Cursed Mansion [Completed]

4. Stranger things...

yibo learn that the children were never on the other side of the west wing door but he pay dearly for the truth he never really understand...

"are you trying to play a trick on me?" asked yibo.

"no?" said lu.

"so, where did you both come from?" asked yibo.

"the kitchen?" said lu.

"and what have you been doing there?!" asked yibo.

"playing." said lu.

"i didn't see you there when i was looking for you!" said yibo.

"we were playing hide and seek." said lu.

"but i heard you pounding behind the west wing door." said yibo.

"what? we were never there! indeed, we've been in the kitchen." said lu.

'great! now i'm talking like a psychotic! i'm sure i heard them behind the door. i wonder what zhan would think of me now?' thinks yibo.

he exhale an angry puff of breath.

he turn to zhan, who has been regarding him with a serious expression on his face.

"i know i sound like a crazy person..." said yibo.

zhan pulls him aside.

"yibo, just be careful! i don't trust anything in this house. something strange is going on." said zhan.

"so, you believe me?" asked yibo.

"of course, i do." said zhan.

yibo smile at zhan in gratitude.

"thank you." said yibo.

"just promise me you'll be cautious." said zhan.

"i promise." said yibo.

"good." said zhan.

he releases yibo's arm.

"what's going on here?!" asked wei ying.

wei ying''s booming voice chills everyone. abruptly, the door to the west wing slams shut. everyone except wei ying jumps a little in surprise.

wei ying comes to a stop, glowering at everyone with angry eyes. yibo has never seen him so furious and he suddenly want cower under his angry gaze.

"zhan! care to explain?" asked wei ying.

"we thought we heard the children behind the door, so i opened the door to check..." said zhan.

"now you're making up ridiculous excuses! as i knew, they were playing in the garden, weren't you kids?" asked wei ying.

"yes, father." said lu.

"yes, father." said yuan.

"what? why are you lying?" said yibo.

"i am not." said lu.

"you said you were in the kitchen." said yibo.

"no. i didn't." said lu.

"zhan, you heard her..." said yibo.

"yes..." said zhan.

"no matter where they were, they were certainly not in the west wing." said wei ying.

yibo look to lord wei ying, aghast and yibo suddenly feel like a fool.

'these children have made a fool out of me! what did i do to them to deserve this??' thinks yibo.

wei ying looks exasperated and he continues to lash out angrily.

"how many times have i warned everyone not to get near that door?? not to even talk of opening it!" said wei ying.