But the Duke is the master of the Castle. Could the two of them, unarmed as they are, really defeat the Duke?
Inside the room, Fu Ruxue’s impatient voice urged, “Come in quickly, we need to discuss something.”
“Coming.”
The man paused at the door for a moment, responded with a nod, and chose to follow her inside.
Seeing the room full of chemical drugs and reagents, he couldn’t help but swallow hard, his eyes flashing with turmoil.
“It seems Zhang Zhuanghao really was killed by Cheng Li.”
Among the several of them, only Cheng Li had such an advantage.
Cheng Li had a room with such a natural and unique advantage, yet he hadn’t made good use of it.
Li Hua curled the corner of his lips slightly.
If that’s the case, then he would make good use of it.
“By the way,” Fu Ruxue rummaged through her pocket and pulled out a bottle of medicine, “this is the medicine that Xunian found in the Duchess’s Room.”
It was precisely the bottle Xunian had found in the Duchess’s Room, the one she slipped into her pocket when sharing clues earlier—probably hoping she could help investigate it.
Cheng Li had already reached the medicine, picked up a bottle, and rubbed the sticker on it with his finger, eyes shining with a sharp light. “How about we deal with the Duke first?”
In his mind, a simple and efficient method to get rid of the Duke was already taking shape.
Using these medicines without breaking the Rules of the Castle was still quite easy for him.
……
The atmosphere in the Duke’s Daughter’s room was harmonious.
The young girl sat on the bedside sewing a doll.
Beside her, someone brushed aside the bangs obstructing her vision and tucked her long hair behind her back.
The Duke’s Daughter silently watched Xunian as she carefully sewed the doll, her clear eyes calm and serene.
She remained quiet, even softening her breathing to avoid disturbing Xunian.
“All done.”
Xunian tied the final knot tightly, completing the sewing of the doll.
Strangely, at the very moment the doll was finished, it stopped bleeding.
Before coming to this world, Xunian was quite a believer in science, so she picked the doll up to inspect it carefully, running her hands all over it—there truly wasn’t a single drop of blood left.
Her mouth twitched slightly.
Xunian handed the brand-new Little Bear to the Duke’s Daughter. “Here, it’s all sewn up.”
The Duke’s Daughter hugged the Little Bear close to her chest, still gazing at her.
The Little Bear in her arms had lost its terrifying appearance.
The simple, clumsy Teddy Bear matched with her angelic, delicate face and the faint smile on her lips made her seem quite adorable.
Xunian instinctively avoided her gaze and thought to herself, It’s just a sewn-up doll, why are you this happy?
Xunian didn’t understand, but she stored the Duke’s Daughter’s joyful expression deep in her heart, silently remembering it.
Once she left, she probably wouldn’t see this again.
What a pity—if she met someone with such a face in reality, she would definitely stop her to ask for her contact info.
“Can I hold it?”
Innocent, large eyes looked at her with longing.
“Okay.”
Rarely softening, she agreed, and the next second, she found herself wrapped in an embrace carrying a gentle fragrance.
Xunian leaned into that embrace and heard the deafening heartbeat of the other person.
……
The Duke wandered through every corner of the Castle, his steps leisurely.
Passing through the Lin Path and entering the Castle, he walked along the long corridor and stopped outside a room.
The already ordinary air pressure suddenly dropped to freezing levels.
Rats, specimens, and a messy pile of books of various heights lay scattered all over the floor, obviously thrown out by someone and piled up by the door.
The Duke’s gaze grew cold, his eyes filled with an undeniable fury.
Who?!
Who threw out his specimens and books?
With a fierce momentum, the Duke stepped forward and gathered his “precious treasures” into his arms, then rose to put everything back in its place.
He went upstairs to his room, holding the items he had just picked up in one arm, and opened the door with the other.
As soon as he entered, he smelled a strange fragrance.
In the shadows, two people—one inside the room, one outside—both watched the Duke’s every move.
The Duke showed no reaction.
Li Hua, hiding in the shadows, had a solemn expression as he quietly flipped through the book on his knees, finding the corresponding page.
【Sleeping Incense】: A powerful incense that aids sleep. Once lit, those who inhale it will fall into a deep sleep within a few breaths.
The description was clear. Such potency—causing someone to fall asleep in a few breaths—was no longer merely “aiding sleep,” it was essentially a sedative!
But it had no effect on the Duke.
Nearly half a minute had passed, yet nothing had happened to the Duke.
Li Hua gritted his teeth, seeing this method had no effect, and immediately activated planB.
He clenched the opened item tightly in his hand, a thin layer of sweat appearing, and just as the Duke was about to put all the items back, Li Hua dashed forward.
Before he could get close, the Duke looked up and gave him a “friendly” smile.
Li Hua was already too late to stop his steps……