A shattered fragment of a head sculpture, with stone eyes, rolled to the girl's feet, as if staring at her.
The girl's face changed again, lacking even the courage to kick it away, she pulled her feet up onto the sofa, trembling and breathing heavily.
She stared intently at that clock, holding on for the arrival of time.
...
[Tick tock... tick... tock... tick tock...]
Time quietly slipped by in the swinging intervals of the pendulum, finally, the clock's hands moved to the most critical moment!
"6:00".
"Ding-ling-ling-ling-ling——!"
The huge pendulum clock emitted a groaning alarm, like a fierce tiger in the deep mountain forest letting out a meow.
The initially dismissive Kuai Hongji suddenly opened his eyes.
"The time has come."
Without hesitation, he stood up and walked towards the exit of the Dormitory Management Office.
Mao Feiyang followed in silence.
The girl on the sofa also jolted, quickly got up, and quietly followed Kuai Hongji's steps.
