Otherworldly Desert Dust-Chapter 334 - 289: Villa Flower Thief

The sky was dim, and the wind brought moist air into Qiming Villa.

In the villa, a woman was tied up and about to be thrown off the cliff. She complained angrily, but it was unclear what language she was speaking in, as if she were possessed by a demon.

"Wait a moment, wait a moment." A man in a straw coat rushed over from the rain and stopped these barbaric actions by the villa people.

"She is possessed by evil, and must be executed," several men in white clothing from the villa said.

"Even if she is possessed, we need to carefully verify it. What if there’s still a chance for recovery? We would harm an innocent life for no reason, which would damage our moral righteousness," the man in the straw coat earnestly said.

"Does Young Master Lu have any clever methods?" the manor owner approached and asked.

"Sigh, since I’ve helped you catch the rapist, I might as well perform an exorcism for you. If she still cannot be revived, then you can throw her into the cliff," Wu Hen said as he removed his straw hat and walked towards the bound woman.

The woman’s eyes were angry, and she felt indignation as she watched Wu Hen approach cautiously.

It was already the third month of their swift and decisive missions. Wu Hen and Ruan Muhuan had gained some fame in the nearby area, and even had considerable prestige in Prefecture City, gradually having people seek their services.

These past few days, a manor owner had specifically invited them as guests. After three rounds of drinks, the manor owner spoke helplessly of his situation, hoping the couple could help catch the rapist.

The rapist was caught.

It turned out to be a young and robust servant of the villa, who had developed feelings for the manor owner’s daughter.

To end up as a couple, the two staged a play. The daughter, unafraid of disgracing her name, allowed the servant to enter her room at night, creating the illusion of the rapist’s intrusion.

Once her reputation was ruined, it was only natural for the daughter to propose marriage to the lowly servant, as the manor owner who cared about matching social status would never allow a mere servant to marry into their villa.

The plan was good, but unfortunately, they encountered the detective Wu Hen. Discover more content at novelbuddy

By using Spiritual Vision to observe the expressions of the villa’s daughter, Wu Hen knew she was lying. Upon examining the crime scene, he determined that the crime was an inside job…

The rapist was caught, but Wu Hen didn’t reveal it publicly and instead informed the seemingly reasonable manor owner.

Realizing his daughter was willing to forsake even her reputation to marry the servant, the manor owner, after much deliberation, accepted the situation and planned to hire a martial master to teach the servant martial arts, preparing him as a future son-in-law.

The matter seemed to have been resolved satisfactorily, but just when they were about to leave the villa, a woman in the villa became possessed by evil!

Coincidentally, this woman appeared to be the servant’s sister.

"Wumeng Mountain beyond mountains…"

"Moonlight sprinkles on Xiangshui Beach?" the possessed woman widened her eyes, looking at Wu Hen who approached to give the password.

Instantly, respect filled their clear gazes.

"Your identity has been exposed. Now, you either quit directly or listen to me and do as I say," Wu Hen whispered to the servant’s sister.

"Mmm, mmm," the woman nodded.

"Your name is Qiu Cui, the sister of Qiu Shang," Wu Hen said.

"No, that’s not it. My name is Li Qiuhua!" the woman vigorously shook her head.

"Sister, you need to adapt to your current identity. No matter what you’re called back home, here you need to first confirm your identity to avoid being directly executed as a possessed person!" Wu Hen urged.

Clearly, she was a novice.

Everyone who stepped into the True Martial World from their homeland had to first acknowledge their host identity. Once identified as an "Awakener," there would certainly be no good end.

Clearly, this girl was too naive.

"I know, big brother, I understand what you’re saying. But the truth is, here I’m called Li Qiuhua. After I awoke, I checked my room, saw my identity card, and some items left by my parents. Here I’m called that, but I don’t know why they insist on saying my name is Qiu Cui, a servant girl of this villa," the woman argued fervently.

Wu Hen frowned.

How the situation had become complicated.

"Qiu Shang, does your sister have another name? Could she be adopted?" Wu Hen stood up and asked the "rapist."

"No, we’ve grown up together since we were little, and we are blood-related siblings. Her name is Qiu Cui. Just the day before yesterday, she started acting strangely, not even knowing who she is or what her name is. I informed the housekeeper, and they said she was possessed by evil, so they tied her up to observe for two days. But when asked, she couldn’t answer anything and even used some strange language," Qiu Shang explained helplessly.

Wu Hen nodded and asked Qiu Shang to step back.

Ruan Muhuan also watched quietly without inquiring.

This was a minor episode beyond their expected affairs, and Ruan Muhuan, knowing Lu Yun was inherently kind-hearted and liked to help others, did not say much.

"This is strange," Wu Hen murmured, stroking his chin, pondering where the problem lay.

This compatriot, clearly convinced her identity was "Li Qiuhua," even had evidence.

