In the raging storm, beneath the third-floor eaves, a Vengeful Ghost hung upside down...
Yu Ruoli went rigid, her mind completely blank.
Run... run away...
But... my feet won't move.
Intense fear seemed to have pressed pause on her body. Even breathing was exceptionally difficult, let alone moving.
Rumble-
The thunderous boom shook her to her core, and Yu Ruoli shuddered violently.
Despair welled up inside her, but just then, she saw a figure glowing with Red Light appear at a third-floor window!
Who... was that?
The third floor was pitch-black, with no lights on. The person gave off Red Light, but beneath the increasingly heavy downpour, Yu Ruoli could not make out their face at all.
Most of her attention remained on the Vengeful Ghost beneath the third-floor eaves. Its head twisted eerily like a fly's, and just as it was about to pounce down, suddenly-
The third-floor window was smashed open!
Crash-
The sound of the window shattering beneath it made even the Vengeful Ghost pause. Its hands and feet scuttled swiftly beneath the eaves as it peered toward the window.
But... it saw nothing.
When it turned back again, ready to crawl out and pounce on Yu Ruoli, the Front Courtyard beneath the downpour was already empty...
The villa's third floor.
Most of this floor was one open space, filled with exercise equipment. Its purpose was obvious.
By the window, fierce winds carried sheets of rain through the shattered opening, much of it pelting Qin Manjiang.
A faint Red Light emanated from his body. He was the one who had smashed the window.
He had not actually seen where the Vengeful Ghost was, but he had seen Yu Ruoli.
Yu Ruoli's fixed stare made it clear she had seen a ghost. Remembering Shen Hai pulling open