Chapter III, Section 21
The woman raised her head and smiled reluctantly and said to the man who came in, "Honey, are you back?
The man didn't answer immediately, but turned to the little boy and said, "Jean, would it be okay to go outside?" Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ info" The little boy looked at the man, then at the woman, nodded obediently, and walked out.
"What's wrong?" Uncle refused?" the woman seemed to sense that something was wrong.
"No, it's me... I'm embarrassed," the man whispered.
"What? Again, I'm too quiet... The woman asked, frowning.
"Anyway, don't ask. Let's figure it out ourselves. The man didn't seem to want to explain to the woman and rudely interrupted his wife.
"Do you know how much it costs to figure it out, do you know why our family has become like this?" the strings that the woman had been holding seemed to be broken at this moment, and tears were sliding down her face. She got up from the ground and thumped the man hard: "If it weren't for your father being deceived, would I have knelt down in such humiliation and begged others? And.... Uncle is so rich, and the money will be yours sooner or later, so it's not too much to ask him now!!"
The man endured it silently, without explanation, and let his wife beat him, let his wife abuse him, as if all this was what he deserved.
I felt dizzy from the cries of the noisy woman, and the scenery in front of me slowly blurred, and the noise gradually faded away, until finally only silence remained. I don't know how long it took for me to slowly open my eyes.
"Here it isγγγγγ I looked around suspiciously, and saw that I was lying in the middle of the house, there were no candles lit in the room, the only source of light came from the moonlight outside the window, and the surroundings were dark and gloomy, and the air was filled with the smell of decay. Not far from me was a piano. By the way, I remembered, this is the lounge on the first floor. Anyway, I came down.
I moved my hands and feet a little, and I felt a tingling pain all over my body, as if the bones in my body were about to fall apart. It seems that it wasn't a hallucination, I really fell the floor!!
I sighed, still supported my body with my hands, and reluctantly sat up, leaning my body against the legs of the piano, wanting to take a break before moving on. At this point, the temperature in the room seemed to be getting colder, and I couldn't help but shiver, curled up my feet and put my hands on my shoulders, trying to warm up my body a little. However, as the problems in the room continued to decline, my little efforts were in vain. Of course, I thought about getting up and leaving the room, but I couldn't get out of my body at all. At this moment, a trace of tiredness came to me, and my eyelids slowly closed uncontrollably.
Yes, it's been so long since I entered this space, and I haven't seen anyone else except the maid I met at the beginning. It seems that I'm the only one who is tired, and I've been fighting alone since then, and I'm tired physically and mentally, so let me take a break, anyway, even if I don't wake up from now on, no one will miss me as an orphan, well, let me sleep. In a daze, I couldn't help but think so. Soon, I lost consciousness and fell into a deep slumber.
"Xiaoxi,-" In my sleep, I seemed to hear a familiar voice.
"Xiaoxi, wake upβ" Who is this?
"Xiaoxi, wake up, please-"
"Help Me !!!!"
"Ahh It was Lena's voice!! could it be that the screams I heard when I first came in were really from Lena? my friend was waiting for me, and I seemed to have some strength in my body at the thought of this, but I still couldn't get up, and I had to crawl to the door step by step. Luckily, the door didn't close, and I managed to crawl out of the lounge, panting and leaning against the outer wall of the lounge.
This is the Great Hall! It seems that this level is the same as the first two floors, except that the surrounding environment has changed a little, becoming old and rotten. But the basic pattern has not changed. I crawled to the back door, trying to push it open and into the garden, but the back door was so locked that I couldn't open it.
It's so cold!! at this time, I shiver again, if I continue like this, I will definitely die of cold. Well, by the way, if you can make a fire or something, you can keep warm. You need firewood to make a fire or something, and if you want firewood, I remember having it in the kitchen, so I don't know if this space is the same as the real thing. Anyway, I decided to check it out.
I rested for a moment, got up slowly, and limped to the kitchen, where it was a mess, full of rotting food, flies flying over it, and a foul smell. Holding my breath and resisting the urge to vomit, I walked to the cupboard and opened the cupboard door with all my might. Although the firewood inside has turned black, it is still a piece to the touch, and it should not be a problem to raise a fire. I took a dish on the stove, picked up a few pieces of wood and put them on it, and was about to leave when I heard the sermon:
Squeak - squeak - squeak -
Ah, listen to the voice, the viscount is coming again, the haunting fellow. I looked around and saw that there were cupboards, stoves, and so on, and there was no place to hide. By the way, the basement, there's a basement under this kitchen, and I went in with Lena today for a party. However, it was so dark in the cellar that if the Viscountess hid in it and I hid in it, I would not have been able to escape as I had just done.
Well, suddenly, I had an idea, and I had a solution. I quickly opened the entrance to the cellar, and instead of going in, I crouched in the corner not far from the entrance, opened the doors of the two furnaces next to me, and covered myself slightly, holding a small charcoal in my right hand and a silver sword in my left.
Squeak - squeak - squeak -
The sound of feet on the wooden planks is getting louder and louder. Apparently, he was about to enter the kitchen. With a shake of my right hand, I threw the charcoal in my hand into the cellar. At the same time, I prayed in my heart, Viscount, that I must not be discovered.
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Merry Christmas! I'm updating again, haha, it's a little late, but I'll try, looking forward to the next update, hehe.