Through the Mirror

"It's twelve o'clock. Butler Zhang will be here to open the door soon, and our work for the day will be done," Zhuo Zhuo said longingly. "After I work at the Xia family for another two months, I'll have saved enough money to open a street food stall. I've observed that the wages earned in snack shops are much higher than the meager wages we make as maids. When the traffic is good, we can make over a thousand yuan a day."

Xia Yi looked around and his right eyelid twitched.

She asked, "Sister, what is the sister who came with you to guard the mirror doing now?"

Xia Yi was afraid that his question was too abrupt, so he pursed his lips and added, "I still don't know what I want to do in the future."

"Sister Cai, um, didn't Sister Xiaoyi previously guard the Mirror Room with you? Did she say anything back then?" Zhuo Zhuo asked curiously. "And Xiaodeng, they didn't say goodbye when they left. I only found out about their resignation the next day when I heard from Butler Zhang that they were leaving."

"I also heard Butler Zhang tell me about resigning. But Xiaodeng told me before, when she was watching over the mirror, that she had saved enough money to buy a house," Xiaoyi said. "You know her. She used to take the most jewelry out of us, so I think it's okay for her to leave first. These people stopped contacting us because they must want to make a break with their previous lives. They must be living well now."

When Xia Yi heard Xiaoyi say that no one contacted them after the group left, his expression gradually became serious.

No matter how much you want to break up, the probability of not contacting someone for a short period of time is very low.

Can family, friends, and personal belongings all be accommodated overnight?

"Speaking of what I want to do next, I want to leave this small town and try my luck in a big city." Xiaoyi said with a smile, and the same sizzling sound that Xia Yi had heard in the mirror before rang out again. "There are definitely more opportunities to make money in a big city than in a second-tier town like ours."

"Butler Zhang, why don't you come and open the door now?" Xia Yi said, stepping forward to pry open the door handle.

"The door should have been opened long ago. Maybe something happened on the way and they got stuck." Zhuozhuo said, pressing the intercom a few times. The security guard on the intercom patiently said that he would ask for them and asked them to wait here for a while.

Xia Yi quickly pressed the doorknob several times. If she remembered correctly, Zhuo Zhuo had told her before that these security guards would not care much about them except for the matter of the mirror. Why were they so abnormal tonight and actually spoke softly to comfort them?

Besides, the security guards have the keys, so why don’t they just come up and open the door for them?

"Bang, bang." Xia Yi's hands became stronger and stronger.

Beside him, Zhuozhuo frowned and advised Xia Yi: "Xia Yi, didn't you hear what the security guard said just now? Don't worry, Butler Zhang might have been tripped up by something. Let's wait a little longer. If you break the door and go out, you will be fined." Xiaoyi pulled Zhuozhuo and whispered, just let her open it. Anyway, we are not the ones who will pay the money, and we can get off work early.

The crackling sound became louder and louder, and even the light above the head that had been on all day began to flicker.

At the same time, the fishy smell of rotten fish and shrimp covered the original fragrance in the room. Xiaoyi couldn't help but retching because of the stinky smell.

"What's going on? The smell is coming from the toilet, right? Is the sewer blocked and the smell is coming up? The light bulb never broke when I was here before. Why am I so unlucky today? Everything happened to me?" Xiaoyi was very brave. He turned on the light of his mobile phone and walked towards the toilet while retching.

Xia Yi stopped him: "Don't go."

As early as when the light bulb flickered, Xia Yi moved the chair in front of the table and banged on the door handle.

"Yeah, why don't you just not go? Why does it feel so weird to me?" Zhuo Zhuo stood not far from Xia Yi and murmured to comfort him when he heard that.

"It's okay." Xiaoyi waved her hand and walked over.

As Xiaoyi opened the bathroom door, the light in the room suddenly lit up, and a huge mouth stretched out from the bathroom and swallowed Xiaoyi's head in one bite.

The moment the monster opened its mouth, the stench was amplified to the maximum, and Xia Yi couldn't help but dry heave.

Xiaoyi's neck was as clean as if it had been cut off by a machine. Blood splattered on the mirror in all directions. The reflection was like being in a room with blood-pasted walls on all sides. Xiaoyi's body drooped limply to the ground.

The loud chewing sounds gradually filled the room.

"Ah! Ahhhh!" Zhuo Zhuo couldn't help but scream twice. His legs went limp and he sat sideways on the ground. He couldn't even scream.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Xia Yi didn't even look at the scene at the toilet door. When the chewing sound lasted four or five times, Xia Yi smashed the lock on the door, opened the door and rushed out, "Let's go."

