"Wilson and Luke didn't die on the manor, they weren't killed by you!" Seeing that Susan was close to collapse, Qin Lun had to be patient and comforted, "Why do you have to blame yourself? ”

"No, you don't understand, Chris, you don't know......," said Susan, shaking her head vigorously and with great sadness, "no wonder I felt very familiar with this manor when I first saw it after I was taken here by that strange man. Because when I was a child, I was in my grandfather's room, and I saw more than once an oil painting of this manor! ”

"It really has something to do with her, so it can explain why the murderer dressed as an English gentleman didn't kill her on the spot." Qin Lun was a little surprised, but he also knew that his original idea that the murderer wanted to hold a cult ceremony had a little deviation.

"You also said it was just a painting left by your grandfather, and we don't know what it does. Besides, Wilson and Luke died at the hands of another kind of monster, and I don't think they have anything to do with this manor. ”

Qin Lun's comfort slowly took effect, Susan no longer looked so painful, but she was still very depressed, and she was almost half carried out of the basement by him. Qin Lun didn't dare to stay here for long, in case he was blocked by the undead servants, it would really be over.

"Susan, cheer up, there's nothing noteworthy about that painting your grandfather left behind!" Qin Lun helped the woman to the wall and patted her cheek gently, "Listen, stop thinking about the people who have passed away, think about Karin who entered the manor in search of you, and Dinah, they need your strength now." ”

"Karin and Dinah were caught too?" The two familiar names finally woke the woman up from a dream, and she stood up nervously against the wall.

"No, they just can't leave you alone, and now they're coming in with some Arcadia search and rescue personnel......" Qin Lun's eyes rolled and he lied without changing his face, "Of course, there are still some people here who want to cover up this evil manor, I guess they are all cultists!" ”

In order to cover up the possible conflict with the reincarnation, Qin Lun did not hesitate to make a little foreshadowing. Then if he fights the living, Susan will automatically make up the brains of those people as cultists.

"Karin and Dinah are going to have an accident, we're going to do something!" Susan reached out and stroked her loose blonde hair, barely trying to shake herself out of her frustrated mood.

"Yes, we have to do something! Susan, try to think about it, about that painting, and your grandfather, anything related to this place? Qin Lun used a hypnotic tone to guide the girl's thinking, trying to get more clues from her head.

“…… I, I can't think of anything! Susan stamped her foot in frustration and cried out with a cry, "I'm useless! ”

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, come to me, my dear!" Qin Lun stretched out his arms, took Susan into his arms, and stroked her hair, "Close your eyes, don't think about anything, let's forget this place, forget this manor." You're safe now, I'm not going to let you have an accident, there's no danger......"

Qin Lun had patience at this time, and the psychological knowledge he had learned played a role. For people like Susan who have just been seriously hurt, especially women, there are only two ways to get them to remember in their heads.

One is to inflict stronger violence to completely collapse their psychological defenses, when their brains will spin faster than supercomputers under the instinct of survival.

The second is to let them relax, get rid of the victim mentality, realize that they are safe now, and let their minds calm again.

It sounds ridiculous, but in fact, most people have the so-called victim mentality, and the common people who have not received special training are even more serious.

For example, if someone's home is burglarized, knowing that the probability of being burglarized again in a short period of time is less than a plane crash, but at night they will always feel that they will check the door lock, and even fall asleep only under the supervision of their closest people. This is the typical victim mentality!

Susan, a female college student who has not yet entered society, is even weaker in this regard. Under normal circumstances, it was unlikely that she would be able to provide Qin Lun with any help at the moment, especially since they were not in a safe environment right now.

Therefore, Qin Lun used some hypnotic methods at this time, taking advantage of Susan's original trust, so that her consciousness temporarily ignored the surrounding environment and potential dangers.

The hypnotized Susan's pupils were a little dilated, and she muttered gibberish words in her mouth, most of which seemed scattered and illogical. But Qin Lun knew that she had indeed been hypnotized, and was now in a peculiar "sleep".

People in this state think quickly and confusedly, thinking about things in the east and thinking about things in the west, and only when they are guided can they say what the questioner wants to know.

It's a pity that Qin Lun didn't know anything about her when she was a child or her family situation, so it was unlikely that she would guide her like a professional psychologist.

However, this is not necessary, Qin Lun can infer a lot of things from her words.

