"Age does not affect professionalism." Helian Weiwei's lips curled upwards. "There is no Yin Qi here, so I really can't prove it. However, I can give you a simple divination. From just your face, I can see that you have very good fortune. You have the life of great wealth and nobility. Since you are still a graduate student and do not have a job, it means that your family has its own business."
Xiao Jingtian's eyes trembled, as if she couldn't believe that the other party could actually guess what her family was doing just by seeing her for the first time.
After all, among these classmates, only one knew about her family's background, because her usual clothes weren't very eye-catching and she always looked very ordinary.
The woman in pink sitting next to Xiao Jingtian was also shocked by Helian Weiwei's deduction. "Jingtian, could it be that when the two of you were chatting earlier, you revealed some information to her? Like maybe you said that the price doesn't matter to you?"
"No, I didn't." Xiao Jingtian was sure that she hadn't said anything.
The remaining two boys stared at Xiao Jingtian with wide eyes. "Your family owns some really large business?"
Xiao Jingtian originally didn't want too many people to know about her family when she was in graduate school. After all, her father's business was too famous locally, and sometimes it was really a very troublesome thing.
But now that things had come to this, there was no need for her to hide.
"My father is Xiao Haidong."
This CEO often popped up in the news from time to time.
The two boys at the table were obviously shocked by this sudden news. They looked at Xiao Jingtian in shock because they didn't think that the Xiao Jingtian they thought came from a small city would actually have such an identity.
Helian Weiwei didn't seem to be surprised at all. She looked at these four people with a smile.
Xiao Jingtian still didn't understand. "How did you know?" There must be something that she didn't notice, because she never believed in fortune telling.
"You're wearing nearsighted glasses." Helian Weiwei's voice was very flat. "They're not cheap. The average student's nearsighted glasses are between $600 and $800. Yours are around $3000. As for the necklace you wear around your neck, although it's not gold, it's not cheap either. It's Dior's latest model, so it should cost a few thousand. I see that you have a dignified character, and you don't seem to be the sort that's going down the wrong path in life. You also know how to talk to people to make them accept you. These are all related to your upbringing. I suppose your family often takes you out to eat with your elders. These types of people are usually in business, so I guessed that your family owns their own business. After all, people from a small town wouldn't be so generous with money. On top of all this, you're very low-key and you hide your wealth, which means you don't want others to notice anything about your family background. The more intentionally you hide your background, the larger the business your family must be doing."
Xiao Jingtian listened to Helian Weiwei's analysis and the admiration in her heart was almost off the charts. She was even more professional than the police!
Chapter 1068 - Cause and Effect
"Can you tell me exactly what happened? How did this person die?" Helian Weiwei sat down and the smile on her face never went away, so it made everyone feel comfortable around her.
The four of them looked at one another before one of the boys finally started speaking hesitantly, "That was an accident and we didn't expect it at all. On Wednesday afternoon, we didn't have lab work to do, so the few of us agreed to go for one of those escape room games. We chose one that had a horror theme, and I think it was called Sobbing House?"
"Sobbing House?" Helian Weiwei raised her eyebrows. What sort of name was this?
The boy swallowed and continued, "That's right, Sobbing House, like crying, you know? We wanted to play something that others didn't dare to, since we're all science students and we're not very scared of these things. But that escape room turned out to be way more terrifying than we imagined. When we went in, we wore an eye mask, and each person would hold onto the shoulder of the person in front of him."
"There are five of you, so when you went in, you formed a straight line, right?" Helian Weiwei immediately cut in. "Nothing happened during that time, right?"
Xiao Jingtian looked at her in shock. "How did you guess that?"
"I didn't need to guess," Helian Weiwei laughed lightly. "This method of walking is called the Pure Yang Formation, so it's a formation that wards off evil spirits in the first place. If you walk in this formation with an eye mask on, you wouldn't look in all directions, so you would form a proper formation. This sort of formation would be able to protect you to a certain extent."
The four of them didn't even know such a thing existed.
Helian Weiwei took out her phone and waved it. "Continue."
"After we removed our eye masks, we walked into a very ordinary looking room. The room was very small and we needed to solve clues in order to unlock three locks." The boy quietly said, "There was no problem when we first entered the room, but after we unlocked the third lock, a closet popped up, and that closet could only take one person at most."
"A sliding door closet?" It was obvious that Helian Weiwei had played such things before and quickly guessed what was going on. "So you had to go in one by one to look for clues?"
