Chapter 208 Missing Person Notice (Seventeen)
Although Shi Zimiao only said two words this time, Qiao Yuan still accurately guessed her subtext: "Are you still angry with her?"
"Of course." After hearing what Qiao Yuan said, Shi Zimiao quickly replied: "She turned me into what I am now, and I can no longer see my parents..."
Her expression and tone seemed aggrieved.
This time, Shi Zimiao's words were finally understood by most players.
Chen Siyu: "You mean...she killed you?"
Although Qiao Yuan had mentioned this possibility before, she was still shocked when she saw Shi Zimiao nod in confirmation.
Even though Chen Siyu doesn't have children, she knows that three or four years old is the most innocent age for children .
Shi Zimiao: "Let's play hide and seek together..."
Even though more than ten years have passed, Shi Zimiao still remembers that day.
She followed Xu Lin and other children up the mountain. It was her first time playing in the mountains , so she was very excited at first and played hide-and-seek with everyone. She remembered playing several rounds of hide-and-seek with others, and everyone hid in different corners. As the sky gradually darkened, and she heard the grass nearby rustling from time to time, as if something was hidden, she couldn't help but get scared and didn't dare to hide alone.
Because the time spent with other children was shorter, Shi Zimiao chose to follow Xu Lin, who was more familiar to him.
It is more difficult for two people to hide together than for one person. Xu Lin was almost discovered several times. She began to feel dissatisfied and wanted Shi Zimiao to leave her side, but Shi Zimiao naturally didn't want to do that .
During the struggle, Xu Lin was completely enraged. He suddenly bent down and picked up a stone with both hands, and smashed it hard on Shi Zimiao. Shi Zimiao wanted to dodge but it was too late. He was knocked to the ground and cried out in pain. Xu Lin was dissatisfied and smashed him several more times with the stone.
Shi Zimiao didn't know how many times she was hit, she only remembered that Xu Lin finally stopped after she could no longer make any sound. At that time, one of her eyes had already fallen out of its socket, and she could only watch Xu Lin leave with her remaining eye, as if she had rejoined the game.
After an unknown amount of time, the sky was completely enveloped by darkness. Xu Lin came back and probably thought her appearance was too scary, so he pushed her down the hillside.
Shi Zimiao fell into a pile of fallen leaves but felt no pain.
After a while, she saw Xu's father and mother running towards Xu Lin. She still remembered that when she and Xu Lin were playing, Xu's mother gently wished her to be careful not to get hurt, so she subconsciously wanted to ask for help.
However, she still couldn't make any sound. She could only hear Xu Lin enthusiastically telling the two of them what had just happened.
Through the dead leaves covering his body, Shi Zimiao saw Xu's father and mother coming over and looking towards him.
She listened to Xu's father and mother discussing how to conceal this matter while Shi Zimiao's parents were not here. After all, Xu Lin was still young and could not be affected by such things.
In order to prevent Shi Zimiao from being discovered, they hid her deeper.
She just lay there, thinking about her father, her mother, the puppy downstairs waiting for her to feed, and her floral bed sheet. However, all this could only take place in Shi Zimiao's mind, after all, she could not move.
Until one day she finally felt a familiar breath, and Shi Zimiao's joints, which were almost rusted, were finally able to move.
She followed the scent and saw a figure walking into the Freese Garden Hotel with relaxed steps.
Even though a lot of time had passed and the other person's back had grown taller with age, she still recognized him.
It’s Xu Lin.
Shi Zimiao entangled Xu Lin, but she was not in a hurry to deal with him. Instead, she wanted Xu Lin to discover her existence. She had been hanging on the ceiling lamp, watching Xu Lin excitedly calling his parents to tell them that he had arrived at the hotel safely and let them rest assured; watching Xu Lin make travel plans, she also said to herself that this was a personal trip she had always dreamed of, and she didn't expect it to come true after adulthood...
However, Xu Lin's happiness did not last long. Every night, she could always hear rustling sounds coming from the ceiling, until it got closer and closer to her, and when she left the room, she could always see the figure of a child.
Xu Lin's mental state had visibly deteriorated, but she still thought the problem was in a nearby room and that the noise was caused by the neighbors upstairs or next door.
But her guesses were denied one by one.
By the time Xu Lin finally realized that something was wrong, it was too late. Not to mention that she was already in a state of shock, she was no match for the ghost at all, so she was easily defeated by Shi Zimiao.
However, what Shi Zimiao did not expect was that in such a state, Xu Lin's soul was still struggling to separate from his body and escaped directly.
Shi Zimiao could only hold the corpse tightly, as if she had picked up a unique souvenir, and she did not want to give this souvenir to the players easily.
but……
Shi Zimiao glanced at the players and said, "If you can help me find her, I can give you the body."
Before anyone else could speak, Chen Siyu spoke first: "Where should we look for it?"
