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Chapter 242 Sorry, I'll be lazy for now and finish it tomorrow.

"Ah, it ends here." Fang Cheng flipped through the paper, and after confirming that no new sentences had appeared, he looked up and said to Bai Xingyi and Gu Huayang.

“A very simple and crude method,” Gu Huayang said, rubbing his forehead, “is indeed not easy to come up with.”

“Well, so we need to tell Aunt Li and Uncle Wang this news,” Fang Cheng said, counting the steps she could think of on her fingers. “Then I’ll go burn the kitchen fire—that’s what my role requires me to do.”

“You two don’t have any lights right now,” Fang Cheng glanced at Bai Xingyi and Gu Huayang, scratching his head as he tried to think of a solution. “We need to borrow some from Chen Yi’an and Fu Qu. Brother Chen… wait? Where is he?”

Gu Huayang and Bai Xingyi followed Fang Cheng's gaze and found that Chen Yi'an and Fu Qu, who had just been standing at the door of the house, had disappeared without a trace.

Along with the missing items, the stack of clue papers that Fang Cheng had found also disappeared.

"Did they... run away with the clue paper?" Fang Cheng was a little confused.

"..." Gu Huayang and Bai Xingyi fell silent—although they had encountered this kind of person in previous dungeons, which was quite normal, they still felt like cursing the other person's entire family every time they met them.

Finally, Bai Xingyi raised his hand and patted Fang Cheng's head, smiling as he said, "Our injuries have almost healed, so we can stay here without any problems. Those ghosts shouldn't be able to break into the room to find us. You take your lamp and find Sister Li and Brother Wang, and tell them about this."

“Okay, then you guys hold on a little longer, I’ll be right back.” Fang Cheng nodded, picked up the kerosene lamp, and went to find Wang Jianhua and Li Hongying.

Guided by the two little golden finger figures, Fang Cheng dodged left and right, avoiding the patrolling puppets and the Second Miss's nighttime stroll, and finally knocked on Li Hongying's door.

After knocking three times, Fang Cheng leaned against the door, listening to the sounds inside. She first heard some sounds from inside, like someone getting up to find their shoes, then the sound of a window opening, followed by the sound of the window closing, and then there was no more sound.

Fang Cheng knocked three more times. He leaned against the door and said into the house, "Aunt Li, are you there?"

The room was quiet for a while, and then Fang Cheng heard the sound of footsteps coming from inside.

As the footsteps drew closer, Fang Cheng left the door and saw it open a crack, through which part of Li Hongying's wary face could be seen.

Just like the day before, Li Hongying finished washing her clothes and immediately went back to her room, not wandering around outside. She was planning to sit for a while before going to sleep, but who would have thought that she would hear a knock on the door as soon as she lay down on the bed.

Li Hongying's heart was in her throat. She remembered the rule in the housing regulations that "if you feel unsafe, take the kerosene lamp outside the window into your own hand." Li Hongying quickly got up, opened the window, and took away the bright kerosene lamp outside the window.

Li Hongying sat on the bed, too afraid to move. After a while, she heard three knocks on the door and a girl's voice, which sounded like the youngest student, Fang Cheng.

Li Hongying mustered her courage, took the lamp, and walked to the door, opening it a crack. She peeked out through the crack and saw Fang Cheng blinking as he stood at the door.

Li Hongying glanced down and saw the kerosene lamp tied to Fang Cheng's waist, and her heart relaxed. She opened the door fully and gestured for Fang Cheng to come in.

Fang Cheng didn't go inside; he just stood at the door and said to Li Hongying, "Aunt Li, we've found a way to escape this dungeon world."

"Go fetch water first, then I'll take you to my house. If we pass by Uncle Wang's house, call Uncle Wang over and have him lead us along the road where he carries his goods."

After listening to what Fang Cheng said, Li Hongying nodded, turned around and went to her room to get two basins for washing clothes.

Fang Cheng first followed Li Hongying to the place where Li Hongying was washing clothes. There was a vat of water there. Li Hongying filled two basins with water, and then she followed Fang Cheng and together they pushed the two basins of water to Fang Cheng's house.