Zuo Han looked desperate like he was being chased by something.
"I went to Ping An Apartment last night, you weren't there." It was not that Chen Ge did not want to help Zuo Han, he just thought that Zuo Han was still too young, it was too much of a waste to risk his life like this.
"After I left your Haunted House that day, I was targeted by the doctors from the hospital. To shake them off, I had to go to Western Jiujiang's Private Academy and borrow Single Eye's power to stop the doctors." Zuo Han touched the wound on his face, the pain seemed to be able to keep him awake.
"She helped you stop the doctors and you gave up your body parts as the price?"
"It is a very fair trade." Zuo Han sighed softly. "The tenants at Ping An Apartment are people like us, they are trustworthy but they are too weak. This world is not as simple as you think, all of my suspicions have been proven one step at a time. We need Single Eye's help, her presence is a kind of deterrence and it will allow us to understand this city more directly. "
"Okay, I will go with you." Chen Ge looked at his watch. "But I have to leave before midnight because I have a meeting with the tenants at Ping An Apartment at Li Wan Street after midnight."
"Thank you."
Chen Ge wanted to leave the white cat behind but to his surprise, the cat jumped onto his backpack and refused to leave. It was as if it had made up its mind to stay with Chen Ge.
Left with no choice, Chen Ge placed the white cat and the mallet together and hugged the backpack as he left.
Zuo Han did not quite understand Chen Ge's action but he did not say anything.
After leaving the Haunted House, Chen Ge planned to hail a taxi but he was stopped by Zuo Han.
They walked through the alleys of the city on foot until they saw a van at the end of a back alley.
"The driver's name is Tang Jun, he is also a tenant at Ping An Apartment. He has lost most of his memory but based on what he said, he used to be a racing driver."
Tang Jun's driving skill was very good. He drove the minivan on the smaller roads that were less crowded. Before 11 pm, he sent Zuo Han and Chen Ge to Xin Hai's Western Countryside Private Academy.
For some reason, this place had been abandoned for a long time.
As soon as they entered the campus, they could feel gusts of chilly wind. The temperature inside the walls was much lower than outside.
"Follow me." This was not Zuo Han's first time entering the abandoned school. He led Chen Ge away from the education block and directly into the multi-purpose laboratory building behind the abandoned school.
Chairs were placed everywhere in the building, and under each chair was a student's name.
Originally, the students wrote their names under their chairs, probably because they were afraid of losing their chairs during a gathering. However, after the school was abandoned, the chairs with names written on them were like tombstones.
"One-eye is in the laboratory building?"
"Yes, but she doesn't know why she likes to stay here."
All the doors of the laboratory building were locked. Various kinds of strange and cruel graffiti were painted on the doors. This private academy appeared to have experienced many bad things in the past. The school's abandonment had something to do with those things.
There was a steel door that led from the third floor to the fourth floor of the laboratory building. Before the door was a pile of broken chairs. It looked like they were piled up with various broken limbs.
Zuo Han found a path among the pile of chairs. He led Chen Ge into it.
"We're here. This is the place. After we enter the room, do not say a word. One-eye has a strange temper, she might do you harm." Zuo Han stopped at the door of the dance studio on the fourth floor. After giving Chen Ge a few instructions, he pushed open the door of the dance studio.
A bone-chilling air rushed at them. When Chen Ge saw the interior of the dance studio, his shoulders started to shake uncontrollably. His heart was pounding. It was as if he had been here before and this place was very important to him.
The walls of the spacious dance studio were pasted with pictures of people with their faces gouged out. At the end of the room stood a large full-length mirror.
All the windows were boarded up and there were several chairs placed in the middle of the dance studio.
The enclosed room appeared dark and depressing. There was also a light sadness lingering in the air.
Zuo Han took out a small knife from his pocket and slid it across the wound on his cheek. Blood started to seep out from the hole in his left eye.
The fresh blood dripped to the ground. Zuo Han grabbed the knife and sat down on the chair. "I'm here to fulfill my promise with you."
The temperature in the dance studio dropped again. The wooden boards on the windows creaked noisily. The mirror at the end of the dance studio also started to crack.
Moments later, nothing changed in the dance studio but if one looked at the large mirror, they would see a one-eyed woman in a school uniform appear inside the dance studio.
In the mirror, she ignored Zuo Han who was bleeding. She was standing behind Chen Ge.
