"Knock."
"Knock."
The knocking continued, heavy and slow. Jiang Cheng could tell the visitor's posture and movements from the sound alone. He was certain that the one standing outside his door was the Knocking Ghost.
The Knocking Ghost had come for him...
But... why?
What had gone wrong?
Huais Yi's time was supposed to be... Jiang Cheng suddenly realized something, and his gaze froze. Neither he nor the Fatty had seen the time in Huai Yi's room. The time of 2:46 had come from Huai Yi himself.
Thinking of Huai Yi's recent behavior—the hesitation before opening the door, what he'd said earlier that had angered the Fatty, and what he'd just told Jiang Cheng—all the clues came together, and Jiang Cheng's heart gave a painful clench.
That had to be it. Huai Yi had lied to them. The second room wasn't his at all—it was Huai Yi's!
It had all been an elaborate lie!
This man, who had looked so fierce when he threatened to sacrifice Bai Xiaojie, had chosen to face Halson himself so Jiang Cheng and the Fatty could survive. Jiang Cheng had been so completely focused on Halson that he hadn't realized this could happen.
Luckily, there was still time to make things right.
He came to his senses and immediately reached for the door, but suddenly realized that the knocking outside had stopped at some point.
At the same time, a bone-chilling cold seeped through the crack under the door. The room grew darker and darker. Jiang Cheng's expression darkened as he quickly reached for the handle, but a hand even faster and stronger than his grabbed his wrist.
"What are you doing?" Jiang Cheng demanded, looking at Wu, who had suddenly appeared beside him.
Wu had returned to his black-clad form. He ignored Jiang Cheng,