The empty room in the village chief's house was neither big nor small. It was originally meant for the village chief's son, but when the son went to the city for school, the village chief added a bed and turned it into a guest room.

On this cool autumn night, when the wind blew, the wooden windows of the room made a creaking sound. Yu Xing simply closed the window and sat on the bed.

He had just told Carlos the clues and got what he wanted, so the magician with some strange actions left.

He was able to rest in the room.

The room was simply furnished, and there was basically nothing suspicious. He casually investigated for a while and finished his work. There was nothing else to do.

His gaze shifted to his backpack placed by the bed.

Just then, the door was opened, and Xiao Xuechen walked in with a hint of restraint. With the dim moonlight shining through the window glass, Xiao Xuechen could see the silhouette of Yu Xing.

Although they had explored the ancestral hall together and were familiar with each other, she was still a girl and felt a bit uncomfortable sleeping in the same room as a man. She hesitated for a while in place before walking over. "San."

"Hmm?" Yu Xing was organizing his backpack. Since entering the game, it was the first time he had looked at what was inside the bag.

In addition to the easel and other painting tools, there were notebooks, water, and some simple snacks inside. Especially at the bottom of the backpack, a faint glimmer of metal was revealed.

Was it a dagger?

Yu Xing held the handle and pulled it out.

Sure enough, it was a dagger. Although it was made of ordinary material, the blade was very sharp. Even a slight scratch on the skin would cause injury.

He searched his memory and found that he bought this dagger in the small town near Guanjia Village after getting off the plane.

"I just reminded Wei Gong," Xiao Xuechen saw that Yu Xing seemed to have put something under the pillow and didn't ask much. "Ju Lan was also there at the time. Wei Gong said he would inform Xu Hong and Xu Yuan to be careful at night."

"How are their rooms assigned?" Yu Xing didn't pay much attention to this.

"Ju Lan and Carlos live together, Wei Gong and the two brothers live together. But when I went, the two brothers were still outside and hadn't returned to their rooms." After saying a few words, Xiao Xuechen gradually relaxed. She also packed up her things and asked, "If we can't let anyone in tonight and we can't go out, should we move something to block the door?"

Yu Xing shook his head slightly. "No need, just latch the door. It's better if we don't move anything in this room."

"Oh, I'll listen to you." Although she didn't know why, Xiao Xuechen decided to listen to the boss.

The two of them lingered for a while and then lay down on their respective beds.

Yu Xing's bed was by the window. The bed board was hard and made of wood. It hadn't been well maintained and had signs of insect damage on both sides.

After observing for a while, Yu Xing pressed the pillow with his hand and then felt under the pillow. His dagger was placed there, and he could easily draw it out with a reach of his hand.

Confirming this, Yu Xing closed his eyes, covered himself with the cold blanket, found a comfortable position, and fell asleep at ease.

Sleeping around 9:30 was a bit early, but for Yu Xing, anytime he felt tired was a good time to sleep.

Moreover, he estimated that he wouldn't be able to sleep well after midnight, so he had to take this opportunity to rest and recharge, otherwise his body wouldn't hold up.

Xiao Xuechen played with her phone for a while, then turned her head and saw that the person across the aisle was already lying down and sleeping. In the silence, she could faintly hear the other person's steady breathing. He hadn't taken off his clothes, probably to deal with unexpected situations and take care of her, and the thin old blanket covered a corner of his abdomen, making him look somewhat obedient.

With nothing to do, she stared at Yu Xing for a while, half-dazed and half-admiring. Then she took off her jacket outside her T-shirt and covered herself with the blanket.

Originally, she was still muttering to herself that Yu Xing fell asleep too quickly, as if he didn't worry at all about what might happen at night. But unexpectedly, perhaps influenced by the person in the same room, she also quickly felt sleepy.

...

"Knock, knock, knock."

Who is it?

Yu Xing heard a noise in a daze, furrowing his brows slightly and turning over.

