HCB Chapter 811 The Haunted Dormitory 18
Chapter 811 The Haunted Dormitory 18
Xu Siyao sat on the sofa, gesturing for them to sit down and talk, then opened a drawer to show them.
“It’s still early, we can still talk. I’ve found a few candles, each of you can take one back later.”
"Having candles is indeed much more convenient."
Although Zhao Lu was prepared to work in the dark that night, she was still very happy to have candles.
Yeltsin looked at the candles in the drawer: "I had nothing in my house, and you actually found candles and a lighter here. You're really lucky."
"I found a notebook and some paper, but there was nothing written in it."
Ji Yan put the things on the coffee table, and everyone looked at them and found that there was nothing there.
Zhao Lu also spoke up: "I don't have anything there either."
"I didn't look closely, I'll go check again." Zhang Siyu thought that she hadn't searched around because the house was too dark.
After she finished speaking, she got up in a hurry and went back to the next room.
A short while later, she returned carrying a pair of shoes, looking rather unwell. She remembered to speak in a low voice and didn't shout.
"Look, this is what I found under the bed. It reminds me of the red embroidered shoes in horror movies, and it gave me goosebumps instantly."
However, what she found was not the red embroidered shoes, but a pair of red high heels.
Xu Siyao looked at the shoes but couldn't see anything wrong with them for the time being.
However, she didn't know what would happen next, so she could only keep an eye on Zhang Siyu.
If she's not mistaken, this time it should just be a battle between players.
But what role do those ghostly neighbors play in all of this? Possession? Or bewitching people?
Ji Yan noticed she was lost in thought: "What are you thinking about?"
"If we think about Siyu, she might get invited to visit by the neighbors on this floor before us, or a ghost might come knocking on our door."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Siyu frowned: "Huh?? Because of these shoes? I never thought I'd be so unlucky."
"Not necessarily, we'll know tonight."
She had a gut feeling that there was definitely no problem since she herself had placed the candles here.
The notebook and pen that Ji Yan found didn't have any writing in them; they looked like something a child would use.
Only those high heels seem to have a special connection to ghosts.
"You'd better not sleep in that bed tonight. It's always better to be careful," Yeltsin reminded Zhang Siyu.
"I know, I definitely won't dare to sleep. If a ghost crawls out from under the bed in the middle of the night, I'm afraid I'll accidentally scream out of fright."
Seeing that this was the only option for Zhang Siyu for the time being, Zhao Lu said seriously, "Let's talk about Rule Two and Rule Five. Which one do you think is true? If we hear cats and dogs barking tonight, should we go out?"
Yeltsin crossed his legs, looked around at everyone, and asked, "If you heard the sound, would you choose to go out or not?"
Zhang Siyu answered his question first: "I probably won't go out. First, I'm scared, and second, rule two says that you are not allowed to go out, but rule five doesn't say that you have to go out to find the security guard."
After speaking, she paused and asked, "Who is this security guard? We didn't see a security booth when we came in."
Zhao Lu looked out the window; it should be around five o'clock now.
The light inside the tenement building was already dim, and now it looked completely dark.
"It should be the old man we met earlier. I think the same way you do; if I hear any noise, I won't go out either."
Of the remaining three people, Yeltsin was the one who asked the question, so it was assumed that he would answer last.
Seeing that Xu Siyao didn't speak, Ji Yan pondered for a moment and frowned before saying, "I also think it's safer not to go out, but I always feel that Rule Five doesn't seem fake, but I can't quite put my finger on what the problem is."
"Siyao, what do you think?" Zhao Lu felt that Xu Siyao was quite perceptive and was very curious about her thoughts.
Everyone had the same thought and looked in Xu Siyao's direction. After dark, it was difficult to see people's faces clearly.
Xu Siyao didn't rush to answer, but instead took out a candle from the drawer and lit it.
"It's getting dark, everyone be mindful of the time. Don't let your conversations continue past 10 PM without you getting back."
Once the firelight illuminated the room and the group of people, she began to answer their questions: "You really can't go out after 10 p.m., but you also have to follow rule number five."
Zhao Lu didn't understand, and turned to look at Zhang Siyu next to her, who also looked puzzled. Ji Yan and Ye Liqin seemed to be thinking.
"What do you mean? If you have to follow both rules, it's simply impossible."
Xu Siyao continued, "You've all noticed that there's no security booth here. You probably guessed correctly earlier, that old man today was the security guard, and he also lives in the building."
Upon hearing this, Ji Yan seemed to have grasped something: "You mean we can call the security guard without leaving the house?"
After saying that, he shook his head again: "But the rule says we can't make loud noises, we can't shout for people."
"Xu Siyao, just tell me directly." Yeltsin was eager to know the answer.
He considered himself not stupid, and even quite clever in general.
But here, Xu Siyao seemed to have exceptionally keen observation skills, and Ji Yan also had a tacit understanding with her.
I think I made the right choice in forming this team, but he also needs to help out a bit; we can't just rely on others.
Xu Siyao didn't keep you in suspense any longer: "You were probably wondering why I lived next to the original resident next door. It's because the security guard lives next door."
They couldn't see who the shadow in the curtains was, but they could see themselves.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Siyu was quite pleased: "What? That old man disappeared in the blink of an eye in front of us. So he also lives on the fourth floor. If we call him, he should be able to do it without leaving the house, right?"
"But if we call someone from inside the room, we can't be too loud. Will he be able to hear us?" Zhao Lu asked.
Yeltsin admired Xu Siyao's observation skills: "Give it a try. It's much more convenient than calling people upstairs and downstairs. It's also the only way if we don't violate either rule."
"If the people living upstairs hear the noise, whether they go out or not to call for help, won't something bad happen to them?"
After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent. They could only find out that night, and there was a high probability that something bad would happen.
Thinking about this, they felt that choosing the fourth floor was the right decision, and for a moment everyone felt grateful and admiring of Xu Siyao.
Zhao Lu rubbed her stomach: "I'm a little hungry. I don't know how many days we'll be here. It looks like there's no food for us. Will we starve to death?"
"Look, I found that the store can be opened here, but you can only buy food, nothing else."
Zhang Siyu originally just tried it out to see if she could open the store to buy food, but she didn't expect it to actually work.