“As soon as these words left her mouth, the others instantly became agitated as well.
‘Don’t spread such nonsense in the future!’ the receptionist said angrily, looking at Du Dong and Feng Huan.
‘Are you serious or not?’ Du Dong asked, unable to believe it.
‘Three years ago, a fire broke out here. The landlady was burned to death inside on the spot,’ the receptionist snorted coldly.
‘Go to sleep now.’ The receptionist left in a huff.
This genuinely frightened them all at once.
‘Du Dong, I’m scared.’ Feng Huan immediately threw herself into Du Dong’s arms.
Although Xu Shuiyao was afraid, she remained relatively calm at this moment.
‘Could this be a prank?’ Du Dong suddenly said.
‘Probably not,’ Xu Shuiyao shook her head.
‘Then one of them must be lying.’
That receptionist did seem a bit odd, but whether what she had just said was true or false, no one could really judge.
After all, the landlady had previously said that this receptionist had mental problems.
But the receptionist had also said that the landlady died three years ago, which was rather chilling.
If what the receptionist said was true, they had just been talking to a ghost.
That would be even more terrifying.
Instantly, the two girls became somewhat panicked.
‘I think it would be better for us to just make do in the car for the night.’ Luo Chen actually knew what was going on, but he simply found it troublesome.
‘What is there to fear?’
‘With me here, whether it is a person or a ghost, it makes no difference!’ At this moment, Du Dong gave a cold laugh.
‘I must say, young man, your courage is truly implausibly small,’ Du Dong said mockingly.
Hearing Du Dong speak like this, Feng Xin also grew considerably bolder.
Then she cast a disdainful glance at Luo Chen.
‘Exactly. With my Brother Dong here, whether it is a person or a ghost, it makes no difference!’
‘If you want to leave, leave by yourself.’ Du Dong also rather disapproved of Luo Chen, after all, Luo Chen had interrupted his good plans.
If Luo Chen had not been there, Xu Shuiyao would definitely have stayed with them tonight.
‘Luo Chen, you must stay and keep me company.’ At this moment, Xu Shuiyao actually grabbed Luo Chen’s arm, showing a pleading look in her eyes.
Luo Chen looked at her. After all, Xu Shuiyao was a decent person who had been willing to give him a ride. He could not let her come to harm, so he reluctantly nodded.
Next, they each returned to their rooms. Although Xu Shuiyao was quite frightened at this moment, she still filled a bucket with water, then dropped an immersion heater into it, intending to take a bath.
However, just as Xu Shuiyao had finished filling the water and plugged in the immersion heater, there was a click and the power tripped.
Xu Shuiyao was about to open the door when Luo Chen held out a hand to stop her.
Then he shook his head at Xu Shuiyao.
Immediately afterwards, a knocking sound came from outside the door.
However, it was from the room opposite, where Du Dong and the others were staying.
Bang, bang, bang.
Du Dong called out from his side.
‘Who is it?’
The rooms were basically not soundproof, so everything could be heard clearly.
‘It’s me, the landlady. Did you trip the power?’ The landlady’s voice rang out at this moment.
Du Dong was about to open the door when he suddenly felt something was not quite right.
If the receptionist had mental problems, who the hell would employ such a person?
Then was what the landlady said a lie?
Was what the receptionist said the truth?
Thinking this way, could the landlady really be a ghost?
Instantly, cold sweat broke out on Du Dong.
The knocking from outside the door continued.
Finally, Du Dong decided to open the door and take a look.
However, he was quite clever and called out to Xu Shuiyao.
Xu Shuiyao had no choice but to open her door at the same time as Du Dong.
The result was that they saw the landlady holding a candle, standing at the doorway.
‘You caused the power to trip. I have come to check,’ the landlady said.
‘Wait a moment. Landlady, are you a person or a ghost?’ At this moment, Du Dong summoned his courage to ask.
‘Young man, you look quite proper, so why do you not speak proper words?’ The landlady instantly became angry.
It could be seen that she also had a fiery temper.
‘It is not that, but your receptionist said you died, did she not?’
At this moment, Du Dong was no longer afraid.
However, speaking to someone like this, if it turned out to be a misunderstanding, it would be rather inappropriate.
But just as he finished speaking, the receptionist arrived.
‘When did I ever say the landlady died?’ The receptionist looked completely bewildered.
‘Are you two playing tricks on us?’ Hearing this, Du Dong also became angry.
‘Do I have nothing better to do?’ The receptionist looked coldly at Du Dong, holding a handful of melon seeds in her hand, cracking them as she spoke.
‘That is not right. Just now when we opened the door, you were inside cleaning the room, Landlady, and you gave us a fright. Then your receptionist came up and said you died,’ Feng Xin also spoke up at this moment.
‘Wait a moment, young lady. When did I ever give you a fright inside the room?’ The landlady was also bewildered, showing a look of astonishment.
‘When the receptionist took you upstairs, I had just returned. Then after the receptionist went downstairs, she stayed with me at the counter the whole time until just now when the power tripped, and only then did I come up to knock,’ the landlady said, looking at Feng Xin with some astonishment.
‘During this entire period, I simply never came up here with the receptionist!’ The landlady looked completely bewildered.
‘No, you must be lying.’ At this moment, Xu Shuiyao was also somewhat confused.
But she felt that matters were definitely not that simple.
Clearly the landlady had come up, and had said that the receptionist had mental problems.
And the receptionist had also come, holding a knife, saying that the landlady was dead.
Yet now they were actually denying it.
‘Enough. There is surveillance downstairs. You can go and check the footage,’ the landlady said angrily.
‘In the middle of the night, could you please not frighten people?’
‘If there is surveillance, then let us check the surveillance. This matter must be clarified,’ Xu Shuiyao was also very insistent.
Otherwise, could the receptionist and landlady they had just encountered both be ghosts?
But that was clearly impossible!
‘You go down first and wait for us at the counter. I will go with the receptionist to reset the power first,’ the landlady said, walking into the room, and the receptionist followed her inside.
Then the group went downstairs along the corridor first, leaving the landlady and receptionist to deal with the power.
‘Luo Chen, do you think what they said is true or false?’ Xu Shuiyao asked Luo Chen as they walked.
‘Both are true, and both are false. I still say the same thing. If you do not want trouble, it is better to leave this place.’
‘Hmph. You are such a big fellow, so how can you be this timid?’ Feng Xin mocked once again.
‘All the way until now, you have kept saying leave this place, leave this place.’
‘Young man, it is not that I wish to speak ill of people, but truly, what is there to fear?’ At this moment, Du Dong also mocked.
‘Someone who gets frightened at the slightest thing, someone like that, I, Du Dong, could take on ten of him.’
‘Du Dong.’ Xu Shuiyao rebuked him dissatisfiedly.
‘Sister Shuiyao, do not be angry either. I am speaking the truth. Moreover, what is there to be afraid of?’
‘Hmph. Playing tricks with ghosts and gods. I will tear this place down later…’
Du Dong’s words suddenly came to an abrupt halt.
Because as soon as they went downstairs, Du Dong and the others saw it.
The receptionist was sitting properly at the counter, cracking melon seeds. ‘I must ask, in the middle of the night, when you should be sleeping properly, why have you come down again?’ the receptionist said, looking impatiently at Du Dong and the others.”