Xiaomin remembered that she had filled the bucket to grab some water to clean Weimo's wound.
She also used a soft cloth instead of a tissue. If everything that happened was her dream she would surely find the cloth in the bathroom and there would be no water in the bucket as she hated keeping buckets filled with water.
Xiaomin was sure that this will help her figure out what happened.
Entering the bathroom Xiaomin nervously walked towards the bucket. She squatted down and felt relieved when she realized that the bucket had no water.
Unfortunately for her happiness did not last long. The bucket was surely empty, but there were water droplets on it. A couple of droplets of water was at the end.
Xiaomin was again scared. Both her and Weimo had the habits of completely drying the bucket carefully till its dried and no water droplets were seen. With this, she was sure that she indeed filled the bucket.
Getting up Xiaomin turned towards the closet. Opened it and tried to find the cloth. Xiaomin searched everywhere she could. Finding the cloth nowhere she was sure that what she saw or did were truth and not her illusion or dream.
There was something wrong.
Something was missing.
"Xiaomin?"
"Xiaomin, are you ok?" Weimo's voice sounded from outside the bathroom.
Hearing Weimo's worried voice, Xiaomin was confused again. She was in a mess, she needed time to think. She was unsure of what it was.
First at the mall, and now this. Xiaomin was utterly confused. Unable to bear Weimo worrying about her she came out of the bathroom.
"Are you ok?" Weimo asked with a little worried face.
Xiaomin nodded and buried herself in the duvet, "Weimo, I am a little tired."
When Weimo arrived, she was originally sleeping. Xiaomin had always been cranky when her sleep would be disturbed. Weimo did not feel anything weird and simply covered her with duvet before covering the windows with a curtain and leaving for the study.
Xiaomin who was buried under the quilt sat up after weimo left. Even though the room was dark there was still sufficient lighting in the room. The eerie feeling in her heart was still strong making her tremble.
Noticing someone walking, Joy who was locked in the room started barking.
Weimo frowned, as much as he knew Joy was a smart dog. There was no way he would be locked inside a room by himself.
Weimo quickly opened the door and was ready to ask what happened. Joy who was freed ran towards the bedroom and jumped on the bed startling Xiaomin.
"Are you ok?" Joy asked. Weimo saw Joy's weird behavior and ran behind him.
"What is he saying? Why was he locked in the room?" Weimo asked Xiaomin who was trying to hold Joy in a stable position and calm him down.
Xiaomin did not know what happened, she looked at Joy for an answer.
"Say you locked me and forgot. Just say something to divert his attention." Joy ordered Xiaomin.
"I might have locked the room and forgot about him,. Thank you for getting him out. Weimo, I think I will keep joy with me for some time." Xiaomin understood from Joy's way of talking that he did not want to speak in front of him. Thus she took the initiative to send Weimo back and gain some private time for herself to clear her doubts.
Weimo nodded and left the room.
"What happened?" Xiaomin turned towards Joy and asked him with a questioning face. Even Xiaomin knew Joy was an intelligent dog. There was no possible way for him to get himself locked in a room.
Apart from that, none of the rooms had automatic lock features. They had to be manually locked.
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Who locked Joy?
What is going on?
I am confused?
Are you?