She Was Sentenced to Life Imprisonment [Unlimited] - Chapter 43

Chapter 43: The Rose Manor (8)

I Know

The rising dawn illuminated the dewdrops on the petals, making them glisten like crystals. The crimson petals, the color of bl00d, held water droplets that seemed like drops of freshly spilled bl00d.

The vast rose field stretched to the distant village, blooming in a magnificent, eye-catching spectacle of red, like a sea of bl00d.

The servants knocked on every door on the first floor and led everyone to the banquet hall after they came out.

Henriette had changed into a more magnificent, deep red gown, as beautiful and intoxicating as a glass of red wine.

She had her back to them. The backless dress revealed her perfect back. Just standing there, she was alluring and enchanting.

A huge portrait in front of them was covered in a layer of dust, only vaguely showing that it was a family portrait.

Sunlight fell on Henriette’s face through the window, giving her pale face a radiant glow. It also allowed people to see the undisguised disgust in her eyes.

A woman who came out of room #6 pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on her nose. The reflection on the lenses concealed the sharpness in her eyes. She then looked at the “well-behaved” girl following behind her.

Lin Jia smiled shyly at Su Yue and said softly.

“I don’t dare to go.”

She was tightly holding a container in her hand. It held an unknown liquid that carried the scent of roses.

Su Yue no longer looked at her and didn’t see the slyness that flashed in her slightly lowered eyes.

Just then, the door to room #3 was pushed open, and a man with a balding head and a beer belly came out.

His appearance stunned a few people behind him, especially the sinister-looking Hu Tian.

Hu Tian also held a container with liquid in his hand. The anger from being woken up dissipated the moment he saw the man with the balding head. His sinister eyes were fixed on the other person’s every move. He saw that the other person was still wearing bl00d-stained clothes and that a bloody hole on his body was laid bare for everyone to see.

The veins on his hand bulged, and he almost crushed the container in his hand to stop himself.

Yan Xin and Yang Yi looked at each other but said nothing. They just walked forward with the things in their hands.

When Jiang Nan came out, she had nothing in her hands. She glanced at the man in the bloody clothes walking in front of her, frowned, and her eyes showed a hint of disgust.

While everyone was confused by her empty hands, Luo Ning came out yawning. She held two things in one hand and handed them to the servant who had knocked on the door.

After her hands were empty, Luo Ning naturally walked to Jiang Nan’s side and said in a low voice.

“Do you know what he is?”

Jiang Nan looked at the scattered feathers on the ground that had fallen from the balding man’s clothes. She was silent for a moment and then said calmly.

“A birdman.”

Luo Ning’s lips held a smile as she said.

“Do you remember what I said? Don’t eat the eggs she prepared.”

As if she wasn’t reassured, she whispered another reminder.

Jiang Nan didn’t deliberately push the other person away anymore and nodded.

“I know.”

Lin Jia, who was close to them, rolled her eyes. She didn’t know what she was thinking as she looked at them.

She glanced past Luo Ning, muttered “that smile is so fake,” and then grabbed Jiang Nan’s hand. She pretended to be scared and said to Jiang Nan.

“That person is dead.”

Jiang Nan calmly pulled her hand away and said.

“Yeah.”

Everyone had heard the system’s voice last night. Even if they didn’t know who “Zhao Ping” was, from today’s situation, it could only be the “person” who was covered in bl00d but was still walking steadily.

When the girl saw Jiang Nan leave, she pouted and once again hid behind Su Yue, looking especially scared.

Hu Tian clicked his tongue and walked over with a sullen face.

On the table in the banquet hall, eleven plates of breakfast were neatly arranged: fried eggs and milk.

Seeing this, Jiang Nan looked at Luo Ning next to her. She couldn’t figure out why the other person knew there would be fried eggs and had specifically reminded her.

She also remembered the noble ghost who had come out of an egg last night, claiming he had come to marry Henriette.

After everyone was seated, even the one-legged Jin Hao was dragged to a chair by a servant, screaming loudly in pain. His screams echoed throughout the castle.

Chen Lei, covered in dirt, glared fiercely at Luo Ning and Jiang Nan. He had dug all night and found nothing. He had also fed the vultures, and only then did he realize he had been played.

Henriette turned around. Her posture was elegant and poised, and a standard smile hung on her lips. She said.

“I hope you all slept well?”

The players’ mental state was good, which meant that nothing had happened to them while they stayed obediently in their rooms last night. Even if something had, they didn’t dare to tell Henriette and could only nod in response.

Henriette looked at everyone and said with a smile.

“One person is missing.”

“It’s the little mouse from last night.” Coralee said with a respectful smile.

Hearing that, they all looked around. But they weren’t familiar with each other. It took them a while to remember that the gentle-looking man was missing.

Since Coralee had called him a “mouse,” he must not have stayed in his room obediently. He might have even gone up to the second floor, which Henriette had warned them about.

As for whether he had overslept or was dead, they had no way of knowing.

Henriette didn’t care about the missing person. She tilted her head and signaled for Coralee to collect their half-finished perfumes.

When she saw the various liquids in the various containers, she slightly frowned but didn’t say anything.

After Coralee had the collected containers placed in one spot, she smiled and said to the players.

“Everyone, this is a breakfast that the kitchen has carefully prepared for you. I hope you can get used to it.”

The fried eggs in front of them looked good. But in this huge castle, giving them these things seemed a little shabby. But judging from Coralee’s expression, their breakfast today was indeed just these fried eggs and milk.

The fried eggs had a faint fishy smell that was masked by their aroma. The inattentive people held their knives and forks, not knowing where to begin.

Coralee looked at the people who had not yet started eating. The smile on her lips seemed like a threat.

Jiang Nan didn’t move. But Luo Ning next to her handed her milk and said.

