He tricked his amnesiac partner into becoming crippled.

Chapter 186 After Raising Ghosts, I'm Now Lying Down (19)

"Masters and explorers, welcome to Lonely Manor."

The kind-faced old man stood calmly on the higher steps.

Perhaps sensing the restlessness of the crowd, his eyes sharpened, and his index finger slid across the rounded cane from time to time.

"To cut to the chase, whoever can find the black glass left here by my ancestor, I will reward them handsomely. The reward will only be higher, not lower."

The old man smiled kindly, walked to the back of the crowd, and then waved for someone to open the iron gate.

Wen Yan was the last to step into the manor. Wen Yun had rushed in the instant the iron gate opened, and was much bolder because of the number of people.

For some reason, she suddenly called out to Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu disappeared after the old man appeared, and she had a bad feeling.

As expected, there was no response.

"233, where is Jiang Yu?"

"I don't know either. It was just following behind you a moment ago, how did it disappear when you turned around?"

233 was also completely baffled.

She waited there for a moment, then heard the sound of rust scraping against the metal, and turned around as if she had noticed something.

The wide-open iron gate slowly closed.

There was no one outside the door.

It was as if all the excitement was just an illusion.

A layer of clouds rose in the sky, creating a dark, hazy atmosphere, with several streaks of lightning flashing through it. The surroundings were so clear you could hear a pin drop.

Strange, there's only lightning but no thunder?

Wait a minute, Wen Yan's eyes suddenly widened.

Inside the villa, all the lights were on, and even the rose field was dimly lit, making the surrounding environment easily visible.

Wen Yan didn't linger in the courtyard. She took a few steps and entered the villa. Unexpectedly, the interior decoration of the villa was exactly what she wanted.

Steaming hot food was laid out on the table, and the TV was on, playing a popular variety show. It was a very cozy scene.

If Wen Yan hadn't repeatedly confirmed that she hadn't gone to the wrong place, she would have really thought she was here for a relaxing vacation.

Is it a trap?

Besides, aren't most haunted villas dark, stormy, and filled with lightning?

How come her place is like a paradise?

Thinking it over, Wen Yan tentatively placed her hand on the light switch, wanting to turn off the light to confirm the terrifying atmosphere, but she couldn't turn it off immediately.

To be precise, it can't be turned off.

No matter how many times Wen Yan pressed the switch, the warm-colored light remained unmoved.

Wen Yan was dumbfounded.

No?

The lights are on, why would a ghost scare me?

If you don't scare me, how can I quickly find clues?

Do you expect me to sing "Little devil, come out quickly" in a brightly lit villa to coax the ghost out?

Heaven and earth conscience!

Not only was Wen Yan stunned, but 233 had never seen anything like this before.

"Why don't you go look for clues first, sir?"

As it was speaking, something rolled to Wen Yan's feet and stopped after hitting her shoes.

"what is this?"

She stared at the black sphere at her feet for a moment, then picked it up and examined it closely. An unbelievable thought flashed through her mind...

Could this be black glass?

Then she walked in the direction from which the black glass had rolled, and found a note in the conspicuous box without any doubt.

It had three words written on it: "Black Glass".

Wen Yan held the note in her left hand and the black glass in her right, and fell into an unusual silence.

Is that all?

Wait!

"I almost forgot about Wen Yun."

Wen Yan slapped her forehead, remembering that she still had a second brother to save, and hurriedly walked inside. As she passed the dining table, an enticing aroma wafted towards her.

And she happened to be hungry.

"Never mind, eating a piece won't make much difference."

Wen Yan quickly convinced herself to sit down, picked up her bowl and chopsticks, and began to eat.

She paused for a moment as she put the food in her mouth, but then continued eating as if nothing had happened.

Their movements were relaxed and carefree, showing no trace of busyness.

She even watched TV while eating, showing no sign of anxiety whatsoever.

Before long, a piercing scream came from the spiral staircase. It sounded familiar. Wen Yan looked up and saw Wen Yun running down the stairs, taking several steps at a time.

Wen Yan raised an eyebrow slightly and said in a calm voice, "Oh, you're here? Let's eat."

She picked up another piece of food with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth.

Really delicious!

