4-36: The Chapter of Unraveling the Mystery / "Whom Do You Prefer?"

Lin Mu became more and more excited as he spoke, and his voice gradually became hoarse.

He seemed to have been genuinely terrified during this period; the fear in his voice was unmistakable.

"If you didn't, you didn't," Jiang Feng comforted him, even though he was drenched in sweat. "Maybe you just misheard?"

Lin Mu was so angry that he trembled upon hearing this.

"What do you mean?" He cried, tears streaming down his face, gripping Jiang Feng's shoulders tightly. "How could I mishear something like this? Don't you believe me?"

Jiang Feng sighed and grasped Lin Mu's hand in return.

He couldn't afford to get angry with Lin Mu at a time like this.

Lin Mu is his only hope now, if even Lin Mu wants to break up with him.

Then he's really finished.

“Baby, of course I believe you.” Jiang Feng kissed Lin Mu’s face reassuringly. “It’s just that there are no babies on this floor, so don’t scare yourself.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Mu lowered his eyes.

His eyes were filled with complex emotions, making it impossible to discern what he was thinking.

After a while, Lin Mu finally calmed down completely.

He still looked incredibly vulnerable, trembling in Jiang Feng's arms.

"Brother Feng..." Lin Mu cried pitifully, pleading in a way you couldn't refuse, "Can you stay here with me tonight?"

There were no nurses walking around in the hospital at night.

To find someone, you have to leave the ward and go to the nurses' station or the front desk.

It was too dark, and the surroundings were eerily quiet, so Lin Mu didn't dare to go out alone to ask for help.

In fact, when Lin Mu first encountered a paranormal event, he had already thought about having Jiang Feng accompany him.

But during that time, he saw on the school forum that Jiang Feng and Huai Yan had broken up.

Lin Mu was overjoyed at that time; his joy and happiness almost made him lose his mind.

He didn't care about that much.

But by now, it's clearly too late.

That filthy thing seemed to have its eye on him, attacking him day and night.

Lin Mu originally thought that as long as he made the request, Jiang Feng would agree without hesitation.

But now, after he made his request, Jiang Feng froze.

"Baby..." Jiang Feng was flustered, struggling to find the right words, "I've been very busy at work these past few days, and I also have things to do at home..."

His father also had an accident.

If he runs out of cash now, his father will really have to stay in prison for more than ten years.

But before Jiang Feng could finish speaking, Lin Mu abruptly interrupted him.

"Brother Feng," Lin Mu sobbed, pressing Jiang Feng directly, "Are you scared too? Or do you simply not want to stay with me?"

Jiang Feng certainly didn't dare to say no.

"How could that be, baby?" Jiang Feng forced a smile and hugged Lin Mu even tighter. "Of course I'll stay with you. I'll stay here tonight."

"Really?!" Lin Mu's voice was filled with surprise and delight.

He kissed Jiang Feng deeply and exclaimed, "Brother Feng, I knew you loved me the most!"

Seeing this, Huaiyan calmly withdrew her gaze.

He remained expressionless, reaching out to close the door to the ward as if nothing had happened.

Everything went as he expected.

Lin Mu took his place and was haunted by a vengeful ghost, thus rewriting her fate.

Ultimately, it was all Lin Mu's own doing; he brought this upon himself and deserved to suffer the consequences.

If Lin Mu hadn't asked to change apartments back then, he might not be going through all of this now.

He was in a car accident and then encountered a series of supernatural events.

But people are always greedy.

He was too eager to replace Huaiyan, and acted too hastily.

However, to some extent, Lin Mu did indeed obtain everything the original owner had.

—A tragic ending.

Huai Yan curled her lips into a smile, and when she looked up at the sky, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes.

This ending was entirely Lin Mu's doing.

It has nothing to do with him.

If Huaiyan had known the ending would turn out differently, she wouldn't have gone to such lengths to follow every step of the plan.

Everyone says this dimension is difficult.

In fact, the key to solving the mystery ultimately lies entirely with the host himself.

If the original storyline had continued, he would have refused to switch rooms with Lin Mu from the very beginning.

In the end, he will only end up like the original owner, killed by a vengeful ghost.

This is what makes higher dimensions so terrifying.

Fate had already begun, its gears already turning.

What seems like an ordinary plot has sown the seeds of cause and effect.

If Huaiyan had rejected Lin Mu back then, perhaps his fate would be exactly the same as the previous five hosts.

No.

Huai Yan composed himself.

The outcome might be different.

After all, he now had a Ghost King by his side.

During this time, in the gaps between figuring out the plot, Huaiyan speculated on the origin of the Ghost King many times.

The Ghost King did not appear in the original storyline.

If the original storyline, or the storyline of the previous five hosts, included the existence of the Ghost King.

Then they wouldn't have been killed by the vengeful ghost so easily.

Huai Yan's current guess is...

Actually, there have always been two ghosts in the villa.

One is a ghost king, the other a vengeful ghost.

The Ghost King is the one beside Huai Yan. It has never harmed him and even reminded him to leave Jiang Feng at the very beginning of the story.

The vengeful ghost was the one beside Lin Mu.

When Lin Mu was in a car accident, Huai Yan always thought that it was the Ghost King who did it.

After all, from his perspective at that time, only the Ghost King could be so omnipotent.

