"Had that Miss Chen passed away?"
"Yes, she had, she had passed away... We, we didn't know what to do... Jiaojiao got Senior Sister's number, and we called. It was Senior Sister Chen's mother who answered. We... we asked for her address and mailed the keys back. I don't know, we didn't know if that was the right thing to do... After we mailed them, maybe two or three days later, the package still hadn't arrived. That night, we didn't sleep. It was past eleven, maybe even past midnight, and we were still awake. We kept talking. We talked about Senior Sister Chen, too, but quickly changed the subject. We talked about other things. Then, then we heard... footsteps outside the door, one after another, very clear. It was quiet outside, with only the sound of footsteps coming from the stairwell, coming... coming right up to our door. We... we all fell silent then. No one said anything, but everyone quieted down on their own. I was really scared... I slept on the lower bunk. I heard the upper bunk... Sister Gu on the upper bunk was trembling too. The bed was shaking... Fortunately, fortunately, the footsteps soon passed by. They weren't coming to our dorm room; they belonged to someone from another room. I... when I heard them, all four of us let out a breath. Really, we all sighed in relief together. It was... ha..."
"So it was a false alarm."
"Mm... a false alarm... That night was a false alarm, but... but the next morning, when we opened the door, we... sob... We opened the door and went out to wash up, and Sister Gu screamed. The keys... were right outside our door, a whole set of keys... We... we were all terrified. We were scared out