FV CH 6

Ghost Baby

Chapter 6: “If you want to climb the ladder, choose me.”

Tang Ning didn’t want to call such an embarrassing name. He thought about it and used Mo Yunchu as a shield, “I already have a boyfriend.”

Mo Yunchu’s existence seemed to be extremely lethal to Lu Yingxing. Lu Yingxing, who was originally still talking slickly, angrily opened a piece of chocolate and said, “Okay, okay, I know you have Mo Yunchu.”

After eating the chocolate, Lu Yingxing took out a pinhole camera from his backpack and ran to install it. The villa was very large, and it was difficult to find a hidden doll in the villa.

Lu Yingxing searched the entire villa but found nothing. Finally, he came to the basement of the villa, at the door of the first room, “This is locked, Tang Ning, do you have a key?”

Tang Ning shook his head, and then he saw Lu Yingxing took out a set of lock picking tools from his backpack.

“Wait, don’t open it.” Tang Ning hurriedly said, “I promised Mo Yunchu not to go into the basement.”

“It’s okay to sneak in.” Lu Yingxing said and wanted to continue unlocking.

“No, I promised him.” Tang Ning didn’t want to anger Mo Yunchu. His biggest reliance in this instance was Mo Yunchu.

Tang Ning still remembered the Princess and the Pea card he had drawn before entering the game.

Setting 1: being delicate and frail had already been verified on his body
Setting 2: attracting the prince, Mo Yunchu should be the prince who protected him.

The princess was always with the prince, and he and Mo Yunchu were a couple, which made sense.

“Tsk.” Lu Yingxing stuffed the tools back into his backpack, picked up his phone from the bag and answered a call. He didn’t know what was said on the other end of the line, but Lu Yingxing’s expression gradually became solemn. After a while, he hung up the phone and looked at Tang Ning, saying seriously: “Tang Ning, are you sure you are not kidding with me right now?”

“There was only a hearse^[1] passing by here last night.”

Tang Ning said in disbelief: “What did you say?!”

Lu Yingxing examined Tang Ning’s expression, and after confirming that Tang Ning was not lying, he sank his face and said, “Come on, let’s go to the funeral home.”

Lu Yingxing drove here by himself, and Tang Ning sat in the passenger seat. When he came here last night, he didn’t dare to look at the scenery along the way. Today, in broad daylight, he saw some weird scenes. In addition to the villa area near the cemetery, there are also three or four residential areas. These residential areas are all high-rise buildings without exception. There are no shopping malls near the residential areas. The most common shops are wreath shops, funeral clothing shops, and coffin shops.

Tang Ning originally thought that broad daylight would give him courage. He glanced at the car window for a few times and turned his head back silently. “Lu Yingxing, why are there so many shops outside these communities?”

Lu Yingxing said casually, “Don’t you know? There are at least hundreds of memorial tablets in the community we just passed. These are all people from other provinces who come to buy houses and put their urns there. Only by opening these shops can we get business.”

Tang Ning said “oh” dryly.

The funeral home was not far away. Lu Yingxing took Tang Ning out of the car. The funeral home was planted with lush trees, but there was no sense of vitality. Instead, there was an indescribable coldness.

A middle-aged man with a friendly look was standing at the door of the funeral home. When he saw Lu Yingxing, the man immediately came up and said politely, “Mr. Lu, what are you here for today?”

“No big deal. I want to ask if there were any hearses working the night shift outside your funeral home last night.” Lu Yingxing whispered.

“We did receive a batch of people sent from the city hospital last night.”

“How many were there?” Lu Yingxing asked. This question was a bit strange. The man was stunned for a moment before he said, “I have to check this out. Young Master Lu, please go to my office and sit down first.”

When they arrived at the office, the man poured a cup of tea for Lu Yingxing and Tang Ning. “Five.”

Lu Yingxing and Tang Ning looked at each other. In addition to Tang Ning, Mo Yunchu and the ghost baby, there were exactly five passengers on the bus last night.

“Are all five adults?” Lu Yingxing asked.

“Yes.”

“Did the driver meet any passers-by on the way last night?”

The man smiled. “Young Master Lu, what are you talking about? There is an unspoken rule for drivers to travel in the middle of the night. They will never pick up people who get on the bus. Lao Liu is an experienced driver. He can’t break this rule.”

Finally, Lu Yingxing took Tang Ning to see the hearse. The exterior looked like a short-distance bus that was eliminated a few years ago, but there was a very obvious funeral home logo on the body.

Tang Ning’s face turned pale.

He recognized the body of the bus. This was the ghost bus he took yesterday!

“I have something to do with Lao Liu now. Can you ask him to come out and talk to me?” Lu Yingxing asked.

“Lao Liu is sick today. He has asked for leave and his phone number is not accessible. I will give you his address and phone number.” The middle-aged man wrote down an address and phone number for Lu Yingxing, and then enthusiastically sent Tang Ning and Lu Yingxing away.

Tang Ning called the number, but no one answered.

Back in the car, Lu Yingxing frowned and asked, “Tang Ning, why did you take that car last night?”

Tang Ning also wanted to know why this “Tang Ning” did this. He asked the system, but the system ignored him.

Tang Ning said a little aggrievedly: [Why do you always ignore me?]

The silent male voice finally spoke: [The system cannot reveal too much information to players.]

[Oh.]

