33 Cave 17 || Mirror
"What happened?" Yan Shuang asked.
Lei Daoquan's entire body was shaking uncontrollably, his eyes widened, and his voice was intermittent, "Ghost... There's a ghost! There's a ghost in my room! Really!!"
Yan Shuang glanced over Lei Daoquan's portly shoulders into the dim hallway. The red wall lamp flickered, casting an eerie shadow on Lei Daoquan's sweat-soaked face. Yan Shuang knew it was true; he had also seen things he shouldn't have in his room that afternoon.
Yan Shuang turned sideways and let him come in first.
Lei Daoquan stumbled through the door, the stench of cheap cologne mixed with sweat hitting him in the face. Yan Shuang quickly locked the door, the metal lock tongue clicking, a sound that was particularly piercing in the silence.
"Where did you see it?" Yan Shuang asked.
Lei Daoquan leaned against the wall with weak legs and feet, fear looming in his heart, "Mirror!!"
Yan Shuang and Jing Ning exchanged a glance. It was the mirror again. It looked like the same situation he had encountered that afternoon.
Lei Daoquan returned to his room after dinner and never came out again. He had been lying on his bed, bored, playing with his phone while waiting for tonight's tickets. But instead of waiting for the tickets, he felt the urge to urinate. He hurried to the bathroom, took care of his physical needs, washed his hands, and looked in the mirror to fix his hair. Just then, he saw the person in the mirror smile. At first, he thought it was a misunderstanding and didn't take it seriously. But then the person in the mirror made a gesture different from his own, and he realized it was over!
Yan Shuang wanted to ask something, but Jing Ning's cold voice interrupted her, "Isn't Chen Rujing in the room?"
"No." The usually arrogant young boss was now at a loss. Even Yan Shuang and Jing Ning, who he disliked the most, became his lifeline. "He didn't come back while I was in the room."
In a world where ghosts can appear at any time, and with the example of Liu Hu as a warning, Yan Shuang couldn't imagine where he would go alone in the middle of the night. So there was only one possibility: Chen Rujing wasn't normal.
Jing Ning walked to the bathroom without saying a word, pulled away the towel covering the mirror, and his tall figure appeared in the mirror.
Lei Daoquan was so frightened that he was about to have a stress reaction. His voice was so anxious that it split open. "What are you doing!?"
Jing Ning stood one meter away from the mirror, with his arms clasped in front of his chest, staring at himself in the mirror carefully.
Yan Shuang patted Lei Daoquan's shoulder, telling him to calm down. Frowning, she took two or three steps towards Jing Ning and asked, "Isn't it too dangerous for you to do this? What if there really is something wrong in the mirror?"
Jing Ning raised the corner of his mouth in a small arc, and the man in the mirror also asked Yan Shuang, "Are you worried about me?"
Yan Shuang looked at Jing Ning in the mirror. He was tall, with some messy hair on his forehead. It was obvious that he had not had enough rest in the past few days in the game, and his eyes were tired, but it did not affect his appearance. He still had an outstanding temperament and his good looks could not be concealed.
He continued, "Clues don't come to you on their own, you have to go find them. Some risks must be taken in order to reap rewards."
Yan Shuang pursed her lips and stood in front of the mirror with him.
"Um..." Lei Daoquan looked at the two people in front of the mirror and didn't dare to go over. He could only stand there and asked embarrassedly, "Can I stay in your room tonight?"
Yan Shuang was about to ask Jing Ning for advice, but Jing Ning's expression remained unchanged as he said calmly, "It's up to you."
Ten minutes later, Jing Ning pushed Yan Shuang's shoulders and left the bathroom.
"Hmm?" Yan Shuang asked.
"I'm tired of looking at it. Nothing has changed." Jing Ning shrugged.
The room was silent for a moment.
The three of them, no, to be more precise, it was Lei Daoquan alone, stared at the two of them in amazement.
"Uh" Lei Daoquan opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, hesitated for a moment, and then closed his mouth.
Yan Shuang handed her quilt to Lei Daoquan and said, "Just make do with it."
Lei Daoquan was completely surprised, a complete about-face from his usual attitude, repeatedly thanking Yan Shuang. He'd wanted to ask to borrow a blanket, even sleeping on the floor, but he simply didn't know how to approach the matter. The temperature in the cave was only a few degrees Celsius, and without a blanket overnight, the heat would be enough to kill a ghost, let alone a murderer. Besides, they were already doing their utmost to let him stay in the room.
Yan Shuang stood by the bed and looked at Jing Ning, blinking his big, Kazhilan eyes, his long eyelashes trembling, which was captivating.
Jing Ning looked like a rogue. He lifted a corner of the quilt and Yan Shuang quickly squeezed in.
Perhaps because Jing Ning's body temperature was too warm, Yan Shuang fell asleep quickly.
At this point all sounds disappeared into the night.
When Yan Shuang opened her eyes again, she woke up in Jing Ning's arms. Jing Ning's slender arms were tightly around Yan Shuang's waist, and he was lying on Jing Ning's chest.
Something was pressing against his thigh from below. Yan Shuang's old face turned red and he moved back silently.
At this time, Jing Ning's arms increased their strength and brought Yan Shuang back. His voice was low and hoarse, "Be obedient, don't move, take a nap."
Yan Shuang let him hold her, smelling the unique scent of Jing Ning. Mainly because he couldn't move, his strength was simply not on the same level.
"Knock knock knock..." There was a knock on the door.
"Someone is knocking on the door." Yan Shuang said.
Jing Ning also opened his eyes, retracted his arm and let him go.
Yan Shuang jumped out of bed and quickly tidied her clothes, as if she had been caught committing adultery.
This made Jingning laugh out loud.
"Shut up!" Yan Shuang glared at him, then ran to open the door.
Lin Haichen asked outside the door, "What happened last night?"
After Lin Haichen asked, Yan Shuang remembered that there was another Lei Daoquan in their room.
He was shocked when he heard this and quickly turned around to look at Lei Daoquan. There was only a quilt on the ground, and there was no sign of Lei Daoquan.
"He went out?" Yan Shuang asked Jing Ning.
Jing Ning shook his head, "No."
"Something might have happened to Lei Daoquan," Yan Shuang said quickly. He asked Lin Haichen to go into the room first and tell him what happened last night.
"So he was resting in your room?" Lin Haichen asked.
"Yes," Yan Shuang replied, "but I fell asleep in the second half of the night."
Yan Shuang just wanted to find another excuse for himself. He fell asleep in the second half of the night, and Lei Daoquan went back to his room by himself. However, his reason told him that it was impossible for Lei Daoquan to walk out by himself.
"Go check his room." Jing Ning said as he straightened his clothes.
The three of them walked out, and before they reached Lei Daoquan's room, they smelled a strong smell of blood. The smell emanated from the innermost part of the corridor, and the smell became stronger the further they went in.
Yan Shuang was very familiar with this smell. He walked in front, and Lei Daoquan's door at the end of the corridor was locked.
I'm afraid Lei Daoquan is in great danger.
Jing Ning unlocked the door. The moment it opened, a strong smell of rust hit him in the face. The sticky smell crawled into his nasal cavity and formed a blood clot in his throat. Yan Shuang's breathing stagnated.
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