It took quite a while to untangle Lu Xue's hair.
She tidied up her hairstyle a bit and was just about to thank Mu Yuze when, with a "bang", the half - open attic window beside her suddenly closed without warning.
After this loud noise, both of them stood still on the spot, stunned for a moment.
The attic window was always open. They had never seen it close on its own. Was it because the wind was too strong just now and it loosened some parts?
Lu Xue tentatively pushed the window handle, trying to open the window again, but the window remained firmly shut, refusing to cooperate.
She looked at Mu Yuze with a helpless expression. Mu Yuze walked over silently and also pushed the window, but it was as if it had been locked from the inside and didn't move at all.
Frowning, he examined it for a while and finally said hesitantly,
"It seems that some parts of the window have loosened, so it locked itself from the inside."
It took Lu Xue a while to understand what Mu Yuze meant. If it was locked from the inside, unless someone unlocked it from the inside, they would be trapped on this rooftop outside.
She looked up at the rooftop. It was empty, and the wind on the roof was very strong, making their clothes flutter and their hair messy on their faces.
It was okay to stay on this rooftop for a while, but if they stayed for a long time, no one could bear it.
Lu Xue squatted down, tapped on the window, and said anxiously,
"Is there any other way? Or should we call the people downstairs to come up and open the door for us?"
After saying that, Lu Xue tried to shout, but unfortunately, the window had good sound - insulation. Her voice couldn't reach the ears of the aunts downstairs.
Moreover, the wind on the roof was so strong that the words she said were immediately scattered in the wind.
In the end, Lu Xue felt her throat sore from shouting.
Mu Yuze shook his head, indicating for Lu Xue to conserve her energy.
"This might not work. We can only wait quietly for them to notice that we're missing and then come up to the attic to look for us."
Lu Xue thought for a while and said, "Can we call them? Just one phone call and they can come up."
After saying that, they looked at each other, waiting for the other to take action.
"I didn't bring my phone. What about you?"
Mu Yuze was silent for a moment and then said, "I came up here temporarily to get something from the study. I didn't think of bringing my phone with me."
They fell silent again. They had finally come up with a way to get out, but this path was blocked.
If you thought about it carefully, it was reasonable. After all, who would carry a phone in their pocket all the time at home?
Lu Xue said, "Are we just going to be locked on the attic like this, doing nothing but waiting for them to notice that we're missing?"
Mu Yuze nodded faintly. "It seems so."
This situation was almost unbelievable, but they were indeed locked outside the attic on the top floor of their own house, unable to enter the house or call for help.
Unless the people in the mansion noticed that they were missing and searched for them, they might be locked here until night.
Lu Xue could only hope that the aunts in the mansion were smart enough to notice that they were locked on the attic immediately.
On the inside of the room, just separated from them by a wall, Mu Ziyue was hiding furtively under the window.
She was almost crawling on the ground, trying to keep her head as low as possible.
From this angle, Mu Yuze and Lu Xue outside definitely couldn't find her.
The window had suddenly closed because she had pulled out the bolt and locked it tightly from the inside.
Based on her experience of reading romance novels, usually leaving the male and female protagonists alone in a space and letting them fend for themselves would often give rise to a relationship that transcended everything.
Thinking of this, the smile on Mu Ziyue's lips became even more smug. She thought she was a genius. Her elder brother and sister - in - law would surely thank her in the future.
Then she crouched along the wall, sneaking downstairs like a thief, never showing her figure.
When she reached the second floor, she happened to meet Aunt Chen who was carrying a tray and about to go upstairs. She quickly stopped Aunt Chen and asked in a hurry,
"Aunt Chen, what are you going up there for?"
Aunt Chen showed a kind smile. "Miss Lu has locked herself in her room again these days. I don't know what she's doing. I called her out for dinner, but she didn't reply. So I made some snacks for her and was going to take them to her."
Mu Ziyue thought that if Aunt Chen went up, her plan would fail.
She forced a calm smile at Aunt Chen. "It's okay. I brought some food for Lu Xue when I went in just now. She said she wasn't hungry and told you not to bother. Aunt Chen, you just do your own thing. Don't bother her. You know she doesn't like to be disturbed."