"Knock, knock, knock, knock."

Who dares to disturb his sleep?

Unconsciously, he buried half of his face in the pillow, but unfortunately, it couldn't block the continuous noise.

His slender fingers with distinct joints groped around the edge of the pillow for a while, and soon found a cold object. In an instant, Yu Xing opened his eyes, and in just a second, he shook off his confusion and remembered his current situation.

Hmm, he was in the deduction game...

"Knock, knock, knock..."

The knocking sound exploded in his ears. It had to be said that the person knocking on the door was aiming to wake up the sleeping person.

"San, are you awake?" Xiao Xuechen's voice came from the other side, speaking softly, as if suppressing her voice. Yu Xing responded with a lazy "Hmm" and sat up. He saw that she was probably awake a little earlier than him, her curly hair was well-behaved, and one leg was on the ground, showing a sense of alertness between her eyebrows.

He reached out and grabbed the hair that was sticking up on his head, yawned, and opened his phone to check the time.

12:03.

Sure enough, right on time. They were really diligent.

He coldly stared at the vibrating door, his voice sounding a bit hoarse due to just waking up. He raised his voice lazily and asked, "Who is it?"

Xiao Xuechen held her breath, waiting for a response from outside.

The knocking sound abruptly stopped.In the unsettling silence, Yu Xing stretched lazily, "If there's no one, I'll go back to sleep. Let's talk about it during the day. I'm so tired~"

"I'm looking for that girl..." Upon hearing him say this, there was finally a response from outside. Xiao Xuechen's arm suddenly broke out in goosebumps. Sure enough, it was the voice of that woman!

Damn it, she came specifically to find me. Does she really think I'm an easy target?

She snorted coldly, unwilling to show weakness, and spoke in a polite tone that made it hard to find fault, "Auntie, what's the matter? It's late, young people need to sleep. You should rest early and take care of yourself."

Yu Xing chuckled lightly.

"Girl, it's cold. I'm afraid you'll catch a cold. I want to give you a thicker blanket. I've already brought it for you. Just open the door." The woman's voice was kind, but in the situation they already understood, it sounded eerie.

"No need, Auntie. I'm not cold, just tired. You can go back. You can use the thick blanket yourself. I want to sleep." Xiao Xuechen heard that the woman seemed unable to barge in, so she became more confident.

"... " The person outside seemed to be silent for a moment.

"Girl, it's better to use a thicker blanket when living with a boy." After a few seconds, the woman persisted.

Yu Xing: ?

What does she mean?

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He got out of bed, put on his shoes, and walked to the door while Xiao Xuechen whispered, "What are you doing?" The woman continued to persuade, "Also, young man, think about it. It's not good for your female companion to catch a cold. Why don't you open the door..."

"Knock, knock." Yu Xing curled his fingers and knocked twice on the wooden door.

The sound from outside was interrupted.

He smiled and said, "Auntie, you should go back to sleep. It's not convenient to come in so late at night. I'm used to sleeping without clothes."

Xiao Xuechen: ?

The thing outside: ?

How did you walk to the door without clothes?

Xiao Xuechen looked at Yu Xing, who was speaking nonsense with his eyes open, and inexplicably wanted to laugh in this atmosphere. She got out of bed and stood beside Yu Xing.

The woman naturally didn't believe it, but she also guessed from the attitudes of the two that they might already know something.

Her voice suddenly became gloomy, "Open the door for me!"

As her voice fell, the door began to be forced open. Fortunately, the latch was fastened, so the door only opened a small crack and couldn't be widened.

Yu Xing took the opportunity to look outside.

It was pitch black outside the door, and it seemed that the woman didn't have any candles.

He quickly turned on his phone's flashlight and shone it through the crack.

The crack in the door was too small. He squinted and barely saw the silhouette of a woman.

In the next moment, an eye suddenly came close, staring wide open, as if trying to peer into the room with all its might.

