Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Wan Chengzhong crumpled the paper into a ball without expression and stuffed it into his pocket.

He sensed something was wrong a long time ago.

This domain only tells them it's a one-for-one exchange, but so far, only ghosts are exchanging people, and nobody knows how to resolve it.

But there will definitely be a solution.

However... it comes at the cost of human lives.

Huang Ying committed suicide, and before she died, like herself, she saw the reflection of a ghost in the water.

Clearly, she dared not try anything unconventional, and as expected, she died in the end.

Even the manner and location of his death were exactly as the ghost had described.

Wan Chengzhong smiled slightly. Perhaps only he knew that the unorthodox method Huang Ying had heard about... was actually useful.

To avoid breaking taboos, he often consulted ancient books, and there was also a feng shui master in his adoptive father's family.

The unorthodox method Huang Ying had heard about was one of the ways to take someone's place after being possessed by a drowned ghost, a method he knew of.

So, who should we choose?

As the footsteps drew closer, Wan Chengzhong slowly raised his head, looking at the group of boys approaching from afar. Finally, his gaze locked onto one of them...

.....

"Has a woman come looking for her?"

Li Yinghe was stunned.

“Yes.” The old man nodded, gesturing for Chen Ji and the other man to follow him.

"A wet package was delivered, but I didn't dare to open it because I didn't know what was inside."

It's wet.

It is related to water.

Li Yinghe glanced at Chen Ji uncertainly, only to see Chen Ji stand up and about to follow the old man.

She opened her mouth, but hesitated to speak.

"Let's go."

Chen Ji said.

Li Yinghe didn't want to go upstairs. She had been vaguely hearing strange noises coming from upstairs, but she couldn't make it out clearly...

"Let's go."

Chen Ji then grabbed Li Yinghe's arm and pulled her up.

Li Yinghe's heart pounded like a drum!

Chen Ji's hand...

The ice was unusual.

My palms were sweaty.

She watched as Chen Ji withdrew his hand, turned his back to her, and then looked at the old man's narrowed eyes before nodding.

The three of them silently walked into the kitchen, where they were greeted by the stairs leading upstairs. But at that moment, almost as if by telepathy, Chen Ji and Li Yinghe simultaneously turned around and ran away!

In the blink of an eye, the two of them climbed out of the open window.

Even at such a high speed, Li Yinghe could still sense...

A cold wind suddenly approached from behind.

She fell onto the grass outside the noodle shop and scrambled backward in a disheveled manner. All she could see in the window was the dark-skinned old man, who was reaching out with one hand, but he didn't grab them.

The old man's face was contorted with wrinkles, and his expression was extremely ferocious.

However, he seemed unable to leave the noodle shop, and could only watch helplessly as Li Yinghe and Chen Ji's figures ran further and further away...

After a while.

The school bell suddenly rang in the distance.

Ring ring ring!

The morning classes are over.

It's already midnight.

Through the window through which Chen Ji and his companion escaped, the old man finally turned around and slowly walked towards the kitchen...

A few seconds later, a figure wearing a dark red dress and with a ponytail came down the stairs.

If Chen Ji and Li Yinghe were still here, they would have noticed that Grandma Huang Ying came down just as the noodle shop was opening for business.

Not only that.

They would also see that Grandma Huang Ying's face had changed to Zheng Meng's.

Neither the old man nor Huang Ying's grandmother would return upstairs until 9 p.m.

But they have already escaped far away.

Li Yinghe stopped at a corner, feeling a wave of fear wash over her.

"I knew it! I kept hearing noises upstairs..." she said breathlessly, "Huang Ying's grandma is probably a ghost too!"

"Correct."

Chen Ji nodded: "However, the commotion upstairs shouldn't have come from her."

"It's Wan Chengzhong and Zheng Meng."

"Huh?" Li Yinghe frowned. "How did you know?"

“My hearing is pretty good,” Chen Ji said. “The sounds from upstairs were intermittent, then there were footsteps, and finally a loud 'thump'!”

"And that last bang was exactly the same as the strange noise from upstairs before Grandpa Huang Ying came down."

Li Yinghe finally understood: "So you knew all along that the old man was a ghost, and you were looking for a way out?"

Looking back now, Grandpa Huang Ying closed the roller shutter door to prevent them from escaping.

"Hmm." Chen Ji nodded: "I think there must be a door or window at the back for Wan Chengzhong and Zheng Meng to be able to come in."

"Huang Ying's grandfather was acting strangely from the beginning."

"His reason for driving Wan Chengzhong away was because they were reporters, but later he said that the school's compensation was very little. However, Teacher Zhan mentioned that Huang Ying's grandparents had caused trouble at the school."

"Furthermore, he probably had a lot of contact with reporters before, but what was the reason?"

"Make a big fuss and make more money." A flash of realization crossed Li Yinghe's eyes.

Chen Ji said, "Yes."

"So he shouldn't mind the presence of reporters, but he chased those two away, which only proves that he was lying."

"Grandpa Huang Ying had his eye on the two of us from the very beginning!"

Li Yinghe felt a chill run down her spine, and a sense of lingering fear washed over her.

No wonder, she always felt something was off... like why the floor was so dirty, as if no guests had visited in a long time?

And why is it that the air is always filled with the smell of cat urine, but I haven't seen a cat?

As for why it was her and Chen Ji... it's simple, it's a one-for-one exchange, because they are younger.

But she still has a question.

"Who killed them?"

“Huang Ying,” Chen Ji said.

"After I jumped out of the window, I saw a series of shoe prints below the window. The shoe size was not large and did not match the style of Zheng Meng's shoes. I think it should belong to Huang Ying."

"Then why did they go in?" Li Yinghe frowned. "They went straight to the second floor, so it definitely wasn't to eavesdrop."

“I’d like to know too. You can ask the person who escaped,” Chen Ji said slowly.

"Behind the grass we jumped out of, there was a patch that had been flattened."

"Someone jumped from the second floor."

After saying that, he continued walking forward with Li Yinghe. They had arranged to meet another team at the bus station.

However, they soon saw Tongzi and his friends, not at the bus station, but on a road leading to the school.

"You two are still alive?"

Tong Zi raised his eyebrows. After he and Wan Chengzhong met up, he heard that they had encountered a ghost, but Chen Ji and Li Yinghe were unaware of it.

"Ah."

Chen Ji glanced at Wan Xiaoshuang and saw her smile slightly, as if she knew he would be alright.

Finally, his gaze shifted to the person at the very back of the line.

Wan Chengzhong.

He was looking down at that moment, lost in thought.

"It's alright." The boy said, "Listen to me, we don't have much time left."

“I found a lead on the tour group from the downstream village.”