"Wen, what exactly is going on?" With his long legs, Huang Qi easily kept pace beside Wen Wen.
"I said earlier that the pond in the Back Courtyard was very shallow. Even if I were thrown in, I'd only choke on a few mouthfuls of water before I could stand up. Under those circumstances, if the three Brides really died in the pond, the only explanation is that they were unable to resist when they were thrown in."
"People can lose the ability to resist in all sorts of situations, but I think those Brides might have been in a deep sleep."
"It would have had to be something close to unconsciousness, because ordinary sleep is easily interrupted. Forget being thrown into the water-they would have woken up just from being carried out of their courtyards. So I think that when they were thrown into the pond, those Brides had either been knocked unconscious or taken some kind of drug that put them into a deep sleep."
Sha Linghai, who was also following closely beside Wen Wen, spoke with a look of realization. "Those Brides wouldn't have taken a drug willingly, so you suspect it was added to those bowls of meat soup?"
"Yes." Wen Wen nodded. "We haven't met many people since entering the Nightmare Game, and Steward Zhao is naturally one of the suspects we can identify. Besides, I thought it was strange how he kept checking on the meat soup just now."
"I was going to check the West Courtyard first, but that Bride had probably already drunk the soup by the time we left. Rushing in wouldn't change anything, so we might as well check the East Courtyard first." Wen Wen had already followed the Curved Bridge to the Eastern Courtyard. "When we went to the