Chapter 597 - Like a Shadow (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

“You dream about what you think in the day. That’s quite normal.” Lee Zheng was familiar with Chen Ge, and from his perspective, it did not feel like Chen Ge would do something like hiding under someone’s bed and then slipping out to whisper a death threat.

“I know that you don’t believe me, but that was not a dream.” Jia Ming lowered his voice, and his tone turned weird. “Have you ever wondered what your reflection is doing when you stand before the mirror and lower your head to wash your face? Has he lowered his face reflecting your motion, or is he still standing in the mirror, looking down on you? Have you ever run into a situation where someone in the public restroom in the next cubicle asks for toilet paper from you, but when you came out, you realize that you were alone in the restroom all that time? Have you ever found that when you called a close friend or family, they kept saying there was disturbance on your side like there were many things standing around you?”

Jia Ming gripped the edge of the bed tighter and tighter. “I’ve experienced all of that.”

“I think I should call the doctor to come back in.” Lee Zheng was an atheist, and he had studied criminology and psychotherapy at college. He did not think that Jia Ming was lying, so in that case, his mind had to be wrong. He was probably suffering from paranoia.

“Before the doctor comes in, do you mind hearing a few stories?” Jia Ming tilted his head toward Chen Ge. “It is about me and him.”

“I had no idea you two were so close.” Lee Zheng nodded.

“After leaving Jiang Long’s home, I was too panicked to recognize the route home. I raced about aimlessly for half an hour before arriving at home. At the time, I was living at a rental, and my landlady was an old lady. She lived on the first floor, my family was on the second floor, and the third floor was a storage room.

“When I returned, it was already very late. After entering the place, the old lady’s pet cat kept screeching, not the kind of meowing that asked for a scratch on her back but a shrill and eerie noise.

“Probably woken up by her pet, the old lady opened her door and looked out. Then she told me one thing.

“Please don’t make such a loud noise when you two walk around. It’s already so late at night; what are you two doing out so late?”

Jia Ming still remembered the expression on the old lady’s face because he replicated it perfectly for his listeners.

“I apologized hurriedly to the old lady, but once I got to the second floor, I realized that something was wrong. I turned back to look, but there was only me in the dark corridor, so why did the old lady say ‘two’?

“At the time, a chill quickly crawled up my spine. I ran to the door and searched for the key. You know how everything becomes more difficult when you’re panicking. I tried to get the door key, but it just refused to be found, and then something strange happened.

“There was a knocking sound coming from the third floor like a ball bouncing continuously against the ground.

“When I moved in, the old lady had already told me that the third floor was empty, and it was used to store big furniture and stuff. I had asked her why she hadn’t rented the place, and she had said that her son’s family once lived on the third floor, but the family of three had died in a car accident. Even though she could have rented the third floor, she didn’t want to because she wanted to keep it as a memory.

“Strange sounds came from the third floor that should have been vacant. I didn’t dare stay too long in the corridor. I finally found the key in my shirt pocket, and at that moment, the sound stopped. I turned to look up the stairs out of curiosity, and at the corner, turning up to the third floor, I saw a pair of gray-colored legs. Due to the angle, that was all I could see.

“I was spooked and opened the door as fast as I could.

“After entering the house, I was still panicking. I closed the outside security door, and just as I was about to close the inner door, curiosity killed the cat, and I leaned out slightly to glance at the legs on the stairs.