Chapter 69: Has It Become Haunted?

  I entered the last room, this room had a faint 'feminine' fragrance, turned on the light, but it was pink light, cute pink bed, pink wardrobe, everything was pink, I sighed, this is what a normal woman's room should be like.

  Suddenly I caught a whiff of faint tea fragrance coming from the living room, and subconsciously turned my head around to see Chen Yan 'Lu' carefully pouring tea with a teapot.

  Black pupils, because of the black contact lenses, looked particularly lifeless. My throat felt a bit choked up. Chen Yanluo had become like this because of me. Xia Bing didn't know when she came out from the house and was quietly watching Chen Yanluo make tea. I didn't disturb them, but instead closed the door by myself.

  Sitting on the 'bed', a faint scent of incense pierced my nostrils, the bathtub in the room was said to be a pool, but it was actually a huge wooden barrel, I got in and slightly curled up, the water could reach my head, and there was also a huge mirror that could reflect the whole person from head to toe.

  I took a deep breath, added hot water, and started taking a bath. The scalding water stimulated my skin to radiate vitality, the steam was dizzying, and my eyes were also dizzy. I didn't know if it was tears or mist in the corners of my eyes. In the middle, it seemed like Chen Yan came to call me, and Xia Bing also came to call me, but I didn't respond to either of them.

  Looking at the blurry self in the mirror, I lightly drew a stroke on the glass full of mist with my finger, and suddenly the scene inside appeared clearly before my eyes.

  A pair of slender willow-leaf-shaped eyes were slightly curved, coldly staring at me.

  A chill ran down my spine, and in the midst of the steaming hot bathroom, I felt as if my body had turned into an ice block.

  My eyelids twitching as I stare at the eyes in the mirror, I dare not move, that person, behind my back?

  Cold sweat kept dripping down my back, the steam spread again, until that spot was blurred again where it had been wiped clean, and I felt like I'd lost all my strength.

  Just then, a knock at the door was heard: "Homi, you're going to die! It's already three o'clock!"

  My heart skipped a beat, and I immediately came to my senses, wanting to move, but my feet suddenly felt an icy chill, and then it was as if someone had grabbed me with great force. In terror, I tried to lower my head, but in that instant, my entire body involuntarily leaned towards the bathtub beside me.

  All I heard was a loud cracking sound, and then a sharp pain shot through my head. I didn't know if the bathtub had cracked or if my skull had shattered.

  Consciousness became blurred, and the pain in my ankle continued to stimulate my nerves.

  When I woke up, I was lying on the 'bed' in the room, enduring severe headaches. I struggled to get up and relied on my instincts to find the light switch at the head of the bed. The soft pink light illuminated everything in the room, and I recalled what had happened earlier. I suddenly pulled open the quilt to look at my ankle, but before I saw it, I saw a square wooden frame quietly lying beside me.

  My pupils suddenly contracted, cold sweat beading on my forehead, and I was about to turn into an ice block. My hands trembled as I tried to touch the wooden board, just then, a creaking sound came from the door.

  I suddenly lifted my head and saw Xia Bing walking in with a worried look on her face.

  When I lowered my head again, the photo frame was gone!

  I looked around the room in terror at everything within sight, but saw nothing.

  My heart is pounding, every single pore on my body is shrinking, countless sweat hairs are standing up like little bugs, making me feel itchy and uncomfortable all over my chest.

  "Homi, go to sleep." Xia Bing sighed and lay down on the 'bed' without even taking off her clothes.

  I didn't quite catch what she said, still on edge. My sharp eyes scanned everything in the room.

  A photo frame, it's not that easy to just disappear under our noses.

  "Why, am I that cheap?" Xia Bing muttered to herself, nudging my shoulder, then pulled over the quilt, covering her head all at once, and didn't say another word.

  I bit my lip, and there were no other discoveries in the house. Had I just had an illusion a moment ago?

  No, it's impossible, I suddenly lifted up my right foot, a faint blue bruise appeared on the ankle.

  Just then, a loud knocking sound came from outside the door.

  "What's 'Lu'?" I asked in confusion.

  "Homi, come out for a bit." The voice of Chen Yanluo came in, I let out a sigh and looked at Xia Bing again, got off the bed and opened the door. Chen Yanluo's face was expressionless as she stared at me, one hand grasping my right hand, pulling me quickly towards the sofa.

  Then he pressed me onto the sofa and sat down in the opposite position.

  I forced a smile and said somewhat unnaturally: "What's wrong with you? Don't go to sleep yet."

