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"Yes, I'm back." Yuan Yi planned to temporarily hide his true purpose of coming back from Feng Ranchen.

"Miss Liu, you …" Yuan Yi was about to inquire about what happened to Feng Ranchen today, but when he called out her name, he felt that something was wrong with Feng Ranchen's face.

"What's wrong?"

Feng Ranchen heard the concern in Yuan Yi's words and smiled bitterly. She whispered, "Young Master Yuan, you don't need to call me by my original name anymore. My name is Feng Ranchen now."

Feng Ranchen and Yuan Yi's expressions did not change, but their eyes never left Feng Ranchen. When Feng Ranchen spoke earlier, her eyes were filled with grief. It seemed like her family had hurt her deeply. Otherwise, she would not have given up her reputation.

"Alright." Yuan Yi could tell that Feng Ranchen had suffered a little too much today, so he decided not to ask her about it anymore.

"I'll be staying here next. If anything happens to you, you can go find Xiaohong from the kitchen. She's mine." Actually, he shouldn't have told this matter to Feng Ranchen, but seeing how Feng Ranchen was acting made his heart ache. After thinking carefully for a long time, he finally decided to tell Feng Ranchen.

Even under the dim candlelight, Feng Ranchen couldn't see Yuan Yi's expression clearly. However, she was still surprised at Yuan Yi's honesty. She was moved, but more than that, she was puzzled.

Feng Ranchen thought that she and Yuan Yi didn't have much interaction and didn't even know each other before. How could Yuan Yi do his best to help her? Feng Ranchen thought in her heart, so she asked.

"You and I have never met each other before, why are you helping me?"

Yuan Yi was about to go closer when he suddenly heard Feng Ranchen's question and froze on the spot.

Yuan Yi himself didn't understand why he wanted to help Feng Ranchen.

"You don't have to be too burdened. I just have nothing to do." Yuan Yi casually found an excuse.

Feng Ranchen also knew that it definitely wasn't for this reason, but since Yuan Yi didn't want to talk about it, there was no need for her to ask.

"Cough, cough." The sound of coughing came from outside the window. Feng Ranchen and Yuan Yi looked outside at the same time.

"I'm leaving." Yuan Yi saw a figure flash outside the room, and instantly understood who the person at the window was.

Feng Ranchen nodded and watched Yuan Yi jump out of the window before leaving with the black shadow.

Feng Ranchen was the only one left in the room, but due to Yuan Yi's arrival, the room was no longer as eerie as it was before.

Feng Ranchen turned over on her bed and looked at the candle on the table. Yuan Yi had already helped her a lot, but she was still unable to repay him.

"Take this."

Feng Ranchen was lost in her thoughts when something fell beside her pillow. It was followed by a bone-chilling wind.

Feng Ranchen immediately sat up. The jade pendant by her pillow was glowing faintly with a green light. It looked so unusual in the darkness.

"You will definitely be able to use this in the future." It was another sound that came from nowhere, and every time it was only heard but not seen.

Feng Ranchen knew it was that mysterious man again.

"What on earth are you trying to do? Did you kill the person today? " Feng Ranchen who was wrapped in a blanket leaned against the wall, suppressing the fear in her heart as she asked with a trembling voice.

"Heh."

The candles in the room went out, and Feng Ranchen, unable to see anything, hugged her body even tighter.

"I don't like to do that sort of thing." "I do not need a living person."

"You, what do you mean?" Feng Ranchen desperately tried to find some clues from the darkness, but the result was obvious.

"Don't try to find me. You'll see me when necessary." That voice suddenly appeared in Feng Ranchen's ears. It was so close, so close that it sounded like a whisper.

However, Feng Ranchen did not sense anyone approaching her.

"Are you a human or …" Feng Ranchen's eyes suddenly widened as she thought of an almost impossible fact.

"Shh, it's late at night, you should go to sleep." That voice was very low, but it could clearly be heard by Feng Ranchen.

Feng Ranchen, who was originally abnormally awake, slowly became tired after hearing that voice. Feng Ranchen subconsciously tried to resist, but she could not. Feng Ranchen lay down slowly and closed her eyes, as if she was being controlled.

The sky brightened, but the people in the mansion were still in an atmosphere of fear.

"How is this possible?" One of the maidservants covered her mouth and stared at the tall maidservant in disbelief.

"Be quiet, Eldest Young Master won't let anyone else say anything."

"Didn't she disappear long ago? How could a body be found? "

"I don't know. We used to work together. Let me tell you, there's something even weirder. " The tall maid looked around and saw that there was no one by her side. Then, she moved her head closer to the other maid and whispered, "According to Brother Zhao, that corpse seemed to have just died yesterday."

"Could it be that Xiao Qing has been hiding inside the mansion all this time?"

"No, just think about it, Xiao Qing has been missing for several years, but she doesn't seem to have grown old at all."

"Ah, just what is that …"

"Not going to work so early in the morning. What are you doing here? Don't keep slapping your mouth all day. Be careful or else you might cause trouble." Hong Xiu held a small box and interrupted the two maids' conversation.

The two maidservants looked at each other, smiled at Hong Xiu, and ran off with their skirts.

Feng Ranchen walked out of the corner and stared worriedly in the direction of the two maidservants. They actually found Xiao Qing's corpse.

"Do you know where Xiao Qing's body is?" Feng Ranchen didn't turn her head and instead asked Hong Xiu, who had her head lowered, "You'd better tell me the truth."

Hong Xiu initially wanted to say she didn't know, but in the end, she gritted her teeth and told Feng Ranchen.

"In the bamboo garden."

The Bamboo Cultivation Garden was located in the southwest corner of the Zhao Mansion and had been abandoned a long time ago.

After Zhao Yuqing found Zhao San's body, he arranged for his servants to carry out a big search of the mansion. Originally, he only wanted to find clues of Zhao San's disappearance, but he didn't expect to find a major discovery.

In a small room in the bamboo garden, someone had found Xiao Qing, who had been missing for a long time. When they first found her, she was lying on the bed.

The person who went to search didn't know Xiao Qing. He thought it was the lazy girl, but when he pushed her aside, she was already dead.

The person quickly reported it to the butler who was in charge of searching. The butler recognized Xiao Qing at a glance.