Apartment from Hell Chapter 7 (2/2)

Ah Wu looks at the judgmental gazes from the people around them and explains in a panic, “She is lying! Don’t trust her! Suyue, you, you trust your older brother right?”

“And you, Suyue!” Ah Xiu points at her coldly and says, “Although you have not done anything directly to sister Bing Er, you grew up playing with her. You remained indifferent even when such a significant thing happened to her. And when her mother pa.s.sed away, you never even came to ask about her wellbeing!”

“Ah Xiu, I… I…” Suyue seems to want to defend herself, but was at a loss for words.

As he looks at this scene, Li Yin thinks that Ah Xiu must be really attached to Li Bing, to the extent that this attachment has been engraved into her bones and carved into her heart.

“Ah Wu,” Liang Renbin also asks in astonishment, “You couldn’t have done that, could you? You, you really did it? You’re insane!”

“It wasn’t me!” Ah Wu is still steadfastly trying to explain himself, “You believe Ah Xiu’s words? She also says that Li Bing’s vengeful ghost did not disappear and is coming back to take revenge on us. Don’t tell me you believe that as well?”

“I grew up with you, even playing around with our b.u.t.tocks naked. You think I can’t tell whether you are speaking the truth?” Liang Renbin then pays no further attention to Ah Wu. He continues to say to Ah Xiu, “Ah Xiu, alright, I get it. In the future, no, not in the future. Today is Li Bing’s commemoration day right? I will go there right now to pay my respects with you. I repent for everything that I did to her. Is this okay? Please don’t be like this! I really, truly like you!”

But Ah Xiu only reveals an ominous smile. “You like me? Fine, then prove it to me.”

“Prove? How?”

She points at the waterfall on the mountainside in far distance and says, “Go jump off from there. Oh, and don’t forget to cut off your tongue first. If you do that, I’ll believe that you actually like me.”

There is not a single trace of humour in her voice as she says this as her eyes fill with malice and cruelty.

This sends a chill down Li Yin’s heart.

“Ah Xiu…” Liang Renbin also becomes a bit scared by her gaze. He says, “You… you don’t really mean that, right?”

“Don’t want to jump? Then, just cutting off your tongue is fine too. If you cannot even do this, then don’t say you like me.”

This chilling grudge-filled look from Ah Xiu makes Li Yin, Luo Hengyan and everyone else shudder.

At the same time this is happening, Ge Ling sprints back home. The first she does is to shut the door tightly!

“I… I killed a person… I killed someone…” Ge Ling leans against the door. Recalling the scene from just now, she has still not recovered from her shock.

Just then, her husband Song Tian’s voice travels from the inner room, “What’s the matter? Have you lost your soul?”

She struggles to stand up, walks into the innermost room and says to her husband who is sitting in the room, “Hey… I said, we should go and burn some paper money for Li Bing.”

“Ah?” Song Tian is momentarily stunned and says, “Are…are you okay? Do you really think that Uncle Haotian disappeared because of the ghostly hauntings?”

“My, my heart is unsettled.” She takes occasional glances out of the window.

“You should stop overthinking!” Song Tian hurries to support her, sitting her down on the bed. “You are under the influence of Ah Xiu, right? There are indeed a few people missing, but that is not many at all. Only the son-in-law of the elder’s family died quite strangely, falling in front of the elder’s front door with his body fully soaked by water… but you can’t say these were caused by ghosts! This is all made up by Ah Xiu. Actually everyone is discussing whether Ah Xiu killed those people. But I don’t think that’s possible. How can a weak girl like her kill that many people?”

“I…I don’t know, I saw, I…”

“Why are you saying such nonsense?! Forget it and stop overthinking. I just thought of one more thing, this might have some connection with those four people from the city.”

“What?” After hearing this, Ge Ling hurriedly asks, “Just what is really going on?”

“About… a month ago, someone brought the elder a letter from the city, quite the rare occurrence. After the elder read that letter, his att.i.tude became very strange, treating those ghostly rumours as even more of a taboo. So no one dares to mention anything in front of him anymore.”

“A letter? Why am I not aware of this?”

“Of course you’re not aware. You never quite concerned yourself with things that happen in the village. I reckon that those four people might have something to do with that letter. Otherwise, why would the elder welcome them into his own house?”

This sounds quite logical.

“Alright, you should stop overthinking. Stay here. I am going to the bathroom first.” Song Tian walks out.

The bathroom is outside the room. After pulling the door open, he walks to the toilet bowl. Undoing his pants, he squats down.

At this moment…he suddenly feels a chilly feeling spreading from his b.u.t.tocks before he hears the loud sound of rus.h.i.+ng water.

Before he even has time to react, he sees an extremely horrifying scene!

It is not clear water that is flus.h.i.+ng down the toilet, but… fresh crimson blood!

And mixed in the fresh blood, are numerous minced chunks of flesh, organs… and even a skull that has been cut in half!

“Waaaaaaaaaaaa–!” Song Tian frantically pulls up his pants and stands up, rus.h.i.+ng towards the bathroom door.

But the bathroom door is locked!

He immediately uses his body to slam against the door desperately, but no matter how hard he slams, the door refuses to budge.

He then begins to pound on the door, screaming with all his might, “Ah Ling, Ah Ling! You oblivious woman, hurry up and open the door for me! Quickly! Open the door right now!”

Just then, he unintentionally turns his head around to glance behind him and… his entire body freezes.

A hand covered fully in fresh blood extends from underneath the toilet bowl! Song Tian instantly collapses to the ground weakly. He wants to say something, anything, but the words stuck to his throat could not be uttered.

Then, a head covered entirely in long and thick hair emerges from the toilet slowly…

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