Lu Ning still used the so-called invisibility ability as a cover-up, but it was enough to make Michael scream in surprise. Perhaps his voice was a little too loud. Someone opened the door of Haru-Mochizuki's room in the corridor very roughly, and a woman with red hair, wearing a leather jacket and jeans stuck her head out to look at him with an angry face. Outside.
"What are you yelling about?"
"I'm sorry, ma'am, I apologize for accidentally making too much noise." Michael said hurriedly. But the woman gave him a disgusted look: "Smokers, don't get too close to me! Also! Don't smoke in the corridor! The disgusting smell is all over the corridor!"
Michael hastily put out his pipe, and before he could do so the woman slammed the door.
"What a grumpy lady." He whispered to Lu Ning.
"But it's really not suitable for smoking indoors, sir."
Michael smiled bitterly.
Then, Lu Ning said goodbye to Michael and walked to the third floor. The third floor is where the owner lives. In addition to the bedroom, study rooms, activity rooms and the like are all on this floor. Lu Ning noticed that there is even a laboratory. It is not a modern laboratory, but very classical. The European-style home laboratory can be used to configure some commonly used drugs or small experiments. But even so, it is considered a very uncommon display.
In a slightly smaller tea room, Lu Ning saw a man in a black shirt sitting there, unfolding a newspaper, and there was a pot of tea on the table. The man was about forty years old, with a red face. Judging from some marks on his fingers, he should often use scalpels and other items, and he was probably a surgeon or something like that.
"Hello." This time it was the man who noticed Lu Ning first and raised his head to say hello to her.
"Hello."
"This is a tea room, but it's also a public area. Don't worry about me." The man said.
"Are you a resident on the third floor?" Lu Ning asked.
"Yes, I prefer a quieter place. The walls between the rooms on the third floor are thicker and the sound insulation effect is better. I hope it won't be noisy when the number of guests increases in the future." The man replied casually, his eyes having returned to the newspaper. superior.
Lu Ning heard the implication and did not continue to disturb him. Instead, she left and wandered around several other places.
Although this Hongmei Pavilion fully meets the necessary conditions for the occurrence of various murders, the people inside are all superpowers. Conventional killing methods are probably not applicable to these people at all, such as secret room murders and other superpowers. It can be done easily. Of course, the most important thing is the dance party. The tasks at the distribution center have clearly shown that the Hongxue Dance Party is highly dangerous, but Lu Ning doesn't know where the danger comes from.
Participate in the Red Snow Ball and survive the party.
Is anyone going to sabotage this dance? Or is there something more bizarre that will happen, and what does this have to do with the subsequent scene changes?
At this time, she heard some noises downstairs, and then there was the faint voice of Qu Langyue, as if another guest had arrived. She walked downstairs and "happened" to meet the two of them at the stairs on the second floor.
The guest this time was a young man with a rather submissive expression. His nervousness could be seen on his face. He was wearing a suit that looked like he had just purchased it. He expected it to fit the occasion but it didn't fit well. His suitcase was packed Qu Langyue held it with many stickers on it.
"Hello, Miss Lu Ning, what's the matter with?" Qu Langyue stopped to say hello.
"Nothing, just come out for a walk and get familiar with this place. New guest?"
"Yes, this is Mr. Han Xuezhi. Mr. Han, this is Miss Lu Ning, who is also an invited guest this time."
"Hello, hello..." A young man named Han Xuezhi greeted Lu Ning awkwardly. At this time, Lu Ning was on the stairs. He was a little down the stairs, but Han Xuezhi probably didn't realize that this was the case. what is the problem.
"Hello. Qu Langyue, don't worry about me. I'm just walking around. If I have any requests, I will come to you."
"Yes." Qu Langyue bowed slightly again, and then led Han Xuezhi to choose a house, while Lu Ning went down to the first floor.
