Chapter 22

Squatting in the stall that reeked of a strong urine smell, Yin Yanjing was like a frightened kitten, her body hair standing on end uncontrollably.

After resolving her own issue, Yin Yanjing didn't even flush the toilet but fled the stall as if she had seen a ghost.

"Damn, it really stinks!"

Yin Yanjing couldn't help but curse, then quickly walked to the sink, turning on the faucet while saying to the girls outside:

"Wait a moment, I'm just washing my hands."

However, her symbolic inquiry received no response, and Yin Yanjing clearly didn't care, as she was just washing her hands, which wouldn't take much time.

Turning off the faucet, she quickly came out of the bathroom and was startled by the eerie corridor outside.

At this moment, the corridor was completely empty, and the girl who had promised to wait for her outside was nowhere to be seen.

"Crazy?"

"Crazy? Are you there?"

"Wang Fengcai? Don't scare me, come out quickly...!"

Although she didn't see anyone in the corridor, Yin Yanjing still found it hard to believe that Wang Fengcai would agree to accompany her just to play a trick on her.

But whether she believed it or not didn't matter; the fact was that the girl wasn't there.

"Damn, no wonder she agreed to come out with me. It seems those bitches planned to mess with me. I'll skin them when I get back."

Although she was furious in her heart, her body trembled uncontrollably.

Just as Yin Yanjing was about to run back to the dormitory, a head suddenly appeared from the darkness ahead!

"Ah..."

"Shh..."

Yin Yanjing was startled by the sudden appearance of the head, but soon she calmed down, as it was the girl who had promised to wait for her.

"You crazy girl, are you trying to scare me to death? You said you'd wait for me outside, why did you go over there!"

Yin Yanjing complained angrily while approaching the girl.

"Shh..."

The girl said nothing, just raised a finger to signal Yin Yanjing to be quiet, then softly said:

"Come over here, I just made a discovery."

"What kind of discovery can you make at this hour of the night?"

Despite her doubts, seeing the girl's mysterious demeanor, Yin Yanjing couldn't resist her curiosity and walked over.

At the stairwell, Yin Yanjing instinctively looked up the stairs and was greatly surprised to see a faint red light coming from above.

"Up... there, is someone?"

Yin Yanjing didn't know who would be up there so late, knowing that someone had died up there, and Wang Yiran's body was found there.

"No."

The girl shook her head and pointed to the stairs above:

"Come up."

"I'm not going!" Yin Yanjing's heart was pounding fiercely; she didn't have the courage to go up at this time.

"Ling Yan and the others are up there too." Seeing Yin Yanjing's refusal, the girl added casually.

"Ling Yan and the others are up there?"

"Yep, come on up."

The girl nodded firmly and ran up the stairs without waiting for Yin Yanjing. Despite her confusion, hearing that the others were up there, Yin Yanjing followed closely behind.

Following the girl, Yin Yanjing couldn't help but shiver from the cold air on the top floor, hugging herself.

"Where are Ling Yan and the others?"

"Here."

The girl suddenly stopped in front of an abandoned dorm room, pointing inside mechanically, then slowly walked in.

"Hey! Crazy, you... wait for me."

Yin Yanjing didn't dare to stay alone in the corridor, knowing that Wang Yiran had died there.

Running to the door of the abandoned dorm room, Yin Yanjing instinctively shone her phone inside and...

She saw a dead person!

Or more precisely, she saw a dead person's head, placed on the windowsill directly opposite the door.

Two eyes, like those of a dead fish, were bloodshot and staring.

"Ah..."

Just as Yin Yanjing reflexively wanted to scream, two pale hands suddenly shot out from the edge of the door, grabbing her neck and dragging her inside.

In the next instant, the door to the dorm room was closed.

The corridor on the 8th floor still flickered with a blood-like light.

At the same time, in the duty room on the 1st floor.

Xia Tianqi, drenched in cold sweat, leaned against the door of the duty room. The bad feeling in his heart not only didn't ease but became even stronger.

It was a feeling like death was approaching, a strong sense of unease that almost suffocated him.

"Damn, I'm not that cowardly, how did my underwear get wet?"

Xia Tianqi touched his wet buttocks, gritted his teeth, and stood up from the ground.

"Damn, hiding like a turtle won't solve the ghost problem!"

Muttering angrily, Xia Tianqi, fueled by his anger, pulled open the door of the duty room and took a big step out. But before he could steady himself, he quickly returned to the duty room and locked the door again.

"Impulsiveness is the devil, smart people never fight head-on."

Although Xia Tianqi was acting like a clown, it was undeniably the most correct action at the moment.

Running out now would be much more dangerous than staying here. Besides, he didn't have the ghost-catching skills of Liang Ruoyun and the others. What else could he do but hide?

Was he going to rush up to the 8th floor and point at the ghost's nose, telling it that he was the most invincible and awesome one?

He would die without even knowing how!

Just as Xia Tianqi was struggling with his thoughts, he suddenly heard a series of hurried footsteps in the corridor outside.

The footsteps were getting louder.

"Human... or ghost?"

Xia Tianqi swallowed hard, not caring what was approaching, he just needed to hide.

But he didn't hide under the bed, as that would be cutting off his escape route. It was safer to hide behind the door.

Tightly pressed against the wall, Xia Tianqi held a talisman in one hand and a peach wood item from the temple in the other, mentally preparing for the worst.

In the following tense wait, the footsteps, which had been getting closer, finally stopped.

The corridor returned to the same dead silence as before.