Shopkeeper Feng poured Li Banfeng a cup of tea. After pondering in silence for a long while, he said, "I can't say for sure what's inside this gramophone. A merchant from Greenwater Bay sold it to me.0

"He asked for one hundred and eighty thousand. I examined the gramophone carefully. I verified that the brand was authentic, the craftsmanship was solid, and the condition was nearly new. It was worth the price, so I didn't bargain and bought it from him. However, within less than three days of it being at my home, trouble struck.0

"When I tried to track that merchant down, I discovered that he had already left Medicine King Gully. Since most residents of Greenwater Bay are wealthy, it was easy to ask friends there to look into him. I later learned that he had once belonged to a moderately wealthy family in Greenwater Bay. After attaching himself to the Lu Family, he managed to profit from several successful business deals. With his newfound wealth, he purchased a large mansion. However, on the very day he moved in, more than a dozen members of his family died under mysterious circumstances.0

"I suspected that this was connected to the gramophone, but I found no proof. Even if I had, it would have been useless. If I had realized the gramophone was strange before agreeing to the purchase, I would have told him to get the fuck out. Unfortunately, the deal was already sealed, and nothing I said afterward could change that. In the end, I could only blame myself for having...0