It's two thirty in the morning, Chǒu time. This is a very annoying time, Chǒu belongs to Cow, which is connected with Zǐ time and followed by Yín time. It is also the darkest and most dangerous moment of the day, and I will explain why here.

  The hour of Zi belongs to the mouse. It is said that heaven and earth were born in the hour of Zi, at first there was no gap, gas could not run out, matter could not be used, but a old mouse bit it, and then there was a gap, so the gas ran out. Matter can be used now. And the mouse has the magical power to open heaven and earth, so the hour of Zi belongs to the mouse.

  After the hour of Zi, it was the time when heaven and earth first opened, and monsters and ghosts took advantage of this to wreak havoc. This period is from 1 am to 3 am, which corresponds to Chou Shi in the earthly branches.

  At this moment, I am sitting in a pitch-black corridor, the light from my phone hanging around my neck can probably reflect my face. As soon as I enter a dark place, I will feel tense, but now this tension is just enough to alleviate my drowsiness.

  But today, for some reason, the chopsticks in the bowl were still and quiet, it was really strange.

  Has it given up? Or is there something strange about this? I looked at my phone, it was already 2:40, and still no sign of it. The hour of the Ox had passed.

  I'm actually looking forward to its arrival, this is the truth, because if it doesn't come, I'll have to stay up all night, and how can I get through this night, when sleepiness comes, I really won't be able to hold on, afraid that it will appear again while I'm sleeping, which would be dangerous.

  It's better to hope it appears soon, so that when I confront it, I can temporarily suppress my drowsiness. Come on, big brother, I muttered silently in my heart.

  Suddenly, I heard a "creak" sound coming from somewhere in the corridor, which was the sound of opening a door. I thought to myself, it's all over! Someone must have woken up and wanted to go to the bathroom. But then I thought again, wait a minute, this hotel room has its own private bathroom!

  No matter what, it's late at night now, if I'm caught with this getup, holding a sign in one hand and a phone around my neck, with a large bowl-shaped thing by my side, it would be really hard to explain. To put it mildly, my identity as a mysterious Mr. Yin-Yang would be exposed; to put it severely, I'd be labeled a pervert who doesn't sleep at night and has mental problems.

  I quickly turned off the phone, fortunately the darkness in the mountain was pitch black. As the light from the phone disappeared, I was once again plunged into darkness around me.

  I didn't dare move, you know I'm sitting against the wall now, if I get up, I'll definitely make a sound. So I held my breath and didn't even dare fart.

  As the door creaked open, I looked over and saw a room at the end of the corridor to my right. I remembered that some freshmen from this year's class were participating in the writing exercise and staying in that direction. I was wondering who was so annoying, coming out so late at night, when I faintly heard a woman's voice coming from that way. Although her voice was very soft, the first floor was quiet to an unusual degree, and you could basically hear a needle drop.

  As I looked up, all I saw was a little girl wearing pajamas walking out of the room while talking on the phone, then closing the door and sitting down on the floor in the corridor with her back against the wall. Her current posture is basically the same as mine.

  That girl seems to have cried, speaking with a quiver. I'm anxious in my heart, thinking that if you want to cry, go back to the house and cry, what if that thing appears now!

  But no matter how anxious I am in my heart, I don't dare to make a sound, and can only hope that she will finish the phone call and go back to sleep before it comes. Let's not mention what would happen if it appears now, my identity would be exposed, these are all small things. What I'm afraid of is hurting innocent people, this woman is really troublesome. What should I do?

  A: Rushing in front of her and telling her that I am the staff on duty at this hotel, the hotel does not allow going out at night.

  B: Rushing in front of her and making it clear to her my true identity, telling her not to interfere with my demon-slaying and Tao-protecting.

  If that thing comes, I'll continue pretending to be dead and let it harm my brothers.

  Damn it! None of the answers work!! Because of Old Liu's analysis meeting these past few days, I, this good-for-nothing, have become famous. Among the people who came to Mirror Lake, there isn't one who doesn't know me. What's the point of still pretending to be a hotel staff member? Should I just confess to her? In this situation, she would believe me? Don't be ridiculous! She'll definitely scream loudly and call me a pervert, then everyone will be woken up by her, and my reputation for this lifetime will be ruined!

