Song Ning turned to look at Monkey.
Monkey lay in the main room, motionless.
A woman's sobs, deep in the wilderness, in the pouring rain.
Together, they made for a chilling scene.
But she had always been bold.
She immediately sat up and tried to trace the sound.
The rain was too loud for her to hear clearly.
Until she reached the window in her room...
The window faced the backyard.
She pressed her ear against it and listened, but the sound had stopped again.
After a moment's thought, she pushed the window open.
The sound of the rain instantly grew louder.
Just then, lightning split the sky with a thunderous crash.
In that instant of light, she saw what lay behind the house...
Cold sweat soaked her clothes in an instant.
Several people lay sprawled beneath the woodpile in the yard...
More accurately, they were "corpses."
She had only caught a glimpse, but there were clearly men and women, young and old.
The woodpile was in a shed in the backyard, but the shed was too small to fit them all.
One person's body lay half inside the shed and half out in the rain.
The sobbing earlier must have come from that direction.
"What are you trying to do?"
An ominous voice sounded behind her.
Song Ning turned and saw Lin Xiaoming standing outside the door, his eyes fixed darkly on her.
Song Ning pointed at the window. "The wind's too strong! It blew the window open! I wanted to close it, but it's difficult with my hands tied!"
"Li Er!" Lin Xiaoming called.
Li Er hurried in, pulled the window shut, and slid the bolt into place!
Lin Xiaoming grabbed Song Ning by the chin and snarled:
"I've been more than tolerant with you! You'd better behave!