It was already 10:50.
Cen Yu could see Pei Leyun lying on the bed. "Let me check again," he said to Pei Leyun.
"Hmm." In the darkness, Pei Leyun's voice became low and deep.
Cen Yu returned to the living room.
Because it faces the sea, although all the lights in the living room were turned off, you could see everything clearly after a short while.
Cen Yu looked at the clock on the wall, and when it finally reached 11 o'clock, he turned on his phone's flashlight—
Something suddenly appeared behind him.
He tried to turn his head to see what it was, but the next second, the thing snapped his head off.
...
Cen Yu opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling.
He touched his neck. Everything in the dream felt so real. The moment his neck was snapped, he seemed to hear a cracking sound—of course, that was just his imagination.
After Cen Yu noticed that he had woken up, the conversation in the courtyard outside the window stopped.
He took out his phone and checked the time; it was 4 p.m. He got up to get some water, but unexpectedly ran into Uncle Sun in the corridor.
He nodded to Uncle Sun and prepared to leave, but then, as if remembering something, he asked Uncle Sun a question—
"Was anyone talking under my window around 10 o'clock?"
Upon hearing this, Uncle Sun said with some displeasure, "Mr. Cen."
"First of all, the servants of the Pei family do not gather together to chat during work hours."
“Secondly… there’s an artificial lake right below your window.” Uncle Sun looked at Cen Yu. “Why would anyone be standing in the artificial lake chatting?”
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