"You went to the bathroom just now? Didn't I tell you not to go out?"
I asked, somewhat annoyed.
Upon hearing what I said, the fear on Li Huai's face was immediately dispelled.
"Then what am I supposed to do? They didn't even prepare a chamber pot in the room, so I can't just pee in a corner, can I?!"
Li Huai said with a somewhat ferocious expression.
When I heard him say that, I was stunned.
Indeed, if he just peed in any corner, the whole room would smell like urine, and the room would become a toilet.
"I held it in for ages, not knowing what to do. My bladder was about to burst. In the end, I had no choice but to go to the toilet."
I didn't say anything to him this time, and nodded understandingly.
Our conversation woke Luo Tianhe up as well; he turned over in bed.
"You little rascal, all you ever do is poop and pee all the time."
He didn't hear what we said before and thought we were just discussing going to the toilet.
"Listen to me, this isn't the point, stop going off-topic. The point is the strange sound I just heard!"
Li Huai said in a somewhat urgent voice.
What strange sound is that?
At this moment, Luo Tianhe finally came to his senses and turned to ask.
I briefly recounted what had just happened to him, and Luo Tianhe immediately came to his senses.
He swallowed.
"Go on, what exactly was that sound?"
"I went out to use the restroom, opened the door, and started taking off my pants."
"Wait, you're going to pee outside from inside the house?"
Luo Tianhe couldn't help but interrupt.
"There's a reason for it. They all say not to go out at night. I already broke a big taboo by leaving the door open to pee. If I went out again, I was afraid something bad would happen."
Li Huai not only felt no shame, but instead spoke with righteous indignation.
Hearing this, I couldn't help but facepalm. This kid is even more bizarre than I imagined.
"Don't worry, I stood on tiptoe when I peed, and not a single drop spilled into the room."
Li Huai was still a little smug when he said this, and Luo Tianhe couldn't help but go up and give him a beating.
"What the hell are you doing? Are you jealous that I can pee farther than you?!"
"Get lost, you idiot! You're such a coward! What if you need to poop? Are you going to have to bend over and poop out like that?!"
Luo Tianhe cursed in annoyance.
"Don't be so disgusting. If that's the case, I'll definitely assess the situation on a case-by-case basis!"
"Brother Yan, please say something fair."
Li Huai suddenly looked at me and said with some indignation.
I felt a little embarrassed as I recalled my conversation with Li Huai.
My first thought was indeed to prevent him from going outside to pee.
So for a moment I didn't know what to say, so I could only change the subject.
"Alright, alright, stop arguing. Is that the point? The point is the strange noise you heard!"
Hearing what I said, the two of them finally stopped.
Li Huai paused for a moment, then continued his sermon.
"I was urinating when I suddenly heard a strange sound."
"The sound came from the direction of the main house, and it was very clear. It sounded like someone was gnawing on something hard, with a grinding sensation that made your teeth ache."
"I was so scared that I almost peed my pants, but luckily I have amazing self-control."
"You don't need to say anything more."
I couldn't help but pat Li Huai, and subconsciously moved my body closer to Luo Tianhe.
Li Huai noticed my movement and immediately became furious, desperately pushing his way towards me.
"I told you, I didn't wet my pants."
"Get lost! Why should I believe you? Get up, get up, stop sleeping."
That son of a bitch Li Huan kept rubbing his crotch against me. Even if he didn't actually pee in his pants, it was disgusting enough.
The three of us sat on the bed and began to analyze the situation seriously.
"Is it just that they're giving us special treatment, not sharing the good food with us? It seems a bit stingy, but it shouldn't be a big deal?"
I thought about it and came up with a possibility.
"Yeah, it's just gnawing on bones in the middle of the night."
Luo Tianhe echoed this sentiment.
We all tacitly refrained from mentioning the most terrifying possibility: that they were eating people in the middle of the night.
"Hehe, if that were the case, I wouldn't have bothered waking you up."
Li Huai sneered and then continued.
"When I heard that sound, I didn't dare to go into the main house to find out what was going on. I quickly finished urinating and slammed the door shut."
"I don't know if it was because I closed the door too loudly that it caught his attention."
"In short, when I lay down on the bed, I heard that strange sound coming from the doorway again, the sound of someone walking barefoot, just like before we went to sleep."
At this point, Li Huai's voice began to tremble.
Luo Tianhe and I couldn't help but feel a chill run down our spines and our hearts pounding.
We really didn't mishear; someone had indeed been loitering at our door for quite some time.
But who exactly is that person?!
Why was he walking around barefoot at the door in the middle of the night? What was his purpose?
My mind was a complete mess, with tiny, fragmented clues woven together like a tangled ball of yarn, with no end in sight.
I was completely baffled and could only listen to Li Huai continue his story.
The footsteps lingered at the door for a while before disappearing.
Li Huai continued, and after saying this, he closed his mouth, having clearly finished his story.
Suddenly, I felt a bit frantic.
So, there wasn't much useful information at all!
"Then you woke up Chen Yan, and then you woke me up, right?"
Luo Tianhe's summary.
"That's right, you have no idea how scary that sound was. I just peed, and I almost peed again from fright."
Li Huai's face turned deathly pale, and he nodded frantically.
Looking at his heaving chest, I could tell how terrified he was.
If it were me, I'd probably be terrified too.
I just went out to pee, no, I didn't even leave the house.
To encounter such a bizarre thing, anyone would be terrified.
Suddenly I realized that something was off about Li Huai's words.
The footsteps lingered at the door for a while, then disappeared!
In other words, the person who heard the footsteps may not have left!
Instantly, my scalp tingled, and a chill ran from the soles of my feet straight to the top of my head. I instinctively looked towards the window.
The next moment, I felt like I was about to ascend to heaven.
Suddenly, a dark figure appeared at the window, staring intently at us.
Li Huai and Luo Tianhe also noticed my movements and turned their gazes in that direction, only to be terrified.
Then footsteps sounded, heading towards the door.
"Thump, thump, thump."
A slow, deliberate knocking sounded, yet in the silence it felt like a blow to our hearts.
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