Chapter 5 5 O'Clock

At exactly 5 o'clock.

The fat man walked over and gently patted Jiang Cheng on the shoulder. "Doctor, wake up, it's time."

Groggy, Jiang Cheng opened his eyes and sat up.

He was truly exhausted and had slept soundly.

"Any news?" he asked, swaying as he stood up.

"The people from 406 came by," the fat man replied, "said they needed to see you."

Jiang Cheng turned his head, his gaze suddenly sharp. "Why didn't you wake me? And how dare you give him..."

The fat man already guessed what he was going to say and quickly explained, "Doctor, don't worry, I've already tested them, they're fine!"

"Your test?"

Jiang Cheng felt a headache coming on. He began to seriously consider whether the fat man's skill points had all been spent on cooking.

"That's right, Doctor," the fat man said confidently, "I also suspected the identities of the guys outside, so I had him bark like a dog three times to test him."

He paused and continued, "You know how fierce ghosts can be, Doctor, so I figured a ghost probably wouldn't bother doing something like that."

Jiang Cheng paused for a second after hearing this, "And then?"

The fat man spread his hands, "He didn't sound much like a dog, and he sounded a little reluctant."

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Cheng moved past the topic. "What did he say after he came in?"

"Doctor, you misunderstood, I didn't let him in," the fat man said, his expression suddenly serious. He craned his neck closer and whispered, "Because I was worried it was a ghost with no principles."

Jiang Cheng squinted at the fat man for a long time, finally clicking his tongue in disapproval.

"Doctor," the fat man looked at the door, seemingly a little scared, and asked, "Do you think the one who came... could really be a ghost?"

Jiang Cheng shook his head decisively. "No."

The fat man was dissatisfied with Jiang Cheng's perfunctory response and muttered, "You weren't even there, how could you know?"

"Fat man," Jiang Cheng walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him, "If I were you, I'd start praying now that the one outside isn't a ghost."

"Doctor, don't say that, you're making me a little scared," the fat man swallowed and whispered.

"Hmm..." Jiang Cheng thought for a moment and said solemnly, "Fat man, don't worry, as long as I'm here..."

The fat man looked up excitedly.

Jiang Cheng continued, "I'll find a way to take your ashes with me."

"..."

Taking advantage of the fact that it wasn't completely dark yet, Jiang Cheng opened the door and walked towards room 406.

The corridor was eerily silent.

The setting sun stretched the shadows on both sides to an immense length, filled with a dusty, decaying smell, as if it were a forgotten moment in the long river of time.

The fat man followed closely behind him.

He wished he could stick to Jiang Cheng's body.

When passing room 405, Jiang Cheng paused.

The fat man looked very frightened, but he still controlled his voice and asked warily, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Jiang Cheng replied quickly, then continued to the door of room 406.

But before he could knock, the door opened.

A face wearing a baseball cap appeared before him.

The brim of the hat was pulled down very low, and below it were eyes that were hard to decipher.

It was Luo Yi from 405.

His gaze shifted to the room, where everyone who could breathe was present. Yu Wen looked at Jiang Cheng and said after a moment, "We've been waiting for you."

She sat upright on the edge of the bed, her body as straight as a spear.

Zhen Jianren sat in a chair with a frivolous expression. When he saw Jiang Cheng come in, a bit of resentment appeared on his face, but he didn't say anything after all.

"Miss Yu," Jiang Cheng looked at Yu Wen and said calmly, "I heard you needed to see me."

"I sent him to find you earlier, but your companion wouldn't open the door," Yu Wen said, glancing at Zhou Taifu, who was huddled on the bed, her meaning clear.

Unexpectedly, the simple exchange excited the fat man. His eyes lit up as he stared at Zhou Taifu excitedly and said, "Brother, was that really you barking like a dog? Great!!"

Zhou Taifu's face darkened instantly. After all, he was a respectable figure in the real world, and he had never been humiliated like this.

But he also had a clear understanding of his current situation.

So, apart from looking a little upset, he didn't say anything excessive.

"Alright," Yu Wen interrupted the excited fat man, her gaze returning to Jiang Cheng and stopping on the black camera bag he was carrying, "Let me see the camera."

Jiang Cheng took off the camera and handed it over, "I've already looked at it, I didn't find anything strange."

Yu Wen took the camera and examined it carefully.

Zhen Jianren gave Luo Yi a look, then walked to Yu Wen's side to observe the video recorded by the camera.

Luo Yi turned his head, his gaze lingering on Jiang Cheng.

At the same time, Jiang Cheng picked up the other camera in room 406 and started watching the video.

It was the one the old man from the equipment room had lent them.

The fat man also came over, hiding behind Jiang Cheng.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

The advantage of doing this was that even if some scary scenes suddenly appeared in the video, he could close his eyes immediately.

All four videos were short.

After all, it was a rehearsal, so many steps were simplified.

This resulted in all the videos adding up to just over 20 minutes.

After watching the video, Yu Wen put down the camera in her hand, her face gradually becoming calm.

As Jiang Cheng had said, there were no valuable clues.

Apart from the different shooting angles, the two cameras recorded almost the exact same thing.

Could it be that the initial reasoning was wrong?

She couldn't help but doubt her own guess.

But based on experience, the two cameras given by the NPCs should contain important clues, otherwise it would be too unreasonable.

She even suspected that Long Tao's death was related to filming this video.

After all, there had never been a precedent in previous missions where the ghost appeared during the day on the second day to kill someone.

This was very unusual.

After thinking about it without success, she took a deep breath and subconsciously looked at Jiang Cheng, but to her surprise, Jiang Cheng was not only still watching the camera, but his expression had also become very strange.

In her memory, she had never seen a similar expression on this man's face.

"Mr. Hao," Yu Wen suddenly said.

Jiang Cheng ignored her and continued to stare at the camera screen, his right finger clicking the buttons from time to time.

Alerted by Yu Wen, everyone noticed Jiang Cheng's abnormality.

Everyone gathered around and discovered that Jiang Cheng was constantly repeating the steps of playing, rewinding, playing again, and rewinding again...

Zhou Taifu was startled by Jiang Cheng's actions and couldn't help but ask, "What... what are you doing?"

But Jiang Cheng ignored him. He looked up, his gaze meeting Yu Wen's, the sharpness in his eyes making her heart tremble, "How many people are in the first choir group?"

Almost subconsciously, Yu Wen rewound the recording and answered after a moment, "16."

"How about the second group?"

"15."

"Third?"

"17."

At this time, Jiang Cheng slowly raised the camera in his hand, the screen paused at the moment when the last three groups were standing on the choir stage together, performing.

Yu Wen stared at the screen, her eyes filled with neat clothes and the girls' black hair.

The next moment, her pupils shrank suddenly, as if she had realized something.

On stage... there were 49 girls.