Perhaps the suspicion in Cen Yu's eyes was too obvious, Shen Wei couldn't help but ask again, "What's with that look? Do you think I'm too cheap?"

"You get what you pay for," Cen Yu muttered.

Shen Wei: "?"

"...How about we think of a solution first before discussing this?" Chu Yichen was also a little helpless. He knew his own weak constitution, and seeing that his neighbor had already been possessed by an evil spirit, he felt that he would be next.

"Let's go out first," Cen Yu decided immediately.

Rather than being toyed with here, it's better to go out and confront them head-on... He made such a reasonable point, but then he noticed Shen Wei looking at him. "What are you going to use to confront them?" He pointed to himself. "Didn't you say you get what you pay for?"

"You forgot?" Cen Yu thoughtfully reminded Shen Wei, "I've been married twice." There are at least two ways to maintain a secret relationship!

While the two were talking, Pei Heng held up his phone and went to his neighbor. He discovered that the man's eyes were completely rolled back... The motion-activated lights in the corridor flickered on and off, and the pale light from the phone made the neighbor's face, with its completely rolled-back eyes, look even more terrifying.

"What about him?" Pei Heng patted his neighbor's face.

"Take him out first."

"Click-clack." The elevator car was still slowly descending when the elevator shaft above made a loud bang, as if something else had jumped down as well.

Cen Yu took a step and climbed out of the sedan chair. Shen Wei followed quickly, then Chu Yichen. Finally, together with Pei Heng, they pulled their neighbor out.

Just as everyone had left the elevator car, the elevator doors suddenly closed, and the screens on the elevator buttons outside went completely black.

The motion-activated lights in the corridor behind him were still flashing on and off. After leaving the elevator, the neighbor collapsed unconscious on the ground... Shen Wei squatted down and took a look. "Alive."

“I think this is a smokescreen,” Shen Wei muttered. “It’s inconvenient to carry him around. We need to find the key point first.” As he spoke, he stuffed some protective items into his neighbor’s body, sprinkled some incense ash mixed with cinnabar around him, and finally bit his finger and put a red dot of congealed blood on his neighbor’s forehead.

Cen Yu watched Shen Wei's actions. "Didn't you say you were going to use black dog blood?" That's how it was written in the novels he read.

"Where am I supposed to go to kill a black dog for you right now?" Shen Wei stood up. "That's acceptable."

"What is this?" Cen Yu asked humbly. "Is it because your destiny is special that your blood is an extremely yang and strong substance?"

After saying this, Cen Yu himself didn't believe it. He suspected that the reason they were able to encounter evil spirits here was because Shen Wei was just too unlucky.

Upon hearing Cen Yu's words, Shen Wei fell silent for a few seconds, a rare occurrence.

"Hmm?" Cen Yu looked at him. "Is it a secret?"

“...No, not exactly.” Shen Wei suddenly became hesitant.

His evasiveness only seemed to confirm that his blood was something special, even drawing Pei Heng's attention.

Finally, Shen Wei couldn't stand their curious gazes any longer, so she said to Cen Yu, "I'm only telling you this."

Cen Yu thought to himself, Shen Wei is indeed the younger brother of the original Heavenly Master Gong, he actually has such a secret weapon... He turned his head slightly, indicating that Shen Wei could speak.

"xx blood..."

Shen Wei's voice was too soft, and Cen Yu didn't hear it at all.

He moved closer, "Speak louder." It couldn't possibly be some kind of phoenix blood, so he had to speak softly, worried the bigmouth would tell everyone!

"...Virgin blood." Shen Wei said slowly and deliberately in Cen Yu's ear, "Alright, did you hear me?"

Cen Yu: "..."

Shen Wei suddenly became irritated, "I told you it wouldn't have mattered even if you knew, none of you can use it!"

Cen Yu thought to herself, "Nonsense! Pei Leyun and I are completely innocent!"

Then his gaze turned to Pei Heng and Chu Yichen beside him.

"Something so precious? Do you think I have it?" Chu Yichen didn't hear Shen Wei's whispers. When he saw Cen Yu looking at him, he assumed that this thing was also related to him.

“No,” Cen Yu said meaningfully, “it probably has nothing to do with you or Mr. Pei.”

"Only Shen Wei and I can use it."

Chu Yichen wondered, could it be that this blood has an age limit of under 25?

Shen Wei was also stunned when he heard Cen Yu's words, "You..."

What he really meant was that this requirement is very strict and has nothing to do with position! If it's not, it's not!

“Yes, that’s me.” Cen Yu said frankly. He also imitated Shen Wei, biting his fingertip and touching Chu Yichen’s forehead. “You will act together with Mr. Pei.”

Chu Yichen's fate is rather unlucky; he'll likely encounter some strange things here.

Although Shen Wei has some skills, his luck is terrible, which completely cancels out his abilities... It's better for Chu Yichen to stick with Pei Heng, who is someone that ordinary ghosts and monsters dare not approach.

“I’m going with Shen Wei,” Cen Yu said. “We’ll meet at the elevator in an hour. If that doesn’t work, we’ll figure something out.”

...

"You've lived here for two years and haven't encountered anything strange?" Shen Wei walked beside Cen Yu, the motion-activated lights in the corridor still flickering on and off, as if watching their every move.

“No.” Cen Yu looked at the liver-colored wooden door on the left. There were faded Spring Festival couplets on the door, and the peephole was pitch black. No light came through the crack in the door—this was a floor that should never have existed.

The floor he was on wasn't laid out like that either.

After bypassing this corridor, Cen Yu saw two more corridors leading to the left and right.

Both sides are densely packed with residents. Perhaps in order to increase the usable space, each household has installed security grilles on the walls of the corridor. When you look up, you can see clothes drying in the security grilles, as well as some cured meats.

Clearly, this is not a scene that should be here.

The lights on the ceiling of the corridor were no longer the motion-activated lights that flickered on and off, but they had been replaced with incandescent bulbs. However, due to years of disrepair, half of them were broken, making the corridor feel even darker and more cramped.

Cen Yu wanted to turn around, but found that the corridor behind them had turned into a wall, which seemed to mean that they should continue forward.

"Why are you so late coming back?" The door closest to them suddenly opened.

Cen Yu and Shen Wei both stepped back slightly, but what peeked out from the door was not a monster, but a middle-aged woman with curly hair.

"I told you not to bring anything, why did you bring a gift?" the woman said, her expression becoming even warmer as she ushered Cen Yu inside.

Cen Yu glanced at Shen Wei beside him and realized that the woman wasn't even looking at him. "Isn't he coming in with us?" Cen Yu asked tentatively.

"You silly boy!" The woman gave him a reproachful look. "You're making fun of your aunt again."

"Isn't this the duck you brought as New Year's treats?"

"But Auntie has enough to eat here, so don't worry about the duck. I'll kill it when the weather is nice in a few days, and then I'll pickle it into salted meat so it can be stored for a while."

Shen Wei was puzzled, Shen Wei was terrified, and Shen Wei wanted to run away.

Cen Yu grabbed Shen Wei's arm. "Auntie, can I ask you what part of the duck I'm holding right now?"

The woman was a little confused, but she still patiently asked, "Weren't you holding onto its wings?"