Susan really didn't know much about the painting, and even if Qin Lun didn't care about her safety at all and broke into her deepest memories, he didn't find too many clues.

This made Qin Lun a little disappointed, but it was expected, after all, Wilson Manor had already been built hundreds of years ago. Even if something terrible had happened to the manor at that time, it would have been too long.

He estimated that even Susan's grandfather didn't know what kind of history the ancestral oil painting recorded.

The only thing he knew for sure at the moment was that the painting was indeed a legacy of Susan's ancestors, not something that some ancestor had acquired from a gallery or auction house.

"Me, what happened to me?" Susan was soon "woken up" by Qin Lun and asked with some confusion.

"It's nothing, you're so tired, you passed out just now!" Qin Lun smiled and comforted her, "Let's go, let's go upstairs and have a look, it's best to find Karin and Dinah." ”

"Hmm!" Susan fell into a hypnotic state for a while, and her spirit was much better. Feeling a little sober, the woman asked somewhat casually, "Chris, you're not actually a modeling agent, are you?" ”

"I'm sorry I lied to you, I'm really not a modeling agent. I'm a private investigator and a guy named Donald commissioned me to investigate some time ago that one of his friends disappeared in Arcadia! Qin Lun glanced at the girl, opened his mouth and made up another lie.

Karin and Dinah can be imprisoned for her companion, but a modeling agent would not risk her life for Susan, and Qin Lun's original identity is not useful.

As for why it was pushed on the fat Donald, it was because Donald did have a person, and it was possible to meet him here. If Susan did meet up with Dinah with the team, his current lie would work.

He fully believed that even if the fat man hated him to the core, it was impossible for him to talk nonsense or frame him. Because Alan and the others have a good impression of him, Stenson and Fanny can be regarded as saving him and Donald together, and the fat man's own identity is not clean, and there are many mistakes to say.

Seeing that Susan already had the strength to walk, Qin Lun let go of her and walked in front by himself.

Wilson Manor is one of the old Renaissance buildings that were popular in Europe between the 15th and 19th centuries, including Baroque and Classicist buildings. Western colonists also brought these architectural styles to the New World when they traveled to the Americas.

These buildings are theoretically based on the Renaissance ideology, rejecting the Gothic architectural style that symbolizes the supremacy of theocracy in terms of shape, and advocating the revival of the architectural forms of the ancient Roman period.

The architect hoped to reshape the harmonious order of the ideal classical society with the help of the proportions of classical architecture. Therefore, Renaissance architecture is generally symmetrical and proportional, with a rigorous façade and plan composition, and a column system inherited from classical architecture.

Wilson Manor is a product of this idea, so it occupies a somewhat large area, with column-like corridors on both sides of the hall. The various living rooms and study rooms of the master's family are located in these corridors, and the arched doors are like beautiful pictures on the inside of the corridors.

During the day, Qin Lun, as a temporary worker, it was impossible for him to enter these places to check.

Now, he finally has a chance.

"Chris, why don't we go upstairs and have a look?" Susan asked, holding the chains around her ankles and neck in both hands, looking nervously from side to side.

"The upstairs are basically guest rooms, and the manor's study and living room, as well as the hostess's tea room, are basically on the first floor." Qin Lun explained softly.

"So what?" Susan asked, confused.

Qin Lun closed the small hall he had just checked, and couldn't help but pat his head. He had forgotten that the girl following him was just a student still in school, not Hill's old fritters.

Susan didn't understand the meaning of his words, and if he wanted to explain, he had to say it more clearly.

"You already know that there is a mysterious power in this manor, and the dirt here cannot be solved by fighting. We must dig out the deep secrets and find out its weaknesses, otherwise we will not be able to get out of here. ”

Thinking that this girl had something to do with this manor, Qin Lun felt that it was better to let her participate, "Let's put it this way, if you want to keep a little privacy in front of your parents, will you hide the diary under your pillow or put it in a locked cabinet?" ”

"Yes, of course...... Chris, are you saying that if the owner of the manor has secrets, then the study and parlor are easier to find clues than the bedroom? With a little hint, Susan could still understand.

"Yes, you're going to have to keep your diary, and you have to put it in a locked drawer. And the owner of Wilson Manor is not a little girl like you, he wants a special basement, or he will build a hidden secret room in the study or living room. ”

Qin Lun said with a pun on his face, "As for the bedroom, it is the least probable, because sometimes the people who sleep next to you are more terrifying than outsiders." ”