Chapter 335: Cornered
Lu Yu and Fang Xiaotian didn't dare to relax their vigilance. They don't dare to make phone calls or go out.
There is an electric kettle in the room, drinks in the freezer, and snacks such as instant noodles and biscuits in the cabinet, which keeps the two people from starving to death and thirsty.
The two also racked their brains and thought of some solutions.
They searched the Internet for a long time, trying to find an online software to send a message to Li Yun's family. But those software either require a mobile phone number and SMS verification code to register, or they need to charge extra. Among the two, only Fang Xiaotian brought a bank card and cash, but after they got used to using their mobile phones, they had already forgotten some passwords for online banking. It's Alipay's PC login account and password, and both of them can't remember it clearly. Lu Yu tried a few times, but after the password was always entered incorrectly, the account was simply locked.
This method didn't work, so the two wanted to contact Li Yun's family through Weibo. But there is only so much information available online in this regard. The Weibo account of Zero Hour News does not seem to reply to private messages from netizens.
The two also thought about asking their friends on QQ for help. But it's complicated. The classmates and friends they knew, after listening to their general explanations, all sent a series of question marks, and some people asked them if they were playing truth or dare.
It's really hard to convince people of such a thing. What they ask people to do is also very abrupt.
After tossing and turning like this for several days, the food in the room was about to run out, and the room service knocked on the door, made phone calls, and asked several times, and the two finally reached the point of desperation.
I'm afraid it won't work if you don't open the door.
Just their parents, who can't contact them these days, should be in a hurry. They still have jobs, and if they are absent from work, the company will definitely find a way to contact them.
Lu Yu and Fang Xiaotian both knew this in their hearts, if "Wang Jia" had a heart, he could have called the police a long time ago and asked the police to knock on the door. "Wang Jia" did not call the police, which should be the only good news they have received during this time.
"He didn't dare kill us." Fang Xiaotian moved this out again, "We maybe, maybe we can talk to him and let him let us go." ”
Lu Yu looked at Fang Xiaotian blankly.
Fang Xiaotian encouraged: "We just need to shut up...... We can move out. All we need to do is ...... As long as they don't say it, who knows them...... They did that kind of thing......"
She said with difficulty, with a look on her face that looked like she was crying.
Compared with Lu Yu, Fang Xiaotian's mood was more complicated. Wang Jiake is her boyfriend. Although the two met on a blind date, their relationship was not to the point of unforgettable, but they were sincerely dating, and they had reached the stage of cohabitation. At this time, when she learned of Wang Jia's death and was chased and killed by something dressed in Wang Jia's skin, she was of course in a bad mood.
Fang Xiaotian's eyes on Lu Yu made tears fall.
But apart from abandoning Wang Jia, burying the whole thing in her heart, and turning it into a secret that will never be spoken, she doesn't know what to do.
It's that she's willing to keep a secret, is that thing willing to believe? If it weren't for some scruples, that thing would have found a chance to kill her, wouldn't it?
Or take it a step further......
Fang Xiaotian wiped away his tears, "We definitely can't drag it." Not to mention what the reaction is in our family, it's them...... They're certainly not going to spend it on us. They're not one, they're not two, you see, at least three, right? And the butler dressed up...... They replaced Wang Jia and Xie Xuanrong in that particularly complicated way...... It's either the bad taste of psychopathic murderers, or they have to. Maybe it's to let our guard down, maybe it's some ritual requirement, like the circle we drew at the end...... There may be other victims......"
Fang Xiaotian said a series of "possibilities". During this time, she has been thinking about ways to save herself, and she has been thinking about what those things are. She couldn't answer the latter question, but she thought about it this way, and there were some results.
"If, I mean if, they can't kill us, but replace us with their own kind?" Fang Xiaotian said.
Lu Yu shuddered.
"There may be a lot of things to prepare, to draw a magic circle, but these hours, should be enough, right? Maybe they've rented a room next to us and drawn a circle......"
This is undoubtedly the worst-case scenario.
Lu Yu looked up in horror.
"We can't stay in one place for too long. We, we're going to have to at least change a hotel, right? There are also companies and parents, and they have to report their safety again. If not...... If not, it's time to tell them these things. Fang Xiaotian said sadly.
If such a thing is said, will anyone believe it?