But everyone around was saying her name was "Qiu Cui".

"When did you awaken? Was there anything unusual when you awoke?" Wu Hen inquired.

"Just these few days. Nothing unusual, it’s just that the person was clearly in the room but was soaked through, probably the original host had caught a cold and it messed up their brain." The woman spoke.

The woman’s words reminded Wu Hen.

Since he could awaken, it meant that the original host had gotten lost.

But why had they gotten lost?

A cold and fever, a serious illness, this indeed could lead to getting lost, and it also fit the precondition for transmigrators entering.

But why did it all seem a bit suspicious?

And it just had to be the rapist’s sister?

"What kind of work do you usually do with this identity?" Wu Hen asked.

"I work in the woodshed."

"That’s not right. Someone working in the woodshed wouldn’t run out in the rain, and it’s even less likely for them to be damp inside..." Wu Hen immediately caught onto something.

"Exactly, I don’t know what the host did before I woke up, and now I don’t even know what to do. You know, virtual helmets are very expensive, and I had saved for a month. If I can’t get anything valuable to take back, I won’t be able to afford food," the woman said.

Her tone was like that of a female college student working while studying, who had done her homework and come to venture carefully, only to be exposed right from the start, which made her quite indignant and aggrieved.

"When you woke up, did you feel any discomfort, physically?" Wu Hen continued to inquire.

"Vomiting, uncomfortable in my nasal passages, and breathing was difficult. It felt like the discomfort of struggling out of a fish pond after drowning, but I’ve heard that customer version helmets can do this," the woman said.

"It’s not so exaggerated; it only causes temporary dizziness, or even no physical reaction for some people... I feel like it’s not caused by the helmet; it more likely that you actually drowned." Wu Hen furrowed his brows.

This matter seemed more and more troublesome!

"Ah? Then I’m clueless too, what should I do, kind-hearted big brother, please help me." The woman pleaded.

"Us compatriots should help each other, definitely, and I would at least take you away, not letting you get thrown down the cliffs, that would be too cruel... But I feel like there’s more to this matter at the villa, just bear with it a bit longer while I investigate further," Wu Hen said.

"Okay, okay, thank you, big brother!" The woman nodded repeatedly.

Wu Hen left the bamboo cage and walked toward Ruan Muhuan.

Ruan Muhuan watched Wu Hen quietly, waiting for him to speak.

"We might have simplified things too much," Wu Hen expressed.

"Is there more to it?" Ruan Muhuan asked in surprise.

"Yeah, the rain outside is heavy, and we can’t return to Prefecture City for a while, so why don’t we stay overnight at the villa?" Wu Hen said.

"Following your lead."

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Wu Hen had someone lead the horses back to the stables and explained his intentions to stay overnight to the manor owner.

The manor owner was more than happy to have them stay; he would treat them with good wine and good food, as a man of honor, the manor owner was eager to make friends, especially since Wu Hen was the young master from Ya City, about whom he had heard quite a bit.

"Near the woodshed, is there a deep well?" Wu Hen inquired.

"There is," one of the woodshed workers replied.

"Take me to see it," Wu Hen told the woodshed worker.

Upon arriving at the woodshed, Wu Hen found the deep well.

The well was nailed shut with wood, apparently no longer in use, but there was a gap between the wood, large enough for a person to squeeze through.

Wu Hen, unbothered by tight spaces, crawled into the well opening and then activated his Spiritual Vision to look into the water.

It was pitch black below, but Wu Hen could faintly make out a button in the well water.

After retrieving the button, Wu Hen examined it and remembered catching the rapist Qiu Shang, whose clothes were fastened with a hemp rope. Everything then became clear.

"It was almost a significant mistake, thinking this was a lover’s success story; it turned out all to be a set-up!" Wu Hen said indignantly.

Back at the woodshed, Wu Hen used his Spiritual Vision again and found more compelling evidence, then he returned to the villa hall.

In the hall, the manor owner had prepared a feast to entertain Wu Hen and Ruan Muhuan.

To show off his generosity, the manor owner unexpectedly allowed the "rapist son-in-law" to join the table; clean and tidied up in silk clothes, his entire demeanor was transformed, no longer the ragtag worker, but somewhat resembling a young master.

This grooming had also pleased the manor owner and the young lady of the villa; it seemed that despite his humble origins, the worker could still be presentable.

"Manor owner, please forgive my bluntness, but this prospective son-in-law of yours may not be such a decent man," Wu Hen bluntly stated.

"My lady, since things have come to this point, there’s no need for..." the daughter of the manor owner immediately interjected.

Yet, Wu Hen was firm, tossing a very crude button in front of the prospective son-in-law, and coldly said, "To stuff your original spouse into the well water and drown her, you’ve done such a beastly deed, how dare you sit here in bright and shiny clothes and drink with us?"