5 I Want to Stay over Tonight! (1/2)
Dim alleys, frightened stray cats, and a car that nearly hit her…
A scene with a strong feeling of deja vu played in her mind. In the scene, a woman with disheveled tresses was smiling at her. Suddenly, the woman's jaws snapped wide open to reveal her nerve-racking white fangs. Her hoarse voice sounded like the broken hourglass.
It was as though that woman was from another dimension, appearing right before her and strangling her by the neck.
”I really liked your story!
”Your updates are so slow, too slow. Sometimes, I get so infuriated that I feel like strangling you…
”If you don't release soon… I'm going to mail you blades…
”If I'm dead and you've yet to finish the story, remember to burn the completed story as offering in front of my grave…
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A faint chilly voice rang in Xiang Wan's head. The woman's face gradually became clearer in her mind.
A tall dark figure approached her, his shadow suddenly shrouding over her head as he tapped lightly on her shoulder from behind.
”AH!” Xiang Wan screamed in horror as she turned around.
Bai Muchuan's indifferent face had a good calming effect at night. ”I'm asking you, what woman are you talking about?”
The corners of his mouth pressed together tightly. The grimaced look on his face clearly showed that he had run out of patience.
That was the third time he asked the question but Xiang Wan was not herself. She stared at his eyes, and after much effort, she managed to recover from the dark whirlpool and go back to reality.
”She's a reader of mine. To be specific, she's a moderator in my reader chat group.”
”A moderator?” Bai Muchuan squinted his eyes as he listened, his eyebrows furrowed.
”I have a chat group of readers maintained by several moderators, and a private QQ group for my moderators only. I posted my first plot outline in this private group… Since everyone felt that the cat abuse plot was too cruel and rejected it, I deleted it from my story…”
”Who is she?” Bai Muchuan asked the critical question.
A layer of thin sweat formed in Xiang Wan's palms as she recounted the incident to Bai Muchuan on how she was almost hit by a car in the alley by a woman.
”I've never met my readers in real life, but we add each other in WeChat and QQ. I've seen their photos numerous times, especially the moderators. We'll also send each other little gifts sometimes… My first reaction when I saw the woman today is that I felt a sense of familiarity toward her, but the lights were too dim and I daren't think that it was her…”
”Just who is that? Get to the point!” Bai Muchuan's gaze got sharper. ”Don't be afraid! Just say whatever comes to your mind.”
”She…” Feeling cold all over, Xiang Wan took out her mobile phone and showed it to him. ”She died last month.”
…
The name of the reader was ”Er Niu”. She had followed Xiang Wan for two novels.
When Xiang Wan was writing ”Murder The Dream Guy”, Er Niu had volunteered to have her name be used as a supporting role in the novel. She also changed her screen name to ”Er Niu” as she liked the character.
Er Niu hardly appeared in the chat group. Although they did not chat in depth privately, both of them were considered close online friends.
Late last month, Er Niu's family posted her death on WeChat Moments.
Besides feeling sad about the sudden demise of a person whom she had never met in real life and sending a few messages of grief to Er Niu's mobile phone, there was no other way to know more about her.
Nonetheless, after that post, Er Niu never appeared again. Sometimes, the readers in the chat group would talk about her, but reality was cruel, and she was soon forgotten.
Someone who had been dead for almost a month had suddenly appeared near her neighborhood. Xiang Wan could not help but feel her body turn cold at that thought.
Is it really her? But this is too strange!
Bai Muchuan gave a frown as he saw Xiang Wan's pale face. ”We'll look into this matter with the information you've provided us.”
The details of the cat abuse had fit the plot she wrote. The few who have seen the first plot outline was much smaller, so the investigation should be much faster. In addition, this ”Er Niu” seemed extremely suspicious. At present, she's the prime suspect for Zhao Jiahang's death.
Ten minutes later, the forensics team arrived.
The captain of the forensics team looked just as tall as Bai Muchuan.
Xiang Wan stood aside, watching both captains communicating with each other from afar. She felt that his facial features were prominent and angular, but since it was night time, she could not see very clearly.
She stood there stiffly, thinking that Bai Muchuan would take her to the Criminal Investigation Unit for another round of questioning.
Seeing him walk toward the police car after finishing the conversation with the Forensics Captain caught her by surprise.
”I'll send you back first!”
…
The neighborhood was very quiet at night.
As she walked toward her apartment, Xiang Wan was scared that she might run into another stray cat.
She did not dislike cats, and there was even a period of time she liked to pet Fang Yuanyuan's pet cat. But not tonight—she did not want to hear cat sounds anymore.
As she unlocked the door, even the rustling sound had become so unnerving.
She quickly turned the lights on. Under the weak light, she was creeped out by everything that came into her sight. It had been a hot day and her body was drenched in sweat, yet for no reason, she felt cold.
She wanted to take a bath, but when she saw the bathroom mirror, she dashed out. It was as though a woman with hair straggling all over her face would come crawling out of the mirror, laughing hysterically as she strangled Xiang Wan by the neck.
… Could it be Er Niu's spirit coming back to look for her?