There were ten guests left. Except for the tall and thin man who was kicked out because he sat in Bai Leshui's "hostess" seat during breakfast, five of the nine chose to leave the castle and continue exploring the island. The remaining four chose to stay in the castle and look for clues in the castle.
Bai Leshui didn't meet anyone when he came out of the prayer room. When he went up to the second floor and turned the corner, he happened to meet Shi Qiu who was strolling around the castle.
"Good morning, Lady." The first moment he saw Bai Leshui, Shi Qiu smiled and greeted him, his footsteps moved slightly.
Bai Leshui nodded politely: "Hello." He was about to bypass Shi Qiu. The person in front of him obviously didn't want to let Bai Leshui pass so easily. He moved in the opposite direction and blocked Bai Leshui's way again.
"Lady, can I have a chat with you ma?"
Bai Leshui was a little surprised. He looked behind Shi Qiu inconspicuously, but his sight was blocked by Shi Qiu's raised arm.
Shi Qiu raised his arm and scratched the back of his head with a playful smile: "Lady, that..."
"What?" Bai Leshui looked at him.
Shi Qiu swallowed his saliva and asked with courage: "Is your surname
Bai Leshui: "Surname?"
Shi Qiu: "You are called Lady Maud, is Maud your name ma?"
"That's a title." Bai Leshui replied, "It also count as my name."
Shi Qiu nodded: "Oh, it sounds like there is some meaning in it. There are also three oil paintings on the first floor that are very beautiful. Are they antiques ma? They look like they have a long history."
"They have been hanging there for a long time. They are very beautiful, aren't they?" Bai Leshui said with a smile.
Shi Qiu nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I just don't understand it."
The smile on Bai Leshui's face faded, showing that he didn't like the man's answer. He frowned slightly, Shi Qiu immediately panicked and changed the subject.
"Actually, I want to ask, is there any lunch in the castle a? We plan to stay in the castle all day today..."
"Lunch?" Bai Leshui looked at the servant who had been following him with his head down.
The servant replied in a flat voice: "There are no extra ingredients prepared in the kitchen."
Bai Leshui shook his head regretfully: "Guests who came here before left in the morning and came back in the evening. Have you given up the treasure hunt ma?"
Shi Qiu smiled awkwardly and replied: "It's not that I gave up ba. I was too tired yesterday and had several blisters on the soles of my feet, so I want to take a day off today." He glanced back slightly, as if relieved.
"It's a pity that there is no lunch a, hahaha, then I'll go back first, see you in the evening, Lady." Shi Qiu smiled and nodded to Bai Leshui, then ran away.
Bai Leshui turned his head to look at the back of the person leaving, then looked up to the front.
There were two doors in the left front of the long corridor that had been blocked by Shi Qiu. Bai Leshui walked to the first door and pushed it open.
There was nothing special in this room. There were unused tables and chairs, potted plants with dead plants in the corner, and a cradle.
This was obviously a room for storing sundries.
Other things were easy to say, but what about the cradle?
He was a man, and Mr. Si was also a man. Men and men could not have children, so how could there be a cradle?
And it didn't look like a used old thing, it looked very new.
"Why is it here?" Bai Leshui asked in a low voice.
The servant behind him trembled obviously, and his words were cautious: "Mr. Si said, it doesn't matter if the child is gone, the cradle doesn't need to be burned, find a place to keep it as a memorial."
Bai Leshui: ...
Child? What the hell?
Used to have that thing ma? ? ?
"Oh."
Bai Leshui responded coldly, keeping a calm expression to suppress the running of
If he hadn't seen it when he went to bed these two days, he would definitely touch the middle of his legs at the first time to confirm his gender again.
It's with
The game can't be so crooked that even handle can bear
That's not supernatural anymore, it's science fiction ba, or the kind that's super futuristic.
Change the way of thinking. If the existence and disappearance of the 'child' are all Lady Maud's imagination, then this Lady Maud must be seriously ill.