Furthermore, when Huaiyan asked the Ghost King, the Ghost King readily admitted it.

He just didn't think that men would bother with such trivial matters.

In the original storyline, the Ghost King was ruthless.

Given this premise, with his strength as a man, he could easily kill Lin Mu.

But the car accident only resulted in Lin Mu being hospitalized.

That was one of the reasons why Huaiyan initially speculated that there were two ghosts in the villa.

Another point is that the Ghost King appeared earlier than Jiang Feng.

In the original storyline, the vengeful ghost invaded the villa after Jiang Feng tampered with it.

From the moment Jiang Feng started the tampering to the moment the vengeful ghost descended upon the villa, several days had passed.

The vengeful ghost appeared on the very night Lin Mu returned to the villa.

Before Lin Mu returned, the Ghost King had already appeared and entangled with Huai Yan.

Based on various indications and Huai Yan's observations at the time.

The supernatural events that Lin Mu encountered on the night he returned to the villa were not actually the work of the Ghost King.

Instead, it's the real villain—the vengeful ghost in the villa.

When Jiang Feng summoned the ghost, he certainly didn't expect that Lin Mu would switch rooms with Huai Yan.

Huaiyan guessed that Lin Mu hadn't told Jiang Feng about changing rooms.

If Lin Mu wanted to present a pitiful image to Jiang Feng, she wouldn't have taken the initiative to tell him about this.

This also led to the vengeful ghost successfully changing its target and turning its fire on Lin Mu.

Moreover, Lin Mu was completely unaware of this and had no idea that death was approaching.

Now.

Huaiyan guessed that the vengeful ghost was about to launch a fierce attack.

In the original storyline, if the vengeful ghost stayed in the villa for too long, it would redirect its attacks on everyone inside.

At that moment, Lin Mu happened to be hospitalized, thus escaping the place where Jiang Feng had cast the curse.

Therefore, the vengeful ghost will only target Lin Mu, leaving him to bear the disaster that would have befallen hundreds of people in the villa in the original story.

Thinking of this, Huaiyan suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction, as if he had finally gotten his revenge.

If he weren't so ruthless and calculating nowadays...

Then one day, Lin Mu will definitely join forces with Jiang Feng to retaliate against him.

Huaiyan did not want to end up in a situation where she was at the mercy of others.

Forced by circumstances, Huaiyan had no choice but to drop his pretense and allow the situation to change.

He came here today only to confirm whether Lin Mu was indeed possessed by a vengeful ghost.

Before coming to the hospital, Huaiyan bought a short-term supply of Yin-Yang Eyes from the system's online store.

The purpose was to see clearly whether Lin Mu was surrounded by dark energy or accompanied by vengeful ghosts.

Everything went as he expected.

He saw Lin Mu surrounded by ghosts of all sizes, and the black aura had already invaded Lin Mu's entire body, almost completely engulfing him.

The vengeful ghost stood a few meters away, staring menacingly at Lin Mu.

So next, it's Jiang Feng's turn.

-

“Achen.”

Lan Chu stood at the end of the hospital corridor, turned her head and glanced at Jin Xiuchen, "Your boyfriend seems to have already found out about us."

Jin Xiuchen didn't speak, but just looked out the window.

The boy walked on the wide road and got into a black car.

The driver pressed the clutch, and the car sped away.

Not even a trace remained.

Jin Xiuchen withdrew his gaze expressionlessly and replied calmly, "So what if you found out?"

"Wow!" Blue Crown Prince gave two thumbs up. "Your Majesty, you're so roguish—"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Xiuchen gave him a cold look.

"You'd be better off as a human," the man chuckled.

"Oh dear," Lan Chu shrugged, "After staying in the human realm for so long, can't I be allowed to fit in for a bit?"

Jin Xiuchen strode towards the hospital's green channel.

The long hem of the black trench coat swayed back and forth with the man's steps.

The man spoke as if he'd heard a joke, his voice tinged with a hint of sarcasm: "Have you gone through the advanced mathematics problem bank? Have the final exam questions been released yet?"

Blue Prince's face turned green.

He was so angry that he jumped up and down, chasing after Jin Xiuchen and yelling, "Can we please stop talking about math? It's giving me a headache!"

“Didn’t you say you wanted to integrate?” Jin Xiuchen smirked. “Then let’s start with advanced mathematics.”

Lan Chu: "..."

Lan Chu was furious and resentful, and in a fit of impotent rage, he kicked the trash can.

The trash can tipped over.

Lan Chu was startled and wanted to go forward to help him up.

However, someone beat him to it and quietly picked up the trash can.

The nurse muttered to herself, "Strange, why did the trash can tip over by itself? The wind wasn't even that strong today..."

Lan Chu took a step back guiltily and hid far behind Jin Xiuchen.

"You're insane," Jin Xiuchen commented coldly.

Lan Chu snorted a few times.

He walked beside the man, as if he had remembered something.

Lan Chu suddenly stopped and grabbed Jin Xiuchen's arm tightly.

"you say--"

Lan Chu asked in a calm and serious voice, "Does your boyfriend prefer Jin Xiuchen or the Ghost King?"

However, Lan Chu regretted it as soon as he asked the question.

The sky, which had been sunny and bright, was suddenly covered with dark clouds.

The sky was overcast, as if a bolt of lightning was about to strike.

Blue House felt a chill run down his spine.