Chapter 29: To Help or Not To Help (1/2)

As time stood eerily still, Bai Yan was not at all in a hurry to make a decision.

Under the game’s powerful restrictions, Wu Jingang, as well as the wall clock’s hands, had come to a halt. Wu Jingang’s eyes stood motionless as if he were a lifelike wax statue in his current state.

Amid the darkness brought by the early hours, Wu Jingang’s expression looked sinister. Since he was frozen still, Bai Yan steadily clasped his head and slowly leaned in closer, paying careful attention to Wu Jingang’s face.

“No, there’s something wrong here.”

Bai Yan meticulously looked at Wu Jingang’s eyes up until his mouth and vaguely felt that there was a slight disharmony when looking at his facial features.

Wu Jingang’s wide face looked especially rough but his features looked normal, giving anyone who saw him an impression of a man who was tactless and coarse. Now, his face completely seemed distorted and ominous. Although his face was still the same, his facial features appeared slightly altered.

It was as if it were another person’s face with these features.

Connecting Wu Jingang’s story before bed, Bai Yan pieced together that he must be possessed by a ghost.

As he was shaken awake from his state, Wu Jingang opened his eyes in confusion. He seemed to be dumbfounded as to why his wife would violently rock him in the middle of the night.

“Wife, did you recall that incident?”

“Stop it.” Bai Yan saw himself be pushed away as he whispered, “Jingang, I’ll tell you about the matter. Did you know that you were extremely scary up until a moment ago? I was woken up by the noisy meat chopping from next door and saw that your eyes were bloodshot red. You were even sitting unusually straight as you watched me, which was especially horrifying. Your face also changed. It changed into something extremely similar to Liu Xiaotian’s face. Has he not moved on? He might go back here to find us and exact his revenge.”

Faced with his wife’s intense questioning, Wu Jingang stared blankly for a while, then came back to his senses.

“Impossible! I don’t have any sleepwalking-related problems.” Wu Jingang was an atheist and didn’t believe in things like ghosts and paranormal activities, “Are you sure you weren’t just half-conscious when you saw me? Maybe you mistook me for your dream. I have always been a well-behaved sleeper. I don’t even snore often. You’ve been with me for a long time, so you would know if I had a problem.”

“You are behaved when you sleep, but right now, I am completely awake and I’m sure that I didn’t see wrong.” Bai Yan heard what he had just said, “Jingang, I am genuinely terrified. Do you really think he’s back watching me in our house, just like tonight?”

“Yanyan, don’t let your imagination run too wild. That isn’t possible. After doing what he did, how could that bastard still have the balls to show his face here, seeing that I would personally slaughter him if I ever see him again.” Wu Jingang consoled his wife, “Don’t be scared. This world doesn’t have ghosts in it. The remnants of what happened that day were surely the ones that’s affecting you, making you dream about it. If you still don’t feel safe, we can open the lamp and have the lights on, so you won’t feel scared.”

“Don’t forget, I’m still by your side.”

Wu Jingang’s words made Bai Yan feel a cold breeze brush against his nape. He could imagine it right now. If he weren’t him and was Baiyan right now, he would still be extremely scared after hearing these words.

The closest person to him, Wu Jingang, didn’t even believe Bai Yan’s concerns and thought that he was just half-asleep. Even though his husband said that he was by his side, he was the source of his fears.

“No, I really saw it.” Bai Yan realized what he said and slightly hesitated, “Fine, let’s leave the lamp open.”

After he finished talking, Bai Yan felt himself regain his freedom, finally being able to control his body.

At this moment, Wu Jingang had already opened the table lamp beside him and upon seeing the light slightly illuminate their bedroom, he didn’t utter another word and only closed his eyes, drifting off to sleep.

Hearing how Wu Jingang quickly went off to dreamland, Bai Yan couldn’t sleep a wink.

The app fully controlled his actions and validated his theory on the ghost possessing Wu Jingang.

Before the evil spirit left Wu Jingang’s body, Bai Yan didn’t panic and lose his head. If the malicious spirit has a physical body and is bound to it, it could be dealt with accordingly. Truthfully, Bai Yan was not bad when it came to running away.

However, after he was sure of his spouse’s state, he now had more concerns to deal with.

Just now, what was the incessant meat chopping noise from next door?

This was an old residential area and not an old restaurant. Even with the noisy chopping sounds at 1 AM, the next-door neighbors should be afraid of having their neighbors complain.

Besides that, even if they were cooking up a midnight snack because they were hungry, there was no way that they would want to prepare something as hassle as a meat dish. Bai Yan felt that it wasn’t just this house. The next-door neighbors had their problems as well.

It was a pity that it was so late at night right now. It was too risky for him to go out in the middle of the night. What he could only do now was restrain himself and just silently ask these questions in his mind. He thought about it and sorted the clues he had acquired so far as he laid on his back, falling asleep in the process.

He slept until dawn this time.

The new day was a Saturday.

When Bai Yan groggily woke up, Wu Jingang was already out of sight.

Via Wu Jingang’s note, Bai Yan learned that the man was called out by his boss to do some overtime in the company. Maybe he felt sorry about his wife’s lack of a good night’s sleep, so Wu Jingang didn’t make a single noise to not disturb his wife and quietly slipped away earlier this morning.

It must have been hard for someone as burly to get out of bed and not to make a single sound.

As Bai Yan sat up, he found breakfast prepared on top of the table. He gave Wu Jingang credit for being a supportive husband and enjoyed the simple breakfast alone. Bai Yan happily ate it since he didn’t need to prep it himself.

After he finished eating breakfast, Bai Yan simply made his bed and grabbed his keys, ready to step outside and explore the surrounding environment.

His experience from the villa game made him realize the importance of terrain familiarity.