4: Chapter 4 Devil's Villa 4

She dejectedly gathered the clues, took out a piece of paper, walked over, and handed it to the Schoolgirl.

To prevent herself from continuing to find any clues, Luo Yuejian made up her mind to stand by the wall and not move again.

Watching Luo Yuejian's actions, the Schoolgirl gritted her teeth, wiped away her tears, put the used bandages and alcohol back into the medical kit, and limped away to continue searching the area in front of her.

After a while, the system finally could not watch anymore and issued a warning: "Please, Host, do not slack off so blatantly. This is your first warning."

"Upon the second warning, the system will impose a punishment on the Host."

Hearing this, Luo Yuejian had no choice but to reluctantly stand up again. Seeing the Schoolgirl look over because of her movement, Luo Yuejian's body stiffened, and she immediately decided to go upstairs to take a look.

With so many people upstairs, surely no one would keep paying attention to her, right?

Walking upstairs, Luo Yuejian happened to run into the Suit-wearing Young Man coming out of a room.

Seeing Luo Yuejian, the Suit-wearing Young Man nodded at her. "Why did you come up? Did you find something downstairs?"

Luo Yuejian's body stiffened. She turned her head slightly, maintaining her usual indifferent, poker-faced expression, and reluctantly nodded, handing the two important clues she had found to the Suit-wearing Young Man.

That's enough, right? It's time to let her go, right!

However, things did not go as planned. The Suit-wearing Young Man didn't mind Luo Yuejian's indifferent attitude and instead shook his head helplessly. "This is a family of four. Upstairs are the rooms for the couple and the older brother. I just came out of the older brother's room; there are only clues left in plain sight, and there are still some places I haven't checked. I came out to get some air. I wonder how things are going next door."

Luo Yuejian felt pained inside. Why are you telling her all this? As a slacker who was planning to do nothing, how was she worthy of hearing these things?

Inside the parents' room, the middle-aged man and the middle-aged woman were each searching their own areas.

Hearing the sound at the door, both of them turned their heads. Seeing that it was the Suit-wearing Young Man and Luo Yuejian, both of them visibly breathed a sigh of relief and stood up one after another.

The middle-aged man clapped the dust off his hands; he had just been searching under the bed, and now his hands, face, and body were covered in dust, making him look dirty.

He gave a stiff, forced smile, his voice sounding somewhat anxious. "Why are you here? Did something happen?"

The Suit-wearing Young Man gently patted his shoulder. "Don't worry, nothing happened. We just came to take a look."

He glanced inside a few times and looked at the middle-aged man, asking, "Is there anywhere you haven't searched yet?"

The middle-aged man and the middle-aged woman exchanged a look, then said, "We should be... almost done searching. It's just that we haven't checked that bookcase yet."

He smiled embarrassedly. "We can't understand those books and such, so we were planning to leave them for last..."

The Suit-wearing Young Man nodded, hesitated for a moment, and looked at Luo Yuejian. "Have you finished searching downstairs?"

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To avoid the Suit-wearing Young Man asking any more questions, Luo Yuejian hurriedly nodded, being concise. "I'll help."

The Suit-wearing Young Man looked at Luo Yuejian and smiled with relief, then nodded. "That's great. I'll go back to continue searching for clues as well."

After speaking, he left the couple's room.

Luo Yuejian breathed a sigh of relief. She curiously walked around the room once, then walked in front of the bookcase. She looked the bookcase up and down. The bookcase in the couple's room was huge, occupying an entire wall. The upper half was for books, and the lower half was for storage. It was clear that the couple were people who loved to read.

The upper half of the bookshelf had six levels in total, and each level was packed full of books. The owner of the bookcase had roughly categorized and arranged the books.

Looking at the bookshelf filled with books, Luo Yuejian's eyes lit up. She suddenly realized that this was simply the perfect place to kill time!

She immediately pulled out a book at random, leaned against the bookshelf, and pretended to read, looking quite focused.

After a while, Luo Yuejian looked up from the book and glanced at the clock hanging on the wall. It was almost 10:30.

She couldn't help but feel smug; this was truly a great way to slack off and pass the time!

