Mystery Novel: ℬ𝓁𝒾𝓏𝓏𝒶𝓇𝒹 ℳ𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇 (Blizzard Manor) EP4

Chen Mo's fingers tightened. Outside, night had fully fallen, and snowflakes swirled in the beams of the streetlights, descending from the sky like countless white knots. "Old Zhou," he heard himself say, "it seems we have no choice but to go." --- Chapter Two: The First Corpse The shuttle was a black van, the driver wore sunglasses and remained silent the entire time. Chen Mo was the last to board, and five people were already seated inside – Lin Jing sat by the window, a notebook open before her, and looked up to give him a slight nod; Old Zhou was huddled in the back row, his hat brim pulled low, as if hungover; Fang Guodong sat directly behind the driver, posture straight, arms crossed, his eyes constantly scanning the window; Shen Yuehua, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, was reading a medical journal; Xu Ziqian sat in the front row, a laptop on his lap, its screen displaying constantly moving data charts. The van drove for three hours, ascending along winding mountain roads. After exceeding an altitude of two thousand meters, snow began to accumulate by the roadside, and the coniferous forest was covered in white, leaving only gray and white in the field of vision. For the last hour of the journey, they encountered no oncoming traffic, nor did they see any villages or shops. Snowflake Manor appeared after a turn. (To be continued) [Two episodes are published each time. If you're interested, feel free to check out the previous episodes!] 👇🏻Here's how to view them: Click on the profile picture → Enter the personal page → Game Ecosystem Activities → Click ✅ to see my posts~