Demon Apartment - Chapter 16 - United We Stand

At that moment, Dong Xie’s mind went completely blank, and he quickly raised his head. His first instinct was to grab Dong Ning’s hand and pull her away from the hole.

Seeing Dong Xie’s reaction, Zhao Long immediately lay down on the floor to look at the hole.

“What… what did you see?”

Dong Ning quickly grabbed Dong Xie, asking, “Are you… are you okay?”

Dong Ning saw the horror in Dong Xie’s eyes, and her heart tightened.

“Nothing… there’s nothing there?” Zhao Long lifted his head, puzzled, and asked Dong Xie, “What did you see?”

“An… an eye!” Dong Xie was almost pressed against the wall, saying, “I saw an eye!”

Upon hearing this, everyone’s faces changed dramatically, and they instinctively began to distance themselves from the hole in the floor. Each person shivered, fearing that something might crawl out of the hole at any moment.

“Are you… are you sure?” Feng Yu widened his eyes, staring at Dong Xie, “You didn’t see it wrong, did you?”

“I saw it clearly… it was an eye!”

Hearing Dong Xie’s words, everyone started to panic.

“Should we… should we leave here first?” Ge Qi was holding the lighter, illuminating the hole, but he dared not get closer to look. After all, he didn’t know what might happen next.

Zhao Long was also quite hesitant. This seemed like a channel to obtain clues for the Path to Survival, but he indeed felt terrified.

However, Zhao Long then remembered that his phone still couldn’t be used, and he had completely lost contact with Mo Yuan. In such circumstances, the road to finding the Path to Survival was fraught with difficulties. To be honest, Zhao Long’s confidence in his ability to survive was already severely lacking. Therefore, he had to seize every seemingly small clue to possibly find the Path to Survival.

“I’ll take another look…”

Zhao Long gritted his teeth, braced himself, and squatted down, aiming his eye at the hole. Ge Qi, seeing him do this, had no choice but to continue providing light. However, all Zhao Long could see was still just darkness.

Dong Xie watched this scene, his heart tightening. But at that moment, he had indeed seen…

That eye, watching this floor!

Dong Ning raised her hand, brushing aside the bangs on her forehead. Dong Xie knew that every time Ah Ning made this gesture, it meant she was starting to feel highly anxious.

“At least, we’ve confirmed one thing…” Dong Ning kept her hand on her brushed-aside bangs, a gesture indicating her brain cells were working at high speed, thinking. In the past, whenever Dong Xie saw her make this gesture, it was usually before exams when she was doing a lot of practice questions.

“Confirmed what?” Dong Xie asked curiously.

“The fourth floor is indeed a dangerous area, not the ‘Path to Survival.’ Honestly, in the worst-case scenario, I was planning to verify this possibility. After all, the one who said this was…”

Dong Xie immediately understood Dong Ning’s meaning; she had actually considered the hypothesis that the fourth floor might be the Path to Survival.

“Doesn’t seem to make much sense, does it?” Feng Yu said indifferently, “I thought you had some brilliant insight.”

Dong Xie coldly looked at Feng Yu, saying, “That’s still better than some people blatantly slacking off.”

Feng Yu was momentarily speechless, unable to refute Dong Xie’s words. No matter what, he was someone who cared about his reputation, and hearing this, he couldn’t say anything further.

“Should we… leave here?” Ge Qi said timidly, “We’ve pretty much explored this place, right?”

Ge Qi didn’t want to stay in this place for another second.

“Let’s go… yes, let’s go…” Feng Yu also started to speak incoherently, “Let’s leave first…”

Dong Xie smiled wryly at Dong Ning, annoyed that he actually found himself agreeing with Feng Yu and Ge Qi.

…

In the silent corridor.

At this moment, saying you could hear a pin drop wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

Almost everyone, including Dong Xie, was hugging the wall, moving slowly forward.

After making a full circle around the fifth floor, they returned to the door of the room they had rented.

Zhao Long was about to open the door when Dong Ning said, “Wait… Ge Qi, give me the lighter.”

Ge Qi was taken aback but handed the lighter to her.

The lighter couldn’t burn for long periods, and it had been extinguished at intervals before being reignited. Even so, the lighter had become very hot. So Dong Xie took the lighter from Dong Ning, saying, “I’ll hold it for you, Ah Ning. What do you want to look at?”

Dong Ning pointed to the bottom of the door, saying, “I put a band-aid under the door… if anything has gone through, the band-aid will be torn.”

Dong Xie was surprised. Since his student days, he had been weak in fights, experiencing terrible bullying, especially after his parents passed away, which intensified in high school because no parents would come to school to defend him. Of course, if he was beaten badly, the other party wouldn’t fare much better; he couldn’t win, but he could make sure the other party was injured, even though teachers would punish both sides equally. Over time, even after leaving school, Ah Ning had always been in the habit of carrying band-aids. Every time Dong Xie had to assure her that the person who hit him was also beaten badly (with some exaggeration), he believed Ah Ning would definitely dare to rush to school and fight.

“Girls are just more meticulous.” Zhao Long also showed a look of approval, and even Feng Yu and Ge Qi, who had previously been dismissive of Dong Ning, began to admire her.

Confirming that the band-aid was still intact, Dong Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

And Dong Xie looked at his younger sister with a mix of appreciation and affection. He vowed in his heart that no matter what dangers they encountered, he would protect Ah Ning!

“Alright, we…”

Just then, the door leading to the stairwell suddenly creaked open!

In this silent place, it was truly hair-raising.

Seeing this, everyone almost held their breath.

Feng Yu and Ge Qi instinctively began to retreat, while Dong Xie did the opposite, stepping forward to shield Dong Ning, clenching his fists.

“Maybe it’s… the wind?”

“It looks like… there’s nothing there…”

“Shh… don’t speak! Quiet!”

And at that moment, Dong Ning stepped forward, standing shoulder to shoulder with Dong Xie!

No matter what danger they faced, she was determined to stand united with her elder brother!