Chapter 9: Whose Room?
The whole room becomes leisurely.
Xie Chen rubbed his eyes, the hunger from his stomach and the exhaustion of his body made him wonder if his eyes were hallucinating.
The embroidered shoes in front of me have obviously disappeared before.
This can only be back inexplicably reappeared here?
Xie Chen felt a little trance for a while.
The embroidered shoes under the bed suddenly changed from two pairs to one, as if someone had taken them out and put them on their feet.
Sitting at the head of the bed with his feet swinging.
At the same time as the shoes swayed, Xie Chen's head was dizzy.
Although this scene is terrifying, it is a little unsurprising for Xie Chen, who has seen so much.
The embroidered shoes swayed in front of him, swinging back and forth very regularly.
Xie Chen squinted his eyes at it, and the atmosphere in the room seemed to have dropped to freezing.
Just as Xie Chen stood in place for a moment, ready to approach tentatively.
The embroidered shoes in front of him suddenly disappeared, but there was a clatter of falling to the ground.
Xie Chen's eyes were dark.
I don't know if it's because my feet are unsteady or if the whole room is shaking.
Xie Chen grabbed his head and leaned against the table.
Not only did my head start to hurt sharply, but my chest also started to feel tight.
A black shadow stretched longer and longer on the wall of the room, tearing and swallowing the shadow behind it without Xie Chen noticing.
The whole room resounded with an even more violent trembling sound at this time, which made Xie Chen's physical condition worse and worse.
For some reason, a message suddenly appeared in Xie Chen's head in a daze.
Rule 7. 】
[The room is not necessarily safe, so please pay attention to your own safety when resting in the room.] 】
Xie Chen wanted to leave to open the door at this time, but found that his feet were numb, and even his strength became a very difficult thing.
If he hadn't been holding on to the table now, he would have fallen to the ground a long time ago.
But even so, Xie Chen still lay directly on the ground.
Trying to roll towards the door.
That's not the way to go.
Just as Xie Chen was lying on the ground, a huge and strange smile appeared in his eyes on the ceiling of the room.
"Where is this going?"
Xie Chen felt as if he was being choked by the throat, and even if he wanted to answer, he couldn't say a word.
I had to turn around and ignore the face, and dragged my right hand on the foot of the bookcase, and the whole person pulled up with strength.
Only then did it move slightly.
But such a simple action alone has already consumed a lot of energy.
Even if he forced himself not to look at the grimace, he still focused all his attention on the ceiling of the room.
There didn't seem to be any movement from above, except for the weird smiling face he had just seen, Xie Chen hadn't noticed any physical creatures appearing.
Could it be that the person who just spoke, and put on those embroidered shoes, was done by that smiling face?
Such a trace of doubt flashed in Xie Chen's heart, but in the end, he put it in the back of his mind.
Because after struggling to get up, he had already put the palm of his right hand back on the doorknob.
Squeak.
Once again, the door of the room was opened by itself.
When Xie Chen's body leaned against the door, there seemed to be a great attraction in the room, pulling him into the door.
Although Xie Chen's feet were weak, in the face of the threat to his life that the room could bring at any time, he still dragged his body towards the door.
"Where are you going?"
The faint voice asked Xie Chen again, and this time the cold aura carried in it was even stronger, enough to make people shiver.
But Xie Chen still didn't dare to stop and take care of it.
As his breathing became more and more difficult, Xie Chen's eyes began to become blank.
The gurgling sound coming out of his stomach was enough to prove that Xie Chen was now at the end of his physical strength.
"Don't go, don't go..."
"It's okay to stay with me, it's really scary here......"
"I don't dare, I really don't dare to stay here."
"Mom, I miss you......"
At the same time that Xie Chen's consciousness was basically about to be confused, the voices from the room dragged Xie Chen back to the edge of sobriety.
It turns out that in this room, there were still people imprisoned before.
Who could it be......
Xie Chen, who doesn't have any energy now, can't do it at all even if he wants to solve this suspicion immediately.
In the end, Xie Chen, who was physically exhausted, still fell heavily at the door.
There was a bang on the first floor of the entire ancient mansion, and the movement was not small.
But even if it fell to this point, Xie Chen still had half of his body in the room.
"Don't go, stay with me."
The ethereal voice did not disappear, but sounded again at the moment when Xie Chen fell.
Immediately following Xie Chen, the whole person slowly moved into the room little by little.
I was slowly dragged in by something in the room.
The sound of hurried footsteps followed the hallway of the old house.
The speed at which the dust was dragged into the room stopped.
A figure stopped around the corner in front of Xie Chen's room.
It's like you're looking this way.
"Uncle?"
"Why are you lying on the ground?"
Seeing that Xie Chen didn't have any reaction, the maid immediately trotted all the way to Xie Chen's side and leaned down to check.
The uncle in front of him seemed to have no other major problems except for a little pale face.
Seeing that Xie Chen's chest was still undulating, the maid breathed a sigh of relief, and dragged Xie Chen to the side of the wall and sat down.
"Uncle? Uncle? ”
"Wake up."
"What the hell is going on?"
Under the violent shaking of the maidservant, Xie Chen slowly opened his eyes.
His expression was no longer as uncomfortable as he had been in the room.
Seeing Xie Chen open his eyes, the maid's anxious face eased slightly.
"Uncle, what's wrong with you?"
Xie Chen's eyes were a little confused.
After staring at the maidservant for a while, he slowed down and said, "I'm starving, do you have anything to eat?" ”
Seeing Xie Chen open his mouth to find food, the maid immediately took out two pieces of bread from the pockets of her clothes and handed them to Xie Chen.
"Uncle, are these enough?"
After Xie Chen saw the food, his godless eyes immediately lit up.