“You haven’t found anything yet…”
Shi Zimiao was surprised that even ghosts had no way to find Xu Lin, so it was even more mysterious for them.
Although Andre and the others did not speak, judging from their expressions, they clearly agreed with Chen Siyu's words.
Shi Zimiao: "I can feel that she is still in the hotel. She has no way to leave here."
"But she kept avoiding me, so I couldn't find her..."
Qiao Yuan's eyes flashed, and he pointed at Chen Siyu: "It was you who pretended to be her and chatted with others before?"
Chen Siyu was stunned. She didn't expect Qiao Yuan to suddenly bring up this matter. After all, she was almost forgetting about it.
At that time, after hearing that the ghost haunting Xu Lin was a child, she conceded that it was Shi Zimiaodong's hand.
Now Qiao Yuan suddenly mentioned...
Shi Zimiao glanced at Chen Siyu, then shook his head: "Who is she?"
Andre and the others all showed expressions of astonishment. After all, they had previously assumed that it was Shi Zimiao's doing, and they did not expect that the other party would deny it now.
Logically speaking, there was no need for Shi Zimiao to lie. The other party had already readily admitted to killing Xu Lin, so there was no need for him to deny it.
Fei said aloud, "So the one chasing us is Xu Lin?"
At that time, she felt the same as Qiao Yuan, that the ghost did not look like a child, so she guessed that there were two ghosts in the hotel, but she had never found any evidence. It was not until she heard what the other party said just now that she finally had a sense of sudden enlightenment.
As soon as Fei's words came out, Andre subconsciously denied it: "Impossible."
Ah Ning followed suit: "Yes, there is no hatred between us and Xu Lin..."
"Is it another ghost?"
To be precise, she had never even met him, so she was more inclined to believe that the other party was the same as Hua Ling, and was another ghost who happened to be in the hotel and was controlled by the rules.
"Are you talking about Sister Hua Ling?" Shi Zimiao's voice suddenly rang out: "But she is not a ghost."
"The only ghosts in this hotel are me and Xu Lin."
Now everyone else was speechless. They had always thought that the one who hurt them was Shi Zimiao, who killed Xu Lin, or other ghosts in the hotel. They never thought that it was Xu Lin himself.
Chen Siyu's eyes were full of question marks. She didn't know why Xu Lin was targeting them.
But no matter what, it seems that Xu Lin pays close attention to them. It seems that it was her who almost killed Brother Lou and had already killed Qin Taiyang.
Shi Zimiao lost her patience and asked them directly whether they agreed to her agreement. After all, she was the only one who knew where Xu Lin's body was, and these people in front of her could not find it by themselves.
After knowing that Xu Lin, whom they had been looking for, was the murderer who killed Qin Taiyang, and now they had to find a way to find him, Chen Siyu and the others felt like sheep walking into a tiger's mouth, and could not help but think carefully. Although Qiao Yuan wanted to agree, he was not ready to be the first to speak out at this time, after all, it would easily cause dissatisfaction among other players and make him liable.
But there is one person who can't do it, or the other players don't dare to do it.
Qiao Yuan glanced at Yan Shen out of the corner of his eye.
And Yan Shen did say: "Okay."
He obviously agreed to Shi Zimiao's request.
Chen Siyu and the others remained silent, partly because they dared not speak out, and partly because they felt relieved that Yan Shen would take action since he had agreed.
Shi Zimiao finally smiled: "Great, then bring her here tomorrow night."
"Tomorrow night?" Hearing the hasty time, Chen Siyu couldn't help but say, "Are you being too impatient?"
Shi Zimiao was so young, but she already had the demeanor of her client, so Chen Siyu subconsciously wanted to bargain.
Shi Zimiao's face darkened. The smiling face just now changed in the next second: "This is the deadline."
"I've thought about this before. If I can't find her again, I'm going to have everyone in the hotel accompany me for the next few days."
Chen Siyu:!!!
Well, Shi Zimiao was not Party A after all. Although Party A oppressed her, it would not kill her. This reason for refusal really shut her up.
No wonder the system specifically told them to complete the task earlier. It turned out that it was waiting for them here. If they hadn't called out Shi Zimiao tonight, they would have been slaughtered without knowing it.
And because the mission was not completed, they had no way to leave the hotel.
Chen Siyu felt a tingling sensation on her scalp, and Andre and Aning also fell silent.
After Shi Zimiao said this, he disappeared from the spot. The dagger missed his target and fell to the ground with a clang. The noise finally brought the players back to their senses.
Andre couldn't wait to ask, "What should we do now?"
As he spoke, he glanced at Brother Lou's body in the corner, as if he was looking at his possible fate.
Qiao Yuan: "Since Xu Lin has tried to kill us many times before, it means that we still have something that attracts her. We can take advantage of this."
