novelraw Chapter 209: Haunted?
Chapter 209: Haunted?
In the blink of an eye, it was evening, and Qian Duoduo felt somewhat exhausted today, having gone back to her room to rest early.
"Woo woo." In the middle of the night, other sounds suddenly emanated from the room, eerie enough to send shivers down one’s spine.
"Who’s there!" Upon hearing the sound, Qian Duoduo sprung up from the bed, hastily dressed in her robe at the bedside, and then stared intently around, her mind full of curiosity. What was this noise, who could be making it? There were no ghosts in this world, all such things were fabricated to scare people.
"Woo woo." Just then, the same sound could faintly be heard again from the direction of the window.
Without a word, Qian Duoduo dashed to the window and threw it open, but when she looked outside, there was still nothing there, which puzzled her greatly. What was going on? Where was the sound coming from?
"Woo... woo..." All of a sudden, the sound rang out again, this time like music with a soundtrack, the kind used in ghost movies when a ghost appears, and it was loud enough that everyone in the villa could hear it.
"What’s that sound?"
"It’s like there’s a haunting."
"Stop chattering, quickly go to the chairman’s place!"
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Everyone living in the villa was now awake; the subordinates and bodyguards all rushed towards Qian Duoduo’s room. No matter what, they couldn’t let anything happen to Boss Qian. If Qian Duoduo encountered trouble, it would be as devastating for everyone as the sky falling.
"Boss!"
"Boss, are you alright?"
"Boss, what’s going on here?"
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A crowd burst into Qian Duoduo’s room, and seeing her standing alone by the window, their hearts eased. However, they were still in the dark about the situation and clueless as to where the unsettling music was coming from. The group stood at the doorway, waiting for Qian Duoduo’s orders.
"First, let’s check it out and figure out where the music is coming from." Seeing the anxious looks on their faces, Qian Duoduo knew they were worried about her safety. She thought for a moment before instructing them. The sound couldn’t have just appeared on its own; it must be playing from somewhere. Find the location, and they would find the person playing the music.
Upon hearing her words, the crowd dispersed to inspect the villa. It wasn’t very large, and there were enough people to conduct a swift search. Everyone hoped to get to the bottom of it quickly because the sound was so disturbing that it made one’s hair stand on end.
But right at that moment, the lights that had been off came on all at once, and then started to flicker on and off intermittently...
Every television in the villa turned on at the same time, broadcasting midnight horror films...
From the kitchen, there came an ear-piercing sound of knives being sharpened...
And from the hallway, the thumping of footsteps...
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At that moment, the entire villa was like a scene from a horror film where an evil spirit is about to appear, scaring the daylights out of everyone. Who wouldn’t be afraid in such a situation? Nobody had expected real-world hauntings to exist, but the evidence was right in front of them, forcing them to believe!
Heavens, what in the world is this ghostly presence!
This is way too terrifying.
And to think, nobody has heard of a haunting before...
Could it be that what’s depicted in ghost movies is actually real?
A group of people’s hearts were thoroughly boiling over, no one knew how to face such a situation. Nobody had ever considered that they might encounter a haunting, nor did they know how to deal with one. Everyone was scared to death, yet they had to persist, guarding around Boss Qian. If it were up to them, they’d have run away long ago, how could they possibly wait until now? But if Elder Leng doesn’t leave, how could we possibly go?
"Boss, let’s get out of here, this place is unclean," someone urged.
"Yeah, Boss, let’s leave this place quickly."
"When faced with such things, it’s better to avoid them!"
"We’d better leave here first, Boss."
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Everyone was terrified and hastily advised Qian Duoduo to leave the villa. Confronted with such a haunting, who wouldn’t be scared to death?
"Leave? What leave! What are you here for? You’ve killed so many people, you’re not afraid of the living, so why fear the dead? Listen to me, all these incidents are caused by humans, there are no ghosts in this world at all. Let’s find the trickster together! I’ll skin them alive!" Qian Duoduo was indifferent to these matters; she’d seen enough dead people. How could she be frightened by such things? She believed it had to be someone’s trick to scare others. How audacious, to play tricks in her presence! If they didn’t find this person, where would her dignity be?
But just as Qian Duoduo finished that sentence, suddenly everyone felt a chill, as if they were blown on by something, and involuntarily shivered.
