Chapter 7: Irenes Escape Plan
Irene was absolutely furious, cursing like no tomorrow.
Yu Sheng couldn’t quite wrap his head around how a doll trapped inside an oil painting could know such colorful language—and manage to hurl insults non-stop all the way down the staircase without needing to catch her breath.
Then again, maybe being a doll meant she didn’t need to breathe at all.
Despite the noise, Yu Sheng stayed calm. Once Irene finally reached the bottom of the stairs, he let her continue venting while making his way down the steps, careful to mind his steps—not that he had much of a choice with the pain in his back. When he finally reached the ground floor, he crouched down with a groan and picked up the picture frame containing the raging doll.
“Are you completely out of your mind?” Irene demanded, clutching a small plush teddy bear inside the painting. Her eyes were blazing with fury, and her clothes and hair were all in disarray. “Who throws someone down the stairs like that? What if you’d broken the painting?”
“My back hurts,” Yu Sheng explained calmly, holding up the frame as he shuffled towards the dining room. “Your painting is heavy. I couldn’t carry it down the stairs. Besides, your frame seems sturdy. If it broke, maybe you’d be freed.”
“If it were that simple, do you think I’d still be stuck in here?!” Irene huffed, flopping dramatically into a chair within the painting. “Ugh, my head is spinning…”
Yu Sheng suddenly paused and looked intently at the doll in the painting.