NOVEL NEXT Chapter 107 - 107: I Have a Ten Billion Inheritance Right
Chapter 107: Chapter 107: I Have a Ten Billion Inheritance Right
Qin Jiangsheng had already disappeared ahead, and Ji Tian didn’t dare to leave the main group to look for him all by herself. Fortunately, the corridor wasn’t long, and after climbing a lengthy spiral staircase, they arrived on the third floor of the opposite ancient castle.
The barrage discussion was heated:
[Huh? Did Qin Jiangsheng figure out this password? Did anybody see how he did it?]
[Everyone was focused on He Chenxi’s situation. Who had time to pay attention to him? Wasn’t he the second-to-last student at Imperial City Academy? Probably just a wild guess…]
[I’ve done my homework, I even know their exact rankings and grades at school. My cousin who studies there told me that Ji Weinan’s wild guesses got him a total score of nine, Qin Jiangsheng wasn’t much better, with only fifteen…Ji Tian barely passes language, math, and English, basically flunks all the science subjects, oh except physics, where she barely scrapes by. If it weren’t for her perfect score in English, she wouldn’t be within the top two thousand.]
[A bunch of academic losers are scary. Given such great resources, they don’t know how to study properly. Do you all remember Ji Tian’s earlier pretense of being a top student? If she were to revert to her true self back at school, wouldn’t that just be hilarious?]
[So annoying, all thanks to Bei Ning letting Ji Tian and the others catch up. Has anyone seen footage of Qin Jiangsheng?]
In the live broadcast room, everyone was present except for Qin Jiangsheng. He didn’t appear in the hidden cameras, and the director wouldn’t have given him solo screen time—he must be with the group. This led to their team being one man down.
Ji Tian was worried.
She looked at the third map in the box, as well as the Sheepskin Scroll—without Qin Jiangsheng, she had no idea what was written on it.
She regretted being careless; had she known, she would have studied ancient scripts in university!
The group could only move forward, and upon arrival at the castle, it became apparent the two teams were connected. Yet, the fourth map, which lead out, was only available in this castle. Many rooms showed signs of disturbance, probably already discovered by Shen Zhiyi’s team.
[Haha, Gong Yu is so awesome! He found the fourth map. Ji Tian’s team is bound to lose!]
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[Well, there’s another twist in the story. There’s only one fourth map, and the result is obvious. Whoever has the map will win.]
[They still need to find Tan Xiaodie’s “body,” right? And who’s the real murderer? I’m totally confused, and the tasks for both sides are different. Ji Tian’s side includes the big and second brothers among four people, Shen Zhiyi’s follows the third and fourth brothers’ trail. This escape room has me baffled; it’s really complex.]
[This is originally a twelve-person game. They should be gathering together to find answers, but the show producers like to cause trouble by splitting them up. The real mystery will probably only be solved after they get out, and now it’s just a matter of which team can bring out Tan Xiaodie’s “body”…]
Yu Chuang searched to no avail: “The map’s gone.”
An expected outcome.
Ji Tian glanced at the empty corridor, then turned to everyone: “I have a rather bold idea.”
Everyone looked at her, thinking she had a solution. Yu Chuang pondered, “Let’s hear it.”
“How about we snatch their map?”
Everyone: “…”
Yu Chuang kept a straight face: “Nice thinking, next time don’t think.”
He was too lazy to hide his expression. Life was already difficult enough without having to wear a mask. He was done with that.
Like Ji Tian said, he played games; he wasn’t played by games.
Similarly, he would be done with the contract with that company in a month. He’d just walk away when the time came. Let the chips fall where they may—he saw right through it all.
Searching for them in such a massive castle was a waste of time—and they might not even succeed in stealing the map. There were only twenty minutes left until the end of the game.
Ji Tian pieced the map together again: “Forget it, let’s just guess the route and head out.”
After the map was taped together, Ji Tian started her analysis. Qin Jiangsheng, who had been missing for nearly twenty minutes, appeared, dragging something in his hand, prompting Quan Jingyou to instinctively step back: “Brother Jiang? Where did you run off to? And… what are you dragging?”
The dim light made it difficult for everyone to clearly see the fabric being dragged on the ground, but it was clearly not something good.
Qin Jiangsheng spoke: “Tan Xiaodie’s skeleton prop. I found it, let’s head out.”
They exchanged glances and quickly followed his lead.
So Qin Jiangsheng’s absence was spent searching for this thing.
Yu Chuang was also somewhat baffled: “What about the decryption? Like, who’s the real murderer?”
Ji Tian and Qin Jiangsheng said in unison, “Second sister.”
Qin Jiangsheng looked at her, his lips curving slightly in the darkness.
“Ah? How do you know?” Quan Jingyou was dumbfounded. There were no clues, so how did both of them guess?
[I also want to ask… Why the second sister? In the video, the second sister was truly happy for the female lead. She cried the most when the female lead died. It’s just that I don’t understand the oracle bone script, it really bothers me!]
[I thought it was the second or the big brother… The story is narrated by the big sister and the second brother, plus an audio clip of the big brother calling for an ambulance earlier. It’s often the least noticeable characters who are the murderers.]
[Then why not the third or fourth brothers? Shen Zhiyi’s clues are about the third brother being abroad, and the fourth brother being stuck in a traffic jam on his way to the wedding, thus missing the murder of his sister.]
[Everyone seems suspicious. The second brother said he’s not a blood relation, and the big sister didn’t earn a cent despite making so much money for the company. In the end, the parents considered leaving everything to Tan Xiaodie. I think maybe all of them, except for Tan Xiaodie, are not blood-related…]
Ji Tian continued, “That burned-down land deed belonged to the second sister, and she was the one who built this ancient castle. If you’re talking about a murder motive, Tan Xiaodie wasn’t wrong, her husband did cheat, but he probably fell in love with her second sister before even meeting Tan Xiaodie.”
Wen Jiangxue widened her eyes: “That’s premeditated murder and robbery! How is this any different from the melodramas in my family?” Then she sighed: “Ever since following the Golden Master, I gave up my hundred-billion inheritance. It hurts.”
She quickly cheered herself up: “No matter, I’m meant for better. My Golden Master is worth a hundred billion, I can stay by his side for a lifetime.”
“…”
Barrage: […]
[Is bragging so cheap nowadays? Wen Jiangxue’s hundred-billion inheritance? How is that any different from pooping on the street?]
[The difference… might just be that it doesn’t stink, haha. Best joke I’ve heard all year: I have a hundred-billion inheritance!]
[I can’t stop laughing. Earlier she was doing farm work, playing the erhu in the countryside to send off grandparents, yet claims she’s too poor to study, I really beg her, could she tell the truth for once? I want to find evidence and slap it in her face, give her a huge reality check!]