His back felt like it was frozen. Chen Ge could not even turn his head around.
"It is me who is here to make the deal with you!" Zuo Han used his remaining eye to stare at the mirror. He was confused. Single Eye had never shown so much interest in someone before. What was it about Chen Ge that attracted her so much?
Perhaps she heard Zuo Han's voice because the bloody words started to appear on the mirror. "Give me seven lives, and I will enter the hospital to help you retrieve your patient's record."
Seven lives in exchange for Single Eye's help. Seeing this, Chen Ge frowned slightly.
Single Eye who hid inside the abandoned school fit his image of a ghost perfectly. Cruel, cold, scary, and toying with human nature.
"Seven lives? Didn't we agree yesterday that I will offer my life to you and you will enter the hospital to help me steal Patient 1's patient's record? " Zuo Han stood up. Blood leaked out from the wound on his left eye. His whole face was covered in blood, and it looked quite scary.
The woman in the mirror had been standing behind Chen Ge. She waved her hand, and new words appeared on the mirror. "Perhaps you have another choice."
"You?" Seeing Single Eye's choice of words, Zuo Han had a bad feeling. "What choice?"
The cracks on the mirror increased, and several ghastly words appeared silently. "Give me Chen Ge's left eye!"
Seeing the bleeding words on the mirror, both Chen Ge and Zuo Han had a bad feeling.
"How did she know my name is Chen Ge?" Chen Ge was confused.
Zuo Han was confused as well. Single Eye's desire for Chen Ge far exceeded his own. "One of Chen Ge's eyeballs is equivalent to seven lives?"
This bloody bargaining chip caused Zuo Han to fall into deep thought. His eyes moved between the mirror and Chen Ge.
No one in the dance studio spoke. Everyone was weighing the pros and cons.
Honestly, Chen Ge also wanted to see Patient 1's medical record. He had a feeling that Patient 1 was related to the child who was placed inside the seven jars, he was the key to solving this situation.
"If I give you my left eye, can you guarantee that you can bring out Patient 1's medical record from the hospital?" Chen Ge had no idea how powerful Single Eye was. From how he saw it, the power of the hospital was immeasurable, no one would be able to go up against them alone.
Moments later, a line of bloody words appeared on the mirror. "No, but this is your last chance."
Even if he gave up his left eye, there was no guarantee that he would be able to get the medical record. Chen Ge hesitated.
"Chen Ge, the deal is canceled. We're leaving." Zuo Han seemed to realize something. His eyes stared closely at Chen Ge. He gave Chen Ge a look and then stood up to leave.
Once the two moved, the door of the dance studio was slammed shut. There was nothing inside the room but for some reason, Chen Ge and Zuo Han felt like they were about to be crushed.
"Leave behind something before you can leave." The single-eyed woman stood in the middle of the bloody words. Her pale arm that was covered in scars slowly raised. Chen Ge's body started to move uncontrollably towards the mirror.
"Chen Ge!" Zuo Han grabbed Chen Ge's shoulders but he was powerless to stop Chen Ge. He was dragged to stand before the mirror.
Looking at the single-eyed woman in the mirror, Chen Ge's heart felt both familiar and strange at the same time.
The familiar was the scene but the strange was the person before him.
The single-eyed woman's raised arm reached forward and touched the surface of the mirror. The blood washed away. The pale arm that was covered in scars pierced through the mirror and reached for Chen Ge.
Narrowing his eyes, the single-eyed woman slowly overlapped with another figure in Chen Ge's eyes. Almost subconsciously, he uttered a name, "Zhang Ya?"
Hearing this name, the single-eyed woman's hand that was reaching out stopped. Her hand that was reaching for Chen Ge's heart stopped in midair. In the end, she only managed to grab a strand of Chen Ge's hair.
All the bloody words on the mirror disappeared. The single-eyed woman gave Chen Ge a deep look before walking into the world inside the mirror.
The temperature in the dance studio returned to normal. Zuo Han stood beside Chen Ge. His face was covered in blood. He could not believe that the cruel single-eyed woman would let him and Chen Ge go just like that.
"Did you know the single-eyed woman before? Why do I feel that for a moment, she was afraid? "
"We need to leave this place first." The scene that the single-eyed woman appeared in the mirror triggered Chen Ge's memory.
