Xing Fei was still awake. She lay on her side with her back to the window, listening carefully to the sounds outside.

Just then, a pitiful woman's voice came from outside, "Let me in...give me back my leg...give me back my leg..."

The sound grew louder and louder as it approached. Xing Fei curled up under the covers. She wanted to turn on the light and get her phone, but she didn't dare to get out of bed. At that moment, the covers seemed like a safe haven.

Xing Fei felt like every second was an eternity. The thing outside was still there, and the knocking on the window started again! Xing Fei had never wished time would pass so quickly, that morning would arrive sooner.

She took a few deep breaths, mustered her courage, lifted a corner of the blanket, and peeked out. She immediately let out a scream!

By the moonlight, she saw a disheveled figure dressed in white on the second-floor balcony, floating about as if it had no legs.

Xing Fei covered her mouth and quickly shrank back under the covers.

About 20 minutes later, Ye Xinghe and Qiao Lin also felt sleepy, so they put the hanged ghost away and went back to sleep.

I wonder how Xing Fei spent the night. Early in the morning, with heavy dark circles under her eyes, she sat absentmindedly at the dining table, hoping to see Ye Xingchen before breakfast.

Ye Xingchen left home before 7 a.m., as he didn't want to have any interaction with Xing Fei.

Ye Xinghe didn't come downstairs until 9 o'clock. Ye Minghan and his wife had both gone to the company, only Xing Fei was still sitting in the restaurant. Ye Xinghe looked at her face and was secretly delighted, "Didn't you sleep well last night? You look so pale! You look like a ghost has sucked away your yang energy."

Xing Fei stared blankly at Ye Xinghe. Ye's parents had said that she looked terrible that morning, but when she heard Ye Xinghe say the word "ghost," her heart skipped a beat. "Did you hear anything last night?"

Ye Xinghe glanced at her casually, "Didn't you hear anything? What did you hear? Maybe a rat or a big cockroach."

"What?" Xing Fei's eyes widened even more suddenly. "You have rats and cockroaches in your house?"

“Yeah, is it that strange? This isn’t an apartment building, so rats can easily get in.” Ye Xinghe sat down opposite her, took a steamed bun and started eating. “Cockroaches are even less surprising.”

Xing Fei knew that what appeared on the balcony last night could not have been rats or cockroaches, so she asked Qiao Lin if he had heard any noises last night.

Qiao Lin remained calm and slowly said, "I heard you. Sister Qiu is back."

Xing Fei asked curiously, "Sister Qiu? Who is Sister Qiu?"

Qiao Lin glanced at Ye Xinghe, her eyes darting around, looking like she had said something wrong, and mumbled a perfunctory reply, "Nobody, nobody."

Xing Fei then asked Ye Xinghe, who also gave evasive answers.

Seeing that neither of them was paying attention to her anymore, Xing Fei went back to her room, intending to catch up on some sleep during the safer daytime.

After breakfast, Ye Xinghe and Qiao Lin began their second plan.

The two went to Ye Xinghe's room, turned the music up to the maximum, and then started dribbling a basketball.

The thud of the basketball bouncing on the ground was like a series of drumbeats, each one seemingly hitting Xing Fei's head, making it impossible for her to sleep.

The sound continued intermittently for about an hour before finally stopping upstairs.

Just as Xing Fei was about to lie down to sleep, she heard a loud crash from upstairs, as if something had fallen! After a moment of silence, another crash occurred, and it was completely irregular, always appearing just as Xing Fei was about to fall asleep.

Xing Fei simply went to sit in the restaurant on the first floor. Although she couldn't sleep there, at least it would be quieter.

She knew that Ye Xinghe was doing this on purpose, trying to drive her away, so she had to hold on.

Xing Fei planned to skip lunch and take a nap while Ye Xinghe ate. She hadn't slept well for two nights and could fall asleep sitting in the dining room. Just as she was about to rest her head on the table, the kitchen started preparing lunch again.

Moreover, to her surprise, Ye Xinghe ate lunch in her room. Xing Fei's plan to take a nap was also shattered.

Upon hearing Ye Xinghe and Qiao Lin about to leave, Xing Fei was so excited she almost cried. After they left, she immediately returned to her room.

Ye Xinghe and Lin Haoding met at the gate at one o'clock in the afternoon. As soon as they arrived at the gate, they saw the familiar car parked across the street.

Ye Xinghe opened the car door and got into the back seat. "Let's get straight to the point. I can't stay out for too long. I need to get my things and go home right away."

Hua Qingmeng turned around and handed her a box. "There are ten in here. Save the ones you don't need for next time."

Lin Hao handed her a small remote control and taught her how to operate it: "This is for fast climbing, this is for slow climbing, this is for emergency assembly, this is to return to the starting point, and this is to make a sound."

"Make a sound?" Ye Xinghe and Qiao Lin asked in unison.

“Yes, it makes a sound.” Lin Hao continued seriously, “Xiao Qiang can’t talk, so I made it sound like a mouse.”

Ye Xinghe clapped his hands three times and couldn't help but exclaim, "What a great invention!"

After thanking her, Ye Xinghe hurried back home, not wanting to waste even a minute longer before Xing Fei had a good night's sleep.

Then, just like in the morning, the two of them made a series of clanging and banging noises, followed by the sound of a drill drilling. Xing Fei leaned against the headboard, her eyes slightly closed, praying that Ye Xinghe would quiet down after Ye's parents returned that evening.

Xing Fei went downstairs at five o'clock to wait for Ye Xingchen to come home from get off work. Qiao Lin secretly slipped into Xing Fei's room, put the five electronic cockroaches under the bed, pressed the slow crawl button, and when they crawled to about the middle of the bed, he pressed the set origin button, and then went downstairs to eat.

Xing Fei lost her appetite when she didn't see Ye Xingchen, so she decided to go back to sleep. She said goodbye to Ye's parents and then got up to go to her room.

Ye Xinghe gave Qiao Lin a wink. Qiao Lin reached into his pocket and quietly pressed the sound-activated button.

A moment later, Xing Fei, completely ignoring her pain, ran down from the second floor. "Uncle Ye, I think I hear the sound of mice in my room."

Ye Minghan immediately asked Uncle Fu to go up and take a look. The guest room was sparsely furnished, with virtually no place for mice to hide. Uncle Fu searched carefully for a long time but found nothing.

Xing Fei thought she was just hallucinating because she hadn't rested well. She had just returned to her room when she was shocked to see two small cockroaches, each about half the size of a palm, crawling slowly under the bed.

Another scream came from the second floor. Xing Fei ran downstairs in a panic, but she lost her footing on the last step and landed hard on her bottom.

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