Chapter 34.1 (1/2)

The faint melody of the musical box was particularly clear in the silent castle. Xiao Tangqiu couldn’t help shivering as his hair stood on end.

Tang Mianmian shook uncontrollably, “Fuck! …….Is that the musical box?” Isn’t that musical box broken?” Then, on second thought, he realized that he wasn’t making any sense. Under normal circumstances, a broken musical box wouldn’t play again, but the problem was – this wasn’t a normal place at all!

Lu Si’er hadn’t gone very far; she stopped, looking horrified.

Short and Skinny couldn’t stop shivering and whimpering with fear.

“Do you want to…… go back and have a look?” Tang Mianmian gulped and asked Xiao Tangqiu somewhat hesitantly.

Xiao Tangqiu thought about it for a moment, then said, “Forget it, it’s too late today. We’ll come back tomorrow.”

Tang Mianmian immediately breathed a sigh of relief. “I also think….. that we should come again tomorrow.”

Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian sent Short and Skinny to the second floor. Seeing that Lu Si’er had entered her room, they gave each other a look, turned around and walked upstairs together.

“I wonder if Shen Yuan has been to the attic.” Xiao Tangqiu said to Tang Mianmian in a low voice, “If they’ve already been there, then we’re a step too late…….”

Tang Mianmian was also a little uneasy. “I don’t think so. They should’ve searched elsewhere today. I don’t think they searched the attic first, right?”

Xiao Tangqiu laughed bitterly, “I hope so. If it weren’t because we planned to go with Shen Yuan’s team to the attic, we could’ve gone back into that room with the musical box just now. There might be some clues inside.”

Tang Mianmian muttered, “It could be a trap….… What do you think is in the attic?”

Xiao Tangqiu winked at him, “Crazy woman in the attic?”

Tang Mianmian immediately understood what Xiao Tangqiu was trying to say. “Do you think Lippinobert locked Maria in the attic?”

Xiao Tangqiu calmly said, “It’s also possible that it’s all three wives of Lippinobert. After all, they’ve never appeared before.”

“That makes sense!” Tang Mianmian nodded. Inspired by Xiao Tangqiu’s conjecture, his imagination went wild. “Maybe it’s Lily Marlene!”

Moments later, the two finally came to the attic of the old castle. Not surprisingly, the attic door was locked with a solid brass padlock.

Xiao Tangqiu studied the brass padlock and said, “I don’t think anyone’s been here before……. It’s so strange, this padlock is rusty and the lock hole is blocked. I don’t think anyone has opened this lock for a long time. Was my guess wrong? Maybe there’s no one locked inside after all?”

“But I don’t think your guess is wrong.”

Xiao Tangqiu turned around, only to find that Windbreaker Man was standing behind him since God knows when, and was smiling while he played with the scalpel in his hand.

Both he and Tang Mianmian jumped in shock and stumbled to the floor.

“You two rookies really have such great courage. You actually dare to come up to the attic.” Windbreaker Man smiled as he sized up Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian, “Don’t you know, the greater your courage, the sooner you die?”

Xiao Tangqiu was afraid of Windbreaker Man, but after catching sight of Shen Yuan not far away, he suddenly felt unafraid again, and somehow, even felt a peace of mind.

“Wh-what…. what…. what do you want…….” Tang Mianmian was terrified. “Don’t think that just because I look like this, I’m weak. In fact, I’m really strong! With this one fist of mine……. even I don’t even know what will happen! “

Windbreaker Man grinned. “Oh?” He casually bent the scalpel with two fingers, and then casually bent it into shape again.

Tang Mianmian, “……Big brother, I’ll kneel for you!”

Xiao Tangqiu stepped forward and stood in front of Tang Mianmian. His tone was calm, “What do you want?”

Windbreaker Man shrugged, “Nothing, we just want to go in and have a look, but you’re in the way.”

“We’ll move right away. We won’t get in your way.” Xiao Tangqiu frowned slightly, “But we want to follow you guys to take look inside the attic……”

“Oh? Are you talking terms with us?” Windbreaker Man hooked his lips. “Who are you to do that?”

Xiao Tangqiu flattened his lips, “Of course not. I’m just giving you a heads up because it seems a little impolite not to.”

“So you’re not talking terms with us, but informing us?” Windbreaker Man blinked in disbelief, “Do you know who I am?”

Xiao Tangqiu blinked sheepishly, “…….Right now, I still don’t.”

“You actually don’t know who I am?” Windbreaker Man widened his eyes, pointing his scalpel at Xiao Tangqiu’s nose. “Is it because I’m not well-known enough or are you just too ignorant?”

“……This is only our second instance.” Xiao Tangqiu said cautiously. “We really are newcomers.”

“So you’re just ignorant.” Windbreaker Man suddenly narrowed his eyes, “That’s not right, you’ve just entered the game not too long ago but your second mission is an S-level mission? How is that possible?”