Chapter 10: I Suddenly Couldn’t See Titles Anymore
Although I felt a headache from encountering another unscientific event, I couldn’t just deceive myself and stay put, so I continued to investigate other places.
To the lower right of the dining hall was a staircase leading to the second floor, but I wanted to search the first floor completely before going upstairs.
So, I started searching from the room in the upper left. Upon pushing the door open, I found myself in the kitchen.
As soon as I entered, I smelled the aroma of food, likely some kind of meat broth. My appetite was whetted, and my stomach rumbled.
Based on my years of cooking experience, the quality of this soup was quite high. Just the aroma alone could stir up an appetite; it could be sold in a restaurant.
“It would be great with a croissant…”
But who would eat food of unknown origin like this? Most importantly, there was no one around, yet the food looked like it had just been prepared? Had people suddenly disappeared?
I walked over to the kitchen counter and touched the surface with my index finger, scraping off a layer of dust. It was clear the kitchen hadn’t been used in a long time. Yet, the pot of soup on the counter was bubbling away.
The soup was strange. Even stranger was the fact that there was no fire lit, and the kitchen, which had clearly never been used, had a pot of ready-made meat broth.
This was incredibly eerie!
And there was a pot of already cooked meat broth?
“Is anyone there?”
Feeling a bit uneasy, I called out again.
Of course, no one appeared.
On the table I had just leaned over, food had been placed!
I quickly rushed over to take a look. The smell was the same as the one wafting from the kitchen. Besides that, there was a plate with …
I frowned and slapped the table. With a clatter, the soup spilled from the plate.
“If anyone is here, come out immediately! Stop playing games!”
The surroundings were silent. I was the only one standing there like a fool.
Although I didn’t understand who or why I was trapped here, this level of prank wouldn’t scare me.
I took another focused look at the food on the dining table and then headed to another door in the upper right corner of the dining hall.
It seemed to be a grand hall, and the largest door was likely the entrance to this mansion.
I walked over and tried it anyway. It was firmly shut.
It was like a painted door on the wall – completely sealed and unbreakable. Like the other windows, it didn’t seem to be locked; rather, it was as if…
I sighed and turned around, surveying the mansion’s interior again.
In the hall, there was a large clock, but it was broken. If it were still running, it would be ticking.
The time was stopped at 8:48. I wondered if it had any significance.
In the center of the hall was a grand staircase leading to the second floor, covered in a dark red carpet. Part of the wooden stairs had already collapsed, making one doubt if the entire staircase would fall apart if I dared to walk on it.
To the left, besides the door leading to the dining hall, there were two more doors. To the right, there were three doors.
Since I had decided to search the first floor first, I would check those rooms.
Wandering alone in this vast mansion, even my composure made me feel a little uneasy.
This mansion, which resembled a medieval European style, was covered in dust everywhere, as if no one had lived there for a long time.
But when I looked from the outside, this manor looked quite vibrant. I didn’t expect the inside to be a ghost’s lair.
I didn’t know where everyone else had gone.
I was the third to last person to enter the manor. Behind me were only Yu Hui, who followed me, and Lily, who called out to me for some reason.
Could it be that only I fainted? Perhaps Lily and Yu Hui were also somewhere in this mansion.
If they were in trouble, those two wouldn’t just stand by. So, I shouldn’t have woken up in the manor’s dining hall.
Male on the left, female on the right. I’ll start with the right side. I’ll check those rooms.
I walked to the first door on the right and pulled the doorknob, only to find it locked.
Unlike the main door, this one shook a little when I pulled it. It seemed I would need to find a key.
This standard development, like in a horror game, made me chuckle.
I immediately needed to find a key to open it.
Perhaps someone turned into a vengeful spirit due to resentment and turned this mansion into… something like that.
It’s a complex plot for everyone.
If it really developed like that, it would be too cliché.
I don’t like things I don’t understand. So, for those phenomena in horror movies that don’t follow common sense and are completely inexplicable…
This world has ghosts. I already knew that. But those ghosts were different from my previous understanding of ghosts. They weren’t vague and illusory existences, but actual living beings.
They eat people, they can possess, their physical abilities are far superior to ordinary people, and they seem to have special abilities.
