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"Come to think of it, after signing the contract, Wu Taotao also said that there seemed to be something staring at her. At that time, we were also extremely frightened by her. After playing one round, we didn't play anymore. After that, we started playing Truth or Dare instead. We played until we fell asleep, probably because we had too much to drink. By the time we woke up, we discovered that everyone was still on the beach, but Taotao was already beyond saving."
"You're saying that you fell asleep while playing?" Helian Weiwei's eyes flashed. "You didn't even notice anything before that?"
Yuan Wu frowned and tried to recall. "That's right. We seemed to have been manipulated by something that day, and parts of our memories are missing. That game was too problematic! So, please save Tong Tong so that she doesn't become the next one!"
"I'll try my best."
To Helian Weiwei, the question that she cared about the most had yet to be answered.
Wu Taotao was clearly drowned.
But someone used a knife to cut her face, and even made sure that her face was beyond recognition.
Most people knew how awful a wound soaked in salt water would become.
Since someone did this to her face, the murderer was clearly jealous of her.
There might be many reasons for being jealous.
But the murderer's thoughts were made clear when this person disfigured that girl's face.
The murderer was jealous that the deceased was prettier than she was.
Women were the most unfathomable. Some people would even have a murderous intent in their hearts just because the other party was prettier than them.
This murderous intent only needed to occur at the right time and at the right place for it to fester, then it would completely erupt.
Therefore, this line of thinking was very important.
Helian Weiwei tried to ask again, "Have any of you seen Wu Taotao's appearance after plastic surgery?"
"I haven't seen it." Yuan Wu said, "She wore a mask all night because she was just afraid that the sea breeze would get her face infected."
The girl yawned, "If you ask me, I don't see how she could be so delicate. Why wasn't she afraid of getting an infection when she ate the grilled seafood at night then? Maybe it wasn't done properly and she was afraid that we would see it."
"It's useless to say these things now." Yuan Wu lowered his eyes. "I only hope that this nightmare can end as soon as possible."
The other boy also nodded his head with deep sympathy. The atmosphere was somewhat heavy for a moment.
"By the way, who's staying next door? Where's he?"
That scream was filled with fear.
Helian Weiwei's first reaction was to run downstairs.
She ran as quickly as a gust of wind. The students left behind in the room were dumbfounded.
But everyone wanted to know what exactly happened.
What was that scream about?
The sounds of everyone heading downstairs even alarmed Old Master Song.
Helian Weiwei was the first to reach the first floor. She looked around and then quickly locked her gaze on the room where the witch, Li Ya, lived.
The door was locked from the inside.
The people who rushed over were still anxious. "The key! Go get the key!"
Helian Weiwei didn't even think about it. She lifted a long leg and gave a good kick!
The door was kicked open by her!
Then they saw Li Ya sitting on the floor.
The crystal ball she was usually holding was shattered into pieces. She looked at the window and her whole face was so scared that it had lost all color. "There...there's something there."
Helian Weiwei followed her trembling fingers and looked over. She saw that in the pouring rain, a person was floating in the swimming pool in the backyard with his face facing down.
Helian Weiwei's eyes shook and she immediately turned around!
However, it was already too late. That guy floating in the swimming pool clearly wasn't breathing anymore. Otherwise, he would not be in this position.
The rain outside was so heavy that it was too difficult to see clearly so far out.
Also, the swimming pool was very big, and was quite a distance away. No one could clearly see who was floating in it.
When Old Master Song arrived and saw this, his expression sank and he quickly called the soldiers standing guard in the front yard to pull that person out of the water.
"Master Wufan!" Li Ya stretched out her trembling hand and covered her mouth. "How could this be?!"
Helian Weiwei's eyes also darkened.
This was a little too strange.
After all, even if someone was going to die, this master shouldn't have become the target of attack, right?
Why kill him?
Helian Weiwei raised her eyebrows and looked at Baili Jiajue. "Is this what you meant when you said you smell the smell of crime?"
Chapter 1102 - His Highness Is Jealous
Baili Jiajue curved his lips into a smile. He had never cared about the life and death of humans, but he actually said, "It's a very interesting game, isn't it?"
Helian Weiwei could hear something else implied in these words. "I thought that the murderer was not some ghost, but a human."
Baili Jiajue laughed in a low and meaningful voice. "That's right."
"But your expression doesn't look like it." Helian Weiwei's small face was fierce as she warned in a low voice, "Don't always make me doubt my intelligence."
Baili Jiajue liked it when she looked like this and smiled even more brightly. "My master, I wouldn't dare to make you doubt your intelligence."
Helian Weiwei was speechless. Then what was he doing right now?!
"The murderer is indeed a human, but..." Baili Jiajue lowered his head to whisper slowly into her ear, "There's a smell that I don't like here, but it's covered by the scent of humans and I can't pinpoint exactly where it's coming from. So for the sake of my nose, make sure you don't go further than one meter away from me."
