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Only then did Lin Zisang secretly hide in the kitchen and eat two mouthfuls. Suddenly, he heard a muffled thump coming from the courtyard, he did not know what it was that made the noise. If not for the silence around him, Lin Zisang would not have been able to hear anything.

Her hand that was holding the spoon stopped for a moment. While she held her breath, there was another loud sound in the courtyard. This sound was even louder than the previous one.

Lin Zisang gently put down the spoon in his hand, turned around and reached for the candlestick to see what was going on. At this moment, the thumping sound rang out twice. Only then did she realize that it wasn't that the sound was getting louder and louder, but that the sound was getting closer and closer to her.

As the material flew through the air, it made a rustling sound as the human's body twisted. Lin Zisang held onto the candlestick, and slowly squatted down. She gently placed the candlestick in her hand on the ground. The candle's light was not very eye-catching, but once it touched the floor, it was blocked by a table and a chair, making it almost impossible to see.

There was someone outside, Lin Zisang had already confirmed that, but he did not know who that person was. A little fear grew in her heart, and he was at a loss as to what to do.

Who could be in the yard at this late hour? Her movements were extremely slow. She slowly moved to the door and looked out through the crack in the door.

Outside the door, the sky was still dark and blue without the moon. In the sky, he could vaguely see the edges of the clouds. Lin Zisang looked down and saw a black shadow flash past the center of the courtyard.

Growing up to this extent, he had heard quite a bit of ghost stories. Lin Zisang was so scared that he did not dare move, his entire body stiffened as he did not know what to do. In his heart, Lin Zisang knew that she should retract her gaze and hide in a corner, but he didn't know why, but half of her eye was fixed at the crack of the door, still staring at the terrifying darkness outside.

For a long time, there was no sound from outside. Just as she wanted to straighten her back, the black figure suddenly leapt out from somewhere and landed right at the entrance of the kitchen, just a foot away from Lin Zisang. The black shadow jumped down from a height of ten feet. When it landed, it only made a slight noise, and it was even lighter than the shoes that the maidservants usually wore.

The shadow's hair was disheveled as it slowly turned its head back. His movements were very slow, and Lin Zisang widened her eyes to the point that she could almost see his dishevelled hair slowly falling off from his shoulders. Then, through the gap between the door and door, half her eyes faced the other half, and their eyes merged together.

Lin Zisang wanted to scream, but all the sound seemed to have been pressed into the deepest part of her throat. She opened his mouth wide, but in the end, all of it turned into silence.

At the same time, the kitchen door was forcefully pushed open from the outside. That tall and big black shadow was standing at the door, looking down at her from above.

The black figure looked at Lin Zisang, then looked at the burning candle flame at the side, and then shifted all of his gaze onto Lin Zisang's face.