Chapter 48: At least survive tonight
There’s someone in the room!
Liu Haoyu immediately sounded the alarm in his heart, quickly dismantling the leg of the dilapidated table.
With a weapon in hand, he felt a little more confident.
Liu Haoyu scanned the interior of the room, trying to find the person hiding inside.
Soon, he found the last possible hiding place.
The bed.
The quilt on the bed was spread flat and a bit messy, but if one looked closely, they would find a human-shaped bulge under the quilt.
Someone was sleeping on it.
Liu Haoyu held his breath, holding the table leg, and tiptoed over.
But no matter how light his steps were, in the silent room, the sound of his footsteps seemed very piercing.
The person under the quilt clearly heard the approaching footsteps.
It began to tremble uncontrollably, as if in fear.
Is it a living person?
Liu Haoyu reached the bedside and ripped open the dust-covered quilt.
“Don’t kill… hmm!”
Before the other party could speak, Liu Haoyu covered its mouth.
“Mmm mmm mmm…”
Because her mouth was covered and Liu Haoyu’s strength was great, she couldn’t utter a single word no matter how much she struggled.
Liu Haoyu felt the soft and warm sensation in his hand and realized he was covering a young girl.
But he wasn’t sure who it was.
However, it should be a living person.
“Quiet, listen to me first.”
Liu Haoyu said coldly.
In this situation, he didn’t want to have a burden with him.
So, if the other party couldn’t calm down, he would prioritize leaving and saving his own life.
“Mmm…”
The girl whose mouth was covered stopped struggling after hearing Liu Haoyu’s words.
She gestured with her hands, but Liu Haoyu couldn’t understand.
However, seeing that she had calmed down, Liu Haoyu released his hand covering her mouth and, to maintain a safe distance, took three steps back.
At this distance, if the other party was a murderer hiding among the living, Liu Haoyu would still have time to react even if attacked suddenly.
It also gave the other party space to calm down.
After the two separated, although the room was very dark, Liu Haoyu felt that the figure in front of him looked a bit familiar.
“It’s me, it’s me.”
The petite figure in the darkness spoke.
At this moment, Liu Haoyu finally saw the other person’s face in the dim room.
“Qiu Leling?”
This person was Liu Zining’s wealthy friend. She was holding a bottle of nutritional drink… Could this be her weapon?
“Yes… cough cough.”
In fact, when Liu Haoyu entered the room and lifted the quilt, Qiu Leling almost thought she was finished.
But upon hearing the other person’s voice, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Although she wasn’t very familiar with Liu Haoyu, he was still someone who had saved her life.
In this situation, she naturally found her anchor.
Liu Haoyu put down the table leg, checked that there was no movement outside, and then asked.
“How did you get to this ghost place?”
“I don’t know. I just received a text message on my mobile phone, and when I came to my senses, I found myself lying on this bed.”
Qiu Leling was just an ordinary person, not like Liu Haoyu, an experienced ghost exorcist.
When she realized she had come to this kind of place, her first thought was not to run around. She only dared to walk around the room, and finally hid on the bed, praying that she could survive until morning.
“Is that so?”
Liu Haoyu’s voice was very flat. He didn’t fully trust the girl in front of him.
Ghosts could disguise themselves as other people. Even if Qiu Leling had a human body temperature, it didn’t mean she was truly human.
“And you?”
“The same as you.”
Qiu Leling had placed all her hope on Liu Haoyu.
Hearing the other person’s indifferent words, devoid of any inflection, she felt a bit disappointed.
After that, the two fell into an eerie silence.
Liu Haoyu sat on the ground. From this position, his gaze could see Qiu Leling, and his peripheral vision could see the doorway.
“Hachoo…”
Qiu Leling sat on the bed, unable to stop herself from sneezing.
Because she arrived here very suddenly, she was only wearing a thin home dress at the moment.
The cold night wind blew fiercely into the room through the gaps in the wooden planks of the window.
The young girl shivered, trying to warm herself up.
Liu Haoyu just watched her silently.
Unlike Liu Zining, Qiu Leling was a bit underdeveloped. Her figure still carried some immaturity, like an unbloomed flower.
Coupled with her shrinking on the bed, she looked so helpless and pitiful.
She could only stare at Liu Haoyu, seemingly not understanding why he was staying so far away from her.
“That…”
Unable to sleep, Qiu Leling tried hard to find a topic.
She took a printed A4 paper from the bedside and said.
“I found this… I think the things on it should be very helpful to you. Do you want to take a look?”
Due to excessive fear and cold, Qiu Leling’s ability to organize her thoughts was slightly impaired. She spoke haltingly and held up the printed paper in her hand.
Liu Haoyu continued to watch her from afar, but after getting used to the dark room, he could barely see the paper on the print.
It was identical to the paper he found in the first-floor hall.
Why did Qiu Leling have this paper?
Did she also go to the first floor?
But the problem was, she never left the room…
“I have one too,” Liu Haoyu raised the printed paper in his hand and asked, “Where did you find yours?”
“This?” Qiu Leling paused. “On the table.”
The young girl pointed to the table behind Liu Haoyu.
This made Liu Haoyu fall into thought.
After waking up, he had also searched the room.
But he definitely hadn’t seen this A4 paper.
Could it be that anyone involved in this game would have this A4 paper on their table?
Soon, a terrifying conjecture gradually emerged in Liu Haoyu’s mind.
Or… was the one in his hand taken to the first floor by someone?
He glanced at the paper in his hand, but it was clean, with no traces left on it.
“Hachoo!”
Just as Liu Haoyu was thinking, Qiu Leling sneezed again.
The temperature in the room had become even lower.
It was also possible that the quilt on Qiu Leling’s bed was a bit moldy, irritating her nasal cavity.
The young girl was now sitting on the bed, with the quilt kicked aside.
Seeing her shivering, Liu Haoyu took off his black trench coat and threw it to her.
“Wear it.”
Liu Haoyu’s body was strong enough, and this bit of cold was nothing he couldn’t handle.
More importantly, he was worried that Qiu Leling’s sneezing would attract a terrifying monster.
Liu Haoyu’s sudden thoughtfulness and gentleness stunned Qiu Leling.
“Thank you…”
“No need.”
The night was still long, and they had to survive at least until tonight.
