Song Xinran turned the key into the keyhole, and in an instant, the door creaked open by itself, but stopped halfway open.

Looking through this half-open door, you can see...

The room floor was covered with the same bright red carpet as downstairs, but the carpet in this room was not as shiny.

For a moment, the carpet even resembled the fur of a monster that hadn't eaten in a long time, its color dull from lack of food.

Yun Yao's grip on Song Xinran's collar tightened slightly, her voice trembling with tension, "Will this carpet devour us?"

Hearing her childish question, Song Xinran chuckled, kicked open the door, and stepped inside. Her voice was harsh yet reassuring, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."

The maid who was cleaning the bathroom pushed open the bathroom door and came out. Her voice was rough and hoarse, like a broken gong. "I'm sorry, only the master with the key can come into the room."

Because of the angle, Yun Yao could only turn her head to look at her, but just as she was about to see the maid, her eyes were suddenly covered.

"This monster has no head."

"...", luckily she didn't see it.

Song Xinran placed her on the bed, opened the wardrobe, took out a European-style dress, and immediately closed the wardrobe door.

"Although the clothes in the game instance are set to be the original owner's clothes, no one has actually worn them. You go to the bathroom to change into them."

Seeing that Song Xinran was ignoring her, the maid's headless body began to deform and swell, instantly transforming into a two-meter-tall monster.

"Hehehe, those who disobey orders will be eaten by me!"

With a standard karate starting move, Song Xinran kicked the monster away.

The kick landed on the monster's shoulder, sending it staggering backward a short distance before crashing into a lacquered red table by the window.

Song Xinran glanced at the monster with disdain; he didn't even want to kick it, fearing it would dirty his shoes.

The monster was kicked and became obedient, no longer daring to sternly say that only the key owner could enter the room...

She could only secretly revert to her headless maid form and continue cleaning the bathroom.

Song Xinran called out to her, "Hey, go to the balcony first, Miss needs to go to the bathroom to change clothes."

"Yes." The maid, filled with impotent rage, could only writhe in frustration, clutching the towel in her hand, and head to the balcony to face the wall.

Yun Yao was curious about the form of address Song Xinran used, "Miss?"

"This room should be the Earl's fiancée's room."

"fiancée?"

"Or perhaps she was a child bride, not related by blood, but they lived together since childhood."

"...How did you figure that out?"

Song Xinran picked up the photo album on the desk and flipped through the photos one by one.

"Although the little girl is standing in the middle in a few pictures, she can only stand in the middle when she is next to the little boy... The rest of the time she is on the periphery."

However, this girl must have been a noblewoman before. She only came here after her family fell into decline.

Song Xinran pulled out a photo. In it, a little girl was smiling happily, but the faces of the two adults behind her had been cut out... "This should be a photo of the little girl and her parents."

Yun Yao glanced at the photo in his hand, then at the painting on the bedside table…

A painting that removes the photos but retains their family portrait?

...Could this painting have been done later?

At this moment, a hidden quest is suddenly released.

Players, please uncover the truth behind the lost castle.

The player has 28 hours remaining to complete the game.

Good luck to all players!

Song Xinran pushed Yun Yao to the bathroom, "Go take a shower and change your clothes first."

Yun Yao was pushed into the bathroom, still a little dazed, "...Oh."

"Call me something."

"……it is good."

Song Xinran closed the bathroom door, opened the wardrobe, and a ghostly voice, both crying and laughing, came from inside: "Please don't open the top left drawer, or bad luck will befall you~"

Song Xinran plunged a dagger into the wardrobe door. "Shut up! If you disturb people, you'll regret it."

The ghostly voice quickly began to wail and sob, its sound growing softer and softer until it fell silent.

The cabinet door monster and the headless maid hugged each other and cried bitterly, "How come some players weren't scared at all, but instead scared them instead? Waaah... It's terrifying, we need to go home and ask our designer daddy to stand up for us."

Song Xinran threw the blanket out of the wardrobe and covered the two noisy monsters.

Then, he forcefully pulled open the drawer in the upper left corner of the cabinet.

Inside was a stack of blueprints depicting what looked like a formation... a feng shui formation?

Yun Yao filled the bathtub with water, took off her coat, and was about to take off her inner clothes when suddenly, in the instant she turned around, the originally clear and transparent water turned blood-red and murky.

There seemed to be something dark and resembling a set of dismembered limbs crawling out of the bathtub...

The next second, the thing reached out and grabbed Yun Yao's ankle.

Yun Yao kicked the thing away, picked up her clothes and tried to run out, but when she turned around, she bumped into a strong embrace.

“Count!” He gave off a familiar feeling, just like the presence she had felt after falling into the pond.

The count ruffled her hair, his handsome eyebrows curving slightly. "Don't be afraid, it's just an illusion."

Because of what happened before, Yun Yao trusted him a lot, but the sensation just now was really obvious... it wasn't an illusion at all.

The count bent down, picked her up, and placed her in a corner of the bathtub.

Just as the Countess had said, the water in the bathtub was crystal clear, as if everything she had just seen was an illusion.

However, "Count, since it was just an illusion, may you leave now? I want to take a bath."

The count tightened his grip on her waist and gently kissed her shoulder and neck.

Yun Yao felt a slightly cool touch and shrank back into his warm embrace. "Count!"

The count's dark eyes were deep, his voice deep and husky, with a languid trailing tone that sounded like an allure from the deepest recesses of darkness: "Not enough kissing? Can we continue?"

Yun Yao's watery eyes gradually became unfocused, and her voice became hesitant and slow, "Continue..."

The count smiled, his voice soft, husky, and pleasant, "So good."

He gently unbuttoned her clothes with his long, slender fingers, pulling the collar down to her chest.

He traced her eyebrows and eyes with his fingertips, and gently kissed her luscious red lips with a smile.

But not satisfied with just scratching the surface...

The kiss deepened, and the person in his arms became breathless from the kiss, their hands gripping his clothes tighter and tighter.

He wrapped his large arms around her waist, pulled her close, buried his head in her neck, and gently sucked on the soft skin of her neck.

The movement was a bit too forceful, and Yun Yao's clothes fell down. Her skin touched the slightly chilly air outside, and she couldn't help but move closer to the warmer source beside her, saying, "It's cold."

The count chuckled, unbuttoned his waistband, and took off his slightly stiff coat.

He then lifted her onto his lap, placed her hands on either side of his neck, and let her hug him.

Seeing that Yun Yao hadn't come out and there was no sound of water from her bath, Song Xinran knocked on the door and asked, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

The count gently pinched the chin of the person in his arms, "Reply to him, you are very good."

Yun Yao's eyes were unfocused, and she obediently spoke, her voice weak, "I'm fine."

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