After discovering the missing paintings, Hei immediately went to find Bai Leshui and Rong Zheng and reported the matter.
At this time, the two were still in the courtyard watching Third Sister and Hong Feng doing carpentry work. They were all stunned when they heard Hei say that the three portraits in the living room were missing. Third Sister and Hong Feng guessed whether Shi Qiu had taken them away after getting rid of Hong.
Thinking about it, it was not right. It was clearly agreed that they should take them away secretly and not be discovered by NPCs, so they would have time to solve the puzzle. If there was no chance to wait until tomorrow, Shi Qiu would not act rashly.
Maybe their actions were discovered by other players, so...
Counting the other players, Hei had no motive. In addition to Ruan Qing, there was only one female player who didn't like to talk.
Third Sister, who didn't know the female player had been eliminated at this time, guessed so in her heart.
Bai Leshui and Rong Zheng were not too surprised. There was only a thousand days to be a thief, not a thousand days to guard against thieves. Loss was a matter of time, but it came a little too fast.
Standing up in panic, then covering his forehead with one hand, Bai Leshui pretended to be so shocked that he almost fainted.
Rong Zheng was furious: "Stealing! Such a shameless act!" Seeing Bai Leshui staggering, he immediately put his arms around Bai Leshui's waist and hugged him, whispering: "Lady, if you feel unwell, go back and rest ba, leave this to me."
Bai Leshui waved his hand: "No, I want to stay. Those three paintings..."
Third Sister and Hong Feng pricked up their ears to listen.
Bai Leshui's voice was filled with tears: "Those three paintings were given to me by you, I must find them."
Talking nonsense very naturally.
Rong Zheng: "Yes, I remember, Lady. You like them very much, I will find them all back."
He continued smoothly.
There was no prior discussion, but there was a tacit understanding.
The two talked to themselves, then ignored the two carpenters and Hei, and walked into the castle together with each other.
Just this bunch of blind talk, Third Sister and Hong Feng believed it.
Hong Feng was still thinking, no wonder such a luxurious room has to hang such a crude painting, it turned out that it was painted by Mr. Si himself.
Well, wait. What could be hidden in Mr. Si's painting? Could it be Lady Maud's fruit painting ma?
No, no, no, there has never been such a bottom line-breaking content in games.
Even European and American sculptures are wearing clothes.
Confession letter? There is no need to hide it ba.
Or a unspeakable secret?
Originally, Hong Feng thought that the painting must contain secrets about the castle or news about the treasure. Could he be wrong?
His thoughts were interrupted by the push of Third Sister. He looked up and saw Third Sister signaling with her eyes.
"They left, let's follow them." Third Sister said.
Hong Feng looked at the block of wood in his hand: "Isn't it said we have to do carpentry ma? Can we really leave like this?"
"We won't be kicked out of the castle because we didn't help well." Third Sister replied, "If you really ask, we have a reason: to help Lady Maud find the paintings. The paintings are more important than the flower stand ba."
Hong Feng nodded in agreement, threw the block of wood in his hand on the ground, patted the wood residue on his hand, and just stood up, he heard someone beside him shouting his game name from a distance: "Hong Feng!"
Hong Feng turned his head and saw Shi Qiu walking quickly. When he got closer, he saw Third Sister still squatting on the ground, and said in surprise: "You are here too a, you are too short, I didn't notice... ao!"
Third Sister slowly retracted her kicking foot: "Stop talking nonsense. Did you take the paintings ma?"
"Paintings? No a." Shi Qiu leaned over and covered his calf aggrievedly, "Let's not talk about this, I found something terrible, I tell you, the bed..."
"Where is the NPC with you?" Third Sister asked hurriedly.
Shi Qiu was interrupted and tilted his head: "You mean the maid with the red scarf? I said there was no need to change rooms, and she left. Then I came to find you. I happened to see what you were doing from the window, so I came over. What adout Lady Maud and Mr. Si? They were still there when I saw them before..."
"Are you stupid!" Third Sister was so angry that she blew on Shi Qiu's head, "It's rare that Lady Maud, Mr. Si, and the maid NPC are not here. Why don't you go and get the paintings quickly? What are you doing here!"
Shi Qiu felt even more wronged: "You said that we cant be discovered by NPC, and I don't have a concealation card." The card can't be traded anyways, morever it doesn't belong to the type that can be purchased in the mall. What can he do.
Third Sister's face sank: "It's better for you to take it away in this situation now."
Shi Qiu didn't understand: "What do you mean?"
Hong Feng answered him: "The paintings are gone."
Shi Qiu was stunned, then his eyes widened.
Bai Leshui took Rong Zheng's arm and returned to the living room. As expected, he saw a blank wall, the three paintings had disappeared.
Just at this time, Hong returned to the living room. As soon as she bowed to the two of them, she was scolded: "Where have you been? Why did you come back at this time?"
Hong's face was expressionless: "Repairing the room for the guest."
"I asked her to go." Bai Leshui patted Rong Zheng's arm, turned around and asked Hong, "Is the room repaired?"
"There is no problem with the room." Hong replied. Hong did not mention a word about the eliminated female player.
Rong Zheng pointed at the wall and asked Hong: "What happened?"
