"Where are you? How much longer until you arrive? She locked the door and won't let me out." I was on the verge of crying.

"Darling, I'm driving. It'll take a while longer."

I looked at my watch, and there were just over twenty minutes until midnight.

"She might kill me before midnight. I'm scared..."

Zhou Hao sent me a picture. "Darling, I just found some useful information. Draw a blood talisman on her doorstep following the pattern in the picture, using your own blood."

"They say that restless spirits won't approach this blood talisman. This way, you can hold on until I arrive."

I opened the picture, and it showed a circle, a triangle, and various unfamiliar symbols.

If it were two hours ago, I wouldn't have believed this thing would work no matter what. But now, without any hesitation, I took out a fruit knife and stealthily made my way downstairs.

Xiaojing wasn't in the living room. I could see dim lights under her door crack.

I immediately cut my finger, quickly drawing the pattern on the floor according to the picture on my phone.

Perhaps I cut my finger too deeply, combined with the tension just now, my finger throbbed with unbearable pain, and blood uncontrollably flowed from my fingertip.

After finishing, I remembered there were gauze pads in Xiaojing's neighboring storage room. I quietly sneaked into the storage room, illuminating it with my phone, searching for the gauze pads.

At that moment, I suddenly heard a faint voice next door.

Turns out, the rooms had poor soundproofing, and Xiaojing seemed to be talking on the phone with someone.

Xiaojing: "Does she really believe what you said?"

"Don't worry."

"It's been seven years, and finally, this day has come. I couldn't have made it without you."

"Hold on a little longer, everything will be over soon."

"But your acting is really good. You've managed to deceive her for so long. She should have bled quite a bit by now. I'm getting quite hungry. The blood of that little nurse is running out. If you hadn't been able to come every critical moment, I'm afraid I wouldn't have made it."

"Didn't I tell you, darling? I will protect you forever."

I felt my hair stand on end.

That's right, the man speaking was Zhou Hao.