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Over these past few days, whether in the dream land or in reality, Cheng Yu had been cooped up in cramped, stifling little rooms.
He felt as though he were about to grow mold. He did not want to stay in that side room for even one more instant, so he climbed off the bed and walked toward the door.
Birdsong came from outside, chirping merrily. Dust motes danced in the sunlight slanting through the doorway, showing that it was a brilliantly sunny day.
The instant Cheng Yu stepped out the door, the beam of light shining through it was blocked by his own body.
Beyond it lay total darkness.
What—?
Damn it!
He wanted to turn and retreat back into the room, but behind him, there was only emptiness.
Where’s that small side room I was just in?
Only Bai Ziqi still sat in the same place, smiling at him.
And as he smiled, his mouth split all the way back to his ears, revealing a row of jagged teeth, long and short alternating like a crocodile’s.
Only then did Cheng Yu belatedly realize that Bai Ziqi had been sitting in the corner the whole time and had never once come near that beam of light at the door!
That ray of light had likely been the last thread of clarity left in his heart.
“You stepped out of your heart chamber and left the protection of Bai Ziqi’s candle flame.” Under Cheng Yu’s horrified gaze, Bai Ziqi’s face...
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