Today, I Have Yet to Become a Doll

The seven women all looked at the Inspector.

If it answered "yes," then from this moment on, they would have to start killing each other!

If it answered "no," they would need to reconsider what the "last bride" truly meant.

However, how could the Inspector be so kind as to reveal the answer?

It stared at the faces before it, each displaying a different expression. After a long while, it smiled slightly and said, "The brides have come from afar and must be exhausted. Please return to your rooms to rest. Later, I will prepare a lavish lunch for you."

Disappointment appeared on the women's faces.

Except for Bai Youwei.

She seemed to have expected the Inspector wouldn't tell the truth. Calmly, she wheeled herself past it and went straight toward the rooms.

Seeing this, the others exchanged glances. After a moment, they hesitantly went to find their own rooms.

The Inspector watched the women's backs.

The feeling of satisfaction it had just experienced was suddenly tinged with a sense of incompleteness. It was like a clean wall being smeared with a stroke, like pristine white shoes being stepped on, like… like when it was beginning to understand how delicate and rich human emotions could be, it suddenly encountered a hard, cold wall.

Bai Youwei…

It had encountered all sorts of players, some as intelligent as her, some as calm as her, but none… like her, seemingly born to play games.

She was the most adapted to the game out of everyone.

If such a player were to die in the game, it would definitely feel regret. However… just thinking about the wonderful data she would display at the moment of her death filled it with excitement.

Truly… quite looking forward to it.

"There is another hint regarding the conditions for clearing the game…" The Inspector stood to the side of the corridor and spoke again.

The women in front stopped.

The Inspector said gently, "You may walk around the manor as you please, and you may take anything in the manor. However, please do not go to the locked rooms, or the Duke will be very, very… angry."

After saying this, the Inspector smiled at them, then turned and walked away from the corridor, step by step.

The women stood rooted to the spot, looking at each other with confusion and fear.

Cheng Qian was uneasy. Even though she knew Yu Yaqing and Hu Ya didn't like her, she couldn't help but move closer to them, asking in a low voice, "Is this the second hint? …What do those words mean?"

Yu Yaqing frowned. "It sounds like it's saying the opposite, deliberately telling us to find the locked rooms?"

"…Could it be Bluebeard?" Zhu Zhu spoke up.

"Bluebeard?" Cheng Qian was taken aback, then quickly said, "I know that fairy tale. Once upon a time, there was a nobleman with a blue beard. Because of his strange appearance, people were afraid of him, and no one dared to marry their daughter to him. Later, he finally married a wife. After the wedding, he told his wife that she could open any room in the house, except for one room that she absolutely could not open! This… this is very similar to the hint the Inspector gave us!"

"Since you know Bluebeard, you should also know the original version of the story, right?" Bai Youwei glanced at her faintly. "In reality, Bluebeard was bloodthirsty. Every wife he married was tortured and killed, and their bodies… were in that locked room."

"No…" Cheng Qian took a step back, her face pale, tears welling up in her eyes. "Will we be killed? …I don't want to, I don't want to be a bride…"

Zhao Lanfen couldn't help but shed tears as well. "Why hold a banquet for no good reason! Why invite us to dinner! If I had known it would be like this, I shouldn't have gone to the banquet with my Lao Li!"

Although Hu Ya didn't look as scared as they did on the surface, she was actually also apprehensive. She asked Yu Yaqing beside her, "Sister Yu, what do we do?"

Yu Yaqing gritted her teeth and thought for a moment, then said, "The Duke won't be back until sunset. Let's wander around first to see if we can find any clues."

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