Shen Mo glanced at her coldly, then stood up and left without a word.
Bai Youwei stared blankly as he went to the back door, then curled her lip, feeling annoyed.
Pan Xiaoxin, who had been squatting in the corner warming himself by the fire, looked at the two of them and whispered, "Sister Weiwei, if you talk to Brother Mo like that, he'll get angry."
Bai Youwei rolled her eyes disdainfully. "What's there to be angry about? I just asked him if he would cry."
Pan Xiaoxin thought for a moment…
Although he felt that Bai Youwei's question was inappropriate, he couldn't explain exactly why.
"Maybe… it's bad luck," Pan Xiaoxin said uncertainly.
"If it's bad luck, it's bad luck for me. I didn't say he would turn into a doll~" Bai Youwei snorted. "What's wrong with asking? Hmph, stingy!"
Pan Xiaoxin didn't know what to say. He opened his mouth, then closed it again, continuing to warm himself by the fire in silence.
Sigh, it's better for a kid like me not to get involved in adult matters.
"Hey, Xiaoxin," Bai Youwei called him.
Pan Xiaoxin froze, then looked at her.
Bai Youwei said irritably, "Go get my loquats."
Pan Xiaoxin: "Huh? … Get… get the loquats?"
"What's wrong?" Bai Youwei frowned. "Didn't you and Tan Xiao pick a lot? I remember they're in your backpack."
"Loquats?" Teacher Cheng heard the voices from the kitchen and poked his head out. "Weiwei, do you want to eat loquats?"
He held out a large glass bowl with about twenty loquats left inside.
Bai Youwei's face immediately turned cold. "There are only this many left?"
Su Man and Zhu Shu, who were sitting at the dining table, looked a little embarrassed when they heard this, feeling like they had secretly eaten someone else's snacks. It was quite awkward.
Teacher Cheng quickly tried to appease her. "We didn't bring any food with us, and we don't know how long we'll be trapped here, so we ate some of your loquats to fill our stomachs. Don't worry, Weiwei. We'll pick more for you when we get out."
Bai Youwei pursed her lips. Although she was a little unhappy, she knew the importance of the bigger picture, so she pouted and didn't say anything.
Teacher Cheng was afraid that the others would misunderstand Bai Youwei, so he explained to Su Man and Zhu Shu, "Weiwei has never eaten freshly picked loquats before. The loquats in Xiaoxin's backpack were picked for her, and she treasures them very much."
"Who treasures them?" Bai Youwei said unhappily. "I just haven't eaten freshly picked loquats before. I don't cherish them!"
She turned her face away, staring at the fire, not looking at anyone.
Everyone in the room could sense her displeasure and awkwardness.
Su Man always disliked this kind of inexplicable little girl temper. She glanced silently at Zhu Shu beside her and suddenly felt that compared to Bai Youwei, Zhu Shu was actually much more likable.
Shen Mo returned again, carrying another armful of firewood.
He squatted down beside Bai Youwei and, repeating his previous actions, carefully stacked the firewood.
Bai Youwei thought he would try to appease her because of the loquats.
However, he didn't say a word, nor did he even glance at her. He stood up and walked to the staircase, starting a conversation with Yan Qingwen, who had just come downstairs.
"I've checked everything. I've looked at the floorboards and wall panels, but I haven't found any hidden compartments. I've asked Li Li to draw a floor plan upstairs to see if we can find anything."
"There's firewood and an axe by the back door. The axe is rusty, but I didn't find anything else unusual."
"Let's arrange for a few people to keep watch tonight."
"Yes, we need two downstairs, one at the front door and one at the back door. We also need one in the second-floor hallway."
"That's three people. There are ten of us in total. Not counting the children, we have just enough people for three shifts."
"…Count me in," Pan Xiaoxin said hesitantly, glancing at Bai Youwei. "Sister Weiwei still has a fever. I'll take her shift."
Shen Mo looked at Pan Xiaoxin, then at Bai Youwei, who still had her back to everyone. After a moment of thought, he nodded. "Alright, you can take her shift."