Chapter 18: The True Evil Ghost

"You!" Zhu Jie's eyes bulged.

And after Dong Xiaoyu finished speaking, she hurriedly added before the Threshold dropped:

"I still have to settle our lovely child, Your Majesty, please return to the palace first,

"I... will arrive shortly."

The 'child' naturally referred to Snow White Leng Rourou, who was to the side.

"..."

"..."

The two stared at each other for a few seconds. Seeing that she was not affected by the dropping Threshold, Zhu Jie knew this excuse had worked—meaning it had been accepted by the invisible "Audience" around them.

"Hmph!" Zhu Jie exited the stage. This book was first published on Tian Tian Kan Xiao Shuo Jie Wu Liao, ttk. tw, which is super practical and provides you with an error-free and non-scrambled reading experience.

But he discovered that the light was actually moving as she moved! Instead of letting him retreat into the darkness as usual!

What was going on? Zhu Jie felt a chill in his heart, realizing something was wrong.

But there shouldn't be any more scenes for me, right?

However, his footsteps paused, and he continued to walk toward the room.

Regardless, he had to return to the room; he would just see if the lights in the room returned to normal then.

He left.

Only the few people beside the throne remained, looking at each other.

Finally, they focused their gazes on Dong Xiaoyu, who was faintly sobbing.

At this moment, Dong Xiaoyu's heart was filled with mixed feelings, incredibly bitter.

She was originally a college student, only 19 years old, just a freshman, in the prime of her youth, yet she never expected to encounter "Pollution."

Like the others, she was approached by the Processing Bureau and accepted the Typewriter's Task.

In fact, she had been abandoned at an orphanage and raised there since childhood, so her mind had matured early,

learning to read people's expressions, learning to package herself, and using words and actions to please others.

But that was the end of it!

In this place... just using words to please was useless!!

Clenching her fists, Dong Xiaoyu took a few deep breaths, suppressing her emotions.

Immediately, he cast his gaze toward Leng Rourou below.

Come on, let us continue!

A while later.

Chu Chenfeng watched as Ding Mo took Leng Rourou to the forest,

and immediately saw Dong Xiaoyu walking down the steps, somewhat unsteadily yet somewhat firmly, as if intending to return to her room.

When they had all left,

the lights overhead all extinguished. Only in the distance, the corridor lights outside the hall remained on.

Chu Chenfeng estimated the time, and after a while, he looked up at the lightbulb.

It didn't light up!

His expression changed!

Logically speaking, at this time, no matter how dilatory Ding Mo was on his side, the plot should have ended by now.

Why was the light still not on?

Could it be... the performance hadn't ended yet?!

On Ding Mo's side, the performance had also long since finished. He and Leng Rourou returned to the Hotel,

but saw outside the Hotel that the lights inside had not all turned on as they usually did when a performance ended.

At a glance, only a few corridors and one room had lights on!

"This is..." Ding Mo felt something was wrong.

The performance hadn't ended?

"Hehe!" Beside him, Leng Rourou chuckled.

That smile, paired with her exquisite hairstyle and crown, was truly as beautiful as a snow lotus in bloom!

But Ding Mo felt a chill, as if he had heard a female ghost giggling in his ear.

"Are you... laughing?" Ding Mo frowned.

The current situation was very strange, and he did not think it was a good thing.

"Laughing at what?" Leng Rourou asked, looking surprised:

"Things seem to have made some progress, isn't that something worth being happy about?"

Even if someone died because of it, as long as there was progress, it was something she was happy to see!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Dong Xiaoyu walked down the corridor in her elegant high heels.

The hem of her mysterious purple-black long dress brushed the air beside her fair legs.

She bit her red lips lightly, but wearing a Mask, her expression could not be seen.

A moment later,

he arrived at the corridor in front of the room belonging to him and Zhu Jie.

Her footsteps paused, Dong Xiaoyu lowered her head, hesitated for a moment, and then, as if having made some resolution, took a step forward!

She had to survive!

Even though she would suffer things she did not want to happen; even though the word "purity" would have nothing to do with her in the future...

She also wanted to live! No matter what it took!

Knock, knock, knock!

But at this moment, a series of knocking sounds suddenly came from ahead.

Knocking... sounds? Dong Xiaoyu raised her head in confusion.

She was stunned.

She could see, in front of Zhu Jie's room, a familiar figure—from where, she did not know—was knocking on the door!

"Th-this is?!"

Before she could react, everything went black before her eyes! The lights in the hallway had suddenly all gone out at once!

And at the same time, an eerie BGM began to play throughout the entire Hotel!

"?!"

Then Dong Xiaoyu heard a soft sound—

The door to Zhu Jie's room ahead opened.

Ding Mo had also discovered the extinguishing of all the lights at this time, as well as that eerie, fairy-tale nursery rhyme style BGM!

An eerie feeling kept rising in his heart; his expression changed, and he sprinted all the way to his own room,

Then opened the door, slipped inside, and closed and locked the door, all in one smooth motion.

Once the door was closed, the eerie fairy-tale singing became much quieter, almost inaudible.

He had just breathed a sigh of relief,

When he saw Chu Chenfeng standing in front of the television—this television was also the only light source in the room.

"Senior, that apple!" Ding Mo stepped forward, just wanting to ask about this matter, but was interrupted by Chu Chenfeng raising a hand.

He made a "hush" gesture to Ding Mo, then focused on watching the television.

Seeing this, Ding Mo could not help but be drawn to the image on the television.

Inside, it seemed to be some larger suite, and the lights were on in the room!

Among them, two figures were currently confronting each other.

That was Zhu Jie and...

Bang, bang, bang!

At this moment, violent knocking sounds suddenly came from outside the door!

"Chu Chenfeng, Ding Mo! Open the door quickly!" Dong Xiaoyu's panicked voice came from outside the door:

"I, I cannot go back,

"Please, I beg you!"

But inside the room, Chu Chenfeng and Ding Mo looked at each other, and both their expressions changed!

Because, on the television...

In the brightly lit room, Zhu Jie looked at the "Dong Xiaoyu" who had obediently entered the room and sneered.

His Mask was thrown to the side.

And Dong Xiaoyu was wearing a Mask, her face impossible to see.

"I know it's you, you poisoned it!

"You were responsible for providing these props like the apple!" Zhu Jie walked toward her step by step and roared:

"Kneel down! Eat my xxx!

"If you make your grandpa here feel good, perhaps I can spare you!"

He did not know that his shameful words were being broadcast live throughout the entire Hotel; he still thought only the two people in the room could hear.

And to his surprise, upon hearing this, Dong Xiaoyu actually giggled and knelt down.

"Hee hee~"

Her smooth knees pressed tightly against the floor, and a playful, cute voice came from under the Mask.

Zhu Jie was stunned.

He thought to himself, has this little bitch finally wised up? She isn't even resisting?

He had originally been prepared to use force!

However... Zhu Jie had after all survived several Tasks; the vigilance he should have was not absent.

He did not rashly approach, but instead pulled a drawing out from his clothes.

What was drawn on it was a "big banana"!

"Big banana~ a big banana~" Zhu Jie suddenly began to sway his body and burst into song!