When late night came, Xiaolan stepped onto the third floor of the quiet castle.
It's one o'clock in the morning, and the castle is completely silent. Maybe if you listen carefully, you can hear the breathing of the people living here.
The study is on the third floor of the castle.
Xiaolan walked in the dimly lit corridor and passed the door with candle tears on it.
It's tightly locked.
Xiaolan then walked forward and followed the maid's instructions. The most spacious room at the end of the third floor was the study.
Pushing open the door, there is a small space. There are no windows in the room. There is a bookcase placed against the wall. Next to the bookcase that is as high as the ceiling, there is a low table that is half a person's height.
There is an exquisite wooden door on the other wall.
This should be the small study room where the servants' letters are stored as the maid said. Behind the door is the large study room.
Xiaolan walked straight towards the golden wooden door, put her right hand on the thread-shaped handle, and turned it open.
The candle in her hand quietly lit up the surrounding darkness, and Xiaolan probed into the spacious study room.
There are about a dozen rows of mahogany bookshelves in the study room. There is a work table by the window. The chairs are neatly stored under the table. There are several stacks of documents on the table and a candlestick stands next to the documents.
Xiaolan lit the candlestick, and the huge study suddenly became brighter.
"I'm sorry..."
Xiaolan said, first looking through the documents on the table.
There is a charity item, a donation from a wealthy businessman, and an investment letter of intent. Placed at the top is a land evaluation plan. It is estimated that Mr. Morven is on a business trip just for this matter.
There are no letters.
Xiaolan opened the drawer again. Mr. Mo Wen was open-minded enough that the place where important documents were stored was actually open. Of course, Xiaolan couldn't find anything other than official documents.
Will it be on the bookshelf?
Xiaolan held the candle and looked at the tall bookcases.
The side of each bookcase is marked with the type of books stored on the bookcase. It is like a small library. Xiaolan gradually walked deeper into the room and saw the word "letters" on the penultimate bookcase.
.
There are not many letters on the bookcase, but they are neatly arranged and carefully arranged in chronological order.
Xiaolan pulled out the latest letter.
It's a letter addressed to Mr. Morvern.
Xiaolan hesitated for a moment whether to open it, but finally opened the envelope with the mentality of not wanting to give up any clues.
"I miss Mr. Morven,
I have received your letter. In fact, I have heard a little about the tragic things that happened to you, but my attitude is still the same. This is not a reason to prevent us from being together. Even if there is some kind of curse, I still believe it.
, we will definitely be able to think of a way to break the curse..."
Is it the letter sent by Sandora to Mr. Morven?
Xiaolan then looked down.
"If it is true, as you said, that the curse exists in that castle that has been circulating for many years, I think we might as well leave that castle, or even that village, and find another place to live. After having this idea, I
I have been looking for a suitable house in my city, and I already have many ideas. When the time is right, we can take Lily and Moses with us. Please believe that the nightmare will eventually end, and our love will eventually win.
curse."
In this case, why did Sandora come back?
What followed were some heartfelt words. Xiaolan felt embarrassed to peek at someone's love letter, so her eyes quickly scanned over it, and finally settled on the signature of the letter.
That's not Sandora.
However, it is a name that I am very familiar with.
Xiaolan was speechless and froze on the spot.
I've seen this name myself.
and remembered the name.
Emma.
When this level of the game first started, when I landed, I had my ID card in my briefcase.
Emma.
This is your own name.
Xiaolan quickly opened the envelope and checked the postmark on it.
really.
It's a letter from half a month ago.
This is not a love letter between Sandora and Mr. Mo Wen, but a love letter between myself and Mr. Mo Wen!
He is Mr. Morven's seventh lover after his first six wives left.
The seventh bride.
Xiaolan quickly accepted this setting, but then problems arose.
Since the relationship between the two is like this, why did Mr. Malvern come to the castle in the name of a tutor?
Are you trying to deceive others?
Is it because he is worried that the evil power in the castle will kill him?
Xiaolan put the letter into his lapel and continued to check other letters.
In the past six months, I have sent many love letters to Mr. Morven one after another. It seems that they have been together for a long time, but other people in the castle seem to be unaware of this.
Xiaolan grabbed the next letter.
When the envelope came into view, Xiaolan's heart jumped.
Finally found it, this is the letter Sandora received.
The content in the letter was exactly the same as what Xiaolan had seen.
There is nothing strange about this letter from the outside. Whether it is the postmark, address or the contents of the envelope, it is no different from a normal letter.
Xiaolan turned over the letter.
etc.
There is a dark ink stain on the back of the letter paper.
It's in the upper right corner of the back of the letter.
The appointment letter I received also had such ink marks on it.
Is this Mr. Morvern's mark?
Xiaolan took this letter into her arms and picked up the next one.
"Dear brother..."
This is the letter Sandora wrote to Dr. Sowan!
Xiaolan looked at the trembling brushstrokes and the tear-stained paper, filled with fear and hope between the sentences...
The letter was never sent.
And the reply Shandora received was certainly not written to her by Dr. Suowan.
Someone in this manor, someone in this castle forged it.
There was nothing unusual about the subsequent letters.
Xiaolan put these three letters in her hands and was about to walk out of the study, but her eyes lingered on the last row of bookcases.
There are no labels posted on the sides of the last row of bookcases.
Xiaolan walked to the bookshelf.
Only a few large books with gold-gilt covers were placed on the large bookshelf, which were fixed in the center of the bookshelf by flower-shaped sapphire bookends on both sides.
Xiaolan first looked at the shape of the flower.
It's a tulip.
After that, she took out the thickest book and opened the cover.
"Mowen Family History"
It's Mr. Morven's family tree.
On the first page, there is a black and white photo of a woman wearing a complicated long skirt.
This woman is probably in her forties, with a serious face and pursed lips. Perhaps because the photo is too old, the image quality is very blurry, and the woman's pupils look too dark.
The dim light danced on the yellowed paper. Xiaolan looked into the woman's eyes and felt an inexplicable chill behind her.
It seems that the sense of voyeurism that I have always felt has finally found its source.
She quickly moved her eyes to the text under the photo.
"Lily Morven, the first generation owner of Morven Manor..."