Wen Yun rushed to Wen Yan's side and stopped in a daze, her eyes still filled with fear. The two looked at each other.

He even looked back at the stairs three times in disbelief, only to realize later that the black thing that had been biting his buttocks was gone.

A fog seemed to gather at the end of the stairs, obscuring the view above.

Wen Yun blinked. Something seemed off.

He was just on the run for his life, how come everything's peaceful and serene now that he's in Wenyan?

Isn’t that too much of a double standard?

Wen Yan gave him a look, and Wen Yun looked over and found a pair of unused bowls and chopsticks on the table. He picked them up blankly.

stab-

The bowl broke.

Wen Yan:……

She sighed softly, "Chopsticks can always..."

Before he could finish speaking, the chopsticks broke into pieces the size of fingernails and fell off one by one.

Wen Yan's lips twitched, and Wen Yun, completely petrified, didn't know what to say for a moment.

"You're so unlucky."

After saying that, she stopped looking at him and started eating on her own.

A little while later, the stool Wen Yun was sitting on cracked, and he fell to the ground with a thud, his face turning pale with pain.

Looking at his disheveled appearance and then at Wen Yan, who had been providing excellent service, he felt wronged for the first time.

"Why!"

Unwilling to give up, he turned around and saw that the mist at the end of the stairs had thinned a little, and a pair of black eyes were faintly visible in the mist.

Wen Yun was startled and fell silent instantly.

They didn't say much, just stood there awkwardly, trying to shrink the space as much as possible.

The only sounds were the television and the soft clatter of a spoon against the bowl.

Seeing how relaxed Wen Yan was, Wen Yun couldn't help but ask, "Do you know what I just went through?!"

"what?"

"A headless corpse! Bloodshot eyes! And a severed hand that looks like it was playing a piano..."

Wen Yun felt like she had just watched a horror movie in a flash. After following the others inside, her eyes flew out as soon as the door opened, and she chased after everyone's butts and bit them.

They quickly split up and ran away. In their haste, they opened a door and the severed hands and arms rushed toward the place in his lower body where countless offspring resided.

His heart sank, and he instinctively closed his legs tightly, running with a limp.

I ran for ages, like centuries, only to find Wen Yan enjoying a vacation when I finally came down...

May I ask???

Is there no humanity? Is there no law?

Wen Yan glanced at his tattered clothes and pants, a hint of sympathy in her eyes.

Just then, she finished eating and picked up a tissue to wipe her mouth.

Standing opposite, Wen Yun spotted the box on the table with sharp eyes. The box was engraved with intricate characters and was decorated with roses.

He remembered that Wen Yan seemed to have come empty-handed.

What's the deal with this box?

Wen Yan casually opened the box, and the black glass lying quietly inside almost blinded Wen Yun.

"This can't be..."

Wen Yan glanced at him and nodded.

Wen Yun felt a mix of darkness and light before her eyes; the darkness stemmed from the lack of comparison, while the light indicated that at least they had completed their mission.

He almost burst into tears.

"Then let's hurry up and go."

Wen Yun said excitedly, and walked towards the door, but he was dismayed to find that he couldn't open it.

Wen Yan leisurely moved over, placed her hand on the door, and opened it without even using any force.

Wen Yun is about to explode.

He kept talking quietly, but I couldn't tell what he was saying.

He hurried outside. The sky was still dark and the surroundings were silent. The first floor of the villa was brightly lit, but it got darker as he went up, including the rose fields on both sides. The roses had suddenly withered.

A bare pole is unsettling.

But there was a patch of roses still in full bloom, and that was the path they took to leave the estate.

This time, Wen Yun had the foresight to stop her and instead said to Wen Yan behind her, "Let's go."

Wen Yan glanced at the sky and the distinctly different villa, but hesitated to take a step.

She glanced at Wen Yun and said, "I'm not leaving. You go first."

Wen Yun: !?

Aren't you leaving?

You've got the beads, and I've saved you, so why are you staying here? Waiting for the ghosts to eat you?

Bah, even ghosts wouldn't eat her.

Wen Yun silently rephrased the question: "Are you waiting for a ghost to eat him?"

Although he considered himself quite strong, any random monster here could easily defeat him!