Translator: CinderTL
"Why?" Jiang Cheng, who had been sneakily staring at the computer, immediately stopped and cleared his throat, looking at Fatty. "Mr. Lu Xun once said, a normal man—"
"Doctor, please shut up," Fatty's head was buzzing, and he said with a pained expression, "I'm really afraid that in the next instance, you'll run into Mr. Lu Xun himself and get caught, having your head smashed to pieces."
After glaring at Jiang Cheng, Chen Yi changed her attitude towards Chu Jiu. "Go on," she said, "try to be as detailed as possible."
"Don't be afraid," Banana Wolf also encouraged, "We're all here, you're safe."
It must be said that Banana Wolf's appearance was quite appealing, with a sporty kind of handsomeness, and his voice was pleasant to listen to. Chu Jiu looked at him and responded with a soft "Mm."
Jiang Cheng immediately became unhappy.
His displeasure was evident on his face.
Fatty subtly nudged him, signaling him to keep it in check.
For a long time after that, Fatty could hear the doctor muttering under his breath about how anyone with such a name couldn't be a decent man, only capable of deceiving naive girls, either a human trafficker or a scumbag.
Might even be a homosexual.
"I... I didn't wake up after falling asleep. I didn't sleep at all that night," Chu Jiu said softly. "Staying in that room, I felt extremely uncomfortable, tossing and turning, unable to sleep."
After a pause, Chu Jiu's lips turned pale, likely recalling the memory. "It was probably in the early hours of the morning, just as I was starting to feel drowsy, the light in the bedroom suddenly flickered and then slowly went out."
"I was instantly wide awake, hiding in bed," she swallowed hard, "curled up under the covers, not daring to move."
"I could feel that something... something had suddenly appeared in the room."
"It was very close to me, extremely close, but I couldn't see it."
Sensing Chu Jiu's tension, Chen Yi reached out a hand and gently rubbed her back, only letting go when Chu Jiu's complexion improved.
"I was terrified, so I curled up even tighter under the covers. Slowly, I started hearing some very peculiar sounds."
"At first, they were very faint, but gradually they became clearer, a kind of subtle rustling sound," Chu Jiu recalled. "It was very soft, very light, and it was... it was right under my bed!!"
"It sounded like fabric rubbing against the floor, and I immediately realized there was someone under my bed, and that person... was crawling out!"
As if imagining the scene, Yu Lan, who was sitting closer to her, looked visibly shaken, her face as pale as a sheet.
It was hard to imagine that so many bizarre things had happened just last night.
"Then what?" someone pressed.
Chu Jiu's face was deathly pale, her entire body trembling, but despite that, she forced herself to continue. "I gradually felt the bed shift, as if something was pressing down on it."
Fatty gasped. That ghost... had actually climbed onto the bed.
"He was right beside me, I could feel it," Chu Jiu stammered, "he lay down in the spot where I had been, and I heard... I heard the sound of the pillow being pressed down."
"He just lay there beside me, motionless, but I knew he hadn't left. He was waiting for me."
"A long time passed, I don't know exactly how long, but I felt the sky was starting to lighten a bit, and I thought that thing must have left."
"They... those things are afraid of sunlight, aren't they?"
"So I chose the opposite direction, towards the window, and quietly opened a small gap in the tightly pressed covers. I peeked through the gap and saw that it was still pitch black outside."
"But that couldn't be!" she said firmly. "Because the room was already starting to lighten, so I gathered my courage and took another look."
"Suddenly," Chu Jiu cried out, "the darkness moved, a very eerie kind of squirming, like countless black snakes scattering."
"That thing hadn't left at all!" Chu Jiu's face was pale, her voice uncontrollably loud. "He was crouching in front of my bed, waiting for me, waiting for me... to open the covers!!"
"It was her head! With hair spread out!"
"Those eerie strands of hair were like snakes, wriggling through the gap, some wrapping around my wrist, and some even trying to crawl into my mouth!"
"I couldn't take it anymore, I threw off the covers and ran, pulling open the door and rushing into the hallway. Luckily, that thing didn't catch up with me." She finished in one breath, still shaken.
"Later... later, Sister Chen Yi found me," she said gratefully.
Chen Yi nodded, confirming, "I heard a noise outside the door, and when I opened it, I saw Chu Jiu there," she paused, then added, "By then, it was already mostly light outside."
"What do you mean by 'it didn't catch up with you'?" Jiang Cheng asked. "Are you sure it was chasing you?"
"Absolutely!" Chu Jiu answered without hesitation.
"While I was running, I kept feeling a tingling sensation on the back of my neck, like someone was brushing it with the tips of their hair."
"It was chasing me the whole time, but for some reason, after I ran out the door, it stopped."
"When I looked back, I saw a mass of hair piled up at the doorframe, and inside... inside there seemed to be a head!"
"Miss Chen," Jiang Cheng turned to Chen Yi, "Did you see the hair she mentioned?"
Chen Yi shook her head, "No, I only saw her door open."
Chu Jiu seemed to misinterpret Jiang Cheng's meaning and immediately said, "I'm telling the truth, you have to believe me, it was really terrifying. That thing waited for me all night!"
"Oh," Chu Jiu seemed to remember something, and she pulled out a small paper packet from her pocket, opened it, and placed it on the table. "Look at this!"
Everyone gathered around and saw that inside was a strand of hair.
The hair was long, likely a woman's, and it looked damp, sticky, and had a faintly fishy smell.
"What is this?" Wei Jinting leaned in to look, not daring to touch it, but trying to get as close as possible for a better look.
On the paper wrapping the hair, there was also a strange, thin, brownish object, with a few strands of hair tightly stuck to it.
"It's a piece of scalp," someone said softly.
Wei Jinting shuddered, and his whole demeanor changed. He pursed his lips and swallowed hard.
The speaker was Wu, his half-exposed face still expressionless.
The atmosphere became tense for a moment.
It was clear that everyone was deep in thought.
In just one night, they had been attacked by three ghosts, and what was even more terrifying than the appearance of three ghosts was that none of them had been harmed.
Not only that, but they had each managed to injure the ghosts in their own way.
If there were no ghosts here, that would truly be the real ghost story.
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