Chapter 344
Midnight.
The entire Yellow Springs Hotel fell deathly silent at that moment.
On the Seventeenth Floor, Lin Yi lay awake in bed, turning over to stare at the ceiling without a word.
On the bed beside him, Zhou Ke was torn and nervous, her eyes fixed on the door.
No one knew what was happening outside.
Lin Yi had no intention of bothering with the people in the other rooms. He merely glanced at Zhou Ke sitting beside him, then waited for what was about to happen.
Soon, hurried footsteps sounded in the corridor outside.
They were followed immediately by knocking.
Someone was knocking on the door to Room 1717.
"Lin Yi, open the door! Save me! I don't want to die, Lin Yi!"
"Please, open the door and save me! I really don't want to die!"
Lin Yi lay in bed without moving a muscle.
He seemed to have anticipated this scene. He even closed his eyes and began to sleep.
Zhou Ke rose from the neighboring bed. After hesitating, she asked, "Lin Yi, are we really going to ignore them? They'll die out there."
"Zhang Qi wants to kill me, doesn't he?"
Lin Yi suddenly spoke.
In the dark room, Zhou Ke could even hear her own racing heartbeat.
It was as though the knocking and cries for help outside had vanished.
"You've been holding that pendant all night. Do you really think I'm blind? That should be a Curio, right?"
With his eyes closed, Lin Yi continued, "Let me guess. He told you to knock at night and trick me into opening the door, didn't he? He knew you were no match for me, so he planned to use the Aberration Old Man to kill me?"
"The Curio in your hand can probably save your