"Brother Lu, judging by your expression, had you discovered something unusual?" Li Shunxi could not help asking again.
After searching around without finding anyone, the group gathered beneath the dead tree in the middle of the courtyard.
Hearing this, Lu Sheng merely swept his gaze around.
In the pitch-black courtyard, there was only their small group. The surrounding rooms stood empty and silent, without lights or movement.
"Is someone still missing? Where is Miss Gong Rumeng?" he suddenly asked.
Everyone froze. Only then did they realize that Gong Rumeng was not among them, while Gong Ruqing's expression stiffened.
"Isn't my sister right behind me?" she said in astonishment. All along the way, she had been able to sense someone following behind her. She had even exchanged a few words with her sister just moments ago.
"Are you sure?" Lu Sheng looked straight at her.
The others also turned to look at Gong Ruqing.
A woman in a white dress had been standing behind her all this time. Her face was obscured by Gong Ruqing's hair, so no one had gotten a clear look at her. They had simply assumed she was Gong Rumeng.
Now, the woman stood quietly behind Gong Ruqing, utterly motionless, her hands hanging at her sides.
"But behind me clearly..." Gong Ruqing's face went deathly pale. Seeing the horrified, eerie expressions on everyone's faces as they stared behind her, she began to understand.
If the person behind her was not her sister Gong Rumeng, then who exactly was this woman who had been following her all along?! Every hair on Gong Ruqing's body stood on end, goosebumps erupting densely from head to toe.
Her body trembling, she slowly turned around.
"Don't turn around!!" Li Shunxi lunged forward in a single stride, fiercely grabbing Gong Ruqing by the