A faint smell of blood hung in the dim room.
Maintaining a posture with her head buried in her knees, the girl sat alone by the window without moving, as if she were asleep.
Outside the window, the downpour seemed as though it would never end.
But at one point, a noisy commotion suddenly broke out downstairs. Several gunshots could even be faintly heard amid it, as if some intense conflict had erupted below.
Before long, everything returned to silence.
"..."
As if awakened by the commotion from downstairs, the girl's fingertips twitched slightly. She sat up, then turned to look toward the door.
About a dozen seconds later, as footsteps drew nearer, a gentle female voice sounded outside alongside a knock on the door.
"Miss Huan Yan, are you in there?"
"..."
Turning her head toward the door, the girl tilted her head slightly, but chose not to answer.
A few seconds later, a male voice deliberately lowered in volume followed.
"I'm saying, why is your EQ so low? No wonder she isn't answering you. What do you mean, 'Miss'? You should call her 'big sis'!!"
"Fuck, get away from me!! Take your damn paws off me!!"
"Damn it, you were clearly the one who leaned into me, and now you're accusing me instead!?"
"If you don't talk, no one will think you're mute!!"
...It was complete chaos.
Just as the two outside the door were arguing fiercely, their voices unconsciously growing louder and louder, the door opened by itself with a soft click.
At the doorway, a man wearing goggles was tangled up with a Girl in a black-and-white Gothic loli dress, her silver twin ponytails flying about. Having just come in from the downpour, they had tracked rainwater all over the floor.
"Uh..."
Seeing the Young Girl