There Was Poison in the Food

Since the two timelines that had been split apart merged again within the area around the dining table, the two of them took the opportunity to briefly compare what they had seen and heard.

When he heard Hua Subai say that the ceramic head and paper effigies had been following him the whole time, Yu Xing raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected to be seated at the same table as the red-clothed figure—not only would he have to face its attacks, but also the stares of the waiter and the server bringing out the dishes.

The red-clothed figure had been dealt with, but clearly, the ceramic head was something that had existed in Never Forget Dwelling from the beginning. It was probably more dangerous than the red-clothed figure, which had been formed from a deduction participant. As for those paper effigies...

The paper effigies were especially strange. They were usually active at funerals and carried an unmistakable symbolic meaning.

Yu Xing remembered the note he'd found on the dining table. The waiter at Never Forget Dwelling had been beaten to death by Fang Deming. Could the paper effigies symbolize the waiter's death?

If so, what side were they on? Did they hate the boss? Or did they hate all the diners?

...Or did they only resent the Fang family?

And what was the relationship between the paper effigies and the ceramic head? Were they one and the same, or separate entities?

Tsk, why were those things following Hua Subai instead of him? Yu Xing felt an itch of curiosity and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

If the ceramic head and the paper effigies followed him, he might have a chance to squeeze some extra information out of them—under the guise of being the Fang family's youngest son.

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