After waiting a while more, Lin Sanjiu finally felt somewhat edgy. She walked over to the door where the appraiser entered.
A breeze from some unknown source was blowing through the gap of the door into the guest hall. She felt the cool wind against her bare legs. Thud. Thud. She heard two sounds coming from a distance, she composed herself and shouted, "Mister Appraiser! Have you finished appraising my item?"
Unfortunately, she couldn't hear any sound from behind the door.
"I've been cheated?" Lin Sanjiu thought to herself, frowning. She pulled open the door immediately without caring about whatever rules were involved.
Surprisingly, there wasn't a room behind the door.
She found a dimly-lit corridor covered by a bamboo mat. There were two dull lights hanging from the ceiling. The breeze from an unknown source caused them to sway creating an interplay of shadows and light. The corridor seemed strangely silent. Lin Sanjiu left the guest hall and entered the corridor cautiously.
