Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief, but soon became worried again.
The direction where that thing disappeared... was Xiaoyin's room!
It should be outside Xiaoyin's window now.
I have no idea what it is or what it wants to do.
However, Xiaoyin is in danger!
Without even putting on any clothes, Xiaolan turned around and rushed out of the room, banging on Xiaoyin's door.
"Sister Xiaoyin! Xiaoyin!"
No one answered inside.
"Xiaoyin, are you in there? Wake up! Sister Xiaoyin!..."
Xiaolan stopped and leaned on the door to listen carefully. There was dead silence in the door, not even the usual sleep talking.
Xiaolan felt her fingertips trembling.
"Xiaoyin! Xiao..."
Diagonally behind, there was suddenly a sound of rushing water.
"Wow..."
"Wow, wow, wow..."
"Squeak-click!"
The white light behind him appeared and disappeared.
"Xiaolan?" Xiaoyin was drowsy, squinting her eyes and shaking the water in her hand, "What are you doing at my door?"
"You... why did you go to the public restroom?" Xiaolan wiped her forehead, "Don't they all have washrooms?"
Xiaoyin slowly woke up, took out the key from her pocket and opened the door, "My toilet is out of water. I don't know what's going on. What are you doing here in the middle of the night? Are you having a nightmare?"
The lights in Xiaoyin's house were also on. As soon as she entered the door, Xiaolan rushed to the window and opened the curtains.
Nothing.
"What's wrong with you?" Xiaoyin came over and held Xiaolan's shoulders, "What are you dreaming about?"
Xiaoyin has already acquiesced that this child is indeed having a nightmare.
"I saw a..." Xiaolan tried her best to speak, "a dead person."
"Dream about a bad person?" Xiaoyin analyzed carefully, "Dream about a fool?"
Xiaolan shook her head, "Dream... No, I saw a man with a rotten face jumping away from my window. He should be near your window now."
"Didn't the old man say there are monsters around?" Xiaoyin yawned and waved her hands, "Are you still afraid of this?"
Rather than being afraid of the thing itself, I may be more afraid that it will hurt my companions.
"Sister Xiaoyin, I want to sleep with you tonight." Xiaolan coquettishly said.
Xiaoyin looked very understanding, winked coquettishly, and hugged Xiaolan.
"Come on, come on, come to sister Xiaoyin's arms, I told you earlier..."
Xiaolan obediently hugged Xiaoyin's waist, and the two curled up on the bed. After a while, the rise and fall of Xiaoyin's chest stabilized.
That's definitely not a monster.
Although it was already in bad shape, Xiaolan knew that it was definitely a human being.
Xiaoyin's babble was like a lullaby. Listening to the vague pronunciations she uttered from time to time, Xiaolan's brain gradually became confused.
When they woke up again, the morning light was like a thin veil, covering the two of them.
It's dawn.
It seemed like nothing else happened last night.
Xiaoyin rubbed her eyes and looked at the sunshine outside the window angrily, as if she was still angry that the sun had woken her up.
"What time is it?" She scratched her messy hair.
The hanging clock was facing the bed. Xiaolan looked at it and quickly lifted the quilt, "It's half past eight. It's almost breakfast time."
While washing up quickly, Xiaolan could still hear the crackling sound coming from the next door. Xiaolan couldn't help but think to herself that it looked like Lao Luo had gotten up late too. She didn't expect that he would also have a reckless side.
After the two finished cleaning up, they opened the door with a creak and the sound of the door opening next door sounded almost at the same time.
The tall figure who walked out... was Luo Jiutian?
The three of them were stunned for a moment.
"What? You were so scared that you went to find your father in the middle of the night?" Xiaoyin joked.
"Are you kidding?" Luo Jiutian scratched his head, "Why are you in my dad's room?"
"Who is in your father's room?..."
Just as Xiaoyin finished muttering back, the three of them realized something was wrong.
"This...this, why are there two rooms next to it?!" Luo Jiutian pointed to the end of the corridor and exclaimed.
"What do you mean?..." Xiaolan ran a few steps and stood at the door of Luo Jiutian's house, looking inside.
No one.
"Is this your room?" Xiaolan asked.
Luo Jiutian looked at the three rooms next to each other in disbelief.
Last night, between the rooms of Xiaoyin and Luo Jiutian, there was Lao Luo.
Today, the two rooms are next to each other.
Hearing the noise in the corridor, the doors of other rooms also opened.
"What's wrong?" Jasmine, who was farthest away from them, ran over first.
The Taoist priest and the fool followed closely behind.
Luo Jiutian didn't answer. He turned around and ran to the other door and started knocking hard.
Bai Su looked around with a wary face, and walked out with confidence after seeing Xiaolan and Jasmine.
Baomu was woken up by the sound of banging on the door, and he was still yawning when he came out.
The doors to all rooms were opened at this time.
However, Lao Luo disappeared.
"There were clearly nine rooms last night!" Jasmine was shocked, "Now...now..."
"There are only eight rooms now." The Taoist Master said calmly.
It's like, there were eight rooms at the beginning.
Lao Luo's room seemed to have never appeared before, and both the person and the room disappeared together.
Jasmine was extremely flustered.
This is Vice President Luo, Director Luo, and one of the core members of the association.
But Luo Jiutian looked much calmer.
"I know," Luo Jiutian's eyes became unusually determined, "My father must have discovered some clues and didn't have time to tell us, so he went to investigate first."
The others were silent for a few seconds.
I don’t know whether to talk about it or not.
Finally, Xiaoyin mumbled and spoke, "You...how are you so sure?"
"I know my dad. He will never disappear for nothing. He must have his reasons."
"What if..." Baomu blurted out and finally closed his mouth.
"There's no chance," Luo Jiutian said more and more confidently, and the previous panic was gone. "You may not know my dad very well. This kind of place... will never happen."
After listening to Luo Jiutian's words, Jasmine thought for a moment and soon relaxed.
"Brother Jiutian makes sense."
Eh? Did you accept this statement so quickly?
There's really no need... to be more nervous?
"Uncle Luo..." Jasmine opened her mouth and smiled again, "Indeed, our worries are a bit unnecessary. As long as Panlongchi is here, nothing will happen to Uncle Luo."
Seeing that these two close relatives had such an attitude, although they were confused, the others felt a little calmer.
"Nine rooms directly turned into eight rooms," the fool crossed his arms on his chest, "Did anyone hear anything last night?"
Upon hearing this, the knocking on the door incident last night came back to Xiaolan's mind.
Speaking of which, it was possible that Lao Luo appeared in front of them last.
Xiaolan quickly told everyone what happened.
"There was a knock on the door in both of your rooms," Jasmine looked at the two of them, and after getting a look of confirmation, she continued, "Where's Uncle Luo, didn't he hear it?"
The two shook their heads, and Xiaolan felt a chill in her stomach.
"Then why did you stop at Uncle Luo's place?" Jasmine raised her chin and frowned.
The title of this chapter is wrong, it’s one hundred and sixty-five!