Chapter 46 chapter eight

Before going to bed at night, Gray was about to turn off the lights when Dilly grabbed his hand and said, "Don't worry." Gray turned around and asked, "Honey, is there anything else?" Dilly nodded: "Can we chat for a while?" "Of course." Gray half-lyed on the bed, leaning his head against the back of the bed, "What do you want to talk to me about?" "About this house." Gray frowned imperceptibly. "What do you want to know, Dilly?" he asked patiently. "You tell me that this house is passed down from your family—do you know when it was built?"

"I don't know, I've never asked about these things." "Your parents and you both lived in this house before, didn't they?" "yes." "Why didn't you and your mother live here after your father died?" "My mother remarried and went out of town, and I—I told you, it's too far away from where I work." "You mean, from the time you inherited this house at the age of twenty-seven to now, you haven't lived here in a total of three years?" "……yes." "Where's Kaz? How long have you had him?"

"Didn't I tell you the first day I came here? He was brought to our house when he was a puppy, and it has been ten years." Gray straightened up suddenly, "Hey, Dilly, what are you doing? Questioning the prisoner?" Dilly pursed her lips and remained silent for a few seconds, then said, "I just want to know something about this house." "Then do you understand enough now? Do you have any questions?" Gray said impatiently. "Okay, one last question," Dilly said. "You said that your father told you when you were a child that you must never go into that locked storage room-don't you find it curious? Now you You have inherited this house, you are the owner of this house, and you never thought of opening it to see what's inside?"

"My God! Dilly," cried Gray, "that's absolutely out of the question! I told you, that room must never be entered!" "But……" "Okay, stop talking!" Gray interrupted her rudely, "I don't want to talk about this topic anymore, go to sleep." After speaking, he reached out and turned off the light by the bed.The room became pitch black. After a few minutes, Gray heard a tiny sob in the silent darkness. He sighed, somewhat regretting his arbitrary action just now.Gray gently hugged Di Li in the dark, and said, "Honey, just now...it was my fault, I was too reckless, please forgive me."

Dilly was still sobbing and didn't speak. "Tomorrow is Saturday, I'll go shopping with you, okay?" Gray apologized, "Don't be angry with me." Dilly stopped sobbing and crawled slowly under the covers.Gray was still whispering coaxing words. In this way, they gradually fell asleep. After falling asleep in the middle of the night, Di Li woke up again to the sound of the dog barking. She sat up a little and listened carefully to the sound from the bathroom. Still the same as last night, Katz yelled in bursts, the sound was not very loud, if there was nothing.

Inadvertently, Di Li glanced at the ancient clock on the wall again, and was stunned. It was three-fifteen again—almost exactly the same as last night! Di Li frowned tightly. She stroked her chin back and forth with her hands, trying to think—what's going on? A minute later, Dilly decided to wake Gray up and tell him to go to the bathroom to see why Kaz was barking. "Grey...Grey, wake up." Di Li yelled, shaking Gray's body. Grey, who was soundly asleep, was shaken awake. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "Dilly, what's wrong?" "Listen, Kaz is barking again."

When Gray heard the dog bark, he rubbed his eyes impatiently and said, "Let it bark, it's not too loud anyway, so what's the matter?" After speaking, he turned over and fell asleep again. "Grey, don't you find it strange that this dog barks every night?" Di Li became anxious. "What's so strange about a dog barking a few times in the middle of the night? Dilly, go to sleep." "But I noticed that it barks exactly at the same time every night, which is now, at fifteen past three," said Dilly. A few seconds after these words were said, Gray seemed to suddenly think of something, he suddenly turned over and asked, "What did you say?"

"I said the dog barked at three-fifteen every night." "Now...is it 3:15?" There was a trace of fear in Gray's tone. "Look at the clock on the wall yourself." Di Li pointed to the wall clock. Gray stood up and looked at the big clock whose hands glowed at night. Then, there was silence. In the darkness, Dilly couldn't see Gray's face clearly.But she felt that Gray's body seemed to be trembling. "Grey, what's the matter with you?" she asked. Gray slowly shrank back under the blanket, turned around, turned his back to Di Li, and said, "It's nothing, go to sleep."

At this time, the dog barking stopped. "Grey..." Di Li softly called her fiancé, but she didn't know if he had fallen asleep, and there was no response. Di Li sighed helplessly. She half leaned on the bed and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.