Upon hearing this, Luo Tianhe made a phone call.
He quickly hung up the phone and shook his head.
“My family said they didn’t see him; Li Huai isn’t at the bar.”
Upon hearing this, Luo Tianhe and I both changed our expressions, realizing the importance of the matter.
I slapped my forehead and said with some regret:
"We shouldn't have let Li Huai go to the orphanage alone!"
"Who would have thought that something bad could happen at an orphanage? Let's go find it quickly."
Luo Tianhe was also speechless. What could he do now that things had come to this?
"Let's take a taxi. I'm so sick of driving this car, I don't want to touch the steering wheel at all."
I made a complaint, and then quickly went to wash up and tidy myself up.
Luo Tianhe was the same; he was racing against time. In less than five minutes, we were all ready and downstairs, where we hailed a taxi.
I opened the car door, and before I was even properly seated, I hurriedly said:
"Master, to Ping An Orphanage."
"Okay, fasten your seatbelts."
The driver gave us a few words of advice, and after we were all seated, he stepped on the gas and drove toward the Ping An Orphanage.
Along the way, Luo Binghe and I anxiously tried to call Li Huai, but we couldn't get through. Our expressions grew increasingly grim.
"What's wrong, you two?"
Seeing our expressions, the driver became curious and asked us a question as soon as we hung up the phone.
"That's right, my friend went to the orphanage to visit the orphans, and he hasn't come back yet. We can't get through to him on the phone."
I scratched my head and replied somewhat irritably.
"Haha, don't joke around, how could that be? I'm a scaredy-cat, don't tease me."
The master chuckled dryly, his body trembling almost imperceptibly.
Upon hearing this, my body tensed up immediately, and I keenly sensed that something was wrong.
"Master, what do you mean?"
"No, what else could it mean? I'd like to ask you what you mean!"
The driver was almost in tears, and his hands on the steering wheel were trembling.
"That Ping An Orphanage closed down a long time ago. I heard there was an accident there that killed a lot of people. Where are the children now?!"
Suddenly, like a thunderbolt, it flashed through my mind, and I suddenly remembered why the Ping An Orphanage seemed somewhat familiar!
Because I saw this name on that weird forum before!
Seeing my sudden change in expression, the driver realized I was serious and slammed on the brakes.
"Brothers, could you please take another taxi? I'm a scaredy-cat, I really don't dare go there."
"Stop talking nonsense and keep driving. You didn't say that when we took the taxi earlier."
Luo Tianhe pushed his chair impatiently.
"If you don't open it, believe me, I'll beat you to death. You might not see ghosts at the orphanage now, but if I beat you to death, you'll definitely see ghosts."
At this moment, Luo Tianhe also realized that something was wrong. He was very anxious and didn't want to waste words with the driver. He immediately threatened him.
Seeing Luo Tianhe's fierce appearance, the driver was a little scared and could only continue driving in that direction as he was told.
"Brothers, why bother? It's the middle of the night. If you're looking for someone, you can come back tomorrow during the day."
The driver kept muttering to himself as he drove, clearly genuinely terrified.
"Hehe, by tomorrow daytime my friend's daylily will be cold, and when we go there we'll only be able to collect his corpse!"
"Open it quickly!"
Luo Tianhe suddenly shoved the driver's seat back again, startling the driver so much that his body trembled, almost causing an accident.
I was instantly terrified. I might have a chance to fight back against a ghost, but if I got into a car accident, I would just have to wait to die.
"Don't rush me, driver, drive slowly and don't cause any accidents. I'll give you two hundred yuan as a reward for your trouble."
I turned around and glared at Luo Tianhe, then reassured the driver.
Hearing that there was a 200 yuan tip, the fear in the driver's eyes subsided slightly.
Seeing my reaction, he kindly reminded me:
"I'm not kidding, you'd better not go in."
"Master, what else do you know about that orphanage?"
I tried to keep the sound steady.
The driver swallowed hard, his eyes fixed on the road ahead:
"That happened a few years ago. I heard that overnight, all the children and staff in the facility were gone. The official explanation was a fire, but those of us who drive the night truck know that place is very eerie!"
"How is it so strange?" Luo Tianhe pressed.
The driver glanced at Luo Tianhe, but for the sake of the money, he didn't bother arguing with him and replied.
“Some people passing by at night can hear children laughing and crying coming from inside.”
"Some people have said they've seen a little face pressed against the glass behind a car window, but this is the suburbs, and cars are usually traveling at speeds of at least 90 miles per hour. What kind of child would press their face against a car window?"
Hearing this, I couldn't help but swallow hard. What else could it be? It's definitely a ghost!
Luo Tianhe also glanced out the car window involuntarily, thankfully not to see a pale face.
The driver's voice grew softer and softer:
"The scariest thing is that occasionally there are passengers like you who insist on going there to look for someone, saying that their friend went there and hasn't come back. But every time we drop them off, we can't even see a single person."
At this point, the driver swallowed hard, his eyes filled with wariness as he looked at us.
He smiled somewhat sheepishly, hesitated for a moment, and was about to speak when...
I understood what he meant, and I took out three hundred-yuan bills from my pocket.
"Here you go, driver, I'm giving you the money in advance. It's not like we're trying to skip out on the bill."
The driver held the steering wheel with one hand and then took the money.
"Master, aren't you afraid it might be ghost money if you don't check it?"
Luo Tianhe, sitting in the back seat, said in a somewhat sarcastic tone.
"Haha, no need. I think you two are both blessed people with full Heavenly Courts, so it's impossible for anything to happen to you."
The master chuckled dryly again, then said seriously:
"But I didn't just make that up to ask you for the fare in advance. It really happened, I swear on my life!"
“I’ve taken one before.”
Hearing him say that, Luo Tianhe and I immediately became interested. This driver had actually experienced it firsthand, so we couldn't help but ask:
"What happened to the passenger you dropped off?"
The driver shook his head: "I don't know. I dropped you off and immediately turned around and left. It's the middle of the night, how could I dare to stay any longer?"
Hearing this, I was so angry I almost twisted my nose. Turns out, after all that talking, you don't even know a fart!
Seeing the expressions on my and Luo Tianhe's faces, as if we'd been tricked, the driver hesitated for a moment before continuing:
"But once I passed by during the day and saw an old lady burning paper money at the entrance of the orphanage, muttering something like, 'Another one has come, and he will never be able to leave.'"
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