When Zhang Ya's figure overlapped with the single-eyed woman's, it was like he was struck by lightning. A feeling that he had not felt for a long time surged into his heart.
He was certain that Zhang Ya had appeared in this way before.
"There must be some truth hidden in Zhang Ya's dreams. When the single-eyed woman heard Zhang Ya's name, her demeanor changed. Just the name Zhang Ya was enough to shake her. This proves that Zhang Ya is probably a ghost that is scarier than the single-eyed woman!"
Since Zhang Ya was someone close to him, Chen Ge's previous intention was to protect Zhang Ya and protect Zhang Ya from harm, but now he realized that was not the case.
"I need to have a good chat with her."
Compared to the single-eyed woman's promise, Chen Ge now had a new direction.
After exiting Xin Hai Private Academy, Tang Jun's van was waiting outside.
After getting into the car, Zuo Han and Chen Ge finally sighed in relief.
"Is that a baleful ghost? That's so scary. " When Chen Ge interacted with the tenants at Ping An Apartments, he did not feel that bad. However, after this encounter with the single-eyed woman, he finally understood how scary a baleful ghost could be.
"Chen Ge, I am confused. How did the single-eyed woman know your name? This should be the first time you've met each other! "Zuo Han was still trying to figure out this problem.
"I have lost my previous memory. Perhaps the single-eyed woman was once my friend." This was the most reasonable explanation that Chen Ge could come up with.
"One of your eyes is equivalent to seven human lives. A baleful ghost would not lie about the value of a trade. Looks like I need to reconsider." Zuo Han scratched his chin. "When you were at the hospital, you were the most unique patient. The doctors treated the other patients as medicine to cure you. Now that you've left the hospital, even the baleful ghosts feel that you are very special."
"Sometimes, I also feel like this city is purposely built to cure me. All the traces have been wiped away, and only the things that the hospital wants me to see are left."
Along the way, Zuo Han and Chen Ge communicated with each other. After leaving the hospital, they could finally talk freely.
At midnight, Tang Jun drove Chen Ge and Zuo Han to Li Wan Street.
This old street was located in Xin Hai Eastern Jiujiang. It was the final stop for the bus on Route 104. It was very secluded, and normally, not many people would come here.
"The tenants should have arrived already. Do you know how to contact them?" Chen Ge turned to Zuo Han and Tang Jun. Both of them shook their heads.
"This is my first time at Li Wan Street as well." After Zuo Han got out of the car, he looked around. The streetlights on the sides of the street flickered, and there was no one there.
"Have you noticed that the shadows of everything on this street are crooked?" Tang Jun, who had been silent, suddenly spoke. He tried to think for a while. "Ever since I came to this place, I've felt a sense of familiarity. It feels like I used to come here to race cars."
"Shadows?" Chen Ge lowered his head to look, and he noticed something even weirder.
The shadows of all the objects and people on this street were crooked. Only his shadow was normal.
"Something is not right."
The three entered the street. The doors and windows of the buildings and shops were closed, and there was no sign of life.
Crossing the whole street, they arrived at a residential area at the deepest part of Li Wan Street.
Once they stepped through the door, they were enveloped by a chill. This residential area appeared to be a different world from the outside world.
Sensing something, Chen Ge lifted his head to look. He saw a girl in a red dress staring at him from the fourth-floor window of one of the buildings.
"That is Scarlet?"
The door was pushed open, and the middle-aged man with the surname Zhou appeared at the door. "Stop wasting time, come over here!"
The three entered the building, and with Lao Zhou leading the way, they met Scarlet.
Lao Zhou and Meng Nan wanted to introduce Chen Ge, but before they could, the girl called Scarlet walked to stand before Chen Ge.
Then she did something very strange. The child in the red dress squatted down beside Chen Ge, and her palm lightly touched Chen Ge's shadow.
Moments later, she raised her head, and ghastly bloody words appeared next to the girl.
"After I followed my instinct to come to this old street, there was a man with a normal shadow waiting for me here. He said he was Patient Number 2, and he needed my help."
Looking at the bloody words on the ground, everyone in the room was stunned.
Everyone's shadow was crooked, but only Chen Ge and Patient Number 2's shadow were normal.
"What does he want you to do for him?" Chen Ge asked subconsciously. His instinct told him that the answer to this question was very important to him.
"He wants me to be your shadow." The girl called Scarlet's eyes were red, she seemed to have recovered part of her memory.
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