Today, I Have Yet to Become a Doll

Bai Youwei threw down the towel and hurriedly left the bathroom in her wheelchair.

Shen Mo was no longer outside the door.

He had directly jumped down! He was currently on the first floor, having just fished Tan Xiao out of the hotel lobby's koi pond!

--There was a pool on one side of the hotel lobby with a dozen koi in it. Tan Xiao was bored and started fishing in the pool. Who knew he would fall in and be unable to climb out!

The pool was only as deep as a calf!

"This place is haunted!" Tan Xiao shouted, drenched, "A water ghost pulled me into the water! Let's get out of here!"

"It's not a water ghost!" Cheng Teacher, who was standing by, had seen everything clearly. His face was pale as he shouted, "It's a doll, the doll came out of your reflection!"

Shen Mo's expression changed immediately. He turned to look upstairs and saw a figure behind Bai Youwei!

Looking closely, it was a doll! It was reaching out its hands like a stiff corpse, approaching Bai Youwei!

"Bai Youwei!" Shen Mo roared, "Jump down!"

Bai Youwei had sensed something was wrong as early as when Shen Mo's expression changed. But!… Damn it! How could she jump?! She didn't even have a foothold!

Bai Youwei didn't look back. She propped up her hands and shifted her center of gravity with all her might!

Her whole body tilted, and she fell straight down from the second floor--

There was a crashing sound in her ears. It was her wheelchair overturning and falling down with her.

She closed her eyes in a hurry. Her body was falling, and her heart was filled with fear. She didn't know if she would be injured from the fall first or be hit by the wheelchair first.

A large hand wrapped around her waist. Her body fell heavily due to inertia but was steadily pulled up by that hand. Then it swung in the air for half a circle--she felt dizzy. Opening her eyes, she saw Shen Mo holding her with one hand and gripping the rung of the ladder with the other.

She looked at him in his arms. From this angle, his profile was handsome and resolute, his eyes cold, his thin lips pressed into a line, seriousness and restraint hiding a compelling dominance.

The background was slightly spinning, and this scene was truly heart-pounding.

Thump!

A loud noise.

Bai Youwei seemed to wake up from a dream.

Turning her head, she saw the wheelchair had landed on the ground, lying on its side, its two wheels spinning non-stop, the axles reflecting a cold, white, metallic light.

The doll upstairs was gone.

"Let's get out of here." Cheng Teacher, terrified, helped her up into the wheelchair, looking around, feeling unsafe everywhere.

Shen Mo's voice was calm: "Pay attention to your surroundings when you go out, and don't get close to reflective surfaces."

--Reflective surfaces included mirrors, glass, water, and anything that could reflect an image.

For a moment, everyone felt that even the tiles beneath their feet were dangerous!

They hurriedly exited the hotel.

In the maze passage, Shen Mo put Bai Youwei in her wheelchair and checked her up and down. Although her hair was disheveled and she looked a bit embarrassed, it was fortunate that she was able to sit here safe and sound.

"If the doll in the mirror is a difficulty the game has created for us, then will the exit be in the place with the most mirrors?" Shen Mo wondered.

Bai Youwei gently shook her head. "The place with the most mirrors is in the center of the maze. The exit and the starting point can't be the same. That would be cheating."

After a pause, she added, "I think the doll in the mirror should be a clue or a hint."

She turned to Tan Xiao and asked, "When you were fishing, did you notice anything different about your reflection?"

Tan Xiao was stunned. "I didn't notice…"

"What, was there something unusual about your doll?" Shen Mo asked Bai Youwei.

"It's hard to say." Bai Youwei thought for a moment. "…Anyway, if you have the opportunity, it's best to carefully observe yourself in the mirror. Of course, for safety's sake, someone should be with you."

They looked at each other, and finally, they all nodded.

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