"By the way, two guests died on the way from the restaurant to the guest room more than ten days ago. After checking the bodies, it was found that they were carrying murder weapons and seemed to be planning to kill someone. However, on the way to the guest room, they accidentally fell into the lake. Drowned." Manager Wu said again.
Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes and turned his head to look at the calm lake with gentle waves under the night sky.
Drowning again.
Several strange stories in the villa seem to be related to the ghost in the lake.
The aunt in the guest room was killed after seeing a water ghost, the gardener died in the lake, and now the two conspirators have also drowned in the lake!
"I'm afraid this water ghost is not simple. Maybe all the secrets of this villa are related to her."
"Zheng Shaoming and Butler Zhang went into the mountain. What happened tonight must be related to them. Why did they do this?"
Jiang Chen murmured, no longer caring about Director Wu, and walked to the restaurant on his own.
There were no lights outside the buildings of the villa, and the night was as dark as ink. The closer he got to the restaurant, the colder the surrounding air became. There was definitely more than one ghost in here!
Pushing open the glass door, Jiang Chen stepped in. As soon as he entered, he smelled the smell of blood. He groped forward in the darkness and accidentally tripped over something.
Jiang Chen turned on the light of his mobile phone and looked down. What caught his eye was a human hand. Looking further up, he saw a dead face with eyes wide open in the darkness. There was a knife stuck in his neck, and he was wearing the uniform of a villa employee.
The thick blood was flowing on the floor. Jiang Chen reached out and touched it. It was still a little warm. He must have died not long ago.
"This person probably died in the hands of two conspirators. Before they kill, they seem to conspire loudly next to the person and wait for a while before killing him."
"Li Jie has also provoked these two ghosts. If nothing else happens, he will be killed tonight. However, it seems that the two ghosts have not taken action to deal with him yet. They should still be in this restaurant!"
Jiang Chen pulled out the knife from the neck of the employee's corpse, helped him cover his wide eyes, got up and walked towards the toilet.
As soon as he reached the corridor leading to the toilet, he heard a heavy breathing and a cautious call from someone.
"Old Yang...Old Yang, where are you? Are you still alive?"
"Fuck! Why can't this phone get through at the critical moment? I don't want to die yet..."
A voice that sounded angry but actually suppressed fear came.
Jiang Chen heard it and found out that the other person was Zhao Xiaodong, a pretty good classmate in the courtyard. He often took the initiative to help classmates, moving books, and recruiting new students. He was very popular.
He took a few steps forward and saw a man in the corridor with his back pressed against the wall. He was pressing his phone wildly in his hand. His face was covered with sweat. He glanced around in a panic from time to time, as if he was wary of something.
The restaurant's power switch seemed to have tripped. There were no lights here, and the only light in the darkness was his cell phone.
The corridor was eerily quiet, and Zhao Xiaodong's face became more and more frightened, because he understood that he was not the only one here, or in other words, those two were not people at all!
When Jiang Chen looked over, he found that under the light of Zhao Xiaodong's mobile phone, there was a pale human face in the darkness beside him, staring at him with malicious intent, but he did not notice it at all.
"Zhao Xiaodong!"
Jiang Chen shouted.
Zhao Xiaodong was startled and looked up: "Who! Who?"
"Me! Jiang Chen!" Jiang Chen turned on the light of his mobile phone, strode over, and deliberately shouted back.
During this process, he saw that the pale human face turned to look at him deeply, and then retreated into the darkness.
As expected, the conspiracy ghost likes to be secretive in killing people. Once it is discovered, it temporarily gives up the idea of harming people.
Jiang Chen concluded in his heart.
He discovered that ghosts have corresponding rules for killing people. Once he understands them, he can deal with ghosts better.
"Jiang Chen, why are you here..." Zhao Xiaodong was stunned for a moment, with a trace of confusion in his eyes, and finally said in a deep voice: "Don't come over here, go find the teacher, call the police, there are... there are... ghosts here!"
Although he knew that saying this might scare away the only living person, Zhao Xiaodong still said it.
On the one hand, he has a good personality and would not drag a classmate to support him at such a critical moment.
On the other hand, only if Jiang Chen ran out and called more people, or the police, could he possibly survive.
"Yeah, I know." Jiang Chen's reaction was beyond his expectation.
He walked over, looked at Zhao Xiaodong who was in a daze and asked, "What happened? Tell me clearly."
"Ah? You..." Zhao Xiaodong wanted to say something more, but after meeting Jiang Chen's piercing eyes, he shuddered unconsciously and suddenly understood something.
He quickly said: "I was going to the toilet before, and suddenly I heard the sound of two people conspiring next door. They seemed to be planning who to kill. It seemed that they wanted to pull down the electric switch first, and then use it from behind in the dark. Kill this man with a knife..."
"The more I heard, the more alarmed I became, because their plan was very thorough and included details such as disposing of the body and forging alibi."
Jiang Chen nodded. This was similar to what Li Jie said before. It seemed that they encountered the same ghost.
"But do you know who they want to kill?" Zhao Xiaodong's eyes widened in horror: "Zhao Xiaodong! The person they said they wanted to kill was Zhao Xiaodong!"
"I thought it was Yang Zhi who was playing a prank, so I called him, but as soon as I opened my mouth, the sound from the next door stopped. I called Yang Zhi, but when he answered, he said that he had gone to the second floor to hang out and was not in the toilet. wait for me."
"I quickly picked up my pants and came out, but do you know what I found?"
Jiang Chen said: "There is no one in the toilet, and the cubicle next to it is filled with the word "death".
Hearing this, Zhao Xiaodong's eyes widened and he looked at Jiang Chen in shock: "What the hell, are you a ghost too!?"
Jiang Chen: "..."
"Okay, if I were a ghost, I would have killed you alone. What did you do next?"
Zhao Xiaodong thought about it and continued: "I was a little scared and rushed out of the toilet. But as soon as I came out, I heard a click, like a tripping sound, and then all the lights here went out."
"The two conspirators really took action. They pulled the switch. I was even more frightened, but before I could even take a step outside, I got stabbed in the back."
"In panic, I thought that they said they were going to kill me from behind, so I clung to the wall until now."
Jiang Chen couldn't help but nodded and glanced at Zhao Xiaodong in surprise.
An ordinary person actually survived in the hands of a ghost by relying on the ghost's killing rules. The other person was very calm-minded and relatively courageous among ordinary people.
Generally speaking, this Zhao Xiaodong is a character and may have great achievements in the future.
"You did a good job, now take two steps forward." Jiang Chen said.
Zhao Xiaodong took a deep breath, stared at him for a long time, and finally nodded through gritted teeth: "Okay!"
He chose to believe Jiang Chen.
Zhao Xiaodong left the wall and exposed his back. There was indeed a moderately deep knife mark on it, exuding a trace of resentment. He endured the pain and took two steps forward.
During this process, he half-turned his head and looked behind him nervously.
After waiting for two minutes, no knife came from the darkness.
Zhao Xiaodong finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and his heart dropped.
"It seems that the conspirator won't take action when others are around." Jiang Chen murmured, stretched out his hand and put his hand on Zhao Xiaodong's back, helping him dissipate his resentment, and then he walked forward: "Follow me."
Jiang Chen planned to go to the toilet to see what kind of plan those two ghosts would plot to kill him!
