49: Chapter 49: The Mystery of the Old House (Part 23)

"Hehehe..."

A red-robed paper figure quietly appeared behind Qianye, its hands reaching straight towards her, a smug smile on its lips, about to succeed.

Qianye dodged to the side, and with a backhand motion, an umbrella thrust out from below on the left, stabbing directly forward.

The paper figure's smile froze halfway.

After dealing with the paper figure in the room, Qianye finally took a good look at the furnishings; everything was festive, as this was clearly a bridal chamber.

Why was she here?

Hmph, it's obviously your good boyfriend.

"Eh, is this to hold a wedding with me?"

"I haven't prepared for it yet."

Not knowing what Qianye was imagining, she looked bashful.

Xiaohua couldn't bear to look; most of the time, the Master didn't guard her heart, so it could perceive everything clearly.

At this moment, her intermittent delusional romantic brain had appeared again.

Master, turn your head and look inside.

Qianye turned around and discovered that this room was ridiculously large; behind her, there were several more doorways.

Door after door, the facilities inside were identical, and importantly, there was a Bride on every bed.

Unlike her, every Bride was wearing a full set of wedding dress, exactly the same.

After walking through a few rooms, all the Brides were in identical wedding dress.

They sat straight on the beds, motionless.

The entire room was lit by dim candlelight, and two red lanterns hung by the door.

There wasn't a single sound of breathing in the room; these Brides were all as quiet as the dead.

Qianye raised her hand, preparing to pull off the Bride's veil on the bed.

With a "click," the door opened.

In an instant, Ember Stain suddenly appeared before Qianye.

Watching her actions, he raised his eyes, filled with malice, "I advise you best not to move."

"Oh."

The next second, her hand had already reached the Bride's veil, preparing to lift it.

A hand appeared out of nowhere, blocking her, "I already told you, you really aren't obedient at all."

Qianye twitched the corner of her mouth, "Sorry, I'm not big on anything else, but my curiosity is a bit big."

"As my boyfriend, can you satisfy your girlfriend's curiosity~"

Qianye tilted her head, like an innocent little girl, her crystal-clear eyes gazing deeply at Ember Stain.

Facing such clear eyes, Ember Stain was stunned.

His hand loosened, and Qianye's hand had already hooked the veil, without any further action.

"Don't..."

Qianye's mouth carried a playful smirk.

Seeing this, Ember Stain's face twisted, staring gloomily at Qianye, "I hate disobedient Brides the most."

"Wouldn't it be better to obediently be my Bride?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to be with me?"

Qianye nodded.

"You agreed to be with me." So she was indeed with him.

But, she never said she wanted to be with him forever.

Ember Stain didn't know what she was thinking; now, there was only full-blown anger.

"Then why are you not listening at all?"

Qianye rested her chin on her hand, tapping it a few times, "Hmm, I seem very obedient~"

The next instant, the red singer in her other hand swung directly over; Ember Stain was prepared this time and dodged it.

"Heeheehee~"

"You missed." Her tone was full of regret.

Qianye tilted her head, looking at his gloomy face, not understanding why he wasn't happy.

She was very obedient; she listened to herself the most.

Whatever her heart wanted to do, she did it.

"I originally wanted to give you one last chance, but since you don't want it, then you shall meet the same fate as them."

Ember Stain's tone was eerie, his entire face looking twisted.

His features were directly displaced, and he looked extremely strange.

Qianye mimicked him, her eyes eerie, "Heeheehee, I also want to see you turn into this appearance."

As she spoke, she approached the Bride and, aiming directly at the red veil on her head, flipped it up.

"Don't!"

Following his voice, the bright red veil fell to the ground.

"Oops, sorry, I didn't hear you."

"How about I put it back on?"

Just as Qianye finished speaking, movement suddenly appeared behind her.

She saw that the Bride on the bed had no eyes in her revealed features; there were only empty sockets, still filled with dried blood, looking eerie and terrifying.

Goodness, it gave Qianye a fright.

Ember Stain looked at the motionless Bride, staring at those eyes, and suddenly his heart relaxed.

He almost forgot, they had no eyes now and couldn't do anything.

Qianye took in his reaction entirely.

Tsk tsk, no wonder he was so confident.

Since that's the case, might as well lift them all and take a look.

After saying that, she immediately acted, going from door to door, heading straight for the Brides' red veils.

Ember Stain's expression changed drastically.

Until the last door, a figure blocked her path.

Qianye saw who it was and raised an eyebrow; it was the servant who had always been by Ember Stain's side.

She still remembered that he was the one who kept calling Ember Stain "Old Ancestor".

"Those who displease the Old Ancestor, kill!"

"Those who disrupt the Old Ancestor's plans, kill!"

"Those who insult the Old Ancestor, kill!"

Three sentences in a row, each filled with deep malice.

After finishing, he attacked Qianye directly.

The knife in his hand met the hong ling umbrella, trading blows back and forth.

It was just an umbrella, but unexpectedly, that knife couldn't cut it at all.

After several rounds, there wasn't a single mark on the hong ling umbrella.

"Giggle giggle..."

Qianye grinned, her whole body exuding an aura of excitement.

Such loyal protection of the Master, she didn't have that, which really made her particularly unhappy.

Heehee.

If she didn't have it, then destroy it; it would be fine if no one had it.

Thinking this way, she instantly stopped hesitating, her movements sped up, each strike lethal.

Ember Stain, not far away, watched in shock; he hadn't expected her combat power to be so high.

She absolutely couldn't be kept; he felt a faint unease in his heart, always feeling that something big would happen.

He looked at the Bride on the bed; just one more, just one more.

With a "squelch," the sound of a sharp weapon entering a body, Ember Stain looked up and saw the tip of the hong ling umbrella stabbing directly into the chest, killing him on the spot.

Ember Stain's expression twisted.

Qianye was a bit surprised; she hadn't expected the NPC in front of her to actually be a human.

There was nothing unusual about his body; he was just a human made of flesh and blood.

"Heehee, I'm really curious about you now~"

Qianye carried the hong ling umbrella, walking slowly, the corners of her mouth curving up, staring at Ember Stain, her eyes filled with an excited light.

She really wanted to dissect the person in front of her and carefully, thoroughly understand him.

However...

Qianye was almost in front of him, then suddenly turned around, and the hong ling umbrella in her hand directly flipped off the last Bride's red veil.

The veil fell, and Qianye quickly retreated to the side.

The Bride's full appearance was revealed; Qianye was a bit surprised to see that this was truly a great beauty.

Although her eyes were closed, it could be seen that she had normal eyes.

Qianye curiously approached her, and suddenly, the eyes opened.

The eyes glowed with a ghostly red light, shooting directly at Qianye, and expressions slowly appeared on her face.

"Ho ho ho..."

When she opened her mouth, she couldn't speak; it turned out she had lost her tongue.

The next instant, she stood up, her eyes staring fixedly at Ember Stain.

At the same time she stood up, the Brides in the previous rooms also rose simultaneously.

Ember Stain's expression changed, "Damn it."

"You actually dare!"