“I’ll do it!”Jeffrey chased after her and stopped Melanie from wanting to touch the candles.She didn’t argue with him. The two of them tacitly avoided the candles’ direction to avoid any traps.Click!The sounds of gears turning could be heard from under the fake candles, but nothing changed around them.Jeffrey tried a few times again and used all his might, but he still couldn’t turn the candle. When Melanie saw how he was frowning, she also gave it a try, but also couldn’t get it to turn.“That’s strange...” she mumbled.If it wasn’t supposed to turn, but it could be turned... The both of them could feel that the bottom part of the candle could be moved, and it let out a mechanical click too.“Is it something that’s already abandoned?” She proposed a theory.Jeffrey shook his head. “It’s possible. But it’s also possible that we didn’t find the right way to open it.”“Let’s go.”Jeffrey paused before saying, “The candles haven’t stopped burning, and they’re all clean,
The voice sounded mechanical. It was obviously speaking through some kind of filter.The voice sounded like it came from right above them, but it also sounded like it came from around them!It sent a chill up their spines.The first reaction when Jeffrey heard the voice was to protect her in his arms!She didn’t refuse and simply let him hold her tightly because she was indeed scared.After pausing a little, Jeffrey looked around and asked, “Who are you?”“Continue onward!” the voice demanded.Jeffrey gulped, and the two of them turned around. They noticed that the entrance they used had already closed without any sound!Jeffrey paused and held Melanie's head and said, “Since there’s only one way out... Let’s go.”“Sure.”She nodded.Since there was no retreat, then the only way left was forward.She was actually much more curious than scared; she wanted to know just how many secrets were buried under the Yorks’ ancient residence!The two of them continued further in front
“I found him!”Melanie repeated it one more time, her tone sterner than earlier.As she said that, she raised her arm and pointed at the picture with the smoking pipe that didn’t have smoke coming out of it.Jeffrey looked at it, and at the same time, a huge “whoom” sounded in the room!It repeated over and over again.Each of the pictures on the wall started to flip and disappear together, and the walls of the room turned back to white, only leaving behind the picture that Melanie had pointed out on the wall.All the pictures that were haunting them just now seemed to be just part of a hallucination.“What? You found the exit?!” the mechanical voice asked eagerly.“That’s right,” Melanie answered.Because she saw it; in the middle of the room, a hidden door had risen up. That was probably the exit.“Other than the exit? Why is my lock still secured?!” The mechanical voice became anxious.What lock?Both Melanie and Jeffrey exchanged a glance.After a while, the mechanical
“He has been waiting... for us?” Melanie repeated.“Correct. The Master has ordered us to prepare supper for Mistress Yelena and Master Leo. They have been waiting for a long time,” the servants answered. “Please come with us.”The servant turned and led the way. Melanie and Jeffrey exchanged a glance. They figured that Joseph knew everything...Otherwise, even if Joseph had something to discuss and waited for one of them, how did he know that they were together and even which exit they used?The servants led them to the dining room on the first floor.Only to see Yelena and Leo were sitting at the sides while Joseph was sitting at the host’s seat. When he saw that they had arrived, he simply looked at them and said coldly...“Sit!”The two exchanged another glance before sitting down as well.Then, the servants hurriedly prepared the dishes.The mood was extremely awkward.Melanie wanted to break the silence and asked, “Why aren’t you asleep at this time?”Before she headed
“We’re already in this together! Is there a point to you sneering at me like that?!” Leo narrowed his eyes viciously.“I’m not sneering, I’m praising you!” The person on the other side pressed it even more.Leo’s fists became even tighter. He had just wanted to say something when he heard someone knocking at the door.“Someone’s here!”With that, he hung up in a rush before walking over to open the door and asked in shock, “You’re still not in bed, Melanie?”“I forgot to give this back to you...”Melanie came in and took out the wiretap that Leo had prepared for her and put it on top of his cabinet. “I used it when I heard Harlow and Linda fighting. It’s quite thrilling. Alright, I won’t disturb you anymore. Night.”After that, Melanie turned around and left.Leo looked at the wiretap and his eyes darkened. She was... testing him again?-Deep night. Finally, everyone was silent.The old butler walked into the bedroom that he had temporarily set up for Joseph and reported, “
Melanie’s smile was enough to stun Jeffrey.If it wasn’t because of the cheers from the people watching at the gate, he didn’t even know that he had momentarily lost his composure.The woman already took her seat in the passenger’s seat, and he walked over to the driver’s seat and gave her a stack of medical plasters. They had a strong herbal scent.“What are these?” Melanie couldn’t help but ask.“Medical plaster. For your wrist,” He said as he started the car.Melanie was shocked. “How did you know about my wrist...?”When she fell in the hidden passage, she was concentrating on the mechanism that opened the hidden door. She didn’t feel pain at all.Only when she went back to have supper did she feel the pain around her wrists. Could it be that he had seen it when she was instinctively rubbing it?“They said that it’ll take at least three months to heal a sprain like that. This plaster’s very good. If you put it on as instructed, you’ll suffer less than that.” The man said as
In Medonia, a private jet streaked through the sky.In the private jet, Linda was frowning deeply as she sat on a leather couch, an empty wine bottle in front of her.After what happened last night, all the factions in the Yanceys had come to her to ask for an explanation.How was she supposed to explain it?She was getting a migraine from all of this!She couldn’t go to Delfino, nor could she stay in Medonia, so she decided to fly her private jet to a place where no one could find her so she could wait out the storm.“Miss, are you going to leave just like this? Aren’t you going to placate the shareholders? It took you so much effort to get them on your side,” her trusted advisor asked, worried. “The only reason they supported me was because I managed to find their weakness! Now that something has happened to me, they’re even more anxious than I am! Those who know what to do will help me deal with the commotion in the company,” Linda said in disdain. Her eyes remained closed.
Looking at how anxious the man was, Melanie could only wave her hand apologetically. “My legs are numb...”“Then we can wait a little,” Jeffrey said as he helped her down. They were in no rush.Melanie thought that Jefford would use this chance to tease her, not expecting him to be so considerate all of a sudden. He didn’t seem like himself at all suddenly.“The movie’s over?” she asked.He nodded.“Then... What other arrangements do we have?”Originally, she didn’t care much about this so-called date. But after sleeping for two hours, she suddenly felt sorry for Jefford. That was why if he had more cliches planned, if he were to tell her right then and there, she would force herself to go through with it and work with him.However, Jefford simply said, “That’s all. It’s getting late. Let me send you back. Go to bed early tonight.“I see.”Melanie clicked her tongue.His sudden gentleness made her feel even more regretful about what happened.Before they left, Melanie saw th