Cat and Mouse, Death Looms!

The nursery rhyme outside wasn't loud, but every word came clearly to Lin Baici's ears. The sound drifted back and forth, making it feel as if a floating female ghost were wandering the hallway.

It was creepy!

Goosebumps rose all over Lin Baici.

Lin Baici immediately ran to Jin Yingzhen and patted her shoulder.

"Hide!"

Lin Baici mouthed the words, signaling for the Goryeo girl to hide under the bed.

The moment the two of them crawled underneath, while the bedsheet was still swaying, there was a click. The Barbie Doll turned the doorknob, pushed open the door, and came inside.

It was still humming that eerie nursery rhyme.

Jin Yingzhen turned her head and peered outside, but couldn't see any feet. She froze.

What was going on?

Hadn't the monster come in?

Lin Baici realized at once that the Barbie Doll singing the nursery rhyme must be floating in the air.

Suddenly, thump!

The bunk bed above them shook, then slammed downward.

A normal six- or seven-year-old girl was so light that she couldn't possibly bend the bed frame, but this was a monster.

When it jumped, its weight made the bed frame bow down, pressing right against Lin Baici.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The Barbie Doll kept jumping as if it were bouncing on a trampoline.

Jin Yingzhen was frantic with worry.

She saw that Lin Baici hadn't shifted to lie flatter. He was clearly bracing the bed for her.

Lin Baici was indeed protecting the Goryeo girl, but this couldn't go on. He could clearly feel the force of the Barbie Doll's jumps increasing.

And who knew how long the monster would keep jumping?

Lin Baici immediately nudged the Goryeo girl. As he mouthed the words, he quickly traced the character for "snake" on her, meaning she should