After the dormitory manager left, Li Qing let go of my hand.

In the darkness, we locked eyes for a few seconds, and then she lay down to sleep.

I turned to my side, unable to fall asleep. That note had told me there were ghosts in the dormitory, but compared to outside the dormitory, it was relatively safe inside. After all, the ghosts in the dormitory wouldn't harm me, but those outside might.

I couldn't discover much inside the dormitory, and the reminders in the note subtly urged me to go out and explore. I decided to wait until the four of them were asleep before going out to take a look.

Zhang Xiaoxuan was the first to fall asleep. I could even hear her faint snoring. It had been about an hour, and they should all be asleep by now.

I climbed down the ladder stealthily and walked carefully to the door.

Just as I opened the door and was about to leave, a cold woman's hand suddenly grabbed my calf.

A chilling wind seeped through the crack of the door, piercing cold, but not as cold as that hand. It frightened me, and I felt an instant goosebumps all over my body.

Then I heard a woman's voice coming from behind me.

"Where are you going?"

It was Cao Yan! I was startled. Why was her hand so cold, as cold as a dead person buried underground for over a decade?

"I'm going to the restroom."

"I'll accompany you." Her voice was eerie, matching the pitch-black dormitory, making one's spine involuntarily shudder.

"No... There's no need." I firmly remembered the words in the note: "Don't let anyone accompany you to the restroom at night."

"I... will... accompany... you..." Her voice became sinister, and her hand tightly gripped my calf.

I made up my mind and quickly stepped outside, forcefully closing the door.

Her arm got caught between the door crack, turning purple, and even a little blood seeped out.

Finally, the door was closed.