Chapter 417 - Scary Night (2/2)

“On that last night, we returned to the underground morgue. Everything was going fine, and I believed that the peacefulness would persist through the night, so I found an isolated room and covered myself up with several old cement bags as I tried to sneak a bit of shut eye. Perhaps my mind had been too stressed at the time—sleep came quickly.

“When I opened my blurry eyes, the underground morgue became so dark. The lights brought by the renovation team had all been switched off, and only the old-fashioned lights on the wall were still on.

“I curled up in the corner and looked outward. People were moving in the outside corridor, and it sounded like the team was still working. I had just woken up, so my mind was not that sharp. I took out the phone to check the time. Before I got a clear look at the time, I suddenly heard footsteps. Someone was coming into the room. I was sleeping while people were working—that wasn’t good, so I hid myself deeper and kept myself quiet.

“The person walked around the room and left. I glanced at the time; it was 3:40 am. There were several unanswered calls and unread messages on my phone. I clicked the messages open and realized that they were from my teammates, asking me where I was.”

The smoke in the room had not dissipated, but Zhang Li took out another cigarette. He lit it and puffed on it.

“At the time, it really did not cross my mind, so I replied to him—’I’m still in the morgue. Where are you guys? Did you two sneak back into the bedroom already?’

“I was a newbie, so I’d been trying to buddy up to him. I even joked about how they left without telling me.

“About ten seconds later, the man replied, telling me to show myself instantly because people were looking for me.

“I was confused. The team was still working outside, and these two had run away from their post. Yet, they told me that people were looking for me.

“Just as I was about to send a reply, the man called. After I answered it, I realized that things were different from what I thought.

“The man immediately told me that the renovation had finished a long time ago, and the team had already all retreated. They wanted to know what I was doing inside the underground morgue.”

Zhang Li bit the cigarette in his mouth into half, and his hands gripped his knees. “When he said that, I glanced out the room. One of the people walking on the corridor seemed to have heard me and was walking toward the room that I was hiding in.”