After taking the bread handed by the maidservant, he began to devour it.
Seeing that Xie Chen was eating so anxiously, the maid also said worriedly: "You eat first, I'll pour you a glass of water." ”
……
After the food was eaten, Xie Chen slowly recovered some energy.
After drinking a glass of water brought by the maidservant, he slowly stood up.
"Any other commands? Uncle. ”
Xie Chen was said by the maid on the side, and also nodded.
"Can you take me to the old butler's room?"
"I need to talk to him about the main things about the wedding."
The maid smiled slightly.
"No problem, the old housekeeper's room is not far away, uncle, please come with me."
Whatever is said about the main matters of arranging a wedding, it is actually bluffing.
Xie Chen still hasn't figured out what form the wedding will take at that time.
And again.
He didn't understand the specific process of this kind of Chinese wedding.
The reason why I asked this was just to hurry up and explore the other rooms of the ancient mansion.
If you want to clear the dungeon safely, the amount of information you have now is too small, and you need to find out at least more information.
"Uncle, it's ahead."
"But I don't know if the fifth uncle has gone out."
"I'll go over and ask for you right now."
The maidservant girl on the side was about to walk to the old steward's room as she spoke.
Xie Chen grabbed her arm, shook his head and said, "No need, I'll just go over and take a look myself, you can go and do the rest first." ”
When the maidservant saw Xie Chen's order, she also nodded.
"Okay."
After seeing the maid leave, Xie Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't want to disturb the old steward from the beginning.
It is enough to sneak in and observe on your own.
Xie Chen's steps were very gentle, and even when the soles of his feet fell to the ground, he didn't make the slightest sound.
Little by little, Xie Chen walked towards the door of the old butler's room.
There was a faint light in the room, but there was no figure in sight by the window.
Is it sleeping?
It shouldn't be possible.
After all, as the steward of a house, there is basically no possibility of sleeping in broad daylight.
If something happens, not only the servants but also the master's family will summon him.
The reason why Xie Chen wanted to start exploring these rooms.
In fact, the main thing is that the rules make it clear that you must keep everyone's room in mind.
This kind of numbered seating style makes Xie Chen feel that the rules are for what he is maintaining.
What is hidden in these rooms is probably the key to your most needs.
But in fact, the difficulty of this matter is not ordinary.
The rules also need to be unworded by themselves.
But as long as there is a point in it that he can't figure out, Xie Chen is afraid that when the time comes, there will be times when even the pocket watch can't save him.
Just using his own room as a reference, the danger factor is no longer in the same scene.
Like a mother-in-law, the bride in red.
This kind of threat that can be seen and felt can be seen for a long time, but it can also come up with a way to deal with it.
The kind of paper matchmaker will change everywhere, at least there are traces to follow.
But the strange talk in the room, and what that weird smiling face was, Xie Chen didn't have a clue.
I can't find any way to do it.
You know, when it appeared, the pocket watch in his pocket didn't even react at all.
Xie Chen slowly approached the old housekeeper's room, and followed him step by step to the window.
Because the window is not open high, if you want to see through the window, you have to bend half of your legs.
Xie Chen also pressed against the wall with great difficulty, leaning sideways to make such an action.
When he gently leaned his eyes against the window, his whole face collapsed.
The window of the old butler's chamber was nailed shut from the inside by a breathable cloth.
Trying to see the scene inside clearly from the outside is simply wishful thinking.
Xie Chen stopped this funny action, looking helpless.
Just when he wanted to give up for a moment and go to look at the maidservants' rooms first, his eyes suddenly lit up again.
The door of the old butler's room was filled with light through the crack in the door.
As long as there is light, it proves that there is still a play.
Seeing stitches and needles or something, it's not a big problem for the steward at all.
Xie Chen bent down again and walked over slowly, his steps lighter than before, for fear of disturbing the old guy inside.
After a few breaths, Xie Chen came to the door of the room.
There was an extremely noticeable grip mark on the top of the doorknob.
But the façade is not very old.
From this alone, it can be seen how many times a day the old steward in the room is called.
Xie Chen didn't have time to pay attention to this, and after squinting one eye, he walked towards the crack in the door.
Under the dim light of the room, the scene was a little blurry.
Even if Xie Chen struggled to look inside, he could only barely see the content clearly.
A wooden bed, a table.
The things on top are neatly arranged.
A photo.
Black and white.
Hung on the wall in a daze, looking lonely.
Xie Chen was a little puzzled, and leaned closer again.
Because of the content of the photo, I saw it very blurry.
There seems to be another photo underneath the photo.
It's a little closer, and the photo looks much newer than the one above.
But when he really saw it clearly, Xie Chen's whole person was a little unsettled.
In that brand-new photo, it was a smiling bride with beautiful lips.
The smile on his face was filled with this happy look.
And this bride is her fiancée.
???
Xie Chen's heart is now full of question marks.
What is this operation?
No matter what, it won't be the turn of the old housekeeper to hang his wife's wedding photo, right?
Could it be that after looking at the photo above, you can combine them to find some clues?
With this question in mind, Xie Chen laboriously stood on tiptoe and searched the entire crack of the door, looking for a larger gap.
Right now.
Xie Chen suddenly held his breath.
Two hands stretched out at the head of the bed on one side, as if stretching.
People are getting out of bed.
But Xie Chen is still unwilling, and he must understand the content of that photo.
The next second.
The expression on Xie Chen's face was stiff, and even his whole body was a little stiff.
The man who got off the bed stroked his white cheongsam with his hand.
Then he sat down at the table and curled his hair.
How could it be her?
After Xie Chen reacted, he immediately turned around and left.
A hand suddenly rested on his shoulder.
A hoarse voice followed.
"Uncle?"
"What are you looking at here alone?"