"Had she come back?"
At the sound of the sudden knock, Fu Qian immediately thought of the disguised cleaning lady.
She had clearly been hostile, and there was a good chance she wasn't even human.
If she really had come back, she probably hadn't come with good intentions.
Violetta immediately tensed as well. She dropped the food in her hands and made a shushing gesture at Fu Qian.
Fu Qian nodded, signaling for her to stay put, then got up and headed toward the door.
The knocking had stopped after a single rap. And this old-fashioned door didn't have a peephole.
In the silence, Fu Qian gripped the handle and quietly opened the door a crack.
The next moment, he saw that the visitor wasn't the woman from before.
A round head, red clothes, and a long cross beneath it—It was one of the scarecrows they had seen on the way here.
What drew the eye most was how thoroughly soaked it was. Water droplets were still dripping from its body, making it hard not to suspect it was the very same one as before.
Or had it been the same one all along?
As expected of Snow White. Her visitors really did come one after another!
But compared with the woman from before, the scarecrow acted strangely. It didn't even seem eager to come inside.
Even with the door open a crack, it remained where it was, its body swaying slightly as if blown by the wind.
The knock just now must have been its arm hitting the door.
Even so, the sight was unsettling enough in the middle of the night.
"Hello there."
Seeing this, Fu Qian didn't hurry to close the door. Instead, he greeted it with a cheerful smile.
"Here for a brain? You're out of