The two of them immediately turned their eyes toward the elevator.
The display above it showed a bright red "2."
The silver metal doors slid open with a faint mechanical sound, revealing the people inside.
There was more than one passenger. Three women stood inside, none of them dressed in any particularly unusual way.
I saw nothing wrong, but Xiao Tian and the pregnant woman's expressions clearly changed.
Xiao Tian pushed the pregnant woman into the room, slammed the door shut, and frantically twisted the lock beneath the handle.
Click. The lock snapped into place.
Almost at the same time, footsteps reached the door, followed by a knock.
"Xiao Tian, Jiajia, what are you doing? Open the door."
"Sister Xiao Tian, why are you hiding from us?"
"Open up, now."
Xiao Tian gripped the lock with one hand and pressed her other palm against the door. Her whole body trembled faintly.
She let out a terrified sob and slowly sank to her knees.
The pregnant woman had nearly fallen when Xiao Tian shoved her. She clung to the shoe cabinet beside the door, just as terrified, but stared at Xiao Tian, shivering.
The knocking continued, as did the voices outside. They knocked and spoke at an unhurried pace. Their words were clearly urging them to hurry, but their voices were so stiff they were almost eerie.
I was confused. I saw no yin energy or strange aura around the three women.
Only when I turned to look at the pregnant woman and Xiao Tian did I sense a trace of death.
I wanted to look at my own palm, but at that moment I couldn't control my field of vision anymore.
Even the turn of my head a moment earlier hadn't seemed to be my choice. I'd merely wanted to