Chapter 155: Late Night
For Yu Fan, Li Mu’s arrival was a pleasant surprise.
However, the unfortunate part was that after returning to the hotel, Li Mu stayed in Xiao Jing’s room.
Since this was the largest hotel in the area, even though it was just a single room, the large double bed was spacious enough for two people without feeling cramped.
Through the room’s floor-to-ceiling window, Li Mu could vaguely see the mountain peaks in the distance, surrounded by mist. If she remembered correctly, this should be the nearby 4A scenic area.
Li Mu sat on a wicker chair, gently lifting Xiao Jing’s face, and carefully looked at her round little face. She carefully touched up Xiao Jing’s makeup.
Xiao Jing had a pretty good face shape and features, even though her skin was bruised and there was a big wound on her forehead. But after some makeup, she looked even prettier than she had when she was alive.
Though, applying it was a little tricky. It made his hands covered in powder.
“It’s cloudy now.”
“Mm.”
“This makeup can’t stand the rain, so you should stay inside.”
After finishing Xiao Jing’s makeup, Li Mu rolled up her long sleeves.
Under the sleeves, most of Xiao Jing’s skin was bruised, but her wrists and hands were covered in thick powder.
“If we don’t catch any ghosts tonight, I’ll go back to school tomorrow. Do you want to come with me?” Li Mu stopped what he was doing and asked.
“I’m not going back. This place is fun.”
Li Mu nodded gently and then looked out the window again. “I’ll come back to see you on Friday night.”
The ghost they were looking for was very cautious. Even though they knew the ghost was hiding in the hotel, with the building having more than ten floors, there were at least 20 or 30 decorative paintings on the walls, not counting those in the rooms.
The paintings outside were easy enough. Chen Yi had already walked through all the hotel hallways and made a note of all the paintings. But the ones inside the rooms were going to be harder to deal with.
“Open the door, we’re inspecting the room!”
Li Mu froze for a moment but quickly pulled Xiao Jing’s sleeves down and, feeling a bit confused, opened the door.
The police outside showed their badges and explained as they entered the room. “We received a report that there are illegal items in the hotel.”
“Huh?” Li Mu was stunned, looking up to see the hotel manager in a suit standing outside the door.
The hotel manager had a dark expression on his face. Seeing Li Mu’s confused look, he hurriedly reassured him. “It’s fine, they’re just checking around. They won’t search your luggage.”
Honestly, the power outages had been happening frequently, and no one from the electric company had come to fix anything. Even the repairman he hired couldn’t find any issues. That had already been stressful enough, but now the police were showing up.
Could this be a trick from another business competitor?
The police didn’t search too much. They just walked around the room, then stopped by the bed, looking at the decorative painting hanging above the headboard.
Seeing this, Li Mu started to understand the situation.
It seemed like Chen Yi had called the police for help.
Xiao Jing curiously looked at the police officers’ gear, but within two minutes, they left and knocked on the door of the room next door.
Li Mu was surprised to discover that Zhang Hui was staying in the room next to theirs.
Although he knew about the things Zhang Hui had been through, he didn’t expect his cousin to be staying so close.
It seemed like Zhang Hui had just woken up and was still a bit dazed when the police entered his room. He looked confused as he glanced outside and just happened to make eye contact with Li Mu, who was peeking his head out.
“Cousin?” He froze, his face turning pale.
The little girl was a ghost. So if Li Mu was staying with Xiao Jing…
He felt a chill run down his spine, as if he were standing in the middle of a cold winter, his hands and feet freezing, his heart pounding wildly.
“Cousin, aren’t you going to leave?” Li Mu asked, worried that the ghost hunt might affect Zhang Hui. “I’m concerned it might scare you too.”
His cousin... something was off!
How could he care about him so much usually!
When did his cousin’s body get taken over by a ghost? Was it this week? This month? Or even the past few years?
He slammed the door shut with a loud bang but saw the police inside the room looking at him with confused expressions.
"Is everything okay?"
"It's fine, it's fine." Zhang Hui was feeling suspicious and paranoid. He thought these police officers might also be suspicious.
But looking at their uniforms and the badges on their hats, he somehow felt a little more at ease.
"What are you doing here?"
"We’re checking for illegal items. We got a report."
"Illegal items?"
"Yes, but I can't tell you the details." The officer smiled kindly at him.
Now Zhang Hui felt much more relaxed. He pointed to the door and, with a trembling voice, said to the police, "The room next door has a problem! Especially the little girl! She’s a ghost!"
The police officer looked even more confused.
Even though he was there to check for illegal items, he was only told to check the hotel’s decorations. No one mentioned anything about ghosts or anything like that.
Seeing Zhang Hui sweating and looking serious, the officer didn’t think he was lying, but he probably had some mental issues.
Still, he smiled and said professionally, "Alright, we understand."
"You don’t understand! You don’t know anything..."
Zhang Hui realized the police officer was ignoring him. He sat down on the bed, feeling hopeless.
No one wanted to believe him.
Li Mu and the others were all working with the ghosts.
The police could give him some sense of security, but before long, they went to check other rooms, leaving him alone in the room, feeling anxious.
He didn’t want to leave, but Yu Fan, Chen Yi, Li Mu, and even a ghost were staying on the same floor. He didn’t dare to leave.
They were definitely watching him, following him. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have appeared in Yingfeng Town, and they certainly wouldn’t have happened to stay on the same floor.
He stayed hiding until nightfall.
The light rain started falling in the afternoon. Xiao Jing, feeling down, crouched by the floor-to-ceiling window, resting her chin in her hands, staring longingly at the street outside.
She finally came out to play, but all she could do was stay in the hotel. It was so sad.
She turned to look at the bed, where Li Mu and Yu Fan were sitting at the end of the bed, playing a game together.
"Sister, play with me."
"Call me 'brother’."
"Sister, you and brother-in-law haven't paid attention to me all afternoon." Xiao Jing said sadly. "You can’t ignore me just because you’re in love. You’re staying in my house."
"That’s my house." Li Mu lifted her head slightly and gave her a quick glance. "Don’t talk nonsense."
What nonsense?
Xiao Jing looked at her sister’s face.
That fair, almost flawless face was as stern as an iceberg, yet the corners of her lips were slightly upturned, her cheeks had a hint of rosy color, and her eyes were full of happiness...
She had been stuck in the mirror for years, and when there was nothing to do, she would observe Li Mu’s behavior. At first glance, Li Mu seemed like her usual self, but clearly, she had changed a lot.
And Yu Fan, he hadn’t stopped smiling all afternoon, looking so happy.
The two of them definitely looked like they were in love, right? They were giving off this gross, lovey-dovey vibe!
Xiao Jing turned her head away, feeling jealous. "Too bad I’m still young. I can’t fall in love early."
Just then, the lights in the room suddenly went out.
In an instant, the two people and the ghost were plunged into blindness, unable to see anything.