Chapter 34.2 (2/2)

“What is this?” Tang Mianmian was dumbstruck. “Bestiality? This is a bit too much for me to handle!”

Xiao Tangqiu, “That’s not what your expression says. You’re obviously very excited.”

Tang Mianmian snickered, “This is me appreciating art! Do you know the name of this painting?”

Xiao Tangqiu paused to think, “…….This is Oedipus and the Sphinx.”

“Oedipus and the Sphinx…….”

Although Tang Mianmian hadn’t seen the painting before, he had heard the story and suddenly realized something. “Is it the story of Oedipus the King?”

“Yes, one of the three great tragedies of ancient Greece; Sophocles’ Oedipus The King.” Xiao Tangqiu glanced at Shen Yuan, who also happened to look up. Halfway through, their gazes intertwined. He paused for a moment before continuing, “It’s a story of a man who killed his father and married his mother.”

“Killed his father and married his mother?” Windbreaker Man raised an eyebrow. At first, he wasn’t very much interested in the story, but as soon as he heard those words, he suddenly seemed engrossed.

Xiao Tangqiu nodded, “The story comes from Greek mythology. After Oedipus was born, his father had learned from a prophecy that Oedipus would kill him and marry his mother when he grew up. In order to prevent this fate, he exiled Oedipus. When Oedipus grew up, he accidentally killed his father without knowing it and also defeated the evil sphinx. After that, he was made king by the people and married the former queen – his mother.”

“Oh? That’s quite interesting,” Windbreaker Man played with his scalpel and looked somewhat fascinated. “Wanting to prevent fate from playing out ended up urging fate in that direction instead?”

“That’s exactly what it means,” Xiao Tangqiu smiled. “Later on, people used Oedipus complex to describe sexual desire for the mother, which is opposite to Electra complex – that is, sexual desire for the father.”

“You do know a lot,” Windbreaker man raised his eyebrows. “Did you major in psychology?”

Xiao Tangqiu shook his head. “I didn’t attend any university, but I like watching movies…… That’s how I found out.” After Meng Xinghe’s accident, he stayed at home every day and his only hobbies were watching movies and playing video games.

“You’re quite interesting.” Windbreaker Man suddenly turned to look at Shen Yuan, smiling as he said, “I suddenly feel that the rookie you invited into our team isn’t that annoying.”

Shen Yuan glanced at the Windbreaker Man but Windbreaker Man merely shrugged. “Alright then, let’s keep looking for clues! Since Lippinobert won’t let us enter the attic, there must be some important clues hidden in this place. There should be more than just this painting, right?”

Shen Yuan stared at the painting and suddenly said, “There’s something behind it.”

“Behind the painting?” Xiao Tangqiu paused for a moment, then got a little excited, “Could it be a secret chamber?” As a fan of horror games, he naturally had a special interest in secret chambers.

“It must be a secret chamber!” Tang Mianmian instantly burst out and quickly tried to move the picture away. Xiao Tangqiu also shuffled over to help him.

The picture was very large and the frame was rather heavy. It took the two men a great deal of effort to remove it. However, there wasn’t a secret room behind the frame, only a solid wall.

Just when the two were feeling disappointed, Xiao Tangqiu suddenly discovered something off. “The color of this part of the wall seems to be different from the other parts…….”

He rapped his knuckles and was pleasantly surprised. “The back of the wall is empty!”

“Could it really be a secret chamber?” Tang Mianmian attached his ear to the wall. “……I can’t hear anything, but this wall doesn’t seem to be the same as others. What can we use to break the wall?”

“There’ll be a lot of noise if we break down the wall. What if the others hear it?” Xiao Tangqiu frowned slightly. “We should find out if there’s any hidden mechanism or a tunnel to enter the secret chamber.”

“Mechanism? Yes! This sort of secret room must have a hidden mechanism!” Tang Mianmian’s eyes shone brightly, “It should be a vase or some sort of decoration! Let’s quickly look for it!”

However, they searched the entire attic and found nothing that resembled a mechanism, only some leftover wood pieces. So Xiao Tangqiu took another look at the painting and wondered, “…….Is this painting the key? Could it be that we moved the painting in the wrong direction? Maybe if we move the painting in the right way, the secret chamber behind the painting will automatically be revealed?”

Tang Mianmian’s eyes flashed with excitement. “That does make sense. Should we hang the painting back?”

At that moment, the indifferent woman suddenly opened her eyes and said coldly, “No, I’ve just checked. This secret chamber has no secret passages or entrances or exits. It’s a totally enclosed space.”

“Check? How did you check?” Tang Mianmian widened his eyes in surprise.

She gave Tang Mianmian a cold look. “This is my ability. I don’t have to tell you anything.”

Tang Mianmian realized that they were only temporary teammates and their teammates had really little confidence in the two of them, so he closed his mouth and kept quiet.

Xiao Tangqiu was also silent for a while before he asked, “Totally enclosed space? Then, do we have to physically break into it?”

Windbreaker Man smiled and said, “Of course there are other ways…… but it depends on what the captain wants. What do you think, Captain?”

Shen Yuan stared at the wall and nodded expressionlessly.

Windbreaker Man grinned and took out his scalpel and brushed it over the wall.

Xiao Tangqiu watched as Windbreaker Man drew the shape of a door on the wall with his scalpel. In the next second, a doorway big enough to allow one person to pass through actually appeared on the wall!

Xiao Tangqiu was dumbfounded. “How….. how did you do that?”

Windbreaker Man put his finger to his lips and grinned, “It’s a personal ability. Confidential information.”

“……”