Chapter 51: Dawn
By common sense, in this era, people will bring their mobile phones wherever they go.
Liu Haoyu was no exception.
And now his mobile phone was here, but he had disappeared without a trace.
Even if he had only gone out temporarily, so much time had passed, and he still hadn’t returned…
Qin Liu’s heart grew more anxious.
She walked over and picked up the mobile phone.
When Liu Zining saw the mobile phone in Qin Liu’s hand, she was also stunned.
“Isn’t this Brother Liu’s phone?”
“…Yes.”
Qin Liu nodded and casually hung up the call.
“But I don’t know where he went.”
Seeing Qin Liu’s anxious demeanor, Liu Zining quickly comforted her.
“He probably just went out for a bit, it won’t be anything serious.” Liu Zining herself didn’t quite believe what she was saying. “Should we wait a bit longer?”
“Okay.”
After this, the two waited for over an hour.
However, instead of Liu Haoyu returning, Liu Zining received a call.
It was Qiu Leling’s younger brother calling.
“Hello?”
“Is this Ningning Jie?” the young boy on the other end of the phone asked. “Did my sister go to your place?”
“No, why?”
“She didn’t go to your place? That’s strange… Her phone is still at home, and she went out without it, so we can’t find her.”
Hearing this, a premonition of something bad suddenly flashed through Liu Zining’s mind.
Could it be that Qiu Leling had also disappeared?
While the two were talking, Qin Liu held Liu Haoyu’s phone and examined it carefully.
But after carefully sensing it, she suddenly found a faint trace of resentment on the phone.
The resentment was very faint; if she hadn’t checked carefully, she wouldn’t have noticed it.
After wiping away the residual resentment, Qin Liu’s pupils contracted.
On the phone, a text message had appeared.
“Congratulations on becoming a special guest for a murder mystery escape room…”
Seeing this text message, Qin Liu’s entire face turned completely dark.
“It’s okay, your sister probably went to school. I’ll go look for her later.” Seeing that Qin Liu seemed to have found a clue, Liu Zining quickly fobbed off Qiu Leling’s brother. “I’ll contact you after I find her.”
After speaking, Liu Zining hung up the phone and came to Qin Liu’s side.
She also noticed the text message on the phone.
“No way…” Liu Zining murmured. “I feel like he’s been pulled into this so-called game.”
“That possibility is very high.”
Qin Liu calmed her mood. She needed to calm down and think now.
Liu Haoyu’s inexplicable disappearance was definitely related to this text message.
Although she wasn’t a professional ghost exorcist and didn’t know how to save Liu Haoyu from this situation, the almighty Black Book must know what to do.
Qin Liu quickly ran to the storage room and took out the Black Book from her backpack.
The Black Book was lying there peacefully, but when Qin Liu shook it like this, the entire book was startled.
Before it could react, it followed suit and placed Liu Haoyu’s phone on the Black Book, asking:
“Can you find out where Liu Haoyu went?”
“……”
Qin Liu’s increasingly hollow eyes made the Black Book sweat profusely.
It sensed the faint traces of resentment remaining on the phone and almost mustered all its strength, exerting itself to its utmost capacity to locate Liu Haoyu.
In the vast, dark, distant realm, in the abyss of endless sinking, it followed this resentment and finally found information about Liu Haoyu.
“Where is he?”
“He’s at Hetian Apartment, east of Jiangquan City.”
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Dawn broke.
Liu Haoyu looked at the light shining through the window, and the tension in his nerves that had been taut all night gradually relaxed.
Through the gaps in the wooden planks, he looked out at the world.
This place did not seem like the human world.
Even though it was dawn, there was no sun outside.
There was only a faint green mist; nothing else could be seen.
Qiu Leling also gradually woke up.
She yawned.
Although she had slept last night, her heart was too fearful, causing her to fall asleep only after a long time, and she was even woken up by nightmares several times during the night.
Therefore, her current mental state was not very good.
She tidied her slightly messy hair and looked at Liu Haoyu, who was still in the room, feeling a sense of security emerge in her heart.
With Liu Haoyu, a professional ghost exorcist, by her side, it shouldn’t be a problem to survive and escape.
However, the problem now was…
Qiu Leling felt a chill from under her skirt, and her face flushed slightly. Seeing Liu Haoyu leaning against the window, she took the opportunity to quickly put on her underwear and white thigh-high socks.
After finishing everything and confirming that Liu Haoyu had not turned around, the redness on her face gradually faded.
“…Thank you.”
Seeing that Qiu Leling had woken up, Liu Haoyu picked up the broken table leg from the floor and said.
“Now we need to find a way to escape from here.”
“Mhm, mhm!”
Seeing that Liu Haoyu was preparing to leave, Qiu Leling quickly followed him.
Gently pushing open the bedroom door, Liu Haoyu glanced at the entryway.
Even though it was daytime, the indoor environment was still very grim and weird.
“Stick close to me…”
Liu Haoyu walked in front, and Qiu Leling followed behind.
The entryway was long, and every step was a long torment for the young girl.
She couldn’t help but lean closer to Liu Haoyu.
The latter, however, walked forward indifferently.
As they passed the restroom, Liu Haoyu suddenly stopped.
He gripped the table leg in his hand, his eyes solemn.
Before entering the house, he had taken notice of the restroom.
At that time, the door was closed.
But now… the restroom door was wide open.
Who opened this door?
Liu Haoyu held his breath and cautiously approached the restroom.
To get out through the main entrance, he had to pass through this restroom. No matter how dangerous it was, he had no other choice.
Qiu Leling, seeing Liu Haoyu’s movements behind him, realized something was wrong and wanted to follow.
But Liu Haoyu reached out to stop her and walked forward alone.
The closer Liu Haoyu got to the restroom door, the faster his heart pounded.
One step…
Two steps…
Three steps…
Finally, Liu Haoyu’s hand grasped the restroom door.
He slowly poked his head out and looked inside.
The girl behind him also held her breath and silently prayed for Liu Haoyu in her heart.
Inside the restroom, there were all dark red bloodstains.
These bloodstains had almost covered the entire wall and ceiling. Pale white light shone in from the skylight above, which was the size of a basketball.
But the good news was that the restroom was empty.
There was nothing… was there?
Liu Haoyu suddenly paused.
As the light from the skylight illuminated the dark corridor, he saw a long string of bloody handprints on the floor, extending all the way towards the main door.
Last night, something had left the restroom.
