The bathroom mirror is not right

The only thing that responded to Li Mengyao and Lin Yue...

...was a deathly silence behind the door.

"How could this be..."

Li Mengyao was a bit anxious and tried to turn the handle, but it wouldn't budge.

Lin Yue was somewhat panicked. "Senior Sister is an S-Rank Talent and so powerful, how could something have happened to her..."

"Move aside."

Chen Yu had arrived at the door at some point and delivered a heavy kick to the lock!

"Bang—Clang!"

Under ten times the strength of an adult!

The old-fashioned lock shattered instantly, and the door slammed open inward!

Water vapor mixed with a cold fragrance rushed out!

Chen Yu's gaze swept across the interior of the bathroom... Shen Qingci was collapsed on the tiled floor, leaning against the edge of the bathtub. Her soaked, long black hair was messily plastered against her cheeks and neck, with water still dripping from the ends.

She was wearing a cream-colored silk slip dress. After being soaked in water, it clung tightly to her body, clearly outlining every curve, and her thighs were glaringly exposed.

He estimated she had just finished dressing when something happened... Chen Yu took a step inside, knelt down, and quickly pressed his fingers against her carotid artery.

Her pulse was rapid, and her body temperature was on the low side.

"Senior Sister? Senior Sister?"

He spoke in a low voice.

Shen Qingci's eyelashes fluttered a few times before she finally opened her eyes. Her pupils were dilated for a moment before they focused.

When she saw it was Chen Yu in front of her, she thought of something and immediately tried to pull her collar together, but she didn't even have the strength to lift her hand, let alone get up.

Chen Yu didn't ask any questions and picked her up in a princess carry.

"The mirror."

Shen Qingci leaned against his chest, her voice trembling and her eyes filled with terror as she glanced at that hazy mirror.

"I know."

Carrying her, Chen Yu turned and walked out of the bathroom, instructing the stunned Li Mengyao at the door, "Watch her. Everyone, stay away from the mirror for now."

After speaking, Chen Yu placed Shen Qingci on the sofa in the living room.

Then he shook out a thick blanket and wrapped it around her cold body.

"Phew..."

With her wet hair clinging to her cheeks, Shen Qingci slightly tilted her small face up, her wet eyelashes trembling.

She gripped the corner of the blanket tightly, her eyes fixed on Chen Yu's movements, her thoughts unknown.

Chen Yu inadvertently met her upturned gaze.

This one look caught him completely off guard.

Chen Yu had seen her calm and self-possessed, and he had seen her elegant and distant.

But this was the first time he had seen Senior Sister looking so fragile.

Li Mengyao was a bit worried. "Chen Yu, if it doesn't work, let's just break the mirror!"

Chen Yu was slightly taken aback and let out a cough.

Lin Yue also nodded. "Yes! Smash it... so it can't hurt anyone else..."

Chen Yu turned around and shook his head. "Do you still remember the male voice that rang in everyone's heads when we first stepped into this villa?"

Both Li Mengyao and Lin Yue were stunned, trying hard to remember.

They had experienced too many horrors last night, and that opening monologue... the impression of it had already blurred.

Shen Qingci wrapped the blanket tighter and softly repeated, "I am hiding under the bed, I am hiding in the closet, I am hiding in the bathroom..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Mengyao gasped, her eyes widening. "You mean, the rules for the third night tomorrow might be related to the bathroom?"

Lin Yue was so scared she covered her mouth. "Or maybe it's that mirror?"

Chen Yu nodded. "If we completely destroy the mirror now and it happens to be needed tomorrow, I don't want to bear the cost of an uncompleted mission..."

He saw that the three women were lost in thought; they probably wouldn't sleep well tonight.

But he couldn't care less about that.

"Senior Sister Shen."

Chen Yu looked toward the sofa and said righteously, "You've been shaken. Sleep in the inner room with me tonight so I can look after you."

Shen Qingci was startled upon hearing this, and a layer of blush immediately rose to her cheeks.

