Chapter 298

Chen Ge’s directness surprised the lady on the phone—she did not expect a question like that .

“Are you a ghost?” Chen Ge repeated the question, and he sounded easy on the phone, like he was asking if a friend had eaten dinner yet .

The woman’s breathing turned urgent, and she felt weirdly agitated . The line started to break up, and the signal suddenly worsened .

“I’ll take that as a silent admission . ” Chen Ge leaned against the door with his phone on his ear . He looked like he was chatting with an old friend .

“I…” The woman wanted to say something but eventually held back . She could not understand how Chen Ge managed to make a ghost feel uncomfortable . Shouldn’t a person’s first reaction be screaming as the phone drops from their hands when they realize they are conversing with a ghost?

Even if you don’t do that, at least end the call with shaking fingers! Why aren’t you doing that but instead asking those questions?

The call was abruptly ended .

Hearing the dial tone, Chen Ge was not surprised . Looks like she was angered after her lie was exposed .

He pocketed the phone and stood in the darkened corridor . There are three tenants that found their tragic end inside Room 304 . I’ve met the gambler and the agent, so the woman on the phone is probably the second tenant, the English teacher .

It was not yet midnight, and Chen Ge had already met three different ghosts . He felt this was only the beginning .

I wonder what kind of weird creature I’ll meet after midnight . Looks like I need to be prepared .

Chen Ge grabbed his backpack and headed for Room 304 .

Instead of waiting for them to come to me, I should be more active .

The light from Room 305 fell into the dark corridor . In Third Hospital’s Staff Residence, only Chen Ge’s room had the light on .

Most of the tenants live in the two buildings in front . Looks like this block is a no-go zone for them .

Chen Ge grabbed the lock to Room 304 . He shook on it twice, and it broke off . Perhaps due to the many murders, the police had broken down the lock many times, so there were obvious signs of tempering on the edge of the lock .

Breaking down the door is too rude and not something I like to do, but there’s no better option now .

Chen Ge made his aim and swung at the door .

Bang! Bang!

Several hits later, the lock yielded under Chen Ge’s assault . Chen Ge fitted the handle of the hammer into the open sliver and pried the door open . No one came to stop me even though the commotion was so loud . Looks like the ghosts here have left quite an impression on the nearby tenants .

After turning on the light in the living room, Chen Ge realized how weird Room 304 was . The furniture, like the sofa and dining table, was all normal, but everything that could be opened like drawers and dressers were all sealed up with wooden planks .

Now this looks like a haunted house .

Perhaps due to the old wiring, the light kept flickering, and it made one uneasy .

Walking to stand in the middle of the room, Chen Ge touched the back of the sofa . The place had been vacant for a long time, but there was no dust . It was as if there were daily cleaners .

Two bedrooms and one living room . The layout is similar to Room 305, but the stuff is much older .

Chen Ge walked to the shoe rack . Looking at the nails on the boards, he was curious . Why are all the racks and drawers sealed? Are they hiding something scary?

With a swing of his hammer, the shoe rack was opened . It was holding several pairs of shoes, nothing interesting about them . Were these left behind by the victims?

Slippers, high heels, and boots were shoved inside the rack . Chen Ge tossed the shoes out, and he was surprised to find out they had all been slashed through with a knife . Knife marks? Who did this?

Chen Ge could not find anything on the shoes, so he looked elsewhere . The living room was small, and across from the sofa was a television cabinet . Interestingly enough, even the drawers under the television were sealed up by planks .

The thing that I won is called the Drawer That Cannot Be Opened . Does this mean, after I try all the drawers, the one that cannot be opened is mine?

No one could give Chen Ge an answer, so he could only try it out himself . Due to the positioning of the cabinet, Chen Ge took some time before he managed to pry the planks off .

He pulled open the drawer, and videotapes that were kept inside black boxes fell out .

Videotapes? How old are these?

He found a rather new-looking one from the bunch and slotted it into the videotape player situated under the television . He plugged the machine in and switched it on . As the television came on, a shadow flashed crossed the screen .

Was that a shadow? Something just ran past me? Chen Ge stayed on high alert . He knew the gambler who had lost his left hand had run into Room 304, and he was hiding in one of the corners .

The videotapes were from many years ago, and the quality was bad . Adding to the problem was the television; it was filled with white pixels and stripes . Then again, the fact that the antique was working was already a miracle . Chen Ge ignored the details and squatted down before the television to watch the video .

The video was showing the image of the room . The video was still, so the person who recorded it had probably fixed the camera to a certain corner .

What is he trying to record?

After one minute, the video had not changed . Chen Ge was getting impatient, he used the remote to fast forward . The first half of the video was normal, but the latter half was weird .

The latter half was shot at night, and the video looked similar to what Chen Ge was experiencing in real life . The light was on in the room, and the camera was placed on top of the television . The camera was facing the living room, so the angle included the entire living room and the two bedrooms .

The whole drawer is filled with videotapes, meaning the person recording them has been recording this home for a long time already .

Chen Ge could venture a guess at the person’s intention . They had probably experienced something supernatural, and to prove the point, they wanted to use the video camera to record everything .

Didn’t they know curiosity kill the cat? He should have moved when he noticed something is wrong with the place .

Chen Ge hugged the recorder to his chest and continued watching the video .

The video quality was horrible . When Chen Ge reached the end of the video, the image that remained the same suddenly changed .

The lights in the video, like in reality, started to flicker, and after each flicker, the closed bedroom door in the video opened little by little .