In the village at midnight, every household had already extinguished their lights. The small rural paths were also void of streetlights, leaving the entire village shrouded in the dark night.
Only one two-story villa stubbornly kept its lights on, as if intending to fight the eerie and fearful darkness to the end!
Following Zheng He's statement, Jin Cheng and Han Qianyi immediately fell silent, and all four pricked their ears to listen to the surrounding noises, when suddenly, a faint 'rustling' sound began to emerge.
Wan Chen suddenly asked Zheng He in a low voice: "Did you lock the door?"
Zheng He answered nervously in a hushed tone: "Locked, and I also locked the windows, and even moved a cabinet to block the door."
Han Qianyi swallowed nervously and spoke in a very soft tone: "It sounds like it's coming from the kitchen behind me. Did you lock the kitchen window?"
Zheng He: "The kitchen... I didn't notice if there was a window there or not..."