Three people tragically died the last four days, which cast a layer of sadness in everyones hearts. But with the decrease of three able-bodied people, their problem as of now was that the others would need to shoulder the deceased peoples work.

Since Yang Qi was dead, Su Xiaoqian carried on working, compliantly taking her dead teammates place to clean the rooms.

Fortunately, the next two days at the villa were a breeze. The madam didnt ask them to do other types of work.

On the morning of the seventh day, Bai Yan finally found an opportunity to ask the madam a question he desperately wanted to know the answer to. He was afraid that the madam would remember this, so he didnt dare ask his question during the early stages of the game until today.

Madam, about the employees who previously left, where did they go?

Didnt I tell you this before? They were all sacked. The madam intently looked at Bai Yans face, assuming that she completely understood what he meant, and started laughing amusedly, You can relax. You have all worked diligently for seven days and Im not someone who cant let go of her money. Even if someone did something wrong today, I wouldnt drive him or her away. As long as they werent sneaky little thieves, the fired workers even received some money from me. I was worried that you wouldnt take your work seriously, so I told you all that you wouldnt be receiving any compensation just to scare you.

It turns out the madam is actually a kind-hearted and magnanimous person. Bai Yan praised.

After the madams usual routine, everyone gathered at noon and Bai Yan said something.

It was the last day, shouldnt they be going back to rest early? Why did they ask them to come here?

You have all worked hard these past seven days. Theres not much left to take care of, well just go over how you finish your jobs. The madam had a wide smile on her face as she cheerfully said, You all did well and were honestly the best employees Ive ever had. Tonight, you all

The madam didnt finish her sentence because the sudden ear-splitting sounds of thunder boomed from outside, interrupting her mid-sentence.

Along with the rolling sounds of thunder, a large downpour abruptly came out of nowhere.

Everyone could hear the numerous pitter-patters of the raindrops from the wide-open window, causing their hearts to inevitably fall into despair.

For the weather to be unexpectedly raining cats and dogs on their last night, it surely wasnt a good omen.

A lot of tragedies occur during these long rainy nights.

Unfortunately, tonight was no exception.

Without waiting for the madam to finish what she was saying, a series of urgent knocks resounded from the other side of the door. Because of this, everyones expressions changed into uneasiness.

Knocking sounds, dont tell us that its the door-knocking ghost from the previous nights?

But isnt madam the door-knocking ghost?

Or, could it be someone else?

With everyone increasing their guard and appearing as if they were birds startled by the mere twang of a bow(1), the eerie violent sounds continued. Bai Yan discreetly looked at the married couple at the corner of his eye and found out that they were also surprised at the situation as if these unexpected sounds came from an uninvited guest.

A bird startled by the mere twang of a bow is a Chinese idiom that means being on edge or being on guard due to something threatening.

Everyone had different thoughts on the matter, but the madam broke the stillness in the room and ordered Su Xiaoqian to open the door.

Hearing her task, Su Xiaoqians face was quickly filled with reluctance.

No one knew if this visiting guest was a person or a ghost. If she followed the madams orders and opened the door, the first one to suffer casualties would definitely be her. However, she had no other choice but to follow it. Despite her heart packed with fear, her quivering steps still slowly inched towards the door, clenching her teeth as she cautiously opened and pulled the knob.

The door opened.

The other side showed a man with messy hair and an unkempt appearance, not at all the door-knocking ghost they had assumed.

The mans head was still firmly intact to his neck, but looking closer, everyone thought that his face looked weirdly familiar.

This uncanny familiarity made everyone naturally feel restless.

Are you?

Su Xiaoqian hesitantly voiced out her question, but the man didnt need to answer because the madam covered her mouth with her hand and yelled in shock, Son! How did you get out?

After hearing these words, An Qings expression immediately changed. She didnt care if the master and the madam were beside her, instantly shouting, Dont! Dont let him say anything!

As soon as the words left her mouth, Lu Tianyi rushed forward to subdue the man at once and tried to forcefully cover the mans mouth with Su Xiaoqian by his side. Sadly, they were both a step behind.

Dad! Mom! Im not crazy! My little brother died a few years ago! I dont have a brother anymore!

Stupid child, what nonsense are you sputtering out? Your brother is not The madam stopped mid-sentence and stared blankly ahead. Where was he?

For the past six months, the madam had always thought that her eldest son had gone insane, completely forgetting about his little brother from his corrupted mind.

But today, the madams previously neglected memories had all come flooding back into her, exuberantly exciting the eldest son. Her eyes immediately flashed bewilderedness as she gradually recalled her old memories

Half a year ago, she and her husband went out but on their way back home, they saw a faceless child on the side of the road. Seeing that the couple was approaching him, the child suddenly obstructed their path. From someone elses point of view, the scene was incredibly shocking.

But for some odd reason, the couple didnt feel scared at all and even remembered their poor youngest son who died an early death because of this.

She couldnt help but call him her son, bringing him home with them later on. They benevolently took him in and nurtured him as if he were their own.

Afterward

What happened after?

Recalling until this point, the madam suddenly felt a sharp burst of pain coming from her neck as if it were preventing her from continuing her flashback. But, she couldnt control what she remembered and carried on, leading the madam to become more and more horrified.

She remembered! She finally remembered!

Following that incident, the eldest son started to declare that his younger brother was already dead and due to his difficult attitude, the madam and master thought that he turned insane and locked him up in the cellar.

On the night the eldest son was locked up, the faceless ghost entered the masters study and ominously gave the couple an ax. As a result, the master slowly lifted the ax and suddenly chopped down his wifes head. He then waved the ax and also forcefully chopped off his head

Finally remembering this, the madams head promptly fell off of her neck with a loud plop. Simultaneously, the masters head also helplessly rolled over to the floor

The scene of his parents head falling off made the man extremely upset. He seemed to have remembered something, fear instantly emerging from his eyes.

With his parents decapitated heads slowly rolling towards him, his eyes turned red, his tongue began to swell, and his eyelids began to flip over, his eyeballs disgustingly falling off of their sockets.

Seeing such a horrific scene, Bai Yan quickly raised his hand and inconspicuously picked up a table knife from the dining table. He then immediately dashed to the mans front and inserted the table knife deep into his throat, sending him away to reunite with his family.

Before the man breathed his last breath, Bai Yan saw his eyes shed tears of gratitude. After being trapped in the cellar for so long and being fed with his beloved parents favorite rotten meat, his body was already similar to a malicious ghosts. The man probably wanted to die since before but with a hairs breadth, he was able to escape his prison and tell his parents the truth. And now that he saw his parents miserable deaths, he completely lost his will to live.

Honestly speaking, watching a gory sight unfold in front of his eyes made him feel sick.

Killing this half-human and half-ghost entity did not only leave a bland taste in his mouth but also made him want to vomit his guts out.

However, there was no time to be nauseous in this dangerous situation. As soon as Bai Yan buried the knife into the eldest sons throat, he immediately ran outside without a second thought, not even advising his teammates to do the same.

Bai Yan! What did you do? The alarmed Lu Tianyi dreadfully questioned Bai Yans reckless actions.

Idiot, why are you still staring at it? Run! An Qing readily threw her crutches away and grabbed Lu Tianyi in the process, indicating for him to follow her, Run away or else there wont be time to escape!