The round moon hung quietly in the night sky, its edges looking almost furry as they gave off a hazy, indistinct glow.
Yu Qinghuan was hiding in a narrow alley between two tall buildings.
After speaking to Qin Manjiang on the phone, her will to survive had grown stronger.
By picking up her pace, she had actually managed to shake off that terrifying Red Wedding Sedan!
She held back her panting, using this rare, brief respite to recover her strength.
The night looked very strange. Apart from that fuzzy-edged moon, not a single star was visible, as though an enormous black cloth had completely shrouded the sky.
Mr. Qin actually chose to help me...
Yu Qinghuan was deeply grateful. Thinking back carefully, she had no friendship whatsoever with Qin Manjiang, nor was she a "central figure" like him. But... she did not know what Mr. Qin intended to do.
If he rashly entered this district, he might become trapped here too.
A cold, sinister gust suddenly slipped into the cramped alley. Yu Qinghuan leaned against the wall, her back icy cold.
She suddenly felt some regret. When she had answered the phone earlier, she had been so preoccupied with pleading for help that she had forgotten to tell Qin Manjiang the specifics-for instance, that this place had already become some kind of mysterious space that trapped people in endless loops.
No... I have to call him again!
Mr. Qin mustn't rush in, or that sedan chair might trap us both in this district...
Yu Qinghuan carefully took out her phone. Her surroundings were pitch-black. One reason she had chosen this narrow alley was that it was dark enough to effectively hide her from the Vengeful Ghost's sight.
The second was that it was so narrow it could only fit two