"It’s just the air conditioning, there’s no ghost; it’s all human-made. Pair up in twos and check the villa thoroughly. I refuse to believe we can’t find the trickster." Feeling the air conditioning, she was even more convinced that it was a human’s doing. The air conditioning was centralized; with everyone in their own rooms, it couldn’t just turn on by itself. You should know that with the New Year fast approaching, if one were to use the air conditioner, it would only be blowing hot air, so it must be someone’s doing!
However, what happened tonight was indeed too bizarre. First, there were those ghostly howls out of nowhere, making one’s hair stand on end, then the lights kept flickering as if due to a voltage shortage. It was like those horror films from Yuegang, creating such an unsettling atmosphere. Later, the television also inexplicably turned on and simultaneously broadcast a midnight horror show. That was even stranger. There was nobody in the other rooms, so how did the TV come on? Even the television in her own room had come on without anyone controlling it!
Who was playing these tricks, making the villa as scary as a horror film? Those who didn’t understand the situation for sure must have been terrified. If she hadn’t firmly believed that ghosts didn’t exist in this world, she would have been frightened by these events too. So what was the hidden perpetrator’s motive? Could it be just to scare the people in the villa senselessly? That seems too simple.
No matter who was behind the tricks, to cause the situation that arose this evening was definitely not something an ordinary person could do. The scary sounds could be played with music, but for the lights to turn on by themselves without anyone controlling them, and to flicker on and off, was not ordinary at all. Moreover, to accomplish such a thing under the watchful eyes of so many was even more bizarre! What’s stranger was that the television sets could turn on by themselves without control and all play the midnight horror shows; that was indeed mysterious.
Who could pull off these things right under everyone’s noses? It seemed virtually impossible for anyone to do something so outrageous. Yet, she had seen those real experts, heard them speak that once someone reaches the AAA level or above, they pretty much transcend ordinary human understanding. It was possible for them to do such things, but she hadn’t crossed paths with an expert of that level, so why were these situations happening?
Qian Duoduo felt for the first time that her brain was like a paste, dizzy from the strange events of the evening, and no matter how much she racked her brain, she couldn’t come up with an answer. Every hypothesis she formed was quickly refuted by several other points of view.
Those true masters of high caliber were all in pursuit of greater truths, leaving no time for such boring, ghostly tricks. Who then was pulling these stunts right under her nose, and what was their ultimate goal?
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After leaving the gambling stall with two suitcases in hand, Lin Feng headed straight home.
In the past two days, two different groups had targeted him. The people last night had shown no intent to kill, indicating that they hadn’t come to harm him. Today, he ran into two gambling experts trying to hoodwink him into betting, which seemed highly irregular. It was clear that someone was after him, and if things continued this way, it would definitely become troublesome. Instead of being harassed like this, it would be better to take the initiative and seek out the person disturbing him to put an end to it once and for all. The two Gambling Kings could be the key to finding the mastermind behind all this.
Wondering if the two men driving half-naked might cause a traffic incident, Lin Feng chuckled and then took out a computer. His hands flew over the keyboard, and in less than a minute, he’d located the bare-chested drivers through the surveillance system. Watching the scene unfold on the screen, Lin Feng wanted to laugh even more; some people were so transfixed by the sight of these nearly naked men driving that they nearly collided with other cars. These two really drew a lot of attention. An idea suddenly popped into his head—perhaps in the future, this method wouldn’t be a bad way to deal with people he didn’t particularly dislike.
He continued to follow them until they reached a hotel, and then observed as they arrived at a very large villa.
Using the roadside surveillance system, Lin Feng saw a young girl scolding the two middle-aged gambling experts. He couldn’t understand why they were so afraid of her, but it seemed she was the one who had ordered them to gamble with him. What, then, was the girl’s purpose? Moreover, Lin Feng was surprised to see her crush a cup—such a pretty girl with such skill was unexpected. Considering the setup and the situation, this girl was definitely not ordinary.
Regardless, he decided to investigate the girl’s background first.
Thinking this, Lin Feng’s hands once again grew busy. A few minutes later, a personnel file regarding the girl was retrieved.
Qian Duoduo, female, Han ethnicity...
Family member, Qian Rong, Qian Duoduo’s grandfather, head of the Great South Gang, bearer of the Iron Palm Technique, with the power to split stones and break steles.
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