They've tried it before, and those friends on the Internet don't believe it.
Truth be told, at this time, if someone believes them unreservedly, they have to doubt that person's mental state. Positions are reversed, and it is impossible for them to believe this kind of story.
Lu Yu had nothing to say.
The two decided to leave the hotel for the time being.
It's just that before leaving, they also have to think about what to do next.
Fang Xiaotian's parents are not good to go there, but Lu Yu's parents' house is a place to go.
Lu Yu was worried that his parents would be involved in this incident.
"Take a look, borrow your parents' phone, and we'll find another hotel." Fang Xiaotian said.
If you stay in a hotel and register with your ID card, you will definitely be discovered by "Wang Jia" again.
But if they live in a black shop, the two of them don't know where to find such a black shop.
The security in Yaocheng is very good, there is a lot of surveillance, and the hotels and guesthouses are very formal, which was originally a good thing, but now it makes the two of them feel that it is difficult to move an inch.
"Alright. Let's go. "Fang Xiaotian is a person who does what he says.
Lu Yu was still a little hesitant.
She glanced at her computer.
It showed her new hotel search.
She thought about it, but she still entered Weibo in the URL, entered the official website of Weibo, and checked the account of Strange Stories.
Fang Xiaotian didn't urge her, her eyes were fixed on the screen.
If that account publishes any more ghost stories, it can be associated with their next move, and the two of them will definitely fall into a desperate mood.
At that time, Fang Xiaotian didn't know if he could hold on.
Perhaps, death is the only way to get out of this whole thing.
The web page jumped, and the homepage of the strange story was displayed, and the two people immediately noticed the difference.
"Deleted ......," Lu Yu said dumbfounded.
She refreshed the page, scrolled her mouse, searched several times, and made sure that the two Weibo posts had been deleted.
The story of the murderous house and the story of the courier are gone.
"What does that mean?" Fang Xiaotian was puzzled.
The two looked at each other.
Does this mean that everything is over, or is it that, like the deletion of posts on the Internet, the story posted by this account has been "PR"?
The two thought of the latter possibility.
This scared them even more.
If this account is not the origin of everything, but rather an exposer, it is constantly hinting that something strange is happening, and innocent people have been killed, then its deletion of Weibo can only show that the power of darkness is stronger, right?
"Maybe a good thing?" Fang Xiaotian said far-fetchedly, "That secret room may have killed a lot of people." You think about the floor we saw last! The circle! Didn't we say before that someone must have been there before, so they left that kind of traces? More people died...... Li Yun: That's the same thing! This account, and that zero-hour news, must be good. They're warning about those things. You can't do too much. If they really all killed with impunity, what would our world have become? ”
The more Fang Xiaotian said, the smoother it became.
She seemed to have convinced herself.
Or rather, she had to convince herself.
If she continues like this, she doesn't know if she will choose to commit suicide.
In the past, she looked down on people who committed suicide, as long as people were alive and encountered any trouble, she could always find a way to solve it. No matter how bad it is, it is better to die than to live, to live, there is hope, and if you die, there is nothing. Moreover, people do not live in the world only for themselves. Most people have parents, relatives and friends, and possibly partners and children. It's too selfish to leave those people sad and grieving, and to bear heavier responsibilities.
But in the past few days, when Fang Xiaotian was lying in bed with insomnia, he couldn't help but think of death.
If she suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, she has to check the door every day, and she has to check the phone in the room every day, and every slightest movement makes her jump in shock.
She was also afraid of Lu Yu. She was afraid that Lu Yu would abandon herself.
Compared to her trouble, Lu Yu is actually in a semi-safe situation. Her parents weren't known to those things, at least. Lu Yu can completely dump her, go to her parents, and take her parents away and fly away. In terms of her family background, it is also possible to go abroad. If it goes a little further, Lu Yu can push her out. If she dies, "Wang Jia", as a suspect, will definitely be targeted by the police. Lu Yu can also involve "Xie Xuanrong". As long as those two things can't easily throw away the identities they just got here, they will have to deal with the police. During this time, it was enough for Lu Yu to fly away.
Fang Xiaotian was terrified, and sometimes he would think of submission, thinking of pushing Lu Yu out.
It's just that she doesn't have this kind of ruthlessness, and she doesn't have the courage to seek skin with the tiger.
