“On top of that… the woman was wearing a pair of red high heels!”
At this point, Xu Wen and Zhang Yinyin shared a look. They were immediately reminded of the sounds of heels clacking the woman mentioned earlier.
The woman didn’t give them the time to think. She continued, “It was then that I started to suspect their real identities. Even though I just came here not too long ago, I had interacted with the people from the security department a few times. I had never seen these people before. Furthermore, the guards are not allowed to wear high heels during work hours.
“I purposely took things slow, telling them that I needed to look for some stuff. They waited for me outside the door. However, the leading man’s attitude worsened,” The woman stressed, “He started to scold me again. As afraid as I was, I insisted that I would not leave until I found the things I needed.”
“They remained outside the door and didn’t enter the office, right?” Xu Wen asked.
The woman asked as surprise coloured her face. “That’s right. I couldn’t figure it out. The door was open, but they refused to come in. They would rather wait outside.”
“And then, what happened?” Zhang Yinyin cut in, “How did you escape?”
“When I realised they wouldn’t barge into the office, I started to calm down. I used the excuse of using the department chair’s room. I actually went in to hide.” At this point, the woman paused to explain, “That office was huge. All the teachers from the same department worked there. There was a singular, isolated room, and it was the department chair’s room. I didn’t pay attention to them. My mind was made. I would enter the chair’s room and use her phone to call the other teachers for help.
The woman suddenly stopped. Xu Wen noticed the woman slowly widening her eyes as they filled with fear.
Zhou Taifu was almost crying from fear. “Why did you stop there? What… did you see?”
“There were… four people standing at the door.” The woman breathed heavily. She sounded like a broken air-conditioner.
Zhang Yinyin frowned instantly.
This differed from her expectations.
Xu Wen also stopped writing as she stared at the woman before her with confusion.
“All of them are missing their chins,” The woman raised her head and elaborated with clarity.
“Doctor.” Fatty sipped on the millet porridge and praised Jiang Cheng, “You are so amazing! How did you know the two from Room 405 would stealthily wipe away the handprint?”
Jiang Cheng chewed and slowly spat out a piece of fish bone. He found the fried fish delicious after trying it yesterday, so he ordered it again.
“Those targeted by ghosts in the mission will be abandoned,” Jiang Cheng explained, “This mission is not easy. He can’t solve it on his own.”
A few hours ago… Around 4 to 5 am.
It was still dark outside the window. Fatty leaned on the wall, sleeping happily. Suddenly, his neck chilled. He jolted awake, thinking that a ghost had come to strange him.
“Doctor!” Fatty looked at Jiang Cheng, who was holding a water bottle and judging him. He suddenly felt embarrassed. He stammered, “I swear I was up on guard duty. I just fell asleep seconds ago.”
Jiang Cheng was too lazy to argue with him.
He only told him to be quiet and follow him.
Fatty shook his fuzzy head. He got out from the bed and pulled back a corner of the curtain. He glanced out the window and turned back. He said with confusion, “It’s not even dawn yet. Wouldn’t it be too dangerous to go out?”
Jiang Cheng had already packed. “Either you come with me, or you can stay here alone.”
Fatty thought about it and nodded. “Okay then. Doctor, you have to be careful.”
Just as Jiang Cheng was about to leave, he suddenly paused. Then, he swivelled around and whispered to Fatty, “By the way, as I woke up earlier, I believed I saw a human shadow under your bed.”
Fatty woke up instantly, “??”
“Of course,” Jiang Cheng shrugged, “It could be my imagination.”
How could Fatty keep on sleeping? He immediately moved away from his bed. “Doctor,” He was scared, but he didn’t dare to speak too loudly, “Please don’t scare me. I might be large, but my heart is tiny.”
“Don’t worry about it.” Jiang Cheng comforted him. “Think of the positive things. Even if it’s a ghost, it might be here to kill you. Perhaps it’s just here to break your limbs, pull out your teeth and turn you into a mascot.”
Fatty instantly ran to grab his coat. “Doctor, please… I’ll go with you.”
“Are you sure?” Jiang Cheng never wanted to force anyone.
“It’s fine.” Fatty shook his head. “Even if I don’t go with you, I don’t think I can stay here anymore.”
However, to Fatty’s surprise, they didn’t leave the building. In fact, they didn’t stray far from their room. They paused before Room 405. Using the dim light, Fatty saw Jiang Cheng take out a small white bottle from his pocket. It was a common medicine bottle.
Then, a long wait came.
Fatty’s mission was to be Jiang Cheng’s lookout. His eyesight was not bad. When he was at school, he could spy the answer from his friend two rows away during exams. His neck turned around with great agility. He was like a human radar.
An unknown burst of wind blew through the corridor. It moved the things in the corridor and some of the doors. It formed a strange cacophony.
Jiang Cheng instantly poured the contents of the bottle into his right hand.
With his sharp eyes, Fatty saw that it was a slightly sticky and dark liquid. Accompanying it was a familiar smell. It was sharp with a hint of sweetness.
He watched Jiang Cheng smear the blood over his palm and then leave a light handprint on the door of Room 405.
A clear handprint was left on the door.
Fatty’s eyes widened.
Then, Jiang Cheng used more of the blood to continue his drawing. He extended each of the fingers to twice their normal length.