In the dim corridor, Molly counted the room numbers and finally stopped in front of a door.
She lowered her head and hesitated at the entrance for a long time. In the end, she gathered her courage and knocked on the door.
Knock, knock, knock—
A few soft knocks echoed through the corridor, and then everything fell deathly silent.
Standing there, Molly could hear her own heart pounding rapidly in the darkness. She kept rehearsing her words in her mind, her palms beginning to sweat.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
Molly stood outside the door for about half a minute, but it still did not open.
She froze for a moment, then knocked again, this time louder.
There was still no movement whatsoever from behind the door.
Molly pressed her lips together, took a deep breath, and spoke first:
"Lin Qiye said you weren't feeling well, so I brought you the medicine box. I also cooked a bowl of porridge in the square... Please open the door."
After her words fell, Molly waited outside the door for a long while.
Other than the clamor drifting over from the distant square, the corridor remained deathly silent.
"Baili Pangpang?" Molly called tentatively. "If you don't want to see me, you can at least say so from inside... Can you hear me?"
Molly waited for a long time. When there was still no response, concern surfaced in her eyes.
He didn't react even after she called out like that... Could he have passed out inside?
"I... I'm coming in?" Molly placed her hand on the doorknob and tried to turn it, only to find that it was locked from the inside.
Gritting her teeth, she was about to activate Myriad Phenomena Vibration and destroy the lock directly when a bolt of yang