Qin Manjiang and Shen Hai left the third-floor dormitory one after the other. They had only just reached the second floor when they heard footsteps coming from the stairs on the first floor!
The two ducked out of sight on opposite sides of the second-floor corridor.
A figure holding a candle appeared at the stairwell!
The candlelight flickered, its shadow stretching eerily across the wall.
It was the Old Director!
Hidden in the left corridor, Qin Manjiang quietly watched the Old Director. The old man had come up from the first floor, so Yu Ruoli was very likely locked up somewhere down there.
Strangely, instead of returning to his own quarters on the second floor, the Old Director headed straight up the stairs to the third floor, candle in hand!
As the footsteps faded, Qin Manjiang and Shen Hai immediately returned to the central hall on the second floor. Before either could speak, the Old Director's voice suddenly rang out from above. "Young Master Qin, young Shen? Where have you gone?"
"You need to rest properly after eating. Don't wander around..."
He seemed to know that Qin Manjiang and Shen Hai would hear him. His words were filled with mockery and malice.
"If you don't come back, I'll have to send someone to look for you..."
An ordinary person hearing the Old Director's eerie voice late at night would have been scared half to death, or at least imagined all sorts of things. But to Qin Manjiang and Shen Hai, it sounded like nothing short of a provocation.
"That old dog thinks he's got us in the bag." Shen Hai gave a dangerous smile, a frighteningly cold gleam flashing in his eyes.
Qin Manjiang nodded slightly. Although he said nothing, his expression was clearly not one of fear.
"Come with