  Chen Yan's face looked terrible as she stared at me with piercing eyes, as if she was going to penetrate the last layer of defense in my heart.

  "Bring your contact lenses, I'm not used to seeing you like this." I frowned at Chen Yan 'Lu'.

  Chen Yan shook her head and said, "I'm wearing glasses now, so you can't see my eyes and don't know what I'm thinking."

  "I don't want to listen, I'm really tired now." I slumped down on the sofa with some weakness.

  "No way, there are some things I must make clear to you." Chen Yan's 'Lu' didn't back down, and I saw that his eyes had become somewhat red-rimmed. Originally they were already bright red, but now a thin layer of reddish mist seemed to be covering them, just like those psychopathic murderers on TV.

  I frowned.

  Just then, a knock at the door was heard.

  Who would come knocking on the door at midnight? Xia Bing's friend? Impossible, I've never even heard of Xia Bing having a better friend than me. I frowned at Chen Yanluo, gesturing for him to open the door, and Chen Yanluo furrowed his brow, looking around the room.

  "It's better not to, she's in a bad mood and has fallen asleep." I sighed.

  Get up and walk towards the 'door', knock on the 'door' only once, very politely waiting, I didn't mind knocking on the door in the middle of the night, maybe there's something urgent?

  I grasped the door handle, and the icy feeling made me shudder. I opened the door, but outside was empty and desolate, with no one in sight. The only thing visible was the green fluorescent light of the high-rise building, flickering with a hint of chilliness. Cold sweat broke out on my forehead and dripped down instantly.

  There's no one outside and the voice-controlled light didn't even turn on, did I hear wrong?

  I closed the door of the house, took a deep breath, and returned to the sofa.

  "Who is it?" asked Chen Yan 'Lu'.

  "There's no one." I said in a somewhat stiff tone.

  But the words had not yet fallen: "Dang... dang... dang..."

  The three long knocks on the door sounded as if they were pounding against the weakest spot in my heart, and my pupils suddenly contracted.

  Morning exercise, 'Revelation' suddenly stood up, a thread of ferocity appeared in the blood-red eyes, and walked silently towards the direction of the 'door'. Suddenly, he pulled open the door with a loud bang, but outside was still empty and desolate, without anything.

  However, the voice-controlled light turned on, my eyelids twitching wildly. Just now, the voice-controlled light had lit up at the moment when Chen Yan "exposed" and opened the door, indicating that no one had appeared outside yet.

  No, it's not that she didn't show up, but her footsteps were so light that the voice-controlled lights couldn't detect them.

  Morning study 'exposure' facial 'color' iron green staring at the 'door' outside, I can see his body trembling, is it anger or fear?

  Time seemed to have been stuck like this until the voice-controlled light turned off again, and Chen Yan 'exposed' herself at the 'door' for a full half hour. Only then did she close the door upstairs, I let out a sigh of relief, but didn't expect Chen Yan 'exposed' to turn around immediately.

  The "knock... knock... knock..." sound of knocking on the door started again.

  This time, neither I nor Chen Yan 'Lu' moved, and we both understood that there must be something outside, but didn't know whether it was a person or a ghost.

  A person doesn't wear shoes and walks on a smooth floor without making any sound. A ghost simply doesn't need to walk at all.

  We waited for about three minutes without opening the door, and the knocking sound started again.

  I was sweating profusely on my back, indicating to Chen Yan that we should reveal what we were going to do.

  Chen Yan made a mouth shape at me and said, "Outside the two sides are corridors, maybe after he knocks on the 'door', he hid on both sides."

  I'm certain, no mistake, in Xia Bing's house, outside the 'door' there is a space of about one meter wide, with walls on both sides. This has become a standard feature of high-end residential areas nowadays, but if someone knocks on the 'door' and quickly moves to the side of the wall, no one will be able to see them.

  I suddenly slapped my forehead and forgot about the cat's eye.

  I immediately walked towards the cat's eye, at this moment, it was just when the sound of knocking on the door had just started.

  Just as I was about to put my eyes on the cat's eye, I saw a white shadow quickly hiding behind the wall, and the voice-controlled lamp still didn't turn on.

  As expected, someone is up to no good!

  I was furious in my heart, and I suddenly pulled open the door of the house, walked out quickly, Chen Yan followed behind me, and I shouted: "Someone is playing tricks, I saw it."

