"How do your hand wounds need to recover?"
Shuangxi's black long hair hung behind her. She looked down at the wound on her arm with a blank expression. "I need to go to the hospital."
"Do you, as a strange entity, also have hospitals to go to?"
Shuangxi nodded. She paused and added, "Hospitals also have rules. Master is a living person and is not suitable to enter."
Su Qingyu decided to have Shuangxi go to the hospital for treatment after this instance was over.
Walking out of the bedroom, Su Qingyu noticed the bedroom door lock had already begun to loosen.
It seemed this door lock wouldn't last seven days.
The second day of the instance.
At 7:40 in the morning, Mom had already prepared breakfast. Su Qingyu emphasized again that she would only eat healthy food.
Afterward, Su Qingyu went to the bathroom to wash up.
The shower curtain behind her was closed, and a muffled crying sound came from inside.
To escape the instance, one must actively explore it.
Therefore, Su Qingyu pulled open the curtain and saw her younger brother crying in the bathtub.
She ignored the fresh blood and wriggling worms falling from between his fingers.
Su Qingyu played the role of a good older sister and asked with concern, "Little brother, why are you crying so early in the morning?"
In this instance, as long as a character's emotions become unstable, they will mutate.
Her younger brother looked up, his eye sockets severely eaten away by worms.
"Sister, I'm so scared. I'm afraid you'll leave me. Will you always stay at home? We grew up together, sister. I can't leave you."
Su Qingyu ruffled her younger brother's short hair. Her hand touched something sticky, black, and viscous. She twitched the corner of her mouth. "People always have to grow up. You'll grow up too, little brother. When you grow up, you'll see more of the bigger world."
The last rule.
【 Do not make promises lightly, as it will fill your family with expectations. Remember, home is a warm harbor, and your family will always wait for you to return. 】
Not saying she would stay was to avoid falling into the strange entity's trap.
Her younger brother looked up, "Will everyone grow up?"
"Yes."
"Then I want to grow up too."
Su Qingyu gave her younger brother 20 spirit coins as pocket money. He stopped crying and smiled. Su Qingyu left the toilet.
As soon as she opened the toilet door, her mother was standing at the entrance, her toes touching the threshold stone.
It was almost a face-to-face encounter!
Su Qingyu quickly took a step back.
"It's time to eat."
Su Qingyu sat at the dining table and stirred the "healthy food" in the box with a spoon, uncovering a few shreds of meat from the bottom of the rice.
She really couldn't relax for a moment.
Her mother's black pupils actually glowed red. "Why did you tell your brother you wanted to leave home?"
Su Qingyu chose her words carefully. "My brother was crying, I was just comforting him."
Her ambiguous answer didn't fool her mother.
Her mother slammed her chopsticks on the table. "Have you been wanting to leave home for a long time? What has this home done to you that you're so eager to run away?"
"Father works very hard every day. I want to earn money to help the family lighten the burden." Su Qingyu rubbed her eyes, trying to appear more sincere.
Work can be done at home or outside.
Her mother stopped being angry. She lowered her head and ate fatty meat, her mouth smeared with grease.
Su Qingyu picked out the meat shreds, ate a few mouthfuls of rice, and rushed into the study room to attend her online class right on time.
She didn't see her father all morning.
A computer repair kit was placed at the entrance of the study room.
The teacher in the online class sped up the lecture.
Su Qingyu diligently took notes. As it was nearing noon, the teacher showed no signs of stopping.
Yesterday, it had ended exactly on time.
The time in the bottom right corner of the computer showed half an hour left until twelve o'clock.
Su Qingyu looked at her watch, which indicated five minutes left until the end.
【 You need to attend online classes in the study room. Class time is from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM, and from 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM. You need to remain quiet during online classes. At other times, there is no study room in the house. 】
The key point was that at other times, there was no study room in the house.
The teacher lectured incessantly.
The teacher on the screen seemed to be staring intently at Su Qingyu.
Su Qingyu's heart grew cold. It was starting to tamper with time.
By polluting time, it aimed to confuse Su Qingyu's cognition, causing her to violate the rules and die in the study room!
The repair kit at the study room entrance was a hint when she entered.
Following the lecture pace, five minutes was exactly enough time to finish the tenth knowledge point of the second chapter.
Yesterday morning, she had completed ten knowledge points.
Today, the lesson was on the second chapter, which had a total of twelve knowledge points.
It was wrong to wait until the second chapter was finished.
The correct method was to leave after the ten knowledge points were completed!
In an instance, a rule horror would not create a path that inevitably leads to death.
As long as one abides by the rules, they will be protected by them.
After the teacher finished the tenth knowledge point, Su Qingyu decisively stood up and left the study room with her book.
The moment she stood up, the teacher on the screen revealed a vicious expression.
The class ended, but her mother had not prepared lunch.
A note was left on the dining table.
【 Good daughter, Father is busy working overtime at his unit, and Mother has to go out today.
Seeing you studying, Mother didn't want to disturb you.
If you're hungry, you can go out and buy food for lunch. Remember to buy a portion for your brother too. 】
The note was signed by Mom.
Placed with the note were 50 spirit coins.
Her younger brother also ran out of his room. He rested his chin on the dining table and said eagerly, "Sister, I'm hungry."
Mom's note mentioned going out to buy food.
The name of this instance was 【 Sweet Home 】, and the rules found were only for this home.
If she casually stepped outside the house, she might face unknown dangers.
The note left by her mother mentioned going outside, but this note did not belong to the rules.
It was a trick by the strange entity to lure her.
Su Qingyu squatted down and said to her younger brother in a gentle tone, "Could you go out and buy us some food?"
"Huh?" Her younger brother was unhappy. He pouted, "You're the older sister, aren't you? A good older sister should take care of her younger brother, not make him go out to buy food?"
"Just help your sister this once."
Her younger brother said with childlike innocence, "If you're willing to give me your little finger as a toy, I'll agree."
A cruel smile, unfitting for his age, spread across his face.
According to his rules, he was allowed to ask his family for these "little toys."
If his sister refused, or didn't give him food, they wouldn't be a loving family, and he would have the right to eat her.
"Sister will pay you extra."
"..." Why wasn't he playing by the rules?
As a strange entity, spirit coins were too tempting for her younger brother.
Her younger brother placed his index finger on his chin, tilting his head. "But Mom privately told me to let you go out and buy food."
"Mom's note said we could go out to buy food at noon, but it didn't specify who should go."
Younger brother: That makes sense.
"How about this, I'll give you another 1000 spirit coins as pocket money. You can go out and buy what you like to eat, and also buy me an unopened pack of healthy food."
At this moment, Grandma on the balcony excitedly stood up. "Money... Ka Ka Ka... Give it to me... I'll go buy it!"
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