Xu Huo paused washing the dishes and pointed at the window, "I just saw a shadowy figure walk by, but I haven't heard any knock on the door for a while."
Seeing his gesture, the woman's expression changed, and she hurriedly lowered her voice, "Don't speak!"
The other two people in the room also grew tense, hurriedly rushed into the room, picked up the two children, and covered their ears.
Under the confused faces of Xu Huo and the Girl in the painting, the door was knocked:
"Knock, knock, knock."
The rhythmic knocking sounded twice in succession. Xu Huo patted the woman's sleeve and pointed at the door, using his eyes to ask her if she wanted to open it.
The woman kept her mouth tightly shut and looked at him sharply, then shook her head with determination.
Xu Huo stood honestly in place. The knocking sounded again, and then everything fell into endless silence.
Once everyone relaxed, he asked, "Who was knocking just now? Is there something... bad living around here?"