The so-called ghosts were probably like the black mist I saw earlier, not the translucent, white-clad, long-haired figures floating in the air.
Then, I continued to the second room on the right. This door was openable.
Inside was a room of about seven or eight square meters. There were no windows, just a fluorescent light on the ceiling, and a very simple bed.
This looked like a prison cell.
A sense of foreboding arose in my heart, and I quickly turned around, wanting to rush out of the room.
Fortunately, my movements were faster. I grabbed the doorknob and pulled it outwards, and I managed to escape.
If it had closed, I would have been trapped in here… Although there was no factual basis for it, I felt it.
But before I could relax, a strange situation occurred.
On the door panel, another fair and slender… Then a third hand appeared!
My own hand was still on the doorknob, so whose hands were these?
Someone was standing behind me…
The other person seemed to have approached extremely close. I felt the air moving on the back of my neck.
Both hands pushed forward together, trying to close the door, while I used all my strength to stop them.
However, even with all my might, pulling with both hands, even tilting my entire body backward, I couldn’t resist their strength. I gradually lost control of the door’s direction. The gap became smaller and smaller until, with a click, it shut closed.
I turned around indignantly. My anger was greater than my fear at this moment, making me want to curse the other person for hindering me.
“It’s me? Hehehe~”
A familiar laugh, and…
Light novel.
I already knew who it was before I could see their face.
It was Lianbing.
She stood in a “wall slam” pose and said to me.
“That’s right, it’s me, hohoho~ Did I startle you, Jun Cheng?”
“How are you here?!”
Why was Lianbing here? Was she also here for the part-time job? No… What was going on? Was I still dreaming?
A bizarre situation, and an unrelated person suddenly appeared in this haunted house.
No, the touch was real. I pinched my arm, and it hurt.
Seeing my actions, Lianbing asked with a playful smile.
“What’s wrong? Thought you were dreaming? Then feel it for yourself, how about it?”
She suddenly leaned closer to me. The distance between us grew smaller and smaller, until it became zero, or even negative.
Unlike the previous time, it was a gentle kiss, like water.
Our lips met, and I was pulled into a kiss. She inserted her tongue into my mouth, and then there were no further actions.
I closed my eyes and wrapped my arms around her back, maintaining this posture and feeling each other’s warmth.
She held my face, gazing into my eyes, and said tenderly.
I pressed her head, letting it rest on my neck, and whispered.
“Really… Don’t scare me like that. I thought I saw a ghost.”
When opening or closing doors like that, suddenly having two hands to interfere…
It looked like the work of a ghost.
I didn’t expect it to be Lianbing.
“Right, why did you suddenly appear? Were you in this room from the start?”
“Yes, when I woke up, I found myself in the room. Just as I was about to go out, I heard the sound of the door opening, so I quickly hid under the bed.”
“I see.”
No wonder she was behind me. It turned out Lianbing was in this room from the beginning.
“When I woke up, I found myself in a strange place. I thought I had been kidnapped.”
“That wasn’t the case, because Shirley was basically by my side the whole time, and nothing like that happened. So, this time is also a fresh experience.”
“You’re treating this as an experience…”
I guess I have to say, she’s truly Ji Corporation’s Young Miss. No matter the situation, she never panics and can always remain calm.
I stroked her hair and said to Lianbing, who was in my arms.
“There’s no point in hiding. I wouldn’t have hidden under the bed if I thought it was you. But when I saw it was Jun Cheng, I felt at ease… Right, Jun Cheng?”
I hugged Lianbing tighter, relishing the feel of her soft, supple body.
After fully appreciating her beautiful and soft body, I reluctantly let go.
“Jun Cheng, why are you here?”
“I came to apply for a part-time job, cleaning the mansion. As soon as I walked through the main gate, I fainted.”
In the hall… this should be the place where I fainted.
So, this haunted house sucked me and Lianbing in? Like some kind of Tenchi Muyo, perhaps?
“In any case, let’s get out first.”
I turned to open the door, only to find that the handle wouldn’t turn anymore.
It’s actually locked!
Just now, the door was closed because of Lianbing’s prank. Now, I can’t open it!
“The door won’t open! We’re trapped here!”
