Unspeakable
Yi Pei stayed here until evening instead of returning to her room.
Meanwhile, Xu Huo sat by the window, watching outside through a gap in the curtains.
There wasn't much to see. The hotel stood at the end of a fork in the road in the county town. A few steps farther on, the road ran flat between two barren sides, with woods farther in the distance.
Across from the main entrance were several homes that ran businesses. They closed up as soon as it got dark.
There was a streetlamp in front of the hotel, and the next one stood twenty meters away. Now that night had just fallen, the stretch between the lamps was already hard to make out, and there was hardly anyone around.
The locals had long since started closing their doors, and the Players wandering outside had returned to the hotel.
As the night grew deeper, fog gradually began to form outside.
Yi Pei sat near the door. After waiting quietly for two hours, she finally couldn't help saying, "It's almost midnight, isn't it? We probably can't see a thing outside now."
Xu Huo shook his head at her, signaling her to stay quiet.
About three minutes later, someone knocked on his door.
Yi Pei sprang to her feet and instinctively looked at Xu Huo. He went to the door, stopping her from checking the peephole. Holding the Silencing Figurine, he asked, "Who is it?"
"It's me." The manager's voice came from outside. "I'm here to collect the money."
Xu Huo stood behind the door and smiled silently. "How can you prove who you are?"
There was a pause outside. "What more proof do you need? Can't you see?"
Thinking it was her turn, Yi Pei edged forward. But before she could touch the