"Everyone's death had something to do with him?" Gao Ming thought of the stories the House Owner had told him. "What did that thing do to all of you?"
The girl could no longer shed tears. Her deathly pale face cracked, leaving shallow streaks of blood. "He took over my body after I fell asleep at night, making me sleepwalk and do terrible things. Then, just before dawn, he would obediently return to my room and pretend nothing had happened."
"All kinds of strange things happened in the Manor after midnight. Raw meat went missing, the goldfish kept indoors were killed, foreign objects blocked the kitchen flue, and the heaters in the guest rooms suddenly went out in the middle of the night."
"He was very careful when controlling my body, but someone still caught him a week later."
"The Resort didn't have many visitors in winter. That day, a group of climbing and skiing enthusiasts happened to stay overnight. One of them went to the kitchen in the middle of the night to get hot water for instant noodles and saw me coming out of the cellar with a knife."
"The guest's scream woke me up. I had no idea why I'd left my warm bed and was standing in the kitchen holding a knife."
"Mom, Dad, and all the guests came running. The way they looked at me was so unfamiliar. I still can't forget it." The little girl's voice was heartbreaking.
"After apologizing to the guests, my family locked me up. They didn't blame me. Instead, they gave my Older Brother a scolding."
"From that day on, my Older Brother always looked at me with guilt in his eyes. Mom and Dad grew haggard, too. They often came to talk to me, asking the same questions over