hotmtlnovel Chapter 471 The Only Man Left in the Family Portrait
Chapter 471 The Only Man Left in the Family Portrait
"Look at this." Shen Yao called out softly.
In the family portrait, there is a bearded man wearing a mink coat, with no smile on his face.
Standing next to him was a woman with short curly hair.
The woman was holding a little girl in her arms. The little girl looked only five years old. Her face was very pale and she had a little smile on her face.
She had her hands around the woman's neck and was smiling in the direction of the camera.
Shen Yao noticed that the little girl's right hand was wrapped in a thick bandage, as if it started from her arm.
But the wide and thick sleeves just blocked that part, so he couldn't see it clearly.
Next to these three people, there was a big black dog squatting on the ground. Its hair looked particularly messy, as if it had not been trimmed for a long time.
But the big dog's eyes were very bright and it squatted obediently at the man's feet.
The background for their photos was probably the forest they saw when they came here.
After all, from the painting, you can only see a little shadow of the wooden house behind the woman’s right shoulder, and the rest are lush trees.
When Pei Yan raised his head from under the bed and looked at the family portrait that Shen Yao mentioned, he recognized it almost at first sight.
Isn't this woman the one under the bed?
He raised his hand and patted the bed gently: "Shen Yao, this woman is dead. She is under the bed."
Shen Yao was stunned for a moment, then he squatted down and looked under the bed.
It was indeed the woman in the photo.
Gu Chaoxi put down the bed sheet and slowly stood up from the ground.
She looked towards the family portrait and couldn't help falling into deep thought.
This place is a bit weird. The second floor is clearly a room, but it is filled with specimens of animal heads.
Even the hostess, one of the protagonists in the family portrait, died strangely and appeared under the bed.
So, what about the remaining male owner? What about the little girl? Are they both dead too?
No, at least someone is still alive. Otherwise, how do we explain the charcoal fire burning in the fireplace on the first floor?
Pei Yan bent down, reached out and touched the bed, then pulled back the quilt. There was nothing on the sheets.
He moved the pillow away again, but there was still nothing underneath.
Obviously, the bed was only used for sleeping and there was no storage for anything else.
As if sensing something, Pei Yan suddenly raised his head and looked towards the roof.
At this glance, Pei Yan admitted that he was almost kissed on the face.
He stood there in a daze, as if frozen in place.
Gu Chaoxi noticed his abnormality and looked up. Pei Yan had already raised his hand and shone the kerosene lamp upwards.
Then, with the light from the kerosene lamp shining upwards, Gu Chaoxi saw the little girl in the family photo tied face down to the beam of the house.
Her hands were tied behind her back, almost completely bound.
The neck was fixed to the beam with two ropes, and even the forehead was wrapped once to prevent the head from drooping.
Her eyes were wide and lifeless.
The little face looked even paler than in the photo.
Perhaps because she was exposed to the air for too long, there was even a fly lying on the little girl's eyeball.
The reason why Pei Yan felt that he was almost touched in the face was that after he raised his head, he was only a fist's distance away from the little girl's profile.
Now that he had seen the scene clearly, he raised his leg, took a step back, and took down the kerosene lamp in his hand with an expressionless face.
Gu Chaoxi looked at him worriedly, and felt a little relieved when he shook his head.
Qi Chuzhao looked at the little girl tied up with a complicated expression and couldn't help shivering.
"How perverted is this person? When he was sleeping, there was a dead body tied to his head and another one hidden under the bed."
If it were him, he wouldn't be able to sleep at night, and would have nightmares even with his eyes open, right?
Qi Chuzhao raised his hand and rubbed his arms up and down twice, and then he felt that the goose bumps on his body had subsided a little.
Shen Yao pursed his lips and said nothing, just lowered his head and stopped looking.
"The man is not here. We must find out where he went."
As soon as Qin Wei finished speaking, she heard a scream from the first floor. It was Su Zhaoran's voice, followed by Shen Lan's cry.
"Get down quickly!"
Gu Chaoxi frowned, turned around immediately and ran towards the first floor with the kerosene lamp.
The sound of several people's footsteps appeared on the stairs.
Shen Lan hugged Su Zhaoran, and both of their backs were soaked with cold sweat.
Luo Zhenxian, who was sitting opposite, had fainted just now.
The glass of the window behind Luo Zhenxian was now shattered into pieces, all falling onto the floor of the room.
There seemed to be wind blowing in from the window, causing the fire in the fireplace to flicker.
The two girls just hugged each other and stared at the broken glass opposite.
It seemed that if they weren't paying attention, some monster would break in through the window.
When Gu Chaoxi rushed to the first floor, the first thing he saw was the broken window.
She walked over, holding the kerosene lamp in her right hand and extending it in front of her, making sure she could see clearly what was outside the window at the first moment.
As he walked over, he picked up a shovel from the wall.
Pei Yan followed her and picked up a shovel from the wall.
The two of them walked forward in staggered steps.
Gu Chaoxi's arms were stretched out and his body was leaning back slightly.
She held the shovel in her left hand and raised it so that if there was really something outside the window, she could react immediately.
Coming closer, Pei Yan took a step past her and shone the kerosene lamp in his hand out of the window.
Because the glass was broken, the gap in the middle of the wooden grid was enough for Pei Yan to reach out with the kerosene lamp.
But when he was about to reach out, he was stopped by Gu Chaoxi.
"Be careful not to hurt your hands."
She took a shovel and slowly pushed the window open with it.
As the window slid toward the outside with a creaking sound, several pieces of broken glass fell to the ground from under the window frame.
Pei Yan stretched out his hand and shone the kerosene lamp outside.
However, apart from the tree trunks close to the house that could be seen in the pitch-black environment, there was nothing else.
Gu Chaoxi moved forward and raised the kerosene lamp a little toward the outside.
The light was a little stronger, but still, there was nothing suspicious.
The two even looked above the eaves and under the windows, but there was really nothing.
But how did the glass break just now?
Shen Lan knew that she was safe now, so she gradually calmed down and raised her hand to pat Su Zhaoran's back to comfort her.
Qi Chuzhao was a little speechless when he saw Luo Zhenxian fainted at the table opposite him.
He went over and patted Luo Zhenxian's head, but he didn't wake up...
"There's nothing outside." Gu Chaoxi said, turning around.