The instant I rushed up and grabbed the door handle, the door started moving.
Someone inside was trying to open it, and he was pretty strong. He pulled it open a crack, but I pulled it shut again.
We fought desperately against each other, the door opening one moment and closing the next.
Luckily, I soon managed to wake An Ning with my shouting.
She looked around blankly.
"Run! There's someone in the room!"
"What?"
She jumped in fright, sprang straight off the sofa, and ran out without a second thought.
Assistant He was still standing there, staring at me in panic. "Mr. Chen, what's going on? Who's in the room?"
Furious, I roared at him, "Just run! Stop asking so many questions!"
"Oh!"
He snapped out of it and hurried out of the living room.
I was starting to lose my grip on the door, so I simply stopped pulling and let go.
His momentum sent him tumbling backward. He must have fallen hard, because a loud crash immediately came from inside.
I wasn't curious enough to see who he was. I turned and ran out of the living room too, charging downstairs for all I was worth.
When the Ninth Concubine had turned her head earlier, she had actually been telling me someone was in that room. But she had no pupils, so I couldn't follow her gaze.
Fortunately, I had still understood her warning.
I didn't know what the person hiding in the room wanted, but he definitely meant no good.
I had just reached the ground floor and rushed out the front door when, before I could get far, someone suddenly jumped from a second-floor window and tackled me straight to the ground.
He planted one knee on my back, trying to subdue me.
I couldn't