  Morning research 'Luo' nodded, just at this moment, I subconsciously looked to the left where she had disappeared earlier. The elevator door had just closed and was running downwards. There were two elevators here, one going down and another stopped next to it. It's really heaven helping me, I must catch that half-night three more dressed ghost scaring 'bastard'.

  I pulled Chen Yan 'Lu' and quickly walked towards the elevator, Chen Yan 'Lu's hand was still warm, slightly rough. After entering the elevator, I quickly pressed the door close button and the 1st floor button.

  "What if she didn't go to the first floor?" Chen Yan suddenly asked.

  I took a deep breath and frowned: "Not on the first floor, I must catch her."

  Chen Yan nodded slightly and pressed the button for the first floor. With a "ding", the elevator arrived at its destination.

  The elevator door opened, but there was no one outside.

  I and Chen Yan 'Lou' walked out of the elevator, only to find another elevator that was still stuck on the 19th floor. My eyelids twitched wildly, I had been fooled by her.

  Chen Yan's face suddenly changed as he said in a cold voice: "Trouble, I didn't bring the key when I came out."

  My whole heart suddenly sank, and I quickly pulled Chen Yan 'Lu' into the elevator, pressed the button for the 19th floor. Xia Bing was alone at home, and something must not happen to her. Chen Yan 'Lu' and I didn't have a key, in case that person went in and closed the door, we could only stand outside and watch.

  Why is it so fast when the elevator goes down and so slow when it goes up?

  My heart was burning with anxiety, but the elevator had only reached the 14th floor and suddenly stopped.

  The elevator door opened, and a woman wearing a red long dress walked in with her head down, holding a photo frame, without making a sound. I swallowed my saliva, and suddenly the whole person felt unwell.

  The temperature in the elevator seemed to have dropped by several degrees, and Chen Yan's face was also somewhat pale. When I saw a ghost in the yard, I didn't see Chen Yan's face, it wasn't that pale before.

  The woman in red skirt didn't utter a word, nor did she press the elevator's closing button or press which floor to go.

  I struggled to get around her body, went to press the close button, and in an instant through her body, it was a feeling of being struck by a cold current that made me feel like I had been electrocuted.

  Morning research 'dew' heavy standing behind her, I trembled a bit, the elevator rose floor by floor, especially slow, as if crawling.

  I forced myself to hold back the discomfort in my heart and opened my mouth: "Miss, which floor are you going to? I'll help you press?"

  This woman is holding something that looks like a photo frame in her arms, but the front of it is stuck to her body, and we can't see who's inside. I don't want to look; now whenever I see anything resembling a frame, I involuntarily feel terrified.

  "Nineteen, thank you."

  Ding! The elevator arrived and I let out a sigh of relief. "Just in time," I said, "We're also on the 19th floor. Do you live next door?"

  There are only three households on the 19th floor, Xia Bing is in the middle, and both sides are her neighbors.

  The woman didn't respond, standing there motionless and silent. Chen Yun's face was unnatural as he pushed me forward, we stepped out of the elevator first, there were no footsteps behind us, she should still be standing there.

  It was late at night, wearing red clothes, it was scary, but fortunately there were no white-clad people scaring us. That despicable guy just now, the room's light still shone out, we breathed a sigh of relief, the door hadn't been closed, so nothing should have happened.

  Before entering the house, I subconsciously turned my head to take a look back. The elevator's "door" slowly closed, but what made my eyelids jump wildly was that the red-clothed woman had disappeared.

  Xia Bing's house still had residents on both sides, was she the one closest to the elevator? So at this point in time when we were moving around, she had already arrived at her own home, and the voice-controlled lights came on, I don't know if it was triggered by our footsteps or by her, anyway everything is now safe and sound, I guess that person from earlier got off scot-free.

  Just then, from somewhere, a loud and clear "cock-a-doodle-doo" was heard, which immediately drove away all the chill on my body. Chen Yan 'Rou' went in first, I closed the door, stretched and muttered: "This girl didn't sleep last night, no one will make trouble during the day, right? I'll have a good sleep now, and fight with them properly tonight."

  I didn't expect that Morning Research 'Lu', who usually loves to chat with me, didn't say a word, and I immediately sensed something was off.

  Morning exercise 'Lu' was very high, standing in front of me, I couldn't see what was in front of him, but I knew he must have seen something to react like that.

  When we are in class, the most important thing is that after seeing the target, you must be able to calm down instantly. A monkey should instantly turn into a wild grass, being able to drift with the wind, but absolutely cannot startle the snake by cutting the grass. The morning dew does not move, and I dare not move either.

