Chapter 170 Who is that maid...?
Chapter 170 Who is that maid...?
Rupert's old butler's bedroom was not very large, and the decorations inside were rather somber.
Qi Min sneaked in when no one was paying attention, went straight to the wardrobe in the room, opened the wardrobe door, and pushed aside the very uniform clothes to reveal the wooden board behind them.
"Click...click..." A soft sound.
The wooden planks parted, revealing a dark passageway.
Qi Min stepped inside and casually closed the cabinet door.
Not long after, in Aurora's bedroom in the art studio, Qi Min peeked out from behind a huge mirror.
Carefully navigating around the enormous mirror in front of him, Qi Min walked to Aurora's bed, took out his dagger, and carefully pried open the heavy mattress.
He took one illusion card from inside and left two talismans, then returned the way he came and quickly left the room.
Aurora, who was drawing a portrait of Ling Yi, was admiring his appearance, which seemed to be suppressing fear and was covered in cold sweat.
Suddenly, Aurora's smile vanished, and she put down her paintbrush and left the studio.
"Cough...cough..."
Ling Yi, freed from his restraints, coughed lightly as Aurora suddenly left.
Ling Yi's neck was now covered in blood, with countless small wounds, like a net, covering the skin of his neck.
Not long after Qi Min left, Ling Yi woke up. After getting a general understanding from Chen Xuan, he temporarily put aside his eagerness to explain to Qi Min.
A short while later, Aurora arrived at the studio with light steps.
Just as Ling Yi looked up at her with some wariness, he suddenly found that his body had stiffened completely out of his control.
Aurora approached and stroked him with a smile, and Ling Yi was unable to dodge.
Fortunately, Aurora just chuckled, touched his face, and then told him to sit upright with his body turned to the side.
Almost as soon as Aurora finished speaking, Ling Yi was completely out of control and assumed the pose as instructed.
Because of his side profile, Ling Yi couldn't see Aurora's entire behavior; he only knew that she started painting not far from him.
Not long after, while Aurora was happily painting and muttering to herself, Ling Yi felt a fine, persistent pain in his neck.
"It would look nice with lace patterns here, hmm, red would be even better..."
Aurora smiled happily and painted in a good mood, just as she began to paint the blade on the canvas.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, his expression froze, and he quickly dropped his paintbrush and left the studio.
Ling Yi, freed from his restraints and panting heavily as he leaned on the ground, watched her departing figure, utterly bewildered.
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At the same time, Luo Haoyu also arrived at the stable. Looking at the horse head that had been cut in half on the ground, he couldn't help but frown and recall the information the dungeon had told him.
He had never been to this instance, and his general understanding of it could only be obtained through the instance's narrative.
According to the dungeon, there are cards for disguising identities and secret passages for escaping the castle.
But Luo Jieyu had already searched everywhere and still found nothing, only two new players who had died mysteriously on the ground and a horse-headed monster that had been cut in half.
Luo Haoyu pondered for a while and decided to go to the other location the dungeon had mentioned. There was another card there, a high-priced card that created illusions.
Even in shopping malls, the points required are quite substantial.
But just as he reached Aurora's room and stepped out from behind the mirror, Aurora's door was suddenly flung open with a bang.
"What are you doing? Who gave you permission to come in! Butler!! Rupert!!"
Aurora stared sharply at the stunned Luo Haoyu and called out loudly for the old butler, Rupert.
"No...no, I..."
Luo Haoyu was startled by her shout and panicked for a moment, but before he could think of a way to deal with it, a familiar voice rang out.
"What's going on? Miss, weren't you in your art studio? Ah! Who is this? How did you get in! How dare you barge into Miss's room!"
Qi Min walked into the room with a puzzled look on his face, and then seemed to see Luo Haoyu, and immediately exclaimed in surprise.
He reached out and pulled Aurora behind him as if to protect her, and loudly questioned Luo Haoyu.
"Judging from your hands, you must be a gardener. How did you end up in the young lady's room?"
"Speak! Are you trying to hurt Miss?! Miss, get out of here! I'll hold him off! Go find Butler Rupert..."
As Qi Min spoke, he backed away, urging Aurora, who was standing behind him, to leave quickly, as if Luo Haoyu were a vicious thug wielding a weapon.
"I...damn it!"
Seeing that things were not going well, Luo Haoyu gave up the idea of talking to Qi Min and turned to go back to the passage to leave.
But Qi Min clearly didn't want to give him that chance, even though he didn't know who this player was or how he knew about this route.
But with such a perfect scapegoat delivered to our doorstep, wouldn't it be a waste to not crush him?
"Help! This villain is trying to escape! Someone, grab him! Miss, step back quickly, don't let him hurt you..."
Qi Min shouted a few times, trying to attract the servants outside, and at the same time pushed Aurora to a safe place, his face showing concern and worry.
At the same time, they stepped forward and grabbed Luo Haoyu, trying to stop him from leaving.
At that moment, Rupert, the old butler, also rushed in, followed by several tall male servants.
"What happened? Miss, are you alright? Quick! Go help me!"
Rupert first walked up to Aurora, looked her over, and then quickly directed the male servants behind him to go and help Qi Min.
But for some reason, just as they were about to get close, Qi Min cried out as if he had been stabbed by something, and released Luo Haoyu as if his hand had lost its strength.
Luo Haoyu didn't have time to think and quickly disappeared into the dark passage. Only Qi Min lay beside him, clutching his right hand, his face contorted in pain.
The mirror beside him was already shattered, and some of the shards were pressed under Qi Min, drawing blood.
"Butler Qi!"
As several tall servants went inside to track him down, a cry of alarm came from the side. Lilia saw Qi Min collapse to the ground in pain and quickly went to help him up.
As Aurora was being escorted out by Rupert, she turned around upon hearing the sound and saw Lilia helping Qi Min up with a look of concern and worry on her face.
"Rupert, who is that maid...?"
Aurora stopped and looked at Qi Min as he smiled and comforted Lilia. A cold look flashed in her eyes, and she asked in a calm tone, showing no trace of her previous anger.
NFBE