"I'm not dead, but I've become like this, which is equivalent to being dead."
Gu Li's gaze fell on him with a complicated expression: "So you've been staying here all this time, just to find an opportunity for revenge?"
Henry looked away from her and said, "Hmm."
Gu Li looked at him suspiciously: "You're not here to play the hero all by yourself, are you? Worried that this thing will spread to Grantham, so you want to investigate secretly by yourself?"
With each word she spoke, Henry's expression grew colder, until it finally turned completely black.
He gritted his teeth and threw Gu Li out of the tavern: "Good that you know. Now you can leave, but I'll be watching over this place!"
Gu Li returned to the room at the end of the corridor along the same route, pried open the door with the knife she carried, and slipped into the maid's room.
There were already four people in the maid's quarters. When Gu Li entered, they visibly tensed up, and even when they saw that it was just a child, they did not completely relax their vigilance.
Gu Li had been running around all night, so she ignored them and went straight to the bed from the previous night, where she fell asleep immediately.
She didn't know how much time had passed when she felt a voice softly calling in her ear: "Wake up, wake up quickly, the supervisor is coming."
Gu Li opened her eyes blankly and met the gaze of the anxious girl. All four of them were already dressed, and when they saw Gu Li wake up, the other three still had pity in their eyes.
Lindsay, who had woken her up, breathed a sigh of relief and shoved the clothes she was holding into her hands: "The supervisor is coming. If you're not prepared before he arrives, you'll be punished!"
She couldn't help but shudder when she talked about punishment.
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