Chapter 104 Someone Under the Bed
She held the peachwood sword in her hand and carefully got off the bed.
Because the room light was not off, Deng Xiaolin first asked Bai Anting to calm down, then carefully walked to the room door.
She put her ear close to it.
The knocking sound outside the door had stopped.
Although she wasn’t a ghost exorcist, she knew that in this situation, she absolutely couldn’t open the door.
But to figure out what was going on outside, Deng Xiaolin took out her mobile phone.
Many places in the folk custom shop were equipped with surveillance cameras, and there was also a camera on Deng Xiaolin’s door.
This camera was originally installed to prevent thieves from breaking in and stealing, but she didn’t expect it to be useful at this time.
Deng Xiaolin opened the surveillance app on her phone, and through remote control of the computer, she could clearly see the situation in the entire folk custom shop.
When the surveillance turned on, Deng Xiaolin’s body froze.
She stood there stiffly, her throat dry, her whole body cold, and her rosy little face became extremely pale at this moment.
Through the surveillance, Deng Xiaolin found… the outside of the door was empty, there was no one there.
No one had knocked on the door at all, and the surveillance didn’t record any knocking sounds.
But both Deng Xiaolin and Bai Anting had heard knocking sounds just now.
Although she had been mentally prepared, Deng Xiaolin still couldn’t help but tremble when facing this situation. Her back felt chilled, and she no longer stayed close to the door, but slowly backed away.
When she reached Bai Anting’s side, Bai Anting also realized something was wrong.
She secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva and lowered her voice.
“Xiaolin, what’s going on outside?”
Seeing that the matter could no longer be concealed, Deng Xiaolin took a deep breath and then said to Bai Anting.
“Outside… no one.”
These four simple words made Bai Anting’s brain “buzz,” and she immediately stopped thinking.
Fear quickly occupied her heart.
There was silence in the room for a full three seconds before Bai Anting spoke.
“What should we do?”
“I’ve messaged Hao-ge. Don’t think too much about it now, don’t open the door! Close your eyes and sleep, and wait for Hao-ge to come; he will solve all this.”
“Oh…”
Deng Xiaolin said it so casually, but even without turning off the light, Bai Anting didn’t dare to close her eyes at all.
She always felt that if she closed her eyes, she would never be able to wake up again.
The knocking sound was still there, as if something wanted to come in.
But perhaps because it was blocked by the door, it stopped after knocking a few times.
After a full three minutes of silence, Bai Anting finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The continuous knocking sound made her recall the fear of that night again.
Now that the knocking had stopped, it meant… it should be safe?
She slowly closed her eyes, trying to let sleep soothe her fearful heart.
But in such a situation, no one could fall asleep. Closing her eyes was just psychological comfort like an ostrich.
As for Deng Xiaolin, she didn’t fall asleep.
Instead, she stared intently in the direction of the bedroom door, holding a peachwood sword in her hand.
It was a gift from her grandfather, a very powerful ghost exorcism tool.
Coupled with Deng Xiaolin’s spiritual sight, dealing with ordinary ghosts was not a problem.
Only five minutes had passed, but it felt as long as a century.
And even after five minutes, Liu Haoyu should have arrived.
Deng Xiaolin vaguely felt that something was not right.
She lay quietly on the bed, waiting for Liu Haoyu’s arrival.
But at this moment, she heard a muffled breathing sound, as if someone was asleep.
And this sound… was right below her.
“Bai Anting? Are you asleep?”
“No?”
Bai Anting opened her eyes in a daze.
Deng Xiaolin’s pupils trembled slightly.
But even so, the young girl remained calm.
“It’s not comfortable sleeping on the floor, let’s squeeze in together tonight.”
“Okay, okay.”
Bai Anting, who was uneasy, naturally wouldn’t refuse.
She quickly climbed onto Deng Xiaolin’s bed.
In fact, it could be said that in this situation, the feeling of squeezing together did bring a lot of reassurance.
Bai Anting stuck close to Deng Xiaolin’s side and closed her eyes again.
And this time, both of them heard that heavy breathing sound.
It seemed like something was under their bed…
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On the other side, Liu Haoyu picked up his phone after showering.
It showed a message from Deng Xiaolin.
“Something is knocking on my door!”
Upon seeing this message, Liu Haoyu gasped.
Could it be that those fierce ghosts had broken through the formation of this folk custom shop?
Or did the formation fail because Old Deng went out?
But no matter which possibility it was, he had to go and see what was going on.
From what he knew of Deng Xiaolin, she would never make a “boy who cried wolf” joke.
This meant that there was likely something unclean outside the two of them right now.
It might have even entered their room.
Thinking of this, Liu Haoyu didn’t even have time to put on his clothes. Wearing only a bath towel, he grabbed the key to Deng Xiaolin’s room and rushed upstairs with the fire axe.
The bathroom was on the first floor, and Deng Xiaolin’s room was on the third floor.
But because Liu Haoyu climbed the stairs so quickly, he didn’t spend much time before reaching the third floor.
He didn’t have time to catch his breath before focusing his gaze on Deng Xiaolin’s room.
Compared to Deng Xiaolin, Liu Haoyu’s spiritual sight was not very high, so he could only vaguely sense the cold aura around him.
The closer he got to Deng Xiaolin’s room, the more unsettling the cold aura became.
Liu Haoyu didn’t dare to neglect, and quickly stepped forward to open the door.
But when Liu Haoyu put his hand on the door handle, he froze.
He looked down and saw a layer of charred grease on the door handle.
It also carried a smell like pork lard residue.
Undoubtedly… this was human oil.
It was the human oil left behind by the fierce ghosts burned by the fire.
Liu Haoyu immediately unlocked the door and burst in.
“Are you guys okay!”
“Ahhhh!!!!”
As soon as he entered the room, Liu Haoyu heard a deafening scream.
But this scream was not from a woman, but from a man.
Liu Haoyu looked closely and saw Deng Xiaolin kneeling on the bed, holding a peachwood sword in her hand.
And this peachwood sword had pierced through the bed board.
At the same time, the peachwood sword trembled constantly, as if something was struggling non-stop under the bed.
Liu Haoyu immediately rushed over, lay on the ground, and prepared to see what was under the bed.
The moment Liu Haoyu lowered himself, he clearly saw a distorted, blood-stained face under the bed.
