Chapter 16? (2/2)

The dim moonlight allowed Xiao Tangqiu to see what the object was. Xiao Tangqiu nearly screamed in horror – it was actually a human skull!

He immediately threw the skull aside, but as soon as the skull hit against the wall of the well, something shiny fell out from its shadowy eye sockets.

……………… What the hell is that?

After a brief moment of hesitation, Xiao Tangqiu went and picked up that shiny thing. As soon as he held it in his hand, he realized it was actually a small key.

A key? Why was there a key at the bottom of the well? So, was he supposed to look for a door now?

He quietly put away the key and picked up the skull to examine it. At a glance, he noticed that the eye sockets of the skull seemed to be much bigger than usual. Even though he didn’t have any other human skulls to compare with, he could still tell that the eye sockets of this skull was unusually large, as if someone had forcefully dug the eye sockets wide open……….. And he seemed to recall that the boatman whom they met at the beginning looked like his eye sockets had been gouged apart.

At that point, Tang Mianmian had finally found a rope. He tied one end to a tree and threw the other end down the well.

Xiao Tangqiu didn’t have any experience in rock climbing so it took him tremendous effort before he successfully climbed the slippery walls and tumbled out of the well. His feet had just landed on solid ground after exhausting all that energy, but he didn’t even stop to take a breath before grabbing Tang Mianmian and leaving the courtyard. Tang Mianmian didn’t intend to take their own sweet time either; the both of them hastily rushed back to their own courtyard.

Throughout the way back, they were lucky not to have encountered anything else. They got back safe and sound to the courtyard that the housekeeper had arranged for them. There were quite a few rooms in the courtyard; several rooms had been lit up and the rest were dark, most likely meaning that they were unoccupied.

They randomly selected a room that was unlit. After entering the room and lighting up a candle, they finally let out a sigh of relief and collapsed into bed.

A little while after, Tang Mianmian asked, “Do you think Luo Mansu and the twins have already returned?” He had a look of apprehension on his face, obviously expecting them to have encountered something as well.

“Luo Mansu isn’t a rookie like us. If we can handle it, it’s probably nothing to him.” Xiao Tangqiu hesitated and then said seriously, “On top of that, I don’t think he’s a simple guy. I keep getting the feeling that he’s hiding a lot of things from us.”

“What do you mean?” Tang Mianmian asked.

Xiao Tangqiu shrugged, “I’m not sure, it’s just my intuition. He might be an old player but he doesn’t behave like one. Although he seems to take the lead every time, and often makes decisions, but…….. I just get the feeling that there’s something off about him.”

“Perhaps he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” Tang Mianmian frowned. “We’ll just have to be more cautious from now on………..”

Xiao Tangqiu paused for a second before narrating what he found in the well. “I think we should look for a locked door or box or something of that sort.”

“What the fuck?! I fell into the well as well, but why is it that you find a skull and a key and I come up with nothing?” Tang Mianmian was stunned. “You’re definitely a Loot Beast! Even now, you still remember to loot items.”

Xiao Tangqiu laughed helplessly. Every time he played a horror game, he would always be looking to loot items. Although this made it impossible for him to miss out on key items, it also wasted a lot of time. So his fans started to call him the Loot Beast…….. But that was clearly an accidental discovery ah!

Xiao Tangqiu thought for a bit, “I seemed to have gone through Fang Lan’s memories………”

Tang Mianmian was dumbstruck, “Fucking hell, how did you manage to find so many clues? Are you dropping gold behind my back, you crazy whale?”

Xiao Tangqiu shook his head, “It’s probably because of the coffin. I’m guessing anyone who lies down inside gets to see it. I think we should examine the key first……..” Just as he pulled out the key, something else fell out and rolled on the ground.

Xiao Tangqiu looked at it in shock.

It was that jade pendant………..

The one that Yun Jizhou gave to Fang Lan.