When Brother Jue heard what Denis had to say, his mind raced. Combining the conversation and expressions of the three NPCs, he instantly came up with seventeen or eighteen hypotheses for the murder case.
"Let's not talk about which madam's mother you are. Judging from your age, your father should be in his sixties or seventies, but your stepmother is quite young," Feng Bujue said. "That 'Dr. Powell' is the family doctor here, right? Looks like your father's health isn't too good. I've only been in the house for five minutes, and I'm already faced with the foreshadowing of a murder and an inheritance fight. The housekeeper, gardener, maid … They're either potential suspects or witnesses … "
"Young master, the guest room is ready." At this time, a burly red-haired aunty came into the hall. While she spoke to Denis, she also nodded at the other two ladies.
"Mr. Feng, I think you must be exhausted. Why don't you follow Oliver to the guest room first?" Denis said. "All the guest rooms here have bathrooms. You can take a shower and rest. If you think of how to contact your family or have any other requests, you can ask Henderson for help. Just treat this as your own home. "He paused for a moment." Forgive me, but I still have some trivial matters to attend to, so I can't accompany you … "
"No, no, no, I'm sorry for disturbing you," Feng Bujue quickly said. "Thank you for everything you've done for me."
After a few words of greeting, Feng Bujue bade farewell to the three hosts and followed the maid into the corridor on the first floor. Not long after, they came to a guest room on the west side of the villa.
Aunty Oliver brought them in and went to do something else.
Feng Bujue remained alert. After closing the door, the first thing he did was to search the entire guest room. After confirming that the area was safe, he let out a long sigh of relief and lay down on the soft bed.
"Phew … Finally, I can take a breather," he said softly.
To Feng Bujue, it wasn't difficult for him to pretend to be refined, humble, and polite. It was just very tiring …
"Alright, let's take a look at the mission first." He immediately opened the game menu to check.
[Find and arrive at the Lovecraft family mansion in the valley.] The next mission was: [Stay in the mansion and wait for the case to happen.]
"Hmm … That's a good task." Feng Bujue smiled. "In other words, I don't have to do anything."
He rested for about half an hour. Lying on the bed, he organized the information that he already knew. Then, he sat up and looked at the clean clothes on the table. "Speaking of which … how do I change my clothes …" This was indeed a difficult problem. The game did not allow him to strip naked.
"I can only use the excuse of 'because I was too tired, I fell asleep directly on the bed, so I didn't take a shower.'" Even Feng Bujue felt that this excuse was as far-fetched as a "mild concussion."
He thought for a while and muttered, "Hmm … I can take off the outer suit, but not the trousers and shirt … How about I take off the jacket, roll up the trousers, and clean it up a little with water. Then, I'll change into this clean jacket." This method seemed more reliable than the previous one.
Thinking of this, he reached out to take the clean suit, but he did not expect to trigger a system notification: [Consume this item to reset your appearance.]
Along with the voice message, a window popped up in front of him. It said, [Do you want to consume it now?]
"Woah … Is this the legendary one-click outfit change?" Feng Bujue hesitated for a few seconds before choosing [Yes].
Suddenly, there was a flash of white light, and he looked like a new person. Not only did his clothes change into a clean suit, but even the stains on his skin and the smell of sweat on his body disappeared. The dirty clothes he was wearing appeared on the table, neatly folded.
"How convenient …" Feng Bujue said, "Then … What should I do now … Should I go and peek at the third aunt taking a shower?"
Beep beep beep —
The honk of a car horn interrupted his train of thought.
As soon as the sound was heard, Feng Bujue walked quickly to the window, opened the curtains slightly with his hand, and looked outside following the sound.
The guest room he was in just happened to have a diagonal view of the villa's main entrance. At that moment, he saw an off-road jeep drive to the front of the villa, and a man in a black leather jacket stepped out of the car.
The man was about 1.8 meters tall, in his early thirties; blonde hair, a cigarette in his mouth, permed hair, and a pair of sunglasses. He had the demeanor of a biker, but he didn't ride a motorcycle.
"Haha! Henderson! Old man, how are you? "When the man saw the old butler, he came forward and gave him a bear hug.
"Haha … Master Jack, welcome back," Henderson greeted him with a smile.
Jack was straightforward, and he didn't even pull out the car key. Instead, he carried a travel bag on the back seat of the jeep on his shoulder and ran into the house.
"This guy is Denis's brother …" Feng Bujue said, "Looking at his age, he is definitely not Odetta's child … I don't know if he and Denis are biological brothers or half-brothers." He left the window, sat back on the bed, and thought, "Speaking of which … The current third wife looks no more than thirty-five years old. No matter how you look at it, she should be about thirty years older than the master of this family. Unless she married into the Lovecraft family ten years ago, it is basically impossible for her to have children … "
Bang!
Suddenly, without any warning, a rather obvious gunshot was heard, and it sounded like it came from somewhere on the second floor.
"Hmm … They did it just like that? Very good." Feng Bujue's reaction after hearing the gunshot was also different from normal people.
He first sighed, then stood up and stretched. Then, he calmly walked out of the room and walked toward the location of the gunshot.
When he was in school, whenever he heard the announcement, "Student Feng Bujue, please report to the principal's office immediately," Brother Jue had this kind of reaction. It felt like … I knew something bad was about to happen, or had happened, but I would still deal with it calmly.
When he walked through the corridor to the stairs, Feng Bujue happened to meet the butler, Henderson, who ran in from the main door. The old man heard the gunshot outside the house and hurried back.
"It seems to be on the second floor." Feng Bujue calmly raised his finger and pointed upward, and said to Henderson, "It came from that direction."
"Oh! God! "Henderson exclaimed," It's the master's room! "He said as he ran up the stairs.
Brother Jue did not see anything that did not make sense from the man's actions. So, he quietly followed Henderson and ran to the second floor.
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