Chen Ge's straightforwardness caught the woman off guard. She did not expect someone to ask a question like that.
"Are you a ghost?"
Chen Ge repeated. His tone was calm and natural. It sounded like he was asking if she had eaten that day.
The woman's breathing hastened, and she felt strangely agitated. Static started to appear on the phone, and the signal suddenly dropped.
"If you don't answer, then I'll take it as a yes."
Chen Ge leaned against the door with the phone in his hand. Those who did not know better would think he was talking to an old friend.
"I …" The woman on the other side of the phone wanted to say something, but she felt that it was inappropriate. She could not understand why the other party would ask such a difficult question.
If a normal person realized they were talking to a ghost, shouldn't their first reaction be to throw the phone aside and scream?
Even if they did not want to throw the phone away, they should have hung up the phone with shaking hands!
Why aren't you afraid and even actively asking me?
The woman on the other side of the phone whispered a few words, and the call was suddenly cut off.
Hearing the busy tone from the other end, Chen Ge was not surprised. Looks like she's angry because I've seen through her.
He pocketed the phone and stood in the dark corridor. Three tenants of Room 304 have either disappeared or been killed. I've just met the gambler and the salesman. The woman playing the role of the middleman is most likely the second tenant's English teacher.
It was not even midnight, and Chen Ge had already run into three different ghosts. He had a feeling this was just the beginning.
I wonder what kind of strange things I'll run into after midnight. Looks like I'll need to change my way of thinking. Chen Ge carried his backpack and walked to the door of Room 304. Instead of being led around by the nose, I should be more direct.
The light from Room 305 cast its light down the dark corridor. Of the entire Third Hospital, only Chen Ge's room had the light on.
Most of the tenants are concentrated in the first two buildings, and this last building appears to be a taboo for them. Chen Ge grabbed the lock of Room 304 and shook it twice. The rust peeled off, and the door frame shivered.
Perhaps it was because there had been many murders, and the police had used force to break the lock more than once. There were obvious marks on the edge of the lock.
"Smashing the door is too violent. It's not something I like to do, but there's no better way now."
After confirming the location, Chen Ge raised the hammer!
"Bang! Bang! "
After a few consecutive bangs, the lock was smashed crooked. Chen Ge stuffed the handle of the hammer into the gap of the door and forced the door open.
"With such a big commotion, no one in the residential area dares to make a sound. Looks like these ghosts have been playing a lot of pranks on them."
Entering Room 304 and turning on the lights in the living room, Chen Ge found the room very strange.
The sofa, dining table, and other furniture were all normal, but anything that could be opened, such as drawers and wardrobes, were all sealed with wooden boards.
"This is more like a haunted house."
Perhaps due to the aging wiring, the lights in the living room flickered, and it made Chen Ge feel uneasy.
Walking to the middle of the room, Chen Ge touched the back of the sofa. The room had been vacant for a long time, but it was spotless like someone had been cleaning it all this time.
"Two bedrooms and one living room. The layout is similar to Room 305, but the furniture is much older."
Chen Ge walked to the shoe cabinet. Looking at the wooden boards that were nailed to it, he was curious. "Why are all the cabinets and drawers sealed? Is there something scary hidden inside? "
Waving the hammer, Chen Ge smashed open the shoe cabinet. There were a few pairs of shoes inside, but other than that, there was nothing else.
"Left behind by the deceased?"
Leather shoes, high heels, and slippers were stuffed inside the cabinet. Chen Ge tipped the cabinet to pour out the shoes, and he was shocked to find that all the shoes had been pierced and slashed by a fruit knife.
"Knife marks? Was it done by the tenants? "
Chen Ge could not find any clues from the shoes, so he turned to look elsewhere.
The living room was not big, and opposite the sofa was a television cabinet. Interestingly enough, the drawers under the television cabinet were also nailed shut by wooden boards.
"The item that I've drawn is called The Drawer That Cannot Be Opened. Does that mean that if I try all the drawers, I can just take away the one that I cannot open?"
No one could give Chen Ge an answer, so he had to try it himself.
The television cabinet was low, and Chen Ge used a lot of effort to remove the wooden boards from it.
"Crash!"
Pulling open the drawer, many videotapes inside black boxes fell out.
"Videotapes? These are from so many years ago. "He picked out one that looked newer and shoved it into the VCR under the television.
He plugged it in and pressed the switch. The moment the television came on, a shadow flashed across the screen.
"Was there a shadow in the video? Or did something just run past me? " Chen Ge kept his guard up. He knew very well that the gambler who had lost his hand had escaped into Room 304, so he was probably hiding somewhere inside the room.
The video was from many years ago, and the quality was poor. The television appeared to be broken as well, and white bars and static kept flashing on the screen.
It was a miracle that something from so many years ago could still be used. Chen Ge did not pay attention to those details as he squatted before the television to watch it.
The video recorded the scene inside this room. The image was completely still, and the person who recorded the video had probably fixed the camera somewhere.
"What is he recording?" One minute later, the image still did not change. Chen Ge was getting impatient. He found the remote and tried to fast forward.
The first half of the video was normal, but the second half was weird.
The second half of the video was shot at night, and the scene was similar to what Chen Ge was seeing.
The lights in the room were on, and the camera was placed on the television. The lens was aimed at the living room, and it was just enough to capture the living room and the rooms next to it.
"The whole drawer is filled with videotapes, which means that the person who recorded this must have been recording this room for a long time."
Chen Ge had a vague understanding of the owner's intention. He had probably experienced a supernatural event, and to prove his theory, he wanted to record everything with the camera.
"Curiosity kills the cat. When he realized something was wrong with this room, he didn't move away but stayed." Chen Ge hugged the recorder in his arms and continued to watch the video.
The quality was poor. When Chen Ge fast-forwarded to the end of the video, the unchanging image suddenly changed.
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