Chapter 1076 - Every Room Has a Secret [2 in 1] (1/2)

Chen Ge and Wen Qing decided to go to the first floor to look for the old man Huang first. They walked down the eerie corridor and came to the mouth of the staircase. The iron banister that was painted red was left with the handprints of children. The stairwell twisted downward. The steps were covered with dark red liquid, and stepping on them felt sticky. The windows in the corridor were all sealed shut, blocking out the light. Iron nails the length of one’s half finger were exposed, and if one was careless, one would be scratched by them easily.

“This place is so disgusting.” Wen Qing was desperate to find Xiang Nuan, but even so, when she saw the condition of the staircase, she could not help but frown. “It feels like someone has been dragging a leaking bag of garbage while they go up and down the stairs. And this has been going on for a while, or else it would not have been caked like this.”

“You are too naïve. What kind trash would form this kind of black and red stain?”

“Then, what do you think is behind these stains?” Wen Qing picked up the white cat. She seemed to be afraid that the white cat would dirty itself upon touching these disgusting black and red stains.

“A heavily injured person or a bleeding body will form a layer of blood residue like this. When the blood slowly dries, it will turn into this kind of color.”

Chen Ge looked at the stains on the ground, and for some reason, an incident that happened a very long time ago appeared in his mind.

When the toilet cubicle at his haunted house first acted strangely, Chen Ge had heard a heavy object being dragged through the door, and it was the same image that had appeared in his mind. A strange, faceless monster was using some kind of tool to drag some bodies down the corridor and staircase.

“This place is getting stranger and stranger. We will go to the third floor first. No matter what, remember to be careful.” Chen Ge carried his backpack, and his nerves were tense with alertness. After turning the corner, when Chen Ge reached the third floor, he heard the strange noise.

Creak, creak…

It was the sound of a door being opened and closed repeatedly.

There is no wind currently blowing and the windows in the corridor are all sealed shut behind wooden boards. Either the door is moving on its own or someone is opening and closing them again and again.

Leaning forward to look down the third-floor corridor, at the end of the dark corridor, a front door was swinging back and forth, giving off this shrill and sharp noise.

“Should we go and take a look?”

“We’d better locate Uncle Huang first. Before we accomplish that, it is better we do not find trouble for ourselves to prevent uncontrollable accident. Who knows what we will meet in the world behind the door?”

Once Chen Ge said that, the sound of door opening and closing stopped. Chen Ge turned to look, and he saw a young boy’s face poke out from the room at the end of the corridor. The boy had a neck that was much longer than a normal person’s. His head extended out of the door like a snake, and his eyes were staring fixatedly at Chen Ge and Wen Qing.

“He seems to have discovered us.” Wen Qing carried the white cat. “The boy’s gaze is terrifying! Why is he looking at us like that‽”

“Just ignore him. We will get to the first floor first.” Chen Ge dragged Wen Qing along down the stairs, but that strange boy ran out from the door. Without saying a word, he made to follow Chen Ge and Wen Qing. He merely kept his eyes on the two of them.

“Are we going to ignore him?”

Chen Ge and Wen Qing continued to move down the stairs, and the boy followed them as well. After knowing that this was someone that they would not be able to shake off, Chen Ge gave up. He stopped moving. Gripping his backpack, he was ready to pull out Doctor Skull Cracker’s Hammer at any moment.

“What is your name?” The hand that gripped the hilt was white from force, and the green veins pulsed on the back of his hand. Even so, Chen Ge’s voice was soft and kind.

“My name is Wu You. Are you here to look for someone?” The boy sounded very strange. It just gave off a very unnatural feeling. It felt like a mannequin was trying to mimic human conversation. It sounded stilted and wooden.

He can be communicated with? Chen Ge narrowed his eyes. Initially, he thought the boy was dumb. After making noises in the world behind the door, that action was no different from actively seeking death.

“Yes, we are here to look for someone,” Wen Qing blurted out because she was too worried about Xiang Nuan.

“Are you looking for a little boy?”

“Yes! That is right!” Wen Qing’s mother’s voice rose out of excitement. She desperately wanted to know Xiang Nuan’s location. This gave her great hope. “The child is not tall, and he looks cute…”

“I’ve seen him.” Before waiting for Wen Qing to finish, Wu You said very confidently, “He has gone down the building.”

“Gone down the building? How do you know that he has gone down the building? Did you see that yourself?” Wen Qing wanted to confirm again.

“Yes, I saw that with my own eyes.” Wu You did not appear like he was lying.

Without some hesitation, Wen Qing turned to look at Chen Ge. “Then, should we hurry downward? If we move fast, we might be able to catch up to Xiang Nuan.”

“Okay.” Chen Ge still felt like something was not right with Wu You. He did not want to stay there with the boy any longer. He dragged Wen Qing by her arm and practically dragged her away down the stairs.

“Wait, the boy did not go down the building this way.” Wu You moved to follow them.

“Then, how did he go down the building?”

“From the window.” Wu You pointed at the window that was sealed shut. “With a splat, he went down the building.”

A peal of laughter that sounded like a balloon leaking escaped from the boy’s lips. Wu You said with extreme joy as he was dancing and clapping, “I was sitting quietly at home, and the window was open. With a ‘shoo’, he went down the building.”

“What are you talking about?” Wen Qing’s face blanched. If not for Chen Ge’s firm grip on her shoulder, she would have charged forward to give the boy a good beating.

“Don’t act so rashly.” Chen Ge stood between Wu You and Wen Qing. “The boy lives in the room at the end of the corridor. That is Room 301, and right above it is Room 401, your home. So, theoretically, he could be telling the truth.”

“My Xiang Nuan would definitely not do something like that,” Wen Qing replied very confidently.

“I know, so we’d better go to his place to see what he is really telling us.” After saying that, Chen Ge stared at Wu You. If possible, he wanted to check every single room in this building.

“It’s true. I really saw it with my own eyes. I wouldn’t lie to you.” Wu You followed it up with that strange and eerie laughter.

“Are your parents home? Can we go to your house to take a look?” Chen Ge asked softly.

“My parents will never let strangers into our home, but since they are not at home now, I can quietly sneak you guys in. Come with me.” Wu You turned and walked down the dim third-floor corridor. Looking at his back, Chen Ge and Wen Qing now realized that Wu You had a very strange gait. His legs were uneven, and his body was extremely nonuniform. After Wu You had wandered ahead of them, Chen Ge silently whispered to Wen Qing, “Is there someone that looks like Wu You in your memory?”