Footsteps sounded in the hallway outside the reading room. The Library's Administrators were heading this way. Chen Ge still had plenty of questions, but he was out of time to ask them.
"Chang Gu, I hope you won't deceive me. I'll do everything I can to help your sister, but you have to guarantee that my friends and I can leave this school safely."
Chen Ge gathered with the other Student Club members. He was a man of his word. If he said he'd get Zhang Ju and the others out, he would do everything he could to make it happen.
"I can promise you that. But the question is, does my promise mean anything? Anything could happen here. Even the Painter can't guarantee your safety completely." Chang Gu's blood-red eye twitched slightly. No one knew what was going through his mind.
"You've changed a lot since entering the World Behind the Door. It seems I'll have to reevaluate our relationship." Chen Ge's expression was calm as ever, making it impossible to tell whether he was bluffing or had another card up his sleeve.
"We're friends, both from outside the Door. We know each other well, and I'd never hurt you." Chang Gu lifted the Backpack in his hand. "Look, I even brought your things here for you."
"We are friends, but I've made a few friends inside the Door too. We're all friends, so I hope you won't put me in a difficult position when the time comes." Chen Ge didn't tell Chang Gu that he'd once promised to be someone's friend in the bathroom on the top floor of the Teaching Building.
At the time, he'd used Lin Sisi's Phone to watch footage of Lin Sisi being bullied in the past. When the video ended, he heard a