I deliver food in a bizarre world

Chen Mo gently turned the doorknob and then shone the flashlight inside.

The study was small, with bookshelves reaching the ceiling against the wall. Most of them were empty, with only a few heavy books with tattered spines standing crookedly.

A huge desk stood in the center of the room, with some yellowed papers scattered on it and a dried-up ink bottle.

Behind the desk was a high-backed leather chair, the leather cracked, revealing the dark yellow stuffing inside.

The group filed in, breathing a slight sigh of relief; this place seemed safer than the living room they had just left.

Lily leaned against the door frame, her face still pale, but the fear in her eyes was slowly being replaced by a new emotion.

Resentment...unwillingness...

She stole a glance at Chen Mo's back, and a thought began to form in her mind.

It's all because of him!

If he hadn't insisted on going this way, if he hadn't yelled at her so fiercely just now, how could she have been so embarrassed!

And that repairman, he was acting all mysterious...

She touched her ankle, which was still a little sore; she had twisted it when she tripped and fell.

Why should she suffer like this?

This guy surnamed Chen is just a food deliveryman, what's there to pretend about!

Zhang Hao and Li Meng looked at the bookshelf curiously, but dared not touch it, for fear of touching something taboo.

Aunt Wang found a relatively clean corner to lean against, closed her eyes, and her lips were still moving silently.

Master Liu stood in front of the desk, his expression shifting between light and shadow. His gaze swept over the scattered papers, his hand gently stroking the tabletop, as if sensing something.

With Xiao Jing watching him, Chen Mo focused his attention on the desk and the high-backed chair.

Under the light of his spiritual eyes, the source of the surging yin energy in the room seemed to be right here!

He approached the desk and found that, in addition to the papers, there was a strangely shaped brass paperweight carved into a coiled creature that resembled a dragon but was not.

The vibration became even clearer as his gaze fell on the paperweight.

Chen Mo reached out to grab the paperweight.

"Don't touch it!" Master Liu suddenly shouted in a low voice, his voice very urgent.

Chen Mo's hand froze in mid-air as he turned to look at Master Liu.

"Do you recognize this? What is it?"

Master Liu strode over, his face serious: "My ancestral notes mentioned that this thing... is a talisman here, related to the core of the mansion. Moving it might cause even bigger trouble."

He pointed to a barely visible crack in the paperweight base: "Look here, it's already unstable."

Upon closer inspection, Chen Mo indeed saw a hair-thin crack.

He withdrew his hand, nodded, and agreed with the other person's statement.

But the conversation took on a different meaning when it reached Lily's ears.

Seeing Master Liu and Chen Mo standing together, and seeing Chen Mo obeying Master Liu's every word, her sense of imbalance reached its peak.

These two are definitely up to something; they might have been in cahoots all along!

Why didn't that repairman say so sooner when he knew so much?

This Chen Mo definitely wants to monopolize some benefits!

Countless crazy ideas gradually surfaced in her mind.

Since we can't act alone... if...

What if Chen Mo were allowed to "act alone" without knowing the truth?

Will the rules punish him?

It would be best if he died... Even if he doesn't die, it would be good to make him suffer a little!

She observed that the rule's determination of being alone wasn't absolute and instantaneous; there was an extremely brief period of ambiguity...

For example, when he first entered the mansion, he stayed alone in another room for a while!

She quietly retreated to the door, her gaze sweeping across the corridor.

Across the corridor, there was a small, open door leading to what appeared to be a storage room, filled with clutter and dark.

This is an opportunity!

If handled properly, he could be locked in this room!

How can I lure him over here...?

Her mind raced, her heart pounded, and her palms sweated.

She waited until Chen Mo was facing away from the door, carefully studying his desk, and then deliberately let out a soft, surprised gasp.

"oops!"

Everyone's attention was drawn to this sudden turn of events, and they all turned around to look at the source of the sound at the door.

Lily leaned back as if she had tripped over something, and fell out of the study doorway, landing right in the shadow of the storage room across the way!

"Lily!" Zhang Hao exclaimed.

Chen Mo also turned around abruptly, only to see Lily lying at the doorway of the opposite storage room, one hand clutching her ankle, her face contorted in pain, but inwardly…

Hmph... as long as he comes...

"My foot...it hurts so much...I can't move it..." Lily cried out, her voice echoing in the silent corridor. "Don't worry about me, find...ah!"

Playing hard to get is usually a powerful tool for dealing with men, but this time, she underestimated the seriousness of the situation.

Before she could finish speaking, she felt an irresistible force grab her neck from behind and drag her quickly into the depths of the storage room!

The force was so great that she couldn't even struggle!

"No! Help me!!"

Lily's smugness instantly turned into extreme fear.

She let out a piercing scream, her hands scratching the ground in vain, her fingernails leaving white marks on the dusty floor.

Everyone watched as her figure flew backwards into the shadows opposite and disappeared from the house.

"That stupid woman!"

Chen Mo's expression changed drastically, and he rushed over in one stride!

But just as he was about to rush to the door of the storage room, the small, open door was suddenly pulled open as if by an invisible hand.

With a loud bang, the door slammed shut in front of him, nearly hitting his face.

The loud noise echoed down the corridor. Because of Lily's scream, the eerie atmosphere in the corridor became active, and he dared not go any further.

Immediately afterwards, a piercing wail came from behind the door, so short it was almost as if it had been cut off, yet it was filled with extreme fear.

Then... everything returned to deathly silence.

Only the old brass handle on the door was still trembling slightly.

In the corridor, the remaining five people stood frozen in place, like statues.

Zhang Hao and Li Meng were terrified, huddled tightly in the corner, their hands covering their mouths to prevent themselves from screaming out of fear.

Aunt Wang's legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground, closing her eyes and trembling all over.

Master Liu stared at the tightly closed door, his face so gloomy it could drip water.

Chen Mo stood in front of the tightly closed storage room door, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

Because of the violent movements just now, he felt a tearing pain in the wound on his left shoulder, but he was completely unaware of it.

He stared intently at the door, his expression calm and blank.

She had calculated everything, but she hadn't anticipated the cruelty of these rules...

Her little bit of cleverness is insignificant in the face of absolute power!

Silence returned to the entire venue.

But this silence was more suffocating, more bloody, and more terrifying than before.