Cursed Mansion [Completed]

3. A deeper mystery...

yibo grow closer to the lord of the manor and uncover more mystery.

the corridor where he's standing is dark. the west wing door lies ahead.

'um... why am i here? am i dreaming again?' thinks yibo.

a low vibration sound reaches his ears, he freeze and get goosebumps all over his skin.

'i think it's coming from behind the door! i must know what is behind that door.' thinks yibo.

as he go closer, the vibration grow louder until it almost breaks the door off its hinges. his heart pounds frantically in his chest and he feel his palms go damp. he hold his breath. as soon as he touch the handle, he abruptly find himself in a study room.

'what...? where am i? why do i feel like i've been here before?' thinks yibo.

he look around at the dark room filled with books. he wander around the room in a daze.

as he do so, he quite suddenly catch a sight of something in his peripheral vision. he whip around sharply.

not standing quite far from him is a gaunt, skeletal creature with withered flesh, donned in long clothing.

"ah! oh my!" shouted yibo.

he run to the door. it is firmly locked. he push the door with all his strength but it doesn't move at all. he feel that the thing coming closer behind him. he turn around in horror.

as he gaze in horror at the gruesome sight, it suddenly bends its head and echoes a peal of sinister, mirthless laughter.

suddenly, it's beside him and before he can utter a scream, it grabs him on his shoulder and he hold back. it strikes him down with its long, scarred, bony fingers. a great pain takes over his body and he feel himself slipping away.

suddenly, he jolt awake. he sit up. frightened, look around, find that he's in his room, safely on his bed.

'thank goodness! it was only a dream.' thinks yibo.

a breath of sweet relief escapes his lips. he lay back on his bed, exhausted.

'it was so real. i still feel my heart pounding agitatedly. this is the second time i've had another bad dream. what could this mean?' thinks yibo.

as he ponder that, the echo of the chilling laughter from his dream reverberates in his mind. he shudder and a knock sounds on his door again, interrupting his thoughts. he get over his shock and try to put himself together.

"who's there?" asked yibo.

"it's lord wei ying." said wei ying.

yibo bolt out of his bed and hurry to get the door.

"i'm coming!" said yibo.

yibo quickly rush to adjust his clothes and tidy up his hair.

then he carefully open the door.

"lord wei ying!" said yibo.

wei ying stares at yibo with open shock.

"i'm sorry. i thought you must have woken up and gotten dressed." said wei ying.

yibo look down consciously at himself.

"err... no." said yibo.

"i'll wait for you in the hall. i only wanted to invite you for a stroll in the garden with the children. would you like to?" asked wei ying.

"of course. i'd love to. i'll be down in an hour." said yibo.

"alright then. i'll be waiting." said wei ying.