Touch

"Senior, is there something wrong?" Duan Yuan asked when he heard that Su Yu, who is walking beside him, suddenly took a sharp breath. Duan Yuan paused as his expression changed. Being with Su Yu for a while now, he has picked up this kind of reaction of Su Yu after observing the other.

That is, Su Yu must have found something again. But this time, it should be worse than earlier, or else Su Yu wouldn't breathe heavier. And it was as he had thought when he heard Su Yu speak.

"En." Su Yu answered. "The second floor looked exactly like the first floor." He told Duan Yuan.

Duan Yuan's brows knitted. This is really problematic. If Su Yu said 'looked the same', then there would be fewer problems. After all, no matter how things look the same each other, there would still be some differences.

But Su Yu said 'looked exactly'. So, Su Yu means that the first floor and the second floor are two peas in a pod*. To which shows that the evil ghost's power must have increased since this time, the illusion before Su Yu is impeccable. This increased the difficulty of the situation for both of them, though. Especially since only Su Yu could see the illusion as Duan Yuan is blind. Duan Yuan can't help Su Yu with unraveling the illusion.

This made Duan Yuan frown, feeling both uncomfortable and depressed. He is done feeling frustrated since there is nothing that he could do if he will continue to feel frustrated. Instead, it will just make him waste more energy.

"Senior…" Duan Yuan called in a low voice and lowered his head.

Su Yu turned when he heard Duan Yuan call him and guessed what the other is thinking. He smiled, hiding the sadness in his eyes. He knows that Duan Yuan blames himself for being useless because of his disability.

"Hey. Didn't I already tell you that you are my responsibility? I am older than you!" Su Yu told Duan Yuan as he patted the other's shoulder to reassure him. "I am your senior. Or… you are calling me that just for a show?" he asked.

"No! That's not true!" Duan Yuan answered and shook his head. His expression is solemn.

Su Yu felt satisfied. "So, just leave this to me. Have some trust in me, okay?" he told him and poked Duan Yuan's forehead with his index finger before he turned back to look at the hallway before them, thinking about where could be the core of the illusion so he could break it.

Meanwhile, Duan Yuan who was poked on the forehead was dumbfounded. There was no one who has ever poked him like this, much less touch him, especially on his forehead. He doesn't know whether his parents did before when he was young, because he doesn't recall his childhood. His grandfather said that he had an accident when he was young. And before he could grow up, his parents were already gone. So, he doesn't remember much of his parents.

Duan Yuan turned, following the sound of Su Yu's footsteps and breathing. If only he could see right now, he would have stared at Su Yu without blinking. As he said, no one has ever poked him, much less touch him. Even Cen Haorong who was the only friend he has that is daring didn't dare to poke or touch him. When Bai Xueyan asked Cen Haorong about this, Cen Haorong answered that he feels intimidated by Duan Yuan. Not only because of Duan Yuan's cold expression but also because of Duan Yuan's aura that is fierce.

They attributed this to Duan Yuan being raised by the influential and wealthy Duan family. Even if the Duan family is an old family, its reputation remained in the circle of wealthy people.

"Hm? What's wrong?" Su Yu asked when he noticed that Duan Yuan was staring at him.

"… it's nothing." Duan Yuan shook his head. "Senior, did you find something else?" he asked as he stood beside Su Yu. Even if he can't see, he could at least give Su Yu some security with his presence.

At least Su Yu is not alone to face this dangerous situation.

"Hmm… there is." Su Yu answered as he rubbed his chin while he thoughtfully looked at the hallway before them. "But I am not sure if I saw right… raise your flashlight." He told Duan Yuan.

Duan Yuan didn't ask and immediately raised his flashlight, only to hear Su Yu exclaim after that. "What happened?" he immediately asked.

"Yo! I was really right!" Su Yu said and chuckled.

Meanwhile, the online audience who has been feeling anxious since earlier also saw the hallway that was illuminated by Duan Yuan's flashlight. A collection of exclamation marks can be seen on Su Yu's mobile phone screen in an instant.

"Holy… this really looked like the first floor's hallway! If I haven't seen with my own eyes that the anchor and his junior climbed upstairs, I would think that they are still in the first floor!"

"That wasn't the point… what's terrifying is that not only did the second floor's hallway look impeccably the same as the first floor… but that there is also something that was added!"

"FCK! Did I see it clearly?! There are actually four doors in the hallway?!?!"

"Sh*t! Four doors! This means that there are four rooms on the second floor!"

"But, if the second floor is like the first floor, then that means that there are actually four rooms in the first floor, too? Just that, they were hidden."

"Upstairs is right… there might really be four rooms, too, on the first floor. Just that, they were hidden from our eyes because of that illusion!"

Recalling the space on the wall in the hallway on the first floor, Su Yu feels that this is the case. If there are really four rooms in the first floor's hallway, too, then that remaining space on the wall made sense.

But… why would the remaining two doors be hidden?