Chapter 166: Daybreak
Even if they had guessed, but if Xia Xi refused to open the door, they couldn’t barge in. If others found out about this and Xia Xi got angry, they would definitely be scolded and get nothing good out of it.
So they stood at Xia Xi’s door for an hour. Eventually, they couldn’t stand it any longer and had to retreat to the living room couch, letting the bodyguards stand guard, fearing the ghost might reappear when they fell asleep, thus they didn’t dare to sleep.
They didn’t close their eyes and drift off to sleep on the couch until dawn.
At around six o’clock, old master Xia and the old lady got up. They came over here and looked at the bodyguards standing by the couch, and then looked at the three people sleeping with eyes closed on the sofa. Their brows furrowed, they asked the bodyguards what was going on.
The bodyguards explained the situation in detail to the old master and the old lady.
"Wake them up," Old Master Xia told the bodyguards.
"Yes, master," the bodyguards nodded and went to gently wake up the three people.
Having been on edge all night, the three of them were startled awake by the sound and bounced off the couch.