Chapter 63 - Couple (1/2)

To be honest, Su Min was afraid of Yan Jing Cai getting killed off just like that.

The male protagonist this time appeared to be a little foolish while his girlfriend Xu Yixiang had not yet revealed her personality.

The old director revealed a doubtful expression, “Really?”

Yan Jing Cai pointed ahead, “Over there.”

The old director said: “There’s nothing. Did you guys see it wrong?”

Su Min was also taken aback by his answer. He quickly turned back around and saw that the child who was in the corner earlier had disappeared.

It was as if he was never there in the first place.

Xu Yixiang shook her head, “That’s impossible. We clearly saw it earlier. We couldn’t have seen it wrongly…….”

She was the first one to discover it, so she was more certain than ever.

Su Min also spoke up: “I also saw it.”

The three of them said they did so the old director couldn’t deny it. After thinking for a while, he said: “Maybe that child ran into another room. I’ll go and see. The children nowadays are very naughty.”

He walked ahead still feeling doubtful and his pace was slow.

Su Min and Yan Jing Cai looked at each other before following behind the old director. They started searching from the first room on the end of the corridor.

Unexpectedly, the doors to all the rooms were locked.

The old director pulled out the keys and opened the doors one by one to check.

Not every room had lights that were in good condition. For example, the lights in the first room were broken and it didn’t turn on no matter how you flipped the switch.

The old director said: “Because no one’s staying here, it wasn’t fixed after it broke. Fortunately, the ones in the rooms you’re staying in are still working fine.”

Yan Jing Cai said: “It’s fine if no one lives here.”

There was only a bed and table in this room. Seeing that there wasn’t anything with a quick sweep through the room, they got ready to leave.

Su Min was the last one to leave. He looked back inside habitually after leaving the room and what he saw made his heart go cold.

There was a child lying under the bed.

The child stared at him without blinking. His face was expressionless. He then suddenly revealed a strange smile.

Su Min hesitated over whether he should call out to the old director.

Before he could speak up, the old director who was getting ready to close the door noticed the child himself. He quickly walked over.

He scolded: “Why are you hiding under the bed? Go back to your room. It’s not good coming out late at night to play. Don’t be naughty.”

The old director pulled the child out.

The child didn’t struggle. He just quietly followed behind him and acted very obedient.

He looked to be about seven or eight-years-old and had a bowl cut. Despite looking a little thin, he looked like a normal child.

Yan Jing Cai and Xu Yixiang didn’t know what to say.

The old director locked the door and said: “His name is Ming Ming. He’s the naughtiest one here. I’ll take him back to the room so can you guys can go back yourself?”

Yan Jing Cai responded: “Sure.”

The old director pulled the young boy along and left. He soon reached the end of the corridor and after they turned the corner, they could no longer see their figures.

Xu Yixiang breathed a sigh of relief, “Scared me.”

Yan Jing Cai reassured her: “Probably just a really naughty one. Children nowadays aren’t afraid of anything.”

The three of them went to their rooms.

Su Min didn’t speak the whole time.

He noticed the locks for these rooms earlier and he paid extra attention as he watched the director unlock the doors. These rooms were locked from the outside.

Most people would lock the room from the inside after entering the room.

This was exactly the opposite.

The lock that was used was also not a double-sided lock. Normally, you would walk down the corridor, enter the room and lock the door from the inside.

But the door could only be locked from the outside. This was very strange.

Su Min couldn’t understand this. Afterall, he had only been at the orphanage for the first night so he figured that the answer will probably be revealed a few days later.

What was most terrifying was that the child was giggling in the corner.

When he entered the room, he quickly glanced at the corner. There wasn’t anything there and it was just a normal corner yet for some reason it made that child laugh.

Su Min couldn’t figure it out.

But since he was taken away, it was useless thinking about it now.

***

At nine o’clock in the evening, Su Min washed himself up.

Yan Jing Cai went directly over to Xu Yixiang’s place after washing and probably would only return to sleep.

The bathroom here was next to the stairs. Since it was probably used often, the lights still worked.

Su Min’s death would occur after going out into the corridor tonight so it wasn’t time yet and he wasn’t worried that something would happen while he was at the bathroom.

As expected, he was still safe after coming out from the bathroom.

Yan Jing Cai called out: “Su Min, hurry up. There’s more people here now.”

Su Min asked: “Do you know them?”

Yan Jing Cai scratched his head, “I didn’t look carefully. I just heard chatting sounds.”

Su Min nodded, “Let’s go down.”

They naturally should see who came and if they were people they knew to see if they could get some information.

The three of them arrived at the dining room and heard voices.

Su Min saw a man and a woman. The man had a medium long length of hair and looked like someone who dealt with music. The woman on the other hand had short maroon coloured hair that was neatly styled.

The old director was talking to them.