"Damn." Xiao Xuechen, who was also paying attention to the crack in the door, was startled. She instinctively took a step back, but before her eyes, a cold light flashed, and she saw a dagger stabbing towards the crack at a speed that her naked eye couldn't catch. The hand holding the dagger was beautiful, clean, and emotionless.

She followed this hand and looked up. Yu Xing's black pupils were shining with a faint light in the dark environment. The slightly upturned corner of his eye carried an indescribable smile, along with the cold corner of his lips, it seemed...pleased? Or immersed?

Like a deranged killer finding its prey, plotting something she didn't want to think about.

This expression made her stunned for a moment. The change in temperament in that instant made her, a friendly unit, feel a chill sweeping over her from behind, and her hair stood on end. It felt as if in the next second, she would also be cut into pieces by this person while he smiled and used the dagger!

This person...is so dangerous...

What woke her up was a scream from the thing outside the door. With the sound of the blade cutting into flesh, Xiao Xuechen trembled and saw the already shattered eye retreat. Yu Xing pulled back the dagger and the door crack closed with a "boom," and then...

"No blood, indeed, it should be a corpse." San's voice was the same as before, but Xiao Xuechen felt like a demon was whispering.

There was no way. The close-range sensation from just now left a deep impression on her.

"Hmm?" Yu Xing noticed that Xiao Xuechen's expression was off and glanced at her.

"It's...nothing." He's a teammate, a boss, a good person... Xiao Xuechen repeated in her mind.

In the next moment, Yu Xing realized her thoughts.

"Haha, Missie, don't be afraid. I'm kind~" He slightly bent over, retracted the dagger, and revealed a harmless smile, like a bright light in the darkness, instantly dispelling the gloomy atmosphere around him.

Xiao Xuechen covered her eyes.

Forget it...pretend I didn't see anything. Yes, he's kind!

"Boom!"

Another loud noise made the two who had just dealt with the thing outside look towards the source of the sound.

It was the window.

Outside the window, the village chief stood there, his square face twisted into a smile. He reached out and pushed open the unlocked window frame.

"Oh no!" Xiao Xuechen exclaimed and was about to rush up to close the window. Of course, Yu Xing was faster than her. He took a few steps and was about to reach the window, but the village chief sneered and disappeared into the darkness.

He left? Yu Xing had a feeling that it wouldn't be that simple.

He reached out to close the window, but just as he was about to touch it, he heard a familiar and fearful female voice shouting urgently from far to near, "Don't close it! Help! Let me in!"The girl's figure rushed over from another house, and in the dim moonlight, her lovely face twisted in fear.

It was Ju Lan.

Xiao Xuechen's eyes widened slightly, and a thought came to her mind: Why did she go out?

Seeing the girl about to pounce and enter their room through the window, Yu Xing quickly and mercilessly closed the window.

"No!!" Ju Lan screamed in despair, banging on the window from outside, "Let me in, let me in!"

"Aren't you living with Carlos? You came out, where is he?" Xiao Xuechen remembered something and questioned.

"When I woke up, he wasn't in the room. There was a paper figure on his bed, I don't know where he is! Please, let me in, there's a ghost, there's a ghost--"

As Ju Lan spoke, two thin figures slowly appeared behind her.

They were two villagers.

One of them held an axe, and the other dragged a woodcutter.

Ju Lan glanced back, turned her head in despair, and tears streamed from her eyes. "Please... Xu Yuan won't let me in, only you guys..."

Yu Xing pressed his hand against the window and turned his head to look at Xiao Xuechen.

"What do you think, should we open it?"

The decision was suddenly thrown to Xiao Xuechen by Yu Xing. She was stunned for a moment, and then, relying on a crucial intuition, she realized that Yu Xing was testing her.

She didn't know what kind of feedback her answer would receive from Yu Xing, but she knew, as a deductionist, what the correct choice was.

She closed her eyes, her tone filled with reluctance.

"We can't open it."

Ju Lan's expression instantly shattered, and a deep hatred rose in her eyes.