As usual, there had to be people who stayed up to keep guard at night. Since so many things had happened, they decided to have a pair each shift. One male and one female. That way, each room would have at least two people.
In the nightmare realm, those who were left alone would be targeted more often than nothing. That was their experience.
Jiang Cheng was lucky enough to be paired with Chen Xiaomeng. They sat around the fire. The flames placed Jiang Cheng’s face in alternative lightness and darkness. He narrowed his eyes out of comfort. He stretched his body like a cat.
Chen Xiaomeng studied him with interest. Her eyes were as sharp as a surgical knife. In her mind, she had already dissected the man into pieces. There were many things she thought she had read this man, but reality proved her wrong.
There were not that many people who proved troublesome for her in the nightmare realm. Some of them were extremely agile, and others had professional knowledge. A few of them had great analytical minds… Of course, most of the time, they had a combination of the above.
However, Jiang Cheng was definitely an exception. He was not perfect. He was undeniably… shameless, cunning and had no bottom line. He had no sense of morality. Normally, people would try to appear as positive as possible in the nightmare realm. Even if they weren’t, they would disguise themselves as such. However, Jiang Cheng was proud of being shameless and negative. He would spare no effort to talk about his experience as the top pick at the Karaoke Centre and so on… Then, he would appear so strangely confident. No one knew what he was thinking or could predict what he would do next. That was the scariest.
Due to the nightmare realm, Chen Xiaomeng went to study psychology. She suspected that Jiang Cheng was not acting. He was naturally such a person. He seemed to have an antisocial personality disorder. People with this order would often have inscrutable moods. They were aloof and were experts at lying and manipulating others. They couldn’t empathise with other’s pain and wouldn’t submit to the bindings of societal morality. Thus, they often did things that normal people couldn’t accept. The scariest thing was they were often highly aggressive and cold-blooded.
Even though Jiang Cheng hadn’t shown that side, Chen Xiaomeng was certain that she wasn’t wrong. This kind of people was very dangerous as teammates and enemies because you could never prepare for them. Regarding these people, making them disappear forever was the best option. That was what that person once told Chen Xiaomeng… And he was never wrong.
At that moment, Jiang Cheng lifted up and met her gaze. Once their gazes touched, Chen Xiaomeng turned away. It was not because she was scared, but… Jiang Cheng tossed her a ‘If you know, you know’ type of look.
Chen Xiaomeng took out a rope. She made a noose that could fit Jiang Cheng’s head perfectly. Jiang Cheng suddenly straightened up. He said with great justice, “Don’t always be . I’m not so easily strangely.” He lowered his voice and leaned forward, “Think about it. If you fail to strangle me at your first attempt and I make some sounds to wake up the rest, guess what I’ll tell them.”
Chen Xiaomeng raised her brows.
“Since you couldn’t get me when I was alive, you planned to defile my body after I’m dead.” He pointed at Chen Xiaomeng’s nose. “You, you, you… you are not human!”
“Stop wasting my time.” Chen Xiaomeng hissed through her teeth. She didn’t dare to shout, “What do you want?”
“I want to live.” Jiang Cheng blinked his innocent eyes. “I’m different from you. No one cares about you, but if I fail to return, so many ladies will cry.”
“Then, you can go into their dreams and tell them to burn more paper money for you.” Chen Xiaomeng felt like they couldn’t communicate normally.
Jiang Cheng huffed. “They would rather use my death as an excuse to get drunk and then find some other men. I know them too well.”
“But you don’t understand your current situation.” Chen Xiaomeng stared at Jiang Cheng. “You just arrived here. Do you know how the mechanism works here? Do you know the nightmares need to be triggered?” Chen Xiaomeng’s voice was luring and soft, “I can teach you all these, but you have to cooperate with me.”
The sudden creaking sound interrupted Chen Xiaomeng. The door opened, and Lee Lu walked out, wrapped in her clothes. Due to their interaction, Chen Xiaomeng leaned close to Jiang Cheng. She was even leaning towards him. It was harder to say there was nothing between them.
Lee Lu saw them, and her face turned red. Her lips opened, but she didn’t know what to say.
Thankfully, Jiang Cheng opened his mouth. Lee Lu looked at Jiang Cheng appreciatively. No matter what he said, she would go along with it. She didn’t mean to intrude upon them. She just wanted to use the bathroom.
“Erm… Next time, remember to knock.” Jiang Cheng lowered his head as if he wanted to hide something. His cheeks were burning as he adjusted his collar. He made it look like someone had yanked on his collar earlier.
Lee Lu was startled. Then, her face burned redder.
Even though she was the eldest and she had a family, perhaps it was the issue of background; she was very conservative. Her head lowered, and she whispered, “I’m sorry. I just needed to use the bathroom… I didn’t mean to disturb you.”
“Do you need to use the toilet?” Jiang Cheng acted like he also wanted to change the subject.
Lee Lu nodded carefully.
Even though they knew how dangerous the outside was, certain things couldn’t be avoided. Furthermore, the house didn’t have an indoor toilet. Lee Lu must have had a long internal struggle before making this decision.
“It’s fine.” Jiang Cheng nodded kindly before adding, “Get Dragon Lady to go with you.”