Helian Weiwei stretched out her hand and rubbed her ear as she sighed in her heart. This man was always using these things to seduce her. How terrible.
Baili Jiajue watched as she continuously rubbed her ears, just like a little phoenix that had been stepped on.
Teasing his little pet amused him the most after all.
After all, the whole point of keeping a pet was to make sure she was always of interest to him.
Helian Weiwei didn't know how Baili Jiajue came to this conclusion. If she found out how, she would have felt terribly helpless. After all, only this guy here would be interested in a murderer.
But why?
Why was the first one to die the monk, Wufan?
The panic in the eyes of the university students was very obvious. They felt like they were seeing the same the scene from half a year ago again. At the seaside in the middle of the night, there was only a corpse floating on top of it.
"Call everyone to the hall." Old Master Song looked at this scene before him and gave an order quietly, "Without my permission, no one is allowed to get close to this place. Xiao Liang, make a call and get some people over to investigate. Don't create too much of a commotion and don't let others know."
An adjutant who was holding an umbrella behind Old Master Song replied in a low voice, "Yes, Sir."
The rain continued to fall, and the sound of thunder could be heard. It was getting dark.
Except for Song Tongtong, who was being watched by the servants, everyone in the rooms had come to the hall. Master Zhang didn't know what had happened. He seemed to have just woken up and was still rubbing his eyes. But when he saw the corpse lying outside, his legs were so weak that he could not move.
"Master Wufan, he...he...! " Master Zhang could not believe that the person who was sitting opposite him not long ago had died just like that!
Old Master Song sat in the middle of the hall with his walking stick in his hand. His voice was also very grim.
"This has happened too suddenly. It seems like it is not safe here anymore. I have asked someone to call a car, so in a while, Xiao Liang will be responsible for sending you back. As for the four of you here, you can see the situation. If you still want to stay and catch this ghost, I will definitely reward you greatly. But if you want to leave, I will also respect your choice."
Master Zhang wanted to leave, but nobody else seemed to be interested in leaving.
If he ran away now, how was he going to survive in this industry in the future?
Li Ya broke her silence first and said with worry, "My crystal ball is broken so I'm afraid I can't help Old Master Song. I need a new crystal ball to foretell the future."
"Miss Li Ya must have suffered quite a scare too." Old Master Song looked at her and it was hard to tell if he was happy or angry from his voice. "You can go back with some of these younger ones."
Master Zhang opened his mouth and was about to speak.
However, he was interrupted by the youth beside him. "The one who did this wasn't a ghost."
Not a ghost? Master Zhang paused. He was waiting for Jing Zifeng to continue. If it wasn't a ghost, then he didn't need to be afraid. As long as he could hold out until the next day, he would get a large amount of commission. He wasn't going to just leave like that.
"My shikigami did not sense any ghosts around here." Jing Zifeng's expression was very indifferent.
Helian Weiwei's face had a playful look on it. Shikigami? She had one too.
A certain highness could also be considered to be a type of shikigami, but he was a demon and not a spirit.
"Shikigami? " Old Master Song frowned as he looked at Jing Zifeng.
The youth didn't waste any time. He pulled open the backpack behind him and said, "Come out."
A few paper figurines seemed to have a life of their own and they jumped onto the coffee table one by one.
"My shikigami." Jing Zifeng's tone was still the same.
Helian Weiwei laughed and asked Baili Jiajue beside her, "There are even such adorable shikigami around?"
"These are the most basic type of shikigami." Baili Jiajue's gaze turned slightly cold. "It's just some paper. Is it that cute?"
Helian Weiwei could sense that he was unhappy and she had to try to appease him now. "Not as cute as you. They don't grow ears either."
Baili Jiajue gave her an aloof expression that looked like he was satisfied with that answer.
Helian Weiwei couldn't stop laughing inside. This fellow was even jealous of shikigami. He didn't display his jealousy very obviously, but she caught it anyway.
It was only because she praised them for being cute.
Shikigami could indeed understand human language. Moreover, Helian Weiwei's body had a kind of aura that made others want to get close to her.
Hearing her praise them so much, the paper figurines stood in a row and started...dancing? And they were even dancing to a popular dance circulating the internet!
Everyone who saw this scene was stunned.
Were their eyes playing tricks on them?!
What funny little shikigami... Helian Weiwei even laughed out loud.
Only the youth looked rather embarrassed. He pulled his shikigami back and coldly threatened them, "If you do this sort of ridiculous thing again, I'll leave you out in the rain."
A few small pieces of paper immediately became quiet. They stood on the table and didn't dare to dance anymore.
Their little master was still in puberty, so it was inevitable that he would be more violent. They knew this very well!
Old Master Song had never seen anything like this before even though he had lived for so many years. He had never believed in such superstitions, but those papers were really able to move without any manipulation, so he couldn't help but look more deeply at the youth now. "If the one who did this wasn't a ghost, that what was it?"
"A human." Jing Zifeng was a man of few words.
As soon as the word 'human' was uttered, the muffled thunder in the sky rumbled again.
