Chapter 36 Who is Missing?
In the early hours of the morning.
Qiu Leling was lying on the sofa.
Tossing and turning, she couldn’t fall asleep.
Ever since she encountered that incident, every time she closed her eyes, she would see the fierce ghost perched on the window.
Its hateful and terrifying appearance made it impossible for her to get any rest.
Qiu Leling sat up, looking at Bai Anting who was sound asleep not far away, and couldn’t help but sigh in her heart.
It had to be said, she was indeed a streamer who dared to go to a haunted school alone in the middle of the night. Even when encountering a real ghost, she was sleeping so soundly now.
Truly enviable courage.
Because there were other people sleeping in the room, Qiu Leling didn’t turn on the light. Instead, she groped in the dark and went out onto the balcony.
Perhaps she could fall asleep if she got some fresh air.
On the street outside, Qiu Leling saw the flashing red and blue lights of police cars speeding by, accompanied by the piercing sound of sirens.
Seeing this display, it must be a major case.
But these things didn’t have much to do with Qiu Leling.
The young girl leaned on the railing, looking at the moon in the sky.
“Meow ~”
Just then, a cat’s meow sounded in Qiu Leling’s ears.
She turned her head and found a cat as black as ink sitting on the eaves, looking down at her.
The sudden appearance of the black cat made Qiu Leling a little strange.
With such smooth and shiny fur, it was unlikely to be a stray cat.
But whose cat was it that came out at midnight?
“Miao, miao~ Come here, miao, miao.”
Qiu Leling extended her hand, trying to touch the black cat.
But the black cat just stared at her coldly, with no reaction.
“Wait for me here.”
Perhaps seeing that the black cat was indifferent, Qiu Leling returned to the living room and rummaged through her schoolbag for two cat treats.
She really liked cats and often went to cat cafes to pet them, so she always carried cat treats and catnip with her.
With the treats, Qiu Leling returned to the balcony.
However, when she turned around, she saw that the cat was standing still at the doorway of the balcony.
In the vast darkness of the night, the cat almost blended into the darkness. Its eyes, reflecting the moonlight, carried a trace of eerie green light, like two faint ghost fires.
Qiu Leling’s body stiffened.
The cat seemed to have teleported, appearing at the door without a sound.
And before, when it was farther away, she didn’t feel anything. But when it got closer, she felt a hint of evil emanating from the black cat in front of her.
Qiu Leling stopped moving forward.
Ever since encountering a ghost, she had become much more cautious.
Especially when encountering something that might be an evil entity, she had to be careful.
The person and the cat faced each other across a distance of two meters.
At some point, the snoring from the living room had also completely disappeared.
It was as if Qiu Leling was the only one left in the house.
Qiu Leling dared not step forward, nor could she turn her back on the black cat.
She thought for a moment, then tore open the cat treat in her hand.
“Here… want to eat?”
She said so, but she directly threw the cat treat in front of the black cat.
Indifferent…
The eerie black cat couldn’t even be bothered to look at the cat treat on the ground.
It continued to stare directly at Qiu Leling.
This made the latter’s heart creep.
This inexplicable fear and unease, like dark clouds, pressed down on her heart.
Seeing this, Qiu Leling threw another one.
And this time, instead of throwing it in front of the black cat, she smashed it directly towards its head.
But the moment the cat treat flew over, the black cat suddenly moved, like a ghostly shadow, dodging the cat treat and pouncing towards Qiu Leling.
Qiu Leling was greatly alarmed.
If it was just speculation before, now she could confirm that the black cat in front of her was definitely not normal!
Seeing the dark figure pouncing towards her, Qiu Leling tried to retreat.
But her body was already restrained by something, and her eyes and mind were instantly stripped away.
It was as if she was being pulled into endless darkness.
“Tiangang Disha, break!”
Just then, a sharp shout rang out.
“Meow!!”
A sharp cat’s cry echoed in the living room.
Qiu Leling’s body returned to normal. She opened her eyes, and in the dark living room, everything was as usual.
The black cat had long since disappeared.
And standing in front of her was Liu Zining, wearing a Taoist robe.
The young girl’s eyes carried a hint of solemnity.
She had just hit the black cat’s body with her peachwood sword, but unlike hitting ordinary ghosts, the peachwood sword felt solid, as if hitting something real.
This meant that the black cat was alive.
But how could a living black cat appear so eerie?
The black cat seemed to have merged with the darkness of the room. For safety, Liu Zining turned on the room light.
“Snap!”
Having been in darkness for a long time, the sudden strong light stimulation made Qiu Leling almost unable to open her eyes.
And Liu Zining remained vigilant, scanning every corner of the room.
Everything was very normal, as if the black cat had never existed.
“Ningning, look quickly.”
While Liu Zining was thinking, Qiu Leling suddenly noticed that the bathroom door had been opened by someone.
She remembered very clearly that this door had never been opened by anyone.
Someone must have entered it.
Hearing Qiu Leling’s words, Liu Zining also noticed the abnormality in the bathroom.
Looking at the open bathroom door and the dark interior, she cautiously approached with her peachwood sword.
As soon as she entered the bathroom, before Liu Zining could even turn on the light, she smelled a very strong stench.
The smell was like that of a long-rotted animal corpse, so pungent that it made one nauseous.
Liu Zining turned on the light.
The moment the light came on, she finally saw the source of the smell.
It was the corpse of the black cat.
But by this time, it had long since rotted. The entire corpse was flattened beyond recognition, and its eyeballs were even squeezed out of their sockets.
There was also a tire mark on its body. It was clear that this was a black cat that had been run over by a car.
Then it was possessed by something and came here.
What was it doing here?
Wait a moment…
Something is not right…
Is someone missing from the room?
But the question is, who is missing?
“Leling,” Liu Zining took a deep breath and asked the girl beside her, “Is someone missing from the living room?”
“From the living room?”
Qiu Leling seemed to be scared.
“Ningning, what are you talking about? Wasn’t I the only one in the living room from the beginning?”
“…”
Liu Zining did not reply. Her expression was still very serious.
She vaguely remembered that there was a third person in the living room, but she had completely forgotten who that person was and what they looked like.
