Chapter 39 - Horror Variety (4) (2/2)
Cheng Zhi Chu smiled and said goodbye to the two of them. He turned and walked towards the stairs while telling himself that its okay even if he lost. Anyway, as long as he saw the boss, he could just give it a kiss………….
[My master.] The silver coin suddenly whispered to him, [If you are not certain, you can use me as much as you want. I can bring to you good——-]
[Unsubscribe.]
[…………..]
Cheng Zhi Chu ruthlessly refused the silver coins temptations and stepped onto the stairs leading to the second floor.
The stairs were completely enclosed and both sides were walls, making it look long and narrow. There were also many pictures hanging from the walls. Most of them were of children and, when he walked along it, the children’s eyes would turn and follow him across. Their expressions were also constantly changing.
“Wuuuuuu………….”
There was a soft sound of a child crying and several milky white shadows appeared at different locations. They were all children. Some hid behind the pot plants only revealing their small heads while others emerged from the ceiling and only revealed the upper half of their body.
They didn’t approach Cheng Zhi Chu and they also weren’t fierce. Most of them had a sad expression and were sobbing quietly as they watched Cheng Zhi Chu walk past.
Why are all these ghosts children………?
Cheng Zhi Chu wasn’t afraid, but he was surprised. He wondered if this was related to Zhou Luo Chen’s love of children during his lifetime and whether it had a connection to his death.
Speaking of which, he had forgotten something earlier. He had forgotten to ask that ghost what form it would appear in front of him as. Would it appear before him as a child?
He walked up to the second floor and turned to the right like what the message had instructed him to do. At this moment, a ghost child stuck his head out and walked over. He was different to the other children and was very curious about Cheng Zhi Chu. With his small hands, he seemed to want to grab onto his clothes.
[Don’t touch him.]
A line of bloody words appeared on the ground, scaring the little ghost stiff. He immediately retreated back into a dark corner.
The bloody words then slowly disappeared, and it changed into something else. It said to Cheng Zhi Chu: [The third room on the right.]
It communicates to the other ghosts through writing instead of talking?
Seeing the bloody words on the ground, Cheng Zhi Chu had some doubts. He had originally thought that the ghost was using the phone and the bloody words to deliberately scare them but now it seems like it probably another reason for it.
“Clatter, creeaaaakkkk…………”
Cheng Zhi Chu pushed open the door to the third room and immediately smelled something bloody. At this moment, the sky outside was gradually darkening. He turned on the light and immediately found himself faced with a headless body lying in a pool of blood. The body was also missing an arm.
This should be one of the staffs.
He recalled the hand that waved into the room and the detached head. He suddenly felt a chill run through him.
It was the ghost who had removed the arm and head from the body and had used it to talk and lure them out. At that time, although he had already noticed that something was wrong, he didn’t immediately realise that it really was a ghosts’ doing and so he wasn’t able to stop Xiao Liu in time.
Xiao Liu had disappeared past the door and later spewed a lot of blood, so he wasn’t certain if he’s dead or alive. There was also another staff member and cameraman left and they’re probably still in this villa.
Cheng Zhi Chu sent a text message asking the ghost: [Apart from the other three that was with me, where are the others? Were they killed by you?]
[No. They are locked in another room.]
[The only one who was killed was this person. I only hurt the one who disappeared before you and took him elsewhere. I didn’t kill him. It’s meaningless for me to kill these people.]
[If killing is meaningless to you then why did you kill this person?]
Seeing the contents of the message, Cheng Zhu Chu frowned. He originally thought that ghosts killed without needing a reason for it. If it wanted to kill, it would kill but it seems like this isn’t the case for this ghost.
[Because he wanted to peek at the painting on the wall.]
Cheng Zhi Chu read those words and looked up. This bedroom is very spacious. In addition to a large bed, there were several bookcases filled with trophies and photos, as well as some personal items.
Unlike other places where it was filled with paintings, there was only one painting here. It was covered by a white cloth so the contents inside were not visible.
The headless body had fallen in front of the painting, so it seemed to be just like what the ghost had said; it had killed him because he had wanted to take a look at the painting.
