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Chapter 37 I am a serious title
Huang Yu finally couldn't help but shout, "In short, nobody's going to let me go back to that apartment tonight!"

Upon hearing this, the group fell silent, seemingly unwilling to return to their lodgings.

Yuwen Hao, his face pale, asked, "If a ghost was guarding the door, how did you get out today?"

Huang Yu shook his head blankly: "I don't know. When it was already light this morning, I looked out through the peephole and saw nothing. I didn't dare to go out until two people came downstairs. Then I dared to go out and go downstairs with them... That ghost can only move at night, right..."

Nighttime is indeed the time when the atmosphere of terror is strongest; if Gu Mian were a ghost, she would definitely choose this time to come out and scare people.

People generally feel that daytime is slightly safer than nighttime.

Even though it was relatively safe daytime, everyone present felt a chill.

Yuwen Hao touched the goosebumps on his arm and looked at Gu Mian, who hadn't yet recounted her experience last night: "Dr. Gu, what happened to you last night?"

“The four of us have all encountered something extremely terrifying, so Gu Mian must be no exception,” Yuwen Hao thought.

Seeing everyone else staring at her expectantly, Gu Mian cleared her throat and began, "Last night..."

All four of them craned their necks slightly, waiting for him to speak, seemingly eager to know what terrifying things Gu Mian had encountered.

however--

"I watched The Ring twice last night, ate two bags of popcorn, answered a phone call from Yuwen Hao, and then slept until eight in the morning..."

The others craned their necks slightly.

Yuwen Hao stared wide-eyed: "That's all?"

This is utterly absurd! Didn't the doctor notice anything unusual last night?
"No," Gu Mian shook her head: "Something unpleasant happened last night—"

The four of them stared intently at Gu Mian, waiting for him to recount the unpleasant incident.

"It was dark at night, I don't know what time it was, but right when the first dead face appeared in the film, I heard someone knocking on my door."

"I looked through the peephole, but there was no one there, so I sat back down on the sofa. But a little while later, the knocking started again."

"I pressed my eye through the peephole again, but there was still no one outside. Just as I turned to leave, the doorbell rang again..."

Gu Mian spoke in a very normal tone, not at all like she was talking about something terrifying. The other four people looked a little strange upon hearing this casual tone.

"Then I immediately turned around and opened the door..."

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Hao finally couldn't help but ask, "You opened the door?"

In this situation, no normal person would be stupid enough to open the door and take a look, right?

Gu Mian looked at him and answered very seriously, "Yes, I opened the door."

Yuwen Hao looked at him with a strange expression: "And then?"

"Then there was still nothing outside, and my door was quiet for a while, but not long after, the knocking started again..."

Several people stared at Gu Mian without blinking, seemingly eager to know what would happen next.

Under the watchful eyes of four pairs of eyes, Gu Mian slowly spoke: "I thought that even if I looked again, I definitely wouldn't see anything outside the door, so I..."

Yuwen Hao asked somewhat anxiously, "So what happened to you?" "So I moved a stool, stuck my head out of the ventilation window above the door, and cursed the thing knocking on the door below. After that, my door never made a sound again."

These words shocked everyone present.

Lin Yue'er's expression turned somewhat awkward: "Dr. Gu, are you joking with us?"

Gu Mian shook her head solemnly: "No."

Qinghuan hesitated before asking, "Then... Dr. Gu, did you see what was knocking on the door?"

Gu Mian shook her head again. If I saw who was knocking on the door, it wouldn't just be a matter of getting a scolding.

Yuwen Hao laughed awkwardly: "Dr. Gu probably encountered some naughty children last night. Perhaps the ghost following you didn't make any moves last night."

Seemingly unwilling to continue the topic, he quickly added, "Then let's make a plan for today. Our goal is to survive for ten days, so we need to try our best to find clues to survival before the ghosts make contact with us."

"As I mentioned before, the clues to our survival are unclear. I think they are related to the root of the curse. Now we'd better follow the clues and figure out the curse on us."

Qinghuan asked, "How can we figure this out?"

Yuwen Hao said, "After what happened last night, I deduce that there are five ghosts following each of us. The characteristics of the five ghosts are basically clear."

"The one following me has been watching me from the shadows; we can call it the Spying Ghost."

"It follows Lin Yue'er, and because it's under the bed, it can be called the Bed Ghost."

"It follows Qinghuan; it's always been right behind Qinghuan, so it's called the 'Behind-the-Back Ghost'."

"Following Huang Yu... let's call it the Telephone Ghost."

"As for those who are with Dr. Gu... I'm not too sure either, we'll see when the time comes..."

"Now that we've figured out the characteristics of the ghosts that correspond to the five of us, we can start by investigating our own houses. You all feel there's something wrong with your houses, right? We can start by investigating whether anyone has died in our houses."

"If there is a deceased person, we can investigate their characteristics in more depth, for example... whether the deceased died under the bed, whether the deceased particularly liked making phone calls before their death, etc."

"If we can figure out the identities of the five ghosts that are following us, I think we can also deduce the source of the curse through their identities."

If you want to investigate the house, you can ask the landlord or other tenants; it's not difficult.

But now there is a big problem facing them.

“Time is of the essence. If the five of us act together, it will be a waste of time,” Yuwen said, looking at the others. “So it’s best to split up and investigate.”

Splitting up is a major taboo in horror movies.

This practice is highly effective in accelerating death, yet people still flock to drink this death catalyst.

"The best way to divide us into pairs right now is to pair up, but we have five people now..."

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