Not finding anything else with clues in this room, Bai Leshui turned and went to another room.
After opening the door, Bai Leshui was dazzled by the portraits on the wall. There were more than 30 frames of various sizes, they all depicted one person - Lady Maud.
Some were wearing cheongsams, some were wearing dresses, some were wearing long skirts, some were in the wild, some were at home, and one was sitting on the grass. Of course, they all have one thing in common, Lady Maud in the portraits did not look here, but turned her head and looked at the distance intently. Even the sitting posture of the body was not sitting facing forward.
If these portraits were turned into photos, it would be easy to think of two words - candid photography.
There are hundreds of rooms in this castle. Bai Leshui and Rong Zheng certainly didn't see all of them. They just knew which rooms had important things and which places were forbidden for others to approach from the information given by the servants.
As for other rooms, according to Rong Zheng, even if there were things with clues, they were definitely not key clues, no need to care about them.
Looking at the portraits of "himself" on the walls, he felt a chill on his back. There was nothing in this room except portraits. Bai Leshui left the room and closed the door.
He didn't want to say anything and walked away quickly.
As for what the player who were always protected by Shi Qiu found, Bai Leshui didn't think there were any valuable clues in these two rooms.
On the other side.
In Shi Qiu's room, it was as if the invisible veil was pulled from the bottom to the top, and the body of Third Sister began to appear from the feet to the head at the end. Seeing the person appear in front of him intact, Shi Qiu finally felt relieved: "Scared me to death. I didn't expect to meet an NPC halfway."
Third Sister hummed, looking at the card in her hand, the purple card turned into stars and dissipated in her hand: "The invisible door card, a little bit it was almost out of date. In fact, you don't have to stop Lady Maud, I can also hide."
"Isn't that I'm afraid you don't have enough time and suddenly appear and be discovered by her ma? What's the result? Did you find anything ma?" Shi Qiu asked excitedly.
Third Sister shook her head: "I have checked several rooms on the second floor, there is nothing special."
Shi Qiu sighed in disappointment: "Wasted a purple card, but didn't find the treasure. This deal is really a big loss a."
"It doesn't matter, the card was about to expire originally." Third Sister said, "I didn't find the treasure, but I found something else."
"Something else? What?"
"Lady Maud may have a child." Third Sister said seriously, "I found a cradle in one room, there are many wardrobes in another room, and doll clothes are placed under the wardrobes."
It's just that the doll clothes are made too badly, not to mention the messy stitches, the sleeves are one long and one short. Third Sister, who has worked in the clothing industry at home, only took a glance and judged the clothes were made by a novice.
It may be the handicraft of Lady Maud.
Perhaps it is precisely because the production is so bad that this dress has no sign of wearing.
"Child?" Shi Qiu said, "That has nothing to do with us ba, the child is not a treasure anyways."
Third Sister sighed, they returned to the starting point.
She thought she could find some clues about the treasure, but didn't expect to find nothing except Lady Maud's privacy.
***
Bai Leshui returned to the bedroom and told Rong Zheng what had just happened, including the cradle and the portraits, which made Rong Zheng laugh.
"This is a trap." Rong Zheng said.
Bai Leshui: "A trap set by the game itself?"
Rong Zheng nodded: "The clues in the game must be true, but the answer obtained by thinking along the clues may not be the truth. Lady Maud sees himself as a woman, he may looking forward to be a woman. It's not strange to imagine a child."
Seeing these without knowing Lady Maud's real gender, the mind will naturally be diverted to strange places, then get further and further away from the truth.
"A non-existent child." Rong Zheng hugged Bai Leshui and whispered, "My Lady, do you want to go with me to pay tribute in the afternoon?"
Bai Leshui stared: "Pay tribute? Child?"
Rong Zheng: "Pay tribute to our child." Then 'accidentally' let certain players see it.
It will definitely be very interesting.
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Rong Zheng: Don't dislike the mess, just afraid it's not messy.