“Well… perhaps someone locked it from the outside. Oh dear, it seems I’ve inadvertently helped the villain.”
I leaned against the door with a headache. I didn’t expect to be trapped in this room. I wouldn’t be able to search for anyone else.
Turning back, Lianbing was already sitting on the bed, patting it.
I walked over and sat on the bed. I said helplessly.
“How long will we be stuck here… Like last time, when I…”
“Like last time, I was trapped alone in Black Street, and I was miserable.”
“Because you were alone then. But now there are two of us? Hehehe~ We can talk, play games… or…”
Lianbing took off her shoes and placed her long, slender legs on the bed, as if showing me her legs wrapped in black stockings.
“Conveniently, there’s a bed here. If we’re really bored, we can… do what lovers do, if you d-i-c-t-a-t-e?”
I swallowed hard, my eyes blankly staring at her legs. I hesitated.
“Although we are indeed boyfriend and girlfriend, isn’t it a bit too fast to go all the way now…”
“Hahahaha~ Look at your perverted face. You’re asking for death. I don’t want to have my first experience in such a small, cramped place.”
“I knew it… It was just a joke after all.”
Lianbing closed one eye, placed her index finger on her lips, and said with a charming smile.
“Perhaps there are some benefits… Hehehe… Come here, it’s my turn to hug you.”
She suddenly pounced and hugged my neck.
“Wait, what are you doing?”
She buried my face in her chest.
I struggled to get up, but before I could break free, I heard Lianbing’s sweet voice.
“Mmm~ Don’t squirm, it tickles…”
Hearing that, I didn’t dare to move anymore.
Then she hugged me and lay down on the bed. I lay on her like a dead fish, my heart pounding wildly. Bad thoughts began to surface, and I started silently reciting incantations to suppress those wicked thoughts.
“Good boy, good boy~ Jun Cheng is such a big baby~”
She stroked my head and said happily.
It made me a little embarrassed.
Being held in my girlfriend’s arms and called a baby by her… it was inexplicably shameful!
Lianbing seemed a little strange today. She was a bit too affectionate. And despite being in this unknown place, she wasn’t…
“Jun Cheng’s body is really warm. It warms my heart.”
“My skin is pale because of my blood. My mom always complains about my white hair.”
I was getting a little sleepy. My eyelids were drooping. Was it because Lianbing’s chest was so warm?
Suddenly, I felt sleepy.
My eyelids were drooping because Lianbing’s chest was too warm. Plus, this position was too hypnotic?
The moment I closed my eyes, I heard Lianbing’s words.
“But I prefer it a little colder.”
“Uh, even if you say that to me…”
“I can’t control my blood… Unless all my blood is drained, it’s impossible to lower my body temperature.”
“Just kidding.
“Ah, I’ve got it~ If I just drain all of Jun Cheng’s blood… won’t that lower his body temperature?”
What did she just say?
Could it be that I misheard?
Before my brain could process it, I felt my back of the head being pressed down.
My entire face was buried deep in her chest, and then Lianbing suddenly… I couldn’t breathe!
I struggled to lift my head, my eyes wide open, trying to see Lian… She was gone!
No title!
It wasn’t that I couldn’t see due to a bad angle; it was truly gone!
I wasn’t wearing my glasses, so that meant I really couldn’t see the title…
I wished for this inexplicable ability to disappear, and now my wish had finally come true, but I wasn’t happy at all.
Why didn’t I notice this earlier!
If I had noticed… I also would have noticed her killing intent!
… I’m actually going to be suffocated by these two large breasts.
Ugh, although it’s an enviable way to die, I don’t want to die right now…
“It’s still not working.”
Just as I was about to suffocate in her ample bosom, Lianbing suddenly released her hands.
I quickly sat up and took deep breaths.
“Hah! Hah! Ha…”
Lianbing closed her eyes.
“If I don’t… I can’t bring myself to do it.”
Lianbing, lying on the bed, looked like Sleeping Beauty.
The changes that then occurred to her made this scene even more poignant.
Her hair turned white, cascading onto the snow-white bed sheets, dazzlingly beautiful.
Then she opened her eyes.
The eyes that opened again flashed with red light, and her smile was filled with crazy killing intent.
