Quick Wear: Passerby A's Counterattack Revised Plot

Just then, a woman in a maid outfit suddenly came from the end of the corridor, holding a tray with a cup of steaming tea on it.

"Who are you?" Bian Tingchu asked vigilantly.

The maid smiled and replied: "Hello, respected guest, I am a maid in the castle. How can I help you?"

Bian Tingchu pretended to be angry and said, "Guest? We are the masters here. How did you get in?"

The maid was slightly startled, then lowered her head, with a hint of panic in her voice: "I'm so sorry, Master, I'm new here. There have been a lot of people coming to the castle recently, I...I may have remembered it wrong. Please forgive my mistake."

Lin Xuan looked at the maid, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, but he immediately concealed it: "It's okay, you can go down." Lin Xuan waved his hand gently, signaling the maid to leave.

After the maid disappeared at the end of the corridor, he turned to Bian Tingchu and whispered, "She doesn't look like a real NPC. Maybe... she is another player."

Bian Tingchu heard this and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. Then he nodded and replied in a low voice: "It's possible. We should be careful. In addition to the nine of us, there are other players...

However, if she is really a player, then the maid role she plays should also give us some clues - the castle is very chaotic now, there are many people, maybe we can use this to obtain information. "

The two continued to walk along the corridor and met several seemingly busy "servants" and "maids" along the way. They were either carrying items or talking in low voices, but whenever Lin Xuan and Bian Tingchu approached, these NPCs would quickly disperse, as if deliberately avoiding contact with them.

"The reactions of these NPCs are very strange." Lin Xuan frowned, "They seem to be wary of us, but they dare not express it directly."

"Perhaps it's because of our special identities, or perhaps there are some secrets hidden in the castle that prevent them from approaching easily." Bian Tingchu speculated, "We have to speed up and find more clues."

They came to the door of a room that looked like a study, and could faintly hear the sound of someone talking inside.

Lin Xuan gently pushed open the door and saw an old man in a long robe sitting in the study, looking down at a thick book. Next to the old man stood a young child, carefully pouring tea for him.

"Excuse me, are you the owner of the castle?" Lin Xuan asked politely.

The old man raised his head, looked deeply at Lin Xuan and Bian Tingchu, and smiled slightly: "Young men, who are you? Why are you here?"

Just as Lin Xuan was about to speak, Bian Tingchu suddenly grabbed his sleeve and whispered, "Brother, let's not reveal our identities yet and see what this old man has to say."

Lin Xuan nodded and changed the topic: "We are lost travelers who accidentally broke into this castle. Excuse me, can you tell us how to leave here?"

The old man put down the book in his hand, slowly stood up, and walked to Lin Xuan and Bian Tingchu: "Leave? This is a place where it is easy to come in but difficult to leave."

"Then why are you here?" Bian Tingchu asked curiously.

The old man sighed and seemed to be lost in memory: "I am the previous owner of the castle. Because of an accident, I was trapped here. And this castle has gradually become weird as time goes by."

"Change? Can you tell me in detail?" Lin Xuan asked.

The old man nodded and began to tell the story of the castle: "A long time ago, a young noble and his sister lived in the castle. They were a happy family, but a sudden war broke the peace here.

In order to protect his sister, the noble decided to go to the battlefield, but unfortunately died on the battlefield. The sister was heartbroken and became silent from then on. She stayed in the castle all day and no longer contacted the outside world. As time went by, the castle gradually became deserted and filled with a strange atmosphere.

"That painting..." Bian Tingchu suddenly remembered the portrait on the wall, "Is the woman in the painting that sister?"

The old man nodded and said, "Yes, that painting is what she looked like when she was young. The other painting you saw is her brother, the owner of the castle."

"So the era we are in now, is it the post-war period?" Lin Xuan asked.

The old man sighed and said, "Yes, the war has been over for a long time, but the curse of the castle has never dissipated. Perhaps it is fate that has brought you here to uncover the secrets of this castle."

"Curse?" Bian Tingchu asked in surprise, "Then what should we do?"

The old man pondered for a moment and said, “I have heard that to break the curse of the castle, you must find a treasure hidden in the castle. This treasure may be an object or a person.

I don't know what this treasure is or where it is hidden. Perhaps you can continue to explore the castle and look for clues."

"Thank you for your guidance." Lin Xuan and Bian Tingchu thanked the old man and left the study.

After leaving the study, Lin Xuan and Bian Tingchu looked at each other, and Lin Xuan said, "There is a problem."

"Well, this is different from the castle plot we talked about last time." said Bian Tingchu.

"You mean, the story told by the old man is different from the game introduction we heard before?" Lin Xuan frowned, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.

Bian Tingchu nodded, his expression solemn: "That's right, the game introduction said that the whole family died in a fire, but the old man said that the nobles died on the battlefield, and the sister closed herself off because of this. These two versions are completely different, we have to be careful not to be misled."

The two continued to go deeper into the castle, taking every step very cautiously. The portraits on both sides of the corridor seemed to be watching them silently, and the air was filled with a depressing and strange atmosphere.

Suddenly, a burst of hurried footsteps came from the front, and then a woman in a gorgeous long dress appeared in front of them. Her face was exactly the same as the "sister" in the portrait in the study, but there was a bit more madness and despair in her eyes.

"Who are you? Why are you here?" the woman asked sternly, with a hint of hysteria in her voice.

Bian Tingchu said: "We are..."

The woman interrupted Bian Tingchu and said, "I don't want to hear what you are saying. Answer me, why did my appearance become similar to yours? Why... why... it's all because of you. I have less and less memory of him. Why do you bother me... you are really annoying."

The woman's sudden attack stunned both Lin Xuan and Bian Tingchu. They didn't expect that this woman who looked the same as the person in the portrait would have such a violent reaction.

Bian Tingchu quickly explained: "We don't know why you look like me. We are just travelers who accidentally entered this castle. We have no ill intentions."

Lin Xuan also agreed: "Yes, we just want to find a way to leave here, and we don't mean to disturb you."

However, the woman did not seem to believe them. Her eyes were filled with anger and despair. "You are all lying to me! It is because of you that I have become what I am now! I will make you pay the price!"

As she spoke, the woman suddenly rushed towards Lin Xuan and Bian Tingchu, stretching out her hands as if to grab their throats. Seeing this, Lin Xuan and Bian Tingchu quickly stepped back and avoided the woman's attack.

"Run!" Bian Tingchu shouted and pulled Lin Xuan to the other end of the corridor.

They passed through doors and turned corners, the sound of the woman's pursuit echoing behind them.

Finally, they came to a seemingly abandoned courtyard, surrounded by dilapidated walls and overgrown ground. Lin Xuan and Bian Tingchu stopped panting and looked back, only to see that the woman had not caught up with them.

"We are safe for now." Lin Xuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

Bian Tingchu did not relax her vigilance. She looked around and found that there seemed to be some secrets hidden in this courtyard: "This place doesn't look simple. We have to be careful."

They continued to explore the courtyard, and suddenly, Lin Xuan found a secret door hidden behind the wall. He gently pushed the secret door open, and saw a passage leading to the underground.