Was there another world inside the mirror?
Li Dan hovered before the mirror. Its surface reflected his sharply defined profile, as well as Ben's anxiety-filled face behind him.
He raised an eyebrow slightly, and the answer in his heart became clearer.
There probably was, but it might not be the complete, self-contained world people imagined.
More likely, there were countless intersecting supernatural passages, like an invisible web linking together every marked mirror.
Ailan had said that, as a Mirror Person, the range she could move within had always been limited to the physical space reflected by mirrors. There was no such thing as a mirror world.
But the connection between different mirrors was real, provided Maria had looked into that mirror.
Li Dan withdrew his hand.
"Let's go to the mall where you work tonight. There's nothing wrong with this mirror. That thing is probably following you."
"Following me?" Ben's face instantly turned pale as paper, and his already hunched frame looked even thinner.
He had still been clinging to a shred of hope, thinking that as long as he stayed away from that mirror, it would be fine. Even sleeping on the streets would be better than being haunted by a ghost.
But if that thing had been following him all along, wouldn't that mean there was nowhere he could run? Could he only sit there and wait to die?
Ben barely managed to keep himself calm. "Okay, Mr. Exorcist, please help me! Let's rest in the living room for a while. I'll wake my sister and have her make you dinner."
Dinner was prepared quickly.
Under normal circumstances, Li Dan would never have refused.
He was not a picky person. No matter the environment or the food, as long as it filled his stomach, that was enough.
But