Gu Wanyin's words were clearly understood by Chen Sisi and Tao Jianchun.
They weren't related by blood or marriage, so it was already generous enough for someone to lend them a hand in times of trouble. They couldn't expect others to risk their lives for them.
Time flew by quickly.
The sky was growing darker.
Everyone held their breath in anticipation. Just then, the faint sound of drums and music could be heard from outside.
"The wedding ceremony is starting," Gu Wanyin said gravely.
"Should we go out now?" Dong Yue asked nervously.
"Yes," Bai Shuwen nodded and stood up. "Let's go."
What must come will come; there was no avoiding it.
If they wanted to exit this scenario, they had to go through this wedding ceremony.
Even if they kept hiding in the room, the ghosts and monsters would eventually find them.
Better to go out now and face it head-on.
The group walked out of the room and then out of the courtyard.
As it happened, a bridal sedan chair had just passed by their courtyard gate.
The sedan chair was carried by four servants from the mansion, all dressed in red and black clothes. Their faces were pale, but their cheeks were heavily rouged, just like the maid who had appeared at Gu Wanyin's door that night.
The group followed the sedan chair from a distance, arriving at the main house's entrance.
By now, the place was decorated with red silk and lanterns, with many large red "double happiness" characters pasted around.
Red candles burned brightly inside the room.
The Second Young Master stood inside, dressed in a groom's attire.
Like the servants, his face was pale with heavy rouge on his cheeks.
Upon seeing this, everyone's expressions changed.
Indeed, the Second Young Master was also dead!
The Butler standing nearby was in the same state...
He even wore an eerie smile, and instead of looking at the bridal sedan, he was staring at the group behind it.
The sedan chair stopped at the doorway. Two maids came forward to help the bride out and escorted her inside to stand with the Second Young Master.
The Butler stood to the side and called out in a shrill voice: "First bow to Heaven and Earth—"
"Second bow to the parents—"
"Husband and wife bow to each other—"
Just as the Butler finished speaking, a gust of cold wind suddenly arose.
Gu Wanyin's face changed. She immediately drew her short dagger and threw it forcefully, making it pass between the bride and groom, interrupting their bowing motion!
"What are you doing?" Tao Jianchun exclaimed in shock.
"If I'm not mistaken, their formal marriage is the first step in the Second Young Mistress reviving the Second Young Master!" Gu Wanyin said gravely. "If we truly let them complete the ceremony, I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to fight back!"
Although she successfully prevented their mutual bow, she had angered the Second Young Mistress in the process.
She yanked off the red veil covering her head and glared at Gu Wanyin with cold, hateful eyes.
"What's the use of glaring at me?" Gu Wanyin sneered. "You're a murderer. What right do you have to marry her?"
"Murderer?" The Second Young Mistress laughed bitterly. "I just wanted to be with the one I love. What's wrong with that? We grew up together, I should be the one by her side... But she didn't love me..."
She slowly walked to the Second Young Master's side, gently caressing her face, her eyes full of affection: "I love you. What does it matter if you're a woman? My love for you has never changed! But why, why isn't the one you love me, but that person who only sees you as a younger brother?"
However, the Second Young Master remained expressionless, showing no reaction.
How could a dead person respond anyway?
Gu Wanyin noticed a black vortex beginning to form in the distance.
It seemed their previous deductions were correct; the Second Young Mistress was indeed the murderer.
Now that the truth was about to be fully revealed, the exit from this scenario was opening up.
"So you killed the Elder Young Master, didn't you?" Gu Wanyin spoke up. "Originally, you just didn't want to marry the Elder Young Master, so you cried every day. But later, you accidentally discovered that the Second Young Master was actually a woman, and that she deeply loved the Elder Young Master, who wasn't related to her by blood. You became angry and jealous, so you killed the Elder Young Master."
"That's right! It's all his fault. Originally, I was betrothed to the one I loved, but he insisted on marrying me!" the Second Young Mistress said angrily. "If he hadn't insisted on marrying me, I wouldn't have been separated from my love! So I killed him, I cut his body into pieces... Hahaha..."
The Second Young Mistress's face showed a maniacal smile.
"But you didn't expect that the Second Young Master would discover your murder of the Elder Young Master," Gu Han said. "She angrily confronted you, so you killed her too."
Hearing this, the smile on the Second Young Mistress's face gradually turned to grief.
"I killed for the sake of being with her, but how could she question me like that? Why couldn't she understand my feelings? She was going to turn me in to the authorities for the sake of a man who didn't even love her. How could I bear that?"
The Second Young Mistress looked at the Second Young Master before her with eyes full of despair: "So, I had no choice but to kill her. This way, she would never leave me, she would stay by my side forever..."
"You're insane!" Chen Sisi cursed under her breath.
"But I wouldn't let her be lonely, so I poisoned the food of the Butler and all the servants. I sent them all down to accompany her!" The Second Young Mistress embraced the Second Young Master before her. "See how good I am to you?"
"Is that so?" Gu Wanyin laughed mockingly. "Killing so many people, including her - is that what you call being good?"
"If you're afraid she's lonely, why don't you go down there to accompany her yourself?" Tao Jianchun said, mustering his courage.
The Second Young Mistress seemed not to hear their words. She just held the Second Young Master, smiling sweetly: "Don't blame me. Actually, after I killed you, I regretted it deeply. So I made many efforts and finally found a way to revive you. As long as we complete the wedding ceremony and sacrifice these guests, you can come back to life..."
"Keep dreaming!" Zhuang Xiaoxia said angrily.
At this moment, Gu Wanyin saw that the black vortex had fully formed.
"The portal is open, let's go!" Gu Wanyin shouted.
Hearing this, everyone rushed towards the black vortex.
But how could the Second Young Mistress let them leave so easily?
She shouted fiercely: "Stop them!"
In an instant, a fierce wind arose, and shrill wails filled the night sky.
The servants in the mansion all revealed their ghostly forms and charged towards Gu Wanyin and the others!
"Ah!" Chen Sisi screamed.
Gu Wanyin and the others reacted quickly, each unleashing their special abilities.
Bai Shuwen activated her water ability, sending a large torrent of water rushing into the room, directly separating the Second Young Master and the Second Young Mistress who were about to complete their wedding ceremony!
"Well done!" Gu Wanyin praised while throwing out a ball of lightning.
"You... what kind of sorcery is this?" Tao Jianchun asked in amazement.
