Chapter 230 : Petty Ghosts are Hard to Deal With 12 (1/2)
After locking Madam Qi in the basement, An Su calmed herself down for a bit before going out to call people for help.
The basement was located behind the mansion’s fake mountain, and the entrance was hidden by some plants, so it was easy for normal people to miss it. This was the reason why no one had managed to find this place during the search earlier.
The old Butler looked surprised upon seeing the secret entrance, as if he was completely unaware that there had actually been a basement here.
As this was happening, Shi Sheng was silently standing in the shadows. When Feng Jin turned to look at her, she just lifted her chin with an arrogant, somewhat provocative expression, before disappearing.
When the Butler entered the secret basement, he found Madam Qi already dead, as well as the two hounds An Su had seen previously currently feeding on Madam Qi’s mutilated corpse.
‘Only dogs that have been regularly fed human meat would eat a human…’
His own train of thought shocked the old Butler. ‘It’s not possible! How could the Madam have killed people?’
Only after much effort on the servants’ part did they manage to subdue the two hounds. To their horror, they found several human skeletons in the basement. One of them belonged to the recently dismissed servant whom the Butler had mentioned before. She had already died, but her body was still warm; it hadn’t been long since her death.
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Shi Sheng left the chaotic scene at the basement and floated to the fourth floor of the mansion. While the mansion’s second floor was where the owner’s family lived and the third floor was for entertainment, the fourth floor, however, was sealed shut.
Shi Sheng easily passed through the floors and entered the fourth floor;there was only one room on the entire floor, and it was very spacious.
The moment she entered, she felt a cold presence in the surroundings. However, it was not the same as the one she felt upon entering the mansion.
Adding to the sullen atmosphere of the room, black curtains hung from all the windows, blocking out all light.
She explored the area but found only one thing—an enshrined portrait of a deceased woman, a woman who looked exactly like Madam Qi.
No—there was some difference.
“Don’t we look alike?” A voice came out from behind her all of a sudden.
Shi Sheng turned around to look. At some point, a red-clothed woman had appeared, quietly standing next to the black-coloured curtains. Her features were exactly the same as the woman in the portrait.
Two figures, one red and one white, contrasting each other greatly in the dimly lit room.
The woman smiled at Shi Sheng. “How’d you die?”
“Don’t remember.”
“I guess that could be considered lucky. You don’t have to worry about always thinking of your time alive. Less troublesome.”
Shi Sheng stared at her expressionlessly while inwardly considering the best way to hack the woman to death.
The woman had already started speaking though. “When I died, it just so happened to be my 25th birthday. I’d just given birth to Nian-Nian, but I hadn’t even gotten the chance to watch her grow up before I died…”
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The deceased woman’s name was Su Yun. She and Qi Mo were lovers ever since graduating from University. Both their families had been long-time friends, so their marriage was inevitable.
After their marriage, their feelings only grew stronger. Their careers also thrived under their hard work. Furthermore, Su Yun later gave birth to a healthy daughter. They should’ve led a perfectly happy life.
But then, Su Yun was murdered the year she turned 25.
And her murderer was none other than her younger twin sister, Su Xin.
Perhaps because of the strange connection that twins had, Su Xin fell for Qi Mo too. Seeing Su Yun become happier and happier, the intense jealousy building in Su Xin’s heart caused her mind to grow twisted and finally led her to plot the murder of her own sister, Su Yun.
Su Yun hadn’t known it was Su Xin who killed her at first. The only reason she hadn’t entered the cycle of reincarnation yet was because she couldn’t put down her worry for Qi Mo and Qi Nian.
After her death, she witnessed Su Xin tenderly caring for Qi Mo while plotting many ways to climb into his bed.
Qi Mo was still dazed from Su Yun’s sudden death, so upon seeing Su Xin’s face, which was exactly like her sister’s, he couldn’t tell who he was truly with.