The boy nodded and continued speaking with some difficulty, "I was the first one to enter the closet, and the other side was really terrifying. I was so frightened, you know? The closet led to another room, but all I had was one torchlight, and the first thing my torchlight landed on was a woman in white hanging from the ceiling, which was the scariest part of all. I told them to hurry over and I could feel all my hair stand on end because it was simply too terrifying. After everyone came over, we didn't want to spend too much time in that tiny place, so we quickly took a picture of the clues and wanted to get out. Honestly, I was really scared and didn't want to be the last one to go out, but we couldn't put the girls at the back either, so when Chen Yang noticed this, he said he would be the last one and told us to go out first. Once we got out and reached the main area, we just needed to pull the closet door open for him to come out, but...that was when something happened."
At this point, the boy clutched his face and his body started to tremble. "After we walked out, we wanted to pull the door open for him to come out, to find that the closet door was stuck for some reason and refused to budge. At this moment, we could hear the sound of a woman crying and it came in waves. We could also hear Chen Yang's voice and he sounded like he was convulsing. We were all terrified and tried out best to pull at the closet door, but no matter how hard we tried, it refused to budge. We all started calling Chen Yang's name and hit the closet, but nothing worked. I frantically pressed the walkie talkie button to call the escape room boss over, and he cut the electricity to the room after entering the room, and we were able to pull the closet door open. But then...then...we found Chen Yang already...already lying there."Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click /book/the-anarchic-consort_11046205305246905/cause-and-effect_50693772882788980 for visiting.
Helian Weiwei went quiet for a moment and placed her phone on the table. "Where did the woman's crying come from? Did the room already have sound effects, or did all of you really hear sounds that nobody else could?"
"We're not sure either." All four of them exchanged glances before giving Helian Weiwei an unsure answer.
Helian Weiwei stood up. "Then we have to go play again and understand the rules."
"Now? Go play again?" One of the girls' eyes opened wide. She was the only one among them who didn't wear spectacles, and her eyes seemed to bulge out from her fear. "No, no way!"
Helian Weiwei raised her eyebrows. "Why?"
"Someone died there, so would they allow people
in to play again?" the girl stammered. "The police already sealed off that place earlier, so how could they possibly be in business again?"
Helian Weiwei looked down at her. "You just said it was sealed off earlier. This person you guys are talking about has passed away for a long time now, right?"
"How...how did you know?" Xiao Jingtian was more and more in awe of this high school aged store owner.
Helian Weiwei smiled. "In general, when a case of unnatural death happens and the police aren't able to find clues, even very close classmates wouldn't have thought of looking for a fengshui master to deal with this. All of you are just fellow graduate students and you spend a lot of time together, but you guys aren't that close, right? Otherwise, why didn't some of you know about her family's situation? Since the five of you are just ordinary friends, then it means that right after this incident, none of you would have wanted to talk about it. The rest of you have to study and the police couldn't find any clues, so it was most likely classified as an accident. But of course, this matter traumatized all of you, so you would have had nightmares or gone to see a psychiatrist, which is all normal. But after all this was over, none of you would have wanted to talk about this matter, since humans always subconsciously choose to forget the most horrifying memories you have. None of you would want to talk about this ever again and it was best if it remained a secret. I believe both the school and other people must have asked all of you a lot of things about this matter, so once all these questions finally stopped, you wouldn't have wanted to let this matter disturb you anymore. After all, talking about this matter would mean that you would have to relive those nightmarish memories again. Since it's such a painful memory, why are you concerned about it? The answer is very simple. It's not because any of you want to do anything for the one who died, but because all of you are afraid of something unknown to yourselves."
The four of them were stunned.
Their expressions went through several changes and each one of them carried a different expression.
But that was a clear sign that Helian Weiwei's words had hit the nail on the head.
Xiao Jingtian wrung her hands and said a little indignantly, "Store Owner, aren't you going too far by putting it like that? You make it sound like we're all inhumane."
Chapter 1069 - One More Time
After hearing what Xiao Jingtian said, Helian Weiwei didn't get angry and her voice remained indifferent. "The way you guys are behaving now is what human nature really looks like, and I didn't say that being like this is a bad thing. If all of you really didn't have the slightest bit of kindness in your hearts, you wouldn't be here. You, for example, could have gotten your parents to send you abroad to study, but you didn't do that, which means you want to resolve this matter. It's not just for yourself, but also for the friend who died. This world isn't only black and white, but there are also gray areas. Not everyone wants the same things for themselves. But now, none of you would want to go through something so terrifying again, right? Or perhaps your life has run into problems now and you have to resolve it. If you don't want to face unknown dangers anymore, then let's resolve this once and for all today, and go play the escape room one more time."
After hearing what Helian Weiwei said, all four of them fell into deep thought as if they were considering her words.
In the end, Xiao Jingtian broke the silence. "Let's go play it again then."
"Good." Helian Weiwei smiled and looked at the rest. "What about the others?"
The other three exchanged glances, and the frightened girl wrung her hands. "Let's play it again then."
