ah!
Ruan Xiangyu immediately screamed, nearly dropping her flashlight.
Zhang Tangjin and Ma Mingzhe were also startled by the commotion caused by the sudden appearance of the dark figure!
Then the lights came on again.
Under the cover of night, a black cat with jet-black fur and eerie blue eyes stood on the edge of the corridor balcony, staring at the crowd with a strange expression.
Meow!
The black cat let out a strange cry and darted into the darkness, disappearing from sight!
Zhang Tangjin, Ma Mingzhe, and Ruan Xiangyu were all startled and broke out in a cold sweat.
Ruan Xiangyu patted her chest and said: So it was just a cat!
Zhang Tangjin complained: Damn it, where did this stray cat come from!
Ma Mingzhe silently put down the wooden stick in his hand.
After the scare, Zhang Tangjin turned off the tap, told Ma Mingzhe to have the bathroom light fixed the next day, and then the three of them went out.
Is this the haunted floor you were talking about?
Everything's fine, there's no sound of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night!
Zhang Tangjin said while yawning.
Captain Ma nodded repeatedly as he followed, but in his heart he was thinking that he should hurry up and finish patrolling the last floor, because he wanted to go back to sleep; it was almost two o'clock.
I couldn't sleep all night because of the noise.
The three of them walked and talked.
At this moment, Ruan Xiangyu seemed to suddenly realize something and said tremblingly, "Principal, did you...did you notice why there were four footsteps when there were only three of us?!"
Ruan Xiangyu's words made Zhang Tangjin and Captain Ma's hearts skip a beat!
As soon as Zhang Tangjin came out of the bathroom, he felt that something was wrong. Now that Ruan Xiangyu mentioned it, Zhang Tangjin realized that there really were four footsteps.
One heavy footstep was Ma Mingzhe's, one light footstep was Ruan Xiangyu's, and another was his own. But whose was that last, light, fleeting footstep?!
The three of them stopped almost simultaneously, then glanced at each other, breaking out in a cold sweat, but none of them dared to turn around to see whose footsteps were coming from!
Zhang Tangjin tried to take two more steps forward, and Ruan Xiangyu and Ma Mingzhe quickly followed, also taking two steps.
Snap, thud...
It was still four footsteps!
The three of them were now going crazy!
Why is there another sound of footsteps behind us?
Who exactly is following behind?!
The motion-sensor lights in the hallway dimmed again as the three people remained motionless for a long time, plunging the hallway into complete darkness, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face! It was eerily quiet.
Just as the three were at a loss, a strange song echoed through the corridor at midnight!
The singing was ethereal and elusive, carrying a strange operatic style and eerie laughter, as if it came from another world.
Zhang Tangjin's back was already drenched in cold sweat. He secretly regretted coming to this damned Building 17 at night. Wouldn't it have been better to stay home and sleep at this hour?
What are we going to do now?!
The eerie singing stopped after a while, and then a terrifying knocking sound echoed down the corridor!
Thump, thump!
Accompanied by urgent knocking, a female ghost's mournful cry rang out: "Give me back my life! Give me back my life!"
Zhang Tangjin was filled with fear. He whispered, "Ma Mingzhe, Captain Ma!"
In the dark corridor, the principal's voice was low and trembling.
Even Ma Mingzhe, who was tall and strong and had the strength of a boxer, was so frightened that his legs trembled.
You want him to be a bodyguard and beat people up? Ma Mingzhe is confident he can take on two or three at once, but this guy is a fucking ghost!!
What can a ghost do?
"Principal... Principal!"
Ma Mingzhe responded fearfully.
On the other side, Ruan Xiangyu was trembling with fear, forgetting to turn on the flashlight she had prepared. But even if she hadn't forgotten, she certainly wouldn't have dared to turn it on at this moment.
Ruan Xiangyu said tremblingly, "Principal... I've told you this building is haunted, but you wouldn't believe me! What do we do now?!"
\"what to do?\"
"How should I know! Run!"
Zhang Tangjin roared and fled down the corridor in another direction.
Ma Mingzhe and Ruan Xiangyu followed closely behind Zhang Tangjin. Overwhelmed by immense fear, Ruan Xiangyu unexpectedly unleashed a running speed that was no less than that of Ma Mingzhe and Zhang Tangjin!
The moonlight was bright and clear outside the corridor window.