Hong turned her head and glanced at the wall. For the first time, her expressionless face showed a surprised expression, then anger: "It was our negligence. We must bring the paintings back."
Rong Zheng: "Within today?"
"Yes, within today." Hong made a promise.
Rong Zheng was satisfied, and pulled Bai Leshui to the table, handed the book to Bai Leshui and helped him sit down: "We will wait here, I hope the paintings are still intact."
"Yes." Hong bowed, turned around and left, and did not forget to take Hei away.
Now only Bai Leshui and Rong Zheng were left in the living room. Bai Leshui whispered, "The paintings were taken away."
Rong Zheng said, "It's okay."
Bai Leshui nodded. Since Rong Zheng said so, he believed it and lowered his head to read the book. Rong Zheng stood behind him and read together. He felt a little tired standing all the time, so he moved another chair over and sat close to him.
"Shakespeare." Rong Zheng recognized the content of the book after reading only a few lines. "I prefer comedy."
Bai Leshui turned his head to look at him. Their noses were almost touching, their breath sprayed on the cheeks of the people opposite: "For example?"
"A Midsummer Night's Dream." Rong Zheng whispered.
Bai Leshui: "This play..."
"What's wrong?"
"In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Demetrius originally liked the heroine Hermia, but he fell in love with the supporting actress Helena because of magic. Helena loved Demetrius, so they were together in the end. Can such a relationship be considered real ma?" Bai Leshui was puzzled, "Didn't Demetrius live in deception all his life?"
Rong Zheng looked into Bai Leshui's eyes and smiled, with a meaningful tone: "If you can live happily for a lifetime, how does love come, and whether the feelings of like are false, does it matter ma?"
Bai Leshui tilted his head: "It doesn't matter?"
"It's much better than loving someone and being hurt." Rong Zheng replied. He took out Shakespeare's book and flipped through it, and changed to a story 'Much Ado About Nothing'.
"I think the story of the second couple is very good." Rong Zheng said.
Bai Leshui only took a look and raised his eyebrows. The second couple was basically a pair of enemies. They disdained marriage and quarreled with each other, but understood each other and developed feelings, and finally entered the marriage hall.
"It fit us." Rong Zheng said.
Bai Leshui: ...
Where?
He has never quarreled with Rong Zheng!
Not once!
***
Shi Qiu and Third Sister sneaked into the living room and saw Lady Maud and Mr. Si reading together head to head. Shi Qiu: "Still looking for paintings ne, they don't worry about where the paintings are lost ba."
Hong Feng glanced at the wall, it was bare, the oil paintings were gone. He was nervous and whispered: "There are only two players besides us, it must be one of them who took it."
"Two?" Shi Qiu thought for a while and shook his head: "Only one person, the player named Hei is already on the side of the NPC, it's useless for him to take the painting."
Third Sister: "It's not him, it's another female player."
"Another female player?" Shi Qiu knocked his fist, "No, she has been eliminated. It's this matter, I want to say..."
"Shh, keep your voice down." Third Sister warned.
Shi Qiu pursed his lips, lowered his voice and continued: "I came to you to talk about this matter. The female player was eliminated."
"What?" Third Sister looked at him with wide eyes and asked in disbelief, "Where was she eliminated? When? Did you see it with your own eyes?"
"Of course I saw it with my own eyes." Thinking of that scene, Shi Qiu was still frightened. He patted his chest and said, "In her own room, she was swallowed by the bed." Shi Qiu described the scene in detail, especially the pile of bones like a small mountain, which made Hong Feng's face pale slightly.
Third Sister: "Oh, really ma."
In one sentence, he lightly revealed the past.
Shi Qiu: "Bones, so many! A bed is made of bones! How terrible, I dare not sleep on the bed tonight."
"Don't worry about it." Third Sister said, "The bed will not attack for no reason. She must have done something."
Shi Qiu: "What did she do? Did she smash the bed?"
"...It's possible." Third Sister said.
Shi Qiu: ...
How bored was she to smash the bed for no reason?
"I dare not sleep on the bed tonight." Shi Qiu said pitifully.
Third Sister: "Then sleep on the floor." Although she suspected that not only the floor, but the entire castle was made of bones.
Shi Qiu: "What if the entire castle is made of bones?"
Third Sister glanced at him dimly: "You can choose to wommit sucid to go out of the copy by yourself." Die out, don't worry about anything more.
Shi Qiu shuddered and shut up.
Hong Feng: "The castle doesn't matter, what's important now is the paintings. Now there is only Ruan Qing left besides us, as long as we find him, we can get the painting."
Just when they were about to discuss where to find Ruan Qing, they saw Hong carrying an oil painting back to the living room.
"We have only found this painting so far." Hong said to the two people who were reading.
Rong Zheng looked up and his face darkened. There were several deep scratches on the one-meter-high oil painting, and a lot of paint was scraped off, revealing the linen canvas underneath.
"Where did you find it?" Rong Zheng asked.
Hong replied: "Room 311."
Shi Qiu stood up suddenly. Room 311, isn't that exactly his room ma?
The author has something to say:
Bai Leshui: I think Romeo and Juliet fit us more.
Rong Zheng: The ending is suicide, so stupid.
Bai Leshui: →_→
Rong Zheng, who drank poison and committed suicide and came to the parallel world: Well? What happened?