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Thud—thud-thud—thud-thud—thud—
Disordered footsteps echoed down the stairs, as dust rained down from the space beneath the wooden steps.
In the second floor of the Long House, a row of doors stretched neatly towards the end like grim coffins, with light only lingering at the windows on either side of the corridor; the rest was dim, illuminated only by the light seeping through the cracks in the wooden planks.
Once it rained, the inside of such a house would rain too—fortunately, this place was only temporarily set up for trials, rather than actually inhabited.
Lu Li and the young man with ill intentions ascended to the second floor, standing at the top of the staircase looking left and right down the long corridor.
"Do you know where my room is?" Lu Li's question was like a pitiful insect struggling in a spider web, utterly useless except for drawing the spider closer.
"I know, I know, we're actually roommates."