“Drink it. I’ll take you out to eat later.”

There was nothing wrong with the milk. Seeing the thing Luo Ning had handed to her, she could only take it and drink it in small sips. Her gaze was on the people at the table.

The system had only said that they couldn’t disobey Henriette’s words about perfume. But they had the right to refuse other issues and requests, just like today’s breakfast.

“Do you remember the way out?” Jiang Nan asked in a low voice.

Chen Lei already had Luo Ning’s map in his hand, so it was probably impossible for them to get it back. So if they wanted to get out safely, they would have to rely on their memory of the map.

Jiang Nan wasn’t worried when she asked this. Even if Luo Ning hadn’t remembered it, she had already memorized the map.

Luo Ning smiled at her, not caring at all. She said.

“Something will lead the way for us.”

They whispered to each other, ignoring Coralee’s gaze.

But the others were on edge from the female butler watching them. Hu Tian didn’t want to eat, but he looked up and met “Zhao Ping’s” strange smile. Whether it was out of guilt or something else, he mumbled a few curses and then buried his head and started eating. Although he felt that the taste wasn’t like a fried egg and had a fishy smell, he didn’t think about it too much.

Yan Xin held her knife and fork but was stopped by Yang Yi. When she looked over in confusion, she saw the other person shake her head. She then looked at Jiang Nan and Luo Ning and saw that they were only drinking milk. She completely put down the things in her hands.

Coralee had sent dinner to their rooms at night. They weren’t hungry in the morning, so there was no need to take a risk.

Lin Jia and Su Yue had heard Jiang Nan and Luo Ning’s words and naturally had no intention of eating either.

Chen Lei looked at a few people, but when he saw the two who had played him, he couldn’t control his anger. He plunged his knife into the fried egg, as if he was going to tear it to shreds.

Jin Hao was in so much pain that he was unconscious. He didn’t have the strength to pick up and eat anything. His face was pale, and he was taking in more air than he was letting out.

As for “Zhao Ping,” who the system had declared dead, his movements while eating were surprisingly elegant, which was completely out of character for his greasy appearance.

When the milk in Jiang Nan’s hand was almost empty, Henriette, who was checking the players’ shoddy perfumes, also got the answer she liked the most.

Her slender fingertips were pinching a transparent container. She said with a smile.

“Your performance today makes me very disappointed, but only this perfume is worthy of my eyes.”

The container was marked with a big “10.” Hu Tian, who saw it clearly, was immediately choked by the thing in his mouth that he hadn’t swallowed yet. He started to cough violently.

Everyone also looked over at that moment, mostly with schadenfreude.

The person chosen by Henriette would be visited by her tonight.

There was nothing inside the container, only a dark red liquid on the rim that had already dried up. Anyone who looked at it would know it was bl00d.

It seemed that Hu Tian had just grabbed a random one, but it had accidentally been stained with bl00d.

Henriette looked over. Her eyes were deep, which made people feel a shiver. She said with a smile.

“Are you too excited about being chosen by me?”

Hu Tian drank a mouthful of milk and finally recovered a little. When he met Henriette’s gaze, he seemed to be bewitched for some reason. Even his sinister gaze softened a little as he spoke.

“Yes.”

The curve of Henriette’s lips deepened. Her voice was gentle, but the words she said were terrifying.

“I like it very much. May I ask who you made it with?”

She didn’t ask what material it was made with. She asked who it was made with. That should mean she was asking whose bl00d was on it.

Jiang Nan looked at the middle-aged man who was acting normal in a creepy way. The bloodstains on his body were dry. A bloody mess on his chest showed that something fatal had been stabbed into it. It seemed there was something squirming inside, which was disgusting.

Hu Tian was stunned for a moment by Henriette’s question. Henriette’s fingertips happened to be covering the rim at this time, and he couldn’t see the bloodstains on the rim. In his eyes, it was just an empty transparent container.

“I don’t know.” Hu Tian said honestly.

Henriette wasn’t angry about his ignorance. Instead, the smile on her face grew even wider, like a charming red rose. She said slowly, every word carrying a seductive quality.

“As its creator, I don’t mind you forgetting. As a reward, I will invite you to the second floor tonight to help you remember.”

Her gentle appearance looked completely harmless, which made people overlook her terrifying nature. It also made Hu Tian not react in time.

“Idiot, do you think you can go up there and come back?” Chen Lei whispered.

The others also discussed it in low voices, which made Hu Tian snap back to reality. His face changed again, looking menacing.

“Shut up!”

“Zhao Ping” looked over. His dark pupils were fixed on the man.

Hu Tian’s personality was already irritable. He wasn’t very afraid of this person who had already died once. Only when he heard the people around him discussing did he realize that Henriette had set him up and that a creepy monster had latched onto him.

He immediately angrily smashed the glass of milk next to him. The glass shattered, and the liquid inside splattered onto “Zhao Ping’s” body, but “Zhao Ping” seemed to feel nothing. He just stared at him, which was frighteningly creepy.

“Stop looking, do you hear me!” Hu Tian impatiently went over and slammed the other person’s head onto the table. His bloodshot eyes were filled with malice from being overly emotional.

He gasped for breath. His bloodshot eyes were filled with fierceness as he looked at Henriette in the distance.

The veins on his clenched fists bulged, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

A piece of glass was in front of Jiang Nan. She ignored it and got up to leave, but she paused for a moment and then said to Luo Ning.

“Hurry up.”

Seeing the other person nod, she got up and left.

Luo Ning went to Coralee’s side and talked to her in a low voice. Coralee nodded and pointed in a direction. Luo Ning said thank you and left, following Jiang Nan.

The others also left one after another, leaving only Hu Tian and the person whose head he was holding down, “Zhao Ping.”