"": 200, "": "", "": "One of the most crucial rules for living alongside evil spirits in Cabinet Mountain Town was this: do not meet their eyes. Pretend you cannot see them and act perfectly natural. In a sense, this resembled the rules for Hunters.
The difference was that evil spirits and humans could both see each other.
The trigger was fear.
This was where Luo Bin was different.
Faced with an unknown danger, he did feel afraid. That was human instinct.
No answer, no eye contact, no move to attack. Luo Bin quietly watched the gap beneath the Rolling Shutter Door out of the corner of his eye.
He neither answered nor met her eyes, nor did he attack. Luo Bin quietly watched the gap beneath the rolling shutter out of the corner of his eye.
After a long while, the little girl stood up and slowly headed upstairs.
Luo Bin glanced toward the stairs, his heart sinking slightly.
His belief that staying downstairs would let him observe the evil spirit better was not the only reason he had not stayed with Gu Yiren. There was another crucial point: Gu Yiren had to be able to face the evil spirits here.
Otherwise, he probably would not be capable of keeping her safe.
The second floor remained quiet, without any unusual noises. Only then did Luo Bin truly breathe a sigh of relief.
This night was just as long. Luo Bin placed the Pocket Watch beside his head so he could check the time.
At last, he made it to four thirty. His attention was fixed entirely on the stairs.
The little girl still had not come down. Unlike yesterday, she had stayed far too long.
But Luo Bin could not be sure whether today was unusual, or