The bucket was hanging on the broken window frame, and it was half full of murky water, like rainwater.
The living room faces the front door of the house. The solid wood round table inside is the only intact piece of furniture in the room, but dust and insect webs have taken over every corner of the table and the walls.
Above the round table was a large red lantern that looked like it had been gnawed through by rats, connected to the roof by only a thin, almost broken thread, and it could fall down at any moment.
In addition, old and peeling furniture such as sideboards and cabinets are very short and cannot hide people.
Liao Yuewei deliberately climbed onto the table and checked the area near the overhead beam to see if anyone was hiding there. A few seconds later, she flipped down and shook her head at Cheng Shuang and Du Lanshan.
The three of them looked in unison at the two side rooms.
The door to the side room was tightly closed. Liao Yuewei gestured towards the outside, indicating that she wanted to peer through the broken window to see what was happening inside.
Du Lanshan nodded and chose to go to the window of the other room.
If they didn't find anything outside the window, they planned to go around to the backyard to take a look.
The two men gestured for Cheng Shuang to stay at the door so that they could sound an alarm if anything happened.
Cheng Shuang naturally wouldn't refuse. She didn't understand why her opponent was being so reserved this time, but considering that the scene hints Du Lanshan drew were the wilderness and abandoned house, her opponent might be using these two points to create suspense and give them a warning first.
The little girl looked up at the sky. The men watching from 'the sky' were probably tired of the simple fighting, which was why they tolerated the scene.
No wonder the natives call the gladiators "actors." All the people and monsters trapped in the arena are puppets of the wanderers, without exception.
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