The window was broken, and the time hadn't come yet, so their living room was clearly not a suitable place to stay any longer.

The problem was whose room to go to... He had already checked Gu Hanyin's room, and only these two remained.

His gaze involuntarily fell upon Li Chonghe and Yu Xinyu—

"Is your room alright?" he asked Yu Xinyu.

He thought Yu Xinyu would definitely agree, but to his surprise, the other party's expression was hesitant... He glanced at Cen Yu and did not agree immediately, obviously he had his own difficulties.

His actions were so obvious that anyone in the room who wasn't blind could see them.

“…It is possible…” Yu Xinyu hesitated, “but I need to tidy up first.”

He seemed to immediately come up with an excuse, "My room is too messy, I need to tidy it up before I can go in." After he finished speaking, he looked at Cen Yu, "You can stay in my room."

—It's obvious something's fishy, ​​Cen Yu thought.

In his memory, Yu Xinyu was quite good at housework and wouldn't leave her room in a mess. Rather than saying her room was too messy, it would be more accurate to say she had a secret.

Thinking of the unfinished stalker mission, Cen Yu's gaze immediately fell on Yu Xinyu without saying a word.

Without wasting words, he went straight to the point, "Are you hiding something from us that you don't want to be found out?"

Most people wouldn't be so direct, but Cen Yu is no ordinary person.

Yu Xinyu was silent for a few seconds, then said, "Yes."

—This isn't an ordinary person, Cen Yu thought. Who would admit it so directly?

"But it's not a big secret." As Yu Xinyu spoke, she kept looking at Cen Yu, as if implying to Cen Yu that the secret was related to him.

Cen Yu thought to himself, could the stalker be Yu Xinyu?

It's not impossible... Thinking of the other party's previous behavior, Cen Yu nodded in his heart, but then he looked at Gu Hanyin and Li Chonghe and felt that the two of them were not entirely innocent either.

In short, he sees everyone as a stalker.

“It’s not a big secret, so we’ll go to your room,” Cen Yu said.

Yu Xinyu then smiled and said, "Okay."

“Xiao Yu…” He wanted to say something, but then just looked at Cen Yu, “You’re so direct.” He probably wanted to say “special,” but after thinking about it, he changed his word.

Most people would say, "If it's a secret, then let it go."

Cen Yu didn't speak, thinking to himself, of course I know you have secrets—but I entered this instance precisely to discover what your secrets are, right?

How could he let such a good opportunity slip by?

Since Yu Xinyu agreed, the other two naturally had no objections either.

At this moment, only the light from the community square was visible, and many ghostly creatures were approaching it. Cen Yu also noticed that the square lights were slowly dimming... as if they wouldn't last much longer.

Thinking of this, he stood up and looked down at Yu Xinyu sitting on the sofa. "Let's go then."

...

Yu Xinyu's room was very large, at least larger than her own.

Cen Yu thought that when he entered Yu Xinyu's room, he could smell a strong fragrance... The room was furnished much like his own, with a bed, desk, wardrobe, a closed computer, and a suitcase in the corner.

Then, Cen Yu discovered Yu Xinyu's secret.

The secret is no surprise.

His gaze lingered for a moment on the photos haphazardly pasted on the wall, then he looked at Yu Xinyu, who was bowing her head and not daring to speak, and asked, "When did you take these?"

“...Just for this period of time,” Yu Xinyu said, “after you move in.”

He added, "Actually, I was doing practice."

Perhaps worried that Cen Yu wouldn't believe him, he quickly found his tablet on the table and showed it to Cen Yu, "Really, I just wanted to practice..."

Cen Yu looked at the tablet screen that Yu Xinyu had opened, and sure enough, it was all drawn by Yu Xinyu.

However, unlike the first world, as the other party said, these were all sketches and doodles.

Cen Yu looked at the photos again. Almost all of them were taken when he was at home. The furthest place he could see was at the entrance of the residential area. There were no company scenes in the photos.

Cen Yu pushed away the tablet that Yu Xinyu handed him. Although the room was fairly spacious, it was still a shared room, and it was a bit cramped with four people suddenly entering. Cen Yu didn't have the room owner's permission, so he simply looked at Yu Xinyu, who was bowing her head in apology, and asked, "When did you take these photos?"

“…When I was in the room.” Perhaps worried that Cen Yu would think he was following him, Yu Xinyu hurriedly explained, “The photo at the entrance of the community was taken when I happened to run into you.”

“You just wanted to practice, why didn’t you film us?” Li Chonghe asked.

Yu Xinyu: "?"

He turned to look at the two men, sized them up, then turned back, demonstrating with his actions what he meant by four words—

You think you're worthy?

Cen Yu: "..."

Looking at the group of people who were itching to start a tournament right there, he hadn't forgotten that there was a ghost story outside.

He made a stop gesture, and after receiving Yu Xinyu's consent, he sat down in his chair. "Don't make a sound," he said. "I'm so tired."

This lousy dungeon not only requires him to dodge ghosts at night and go to work during the day, but also to "solve cases" in between... He's treated like a beast of burden, doing three jobs all by himself.

It was already late at night, and Cen Yu was extremely sleepy due to his biological clock... He forced himself to sit up in a chair, but he could still hear noises coming from the living room, as if something had crawled into the house through a hole in the living room.

Gu Hanyin immediately turned around and locked the door.

"Can someone hide in this room?" Cen Yu glanced at Yu Xinyu's room and asked in a low voice.

Yu Xinyu looked at him and said, "The wardrobe is fine."

"Under the bed is also fine."

Cen Yu glanced at the wardrobe, which wasn't very big; it could only accommodate one person at most.

Although Yu Xinyu's room has a double bed, there are some boxes under the bed, so it looks like there's only enough space for one person to hide.

“There are two people left,” Cen Yu said.

Yu Xinyu's gaze then fell upon her bed.

Cen Yu: "?" What does that mean?

"Xiao Yu, do you want to hide in bed with me?" Yu Xinyu whispered. "Don't comics and TV shows always say that ghosts won't hurt the people under the covers?"

"Hehe, really? I don't think so," Li Chonghe said. "I have seen horror movies where ghosts carry people away with their blankets."

“Okay,” Cen Yu suddenly said.

Both Li Chonghe and Gu Hanyin looked at him.

“I’ll hide with you,” Cen Yu said.

He had already confirmed that Gu Hanyin was not alive, and he also needed to confirm Yu Xinyu's identity.

Hiding under the covers was so obvious; unless someone was blind, that thing could definitely see it. The only reason it couldn't be seen could be that—

Yu Xinyu was not a living person, and within the small space, the yin energy directly concealed the living aura emanating from Cen Yu.