บท 98: 097 More painful than death

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It was the middle of the night when sudden rainfall began.

Xu Yunfei, who had only just managed to fall asleep amid his remorse, was startled awake by raindrops falling on the roof.

He wiped the rainwater from his sweaty face and realized the rain seemed to be growing heavier, which left him dumbfounded.

The rain was one thing, but Xu Yunfei also heard faint footsteps outside.

He was sure they were not his brother's, nor would they be his mother's.

Who would be sneaking around at this hour? These were old houses, with nothing valuable inside!

As the footsteps drew closer, Xu Yunfei grew more and more afraid, with gruesome images of vengeful ghosts filling his head.

Creak.

In the dead of night, every little sound seemed greatly magnified, and his senses became all the more acute.

Xu Yunfei clutched his blanket tightly, for the first time longing for his mother to remember him and check on him in the middle of the night.