Cheng Zhi Chu activated his clue prompt skill only to find that he couldn’t use it.
This time, he had mainly used his survival points to purchase cards, so he didn’t have any extra points to level up his clue prompt skill to level three. Therefore, his skill could only be used for instances that are of hard difficulty or lower. The difficulty of this instance was unknown so perhaps it is higher than hard difficulty and so he could not use his skill.
Seeing this, Cheng Zhi Chu didn’t give up looking for clues. He went to the bookcase and examined it in detail.
The phone no longer received any new messages. It was as if the ghost had accepted his actions by default. Cheng Zhi Chu opened the bookcase and looked at the trophies and photos one by one. These were the awards that Zhou Luo Chen had won, and the photos were mostly photos of him and children.
There were also a few photos of him and Bai Yi.
Cheng Zhi Chu saw the beautiful young teenaged boy in the photo and his attention was immediately drawn over.
What was quite interesting was that the Bai Yi in these photos almost constantly had an indifferent expression. Even next to his teacher, there was no smile on his face.
Only in one photo, the young Bai Yi sat front of an easel and Zhou Luo Cheng stood behind him guiding him how to paint. There was a faint smile at the young boy’s lips and his eyes were extraordinarily soft.
What was Bai Yi painting?
Cheng Zhi Chu was curious but, unfortunately, the photo was taken specifically with the two people as focus so the painting on the easel was very vague. He could only tell that it was a painting of a person and the lower part of it was a large red patch.
He thought about it for a while and returned the photo back. When the instance is over, he planned to ask Bai Xi Xing if he could take this photo. He wanted to bring this photo to Bai Yi. Perhaps this would make Bai Yi happy.
After checking the photos and trophies, he didn’t find anything special apart from coming to an understanding that this is probably Zhou Luo Chen’s bedroom.
If this really is Zhou Luo Chen’s bedroom, then is that painting on the wall something that Bai Yi drew?
His gaze fell onto the painting that was covered by a white cloth. Bai Xi Xing had mentioned before that Zhou Luo Chen was very pleased with Bai Yi’s painting and had even deliberately hung it up in his bedroom. Apart from this one, there were no other paintings in the room.
[You can take off that piece of cloth and look at the painting.]
[They can’t look at it, but you can.]
[We can start the game after that.]
Cheng Zhi Chu saw the words and walked over. He reached out and carefully removed the white cloth.
It was a portrait. Reflected in his eyes was a painting of a young boy.
The boy in the painting was very cute. His skin was white and tender, and his hair was also light coloured. With big jewel-like eyes and a smile that looked like a blooming sunflower, he stood in an ocean of bright red roses. The colour scheme was dreamy, and it made the scene look like it was something that came out from a dream.
This was the painting that the young Bai Yi was working on in the photo.
And the boy in the painting……
Cheng Zhi Chu suddenly stiffened.
[That’s right, it’s you.]
[The child in the painting is you.]
[How is it? Do you like it?]
The bloody words appeared on the wall around the portrait. The boy in the painting then blinked and Cheng Zhi Chu could suddenly smell the fragrance of roses.
It was a sultry, strong and intoxicating smell.
The boy in the painting reached out and gently pulled at Cheng Zhi Chu’s hand, pulling him into the painting.
The scene in the portrait began to change. A small breeze blew causing bright red flower petals to flutter in the air and gradually sounds could be heard.
The boy came out from the sea of flowers and threw himself into his father’s arms. The mother took hold of another little girl’s hand. Their faces were filled with smiles and they looked like a very happy family of four.
[The game is about to begin.]
The screen of the phone that had fallen to the ground lit up to display this line of text. It then gradually dimmed back down and no longer responded.
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Bai Yi’s Diary (Part 39)
Today’s Bai Yi did not even open his diary and had instead purchased three sketchbooks.
(The search history in his phone had changed from “How to pursue a straight man”, “What to do if the person you like doesn’t like you back”, “My crush is too dense, what do I do” etc. into “Sailor uniform”, “sexy bunny suit”, “XXX underwear” etc.)