While speaking, one hand held onto the unfinished Crystal pig hocks, the other one swept across the table, scooping everything into his sleeve, and then he spun in circles, urgently seeking a hiding spot while muttering under his breath, "Where to hide, where to hide? Where do I hide?"
As the sound of voices grew nearer, Lao Fan's forehead began dripping with sweat from urgency.
Xiao Linshuang burst into giggles, ran to the bed, lifted the bedsheet that draped onto the floor, and shouted at Lao Fan, "Master, quick, over here! You'll be perfectly safe if you hide here!"
"This, this." Lao Fan grimaced, wondering how long it had been since anyone had cleaned under the bed. If he hid there with his food, would he encounter cockroaches or rats?
Seeing Lao Fan hesitate, Xiao Linshuang arched an eyebrow and "kindly" reminded him, "You know, Master, that person is already at the door. You either go in or you don't, so what will it be?"