He woke up a lot of ideas when he heard what Dennis said. Based on the conversations and expressions of these three NPCs just now, he instantly thought of seventeen or eighteen hypotheses for homicide...

"Putting aside which wife gave birth to you, judging from your age, your father should be in his sixties or seventies, but your stepmother is quite young..." Feng Bujue thought to himself, "That 'Dr. Powell' is the family doctor here, right... It seems your old man's health isn't too good. Only five minutes after entering the house, the foreshadowing of a locked-room murder and inheritance dispute is already hitting me in the face. Butlers, gardeners, maids... are either potential suspects or eyewitnesses, right..."

"Young master, the guest room is ready." At this moment, a burly, red-haired woman came to the hall and spoke to Dennis, nodding to the other two ladies at the same time.

"Mr. Feng, I think you must be exhausted. Why don't you go to the guest room with Oliver first?" Dennis said, "All the guest rooms here have bathrooms. You can take a bath and rest. If you think of a way to contact your family, or if you have any other requests, you can ask Henderson for help. Just treat this as your own home and don't be polite." He paused for a moment, "Please forgive me for having some trivial matters to deal with and not being able to accompany you..."

"Not at all, I'm the one bothering you." Feng Bujue quickly replied, "Thank you for everything you've done for me."

After a few pleasantries, Feng Bujue said goodbye to the three hosts and followed the maid into a corridor on the first floor. Before long, they arrived at a guest room on the west side of the villa.

After leading him there, Aunt Oliver went off to do other things.

Feng Bujue remained vigilant the whole time. After closing the door, the first thing he did was search the entire guest room. After confirming the safety of the area, he breathed a sigh of relief and lay down on the soft bed, facing upwards.

"Phew... finally, I can breathe." He whispered to himself.

For Feng Bujue, putting on a refined, humble, and polite appearance wasn't difficult, just tiring...

"Okay, let's take a look at the tasks first." He immediately opened the game menu to check.

[Find and reach the Lovecraft family's mansion in the valley] had already been checked off. The next task was: [Stay in the villa and wait for the case to happen]

"Hmm... what a great task." Feng Bujue smiled, "In other words, I don't have to do anything."

He rested for about half an hour, organizing the known information in his mind while lying on the bed. Then, he sat up and looked at the clean clothes on the table, saying, "Speaking of which... how am I supposed to change clothes..." This was indeed a problem, as the game didn't allow him to strip naked.

"Can I only get away with the excuse 'I was too tired and fell asleep on the bed, so I didn't take a bath'..." Even Feng Bujue himself found this excuse as far-fetched as a "mild concussion."

He thought for a while longer and muttered, "Hmm... I can take off the suit jacket, but not the trousers and shirt... or I could take off the jacket, roll up my trouser legs, clean myself up a bit with water, and then put on this clean jacket." This method seemed a bit more reliable than the previous one.

With that thought in mind, he reached out to take the clean suit, but triggered a system notification: [Consuming this item will reset your appearance]

Along with the voice, a window popped up in front of him, which read: [Consume immediately?]

"Ho~ is this the legendary one-button dressing?" Feng Bujue hesitated for a few seconds before selecting [Yes].

In an instant, a flash of white light appeared, and he was completely renewed. Not only had his clothes been changed to the clean suit and trousers, but the dirt on his skin and the sweat on his body had also disappeared. The dirty clothes he had been wearing appeared on the table, neatly folded.

"That's really convenient..." Feng Bujue said, "So... what to do now... go peep at the third mistress taking a bath..."

Beep beep beep—

The sound of a car horn interrupted his thoughts.

At the sound, Feng Bujue took two steps at a time to get to the window, slightly pulled back the curtain, and looked out in the direction of the sound.

His guest room happened to have a diagonal view of the front door of the villa. At this moment, he saw an off-road jeep drive up to the villa, and a man in a black leather jacket got out of the car.

The man was about 1.8 meters tall, in his early thirties, with blond hair, a cigarette in his mouth, permed hair, and sunglasses, giving him a bit of a biker gang vibe, except he wasn't riding a motorcycle.

"Haha! Henderson! Old buddy, how are you?" As soon as he saw the old butler, he stepped forward and gave him a bear hug.

"Hehe... Young Master Jack, welcome back." Henderson greeted him with a smile.

Jack was straightforward. Without even taking out the car keys, he casually slung a travel bag from the back seat of the jeep over his shoulder and went into the house.

"This guy is Dennis's brother, right..." Feng Bujue thought to himself, "Judging by his age, he definitely wasn't born to Odette... I wonder if he and Dennis are full brothers or half-brothers." He left the window, sat back on the bed, and pondered, "Speaking of which... the current third wife looks no more than thirty-five years old. No matter how you calculate it, she must be about thirty years younger than the old man. Unless she married into the Lovecraft family ten years ago, it's basically impossible for her to have children..."

Bang—

Suddenly, without any warning, a rather loud gunshot rang out, sounding like it came from somewhere on the second floor.

"Hmm... so they're making their move already, very good." Feng Bujue's reaction to the gunshot was different from that of a normal person...

He sighed first, then stood up and stretched. Then, with a calm expression, he walked out of the room and calmly headed in the direction of the sound.

Back in school, whenever he heard the announcement "Feng Bujue, please report to the principal's office (or the disciplinary office) immediately," that was the reaction. It was like... I know something bad is about to happen or has already happened, but I'll still handle it calmly.

As he walked through the corridor to the stairs, Feng Bujue happened to meet Henderson, the butler, running in from the front door. The old man had heard the gunshot outside and hurried back.

"It seems to be on the second floor." Feng Bujue pointed calmly upwards, telling Henderson, "It came from that direction."

"Oh! God!" Henderson exclaimed, "It's the master's room!" As he spoke, he ran up the stairs.

Feng Bujue didn't notice anything unreasonable or unusual in the other party's actions. So, he followed Henderson silently and ran upstairs together.