212: Chapter 212 The Young Lady's Travelogue (Part Two)

"Wait!" Chen Mo suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and a clear path appeared in his mind.

The Eldest Miss's temperament had changed drastically, the Eldest Miss could travel thousands of miles in a day, the Eldest Miss influenced Chen Yunxuan's thoughts, and the Second Miss said she wanted to marry Chen Yunxuan.

Chen Mo concocted a little story in his mind.

The Eldest Miss might not be the real Eldest Miss Su, and the Eldest Miss might have already been murdered.

Then, he would refer to this person as "it."

It had seen the Eldest Miss before, but it was not a person.

Those black shadows that passed through the forest were not bandits, but a group of Taoist priests hunting demons.

It transformed into the appearance of the Eldest Miss and received help from Chen Yunxuan, who saved it.

Afterward, it heard Chen Yunxuan worrying about money every day and thought that perhaps it could become the real Eldest Miss and replace her.

It snuck into the Su Family mansion and declared it wanted to marry him.

In this way... Chen Yunxuan could legitimately enter the Su Family, become the Su Family's son-in-law, and the human and the demon could occupy the family's assets and seek pleasure every day.

But why was it the Second Miss who said she wanted to marry?

This puzzled Chen Mo a bit.

Could it be... that because it was playing the role of the Eldest Miss, it might be subject to some restrictions, such as the Eldest Miss's own personality?

She was the type who didn't care for worldly affairs and didn't like marriage; if it married Chen Yunxuan as the Eldest Miss, would it reveal its true form?

There was another possibility: Master Su favored the Second Miss more, and he would agree to anything the Second Miss wanted to do.

But if it were the Eldest Miss, he wouldn't agree?

Surely there shouldn't be such a biased father.

This was a blind spot in the clues; perhaps only by obtaining it from the Second Miss's memories could he find out.

As Chen Mo was thinking, he didn't notice the black shadow behind him.

The black shadow tiptoed to the table, walking without making any sound.

Pouting its lips, it blew a breath at the red candle!

"Whoosh!"

After the other party blew hard, Chen Mo reacted immediately.

He stood up immediately, wanting to reach out and grab the red candle.

But it was one step too late!

The surroundings instantly became pitch black as the red candle went out.

The walls became distorted, a vortex appeared, and then a woman wearing a red bridal veil floated out from the vortex.

Opening her mouth, fangs protruding, she flew fiercely toward Chen Mo.

Chen Mo put on the invisibility cloak and watched as the Second Miss knocked over the table and the red candle in front of her, then landed on her feet and walked around the room with graceful steps.

Chen Mo crouched down, staying near the wall, and carefully paced.

The Second Miss, wearing the red bridal veil, moved at a very fast speed; although she clearly wasn't taking steps, her body was sliding straight forward.

She quickly arrived at the door, and with a "click," pushed the door panel open and entered the courtyard.

Chen Mo followed closely behind, crouching behind a pillar, and saw her circling around a well in the courtyard, seemingly trying to confirm something at the bottom of the well.

Waiting for her to slip into the veranda again and head toward Master Su's bedroom.

Chen Mo wiped the sweat from his forehead and quickly flashed to the side of the well.

Looking down, the well stank, and there was black mist swirling around.

Chen Mo waved his hand, threw out the Threading the Needle, and cast it down to the bottom of the well.

Until the Threading the Needle pierced something hard, Chen Mo pulled upward with force.

With a "crack," the sound of bones grinding could be heard.

A stark white human head was instantly pulled up by him and held in his arms.

In the stark white gaps where some rotten flesh still remained, a few flies flew out, buzzing their wings.

Chen Mo wanted to throw this bone back.

However, at this moment, the skull suddenly opened its mouth and said: "Can you return my remains? It's so dark here... so cold."

He hugged this head and hid behind a pillar to the side.

Chen Mo leaned his back against the pillar, poked his head out slightly, and saw the Second Miss, wearing the red bridal veil, arrive at the wellhead like a ghost.

Her neck hung slightly, and the red bridal veil swayed.

After confirming that a pile of corpses was still hidden inside, she hurried away.

"This won't do. I need to find a red candle and light it, otherwise the Second Miss will be looking for me all night."

Chen Mo covered the skull's mouth and whispered: "Who are you?"

"I was the previous son-in-law. Sigh... it's all my fault for being obsessed with gold and silver, which is why I ended up in this state, having my yang energy sucked dry, and having to be buried at the bottom of the well."

"However, after seeing the dozen or so male corpses lying in the well, I didn't feel like it was a loss; I have companions to keep me company."

"The bottom of the well is an excellent place for raising corpses; it can absorb moonlight to the maximum extent, and it's dark and damp. After a long time, I didn't expect that I would still be able to open my mouth and speak."

Chen Mo heard this and continued to ask.

"Do you know where the key to the Eldest Miss's drawer is?"

"A key? Let me think..." The skull made a thoughtful expression.

"If you're talking about keys, there are many keys in this mansion. The Eldest Miss doesn't trust anyone on a daily basis."

"But she often warms herself by a fire in the middle of the night."

"Warms herself by a fire?" Chen Mo heard this and immediately took action.

This time, he opened the Eldest Miss's wardrobe and rummaged through it, finding some gold and silver paper ingots used for burning money for the dead.

He also found a fire basin specifically for sacrifices under her bed.

After throwing those gold ingots in and lighting one, the fire basin shone with a red light.

This Eldest Miss was indeed as he had guessed; she was definitely a demon in disguise, or a lonely ghost.

Only the dead need spirit money.

When the last stack of gold ingots turned into charcoal, Chen Mo looked up again and found that the Eldest Miss's room had undergone changes again.

On the originally bare wall, a protrusion appeared, and a key was hanging on it.

He picked up the key, unlocked the drawer, and Chen Mo took out a notebook.

"Chronicles of the Eldest Miss (Part II)"

[I am not originally surnamed Su, but Qiao; I am a young girl from a remote mountain village in the countryside of Chang'an.]

[My father died on the battlefield, and my mother also became insane. With nowhere else to turn, I could only temporarily seek refuge with the Su Family in Jiangnan, because Master Su was a good friend of my father.]

[The day I arrived at the mansion, the Su Family treated me very well, giving me clothes and food, and even giving me gold, silver, and jewelry, but I knew these were not what I wanted.]

[I just wanted a place to settle down.]

[Master Su liked me very much; he said I was the daughter of his old friend and would surely treat me with the affection of a biological daughter.]

[And so... I changed my surname to Su.]

[However, sometimes as I grew older, I discovered that Master Su's affection for me was more than just the affection for a daughter.]

[It was only after I grew up that I realized that the things Master Su had been doing to me were actually things that should only be done between a husband and wife!]

[I also wanted to study and play the zither; I wanted to find a desirable husband.]

[But I had already been defiled by Master Su; in this life... I could only be his secret concubine.]