Previous wives.
Xiaolan felt a little numb on her back.
"How many previous terms?"
The doctor looked at Xiaolan in surprise, "Didn't Miss Yirel even tell you about this?"
Xiaolan shook her head stiffly.
"Sandora, my sister, is Mr. Morven's sixth wife." Dr. Sovan stretched out a palm. "His first five wives all left him for various reasons. Shantora When Dora married into Morven Manor, she thought she could break the curse, but..."
First six wives.
The seventh bride.
Words on the mirror.
Bluebeard.
Misfortune was like a heavy cloud, slowly drifting towards her.
The doctor was still describing his sister's simple thoughts, but Xiaolan suddenly interrupted him, "How did you die?"
"Uh...what?" Doctor Suowan seemed not to hear clearly.
"How did they all die?" Xiaolan asked dully.
"I remember..." Dr. Sovan raised his eyes and recalled, "The first mistress of the manor, the biological mother of the two children, was a quiet and gentle beauty. In order to give birth to Lily, she died on the hospital bed. Immediately afterwards, the second wife was a young lady from a nearby village, but she committed suicide in her bedroom not long after marrying her husband. I don’t know much about the third and fourth wives. It is said that one of them left home. After running away, the other one seemed to have died in the fire, and the fifth one lost her footing and fell into the water - yes, it was the creek next to the garden, and she drowned, and then... it was Sandora."
Death from illness, suicide, disappearance, fire, drowning, and...beheading.
This is another version of the Bluebeard story.
Why is Lily telling herself this story?
Xiaolan was silent for a long time. After Dr. Suowan finished speaking, he also closed his mouth and became quiet.
"You come to me, you must have your purpose, right?" Xiaolan said lightly.
"Actually, when Sandora first moved into Morven Manor, she mentioned that strange feeling." Dr. Suowan and Xiaolan's eyes met, and both of them knew what he was referring to. "A sense of voyeurism."
"In her room? In the bedroom?" Xiaolan asked.
Dr. Sauvan slowly shook his head.
"everywhere."
"all?"
"That's right," the doctor looked around the neat and gorgeous bedroom, "that feeling is always with her in every corner of the castle, every moment."
The sense of voyeurism is everywhere.
"Do you want to investigate the truth about Sandora's death?" Xiaolan asked.
"The truth, and the end," Dr. Suowan smiled self-deprecatingly, "Although Sandora and I have not been together since childhood, and our relationship is not as deep as that of ordinary siblings, I also know that Sandora is a kind-hearted person. A simple girl, she needs the truth, and she definitely doesn’t want to see anyone else fall into her fate.”
Xiaolan understood.
Doctors are here to save themselves.
"But I'm just a tutor." Xiaolan murmured, pretending to be confused.
"You are a tutor, and the child in the morning is just a young maid. A similar situation has never happened before. This is very strange, so I asked Miss Yrel to clean up the room I usually use. I’m out, and I hope I can use these days to investigate the truth.”
Xiaolan thought for a while, nodded, and said nothing.
The doctor continued, "Please also pay attention to your own safety. If you find any danger, be sure to tell me and I will do my best to protect you."
Seeing Xiaolan's thoughtful expression, the doctor asked again, "Have you discovered something?"
"No...no," Xiaolan waved her hand, pointed to the top of her head and said, "Just...doctor, do you know who lived in this room upstairs?"
"Upstairs?" The doctor frowned and shook his head, "Sorry, when I was in contact with Morven Manor, there were few outsiders staying in the manor due to some rumors from the outside world. As far as I know, your building is It should always be empty."
"Well……"
"What's wrong?"
"It's okay," Xiaolan smiled, "I was just wondering if that sense of peeping might be related to the room above me."
"This is also a clue," the doctor agreed. "We can investigate slowly."
End of topic.
The night is getting darker.
Just as he was about to leave the room, the doctor suddenly added, "By the way, it is said that accidents happened to several of your husband's wives when he was not in the manor."
Just like now.
"I understand," Xiaolan opened the door, "Thank you, Dr. Suowan."
The doctor's thick footsteps gradually faded away and disappeared at the end of the corridor.
Xiaolan leaned against the closed door, holding her forehead with both hands, and slid down little by little until she sat on the ground.
Head hurts.
what exactly is it?
what happened?
Why didn't Yrel tell him a word?
That girl...
Xiaolan raised her head.
The blonde maid's pale face was still echoing in front of her eyes.
The body of the poor girl had been moved to the castle.
Xiaolan stood up.
The body was placed on the ground floor.
I haven’t been to the basement level yet.
Xiaolan looked up at the cuckoo clock. It was a little after eleven, which was the time when the servants had completed their tasks and returned to their rooms.
Xiaolan opened the door.
Doctor Suowan is very sincere, but after all, he is an NPC within the game, and Xiaolan does not dare to completely trust him.
But what the doctor said makes sense.
The most critical thing right now is to find the first scene where the maid was killed.
Then go back to the place where the girl last appeared last night and take a look.
The hall was flickering with dim candlelight, all the doors were closed tightly, and only Xiaolan could be seen around. Following the stairs on the side of the corridor, Xiaolan arrived at the first floor underground.
The underground floor is mainly the servants' rooms and storage rooms. The decoration and furnishings are obviously not as exquisite as those on the upper floors. There are only a few lights shining in the corridor.
There were name tags written on wooden boards hanging outside the first few doors. They should be servants' rooms. Xiaolan walked through several such wooden doors and finally stopped in front of a gray-brown double-open wooden door.
This room should be the storage room, right?
Xiaolan raised her hand and pushed the door open.
It's locked.
I am too stupid.
Xiaolan was so angry that she smashed her head twice.
How could the storage room be unlocked?
The key should be at...
Xiaolan was turning her head to look at the two rows of servants' rooms on the left and right. At this time, a series of faint crying sounds came from nowhere and floated into her ears.
She strained her ears and listened carefully.
it is true.
There was indeed a muffled cry filling the air.
A girl's cry.
Xiaolan clenched her hands and moved her neck following the cry.
The cry came from the storage room in front of me.