But the three people in the corridor had no time to appreciate the beautiful scenery; they were running for their lives, and the female ghost's voice was getting closer and closer behind them.
"Give me back my life!"
"Give me back my life!!"
...
The three of them finally reached the stairwell, but in the darkness, the panicked Principal Zhang Tangjin lost his footing and tumbled down the steps.
"Ouch!"
\"ah!\"
A sharp cry ripped through the silence of the night, swirling in the midnight air above the campus.
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The following afternoon, at the administration building of Tongcheng University.
Principal Zhang Tangjin limped into his office, leaning on a cane. He had fallen from the stairwell of Building 17 last night, resulting in a minor fracture of his right shinbone.
I went to the hospital this morning for treatment, so my right calf is wrapped in layers of white bandages.
After entering his office, Principal Zhang Tangjin sat in his personal black luxury chair, looking dejected and not even wanting to make tea.
He sat blankly in the chair for a while, then remembered the exorcism master that Ruan Xiangyu had mentioned yesterday, and took out his phone to call Ruan Xiangyu.
"Xiangyu, have you managed to hire that famous exorcist from Tongcheng City that you mentioned?"
Zhang Tangjin asked wearily.
"We've arrived, we've arrived, but the Taoist priest is very busy and said he won't be able to get to the school until 5 p.m.!"
"It's good that you've arrived!"
"I'm waiting for the master to come to my office."
"good!"
At 5 p.m., the exorcist that Ruan Xiangyu had invited had not yet arrived. It wasn't until 5:30 p.m. that the famous Taoist priest from Tongcheng City finally arrived at the school.
Ruan Xiangyu led the Taoist priest and his young disciple to Zhang Tangjin's office.
Zhang Tangjin originally thought that the exorcism master mentioned by Ruan Xiangyu should be a wise and venerable person, but unexpectedly, a fat Taoist priest came instead.
The Taoist priest had a pair of eight-shaped hairs, a round and plump face, and a large black mole at the corner of his mouth. If it weren't for the dark blue Taoist robe he was wearing, you wouldn't be able to tell that he was a Taoist priest.
Behind the fat Taoist priest was a young disciple in his early twenties. However, this young disciple was not wearing a Taoist robe, and Zhang Tangjin felt that he was a bit sleazy and dressed very plainly, like a country bumpkin who had just come to the city and had never seen the world.
"Principal Zhang, this is Master Jia, the famous exorcist from Tongcheng City, whom my friend introduced to me!"
Zhang Tangjin tilted his head: "A fake Taoist priest??"
Ruan Xiangyu probably realized that the principal had misunderstood, and explained with a smile, "Jia is the Jia in Jia Baoyu!"
Zhang Tangjin smiled awkwardly and quickly reached out to warmly shake hands with Master Jia.
"Master Jia, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
"Come, come, sit here, I'll make you some tea!"
The fat Taoist priest nodded, smiled, and sat down, his eyes darting around as he surveyed the principal's luxurious office.
His disciple sat down next to the fat Taoist priest.
Ruan Xiangyu accompanied her on the side.
"Master Jia, you've come from afar, you must be tired."
"It's not hard work. Eliminating harm for the people and driving away evil spirits is what we Taoists should do."
Master Jia stroked his mustache and smiled.
Zhang Tangjin took out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes and offered them to others.
Master Jia quickly waved his hand.
"This humble Taoist priest does not smoke!"
When the cigarette was offered to Master Jia's disciple, the young disciple beamed and was about to reach out to take it when Master Jia glared at him, causing him to pull his hand back and say, "Oh, I don't smoke either!"
"I've heard that Master Jia is a famous exorcist in our Tongcheng City!"
Zhang Tangjin laughed.
Master Jia smiled without saying a word, clearly enjoying the principal's compliments.
His disciple said smugly, "You all know Mr. Xu, the richest man in Tongcheng, right?"
"Mr. Xu? Are you referring to Xu Jiayi, the head of Hengxiao Group, the largest real estate company in Tongcheng?"
Ruan Xiangyu asked.
"Exactly!"
"Mr. Xu is a well-known big boss in our Tongcheng City, of course he knows!"
Zhang Tangjin smiled and poured a cup of tea for Master Jia and his disciple.
"The classmate of Mr. Xu's uncle's son was possessed by something unclean a while ago, and it was my master who came to deal with it!"
Master Jia's disciple spoke with his head held high.
Zhang Tangjin: ...
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