Yu Sheng's eyes widened as he abruptly looked toward the source of the voice, but all he saw was a strange, dim light floating at the entrance of a shop beside the Old Bookstore. Within that "light," which resembled some kind of sticky gel, nearly transparent figures drifted in the air. Yet in the blink of an eye, those figures vanished as well.
The others beside him showed no reaction. Only Huli suddenly twitched her ears and cast him a puzzled look. "Benefactor, what's wrong?"
"You didn't hear that just now?" Yu Sheng asked in surprise. "Someone was talking nearby."
"No." Huli's ears twitched again. "I only heard a little wind."
Yu Sheng frowned deeply.
Huli had the sharpest hearing of all. Normally, if he opened a packet of instant noodles in the attic, she could rush up from the basement immediately. If she said she hadn't heard anything, then the only explanation was that those whispers just now... hadn't really been "sounds."
After hesitating for a moment, Yu Sheng's gaze fell on Luna.
Luna immediately turned her head, a trace of puzzlement showing on her face beneath the layer of bionic alloy.
"I heard someone talking nearby just now," Yu Sheng said. "They mentioned Luna's name..."
He still decided to tell them everything he had heard. Although it had only been a few sentences resembling auditory hallucinations, countless classic cases had taught him one lesson: information like this must never be hidden from one's companions. After all, sometimes, when you thought the timing wasn't right to say something, that might mean the right time would never come...
The scene fell silent for a moment.
The two sentences Yu Sheng had heard contained quite a lot of information. Even Eileen could discern something from them, while Little Red Riding Hood