Chapter 16 The Show Begins

The moment Jue Ge heard Dennis's words, his mind raced. Combining the dialogue and expressions of these three NPCs, he instantly came up with seventeen or eighteen different murder scenarios...

"Regardless of which wife gave birth to you, judging by your age, your father must be in his sixties or seventies, but your stepmother is quite young..." Feng Bujue thought to himself, "That 'Dr. Powell' is the family doctor here... It seems your father's health isn't too good. Only five minutes in, and a secret room murder plus an inheritance dispute is already being thrown in my face. Butler, gardener, maid... either potential suspects or eyewitnesses, right?"

"Young Master, the guest room is ready." At that moment, a burly, red-haired woman came to the hall. As she spoke to Dennis, she also nodded to the other two ladies.

"Mr. Feng, I imagine you're exhausted. Why don't you go to the guest room with Oliver first?" Dennis said. "All the guest rooms here have bathrooms; you can take a shower and rest. If you remember your family's contact information or have any other requests, you can ask Henderson for help. Make yourself at home, don't hesitate." He paused. "Forgive me, but I have some trivial matters to attend to; I can't keep you company..."

"Not at all, I'm the one intruding," Feng Bujue quickly replied. "Thank you for everything you've done for me."

After a few pleasantries, Feng Bujue bid farewell to the three hosts and followed the maid into a corridor on the west side of the first floor. Before long, they arrived at a guest room.

After bringing him there, Oliver went to do other things.

Feng Bujue remained vigilant. After closing the door, the first thing he did was search the entire guest room. After confirming the area was safe, he finally let out a long breath and lay back on the soft bed.

"Whew... finally, I can breathe," he murmured.

For Feng Bujue, acting refined, courteous, and respectful wasn't difficult, just tiring...

"Okay, let's check the mission." He immediately opened the game menu to view it.

The task [Find and reach the Lovecraft family's mansion in the valley] was already checked off. The next task was: [Stay in the mansion and wait for the incident to occur]

"Hmm... a great mission," Feng Bujue chuckled. "In other words, do nothing."

He rested for about half an hour, sorting through the known information while lying in bed. Then, he sat up and looked at the clean clothes on the table. "Speaking of which... how am I supposed to change clothes..." This was indeed a problem; the game didn't allow him to strip naked.

"Am I going to have to use the excuse 'I was too tired and fell asleep on the bed without taking a shower'..." Even Feng Bujue himself felt that this reason was as weak as a "minor concussion."

He thought for a while longer, then pondered, "Hmm... I can take off the suit jacket, but not the pants and shirt... How about I take off the jacket, roll up my trouser legs, clean myself up a bit with water, and then put on this clean jacket?" This idea seemed a bit more reliable than the previous one.

With that thought in mind, he reached for the clean suit jacket, but triggered a system prompt: [Consuming this item will reset your appearance]

Along with the voice, a window popped up in front of him, which read: [Consume immediately?]

"Whoa~ Is this the legendary one-button costume change?" Feng Bujue hesitated for a few seconds, then selected [Yes].

In an instant, a flash of white light appeared, and he was completely renewed. Not only had his clothes changed into the clean suit and trousers, but the dirt on his skin and the sweat on his body had also vanished. And his original dirty clothes appeared on the table, neatly folded.

"That's really convenient..." Feng Bujue said. "So... what to do now... go peek at the third mistress taking a bath..."

Beep beep beep—

The honking of a car horn interrupted his thoughts.

At the sound, Feng Bujue took three steps at a time to reach the window. He slightly opened the curtains and looked outside, following the sound.

His guest room happened to have a slanted view of the mansion's main entrance. At that moment, a jeep pulled up in front of the mansion, and a man in a black leather jacket got out.

The man was about 1.8 meters tall and in his early thirties; blond, with a cigarette in his mouth, permed hair, and wearing sunglasses, he had the air of a biker, except he wasn't riding a motorcycle.

"Haha! Henderson! Old buddy, how are you?" The man gave the old butler a bear hug upon seeing him.

"Hehe... Young Master Jack, welcome back," Henderson greeted with a smile.

Jack was straightforward. Without even taking the car keys out, he casually slung a duffel bag from the back seat of the jeep over his shoulder and headed into the house.

"This guy is Dennis's brother, right..." Feng Bujue thought to himself. "Judging by his age, he definitely wasn't born to Odette either... I wonder if he and Dennis are full siblings or half-brothers." He left the window, sat back on the bed, and pondered, "Speaking of which... the current third wife looks no more than thirty-five years old. No matter how you calculate it, she and the master of this house must be about thirty years apart in age. Unless she married into the Lovecraft family ten years ago, it's basically impossible for her to have any children..."

Bang—

Suddenly, without warning, a distinct gunshot rang out, sounding like it came from somewhere on the second floor.

"Hmm... so they're making their move, good." Feng Bujue's reaction to the gunshot was different from that of a normal person...

He first sighed, then stood up and stretched. Then, with a calm expression, he walked out of the room and headed in the direction of the sound, unhurriedly.

When he was in school, whenever he heard the announcement "Feng Bujue, please report to the principal's office (or the dean's office) immediately," Jue Ge had this kind of reaction. It was as if... I know something terrible is about to happen or has already happened, but I will still handle it calmly.

As he crossed the hallway to the staircase, Feng Bujue happened to encounter the butler, Henderson, running in from the front door. The old man had heard the gunshot outside and rushed back in a panic.

"It seems to be on the second floor," Feng Bujue calmly pointed upwards, telling Henderson, "It came from that direction."

"Oh! God!" Henderson exclaimed, "That's the master's room!" As he spoke, he rushed up the stairs.

Jue Ge didn't see anything unreasonable or abnormal in the other man's actions. So, he quietly followed Henderson and ran up to the second floor together.