"There must be a scientific explanation to this," suggested Shaun as he took out his smartphone and used it as a torch to shine light onto the portrait. Nevertheless, the woman in the portrait was still nowhere to be found. Then, he suddenly had an idea. After rushing to the kitchen, Shaun came back with a glass of water and used his fingers to dapple some drops of water onto the surface of the portrait, but to no avail.
"Let's forget about this portrait for the moment." Suddenly, Blythe's grandmother spoke. "You all have a long train journey ahead of you today, so you should get some rest and not let this trivial event affect you."
On the conclusion of her speech, Blythe's grandma tried to remove the portrait from the wall. Nonetheless, to everyone's horror, the portrait seemed to have been rooted to the wall and would not budge no matter how hard they tried.
In her attempt to remove the portrait from the wall, Claire accidentally tore a small corner. At that instant, Tiffany fainted and fell down on the tatami floor.
"Gosh! Are you okay, Tiffany?" enquired Blythe, but Tiffany could not hear her.
"Let's forget about this portrait for the moment." Suddenly, Blythe's grandmother spoke. "You all have a long train journey ahead of you today, so you should get some rest and not let this trivial event affect you."
On the conclusion of her speech, Blythe's grandma tried to remove the portrait from the wall. Nonetheless, to everyone's horror, the portrait seemed to have been rooted to the wall and would not budge no matter how hard they tried.
In her attempt to remove the portrait from the wall, Claire accidentally tore a small corner. At that instant, Tiffany fainted and fell down on the tatami floor.
"Gosh! Are you okay, Tiffany?" enquired Blythe, but Tiffany could not hear her.
After the boys moved Tiffany onto her bed, Blythe came back with a thermometer, only to discover that Tiffany had high fever and appeared to be in a delirium of some sort as she continued to mutter indistinguishable words.
"Looks like we won't be able to travel to Kaohsiung today," sighed Eliza disappointedly as she glanced at Tiffany.
"What a shame! I'd love to explore Taiwan's second largest city and the Harbour Capital of Taiwan," said Jeffrey. "How about let's leave Tiffany here and go without her?"
"But someone will have to stay here to take care of her," replied Shaun. "We can't just leave grandma to take care of Tiffany."
"It's okay, I'll stay and take care of Tiffany," said Blythe.
"No, I'll stay," answered Claire. "You're the tour guide, remember? They can't go without you. Plus, I've been to Kaohsiung many times already, so it wouldn't make too much of a different if I don't go. It's fine, we'll be alright!"
"Well, okay, if you insist," responded Blythe. "But it looks like we'll have to shorten our stay to only one night in Kaohsiung."
~To be Continued~
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