  Should I continue to pretend to be dead? This idea doesn't make sense, and I want to slap myself for thinking of it. What should I do? What should I do? Maybe I'll go ahead and knock him out first, but do I have the strength to do that?

  Just when I was in a mess in my mind, I suddenly heard her say: "Why? Why don't you want me anymore? What did I do wrong?"

  What the heck? Didn't expect to gain something unexpectedly? This clearly shows that there's an emotional issue, I'd say I'm a very nosy person, but I swear to heaven, I absolutely had no intention. I was just attracted by her words, fellow drifters in the world, sister. Brother, I've also been dumped before, brother, I have experience in this aspect too.

  But the thing is, your brother is a man and has thick skin. It's you, a young girl, who got dumped, and thinking about it feels terrible. At this late hour, thinking that dumping you was really despicable of him. Can't he talk about things during the day? Does he have to make people sleep badly? Does he have to make people cry in the middle of the night?

  This is: The Zhu family's gate reeks of wine and meat, while on the road there are bones of those who have starved to death. Some people worry about their girlfriends, while others worry about not having a girlfriend.

  Obviously, I belong to the latter.

  As I thought about it, my heart started to feel uncomfortable. The phone call breaking up was really touching. Listening to the girl's crying, although she seemed to be trying her best to hold back her voice so as not to disturb others, but she didn't know that I, who was about 15 meters away from her, had already heard everything clearly.

  Women, oh women, are really a source of trouble. Their tears have such great destructive power that even Wu Sangui, who was once a real man during the late Ming dynasty, was ruined by Chen Yuanyuan and ended up wearing a green hat (a symbol of cuckoldry). It's all over, life is unbearable.

  Speaking of tears, I suddenly thought of the yellow-robed female ghost's tears. They're all infatuated women, and who knows how she's getting along with that scoundrel now? If I were her, I'd scare Dong Sizhe every night. But come to think of it, I really forgot to ask Ninth Uncle about that pearl...

  Pfft, what was I thinking? This isn't the time to be thinking about that. There's still something unknown that could pop up at any moment. It's not safe to be thinking about meaningless things right now.

  So I continued to hope that the girl would go back to her room and sleep. I took a sneak peek, and it seemed like she had hung up the phone. My heart sank by more than half. After finishing the call, she would be crying well in her room, little sister, crying is good for you.

  But things didn't turn out as simple as I had imagined, she hung up the phone and buried her head in her knees, sobbing. It was that heartbreaking.

  What can be done? Time is running out, the hour of the Ox is almost here. If that thing comes tonight, it should be just a matter of minutes now. Big sister, please, hurry back inside!

  It's okay, she cried for a while and then got up. I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, thinking that she was finally going back home. But just at this moment, the tragedy happened - after getting up, she didn't go back to the house, but instead made another phone call.

  "You will regret it." She said briefly into the phone and then hung up, walking towards the hotel entrance, which was in my direction.

  Isn't she being unreasonable?

  What should I do? If she comes over to my side and doesn't see me, that would be strange! You know how scary it is for people to scare others to death. When she sees someone sitting in such a dark corridor, she will definitely scream loudly. At that time, the whole first floor will wake up.

  Damn, is my university reputation going to be ruined like this? Who did I provoke? As she gets closer and closer, my brain is too tense and I can only silently lean against the wall with all my might, trying to make myself look like a trash can. But only an idiot wouldn't notice. And now I feel like crying again. Is it easy for me?

  It would be great if there was a hole in the ground, no matter how big or small it is, I just want to drill into it.

  I feel her phone's light is about to shine on me. I steeled myself, not caring about the consequences, and prepared to cover her mouth as soon as she walked in, then knock her out. There's no other way now.

  I saw that she was about to see me, I had tensed up my muscles and was ready to jump out at any moment, whatever happens, I couldn't let her scream.

  As expected, she seemed to have discovered something by the wall in front of her. She stopped in her tracks and then took a photo of me with her mobile phone.

  Get your hands off!! I sprang up quickly and was just about to cover her mouth when I suddenly heard a "pa" sound beside me.

  When I saw that girl had already seen me, but her expression suddenly froze, it wasn't an expression of fear or wanting to scream.

  Cold sweat burst out of my body, and I hastily turned on the phone light. The chopstick in the rice bowl on the ground had stood up straight.