Excessive ferocity due to caution

A petite and beautiful woman wearing a white embroidered cheongsam appeared from the doorway.

Her makeup was subtle yet elegant, and her delicate eyebrows hinted at spring.

But she was slender, and her deep almond-shaped eyes held a profound tenderness.

She stepped in through the threshold, her small feet treading on a pair of faded embroidered shoes.

She arrived at the top of the stairs leading to the second floor and bowed to the paper figure.

"Manager Che, you've really worked hard."

The paper figure did not answer, but instead made way for the woman.

The woman stepped through the glutinous rice as she ascended to the second floor. She took off her shoes, revealing a pair of delicate little feet, and silently disappeared into the darkness of the second floor…

……

The house is really big.

The dark corridor is about three or four hundred meters long.

There are no lights.

Dead silence.

It makes you feel as if you are in a graveyard.

However, Zhao was prepared.

—Ta-da! A flashlight!

This flashlight has an extraordinary origin.

It was the first game on the third day that was borrowed from Luo Qili.

Then they didn't pay it back.

It wasn't added to my inventory.

Snapped!

Turn on the flashlight.

A bright beam of light shone out, barely dispelling the darkness ahead.

Hmm... even scarier now.

While viewers in the live stream were spamming comments like "Is that all? Is that all?", they were already secretly pulling their feet back under the covers.

According to the first clause of the Treaty between Humans and Ghosts, if a human hides under the covers, the ghosts will no longer be able to continue their pursuit and must leave the room and quietly close the door.

A man followed behind Zhao Yi, moving stealthily.

He took off his shoes and approached quietly.

It was very well hidden.

There was no sound.

He was clutching a small vase tightly in his hand.

I just picked it up on the road.

At this moment, he only needed to do one thing—raise the vase high and give Zhao Yi a whack on the back of the head!

Everything... is going according to plan!

Zhao Yi had no idea that someone was behind him!

Heh... what a stupid donkey!

Bai Zhihai sneered, and slowly, he was already five steps behind Zhao Yi.

Next, all he had to do was jump up and smash the vase over Zhao Yi's head!

Hehehe...

Hehehe...

Bai Zhihai chuckled a few times, then squatted down...

Gather your strength!

Give it your all!

catapult!

In that instant, he seemed to transform into a world-class long jumper, his adrenaline surging, his arm raised high above the vase, his expression ferocious!

Die!

He suddenly swung the vase down...

Zhao Yi gripped the scalpel in his hand tightly...

But at this time,

A pair of withered, black ghostly claws suddenly reached out from the doorway beside him, grabbed Zhao Yi by the neck, and pulled him into the room!

The next moment, Bai Zhihai made a face like he'd eaten shit, lost his balance, and fell to the ground!

He instinctively reached out with both hands to brace himself against the ground, but a chill ran through him!

This instinctive action... will probably kill him!

as predicted.

The vase shattered on his chest, and then, his body was violently pressed down by the combined effects of gravity and inertia. Sharp shards of porcelain sliced ​​across his throat, and large patches of crimson blood seeped out...

Bai Zhihai's eyes widened like copper bells as he tightly clutched the bleeding wound on his neck, but to no avail!

"It's over..."

"Barbie is Q!"

"Damn it... even ghosts would help him!"

He never imagined that he would die so undignifiedly.

Damn it.

He frantically rummaged around, trying to pull out the hemostatic supplies from his inventory...

"My hemostatic medicine...to stop the bleeding...stop your mother's bleeding!"

"This dog system blocked my inventory, I (—data deleted—)!"

Consciousness gradually faded.

Bai Zhihai's face grew increasingly pale.

Finally, unwilling to give up, he used all his strength to raise his middle finger at the room next door!

This was his last act of defiance...

...

Inside the room, an extremely terrifying paper ghost mask was almost pressed against Zhao Yi's face.

But it saw no fear in Zhao Yi's eyes.

Ugh... Damn it!

Why aren't you afraid?

The paper figure let out a chilling laugh and was about to utter some harsh words when Zhao Yi reached out and shook hands with it.

"Hello, Paper Doll Granny."

"Um, hello... Hmm? No, wait!"

The paper figure reacted, slapped Zhao Yi's hand away, and pointed its index finger viciously at Zhao Yi's chest, saying:

"Don't try to get close to me!"

"I'll tell you!"

"I'm going to eat you right now, raw!"

"How about that? Scared now!"

"Hahahaha..."

As the paper figure spoke, it actually laughed smugly to itself.

It laughed for a while, but when it saw that Zhao Yi didn't react, the laughter gradually subsided.

It seemed to sense that the atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

"Young man, that's very impolite of you!"

"You...you should have some reaction!"

The paper figure stared wide-eyed.

Zhao Yi shrugged and said:

"You're trying to save me, aren't you?"

"Actually, I know I have someone backing me. You don't need to do anything; I'll kill him anyway."

The paper figure was slightly surprised, carefully examined Zhao Yi for a moment, and clicked its tongue:

"Of all the people who've come to this haunted house, this is the first time someone like you has..."

"However, I still have a piece of advice for you... get lost!"

"The horror of this haunted house is beyond your comprehension..."

Zhao Yi completely ignored the paper figure's words and moved a stool over to sit down.

"I have a question for you... Is there still anyone alive in this haunted house?"

The paper doll's hideous face froze instantly.

"What...what nonsense are you talking about?"

"How can there be living people in a haunted house?"

Zhao smiled and said:

"The tables and chairs in the lobby are neatly arranged and very clean, without any dust."

"The tea in the purple clay teapot on the table was still hot, and in addition to the aroma of tea, there was also a very faint scent of women's rouge and powder."

"The stairs leading to the second floor were covered with glutinous rice. This glutinous rice was not moldy, discolored, or clumped together, which means it was from within the last two years. I don't think a group of ghosts could clean the room on time every day, nor could they regularly scatter glutinous rice on the stairs..."

After a pause, Zhao Yi leaned closer and smelled the scent on the paper doll nanny.

"She wouldn't drink hot tea, and she would even apply rouge and powder to herself."

The paper figure took a step back, distancing itself from Zhao Yi, and sneered:

"You've got a good eye, kid... Too bad, this place is completely beyond the understanding of weak humans like you!"

"Young man, take my advice... leave now!"

"Any later... and you won't be able to leave even if you want to!"

Zhao Yi shrugged.

"Can you tell me where that woman is?"

"And... what exactly happened at this mansion?"

The paper figure said fiercely:

"You brat, you haven't listened to a word I said!"

Zhao Yi stared into its eyes and laughed:

"Thanks……"

"But I insist on this."

After a brief silence, the paper doll grumbled:

"It's not impossible for you to get information from me..."

"However, you'll have to exchange it for a story."

"It's best suited for children..."

"My father-in-law always said I couldn't tell stories to children, and that after his child was born, I wouldn't be able to put the baby to sleep..."

Zhao Yi's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

"fairy tales?"

"That's my forte!"

"Let me tell you a story about a farmer and a snake..."

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PS: Second update, I'm off to finish the third!

Thank you for reading!