Shen Mianmian took the handkerchief and covered her nose, slowly walking in with He Nan, while Yang Xiaoxi looked on with envy and asked Lu Siyuan, "Do you have one?"
Lu Siyuan rolled his eyes at her like she was an idiot. "Stop being pretentious. If you think it’s dirty, just stand outside."
Yang Xiaoxi tightly clung to his arm, trembling as she walked in with him.
Although the house was dirty, the furniture inside was all intact, making it obvious that the original owners had left in a hurry, or perhaps they felt that the items inside were too ominous to take with them.
The decor was of a European style, but there was a portrait of Guan Yu on the wall, coupled with the dust and cobwebs everywhere, it seemed rather eerie.
After touring the first floor, they went up to the second floor, which strangely looked as if it had been ransacked, somewhat messy with sofas slashed apart by scissors or something similar.
The calligraphy and paintings on the walls had been taken down and piled on the floor; even the wardrobes in the bedrooms showed signs of being tampered with.
After surveying the area, Shen Mianmian was puzzled. "This place looks like it’s been burglarized? But it seems like nothing was taken. These paintings are so neatly arranged, they must have wanted to take them, so why didn’t they?"
Could it be that the owner was in the middle of moving out when something happened?
Lu Siyuan said, "I think these items aren’t valuable. Probably the owner didn’t want them. Taking these would be less practical than moving sofas, and even the beds and wardrobes in the house seem quite valuable."
Although he didn’t know much about wood materials, given how many years had passed and the cabinets and beds were still in good condition, they were definitely not made of cheap materials.
These calligraphy works and paintings weren’t by any famous artists; they were basically worthless.
"You’re right, these paintings are indeed less valuable than the beds and wardrobes, the beds and wardrobes are..."
Ruan Yiqian was halfway through speaking when he was startled by a sudden scream.
Although he was quite bold, being in such a place and hearing a sharp scream out of nowhere was frightening.
Shen Mianmian and Lu Siyuan were also startled, but He Nan was the calmest among them.
When they turned around, they found that the scream had come from Yang Xiaoxi, and Shen Mianmian quickly went over, concerned, "What’s wrong?"
Lu Siyuan turned back and glared at her, "Yang Xiaoxi, are you out of your mind? Why scream for no reason? Are you trying to scare us to death?"
Although he was bold, having someone scream behind your back in such a situation was unbearable for anyone!
"Look, look, why does this look like blood?" Yang Xiaoxi pointed to a dark mark on the floor, her face pale with fright. She hadn’t meant to scream, but it was really scary.
At her words, He Nan and Ruan Yiqian also came over. Besides a dark mark under Yang Xiaoxi’s feet, there was also an antique hanging clock.
This type of clock was no longer available in the market.
The bloodstain on the floor, originally hidden under dust, became visible again after Yang Xiaoxi had stepped on it a few times.
"It probably is a bloodstain, it’s just that over time, bloodstains do turn black. But why would there be a bloodstain here?" Shen Mianmian found it very strange, and according to Du Teng, there shouldn’t be any bloodstains here.
After the incident at the Du Teng household, no one had lived here, so what was the story behind this bloodstain?
"Could it be that another murder occurred here afterward, only that no one knows about it?" Lu Siyuan speculated.