"Doctor…" Fatty's tense voice was shaking. They had experienced similar situations quite a few times. If nothing else happened, something unexpected would happen next.

The two dared not move. Jiang Cheng held his breath, his gaze scanning every inch of the surroundings: the bed, the desk, the wardrobe, the coat rack… He was confirming the identity of each dark silhouette, afraid that one too many would appear.

Or… that one of the silhouettes would suddenly move.

Fortunately, none of that happened. Jiang Cheng had just breathed a sigh of relief when he suddenly heard Fatty's voice behind him, "Doctor, do you smell that? There's a… a burnt smell?"

A moment later, Jiang Cheng also smelled a burnt odor. This familiar smell instinctively triggered unpleasant memories. In the underground private prison, Teacher Zigui's corpse had emitted the same smell.

Could it be… that a charred corpse was hidden in this room?

Obviously, Fatty had noticed the same problem that Jiang Cheng had thought of. The former asked in a trembling voice, "I think we should leave. There's something wrong with this room."

"Don't panic. Maybe that thing just wants to drive us out of the room. It can only deal with us from the outside." Jiang Cheng remained calm, analyzing the situation.

Even though he said that, the two still slowly moved closer to the door, planning to open it and run if anything unexpected happened.

When they reached the door, the two were surprised to find that the burnt smell was even stronger, as if the source of the odor was not in the room, but in the corridor outside.

At the same time, light shone in through the crack under the door.

Unlike normal lamplight, which is soft, the light was more of an orange-red, flickering on and off.

"This looks like firelight, Doctor," Fatty couldn't help but say.

Coupled with the increasingly strong burnt smell, they could tell that this ill-fated hotel had actually caught fire again!

As the smoke pouring in became thicker and thicker, the two found it increasingly difficult to breathe, but even so, Jiang Cheng did not open the door, until…

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"Get out of the room quickly!" A man's voice sounded from outside, his tone hurried. "There's a fire downstairs. Everyone's rushing to put it out. The fire's getting out of control. Su Xiaoxiao and her brother, and Du Moyu and Lu Yu, have all been burned to death!"

Hearing the voice, Jiang Cheng and Fatty's expressions both changed. The two tacitly remained silent.

Because they recognized the person outside as Chen Ran.

He was a ghost.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Chen Ran still wasn't giving up, and the knocking on the door became louder. "Did you hear me? Hurry up and get out. If you wait… if you wait any longer, and the fire reaches this floor, you'll all die!"

The door was banging loudly, making it feel like it could be knocked open at any moment, but Jiang Cheng wasn't worried, because now that he had confirmed that Chen Ran was a ghost, there was no way he could knock the door open.

As long as no one opened it voluntarily.

Although Fatty had entered the instance with him, the ghost bride's words still lingered in his ears: *Don't trust anyone*. Out of caution, Jiang Cheng stepped forward, blocking Fatty, standing between Fatty and the door.

If Fatty had any intention of opening the door, he would immediately stop him.

After more than ten seconds, the "Chen Ran" outside seemed to realize that he couldn't trick them, so he left a sentence, "The fire is getting out of control, hurry up and escape," and then strode away.

A series of running footsteps came from the corridor outside, the footsteps getting farther and farther away, until they disappeared.

Jiang Cheng had just breathed a sigh of relief when suddenly, a hand reached out from behind him, grabbed his arm, and pulled him backward. Jiang Cheng subconsciously turned his head and saw Fatty's face, which had a strange expression on it.

Jiang Cheng's heart skipped a beat. Unexpectedly, the next second, Fatty pulled Jiang Cheng back and held a finger to his lips, gesturing for him to be quiet.

Then, he used that hand to point to the crack under the door.

The light coming through the crack in the door was different from before. It was obviously blocked in two places, and Jiang Cheng understood immediately. "Chen Ran" hadn't left, but was hiding behind the door, waiting for them to open it!

The things blocking the light were his legs.

But the next second, the light coming through the crack in the door gradually decreased. Jiang Cheng reacted and immediately pulled Fatty aside. Soon, the light coming through the crack in the door disappeared completely.

Fatty opened his eyes wide in horror and looked at Jiang Cheng, who nodded slightly at him.

At this moment, "Chen Ran" was lying on the ground, peering into the room through the crack in the door.

The two held their breath, not daring to make a sound, until the light returned to normal. At the same time, a series of "shuffling" footsteps sounded outside the door, like a person on the verge of death, dragging their feet across the ground.

Jiang Cheng and Fatty waited another minute before slowly walking out from behind the corner.

Fatty wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and whispered, "Doctor, you were right. This Chen Ran… Chen Ran definitely has a problem. Should we notify Boss Lin?"

When Lin Wan'er was mentioned, Jiang Cheng shook his head. "There's no need."

Jiang Cheng understood that if it was the real Lin Wan'er, then Chen Ran's little tricks would naturally not be able to deceive her. If Lin Wan'er was fake, then reminding a ghost was no different from digging a hole for himself.

Perhaps because Chen Ran had left, the firelight and burnt smell outside had dissipated a lot. The two even suspected that the burnt smell was coming from Chen Ran.

Fatty's reminder reassured Jiang Cheng a little. If Fatty was a ghost, he could have joined forces with the "Chen Ran" outside the room to open the door and let him in.

After realizing that the danger had left, Jiang Cheng called Fatty to sit down and told him some of his discoveries and guesses.

When he heard that Teacher Zigui, Lu Yu, and the others, as well as Xia Qiang and his group, were all ghosts, Fatty's face turned ugly. It was obvious that he was feeling fear.

"There are also ghosts mixed in with Lin Wan'er and her group, and I even suspect…" Jiang Cheng paused, "that Lin Wan'er herself has a problem, but I don't have any definite evidence yet."

Fatty swallowed hard and said cautiously, "Doctor, if even Boss Lin has a problem, then I think this mission, apart from the two of us, might… might all be ghosts!"

Jiang Cheng nodded. "That possibility can't be ruled out."

As they were talking, Jiang Cheng's phone vibrated. He took out his phone, and after only one glance, his expression quickly changed. Lin Wan'er's name was clearly displayed on the screen.

"Boss… Boss Lin?" Fatty also became nervous.

Jiang Cheng hesitated, not pressing the answer button. After vibrating about 6 or 7 times, the phone went silent.

The next second, before they could catch their breath, another vibration came. Fatty was stunned for a moment, then reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone with trembling fingers.