After waiting for a while, Lin Sanjiu finally walked to the door, feeling a little uneasy.
She didn't know where the wind came from, but it blew into the living room through the gap between the door and Lin Sanjiu's bare legs, sending chills down her spine. Listening to the clanging noises coming from afar, Lin Sanjiu pulled herself together and shouted, "Master! Have you appraised my things? "
However, there was still no sound coming from the other end of the door.
"Have I been tricked?"
Lin Sanjiu frowned and thought for a while. Then, she ignored the rules and opened the door.
Unexpectedly, there wasn't a room behind the door.
A corridor covered with bamboo mats was shrouded in darkness. There were two dim lamps hanging from the ceiling, swaying back and forth in the wind that came from an unknown source. The corridor looked eerily quiet under the intertwining light and shadow.
Lin Sanjiu stepped out of the living room and cautiously walked into the corridor.
The structure of the house was very messy. It was as if it was built by someone who didn't know anything about architecture. The living room was like a lantern hanging on a stick. There was only one corridor that connected the living room. There were no other rooms on either side of the corridor. There seemed to be a door at the end of the corridor. Furthermore, the ceiling was surprisingly low compared to the living room. Lin Sanjiu had no choice but to push her wings down as much as they could and extend them. Only then did she manage to move around in the corridor.
The door at the end of the corridor was blown open and closed by the wind, hitting against the door frame. Finally, she understood where the sound she had heard was coming from.
Lin Sanjiu walked quickly to the door at the end of the corridor. She paused and activated her higher consciousness.
Even though this ability was also affected by light and couldn't see through obstacles, other than being able to see further, Lin Sanjiu had another advantage. With this ability, Lin Sanjiu could "turn" her line of sight.
She peered into the room through the half-open door. The room was covered with Japanese tatamis. It was quiet and there wasn't a single person in sight.
She entered the house in a flash and closed the door behind her.
"I can't tell where this room is from. It seems a little weird. "
This was Lin Sanjiu's first instinct.
The floor was soaked in patches of brown stains that looked old; in the corner were several empty chests, which had been opened; on the left-hand side stood a large wardrobe, and directly opposite the door was an open window. The cold wind came in through this window. When the wind blew, some of the white papers on the floor were blown into a mess. Lin Sanjiu reached out and caught one of them. When she looked at it, she was shocked.
It was an appraisal certificate for a special item called [Hengjiang Manufacturing Co., Ltd.]. She quickly glanced at the bottom of the page. He discovered that the appraiser's name was "Red-Haired Old Jack".
She immediately thought of the red-haired, hot-tempered middle-aged man whom she had only met once.
"In that case, he really is an appraiser." Lin Sanjiu picked up a few more papers from the floor. Every single one of them was an appraisal certificate with the same specifications. Apart from the name of the item being different, all of them were issued by "Red-Haired Old Jack".
After a Special Item was appraised, the item could be taken away by the original owner. However, the appraisal certificate had to be kept in the hands of the appraiser to find a buyer. Lin Sanjiu had heard about this from the shop assistant, so she wasn't surprised that "Redhead Ol 'Jack" had so many appraisal certificates.
Since the appraiser wasn't a swindler. Didn't that mean that she was trespassing?
Lin Sanjiu felt a little embarrassed. She quickly put away the appraisal certificates and shouted, "Appraiser, are you there?"
She was prepared to be scolded by the impatient appraiser, so she shouted a few times, but there was no response. She walked around the corridor and confirmed that there were no other rooms in the room. In other words, the appraiser, the shop assistant, and the [Sorrowful Maiden] had really disappeared from the room.
"That's weird!" Lin Sanjiu pushed the door open and returned to the room she was in. She was a little annoyed because she couldn't figure out the situation, "Could that book be some kind of treasure? Did he abandon his nest the moment he saw it? All these appraisal certificates are worth money! "
"Logically speaking, it shouldn't be," Mrs. Manas replied, "It's a Special Item from a certain place. Their standards should be about the same … The other few books don't have anything special about them. "
The cold wind blew in through the window, and Lin Sanjiu felt a little more refreshed by the wind. She frowned and thought for a moment. She walked around the room, and her gaze swept across the few pieces of furniture.
When she inadvertently saw a large wardrobe on the other side of the room, her heart skipped a beat. Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat. He quickly walked over and opened the wardrobe door.
Red-Haired Old Jack was sitting quietly in the wardrobe, and his eyes met Lin Sanjiu's.
Lin Sanjiu almost cried out in shock. She took two steps back, and she finally realized that Red-Haired Old Jack was no longer a living person.
Two hours ago, the man with bright red hair was still boorish and impatient, but now, he was as quiet as a puppet. He leaned against the wardrobe, and his eyes were wide open on his face that was full of wrinkles and scars.
Lin Sanjiu stared at the corpse. She walked forward and pulled.
Then, Red-Haired Old Jack's body was like a hollow ball, and she easily pulled him down. His limbs fell to the ground one after another, making a few "thuds".
Lin Sanjiu felt that there was something wrong with the corpse's limbs. When she took a closer look, her scalp went numb.
Starting from the back of his head, all the way to his waist, there was a long, smooth cut. When Lin Sanjiu peeled the skin away from the cut, she found that it was empty. Apart from some dried blood vessels and minced meat, the bones and organs were all gone. The corpse had become an empty bag. Only his head was still intact.
It seemed as if his body had been eaten up by something.
"Was he killed just now?" Lin Sanjiu mumbled in surprise, "I didn't hear any cry for help …"
The corpse was still wrapped in the robe with the word "Appraiser" written on it. Even the size and location of the stain were the same as she remembered. Lin Sanjiu thought for a moment and opened the robe to take a look. Suddenly, she found that the waist of the corpse was covered with livor mortis. She could even smell a faint stench when she got closer.
"He has been dead for at least four to five hours," Mrs. Manas said with certainty.
Lin Sanjiu was a little dumbfounded.
"So, what was the person she saw just now?" (To be continued.)
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I was stuck on this chapter. To be honest, after posting yesterday's chapter, I had no idea what was going to happen next. From 10: 30 PM to 1: 30 PM, my smooth, mirror-like brain finally had a chance to survive. A small hole appeared in my brain, and I immediately wrote it down …
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