Without waiting for her response, Chen Yu turned his gaze to the other two. "Li Mengyao, Lin Yue, you two are responsible for keeping watch in the living room. Keep a close eye on the bathroom, but whatever you do, don't go inside..."

Li Mengyao's eyes widened instantly. "Huh? Why—why are the two of us guarding the living room?"

Reluctance was written all over her face!

Lin Yue shrank back in fear even more. "I'm scared too..."

Shen Qingci said in a small voice, "Junior Brother Chen Yu, I'm S-rank, I can actually..."

"You almost died just now."

Chen Yu interrupted her and spoke coldly, "Li Mengyao, are you questioning my decision?"

"I said, as long as you keep an eye on the bathroom and don't go in, nothing will happen."

Li Mengyao opened her mouth, looked at the pitch-black bathroom, then at Chen Yu, and finally swallowed her protest, giving a resentful "Oh."

As the ex-girlfriend...

...she was truly spineless to the core.

Li Mengyao was almost on the verge of tears.

She felt she was being too humble, but there was nothing she could do.

If there were a medicine for regret in this world, she would want to eat it like a meal... Shen Qingci looked away, the blush on her face not yet faded, and she didn't argue further.

She stood up as told, the blanket revealing a large area of skin as she walked, making her look both seductive and embarrassed in the dim light.

She stepped onto the floor barefoot and followed closely behind Chen Yu into the bedroom.

As their figures disappeared into the bedroom...

Li Mengyao plopped down onto the sofa, grabbed a throw pillow, and rested her chin on it. Her lips were pouted high, and her face was written with "unhappiness."

Lin Yue timidly moved to sit beside her and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Mengyao... isn't Chen Yu your boyfriend? Why didn't he let you go in?"

Li Mengyao was feeling annoyed and answered in a muffled voice, "Stop asking..."

Lin Yue gave an "Oh" and lowered her head, looking pitiful.

Li Mengyao caught a glimpse of her out of the corner of her eye and sighed. "Fine, it doesn't matter if I tell you. He and I already... broke up... before the apocalypse arrived."

"Really!"

Lin Yue suddenly looked up, those big eyes that were always timid instantly shining with an amazing brightness!

Li Mengyao: "?"

In the next second, Lin Yue quickly lowered her gaze. "S-sorry, Mengyao, I was just too surprised..."

Li Mengyao narrowed her eyes, seemingly trying to see through Lin Yue, but she couldn't.

"Hmph."

"I will definitely win Chen Yu back!"

As she spoke, she completely failed to notice the look Lin Yue was giving her... On the other side of the wall, inside the bedroom.

The lights weren't on, the room was dimly lit, and only the faint blue moonlight from outside the window shone in.

On the large bed, Shen Qingci sat leaning against the headboard.

The blanket wrapped her tightly, only revealing a small section of her collarbone.

She hugged her knees, not yet having recovered her senses.

Chen Yu sat on the other side of the bed, a person's distance away from her.

"Can you talk about it now?"

"What exactly happened?"

Chen Yu turned his head and looked at the Senior Sister beside him, feeling a bit of heat.

He knew that thinking about such things while she was still shaken was a bit outrageous.

But the woman beside him was Shen Qingci.

The "Little Ni Ni" whose posters covered subway stations before the apocalypse, who was revered by countless people as their dream girl, who was always elegant and proper on screen, as if she didn't belong to the mortal world.

The star Senior Sister of Haicheng Film Academy, an Assistant Director, and the object of countless boys' fantasies.

At this moment, she had shed all her halos.

Exposed under the dim light and shadows.

The stimulation brought by this contrast was something no man could restrain.

Shen Qingci organized her thoughts and recalled, "I was finishing my shower and drying my hair with a towel. The bathroom was full of mist, and the mirror was very blurry."

"But out of the corner of my eye, I noticed... something was wrong..."

"Something was wrong?"

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes and pressed further, "Specifically, what was wrong?"