Chapter Fifty-Seven: Under the Unusual Staircase
At three o'clock in the morning, in the room of Hotel 215, there were three people, a man and two women.
The three of them were drowsy, but no matter how sleepy they were at the moment, they didn't dare to fall asleep. The three of them stood around a single bed, there was a man lying on the bed, the man's clothes and shoes were all on his body, there was no change, the only thing that made people feel strange was the man's hands, stained with turquoise juice, the green one was frightening, and it was puzzling.
"How so?" It was a man who spoke, and it was the other woman who asked.
The woman shook her head in confusion, as if she didn't know why this was the case. The other woman also turned to look at the woman who shook her head: "Didn't you hear anything at night?" ”
These three people are the four Gao Qing people who stayed in the love hotel, but it was Gao Qing who was lying on the bed. The first to ask was my cousin, and the one who shook her head was Lan Lan.
"There wasn't any movement at night, and I don't even know when he went out." Lan Lan looked panicked, how could a good and dignified person run out when he was sleeping? And it's 、、、? Lan Lan didn't dare to think down anymore, and cast a puzzled look at her cousin.
This matter has to start with Lan Lan, about half an hour after Gao Qing went out to meet a ghost, Lan Lan was also a little anxious, and had to get up to go to the bathroom outside the corridor, but when he got up and looked, he found that Gao Qing on the opposite bed was gone, thinking that the other party was also going to the toilet, so he had to sit on the bed and wait, who knew that this wait was more than half an hour, Lan Lan seemed to feel that something was wrong, and hurriedly walked to his cousin's room opposite, knocked on the door for a long time before the other party opened, and it was Cui Huimin who opened the door, telling Gao Qing that he had been out for more than half an hour, I guess it's more than that, after all, the other party wasn't in the room when I woke up.
Cui Huimin looked at Lan Lan standing at the door in confusion, her eyes full of inquiry.
Hearing Lan Lan's voice at the door, my cousin crawled out of the bed, and after asking, I learned that my cousin was gone, so I got dressed in a panic and took Cui Huimin and Lan Lan to look for it together, it was strange to say, the movement of the three people in the corridor did not come out to check on any of the rooms, even the hotel owner did not appear, and the cousin thought that it was important to find Gao Qing, and he did not observe the other rooms too much.
The three of them quickly found the first floor, but they searched the hotel and found no figure, just when the three of them were about to go upstairs to look for it, the careful Cui Huimin found a sound of Suo Suo coming from under the stairs, and shouted to his cousin who was walking in front.
"Looks like there's something down the stairs!"
The cousin stopped and continued upstairs, along with Lan Lan. Lan Lan ran down the stairs first, followed by her cousin.
What caught my eye was a dark scene, the hazy moonlight could not shine here at all, and because of the power outage in the hotel, although there was an emergency light, but I did not find the valve switch, and the backward area was not even an emergency light, which was really annoying, my cousin thought to himself. I really can't see my fingers under the stairs. My cousin groped his way inside, his slow pace a little too fast in the small space.
"Old watch, old watch!" The cousin cried softly, the stairs were not very wide, but they were inexplicably very long, leading to the back door of the hotel.
The three of them groped slowly along the wall, but fortunately, there were not too many clutters under the stairs, otherwise the three of them would not have been able to walk so freely.
The cousin's voice echoed in the passage below the long staircase, and the voice refused to leave for a long time, and a strange and uneasy mood enveloped the hearts of the three of them.
My cousin really couldn't figure out why his old watch didn't sleep in the middle of the night and ran to these places? Of course, it's still a question of whether it's there or not, but the three of them definitely can't let go of the search anywhere.
Giving up is the last step towards success. (Excerpt from the quote of Where to Stir Up Dust)
The long passage seems to have no end, the more the three of them walk, the more frightened they become, the hotel they saw during the day does not seem to be so long, how can there be such a long passage under the stairs?
Finally, Lan Lan's voice came from behind her cousin, "There seems to be a switch here." ”
My cousin turned around and felt in the general direction of Lan Lan's finger, and sure enough, there was a switch on the wall.
My cousin pressed the red button on the wall, and the dark passage suddenly became bright, and although the light was very dim, it did not affect people's vision.
Under the light of the light, my cousin looked around at the passage under the stairs. The general passage is dilapidated, but there is a very new decoration here, everything seems to have just been renovated, the three of them are very puzzled, why a utility room under the stairs is so brand new? It's completely possible to sleep in front of the room.
The putty powder on the wall was obviously newly painted, and the floor under their feet still smelled of pungent cement, everything was recently renovated, and a cloud of incomprehensible doubts hung over the minds of the three of them.
Without staying too long, the three of them continued to walk forward by the dim light.
The more they walked, the more confused they became, why is there no end yet? Where does this passage lead?
"Wait!" The cousin who was walking in front and Lan Lan stopped together and looked at the pale Cui Huimin behind him.
When my cousin saw Cui Huimin's pale face, he thought that the other party was uncomfortable, and asked with concern, "What's wrong?" ”
Cui Huimin didn't speak, pointed to a painting on the wall, and said in a trembling voice, "Do you think you saw this painting when we left just now?" ”
My cousin was shocked into a cold sweat, and his hair rose as he looked at the figure painting on the wall.
"Looks like we've run into something unclean." Lan Lan's calm voice sounded behind the two of them.