Chapter 19 A Preemptive Strike

"Should we go out and look?" You Qi asked tentatively, "Otherwise, if we just wait here, I'm afraid..."

"You go if you want to, I'm not going!" Shi Liaozhi's voice came from the corner, sounding very resistant, "Didn't you hear the rules? Going out means death."

You Qi's face immediately turned ugly.

Zuo Jing also realized that You Qi's words were just a complaint; even if he were really told to go out, he probably wouldn't.

"Mr. Hao." Turning around, Zuo Jing looked at Jiang Cheng, who hadn't said anything, and suddenly spoke, "What are your thoughts?"

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng paused, then turned to look at Zuo Jing. Slowly, waves began to appear on his originally calm face, and finally, even his pupils began to change, and his whole body began to tremble.

Seeing Jiang Cheng's appearance, Zuo Jing thought something had happened. She subconsciously looked around her, worried if Jiang Cheng had seen some danger that she hadn't noticed yet.

"Miss Zuo." Jiang Cheng said tremblingly, "I'm scared, you must protect me!"

You Qi looked down on Jiang Cheng's performance at the moment and couldn't help but say, "If something really happens, it'll be difficult for everyone to protect themselves. Who will have the spare energy to save you?"

Jiang Cheng didn't care, hugged himself tightly, and continued to mutter to himself, "So scary! Just this one play, four people are gone all at once, I think we're in danger too."

"You don't need to be so pessimistic." Seeming to realize something, Zuo Jing looked at the door and said, "They just had an accident, but they can't all be dead. I don't believe there would be a mission of this difficulty."

"Really?" Jiang Cheng looked at Zuo Jing, licked his lips and said, "I'm young, don't lie to me!"

Shi Liaozhi's emotions became more and more unstable. During the day, he had escaped from the ghost's pursuit. He often suspected that the ghost's target might not have changed, and it was very likely that he would come looking for him again tonight.

"Can you guys say something useful?" Shi Liaozhi suddenly said loudly, "We still don't know what the situation is outside, maybe... maybe the ghost is standing outside the door, waiting to kill us!"

Although he was just saying it in anger, this kind of speculation that personified the unknown fear still brought an invisible pressure to the people in the room. After all, no one could be sure whether what he said was possible.

Opening the door was absolutely out of the question.

Staying in the room was the requirement of the mission.

Zuo Jing naturally didn't take Shi Liaozhi's nonsense to heart, but Jiang Cheng's complaint just now gave her some inspiration.

A total of four people went out, and it was impossible for the ghost to kill so many people at once.

But... if they weren't dead, then why hadn't they returned until now?

You should know that according to the rules, they should have returned before the third drumbeat.

Strictly speaking, their play of retrieving the bride had already failed.

Were they trapped by something?

Trapped on the lake?

After thinking for a while, a trace of doubt appeared in Zuo Jing's eyes. She didn't think so. Rather than being trapped, it was more like they had encountered something.

And after this incident happened, it made the others outside afraid to come back.

Afraid...

Zuo Jing's eyes lit up. Yes, this word appeared in her mind like a flash of inspiration, and as soon as it appeared, she felt it was extremely appropriate.

The people outside must have discovered something in the mission, and this discovery led them to not dare to return.

Even willing to violate the rules.

But... what exactly was it?

The next second, her eyes paused, and then, a very terrifying idea emerged in her mind.

Ghost!

It must be a ghost!

There was a ghost in this room, so those people outside didn't dare to come back.

Only this made sense.

And at the same time, she also found another piece of evidence to support her guess.

The drumbeats.

To be precise, the fourth drumbeat.

The time between the first and second drumbeats was to retrieve the female ghost's body.

The time between the second and third drumbeats was to safely send the body back to the room.

So what was the meaning of the fourth drumbeat?

Was the time between the third and fourth drumbeats just for everyone to stay in the room with the female ghost's body?

No.

It was a hint!

The time between the third and fourth drumbeats was the real killing intent!

The ghost would take action to kill people during this time.

The people outside had guessed this point, so they didn't come back.

Because... the ghost had already mixed in.

"Miss Zuo!" A sudden voice rang out behind her.

The voice was extremely close, as if it was right behind her back.

It was Shi Liaozhi's voice.

Zuo Jing's body subconsciously trembled, and the cup full of tea fell to the ground, shattering in response.

"What did you think of, Miss Zuo?"

Shi Liaozhi was still the same as before, appearing very panicked. He walked over anxiously, seemingly really wanting to know what Zuo Jing had thought of.

"No... nothing." Zuo Jing's voice trembled uncontrollably, and she avoided eye contact with Shi Liaozhi.

"Miss Zuo, you must say what you thought of, don't hide it." You Qi said with a sad face, constantly swallowing his saliva, as if he would die in the next second, "We must unite, otherwise we will definitely not survive."

"I know." Zuo Jing glanced at You Qi and said coldly.

She had never hated a person as much as she hated You Qi, this idiot.

Shi Liaozhi seemed dissatisfied with Zuo Jing's answer. His eyes scanned Zuo Jing's face.

Zuo Jing tried her best to turn her face away and not look at him, but that unusually cold gaze still stimulated her, making her more convinced of her judgment.

"Is that so." Shi Liaozhi slowly walked back, but his eyes were still focused on Zuo Jing.

In order to distract herself, Zuo Jing tried to look at Jiang Cheng, but found that the latter was staring at a certain place.

Blinking her eyes, Zuo Jing curiously followed Jiang Cheng's gaze and saw that he was staring at the ground. There was a lot of water on the ground, caused by her accidentally breaking the teacup just now, and there were also many fragments of the teacup near the water.

Just as she was wondering about Jiang Cheng's purpose, the next second, her gaze stopped on the shoe prints near the water stains.

The shoe prints were left by Shi Liaozhi, intermittent, and continued all the way to the front of the bed.

Shi Liaozhi was currently standing in front of the bed.

The shoe prints were strange, an indescribable kind of strange.

In the dark, she raised her head and found that Jiang Cheng's gaze had turned to the opposite direction from before.

Following his gaze, there was an old-fashioned washstand in the corner.

The whole body was made of black lacquered wood, with a washbasin sitting on it, and a slightly mottled bronze mirror hanging at the top. Because it was mostly blocked by the hanging towel, it was not very conspicuous.

But the exposed bronze mirror just happened to cover Shi Liaozhi's lower body. Zuo Jing only glanced at it, and the hairs on her body suddenly stood on end.

Shi Liaozhi's feet... were reversed.

The toes were pointing backwards, and the heels were pointing forwards.