It was just for an instant.
Gu Mian noticed the living room clock return to normal for a brief moment, but then it immediately mirrored and began to flow backward again. The change lasted a mere two seconds, easily missed by anyone not paying close attention.
Gu Mian paused for a moment, then looked back. He saw Fatty still staring with a curious expression at the phone, from which sounds continuously emanated.
But Xiao Zhang had vanished without a trace.
Someone had disappeared.
Time reverted to normal for two seconds, and in that brief window, someone vanished.
Perhaps because it was so dark, Fatty didn't notice immediately. By the time he registered Gu Mian's strange gaze and understood what had happened, it was already too late.
"Huh?" Fatty asked, staring at the spot where Xiao Zhang should have been standing. "Where did he go? Such a big man..."
To vanish into thin air like that was simply too eerie.
