The elevator stopped on the fourth floor and then rose to the fifth floor a few seconds later.
As soon as Sher stepped into the sedan chair, he smelled a ghostly aura—it was that lecherous ghost from room 503.
Assuming the one in the elevator is the same one in Cheng You'an's room, then there are two ghosts in the hotel.
One man and one woman.
Judging from Zhang Anguo's repeated infidelity, the lecherous man on the fifth floor is him.
The long-haired female ghost is most likely Lu Xiaohui's deceased wife, who was also her bridesmaid.
If Zhang Anguo used money to coerce her, then it's understandable that she would hate rich people and go to Cheng Youan in the middle of the night.
The elevator doors opened on the fourth floor, and Cheng You'an's pig-slaughtering screams echoed throughout the corridor.
The three did not go out immediately, because Manager Zhang, who was wearing a red shirt, was standing at the elevator door.
Standing beside her was a pale-faced, masked woman, looking utterly terrified, while the little black cat in her arms drooped its head listlessly.
Upon seeing Shekh, her lips trembled as she said, "I just saw..."
"If you're not feeling well, go back to your room early." Manager Zhang's smiling face remained unchanged. She first entered the elevator and pressed the button for the sixth floor. She then said to the masked woman who was hesitating outside, "Come in."
"...I want to stay on the fourth floor. Please move my room to the fourth floor."
"The fourth floor isn't suitable for you. The number six is more auspicious." Manager Zhang pressed the open button, seemingly intending not to let go until the masked woman entered.
The masked woman shook her head: "I don't want to. I'll stay on the fourth floor. Please arrange for my room to be closer to theirs, please."
“Go live on the sixth floor. There are ghosts on the fourth floor too.” Shekh stepped out of the elevator, not noticing that Manager Zhang’s expression stiffened for a moment.
"Look, she said it herself, to the sixth floor." Manager Zhang quickly adjusted his demeanor, making sure no one noticed anything amiss.
Masked woman: "Then I can..."
“Okay.” Shekh nodded. “Have Manager Zhang help you take your luggage. Now come with me.”
With permission, the masked woman pushed her suitcase into the elevator and followed Shekh away.
The elevator doors closed behind them. Manager Zhang, alone with his suitcase, smiled and gradually became expressionless.
When the elevator doors were just a crack away from each other, she saw Sheikh turn around in the corridor and meet her gaze.
Shekh looked away, passed by 409, and punched the door.
The door panel was dented from being hammered, and Cheng You'an inside was like a duck with its beak tied, suppressing his cries of pain.
Once the corridor quieted down, she asked Xiao Fang to open the door to room 402 and invite the masked woman in.
Less than two minutes later, Meng Chengxi also knocked on the door from the outside.
When he entered, the masked woman was recounting her ghostly experience.
"At that time, the baby kept screaming, and the sound scared me. I couldn't help but think of what you said about it screaming when it sees a ghost, but there were only Xiaowan and me in the elevator."
"The more I thought about it, the more something seemed off. Xiaowan is new and very introverted. Why was she so enthusiastic to chat with us last night? I felt something was wrong, so I didn't dare look at her and just kept my head down. But... but I saw in the reflection of the elevator... she... she became a different person."
The masked woman shrank back, still shaken. "That was a woman too, blood dripping from her clothes, and she had many, many knife wounds..."
Shekh asked, "Did you see their specific appearance?"
"Long hair, looked to be in her forties, dressed quite elegantly, I... didn't dare to look too closely."
The masked woman still gets chills when she thinks about what happened next.
"...Later...I had an uncontrollable feeling, and I couldn't help but want to look up. Then I saw that ghost and I staring at each other in the mirror. She smiled at me! And she even tried to grab me!"
"It was Zai Zai who rushed over and scratched her. Then, the elevator doors suddenly opened, and I saw Manager Zhang standing outside."
"As soon as Manager Zhang arrived, that woman disappeared. Xiaowan fainted in the elevator. Manager Zhang told me to wait for her on the fourth floor. She went downstairs first to find someone to take Xiaowan back to her room, and that's when she ran into you..."
The masked woman broke out in a cold sweat as she recounted these events.
The first thing she did after leaving was to resign. She never wanted to have a team-building event with horror games again.
"Would it be convenient for you to come downstairs with us again?" Shi Jinzhe glanced at the clock. It was almost noon, and the restaurant would be open soon. He wanted the masked woman to identify whether the ghost she had seen was the bridesmaid.
The masked woman hummed in agreement, saying she would do anything as long as she wasn't left alone.
11:30 a.m.
The restaurant on the first floor is open.
Three players, a snake, and a native appeared at the restaurant entrance right on time.
As soon as he entered, Shi Jinzhe found the magazine. He opened it to the page with the wedding photos and pointed to the bridesmaid, "Isn't that her?"
The masked woman covered her mouth and nodded quickly.
Despite the age difference, she could recognize her at a glance as the female ghost.
Having finally found a character related to their deceased wife, the players ate with much better appetites.
Only the masked woman seemed distracted and unsure of what to do.
Shekh swallowed a piece of fish meat with the bones removed and said to the masked woman, "If you have any problems, you can go to Manager Zhang. She won't harm you."
The scent emanating from Manager Zhang was somewhat complex; besides incense, there was a very faint smell of blood, though it wasn't human blood.
Aside from the external scent, her own scent is very clean, somewhat like a snow-covered forest tree on an ice field—cold, but reliable.
The last glimpse I caught of her from outside the elevator—that expressionless face was actually relaxed and genuine.
...
After the meal, the masked woman, following Shekh's advice, went to find Manager Zhang.
Manager Zhang then offered to escort her back to her room on the sixth floor.
Fourth floor.
Before entering the room, Meng Chengxi asked Shehe and Shi Jinzhe to stay, saying, "There's something I need to tell you. When I went downstairs to look for someone, I noticed a thin layer of dust in the corridors on the second and third floors. It seems like there are no guests staying on those two floors."
Shi Jinzhe: "So, the Peace Hotel's check-in area is only on the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors?"
"Yes, I'd like to explore these floors tonight. Would you like to come along?"
Shi Jinzhe looked at Shehe, "How are you feeling?"
Shekh: "Okay, we'll go too. I want to finish this instance as soon as possible."
"See you tonight," Meng Chengxi yawned, "I'm going back to catch up on my sleep now."
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