  I stood for about an hour, my feet were almost completely numb when suddenly a sunbeam appeared in the room, passing through the curtains and shining on my face. I shook my head, covering my eyes which were pained by the light.

  At this moment, the morning study 'exposure' suddenly moved, quickly walking towards the direction of the tea table. I leaned over and saw a black frame quietly placed on the tea table. Inside the frame was a woman wearing red clothes, staring blankly at the front with no expression.

  But what terrified me was that the figure of this red-clothed woman made me extremely familiar, as if I had seen her before. My spine kept sending chills down my back, thinking of the woman in the elevator earlier, who was holding a black frame, and even wearing the same clothes. The photo of this red-clothed woman also had her head lowered.

  I suppressed the fear in my heart and slowly walked past, taking a clear look at everything inside the frame. The woman in red was lowering her head, hugging a photo frame, which was still facing us with its back side. My heart was racing wildly, and I trembled as I said: "It must be someone intentionally playing tricks."

  Chen Yan's 'Luo' fell silent for a moment before saying, "I just felt fear, the fear that woman gave me."

  Fear? I stared tightly at Chen Yan's face and said, "You say she is a ghost?"

  Chen Yan furrowed her brow and narrowed her eyes, saying: "It is, or maybe it isn't. It's best if someone is playing tricks."

  "It's absolutely someone playing tricks on us. Just now, I saw a figure in white clothes. We thought she went downstairs to the first floor, but actually she was still on the 19th floor. Taking advantage of our departure, she quickly ran into the room, put down this frame, and then changed into another set of clothes. Then she went to the 14th floor to wait for us, holding another frame, intentionally trying to scare us."

  I firmly analyzed, but also didn't know whether I was comforting Chen Yan 'Lu' or comforting myself. Chen Yan 'Lu' quickly used a towel on the sofa to completely wrap up the entire frame. Just as I was wondering why he did this, a creaking door sound suddenly came from outside.

  Xia Bing stood at the door with a confused expression, muttering to herself: "Didn't you guys sleep all night? Why do I keep hearing someone knocking on the door?"

  "No one is knocking on the door." I replied immediately, then quickly ran towards her and pushed her into the room, then got into bed.

  The warm breath combined with a whiff of seductive feminine fragrance immediately drove the chill out of my body. It's best if Xia Bing doesn't find out about what just happened, or else her room will be haunted and she'll probably be scared out of her wits.

  Morning exercise 'Lu' can solve it well. The thing just now didn't take action, it was just scaring us. Afterwards, it will definitely not take action again.

  Xia Bing 'dazed' and fell asleep again, my eyelids were also a bit heavy, and I fell asleep vaguely.

  When I woke up, it was already 2 pm. Xia Bing was like an octopus, one claw on my leg and the other covering my face, almost stopping me from breathing, that's when I opened my eyes.

  "Wake up, Xia Bing!" I screamed. Xia Bing let out a loud shriek and suddenly opened her eyes, saying: "It's all over! What time is it now? The announcement is going to be late!" Xia Bing looked at me in a fluster, then started putting on her clothes hastily. Watching her movements, I couldn't help but burst out laughing: "You're not filming today, have you forgotten what Hai Ming said?"

  Ah? Xia Bing was stunned for a moment, then let out a long "oh" sound, and like a dead pig, fell into the warmest place on the bed.

  "Alright, wake up, lazy pig?" I pushed Xia Bing's back, and she grumbled, refusing to get up. I sighed and got dressed myself. The events of last night were still vivid in my mind, and I didn't know if Chen Yan "Luo" had gone to sleep after our encounter. As I was getting dressed, Xia Bing suddenly said in a low voice: "Homi, be honest with me, does Chen Yan 'Luo' like you?"

  I was stunned and couldn't speak for a moment. I didn't know how to tell Xia Bing about the 'exposure' of my relationship with Chen Yan.

  Xia Bing suddenly raised her head, staring at my eyes and said: "Homi, don't look at you as my good friend, but for a man, I've waited so many years, I definitely won't let him go, I want to compete with you fairly."

  I was stunned for a moment, nodded, and thought for a while: "But I don't like the 'exposure' of morning study."

  Xia Bing's face suddenly lit up and he looked at me with delight, "Really? You're not going to make me do it, are you?"

  I shook my head, and suddenly a heavy image appeared in my mind.

  Wearing clothes out of the "door". Morning exercise "exposure" is no longer in the living room.

  That photo frame also disappeared.