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Chapter 620: Chapter 620: The Original Murderer
The five individuals in the family portrait sneered and cursed maliciously at Huang Xiaolong.
Huang Xiaolong, however, just gave a light smile, casually pulling out a talisman from his canvas bag.
At that moment, a ray of light seemed to shine into the old western-style building, illuminating the oil painting. All at once, the images on the canvas underwent a bizarre transformation, changing into animated frames that flashed by in a spectacular spectacle.
The scene unfolded in a spacious and grand living room. It seemed to be the living room of this very house.
A man in his fifties sat on the couch, reading a newspaper.
Two young girls were selecting new clothes, seemingly getting ready for a ball.
The man’s wife was busy in the kitchen.
A teenage boy, about seventeen or eighteen, sat drooling on the floor, innocently playing with toys while laughing foolishly at the man. “Dad~~ Dad~~ I heard my cousin say that real men should get married. When can I get married? Can I have a baby once I get married?”
The man put down his newspaper, his face full of indulgence. “Jiawei, you want to get married?”
“Hehehe~~~” The boy laughed in an idiotic manner, his mouth stretching into a comical grin.
“Jiawei? Oh…this idiot is the groom ‘Lai Jiawei’ on Miao Erfang’s ghost marriage invitation.” Huang Xiaolong thought to himself before continuing to watch impassively.
These scenes were fragments of the five family members’ past lives.
It seemed that the malevolent spirit intentionally showed this to Huang Xiaolong.
Huang Xiaolong too, was intrigued.
“Ah~~ Jiawei…who…who would marry you with your condition? Ah…” In the kitchen, the man’s wife, a woman in her fifties, sighed helplessly and resentfully. “Dear, Jiawei’s condition is worsening… he’s our family’s disgrace! People are talking behind our backs… if they knew he wants to get married, they’d ridicule us to no end. My dear, you are a man of respect and can’t be dragged down by Jiawei… I think maybe we should–”
While she was speaking, a murderous intent surfaced in her eyes.
She actually harbored killing thoughts towards her fool of a son!
‘Interesting, indeed a woman’s heart is full of poison.’ Huang Xiaolong thought, amused.
The two daughters who were choosing dresses began to complain.
The older one indignantly said, “Dad~~ look at you! All these years you’ve spent so much money trying to treat Jiawei… the number of new clothes my sister and I get each year is diminishing. Jiawei is really a burden!”
The younger one’s face was filled with resentment. “Dad, we should just lock Jiawei up and stop him from embarrassing us in public!”
“Shut up, all of you!” The man turned furious, his face darkening. “You women, what do you know? The continuation of our family lineage relies on Jiawei!”
The man clearly doted greatly on his foolish son.
He even threatened, “If anyone dares to say another word, don’t blame me for being rude!”
“Ah, ah, ah~~” The fool, Lai Jiawei, suddenly covered his ears and screamed. “Stop talking! My head hurts! I don’t want to hear these words anymore!”
The idiot boy’s face contorted into a devilish expression, his eyes glinting wildly like a beast’s, looking like he could attack and consume someone at any moment.
This was a display of extreme psychosis and antisocial behavior!
At that moment, the scene paused.
A bone-chilling voice echoed in the first-floor hall, “So you’re a Daoist priest, huh? Welcome to our home…hehehe~~”
The voice belonged to the head of the household, the middle-aged man from the earlier scene.
“Make yourself at home. Since you’re here, you’ll have to play a game with us. The game is simple—it’s a guessing game. To tell you the truth, we are all dead. Our family of five was wiped out. Tragic, truly tragic… But it wasn’t outsiders who slaughtered us, it was…hehehe~~one of us.”
“Now, I’d like you to guess who the murderer was. Was it me, my wife, my elder daughter, my younger daughter, or my young son?”
“If you guess incorrectly, I’m afraid that our family will eat you alive~~~”
“Haha…” Huang Xiaolong burst into laughter. “This is too fun… I’ve never met vengeful spirits who want to play guessing games with me… it’s hilarious…”
He paused and then shook his head. “Fine, it’s amusing, so I’ll play along once. From what I’ve gathered from your memories, each member of your family is violent. You brought a mentally challenged son into this world. Your wife and two daughters wanted to kill him. While you, in order to protect this idiotic son, are even willing to kill your wife and daughters.”
“You could say that each family member is eccentric, each one harboring a desire to kill.” Huang Xiaolong stated calmly. “Typically, the one who commits murder turns into a vengeful spirit, and becomes the most vicious ghost.”
“So, I’ll guess that the tragedy that wiped out your entire family was caused by your idiotic son – Lai Jiawei. From what I’ve seen, among your family of five, the person with the greatest murderous intent, the most deranged, happens to be the idiot. Additionally, if he wasn’t the original murderer, then you wouldn’t have orchestrated such a grand ghost marriage for him. You’ve clearly found a bride for him—Miao Erfang, but in the past, you probably arranged several other ghost marriages for Jiawei, right? By now, I assume countless girls have died at your hands.”
With that, Huang Xiaolong ceased his chatter and made his way to the second floor, the golden light radiating from him dispersing all traces of negative energy as he moved.
Silence.
The authoritative male voice fell silent for a moment before laughing, “Congratulations. In all these years, you are the first living individual to guess it right. Ah, yes, all of this was indeed Jiawei’s doing…why did I have to father a son who was a born killer? The first person he murdered was his second sister, I still remember the joy in his face after seeing the blood. It was like he was awakened…”
“We have arranged 16 ghost marriages for Jiawei, but he’s still not satisfied…”
Huang Xiaolong was seething; Miao Erfang might have escaped this time, but it consolidated that the previous 15 ghost marriages were accomplished. This meant that 15 young girls had been murdered…
Huang Xiaolong paced up the stairs to the second floor.
Suddenly!
A large group of ghost brides in red gowns rushed towards Huang Xiaolong with blood-curdling shrieks!
They were all wearing embroidered bridal attires. With their blood-soaked ghostly eyes and faces looking as if they have been run over by a car, they glared at Huang Xiaolong with intense resentment, as if they wanted to tear him to pieces and swallow him whole!