May carefully twisted a short match with her thumb and forefinger, and quickly scratched across the side of the box that was stuck with rough sandpaper.

The flames ignited suddenly.She brought the flame close to the wick, for fear that her fingers would be burned by the fire. She paid close attention to it, as if she had bet all her wealth and life on it.

When the wick was stained with fire, she immediately withdrew her hand, moved the match to the side, shook it vigorously several times, then picked up the oil lamp and walked up the steps.

The mood when I went upstairs was very different from when I went downstairs.When she went downstairs, all she could think about was that she would soon see Yiyong whom she had not seen for a long time (in fact, not so long), and her mood was so light that she almost flew into the sky.She didn't even have to look at the steps, she could walk steadily as if she was walking on flat ground just with a look of anticipation.

But now... it is obviously impossible.

She hunched her shoulders and lowered her hands so that the dim light of the fire could illuminate the steps as brightly as possible.The pace also slowed down, and she struggled to breathe, feeling the tiredness filling her legs little by little.Her eyes could only stare at the steps under her feet, each step was heavy, and she was afraid that she would accidentally miss a step.

What can be seen, except for the steps, is only the steps.There were so many times that May was almost dazzled.The smell here already made her feel suffocated, and the thought of the ghost's twisted body was an arm's length away from her, and she felt even more sick.

However, when walking on the stairs, she didn't feel the creepy feeling of being stared at closely-so she didn't feel it during the day.

It seems that what the eye can peek at is only the center of Liren Pavilion in the shape of "Hui", and the outer circle cannot be seen.During the day, I probably closed my eyes to recharge my batteries.

But all ghosts have fear of the sun.Even if you can avoid Lie Yang, you will definitely have lingering fears.May thought.

Accidentally, her way of thinking is consistent with ghosts again.Although I really don't want to admit this in my heart, Wu Yue feels that she seems to be gradually able to figure out the mind and way of thinking of ghosts.

She wasn't sure if that counted as a good thing.No matter how bad it is, it shouldn't be too bad.

Continue to walk up the long stairs that seem to have no end.Every time you take a step, you can hear the creaking sound of the wooden boards, making people worry that the next step will collapse the entire step.

"Huh... I'm almost exhausted..."

She stepped heavily up a step, and was so exhausted that she stopped.

During the day, she didn't sleep for long, she was woken up by the crow's violent delivery method, and she didn't have time to make up for the missing sleep time after that, which caused her to walk in such a dark and narrow space now, Sleepiness came out unconsciously.

She can hardly remember when the last leisurely night was.

When she got back to her room, the first thing she had to do was to sleep—as usual, sleep until sunrise and then get up!

Under the blessing of these thoughts, she inexplicably mustered up her energy, and her tiredness was also swept away.She took a deep breath as usual, trying to wake herself up a little with fresh air.

This trick really woke her up, more sober than ever - because the smell surging in the stairwell was so bad that it instantly dispelled all her drowsiness.

She held her breath and quickened her pace. The sound of footsteps on the steps echoed in the entire stairwell, overlapping, as if there were many other people walking on the same stairs with her.

The back door was a little far away from the room, and it took Wuyue a while to successfully find his way back to the room.

That's right, she got lost again on the way—she couldn't remember exactly how many times it was.But this Liren Pavilion is not a place she is familiar with after all, and she hasn't explored it well, so it's normal to get lost.

She thought it rightly so, and put the embarrassment behind her.She felt that being able to find herself back to the room by accident all the way was already very powerful, and she even wanted to praise herself.

But what she wanted more now was sleep than self-praise.

At the door, May stopped in her tracks.She was worried that accidentally knocking over the oil lamp would set the whole room on fire, so she left the oil lamp outside the house, and then walked into the dark room alone, walked to the window based on her impression, and opened the wooden window completely.

Tonight is a full moon night, and the bright moonlight can somewhat brighten the room, and the fresh air can also dispel the odor in the air.

Added some light to the room so I could start looking for my bed - and sleep in peace!

Sleeping at night, it's so normal that it can't be more normal, but it can also make Wuyue very happy.She stepped across the bed on the ground lightly, for fear that too much movement would wake up Donghua who usually had a lot of opinions on her.

She remembered that Donghua also woke up very early today, almost only a little later than herself.Presumably at this moment when my head is full of sleepiness, Donghua is also the same.

After stepping over five or six quilts, May suddenly stopped in her tracks.It was only then that she realized that her light hands and feet just now were meaningless.

Because the winter flowers are not in the room at all.Her bed has also been made, and she seems to have already left.

