Wei Ziqi was dragged out and taken to a room without light or people.
In the previous room, although there were no windows, there was at least a dim light. But here, it was pitch - black. He couldn't even see the boundaries of the room.
Wei Ziqi was tied to a chair. There was nothing but silence around. Gradually, he felt his eyelids getting heavier and his mind becoming groggy.
He didn't know how much time had passed. In a daze, he seemed to see his mother waving at him. And the next second, his vision was filled with red.
After the red, it was his mother's blurred face again, and then the red returned.
These images kept looping in front of his eyes infinitely. Wei Ziqi couldn't tell whether these images were shown to him by others or if he was already hallucinating.
This groggy feeling was really uncomfortable, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't muster up the energy.
With his hands and feet tied, he didn't even have the ability to relieve the pain.
He didn't know how many times the images had looped. His mother's face became clearer and that red color became more vivid. Then, he saw Miaomiao standing behind his mother, holding a long sword, with a sinister smile on her face.
Wei Ziqi frowned tightly and watched as Miaomiao stretched out the sword and stabbed his mother's chest. That red was the gushing blood.
This must be an illusion. Miaomiao would never do anything to hurt his mother.
The images kept playing repeatedly, becoming clearer and more real. Later, Wei Ziqi could even feel the heat of the blood and the slipperiness when it dripped on his face.
"Someone told me that it was because of your father that he was poisoned by the Love - Bonding Gu. It was you who suggested that your father go to that auction. You took the money and betrayed your father. Even if you're the little teacher's mother, I'll avenge my father."
"I didn't! I didn't!"
The images escalated. Wei Ziqi could clearly hear Miaomiao's voice, his mother's scream, and the sound of blood vessels bursting.
The increasing sense of reality made Wei Ziqi feel dazed.
Miaomiao regarded her father as the most important person in her life. If someone really misled her into believing that his mother had betrayed Lin Yao and caused him to be poisoned by the Gu, she would definitely avenge her father.
Would Miaomiao really kill his mother?
Miaomiao would kill his mother.
Wei Ziqi's eyelids got heavier and heavier. At the moment he thought of this sentence, he finally closed his eyes.
No! Miaomiao would never kill his mother!
Although Miaomiao regarded her father as the most important person, she was never an unreasonable person. She only trusted a few people around her. No matter what others said, she would ask the people she trusted and then decide whether to believe them or not.
Moreover, Miaomiao and he had become an inseparable part of each other's lives. She would never believe the slander of others and choose to part ways with him.
Why did he have such a terrible thought just now? Why did he choose to believe that Miaomiao would kill his mother?!
Wei Ziqi felt the hairs on his body stand on end, and his mind instantly regained clarity. Just as he was about to open his eyes, he heard the sound of conversation beside his ear.
"How is he? Is he already hypnotized?"
"He should be hypnotized. He's been closing his eyes for ten minutes. In one more minute, it will be stable."
"He lasted quite a long time. The previous two were hypnotized in less than half an hour. Okay, keep an eye on him. Take him to see the young master after he wakes up."
Hypnosis? All of what happened just now was a means they used to make him hallucinate!
He clearly remembered that he closed his eyes for just a split - second, but unexpectedly, ten minutes had passed.
The "previous two" this person mentioned should be Cheng Ruan and Yao Mingxuan.
And it seemed that they had successfully hypnotized Cheng Ruan and the other one.
Did the other side go to so much trouble to make them turn against Miaomiao out of a superfluous sense of fun or for some other purpose?
Wei Ziqi really couldn't figure it out. After silently counting 60 numbers in his heart, he slowly opened his eyes.
He decided to pretend to be hypnotized to gain the other side's trust and find out their details.
"You're awake. The young master is calling for you. You were hiding here being lazy. Be careful that the young master will punish you later."
After opening his eyes, the pitch - black room was no longer in front of him. Instead, it was a room that looked like a dormitory.
The young man in front chatted with him familiarly. After thinking for a moment, Wei Ziqi showed a confused look.
"What, did you sleep so hard that you became stupid? Hurry up and get up. I'll go with you. I'll put in a good word for you with the young master later."
The young man's attitude was like that of a long - time friend. It seemed that their hypnosis not only made them turn against Miaomiao but also made them think they were on the same side.
"Ah? Oh."
Wei Ziqi felt relieved and nodded blankly. Then he showed an expression of sudden realization, sat up, and got out of bed.
Fortunately, when he was studying Western medicine, he also read a little bit of psychological medicine books and had a little understanding of hypnosis.
People who are hypnotized, whether they are in a hypnotic state or not, will have a feeling of being in a different world. His dull and wooden expression just now seemed to have gained the other side's trust and made the young man believe that he had been successfully hypnotized.
Wei Ziqi put on his shoes and followed the young man through twists and turns in the corridor. Finally, they entered a room, and Yin Chuan was sitting at the desk in the room, as if he had been waiting for a long time.
"You're here. Sit down quickly. I've found the person who killed your mother. He's now locked in the basement. Do you want to go and have a look? But if you want to see, you have to call your father first and fulfill your promise. Let your father send all your family's heirlooms over. This is the pre - agreed reward. If you go back on your word, I'll let go of the real murderer who killed your mother."
Yin Chuan twirled the ring on his hand, looking at Wei Ziqi gently, with a hint of teasing in his tone, just like treating a friend.
"How could I not fulfill my promise? I'll call my dad right now!" Wei Ziqi pretended to be extremely anxious and overjoyed. He quickly felt in his coat pocket but didn't find his phone.
"Look at your memory. You're really forgetful. Your phone is on my desk. You haven't taken it back yet. What are you looking for on yourself?"
After saying that, Yin Chuan took out a phone from the drawer of the desk and put it on the table.
This phone wasn't Wei Ziqi's original one. He didn't know if this was another kind of test.
Wei Ziqi pretended to have amnesia and couldn't remember anything. He hesitantly picked up the phone and took a look, while his peripheral vision was always on Yin Chuan's facial expression.
Seeing the satisfied look on Yin Chuan's face, Wei Ziqi knew that his gamble had paid off.