Qiao Yan kept walking down the stairs until she could no longer hear the other footsteps behind her, and then she gradually slowed down.
Sweat soaked her clothes, and she realized belatedly that she seemed to have descended too many floors. She definitely hadn't climbed so many floors when she was climbing up, so where did the extra floors come from?
Leaning against the wall, the cool surface slowly calmed her down. She then picked up her phone again and unlocked it.
That phone call...
Qiao Yan opened the call log on her phone, but strangely, the unknown call that just came in did not appear on it. There were only a few calls she had made to her agent.
She kept flipping through the pages, only to confirm that it was really not there. The mysterious phone call had disappeared.
Even though she couldn't find the unknown caller, scrolling through the call logs reminded Qiao Yan of something. She quickly found a familiar number and, with some trepidation, pressed the dial button.
The keystrokes made a crisp sound, like hitting a wooden fish. Qiao Yan nervously shook her legs slightly.
Beep-beep-beep-click.
It’s connected!
Answered the call!
Her eyes lit up. This phone call had never been connected since the netizen gave it to her, but now, in this strange situation, it was connected!
"Hello?" Qiao Yan spoke carefully, fearing that the other party would hang up. "Excuse me, is this Master Lin?"
"...Ah, vanity is so dazzling." After a long period of silence, a slightly old voice finally came from the other end of the phone. Qiao Yan was so excited that she almost cried.
"Master Lin! Please help me!" Qiao Yan said excitedly, "I'm trapped now."
Master Lin on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time. When Qiao Yan was wondering if the call had been hung up, he heard his voice again, "Don't hang up. Take that thing and go out."
"Where are we going out?" Qiao Yan tightened the box in her hand and asked nervously.
"Go up the corridor and walk up one floor at a time until you reach the floor where you can see the moon." Master Lin's voice was low and hoarse, and it was very obviously the voice of an old man. After saying this, Qiao Yan heard him muttering a long string of words.
Even though the other party couldn't see her, Qiao Yan nodded subconsciously, then took a deep breath and walked out of the emergency exit.
It was pitch black, and she couldn't see the moon or even the stars. Keeping Master Lin's words in mind, she returned to the emergency exit and went down one level.
She would open the door on every floor to see what was happening outside. After walking more than ten floors, she never saw the moon in the corridor.
"Master Lin, there is no moon outside." Qiao Yan felt as if her heart was hanging in mid-air, with no bottom in her heart.
"It's almost there, keep going." The voice on the other end of the phone didn't have any extra emotions, just said it lightly, and then continued to recite something.
Although she couldn't hear it clearly, the voice smoothed out the wrinkles in Qiao Yan's heart. The uneasiness that came from nowhere disappeared. She shook her head and continued walking down.
Finally, when she felt her calves were about to cramp, she pushed open the door and saw the white full moon hanging high in the sky.
There are no stars, no clouds, only a full moon, like a lamp.
"Let's take the elevator." Master Lin's voice rang out again from the other end of the line. Qiao Yan looked at the phone in her hand in surprise. She hadn't hung up. The long call had made the phone a little hot.
She sniffed and slowly felt the chill fade away and the warmth return. She hadn't felt cold in the past long time, and only now did she realize that the temperature around her had been abnormal for such a long time.
The elevator was still the same elevator, and its appearance hadn't changed, but this time, when she heard the ding sound, Qiao Yan had a very strong feeling that she would definitely be able to get out this time!
Entering the elevator, she pressed the button for the first floor again. Because there was no signal in the elevator, there was a crackling noise on the other end of the phone. The call did not return to normal until the elevator door opened.
This time, she finally saw the normal first floor!
Qiao Yan's brows immediately relaxed, the corners of her mouth curled up, and her pace quickened.
But just as she was about to leave through the gate, Master Lin said, "Stop, turn back."
His tone suddenly became serious. Qiao Yan was startled and quickly stopped and turned back as he said.
"This..." Behind her, there was another door. "What's going on? Didn't I get out?"
"It's just the last gasp of a dying force. Put the thing around your neck." Master Lin said.
Qiao Yan was stunned for a moment, then realized what he said, and hesitated for a moment, "This..."
That's real hair strung through a chain made of human flesh. Are you going to let her wear that?
[No, I can't accept wearing this thing... Ugh!!!]
Is this something I absolutely have to wear?
[No, I can't stand just imagining it.]
[So disgusting, so uncomfortable, I don’t want to wear it!]
Qiao Yan felt the same way. This kind of thing made her feel uncomfortable just holding it in her hand, let alone wearing it on her body.
But after Master Lin finished speaking, the phone suddenly rang and then automatically hung up...
Qiao Yan gritted her teeth and finally chose to listen to the master. She endured the discomfort, opened the box, and took out the things inside.
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