"Who's managing the manor now?" Miao Qing suddenly asked.
The Town Chief turned around and looked at Miao Qing with an expression of disbelief. "Sir, don't joke around. Dakeluosa Manor has been abandoned for many years. It's cursed land. If you insist on saying someone manages it, then it's Halson, along with the vengeful spirits he controls!"
Jiang Cheng understood what Miao Qing meant. They had once seen a man dressed like a butler inside the manor.
Jiang Cheng asked for paper and a pen, then drew the butler from memory. Before he could finish, the Town Chief, who had been watching from the side, suddenly went pale. "That's him! That's Halson! How could you..." The Town Chief stopped abruptly. A moment later, his pupils contracted as he looked at Jiang Cheng, as if he'd realized something terrible. "You... you saw him?!"
"We all saw him," Jiang Cheng answered honestly.
The Town Chief's face suddenly twitched.
"Town Chief, just say what you have to say." The Town Chief's strange reaction had left Huai Yi shaken. The way he was looking at them now was especially unsettling, as if he were sizing up a group of corpses.
"According to the rumors, anyone who sees Ha... his face will be taken away by him through that door, to a room that doesn't even exist." The Town Chief looked even more frightened now. He didn't dare say Halson's name outright.
"But you've seen him too, haven't you, Town Chief?" the Fatty asked considerately.
The Town Chief's face changed in an instant. He turned to the Fatty, flustered. "You, fatty, don't go saying things like that! I... my situation was different from yours. I saw him when he was alive, not after he died!"
The Town Chief seemed to think this distinction was important.