Slacking off skill acquired!

Just then, the Suit-wearing Young Man arrived at the couple's room once again, accompanied by the Man with Slicked-back Hair who should have been downstairs.

Before the Suit-wearing Young Man could speak, Luo Yuejian pointed at the clock first, avoiding the painful negotiation process.

Following Luo Yuejian's finger, the Man in the Suit checked his watch; it was already 10:30 PM. One had to know that the diary said not to leave the Bedroom after 12:00. If they didn't summarize the clues they found today right now, there wouldn't be any time left.

He nodded at Luo Yuejian. Most of the players were already gathered in this room, so as soon as the Suit-wearing Young Man spoke, he received a response from everyone, and the five of them headed towards the downstairs hall in a procession.

In fact, ever since the Suit-wearing Young Man comforted everyone at the beginning and resolved the near-outbreak of the teammate disunity crisis, he had implicitly occupied the position of leader for this game session.

Among the few players, the Schoolgirl was too immature, the middle-aged man and the middle-aged woman had no initiative, and the Man with Slicked-back Hair was not suitable for leading everyone. As for Luo Yuejian, everyone was uncertain about her, but she seemed too lazy to care about others. Therefore, the Suit-wearing Young Man, who looked like a calm and steady elite, naturally became everyone's backbone.

Arriving downstairs, the Schoolgirl was searching through the TV cabinet. Seeing the five people coming down, she hurriedly limped over in surprise and asked, "What's wrong? Did you find something?"

The Suit-wearing Young Man shook his head and then nodded. "It's getting late. Let's summarize the clues we found today first; we can talk about the rest tomorrow."

Once everyone was seated on the living room sofa, the Suit-wearing Young Man first handed the diary and the tissue paper with writing on it to the Man with Slicked-back Hair on his left, then said, "This was found by the white-haired lady. You all look at it first, and after you're done, I'll share my findings."

This diary could be said to be the most important of the clues found today, containing the general background of this game instance.

After everyone finished passing it around, the Suit-wearing Young Man briefly recounted his findings for the day, which were generally that there were many family portraits in the older brother's room where only the younger brother's face was marked with a red cross, as well as quite a few books about demons, Solomon, and so on.

The others' clues were similar; clues about the abnormal relationship between the younger brother and the rest of the family could be seen everywhere in the Villa, which, combined with the content of the diary, gave everyone quite a few guesses.

In addition to this, the Man with Slicked-back Hair found a lot of frozen flesh and blood in the Kitchen refrigerator. He found a human pinky finger among them, which made everyone feel nauseated and afraid.

But these clues were clearly not important ones. Aside from the two provided by Luo Yuejian, there were no other truly important clues, which made the others feel somewhat embarrassed.

The Man with Slicked-back Hair was especially unhappy. The Kitchen and dining room he searched had nothing but lots of disgusting rotten meat and bowls filled with foul-smelling blood. Seeing the two key clues provided by Luo Yuejian and the Suit-wearing Young Man's attitude toward her, the Man with Slicked-back Hair felt resentful.

If it had been the younger brother's Bedroom that he searched, it certainly wouldn't have been any worse. The younger brother was clearly a key character.

Seeing everyone looking a bit dejected, the Suit-wearing Young Man comforted them: "Don't worry. We had too little time today, and many details were left unsearched. Tomorrow we will have plenty of time, and we will definitely be able to find a way to escape the Villa!"

Hearing this, regardless of what they were thinking inside, everyone superficially nodded in agreement to save face.

"Oh right, there is one more thing," the Suit-wearing Young Man said. "The door to the Storage Room upstairs is locked. We tried to break the door down by force, but there was absolutely no way. When you search for clues tomorrow, you must pay attention to whether there is a key."

Seeing everyone nod, the Suit-wearing Young Man also nodded. They briefly discussed and allocated the Bedrooms, preparing to rest.

Among the three Bedrooms, the middle-aged woman and the Schoolgirl stayed in the couple's master Bedroom, the three men stayed in the older brother's room, and Luo Yuejian stayed alone in the younger brother's room.

For some reason, everyone subconsciously avoided Luo Yuejian's room.