Chapter 2556 - 2557: Framed

Chapter 2556: Chapter 2557: Framed

The moonlight gently descended, quietly falling on the hill, embellishing the original darkness with a gentle silver hue. Lin Chen walked amidst the endless forest at a slow pace.

After Lin Chen entered the forest, the patches of moonlight were divided into speckled spots on the ground by the leaves overhead.

Soon, Lin Chen would arrive at the location mentioned on the note.

Although he didn’t know who wrote the note or what their purpose was in calling him to that place, Lin Chen decided to go there to uncover the truth of the entire situation.

Perhaps he could discover some crucial clues.

Upon arriving at the appointed location, Lin Chen was supposed to find the person who wrote to him but discovered the place was empty and void of anything.

Surrounded by a canyon.

"Hey, I’m here, can you come out?" His voice echoed in the canyon, but there was no specific response, and he shouted several more times, hearing nothing but his own echo.

Could it be that someone deceived him, and there’s no one here at all?

"Hey, I asked if you’re really coming or not?" Lin Chen shouted loudly, hoping to get a definite response, but after a long time, there was still silence.

Lin Chen waited for a while, realizing he had already exceeded the appointed time but nobody showed up, confirming that the other party was definitely playing a trick on him.

Lin Chen turned around, intending to leave the place, but after taking only a few steps, he discovered a girl’s corpse lying not far ahead.

She was drenched in blood, with her head chopped off and limbs and intestines gouged out, looking identical to Xiao Yun who died in her room.

Though seasoned in battles, facing such a bloody scene alone in the wilderness was inevitably unsettling.

He slowly approached.

Examining this girl’s attire carefully, he found it looked exactly like Xiao He’s.

When he saw the shoes on this corpse, he already confirmed that the girl before him was Xiao He.

Xiao He was killed by someone.

When this conclusion emerged in his mind, he felt a chill down his spine, with a slight shiver; if Xiao He had been killed from the start, then who was the person who wrote to him?

Though this wasn’t the thing that frightened him the most.

Recalling carefully, when he first arrived, he discovered no corpses in this place, but in the blink of an eye, Xiao He’s body appeared behind him.

This means the killer killed Xiao He in this brief distance, and then dumped her behind him.

Which proves one thing, the killer was nearby.

Thinking of this brought a chill down his spine, meaning the killer could have killed him anytime but chose not to.

Suddenly, Lin Chen heard weird footsteps behind him, and in an instant, he turned around.

But found nothing behind him.

At this moment, Lin Chen appeared somewhat tense, confirmed he didn’t mishear, someone must be around.

"If you have the guts, come out! Hiding doesn’t make you a hero," Lin Chen shouted angrily.

But no one answered, only empty silence remained.

Lin Chen felt something approaching, feeling increasingly close, suddenly he spun around to look but found no one.

As he marveled at this, a sharp pain struck his head, and soon he fainted to the ground.

A dark figure stood before Lin Chen.

This figure removed the black cloth covering their face, then slowly squatted beside Lin Chen, with a mocking sneer at the corner of their mouth.

Nangong Xue tossed and turned sleeplessly in bed at night, recalling the recent events, feeling chills down the spine.

The family was already shaky, and now such a gruesome murder happened, it feared things would become even more tumultuous for the entire Nangong family.

He must quickly investigate the truth of the matter to reduce the family’s panic as much as possible, and unite to confront the external enemy.

After tossing and turning for a while, Nangong Xue suddenly heard strange sounds outside, swiftly sat up in bed, and grabbed his weapon.

But when Nangong Xue went outside, he saw no presence in the courtyard.

Nangong Xue rubbed his head, feeling intense pain—perhaps due to sleep deprivation—and then turned back inside.

As Nangong Xue approached the door, he found a note on it, and took it down.

"Go to the back mountain, there’s a clue."

This note seemed especially familiar at first glance, but he couldn’t recall who wrote it.

Nangong Xue hesitated now, uncertain whether to go to the back mountain.

Could this be a trap intentionally set by someone?

He thought for a while and decided to go.

So he pocketed the note and headed towards the back mountain.

When Nangong Xue slowly reached the back mountain, upon seeing the scene unfolding, he retreated several steps, then leaned against a large tree behind him.

Because this gruesome scene was unexpected to Nangong Xue, leaving him unable to process it, despite reasoning through the truth, he never drew close to this conclusion.

After a while, Nangong Xue regained his composure and approached the corpse.

He knew it was his closest maid, Xiao He.

For Nangong Xue, Xiao He was not just a maid, but a sister; his parents had only him, so he had no other company or care.

Though they addressed each other formally as master and servant before others, privately they always shared a sisterly bond.

Seeing his sister murdered, how could Nangong Xue bear it?

Disregarding the bloodstains on Xiao He, he fell onto her corpse, tears pouring down like rain, never has he felt such sorrow.

As Nangong Xue was steeped in sorrow, he suddenly heard another sound from ahead, calmly suppressing his grief, he walked towards the sound holding his sword.