Escape

  In the last chapter, I heard some faint noises in the middle of the night and hid on the handrail of the stairs. I saw six people whispering to each other in the living room downstairs, and suspected that the sixth person was the woman in red.

  This speculation also has some basis, after all, if the southeast northwest is not lying, only Hong Yiniang can quietly appear in this strange place.

  However, this idea was soon overturned. The six figures could be identified in the faint red sunlight of dawn. On the left was a thin and small figure who was "Hao Tou". On the right were four people standing neatly in a row, Dong Nan Xi Bei. There was also one person standing diagonally in front of them, about 1.87 meters tall, with a body that wasn't as wide as theirs but looked sturdy, definitely not the silhouette of a woman.

  They were also on guard against me lying upstairs, speaking in a very low voice, or not speaking at all, because I was crouching behind the stairs, and I could hardly hear the faint voices just now, quietly only hearing my own heartbeat.

  This made me somewhat flustered, wondering if they had discovered that I was following them. The six people's motionless and silent silhouettes made my heart feel hairy.

  In an instant, the sixth figure vanished into thin air. I was so startled that my hands tightened around the railing. Suddenly, I felt something soft and fluffy touch my shoulder, and my heart skipped a beat, almost jumping out of my throat. Could it be the sixth person who just disappeared?

  "Gu Gu, what's wrong with you? I'm calling out to you, why aren't you turning around? What are you squatting here for, huh?" Upon hearing Lili's sweet and sticky voice, I directly collapsed.

  Heart says, not good. At this time, all the lights in the house were on, and when I turned my head, I saw that Dongnan Xibei and "Houtou" were all staring here, with sunglasses on their faces, looking serious.

  "I got up at night and my earrings fell off. Let's look for them here." With that, she didn't care about their reaction and dragged Lili into the room.

  "But, Egrets..."

  "Shh... Lili, go back and say." I said softly.

  Returning to the room, Lǐ Lǐ sat on the edge of the bed, looking at me in confusion and said: "Liǔ Liǒu, you don't have earrings, and... not even pierced ears..."

  I deliberately revealed some flaws, thinking that they would also raise doubts like Lili, so at least there was still a 50% chance that they didn't cheat me for the past three days. But now, they clearly know I'm eavesdropping and don't expose me, this intention... Originally, I had already trusted them more or less, but now this trust has gone up in flames.

  "Oh, I just saw them having a small meeting, afraid of stabbing me in the back, so I sneaked a listen, didn't expect to be discovered." I looked at Lili with a somewhat complicated expression.

  Li Li smiled with a knowing look and said: "But your reason is also too lame, haha."

  Now I feel that being on guard against others is the most tiring state of mind.

  "Li Li, want to go back?" After a long time of contemplation, it's better to leave quickly.

  Li Li seemed to be thinking seriously as well, and nodded only after a moment. Had she already sensed the strangeness of this place?

  According to my observations over the past three days, the earliest riser is "Huo Tou". Fortunately, he's weak and thin, so even if I encounter him, knocking him out would be easy. The others usually sleep until noon before waking up, as long as I time it well, I can avoid them. As for whether that sixth person has left or not, there's no choice but to take a gamble.

  I calculated while tidying up my luggage. There were canvas bags in the kitchen, which I had brought over with some non-perishable biscuits two days ago. I prepared two sets of rope, blankets, biscuits and water that I found in the warehouse. After modifying the canvas bag, it can be carried on my back.

  Li Li turned his back to me, and put the canvas bag on his back. I took advantage of the opportunity to quickly put the copper mirror and the hundred ghost bag into the inner pocket of my coat, buttoned it up, and pulled the coat tight. There was also the "partner head" dagger that had been hidden in the mattress, took it out, wrapped it in cloth, and tied it to the root of my thigh.

  Everything is ready, I will distribute the masks to Lili, which were made from bed sheets two days ago. It's foggy outside, having a mask can still block it a bit if you get it wet.

  With the experience from last time, I know that the gate can't be opened from inside at night, at least I couldn't.

  I and Lili tiptoed out of the room, the doors to the east, south, west, and north were all closed tightly, and we could still hear the sound of snores of varying lengths. We hid in the same place where we eavesdropped last night, and saw that "Hao Tou" was indeed already awake, busily preparing breakfast.

  I gave Lili a wink, and she followed me down the stairs quickly. At this time, "Hao Tou" just entered the kitchen. We quickly hid on the other side of the stairs, just as we crouched down, "Hao Tou" came out of the kitchen with several boiled eggs.

  "Ho Tou" turned his back on us and started peeling hard-boiled eggs, as if he was going to peel them clean to make tea leaf eggs.

  Was it heaven helping me? A burst of joy in my heart, I quickly and quietly made my way over, standing behind "Hao Tou", pulling out a dagger, gripping the hilt, reversing it to heavily strike the base of "Hao Tou"'s neck with the knife handle. He fainted once again. It's just like they do in TV dramas, really effective, but I'm sorry to "Hao Tou" for knocking him unconscious three times.

  I beckoned to Lili and took those few eggs with me as I left.

  Suddenly felt a gaze behind him, "hiss" turned around, no one. Should be guilty conscience, overthinking.

  I took a glance at the time, 6:30, it shouldn't be considered late yet. I and Lǐ Lǐ came to the entrance together, turned the door handle, and opened it. The scene outside the door was just like looking out from the window, with the nearby area being misty, and in the distance, it seemed like a black hole that swallowed all light.

  As soon as I went out, I took out the rope from my bag and tied the door handle outside to a pillar.

  Everything was done, and holding Liri's hand, they walked in a direction into the fog.

  At first, it didn't seem like anything, just a foggy day in peacetime, couldn't see anything clearly. But the deeper I walked, the thicker the fog got, the less light there was, until finally, it was pitch black, and I couldn't even see my own body.

  The road became increasingly flat as I walked, and the sensation underfoot changed, no longer feeling like the dirt path it was at first.

  "Herons?"

  "Huh?"

  "It's so dark, I can't see you anymore." Liri's voice trembled slightly.

  "Don't be afraid, just hold on tight." As I said that, I squeezed Lili a bit harder, so she could feel my presence more.

  "Hmm." Lili also pinched me hard.

  。。。。。。

  Dressed neatly from head to toe, he walked down the stairs and said to his partner who had been pretending to be unconscious: "Stop faking it, let's get down to business."

  He sprang up at once, refreshed and invigorated, without a trace of being dazed.

  The five of them were ready to go out, but surprisingly found that the door couldn't be opened. They suddenly panicked and secretly blamed themselves for talking too much, telling Lao Hu only that as long as the outside was tied up, they wouldn't be able to get out from the inside.

  Something big is going to happen...

  Dong glared at him with an ugly expression and turned his head, looking towards the "sixth person" leaning on the handrail of the stairs.

  "The Sixth Person" shook his head and disappeared with a "whoosh". Dong and the others only slightly relaxed afterwards.