What Separates Me and You

Chapter 295 She Was Scared of the Dark

Seth trampled on the grass as he headed toward the mansion slowly.

The moment he pushed the rusted iron gates open, they let out a loud creak.

It was easy for him to wade through the tall weeds.

There wasn’t any trace of a smile on Seth’s face when he stopped in front of the mansion. If Lewis had been around, he would have recognized the sadness in his eyes.

Seth stood at the doorway for a long time. A gentle gust of breeze welcomed him, lightly caressing his short hair and the hems of his tuxedo jacket.

The stark whiteness of the tuxedo looked incredibly jarring amidst the forest of greenery around him, not to mention it seemed quite unnatural as well. It felt as though his presence was a discordant mistake, an aberration in the creator’s design of this world.

A while later, Seth finally started moving toward the main entrance.

The door wasn’t locked, so it was easy for him to enter the mansion.

The interior was in a state of extreme disarray. Sticky cobwebs and thick layers of dirt covered almost every inch of the place. As Seth surveyed the rooms, all he saw was chaos upon chaos. This particular mansion had earned a notorious reputation as the haunted mansion of Hardington. A group of university students had ventured here for exploration in the past, only for the two of them to lose their sanity as a result of their ill-fated adventure.

Ever since that incident, no one dared to set foot in this place.

It didn’t get demolished for certain reasons, so it got abandoned instead.

Seth was very familiar with the mansion. Despite the disarray, he easily located the staircase, maneuvering through the mess with familiarity.

With every step he took, countless bugs rushed out from where he landed and skittered in all directions.

The man went to the second floor. As he walked down the corridor slowly, his gaze scanned every inch of his surroundings as though he could still see the mansion’s former glory.

For example, there used to be a painting hanging on that very wall, and a potted plant used to take up this particular corner.

However, there was nothing left in the mansion. Its interior was bare for all to see, not to mention it was constantly shrouded in damp, cold darkness.

Even if it was a bright and sunny day, the sun’s rays would never be able to penetrate into the mansion.

Seth opened every door in the mansion, making sure to study each room carefully as though he could restore its furnishings just by looking at it.

Once he arrived at the end of the corridor, he reached out to open the door. As soon as he did, he was stunned by what he saw.

There was a person sitting on the abandoned bed in that room.

She was wearing a white sweater and had her hair put up in a cute bun, and her back was turned to him the whole time.

widened his eyes

called out subconsciously.

on the bed turned her head

other at that moment. The silent atmosphere surrounding them became even quieter.

familiar hint of confusion appearing in her

stop in front of the woman, he grabbed her by the shoulders as a look of excitement appeared on his face; even his tone took on an emotional edge

at him unblinkingly. After a while, she mustered the

but understanding dawned

older

pursed her lips, clearly not believing his

indeed related to her. Finally, he was able to dispel all traces of confusion which plagued her mind and made her believe that he was her actual

next to her on the bed, not

remember how she got to this mansion in the first place.

past two days. Did you not leave

gesturing, “What is this

this time, it was filled

a moment. In the end, she still shook

this place is, then

gestured, “I don’t know.”

fingers silently for a long time before he murmured under his breath, “You don’t know.”

sarcastic

could only stare back in confusion.

explain anything to her, so he asked, “You’ve been stuck here for a while. Are you hungry?”

The

rubbed her stomach before nodding in

would have gotten up and left long ago. She only continued to sit on the bed because she

she was still waiting for that person to bring

time, Josephine’s face was covered in grime. Her white sweater was dotted with dirt and ash, whereas her

her was more than enough to prove that she was a

never left the mansion. Otherwise, she might have gotten kidnapped by someone else. To make things worse, she’d think of that

to him asking, “Did you encounter anything strange

that he was asking her a peculiar question. She shook

“Are you afraid?”

immediately. It was natural for her to be scared as there wasn’t anyone accompanying her in this dark mansion at all. She was afraid of

there was also a …

was about to continue speaking, he heard a flurry of footsteps coming from the outside. His expression shifted as he

very light, as though the person was making

the footsteps abruptly ceased, the sound disappearing into complete