Chapter 25: The Fox in the Dream
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Irene’s reaction didn’t seem fake.
Ever since Yu Sheng had started interacting with the doll, he’d never caught her being insincere. Everything she said and did brimmed with a kind of pure honesty, as if her head was filled with solid matter—either she was an incredible actress or she was genuinely clueless.
Yu Sheng cautiously held onto the first idea but leaned more toward the second.
He then described to Irene the appearance of the dead doll he’d seen, along with the massive shadowy monster that seemed to perish alongside it. Her response was still the same: “I don’t know.”
Frowning, Yu Sheng sank into deep thought.
“Hey, why’d you suddenly come to ask me this? Weren’t you going upstairs to sleep?” Irene couldn’t help but ask.
He hesitated for a moment but decided to tell her about the changes in the room upstairs. It didn’t involve any of his secrets and might even relate to Irene herself. Talking about it might help solve the mystery.
“Something happened in the room upstairs…”