In the late night, everything was quiet.

All the snakes in the snake farm were resting, their amber-colored pupils staring straight at my location.

I carefully counted them; they were all there.

Turning towards where my little brother was, the door was slightly closed.

I went in quietly, and his blanket had been kicked off, leaving him curled up on the bed.

He seemed to be asleep, but as I got closer, I found his eyes wide open.

It scared me, and I called out, "Zhaozhao."

He didn't respond.

I waved my hand in front of his eyes, but there was still no reaction.

Mom said that the daughter of our neighbor Ms. Zhang used to sleep with her eyes wide open when she was little, so I thought my little brother might be the same.

I pulled his blanket up and walked out.

I was sure that the bite marks on Old Li's neck were from a snake, but all the snakes in the snake farm were there.

What's going on? Was he already bitten by another snake before he came here?

But the timing of his death was too coincidental; it just didn't make sense.

The only thing I could be sure of was that Dad knew when Old Li came to my room late at night.

When he tried to attack me, I screamed so loudly, and Dad was right next door; he must have heard it.

But he didn't react at all.

He clearly said during the day that he wouldn't marry me to Old Li, but late at night, he colluded with Old Li to come to my room, all for that little money.

This man was even more ruthless and crazy than I had imagined.

After a night of fear, I finally fell asleep just before dawn.

I wanted to see how Dad would react when he saw Old Li's body in my room early in the morning.

But things didn't go as I expected.

Dad was as usual, as if nothing had happened, scolding me for not being at home early in the morning.

The body in my room had also disappeared.

I carefully observed Dad's expression, and there was no sign of anything.

It seemed like he really hadn't seen anything.

I found it strange, who would come to my house late at night and take the body, and what was their purpose?

And with someone as big as Old Li dying, no one noticed at all.