Xiao Liang came running back in at this time and looked at Old Master Song as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't say it in front of everybody else.
Old Master Song leaned on his walking stick. "Just say what you have to say."
"The road out of the villa is blocked by two broken shrubs, so there's no way for people or cars to get over them. The rain is too heavy, and the water in the nearby lake is constantly rising. The villa's communication network has also been cut off due to the rain."
Chapter 1103 - The Murderer Is Among Us
"The signal of our phones is too weak. After making the call, I realized that the other party couldn't hear clearly. We couldn't contact the vehicles and the rescue personnel. We can only wait until the rain becomes lighter before we can do anything else."
"Does this mean that we are trapped here?!" The girl's face turned pale and her pupils flickered as she looked at Xiao Liang.
Xiao Liang did not say anything. His silence said everything.
In that instant, a sense of fear swept over them.
The rain did not stop and the sky was about to turn dark. Not only was the way out blocked, but their phones also had no way of contacting anyone else.
Most importantly, there was a murderer watching them from the dark outside the villa.
No one knew what his motive was, and no one knew if he would kill again.
Old Master Song was someone who had gone through many things in life, so he could still sit calmly. But there was no way to ignore this problem.
"Xiao Liang, other than you, who else is staying in the villa?" Old Master Song asked his men.
Xiao Liang lowered his head. "Just Deputy Hong and I. The rest of the people have returned to the army, and some have gone to the city with the captain to buy things. "
In other words, there were only two special forces soldiers left on the outskirts of the villa.
That wasn't enough people. Old Master Song was silent for a moment before he said, "The two of you go together and take a look around the backyard. See if there are any suspicious people."
"There's no need to go." Helian Weiwei, who hadn't spoken all this time, laughed lightly and broke her silence. "Because the murderer is in this villa. He's not someone outside of this group."
People looked over at Helian Weiwei. "What do you mean?"
"The possibility of someone from outside this group committing a murder is too small." Helian Weiwei calmly analyzed the situation at hand. "This place is not easily found by others. Moreover, before we came here, the security here was very tight, and the armed forces were all standing guard. The rain was so heavy, so it's impossible for anyone to lurk around here. Therefore, the murderer must be in the villa!"
When the girl heard this, she trembled. "You're saying that he's hiding here."
"I'm saying that each and every one of us could be the murderer." Helian Weiwei's voice was very distant.
Master Zhang shouted, "What kind of joke is this!"
"There's nothing impossible about this." Old Master Song was the most objective, and his simple response indirectly affirmed Helian Weiwei's deduction.
The students present, including Master Zhang, Li Ya and the two servants, all felt fear.
The murderer was among them? Who could it be?
"If you don't mind, I would like to ask this young lady a question." Helian Weiwei walked to one of the female university students. "You weren't in your room just now. It was raining so heavily, where did you go?"
That female university student didn't expect Helian Weiwei to suddenly ask her. Her fingers paused for a moment before she said, "I was just walking around."
"Someone died while you were walking around," Helian Weiwei said unhurriedly. "What we're looking for now is an alibi. My assistant, your other three classmates, and I were all in the room, but you weren't there."
Immediately, after everyone heard these words, they all turned to look at that female university
student, including Old Master Song.
That female university student bit her lip and said, "I went to the attic that General Song told us not to go to, which is Tongtong's room. I was very worried about her. I knocked on the door, but no one responded. After that, I went back to my room."
"Did anyone see you go there?" Helian Weiwei continued to ask.
The female university student shook her head. "No. At that time, the servants were not there. I deliberately avoided the servants because I wanted to know what happened to Tongtong."
"It's nothing. It's just that she said she was afraid when she came out out the room, and when she sees strangers, she would tremble all over." General Song sighed. "Even when she eats, the servants have to carry the food up and send it through the wooden door. This situation has been going on for more than a month. I only learned about it this week. The doctor said that it was a psychological barrier, so it's best not to agitate her again."
The female college student bit her lip. "Is it a psychological barrier? No wonder I feel that she is becoming less and less like herself. Ever since she came back from the seaside, she has been a little different from before. We thought that she was the strongest one, but it turns out that she hasn't gotten over it yet."
"Don't change the topic." Jing Zifeng's voice was very cold. "You don't have enough evidence to prove that you weren't at the scene of the crime."
The female university student scoffed. "What do you mean? Are you suspecting me?"
"Everyone here is worthy of suspicion." Helian Weiwei continued, "So far, you're the most suspicious. However, there are still two more people. Master Zhang, did you really fall asleep after entering the room? And Miss Li Ya, you should have also gone out of your room during this time, right? It's raining so heavily, what did you go out for?"
Li Ya suddenly raised her eyes and her gaze was a bit unfocused, "I don't understand what you're talking about."
"There's water in your room." Helian Weiwei looked at her and her clear eyes seemed to be able to see through anything. "Your slippers are also damp, but the bathroom is very clean, so it proves that you didn't take a bath, but went out."