Just as Xia Wan'an was pondering whether the person outside had already left, footsteps came from the outside.
They were coming up from downstairs, stepping on the stairs, issuing a thump, thump, thump sound.
Standing with her back to the bedroom door, Xia Wan'an put her ear to the door, faintly hearing a conversation outside.
"What are you doing standing here?"
"The woman inside just woke up. I saw her come out for a moment when I was in the bathroom, but she went back into the room quickly. I'm not sure if she noticed me, but I tried her door and found that she had locked it from the inside."
"Did she call the police?"
"No, but someone called her. She said something about a body pillow. The sound insulation in this room is pretty good, I didn't hear it very clearly…" After that, the corridor fell silent. After a short while, the person who was speaking before opened his mouth again: "What should we do now?"