If she wasn't convinced that Wang Jia was dead, she wouldn't have thought of running away with Lu Yu and leaving the whole thing behind.
Fang Xiaotian felt sad for a while.
She stopped talking.
She has been doing this kind of self-consolation and self-hypnosis for a few days, and she can't deceive herself at all.
"Let's go. We still have to find a way to contact that Li Yun's family. Fang Xiaotian said in a low voice.
Lu Yu did not object.
Lu Yu didn't think about the things that Fang Xiaotian was thinking. She also thought about Xie Xuanrong. is not the current "Xie Xuanrong", it is Xie Xuanrong who has become a ghost. Xie Xuanrong appeared that night, perhaps to warn her, or to ask for help. She hoped it would be the former.
Ghosts can kill people, and if that person becomes a ghost after death, can he kill a ghost?
Lu Yu didn't know if it was a ghost that replaced Wang Jia and Xie Xuanrong, but it was almost the same thing. Thinking about it optimistically, maybe Xie Xuanrong and Wang Jia have already succeeded in taking revenge on their own?
It is also a self-defeating idea.
Fang Xiaotian was right. They have been struggling all these days, but in the end, there is only one clear path.
Fang Xiaotian went to the door to check the situation.
Looking out from the cat's eye, there was no one in sight, and there was no movement in the hallway.
Fang Xiaotian cautiously opened the door and probed for a while before beckoning Lu Yu to come out.
The two went to the elevator room with apprehension, took the elevator downstairs, and arrived in the lobby, all the way without incident.
Fang Xiaotian checked out.
While waiting, the two looked around like thieves.
The front desk of the hotel sensed that something was wrong.
However, the room service who saw "Wang Jia" knocking on the door that day had already told his colleagues about the events of that day. The hotel was up and down as if these two women had encountered a scumbag of domestic violence. Although there was some suspicion of their behavior, the hotel never thought of contacting the police. At this time, they also took a little time to inspect the room that had not opened the door in days.
"Well, has anyone ever asked us about it?" Fang Xiaotian asked tentatively.
The front desk shook his head and showed a reassuring smile, "No, no one has been here these days." She couldn't say that Fang Xiaotian's matter had spread all over the hotel, so she could only answer like this.
Fang Xiaotian and Lu Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
The front desk wanted to speak and stopped. She wanted to persuade the two to take the initiative to call the police, but thinking that they would rather stay in a hotel than call the police, she swallowed the words that came to her mouth.
After waiting for a while, the check-out process was finally done.
Lu Yu and Fang Xiaotian went out to take a taxi and went straight to Lu Yu's parents' house.
Fang Xiaotian thought about staying at Lu Yu's parents' house temporarily, but Lu Yu didn't take the initiative to bring it up, and she didn't want to speak first.
Lu Yu thought about the worst-case scenario, that is, she and Fang Xiaotian would not be spared. In this case, direct death is probably the "best" of the "worst" endings. Her parents will be sad, but at least they can continue to live safely.
In the past few days that Lu Yu has lived in the hotel, when he thinks of this, he will cry silently. These silent tears have dried up to this day.
When she came home, she was in a very calm mood without a trace of waves.
She pulled out the key to open the door, thinking about the excuses she was going to tell her parents.
Fang Xiaotian talked to her, and the two felt that nothing was wrong.
But when the door opened, Lu Yu was stunned.
She looked at the unfamiliar man's shoes in the hallway, and her heart was cold.
Fang Xiaotian leaned his head to look over and saw the man's shoes. A pair of leather shoes doesn't prove anything. But Lu Yu's reaction has said a lot of things.
Fang Xiaotian subconsciously grabbed Lu Yu and wanted to turn around and run away.
Lu Yu stood still.
She was dragged by Fang Xiaotian, came back to her senses, and her first reaction was to rush into the house.
She hurried into the living room and saw an acquaintance sitting on the sofa.
Fang Xiaotian was helpless, and had a kind of idea of accepting his fate.
If "Wang Jia" and they don't agree with her proposal and don't believe that she will keep it a secret, then they will only break up in two.
At this moment, Fang Xiaotian also thought that she could shout directly to attract neighbors, and she could also try to fight with "Wang Jia" and them.
What if?
What if they were able to kill each other?
