Candice: "..."Heh, you're really good at nonsense.Edward, trying to steer the conversation, asked, "Candice, are you hungry? Let me and Charlie go downstairs and make something for you."Candice: "..."Heh, trying to escape, huh.She stayed silent.The atmosphere grew awkwardly cold.Edward, seeing this, had no choice but to smooth things over. "Alright, I see Candice isn't hungry." He turned to Charlie. "As I was saying earlier, oh right, regarding poisoning, it really doesn’t add up."Charlie gave him a cold look. "Whether it adds up or not, we’ll know tomorrow when your grandmother wakes up and we can ask her.""And also, it’s possible they were used.""You guys in the Lawrence family may really be in for a storm."This wasn’t an alarmist statement. Old Mrs. Lawrence was the pillar of the Lawrence family. Though she seemed to be in seclusion in the mountains, she held a lot of r
Edward: "Get lost, brat!!"Charlie raised an eyebrow: "Unfilial son.""Go on, Ray," urged Old Mrs. Lawrence.Edward had no choice but to grab a chair and sit down.Given his size, if he were to sit between "mom and dad," the two of them might not even be able to hold him, even if they tried.Old Mrs. Lawrence looked at her family together and began crying again... tears of joy."Good, so good. Don’t fight anymore, don’t be separated. Ray doesn’t hurt anymore, Rosie isn’t crying anymore, the little princess will be born soon. It’s so good, this is really good..."Her rambling words were like a dream.This was a wish she had imagined countless times, yet it could never come true.Candice couldn’t help but wonder what world she was seeing now.In this illusion-dominated world, was she really seeing the deceased grandson and daughter-in-law?She was so sad and nostalgic; for
What was that sound?A cat...?She had heard a crying-like cat sound last night too.Candice stood still, listening intently. The sound was still faintly coming through, and it made her uneasy. She didn’t move at first but eventually returned to the sofa, leaning back against it.After a minute, she quickly got up again and went to look for Charlie and Edward. Her intuition told her that it wasn’t a cat.How great would it be to have a phone right now, just a quick call.But her phone had been broken by Sophia.She followed the direction they had gone, first looking for Edward. “I heard crying coming from the hallway near the reception room, but I didn’t dare go check alone.”Edward responded, “Let’s go take a look.”Candice led him to the hallway.Edward was anxious and moved quickly, his long legs taking him faster than Candice, forcing her to jog to keep up.
Looking back on the events of the past two days...I should have realized it earlier.A lady with such an air of elegance, who showed so much concern for Edward’s matters...But, she never once guessed in that direction... that Old Mrs. Lawrence would live alone in a mountain village.Edward noticed Candice’s frozen expression, and Charlie’s face darkened.“Don’t be like this. I’ll ask her later. Let’s go together.”“My grandmother had no motive to do such things, but the osmanthus cake did come from her. There was indeed an issue there.”“This kind of thing has never happened before. I apologize to you all.”Charlie spoke up. “The wall here is no longer unbreachable. Clearly, someone is trying to change the rules of the game.”He had heard from Edward about what happened after the incident years ago, when Old Mrs. Lawrence moved to the m
Edward paused his movements and calmly said, “Miss Clarke, we meet again.”Sophia’s gaze was unfocused and distant.She stared at the top-tier handsome face illuminated by the light in the darkness, looking at it intently for a long time. As her eyes began to brighten, she suddenly called out in excitement, “Grandpa!”Edward froze: “…”There was no need for such politeness.“Call me ‘brother,’ no need to call me grandpa. If you keep calling me that, I’ll have wrinkles from it.”“Grandpa!” Sophia didn’t care what he said, she had her own script to follow. She nervously looked around, spotting the hole above her. In despair, she shouted, “Have we been captured by the snake spirit and dragged into her lair?”Edward: “…”Snake spirit? Lair?And grandpa… is this a twist of the “Calabash Brothers” story?He turned her face toward him. “Which one are you, the youngest?”“I’m Sophia, your granddaughter. Grandpa, have you forgotten?” Sophia said with a look that conveyed, We’ve been together,
Candice: "…!"What??For someone whose mental state was on the verge of collapse after a night of being pushed to the edge by a bunch of "crazy" people, these misleading words could really make her snap."My illusion?""Are you telling me that Sophia didn’t just disappear, and that Rex didn’t jump off the second floor? These were all just my illusions? The crazy one is me?""Then does that mean I can now suspect that you're also made up?""Is it that when I blink, you disappear too? Sophia, Rex, and I could be happily watching TV in the living room, and then you vanish?"She was overthinking.Caught between being somewhat awake but still unsure of whether she was truly awake.Charlie: "…"He fell silent for a few seconds, regretting teasing her.His original intent was to take her away from here. As a pregnant woman, she really shouldn’t stay in such a place. But with Sophia still missing, she wouldn’t leave unless he tricked her into going back.Seeing that he wasn’t speaking, Candic