Everyone who witnessed this scene was dumbfounded. When the police arrived and checked the video surveillance, it left the hotel staff stunned.
The man they had been seeing simply did not appear in the surveillance footage, and no one had entered or left Room 506 during that time.
After receiving the suspect's appearance, the police took the female corpse away. As they couldn't solve the case, the police classified the incident as a suicide.
However, the hotel staff did not agree and defined the incident as supernatural.
After suppressing public opinion, the hotel sealed off Room 506 for six months. Once the dust had settled, they reopened for business.
But on the first day a customer checked in, strange things began happening in Room 506.
Customers often heard urgent knocking while asleep, but upon opening the door, the knocking would disappear. This continued for a long time, and many customers suspected that the hotel staff was playing tricks on them, but they were always given various excuses.
But the hotel staff knew very well that the female corpse that had been hanged was near the door, and the knocking sound was likely caused by the movement of the corpse, as her feet touched the door.
After reading this post, I suddenly stood up. I anxiously glanced at the door, packed my things, and picked up the papers from the table and ran outside.
But as soon as I reached the door, I stopped in surprise. There was an extra page in the bundle of papers in my hand.
The sheet was filled with spellbinding writing, and it had miraculously appeared undamaged in my hand, even though I distinctly remembered tearing it up and throwing it in the trash can the day before.
I didn't dwell on it and hurried to the trash can, which was empty with no paper shreds.
"I swear I saw a ghost!" I muttered, throwing the three sheets on the ground and quickly leaving.
At this moment, Du Xiaolan should still be sleeping. Afraid of disturbing her, I didn't wake her up and instead went to the hotel lobby with my phone.
The lobby manager from last night had already gone off duty, replaced by another manager.
I hurried over, but before I could say anything, the manager smiled and asked, "Sir, do you need assistance again?"
"Again?"
I grimaced, realizing the night shift manager had probably told him about last night's events. Ignoring his words, I handed him my phone and said, "Take a look for yourself!"
I thought he would take the phone and inspect it carefully, but to my surprise, he pushed it away and said, "We're aware of this post. It was a commercial rivalry three years ago, where other hotels deliberately used such means to slander our hotel. We've already taken legal action against this post, and the original poster has removed it. However, we can't eradicate reprints and such."
"Is it really that easy to slander?" I asked, looking at his calm expression.
The lobby manager nodded firmly, "Yes, if you don't believe it, you can go to the police station to inquire whether our hotel really had this murder three years ago."
The official nature of the response made me chuckle. I'm the kind of person who doesn't haggle with others. If someone gives an answer, I won't delve deeper into it.
Du Xiaolan once said that my character would make me very vulnerable. But I don't think so. If someone doesn't want to tell you something, even if you pry and inquire, there's no point.
Leaving the lobby and walking to Du Xiaolan's room, I hesitated for a moment, but ultimately reached out to knock on the door.
Before my hand even landed, the door suddenly opened. Du Xiaolan glanced at me and asked, puzzled, "Where did you just go? Why is the door open with no one inside?"
"Something came up," I brushed it off, then asked after entering the room, "Did you sleep well last night?"
Du Xiaolan glared at me and said, "I slept well last night, but you disturbed my sweet dreams in the middle of the night. I haven't settled the score with you yet."
I sighed and leaned against the window, gazing downstairs.
The hustle and bustle of the traffic. The place where the woman stood when it rained yesterday is now empty.
Turning to her, I asked, "I think I saw a ghost last night."
"A ghost?" Du Xiaolan first looked puzzled, then laughed and said, "Don't you often see ghosts? Why are you so scared this time?"
I didn't know how to explain to her, and subconsciously looked at the door, whispering, "I don't know what's going on. This time, I couldn't see the ghost, but felt its presence. I just feel that the room I'm staying in is not peaceful."
Du Xiaolan suddenly asked warily, "What are you up to?"
Her strange behavior puzzled me. Just as I was about to speak, I suddenly realized a very awkward phenomenon. In what I just said, I didn't have any implications, but in her ears, she might think I wanted to share a room with her.
Realizing this, I quickly smiled and said, "It's absolutely not what you think. I was thinking, since you've seen ghosts before, how about we switch rooms tonight?"
Du Xiaolan looked at me for a moment, then said, "Well, I suppose we could, but you have to agree to a condition."
I asked, "What condition?"
She raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "Give me half of your salary this month."
She really was asking for a lot. I only make so much in a month. After paying rent and living expenses, it's almost gone. If I really gave her half a month's salary, I'd be left out in the cold.
After bargaining, we finally settled on five hundred yuan.
Tomorrow is Fei Xuemin's wedding. If I don't sleep well tonight, I won't have the energy to perform my duties as the emcee tomorrow.
The day passed uneventfully. I didn't tell Du Xiaolan about what I experienced and witnessed last night, nor did I tell her that the torn sacrifice text had come back together again.
I tore up the memorial tablet and flushed it down the toilet, then lay on the big bed in Du Xiaolan's room. The scent of a woman lingered in the bedding. Taking a deep breath, drowsiness swept over me.
"I can have a good night's sleep tonight, but Du Xiaolan may not be so lucky."
I was half-asleep and didn't know how long I had been sleeping when a sudden knocking at the door woke me up, causing cold sweat to trickle down my body.
I quickly opened my eyes, and the knocking continued. I could faintly hear Du Xiaolan calling my name outside.
I sprang up in alarm. Whoever was knocking so urgently on the door must have encountered a ghost.