“Lu Yingxing, I don’t remember either…” Tang Ning didn’t know how to explain, so he had to lie clumsily. His eyelashes trembled, and his black eyes were clear and bright, clean and fragile, making people reluctant to ask.

“You don’t remember, but Mo Yunchu must remember.” His slender fingers kept tapping the reverse disk, and Lu Yingxing narrowed his eyes: “You said before that when you got in the car, Mo Yunchu was already in the car.”

“If you have a chance, go ask Mo Yunchu why he took that car. Then, don’t put on such a scared face.” Lu Yingxing said as he pinched Tang Ning’s cheek. Tang Ning’s skin was plump and white, smooth and soft. A light pinch of his fingers would leave a red mark. The touch was so good that Lu Yingxing was reluctant to let go. “Tsk, what if he gets hard?”

Tang Ning’s eyes widened, unable to reconcile Lu Yingxing’s vulgar words with Mo Yunchu’s gentleness and consideration. “Don’t talk like that…”

Lu Yingxing smiled when he heard it, “Tang Ning, you don’t really think Mo Yunchu is a good person, do you?”

Tang Ning, whose face was mostly covered by his hand, looked at him confused and uneasy. Lu Yingxing touched Tang Ning’s face, “If you want to climb up the ladder^[2], choose me. Although I’m not as high as Mo Yunchu, at least you won’t be smashed to pieces when you turn around and try to escape.”

Tang Ning didn’t understand why Lu Yingxing said that, but Lu Yingxing didn’t explain anything else.

According to the address, Lu Yingxing drove into the residential area they passed by at the beginning. The residential area with at least a few hundred memorial tablets was the residential area where the driver Lao Liu lived.

The car parked in the empty underground garage. Lu Yingxing and Tang Ning walked towards the elevator. However, they came at an unlucky time this time. The elevator was under maintenance. Lao Liu lived on the fourth floor, so it seemed that they could only go up by stairs.

The staircase here was very narrow, and it was a bit crowded for two adult men to walk side by side. Lu Yingxing walked in front, and Tang Ning lagged behind. Although it was daytime, the corridor was very dark and there were no sensor lights. Footsteps could be heard every step.

Tang Ning heard Lu Yingxing’s footsteps, steady and powerful. Following Lu Yingxing’s footsteps, there was a slight sound. It seemed to be Tang Ning’s own footsteps. But when Tang Ning stopped walking because he was tired, the slight footsteps still rang in the corridor.

It was a very light sound, and it would not be noticed if you didn’t listen carefully.

Tang Ning was stunned. He called out “Lu Yingxing”.

Lu Yingxing stopped walking and looked back at Tang Ning. The slight footsteps also stopped, and seemed to be standing in the dark and looking at Tang Ning.

“What’s wrong?” Lu Yingxing said casually, “Are you tired? Do you need me to carry you?”

Tang Ning wanted to ask Lu Yingxing if he heard the footsteps, but he was afraid that his voice would alarm that thing, and he suspected that he was hallucinating because of excessive tension. “Nothing.”

Lu Yingxing continued to walk forward, and the empty corridor was filled with Lu Yingxing’s footsteps again.

Then, the slight footsteps rang again.

It seemed that an invisible existence was tiptoeing up the stairs.

Tang Ning stood there motionless. This time he was sure that he was not hallucinating. He shouted loudly, “Lu Yingxing!”

However, something strange happened. Lu Yingxing walked forward without paying attention, as if he had not heard Tang Ning calling him at all. He walked steadily to the corner of the stairs on the third floor.

“Lu Yingxing!” Tang Ning shouted as he ran up. When he reached the corner of the stairs, he could not see Lu Yingxing.

Did he go to the fourth floor?

But how could Lu Yingxing walk so fast? He disappeared from sight in an instant?

Tang Ning stood trembling at the corner of the third floor. In the dead silence and darkness, he seemed to hear his own rapid breathing and heartbeat. Tang Ning took out his phone from his pocket with shaking hands, but found that the phone showed no signal.

Damn it!
It happened again!!!

Tang Ning tightly grasped the phone, not knowing what to do now. Should he chase the driver Lao Liu to the fourth floor, or go downstairs and leave the community?!

If he went downstairs alone, he might run into that ghost thing, and if he went upstairs alone, he would probably run into ghosts everywhere. If he ran upstairs, he might be able to meet up with Lu Yingxing. Besides, Lu Yingxing came here to help him, so he shouldn’t leave Lu Yingxing alone and run away.

Thinking of this, Tang Ning gritted his teeth and walked forward with his weak legs. In the darkness, Tang Ning turned on the flashlight on his phone. The beam illuminated the darkness. Tang Ning carefully shone the light on each step he took.

At the entrance of the fourth floor, the flashlight shone on a pair of feet.

Those were feet wearing sneakers, and above them was a set of sportswear. Lu Yingxing stood at the entrance of the fourth floor and looked down at Tang Ning quietly.

“Lu Yingxing!” Tang Ning shouted excitedly.

He was so happy!

Lu Yingxing also smiled.

Lu Yingxing was a person who loved to laugh. Although they had only been together for a short half day, Tang Ning remembered the way Lu Yingxing laughed. It was a very bright smile, and he would show his two fangs.

Under the flashlight, Lu Yingxing’s smile was very stiff, with a weird feeling of smiling on the outside but not on the inside.

Tang Ning’s smile also became stiff. He stopped and moved the flashlight from Lu Yingxing’s face to his feet.

Under the bright light, he did not see Lu Yingxing’s shadow.