"In that case, let's head off." Helian Weiwei picked up her sunglasses and phone on the table. "It's only 4 in the afternoon and the sky is still bright. It's probably best to play at night, since it's an escape room, but I think we'd better go tomorrow instead. Then you guys won't be so scared."
The two boys felt a little embarrassed that a high schooler was saying that they were scared, and started scratching their heads.
The escape room was located in an old alley within the capital city. It was a well hidden back alley, but was extremely well known as well.
This escape room in particular, was very popular online.
Before Helian Weiwei headed for the shop, she had asked Monkey to help her quickly check it out.
But that ended up attracting even more fans of escape rooms to play.
After all, those who enjoyed escape rooms wanted to experience the excitement and nervousness that came with it.
This escape room shop had been closed for a while because of what happened with these graduate students.
But in most cases, once the case was closed, the place would reopen for business.
But since something so terrifying happened in this place before, even though the escape room had reopened after four months, the number of people who came had gone down rather significantly.
And nobody dared to walk into the Sobbing House themed room again.
When Helian Weiwei and the others arrived there, the shop owner no longer offered this particular room and was clearly not prepared to receive guests who wanted this theme anymore.
And of course, when the shopkeeper saw the four graduate students come in, his expression froze and it was obvious that he recognized them as those graduate students who had played in this room that day.
"How dare you come back here?!" If that incident didn't happen, his business wouldn't have suffered so badly.
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"I've been so unlucky and I'm prepared to close this place over the next couple of days. I'm sure none of you want to play this sort of escape room anymore after that incident, right? Aren't you guys scared?" The shopkeeper really didn't understand what these youngsters were thinking about, but he was determined not to entertain them this time. "Hurry up and leave."
Helian Weiwei turned and blocked the shopkeeper's way. "From a psychological standpoint, the more afraid you are of something, the more you must face it in order to resolve it. You didn't have a lot of customers after that incident, right? Don't you want the same crowd you used to have? Besides, after something like that happened, it doesn't matter where you open shop, because you'd get questioned no matter where you go. Many people would be worried for their safety and wouldn't dare to come and play. If you let us play again, then you can restore your reputation and people would start walking in again. That's a good deal for you, isn't it?"
Of course the shopkeeper knew that if someone managed to play this room again, it would be a good thing for him, but... "I don't want you guys to go through such a risk again." He laughed bitterly, "In fact, I intend to knock down the Sobbing House room and renovate it. But even so, I don't think I can sell this place either. This was supposed to be a valuable piece of property, and I didn't expect things to turn out like this. Nobody dares to buy any place within the capital where someone died, and I wouldn't either. But if something happens after you go in again, what am I going to do?"
"I'll be honest with you, I'm a fengshui master and I specialize in getting rid of some of these supernatural things." Helian Weiwei smiled faintly and unzipped her backpack. "These are all my tools. Since your entire shop has a supernatural theme to it, I'm sure you would know a thing or two about these items."
The shop owner was completely stunned when he saw the things in front of him. There was dog blood red rope, yellow talismans, a geomantic compass, an yinyang diagram, and eight trigrams. Each item proved that Helian Weiwei was not lying about her identity.
Helian Weiwei smiled again. "Before entering your shop, I already made some observations. There are four rooms here, and the windows of all four rooms face the sun. The windows of three of the rooms are shut, and o
nly one of them has an open window. But that particular room has an additional two locks on it, so if my guess is right, that's the Sobbing House. You've left the window open so that it would be filled with sunshine. So on a hot day, there would be a lot of Yang energy, and this building even sits on a Dragon Vein. Once the room has been filled with sunshine, it's hard for any dead spirits to linger around. So why are you still worried about us going in?"
Even though the shopkeeper was doubtful of Helian Weiwei earlier, his attitude changed after he heard how much she knew about fengshui and his face now carried a relaxed smile. "I've seen many people who call themselves a master in fengshui, but you're the first one who can see that we're sitting on a Dragon Vein."
"You're not just a simple shopkeeper yourself. You've put in a lot of effort in setting up this place." Helian Weiwei looked up. "You've also put up a portrait of Zhong Kui on the door, so ghosts wouldn't come in."
When the shopkeeper heard these words, he knew that he had met a master this time.
He had also invited many friends to view the place.
But either they didn't really know anything about such things, or they just kept shaking their heads after seeing the place and couldn't give him any answers.
But today, this young lady actually pinpointed all the important parts.
Perhaps this young lady could really solve his predicament.
"Why do you want to play it again?"
Once Helian Weiwei heard the shopkeeper ask this question, she knew that he was probably going to give in, so she curled her lips into a meaningful smile. "That's because when people are afraid, they reveal their flaws more easily."
Chapter 1070 - The Cool Baili Jiajue
The shopkeeper didn't quite understand what Helian Weiwei meant by those words, but he had already decided to let them play this room again, so whatever Helian Weiwei said now didn't really matter anymore.
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