Wu Yue remembered that before she went downstairs, she was already gone, she didn't say where she was going, she just left quietly.

I don't know where Donghua will go on the rare rest day.

Could it be that it was the same as Kojima, who went to Xingyuan by boat?But now Xingyuan City seems to have fallen asleep with the night.There are no lights on the edge of the coastline, and even the fishing boats have returned to the port.

Wuyue can't figure out what Donghua is thinking, just like she can't figure out why she doesn't like herself.

Curled up in the warm quilt until he fell into a deep sleep, Wuyue didn't hear Donghua come back.

Let Ishikawa Mutsu go find out what's going on tomorrow.May thought.

The quality of sleep at night was much better than that of covering your head with a quilt during the day, and the sleep in May lasted until dawn.It was the sound of the diva and the odd girls coming back that woke her up.

She rubbed her eyes.When she just woke up, she was always a little dazed. She lay on her side on the bed, saw Ishikawa Mutsu also got into the bed, and then murmured: "Xiazi, you have worked hard. Get a good night's sleep Bar."

"Yeah." Ishikawa Mutsu rubbed her head, "I'm going to sleep. Good night."

With the rustling sound, everyone got into their respective beds.Thinking that the sunlight outside was too dazzling, they closed the windows, and the room suddenly became much darker.

May rolled over and lay on her back, staring at the beams on the ceiling for a while.She has a whole spare day, and this extravagant luxury time makes her not know what to do.

Hmm...how about writing a letter to Yoshiyuki.Say anything about ghosts under water not opening their eyes to see everything during the day?

If only such a sentence is written, it seems that the content of the letter is a bit monotonous.But that's the only pastime available right now.

May sat up and looked around boredly, only to find that a bed was empty.

...Have you come back yet?

Wuyue almost wondered if Donghua had escaped from Liren Pavilion.

Of course, this is just her wild guess.

When she packed herself up and started to write something, the heavy door was pushed open.Winter Flower appeared at the door.May smelled a strong smell of soap locust on her body, her hair was wet behind her back, dyeing the light blue clothes a dark color.

She lowered her eyes, completely unlike the usual slightly arrogant look.Wu Yue could hear her rapid panting, and even though she seemed to be dodging, Wu Yue still noticed that there was a bruise on her cheek.

This is so strange.Wu Yue put down her pen, hurriedly walked to Dong Hua's side, and asked softly, "Dong Hua, are you alright?"

Donghua was frightened by her, and almost seemed to take a small step back with a jump.She shook her head again and again: "It's okay It's okay."

"But your face..." Wu Yue didn't dare to say more, she just felt that the overly conspicuous bruise didn't look like it would disappear in a day or two, "Do you want to rub it?"

Dong Hua's eyes flickered, she raised her eyes, and stared at Wu Yue in disbelief, her eyes were full of fear, anger, and vague uneasiness.

"Yeah, that's right! I'm terrible!" she screamed hysterically, splashing water from the ends of her hair everywhere, "looking at me, don't you—all of you—are happy?"

No one can sleep peacefully amidst such screams.The girls who had just fallen asleep woke up and cast puzzled looks at Donghua.

And these gazes pushed Donghua invisibly, and the emotions rolling in her eyes were suddenly magnified and magnified, driving her to scream hysterically.

Because the only person standing in front of her at this moment is Wu Yue, all the sharpness in Dong Hua's words stabbed at her without hesitation.

"No matter how good a songstress is, what's the use of being a singer? I can't complete the task assigned to me by Masaru-sama! But Kojima has really completed it...Why should she overwhelm me? It's all my best work! Even with Yuanzi's affairs, I also helped! But... now even you have appeared..."

Donghua's distorted expression didn't look like she was angry—it seemed like she was about to shed tears.She clutched Wuyue's shoulders tightly, and her slurred words seemed to be gibberish.

"Master Makiko must have told you about that too—right?! I think so. And you're so close to Kojima...so you're coming to take my place too , don’t you? Don’t you! You bastard…”

"Winter flowers!"

The singers rushed forward and pulled Donghua away.Dong Hua also seemed to wake up from a dream, with a frightened expression on her face.She covered her mouth and dared not say anything.The girls in charge of doing chores who were still lying down were the same as Wu Yue, with puzzled faces.

The singers brought Donghua to a small corner and whispered something, no one could hear them clearly, but they could see their panic and Donghua's annoyance.

Wuyue sorted out the crumpled clothes casually, without saying anything.

To her, Donghua's hysterical and violent behavior is not that important.

What is important is that what she is eager to know is the unspeakable secret that is hidden by singers.

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