Mr. Gao was awake!
The entire atmosphere in the eastern coffin room seemed to freeze. Although Song Ciwan couldn't see, just by listening to the various sounds coming from over there, she could almost picture the scene inside.
Sha Si was so frightened his legs were trembling. He steadied himself against the doorframe and stammered with a nervous laugh, "Mr. Gao, I... we... hehe, we just heard you were so tired you'd fallen asleep. We, uh, were worried something might have happened to you, so we came to check on you..."
Mo Hou'Er quickly chimed in, "Y-Yes, that's right! We were just taking a look, hehe, just a look!"
As he spoke, Sha Si carefully backed out the door, and Mo Hou'Er did the same.
But Wang Zhu, who had been injured earlier, moved a little slower. Just then, Mr. Gao, sitting in his coffin, shrieked, "Ah! You three little thieves! My money! My money is all gone! It was you! You stole my money!"
