Hide-and-Seek Night

The cat who had been missing for a year came back, but only Qing Xun could see her.

Everyone thought she was hallucinating.

Then night fell, and the cat spoke: “Mom, come with me.”

Qing Xun stared in shock, thinking she must really be at the end of her life. Otherwise, how could she have lived to hear a cat talk?

The cat turned and walked away, as if she had made up her mind about something.

Qing Xun hurried after her, trying to talk to her again, but the cat didn't say another word, as if it really had been a hallucination.

They reached an abandoned old house. The cat leaped onto the courtyard wall, looked back at Qing Xun once, and vanished.

The old door lock opened with a tug. In the desolate courtyard, there was nothing but clumps of withered weeds.

No, there were cats, more than she could count.

In the darkness, Qing Xun saw pairs of gleaming green eyes staring fixedly at her, full of malice.

Just as she was about to turn and run, the lead cat spoke in a mocking tone: “Want to run away?”

“Let's play hide-and-seek.”

“Find your cat, and you can take her with you.”

And so Qing Xun took part in a game of hide-and-seek unlike any she had ever played.

Except the way they played hide-and-seek seemed completely different from the game she knew.

At the pet hospital she had once taken her cat to, every cat and dog in the cages had blood-red eyes and vicious expressions.

In the university dormitory where she had lived for four years, she wandered around in the dark for ages, then looked up to find the display showing Floor Minus Eighteen.

When she finally found her dorm room, she came face-to-face with another version of herself playing the pen fairy game with her roommates.

Even in her familiar home, she could hear wails coming from the hallway.

Qing Xun trembled with fear, wondering whether she could really bring this game to an end.

Maybe all they wanted was for her to die?

Theme: Live well