they could hear, "There were photos in the previous news reports. She is the mistress of this mansion, Zhu Xiaohong."
It was natural for anyone to be afraid when a person who had been dead for decades suddenly appeared before them.
Jian Ming had just recovered from the shock. When he saw Zhu Xiaohong, he couldn't help but shiver.
Maybe his movement was too big, and the fabric of his clothes rubbed against the person beside him, making a rustling sound.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Xiaohong, who had been crying with her face covered, suddenly raised her head. She strode forward and stopped just one step away from them.
Her pale face was deathly still. Her pitch - black pupils stared unblinkingly in their direction, sending chills down their spines.
Ming Mingzhong quickly covered Jian Ming's mouth, and everyone held their breaths.
Time ticked by. Just when Jian Ming was about to suffocate, Zhu Xiaohong finally shifted her gaze. She wiped the tears from her face. Her mood changed so drastically as if nothing had happened. Then she walked to the wooden table.
She slowly opened the drawer, took out a notebook, and kept writing something.
After finishing these actions, she stood up and started to dress herself in front of the dressing table.
From Yu Nian's angle, they could see Zhu Xiaohong's whole figure clearly. Her pale face with bright red lips looked deathly.
The door was gently closed. Everyone subconsciously wanted to breathe a sigh of relief. But the next second, Zhu Xiaohong's pale face peeked out from the door crack. Her expression was extremely strange. Her lips were curved in a smile, but her eyes were cold. She scanned the room eerily.
He Zhiping almost choked. He forced himself to swallow the words he was about to say.
It wasn't until the footsteps faded away completely that He Zhiping said with a bitter face, "Does Zhu Xiaohong have some mental problem? Why is she so suspicious?"
Jian Ming nodded too. "She was crying and laughing just now. What on earth was she trying to express?"
Feng Chengyuan didn't say a word. He strode towards the bedside table and rummaged through the drawer, taking out a notebook.
The notebook was thick. The title page and the edges were a bit yellowed, indicating that it had been around for some years.
"This is Zhu Xiaohong's diary. It records from her school days until now." Feng Chengyuan's eyes paused on a certain part of the diary. "Before Zhu Xiaohong met Liang Shaoshan, she seemed to have a really hard life. Her father had an affair, and her mother remarried with her. But her step - father treated her badly and often beat and scolded her. It was not until Liang Shaoshan helped her that she finally got rid of her original family."
Yu Nian stepped forward. Her eyes sparkled slightly. "When did Zhu Xiaohong die?"
Jian Ming thought for a while. "On July 21st, twenty years ago."
Yu Nian flipped through the diary quickly, skimming through the pages. It wasn't until she reached half a month before the murder in the mansion that she read out loud, "July 10th, sunny. Shaoshan has been acting a bit strange lately. He avoids me, which really upsets me. What is he hiding from me?"
"July 12th, sunny. I had an appointment with Shaoshan to go out for dinner, but he changed his mind at the last minute, saying that he had to work overtime at the company and then rushed away. I followed him and found that he didn't go to the company at all. Instead, he went to a strange house. He came out in the afternoon with a woman by his side. They went to the amusement park, chatting and laughing intimately."
"After I got home, I asked him about it indirectly, but he lied to me. I know that there are cracks in our marriage."
"July 15th, cloudy. Shaoshan actually brought that woman home. He said she was his friend. Friend? What kind of friend would act coquettishly with a married man and stick to him all the time? This is such a great humiliation to me!"
"July 20th, cloudy. I can't stand it anymore. I'm going to make Liang Shaoshan and that bitch know the consequence of betraying me!"
The diary ended abruptly here. Yu Nian noticed that Zhu Xiaohong's handwriting, which was originally very beautiful, became more and more messy towards the end. It was almost illegible, indicating that Zhu Xiaohong's mental state was on the verge of collapse. Coupled with her crying just now, it almost revealed a fact to everyone.
He Zhiping felt a chill run down his spine. "Liang Shaoshan had an affair and even brought his mistress home? So Zhu Xiaohong got angry and killed Liang Shaoshan and that woman?"
He was a bit indignant. "If that's really the case, Liang Shaoshan is such a scumbag!"
"That's not right."
Feng Chengyuan, who had been silent all this time, shook his head. "If it were really as you said, where is the mistress's body? And why did Zhu Xiaohong's twin daughters die? Besides, Liang Shaoshan was stabbed to death. As you saw just now, Zhu Xiaohong is so thin. How could she be a match for Liang Shaoshan, a grown man?"
Yu Nian gave Feng Chengyuan an appreciative look and said to everyone, "You're right. The most urgent thing now is to get out of this room."
They saw Yu Nian make a hand gesture. After a faint golden light flashed, the door actually opened quietly.
Bai Shengyi scanned the screen while marveling. He had taken photography as an elective course in college, and he knew how to capture the perfect angle. He didn't miss any of the strange scenes. But when Zhu Xiaohong appeared just now, there was only a blurry red shadow on the screen, hazy and indistinct.
However, this just added a mysterious veil to the whole program. While creating a terrifying atmosphere, it also piqued the audience's curiosity.
At this moment, the bullet - screen was filled with messages.
[Wow, the master is really incredibly handsome!]
[I really heard a woman crying just now... The special effects of the program are so realistic!]
[Sure enough, Master Yu is amazing. I wish she could be a regular on this show!]
The group walked out of Zhu Xiaohong's room. At the corner, they saw a huge wardrobe. Inside the wardrobe, two little girls were sitting upright. Their skin was very fair, and their features were delicate. They had the same twin ponytails, wore the same bright yellow dresses, and even their movements were the same. From afar, one would almost mistake them for two identical dolls.
Yu Nian sized them up for a while and walked straight towards them.
When the two little girls heard the sound, their heads suddenly spun 180 degrees in mid - air. Their lifeless eyes stared straight at Yu Nian.
But Yu Nian showed no sign of fear. She walked up to them, squatted down, and greeted them with a smile. "Ruyan, Yunyun?"
Jian Ming walked up to Yu Nian carefully. Seeing that the two little girls were not as creepy as Zhu Xiaohong, he also summoned up his courage and asked friendly, "Which one of you is the elder sister and which one is the younger sister?"
The two kids said in unison, "Guess. If you guess right, we'll tell you."
Jian Ming: ………