Chapter 85 - Weeding (1/2)

The name Xiao Su had indeed left him with a strong impression.

Even before he watched this movie, he had suspected the possible relationship between Xiao Su and Chen Su. Now, he finally got the answer to one of his questions.

“Is this your nickname?” Su Min spoke very calmly.

Chen Su smiled but no one could see it in the dark, “You can take it like that.”

Su Min felt that it was amusing, “What do you mean I can take it like that? Do you not know your own nickname?”

When his grandmother called out those two words, he had suspected it. Now that it was mentioned again, it could be said that there was a definite connection.

Su Min didn’t speak. He just gently touched his earlobe.

He and Su Min were very close together and they could feel each other’s body temperatures. One was extremely cold while the other was warm. The warmth clearly indicated that he was a living human.

Su Min wasn’t surprised when his question wasn’t answered.

If it was that easy getting an answer, he would have already reached the answer a long time ago and he wouldn’t have had to wait until today.

Chen Su lowered his voice: “Do you really want to know?”

Su Min could tell that there was a hidden meaning in his words. It was as if he would tell him if he gave him a positive response and that it was something very important.

“If I said that I want to know, would you tell me?” Su Min asked in return: “Or are you just going to fool around.”

Chen Su laughed.

His voice had always been low. With him laughing right next to Su Min’s ear, and his vague figure pressed up against him, it made him feel a little numb and tingly.

Su Min pushed him away.

The bed was just too small. It was originally already difficult for one person and, now that there was another ghost, they were practically locked in one position.

For example, he was currently lying on his side with Chen Su hugging him from behind. He could clearly feel Chen Su’s chest pressed up against his back.

It had to be said, it would be okay keeping it up for a minute or two, but any longer than that resulted in all his attention to be focussed at that point of contact.

Su Min felt like there was a block of ice behind him.

Chen Su held his hand. Su Min wanted to struggle free but he couldn’t overpower him so he could only let him do as he pleased.

He whispered: “Of course I can tell you.”

Su Min: “Humph.”

He was certain that he wouldn’t tell him. Afterall, every time he asked him a question about him, it was all overlooked so why would he suddenly answer his question today?

He might even tell him a lie.

That would be really irritating.

“Why do I want you to call me that?” Chen Su spoke with a soft whisper: “Because………I was called that before.”

Su Min froze in place.

He had thought that it was something Chen Su had intentionally said. Afterall, he had called him Xiao Min so having him call Chen Su Xiao Su in return was common courtesy.

But if it had something to do with the word “Xiao Su” from his grandmother’s end, then was that Chen Su’s previous nickname?

Su Min could tell that he was getting close to the answer.

Then who was it that called him that? His grandmother?

Chen Su probably had guessed the thoughts that went through his mind. He stuck close to his back and smiled: “Go sleep now. Stop blindly asking questions.”

Su Min: “……….”

Sure enough, the moment he managed to elicit out something, he wasn’t allowed to continue asking anything else. He must be hiding a lot of secrets.

But it was getting late and he should really sleep.

Because it would be uncomfortable being unable to move for the entire night, Su Min pushed Chen Su away. Chen Su however was very thick skinned, and he was unwilling to move.

After a long stale mate, Su Min could only give up.

Let’s just sleep like this. It wasn’t his first time anyway.

With lots of questions inside, Su Min fell asleep. His breathing became steady.

Chen Su had always been awake.

It was a pity that he was unable to hear those two words coming from Su Min’s mouth.

……………

Late at night, Su Min was awakened by the cinema’s prompt.

The prompt was the same as usual: 【Audience Member Su Min, congratulations you have successfully changed your script. Please keep up the hard work. As a reward, you will be given keyword hints. The first hint: Corridor.]

His surroundings were spacious. He didn’t know when Chen Su had left. Su Min didn’t notice anything the entire time.

Su Min was silent for a while. His thoughts once again returned to the movie.

He had originally felt that there was something wrong with the corridor.

It was because his character was set to meet his doom in the corridor. The movie had also mentioned that there were screams at night. It probably came from down the corridor.

It was very likely that the corridor had something to do with it.

As he pondered over this, a sound suddenly came from outside. It sounded like crying sounds, but it was very faint and hard to make out.

Su Min listened to the intermittent sobs. After about a minute, it was gone. If he didn’t hear it, he would have thought that it was just his imagination.

Just as he thought it had completely stopped, he suddenly heard another sound.

This time it was different. It wasn’t the sound of crying but an actual scream. Like the sound coming from the depths of a monster’s throat, it roared out.

Su Min who heard this felt his scalp go numb.

Yin Ze in the upper bunk appeared to have awakened. He turned over and over.

Su Min asked: “Do you hear this sound every night?”

Hearing that, Yin Ze stopped moving. He said: “Yeah, it’s been like that since my first day here. It has never stopped and would happen every night. The sound is also different each time.”

Su Min didn’t know what he meant by the sound being different.

Yin Ze laid flat and said: “You’ll get used to it.”

Su Min faced the ceiling and asked, “Don’t you find it suspicious?”

“What’s the point?” Yin Ze asked back: “The more you know, the earlier you die. Let me tell you, there are people dying here everyday and everyday there would be people going missing.”

The roaring outside stopped. It then started again. It sounded like the final struggle before their death. Soon afterwards, everything was calm again.

All that was left were the soft sounds coming from the other rooms.