The figure neither spoke nor moved after hearing Lu Xiaoxiao's question. They simply stood there stiffly, and she had no idea whether they had understood her.
Although she hadn't received the response she wanted, she could tell that the figure had no intention of attacking her. That lent a little sense of safety to the otherwise eerie surroundings.
Seeing this, Lu Xiaoxiao grew even bolder. She even raised her hand and waved warmly at the figure, calling, "Don't just stand there! Come over, why don't you? Let's chat. I'm not a bad person."
The figure still didn't answer. They even seemed to shrink back a little when Lu Xiaoxiao raised her voice, as though they were afraid.
Lu Xiaoxiao scratched her head, a little puzzled.
She figured that since the figure could suddenly appear out of nowhere, even if they weren't the owner of this space, they certainly knew more about it than she did.
But she had been dragged in without knowing a thing. If anyone should be scared, shouldn't it be her?! Hadn't they gotten their roles in this script backward?
"Uh... do you have social anxiety?" Lu Xiaoxiao softened her voice a little. She tentatively took a step forward while asking the figure, "If you don't want to come over, I can come to you, okay? We can work something out!"
This time, the figure finally reacted.
The instant Lu Xiaoxiao took a step forward, they took a perfectly synchronized step back, as though avoiding some terrifying beast.
Lu Xiaoxiao stubbornly kept walking, and the figure just as stubbornly kept retreating. Whenever she stopped, however, they stopped too. The only constant was that they always maintained a safe distance.
Throughout all this, Lu Xiaoxiao never stopped talking to them:
"Do you know me? Are you male or