Chapter 22 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

In order to prevent Yun Xi from escaping unnoticed, Chen Lixue and Liang Danyi took turns watching her.

When they went to bed that night, Chen Lixue made up an excuse to have Yun Xi move to Liang Danyi and her sister’s room. This would make it easier for Liang Danyi to keep an eye on Yun Xi.

The bedroom shared by Liang Danyi and her sister was three times the size of Yun Xi’s room that had been refitted from a storage room. There were two beds in the room, and it was much more s.p.a.cious than her little hole in the wall.

To make them let down their guard, Yun Xi decided to go with their plan.

Yun Xi casually threw into a corner the bag she’d packed from her other room. After a stressful evening, Liang Danyi was too lazy to help Yun Xi tidy up since she had to focus on keeping an eye on her.

However, Yun Xi was in a very good mood. She immediately crawled into bed and grabbed a book to read.

Just as she’d expected, she heard the sound of the door lock outside the room just past 10 pm.

Since Chen Lixue was keeping such a close eye on her, tonight was her only and best chance of escaping unnoticed.

People typically slept the most deeply between 12-3 am. Liang Danyi had always been pampered well and rested at scheduled times, so she would surely be asleep by 9 pm.

But since Liang Danyi had to keep an eye on Yun Xi that night, she didn’t sleep. Liang Danyi nervously delayed her sleep until 11 pm, which was much later than her normal bedtime.

Yun Xi checked the clock before turning off the light and going to sleep.

Under the blanket, she squeezed the key she’d cut at the village entrance that afternoon.

In the darkness, she closed her eyes as she listened to the sound of Liang Danyi’s breathing. She waited for Liang Danyi to fall asleep and be completely sound asleep.

She waited for some time before she heard a rooster cry quietly nearby. She knew it was about time.

Quietly climbing out of bed, she grabbed her backpack and walked to the edge of the door to cut off the screen on it. Reaching her hand outside the wooden frame, she opened the lock.

Doors in the countryside were made with half wooden boards and half screens for the purpose of ventilation. The window screens were covered with short curtains as part.i.tions and to preserve feng shui properties.

And it was precisely due to such a design that she was able to open the lock from the inside!

Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to open the dead-bolted door from the outside even if she copied Liang Danyi’s key!