The first floor is a large activity area, and all rooms are used by servants. The servants' room, kitchen, pantry, laundry room, etc. are all on this floor. Lu Ning also saw Jin Xiuqing here. She was ironing the clothes she took out from the laundry room. She was a capable woman close to forty years old.
The servant's bedroom is locked. It seems that the privacy of the servant is also protected here, but there are only three rooms, and I don't know how they are allocated.
Continuing from the side of the servant's bedroom, through a short corridor, there is a door connected to the flower room at the back. Lu Ning opened the door, and a warmer atmosphere than inside the mansion came in from the outside. The greenhouse was very large, with four rows of different flowers and plants planted inside. A gardener squatted in front of a flower pot and was shoveling loose soil into it. The clothes he wore were different from those of the servants. They were gardeners' clothes. The only thing they had in common was a plum blossom-shaped brooch on his chest.
"Ah, hello, guest." The gardener stood up, and Lu Ning realized that this man was nearly two meters tall, with a very strong build, and a simple and honest smile on his face.
"You should be the gardener Jiang Ai." Lu Ning said in a positive tone.
"It's me. If the guests want to visit the greenhouse, please feel free to do so. I can also accompany you to explain. If you like any kind of flowers here, they can be delivered to your room tomorrow."
"Well, I'm just taking a look, you can go about your business." Lu Ning nodded to him, Jiang Ai responded, and continued to squat down and shovel the soil.
There was nothing special about this side. Returning the same way, Lu Ning walked to the other side. Behind it was a huge restaurant, and next to the restaurant was the only modern kitchen in this mansion. A man with short hair was busy in the kitchen at this time, and some aromas wafted out from the oven and oven.
Chef Wei Haonan is a very polite person, and you can see his love for food. After Lu Ning went in to chat, she also received a piece of pudding from him, which was exquisite and delicious, enough to make people have a better understanding of their daily meals. Good expectations.
With an excellent lineup of servants, a top-notch mansion, and no advance warning, there is no sense that something terrible is about to happen here.
Lu Ning found the manager Feng Yuanxi.
"Miss Lu Ning, what are your orders?"
"Mr. Manager, I think since the invitation was written by Qu Langyue, you must also be an insider?"
"Indeed, we are all familiar with the entire process of preparing for the dance."
"Then let me get straight to the point. I want to know whether you seven servants are superpowers? What superpowers do you have?" Lu Ning asked directly.
Feng Yuanxi was stunned for a moment.
"Your master didn't hide his superpowers from you. Maybe you are ordinary people, but ordinary people can serve us... If there is any trouble, how can you deal with it? Especially now that the master is not here. Manager Feng , I hope to be able to better understand where I am, and I want to eliminate those factors that make me uneasy."
"I see, it doesn't matter, we can also explain our abilities to you. My ability is memory. Within ten days, everything I have seen can be recalled in detail. Chef Mr. Wei's ability is pica, He can eat anything, including steel and glass, and will not be harmed by toxins, radiation, etc. Mr. Jiang, the gardener, can identify the composition of soil and rocks through the touch of his fingers. Ms. Jin's ability is to block a door with entrances and exits Conceptual things, such as doors and windows, but only one can be blocked at the same time. As for the three servants, Tian Xiao can make his body glow, which makes it look very obvious at night; Qu Langyue can copy an item, which seems to have Size restrictions; Ye Yunmei can stick to things that come into contact with the skin, which allows her to move on the wall like a gecko, but she usually would not make such a rude move."
"Manager Feng seems to have a detailed understanding of the abilities of these servants." Lu Ning said.
"Even if our abilities are not a big deal, people with superpowers will never tell others everything about themselves. I only know the abilities of some people who are more familiar with me. If you really want to ask, you can ask me , even if you are rejected, they will not be disrespectful to you." Feng Yuanxi saluted, "Our abilities are not very lethal, so we are just living an ordinary life. The master asked us to receive you just because We are the same kind of people, so it won’t cause any inconvenience.”
"Thank you for your information, Manager Feng."
