Chapter 11: Stories

Chapter 11: Stories

Man Lis face dropped as if he had thought of something. He picked up the sports shoes and ran out. He rushed down the stairs. Everyone followed. Fatty and Jiang Cheng stayed at the back of the room. When they passed the boys bedroom, Fatty was dragged into it by Jiang Cheng.

What are you doing? Fatty covered his body in fear.

I want to inspect something.

Why did you bring me with you then?

Jiang Cheng opened all the drawers in the room. Then, he knelt down beside the bed and pulled out a pair of slippers from under the bed. He looked up at Fatty and said, Because Ill be scared if Im alone.

Fatty,

After that, Jiang Cheng and Fatty returned to the living room. The group was gathered around the shoe closet. All the shoes had been taken out and arranged neatly on the floor. Hearing their footsteps down the stairs, Man Li put down the pair of female casual shoes he was holding. Fatty noticed that everyone didnt look that great.

Just as Chen Xiaomeng was about to say something, Jiang Cheng cut in, Did you figure out there are not only two boys but also two girls in this bungalow?

Man Lis pupils trembled. He was about to say something, but he held himself. After some time, he asked darkly, Newbie, who are you?

Dont waste time on these things. Tell us what you have found. Jiang Cheng put down the things and looked at him calmly.

Man Li showed Jiang Cheng the two pairs of shoes. They were both female casual shoes. They were the same sizes, which was why they believed that both shoes belonged to the same woman.

Man Li turned the shoes over. This pair on the left has severe wear on the outer left while this pair on the right has its wear focused in the middle. He looked up and into Jiang Chengs eyes. Shoe wear is related to ones gait and this habit cant be corrected overnight. Therefore, these have to belong to two girls. There were two girls here.

But why is there only one girls bedroom on the second floor? Chen Xiaomeng asked, And that bedroom only has a single bed.

Jiang Cheng shook his head. The smaller bedrooms were both girls bedrooms, so naturally they each have one bed.

Chen Xiaomeng shivered.

Indeed, after the hypothesis was overruled, based on the two pairs of sports shoes that were left behind, one of them was closer in size to Jiang Cheng, and the other was bigger than Man Li.

Jiang Cheng looked at the two pairs of sports shoes on the ground. When I first saw them, I was confused. They were so cheap and old. They were clearly different from the other shoes in the shoe closet. The people living here didnt seem like people whod buy cheap shoes.

Silence reigned in the living room. The story turned from a family tragedy to a home invasion.

Then, Fatty looked left and right and announced softly, So, two guys trespassed into this bungalow, killed the father and mother, imprisoned their two daughters and then killed them?

Do you remember the water trail left behind by the ghost? Theres also a lot of long hair in the first-floor bathroom. Sister Nuan said, That means the ghost probably died from drowning.

Xie Yu was frightened to death and then tortured. This would explain why the ghost would put the sports shoes on him. The ghost treated Xie Yu as one of the men who tortured and killed her.

After they finished their analysis, it was already dawn. No one urged Fatty to cook. They ate some simple food, like bread. It was not that they felt sorry for Fatty, but they didnt have much time left. Jiang Cheng noticed that days were getting shorter in this world. Based on his calculations, after two more nights, the sun would never rise in this world again.

What would happen after the day fully disappears? Fatty asked with his widened eyes.

Jiang Cheng turned around and patted Fatty in consolation, Dont worry

Fattys pale face reddened slightly.

Jiang Cheng finished, At most, the ghosts will start killing indiscriminately.

Fatty, ???

The group walked down the second-floor corridor. They wanted to do a second search of the bungalow while there was still daylight.