Zhuo Zhuo realized that no one would come to help her, so she immediately stumbled to her feet and rushed downstairs behind Xia Yi.

Xia Yi ran downstairs. The hall downstairs was empty. None of the security guards who were on duty here when he came in the morning were to be seen now. The door outside was also locked tightly. Xia Yi did not knock on the door first, but took the opportunity to put his ear to the door. He could still hear the security guards talking outside the door, but the sound slowly died down when Zhuo Zhuo ran over shouting.

"Help! Open the door! There's a monster behind the door." Zhuozhuo slapped the door hard.

Bang, bang, bang, several heavy footsteps sounded from behind Zhuo Zhuo.

"Why is the color of this monster different from before?" Zhuo Zhuo shouted hoarsely.

Xia Yi looked back and finally made eye contact with the monster behind him. The monster looked like a bear, with smooth scales all over its body, as if a mirror had become a spirit. Its movements were a bit clumsy, but its claws were extremely sharp, and the scales on its body could scrape off a whole piece of wall if they rubbed against it.

And there was more than one monster. Xia Yi looked at the two monsters, one red and one blue, chasing after him. He pulled Zhuo Zhuo over and ran up the stairs on the east side: "Do you know the route here? Let's lure the monsters up first, and then we can escape down."

Zhuo Zhuo was afraid that Xia Yi would abandon her, so she panted and ran while saying, "I know there is a fireplace on the top floor that can be drilled through the east and west sides. Once again, the mirror was guarded in that mirror room. When I came out, I accidentally saw the security drill."

Xia Yi followed Zhuo Zhuo's movements and ran upstairs. The decoration of the corridor upstairs was ordinary European style, but because there were many rooms and the space was large, running was like walking through a maze.

A crackling sound suddenly came from behind.

Xia Yi grabbed the decorative mural on the wall next to him and threw it out with a "bang". The sound of the edge of the scales rubbing against the frame was heard with a "crack".

Xia Yi turned around and met the eyes of the two monsters. The sight made people's backs chill.

"Bang, bang, bang." The monster's heavy footsteps clearly couldn't keep up with her and Zhuo Zhuo's pace, but it could quickly speed up to find them every time it passed a floor. Xia Yi faced the distorted mirror on the wall and ran across most of the corridor. When he heard the crackling sound again, Xia Yi looked back and saw two monsters appear almost instantly next to the distorted mirror.

So, how did the monsters find the right direction and know that they were walking in this corridor instead of that corridor?

Xia Yi paused for a moment, then grabbed Zhuo Zhuo who was about to crawl into the fireplace and said, "Give me the necklace you took from the jewelry table."

Compared to money, Zhuo Zhuo was obviously more interested in staying alive. She pulled off the necklace from her neck and handed it to Xia Yi: "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the necklace?"

Xia Yi didn't say anything. He threw the necklace into the gap between the sofas in the hall next to him, and then followed Zhuo Zhuo quickly through the fireplace. The fireplace Zhuo Zhuo was talking about was a huge fireplace painting. After passing through the small door behind the painting, they went directly into another hall.

Xia Yi followed Zhuo Zhuo and quickly ran down the west stairs, then ran back to the main door they entered in the morning.

"All the other doors are sealed, and usually only the main door is open." Zhuo Zhuo panted.

At this time, the voice of security came from outside.

"Hello, we just went out for something. Is there something going on inside? Let's open the door now." When the crisp sound of the key rang out, Zhuo Zhuo relaxed completely and wanted to speak immediately.

Xia Yi quickly covered Zhuo Zhuo's mouth, pretending to gasp for breath, and uttered the words he had rehearsed in his mind for most of the staircase: "Hurry up and open the door! There are monsters in the castle. My companions were killed by them. Now the monsters are silent. I don't know if they went back... Please open the door quickly!"

A few minutes after Xia Yi finished speaking, the person at the door seemed to hear that there was really no movement, so he inserted the key into the keyhole.

Zhuo Zhuo had his mouth covered and stared at Xia Yi with wide eyes.

God knows, how could she have thought Xia Yi was so honest that morning? Are honest people like this? She was impatient when Xia Yi asked questions that morning. Will Xia Yi make things difficult for her if he gets the chance next time?

Also, what did Xia Yi want to do? Why did he lie?

The moment the door opened, two bullets shot in from outside.

Xia Yi pulled Zhuo Zhuo to bend down and dodge, and threw the earrings that had been hidden in his hand in the direction of the bullet.