With this faint hope, Fang Xiaotian also entered the door.
She carefully looked at the marble floors, wooden floors, white ceilings, and walls covered with old wallpaper. None of these places look like they've hidden circles.
After reading this, she turned her gaze to the living room sofa.
The man sitting on the couch stood up, looking surprised.
"Leon!" Fang Xiaotian shouted.
"You're there too?" Li Ang looked at Fang Xiaotian, "Oh, you've always been together. That's great. I thought you were ...... by Wang Jia"
Leon didn't finish his words.
"Where's my mom and dad?" Lu Yu asked.
"Uncle and aunt are in the room. They ......" Leon was a little embarrassed, "I thought they already knew about it, but I didn't expect you to say it." ”
Lu Yu didn't say a word, rushed into the bedroom, and saw his parents lying on the bed, with their eyes closed, as if they were sleeping.
"They passed out, so I moved them to bed." Li Ang took two steps forward and explained to Lu Yu.
Lu Yu approached and looked at his parents carefully with uneasiness.
They were asleep, and they didn't look like they had been hurt in any way. It's just that her mother still has tears on her face. The faces of the two old men were not very good-looking.
Lu Yu's dry eyes became moist again.
"Don't bother them yet." Leon said.
Lu Yu nodded, exited the bedroom lightly, and closed the bedroom door.
"Why are you here?" Fang Xiaotian didn't move a step, he was still standing close to the entrance, and he didn't close the door.
Li Ang smiled bitterly: "I stole the address here from the police, so I hurried over." After such an explanation, he paused and continued: "Xie Xuanrong has been arrested, and Wang Jia is also wanted...... It should be said that those two things pretending to be Xie Xuanrong and Wang Jia...... The three of us are on the list of police to ask about, and the police are looking for you......"
"Arrest? Wanted? ”
"Why?"
Fang Xiaotian and Lu Yu showed surprised looks.
Leon didn't answer right away. It was rare for him to hesitate so much.
His eyes glanced at Fang Xiaotian, and he quickly looked away, his eyes flickering.
"What the hell is going on?" Fang Xiaotian asked, having a bad premonition in his heart.
Li Ang still didn't answer immediately, "You sit down first, sit down, I'll say slowly." ”
"Answer quickly! Otherwise, we will go directly to the police station and ask the police! Fang Xiaotian asked anxiously.
Li Ang lowered his head helplessly, "That thing killed Xie Xuanrong's father, and was caught when he was disposing of the corpse. And a ......"
Lu Yu and Fang Xiaotian's hearts both skipped a beat.
"Wang Jia's parents died at home...... Li Ang continued.
The bad premonition in Fang Xiaotian's heart expanded.
Lu Yu looked at Fang Xiaotian.
"Corpses, corpses are more fragmented...... The police said that it may not be just Wang Jia's parents who were there, and neighbors also said that they had seen a couple come to Wang Jia's parents' house that day......
All the strength in Fang Xiaotian's body was drained.
Her body went limp, and she collapsed directly to the ground.
Lu Yu kept staring at Fang Xiaotian, and at this time hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Fang Xiaotian's body.
Li Ang didn't continue, just sighed and looked at Fang Xiaotian sympathetically.
Fang Xiaotian was like a soulless puppet, motionless.
Lu Yu couldn't say words of comfort.
Someone passed by their building.
Leon heard the commotion outside, walked to the door, and closed the door.
There was a click, and the door was locked.
Lu Yu suddenly realized that something was wrong and looked up at Li Ang.
She only saw Leon's back.
At this moment, the things that had happened in the secret room flashed through his mind.
Leon made a stir in the kitchen, and Leon walked into the mural hallway......
There are only these two acts.
But it just so happened that these two scenes, either shifted or blocked, and she, as well as others at the time, didn't see the most critical thing.
Wang Jia and Xie Xuanrong, how were they transferred?
When Lu Yu thought of this, his face turned pale.
Li Ang turned around and looked down at Lu Yu and Fang Xiaotian with an expressionless face.
Click.
The sound of the door lock again.
Lu Yu turned around and saw the door of the other bedroom open.
It was the room she lived in when she was studying. After graduating from college, she found a job and rented a house outside, but she still came back on holidays.
Xie Xuanrong and Wang Jia walked out of her room.