Chapter 35.1 (2/2)

Xiao Tangqiu paused for a moment and immediately turned to look at Shen Yuan.

On the other hand, Shen Yuan merely looked straight into his eyes and repeated faintly, “This…… should be the most hidden place. Start looking.”

Xiao Tangqiu hadn’t responded yet but Shen Yuan’s companions had already started searching the room. No one had bothered asking why. They were obviously very used to him giving orders.

Shen Yuan also began rummaging through the messy workbench.

Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian looked at each other and joined in the search.

The secret chamber wasn’t very big and all four corners could be seen at a glance. Apart from the workbench, there were a bunch of other completed and unfinished puppets all over the floor.

Xiao Tangqiu looked at the puppet on the ground and suddenly paused. Wait a minute…… Puppet?

He casually picked up a puppet, studied it, then put down the puppet and picked up another one.

Xiao Tangqiu examined several puppets in succession and found nothing special. However, he didn’t give up and went on searching. Finally, when he turned to the umpteenth puppet, he suddenly found something in the puppet’s dress.

He dug his hand inside and pulled out a small fragment of a photograph. He was immediately delighted and cried out, “I’ve found something.”

“What did you find?” Tang Mianmian was the first to go over. Soon, the others also gathered around him.

“Photo fragments?” Windbreaker Man arched an eyebrow and showed an interested look. “Where did you find it?”

Xiao Tangqiu honestly admitted. “I found it in this puppet’s dress.”

“In its dress?” Tang Mianmian immediately widened his eyes as if he had suffered a blow. “I didn’t know you were this sort of person! I was wrong about you! That’s just a doll! You won’t even let off a doll!”

Xiao Tangqiu rolled his eyes, “……Get the hell out of here now.”

They immediately studied the photo fragment. Obviously, there was something in the photo, but because the fragment was too small, it was impossible to piece together the truth.

Shen Yuan said solemnly, “The other fragments should also be hidden within these puppets. Let’s continue looking.”

At his command, everyone turned around and continued the search, but this time they had a goal in mind. Instead of blindly searching, they aimed for the puppets.

Soon, they found another fragment in one of the other puppets. Tang Mianmian and Xiao Tangqiu also found several other fragments. When they were sure that they couldn’t find any more photo fragments, they put the fragments together like a jigsaw puzzle.

There were many tiny pieces that made out three photos. But in the end, there seemed to be one fragment missing.

“Why is this photo missing a piece…..” Tang Mianmian said, pointing to the empty spot in one of the photos.

One of the women coldly said, “We couldn’t find any other fragments.”

“That’s strange. Could it be on that monster?” Tang Mianmian wondered.

Xiao Tangqiu stared at the empty spot for a moment, then suddenly realized, “This should be it!”

He quickly flipped open the cover of the pocket watch and put the photo from the cover into the empty spot, which was an exact match!

“Fucking hell! There’s even such a thing! You’re too damn smart!” Tang Mianmian excitedly cried, “Ok! It’s whole photo now! Perfect!”

They looked down at the three photos. Xiao Tangqiu was also unwilling to move backwards so he stayed in place and carefully studied the photo. These three photos were of two people. In the first photo, a young woman was carrying a small child. In fact, that was basically the theme of all three photos. The only addition to the photo in the pocket watch was the background.

But the more he looked closely, Xiao Tangqiu found that the backgrounds of the three photos were actually the same. They were in front of the gates of this strange castle. The castle in the three photos looked exactly the same, without any change whatsoever.

In the second photo, the same woman was still holding a delicate-looking little boy’s hands. The boy was about five or six years old and looked at the camera coldly.

In the third photo, it was still the same woman but she was much older, and the person standing beside her had turned into a teenager of 16 or 17. The teenager was really good-looking. Even though the photo was old and yellow, he could still see his red lips and white teeth. He was very beautiful and his facial features were even more delicate than a doll’s.

Xiao Tangqiu stared at the young man for a moment. He didn’t know why but he was suddenly reminded of the beautiful young man, Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection, chased after his reflection in the water and drowned to death…….. Narcissus should’ve been at least this beautiful, right?