"It doesn't matter, this is what we should do. Is there anything else I can do for you?"
Lu Ning shook her head and asked the manager to leave. If Feng Yuanxi's description of these people's abilities was correct, these people were indeed recruited because their abilities were not lethal. But is it really harmless? Perhaps the frontal combat is lacking, but these abilities sound like they have quite a lot of room for manipulation.
After that, she just walked around the indoor place, and soon it was approaching night time, and Qu Langyue notified the tenants one by one to go downstairs for dinner. Lu Ning was the first to arrive at the restaurant because she had been wandering around the mansion.
The long dining table was covered with a white tablecloth, and a row of bouquets that should have been freshly picked from the greenhouse were placed on the dining table, decorating the room with floral fragrance. Seats have been placed in both rows, but the owner's seat is empty, probably because the current owner of the mansion has not arrived yet.
Lu Ning chose a seat and sat down, and soon the other guests walked in. Michael greeted Lu Ning happily when he entered, followed closely by the man who was probably a surgeon. The red-haired woman was in third place. She was dressed in casual clothes and walked compactly, as if she didn't want to walk with Han Xuezhi behind her. The last person to come was of course the person who was in Xia Wangyue's room at the beginning. She was a slightly older woman dressed as a lady. Her face was heavily made up. After entering the room, she scanned the room. His eyes lit up slightly when he saw the surgeon.
After all the guests arrived, Ye Yunmei and Qu Langyue also walked in with the dining cart. Dinner is a Western-style meal. After a light soup, there are appetizers, main dishes, and desserts in the general order. There are seven or eight courses in total. Lu Ning had no experience with Western food, and apparently no one at the table asked for dining etiquette. Everyone ate what they had, and the atmosphere was eerily quiet.
Of course, the dishes were all delicious. Lu Ning originally didn't like Western food, but Wei Haonan's cooking skills far exceeded expectations, and there was really no dish that particularly disgusted her.
After the last dish of vanilla ice cream and cranberry pancakes was served, Qu Langyue also explained that the last dish had been served. Only then did the noble lady smile: "Send hello to Chef Wei for me. Today's meal is still of an amazing level."
"I will bring it to you." Qu Langyue bowed gently.
"Everyone, two new people have arrived today. Can we give them a little welcome?" Michael said.
"The owner here has invited twenty superpowers. If people come every day, I don't know how long our welcoming ceremony will last." The surgeon said coldly, "And, that maid, let me ask you one question."
"Please speak." Qu Langyue said.
"What we ate today is Western food, which is different from yesterday's meal. It can be seen that your host also understands this. The Western-style building is actually a Western-style building. I am very curious. It has just been Christmas, why is there nothing here? A special atmosphere?”
"This... the master didn't let us celebrate any festivals here." Qu Langyue said, "If you need it, we can prepare it specially..."
"No, I'm just asking. Because I am really curious about the identity of the person who invited us. I know many famous superpowers in the country. In the circle, I have never heard of a person who is so elusive yet hospitable. . What’s even more surprising to me is that I don’t know any of the people who have arrived here in the past two days. Even if these people are all superpowers, there are differences among us, do you understand?” the surgeon said.
"We have no right to question the master's decision, Mr. Zhou. Your invitations came from the master's dictation. I put it in writing and sent it out. But I don't know the reason why the master invited you. As a servant, what I can do I just try my best to entertain every guest and not bring shame to the host, that's all." Qu Langyue said neither humble nor arrogant.
"You are a good servant." The surgeon nodded slightly, "When I see your master, I will ask him if he is willing to let you follow me."
"This is your freedom." Qu Langyue chuckled.
"Oh...you guys..." Michael said quickly, "We just finished eating, so don't cause too sharp conflicts. Why don't we talk about some lighter topics? This little brother?"
"Huh?" Han Xuezhi, who had been busy eating and unable to integrate into the atmosphere, looked up blankly.
