Chapter 242: Strange Arrival 9
With Lu Qingyuan’s words, Chu Yian reported punctually at 9 AM every day and returned to her rented room before 4 PM.
This timeframe was what she had concluded from her studies, a period when yang energy was relatively strong.
Any earlier or later, and it would become unsafe.
However, for two consecutive days, Zhu Shen had not managed to make a dish that he felt could conquer Big Chu’s appetite. In fact, Big Chu’s taste was becoming increasingly picky, which greatly annoyed him.
He wondered what kind of bewitching potion her player friend had given her to drink.
“Big Chu, isn’t your friend coming yet?”
Zhu Shen watched Chu Yian, who was about to leave again, and couldn’t help but ask. She had mentioned two days ago that the player would come and stay with them, but the person hadn’t arrived, and Big Chu was almost completely fooled.
It was then that Chu Yian realized that although Zhu Shen had heard many stories about Lu Qingyuan from her, he had never met him.
Thinking of this, she asked, “Are you coming with me today?”
“Hmm… no need.”
Zhu Shen shook his head.
He was now completely focused on cooking. Anyway, this player would definitely come, so it was better to research the most delicious dishes now. When that person arrived, they would compete in culinary skills to see who was the true God!
Zhu Tianguang, who was engrossed in culinary research, didn’t know at this moment that his competitiveness had, by a twist of fate, temporarily saved him from a disaster.
Chu Yian, humming a little tune, went up to the top floor.
Lu Qingyuan had given her the password to his door. After entering it, she went straight inside. She picked up a book she wanted to read today from the bookshelf and then walked into his study.
Lu Qingyuan was working in his study, while Chu Yian curled up on the nearby sofa, reading.
Occasionally, when she read some horrifying stories or forbidden topics, she would look up and walk around the room for a while. The weather had been bad these past few days, with no sunlight, so a hot cup of tea was comforting.
She didn’t know that Lu Qingyuan, seemingly focused on work, was silently watching her.
He watched the prey, oblivious as she delved deeper into the trap.
He watched her as she was frightened by the things described in the book.
The desire to devour her grew stronger and stronger, but as the methods of consuming others flashed through his mind, he didn’t want to use any of them.
His Adam’s apple moved up and down, and his eyes instantly turned completely black.
This feeling of impatience combined with extreme entanglement was truly fascinating.
Chu Yian, who had been moving her body to warm herself up, suddenly felt a chill. This sensation made her tremble uncontrollably; the feeling of being targeted by a ghastly entity was all too familiar.
There was a ghastly entity near her!
Just as she was thinking, she heard a knock on the door.
The knocking continued rhythmically. Lu Qingyuan heard it and walked towards the door. Just as Lu Qingyuan was about to open the door, Chu Yian quickly stopped him, “Teacher Lu, you don’t even know who’s outside, and you’re just opening the door for anyone?”
Lu Qingyuan retracted his hand upon hearing this, “Who’s outside?”
No one answered, but the sound of the doorbell continued, and at the same time, Chu Yian felt colder and colder around her.
“Who’s playing a prank outside?”
Lu Qingyuan also seemed displeased. He was about to open the door to catch the person, but Chu Yian quickly grabbed his hand, “Seriously, don’t open the door!”
She had read many books these past few days.
One folk saying was that a house is protected by a household deity. If you stay in your own house, it’s like having a barrier, and ghastly entities generally can’t easily enter. But if a ghastly entity knocks on the door and you open it, that’s equivalent to an invitation.
With this invitation, the barrier no longer exists.
Even if you close the door again, the ghastly entity can still ignore the door and re-enter.
In this world full of ghastly entities, it’s better to believe than to disbelieve.
“Isn’t there a way to see who’s outside without opening the door?”
Chu Yian originally wanted to use the peephole, but the trauma from using it last time was too great; she never wanted to use a peephole again in this life. Moreover, Teacher Lu’s high-tech door didn’t seem to have a peephole either.
“There’s surveillance.”
Lu Qingyuan opened a small box on the wall, revealing a display screen inside.
The display screen showed the situation outside the door: it was empty, but a pair of paper shoes was neatly placed at the entrance. The kind worn by the deceased, and also the kind worn by the ghastly entity that chased her at the intersection a few days ago!
Chu Yian instantly felt a chill run through her entire body. The fear of being dominated by a ghastly entity made her shiver uncontrollably.
It was really too terrifying; ghastly entities were her Achilles’ heel!
She leaned close to Lu Qingyuan, reaching out and clutching his clothes tightly, “Teacher Lu…”
Lu Qingyuan hadn’t expected her to be so afraid of ghastly entities.
“It’s nothing, just someone’s prank.”
He glanced at a blank area on the monitor, as if seeing the ghastly entity standing outside through the surveillance, “Don’t be afraid, I’ll make a call and have the property management come up to handle it.”
How could Chu Yian not be afraid? She didn’t even dare to leave the room now!
Even after the property management arrived and took away the paper shoes outside, that chilling sensation lingered. It wasn’t until past 4 PM that Chu Yian still hesitated at the door, afraid to move forward.
Those paper shoes were truly the shadow of her life.
Too terrifying,
It was truly too terrifying.
The more she thought about it, the more she didn’t dare to go out. Even though she had been pacing at the door for more than ten minutes, she still didn’t dare to leave. It wasn’t until Zhu Shen from the rented apartment called her, asking why she hadn’t returned yet.
“I encountered a ghastly entity; it was just outside Teacher Lu’s door.”
Chu Yian bit her thumb, talking on the phone while staring at the surveillance monitor at the door, “I… I’m not sure if it’s still outside.”
Not only was she unsure, but more importantly, she didn’t dare to take a step out of the door.
She hadn’t expected her courage to face ghastly entities to be so small. Compared to Teacher Lu’s house, the rented room with a Bagua mirror at the entrance was clearly safer, but she just didn’t dare to walk through the hallway outside.
“Why don’t you stay over at my place?”
Lu Qingyuan’s pleasant voice came.
Chu Yian bit her thumb, her eyes red, looking at him. With her hesitant and frightened appearance, she must not have known how cute and pitiful she looked at that moment.
How much she stimulated his “appetite.”
Chu Yian hadn’t expected that she had originally intended to trick Teacher Lu into coming to her rented room, but instead, she ended up spending the night at his place.
She was currently lying in the room next to Lu Qingyuan’s.
Because she was afraid of ghastly entities, she didn’t dare to turn off the lights when she slept. The windows and glass were all covered, and the air conditioning was turned up to twenty-eight degrees. Even though the room became dry and hot, she curled her head and body under the covers.
It was as if the quilt was also a barrier against ghastly entities.
However, in the middle of the night, she was still woken up by the cold.
To be precise, it was her consciousness that woke up.
She felt the lights go out, the air conditioning stopped, and the surroundings were pitch black and silent. But her body was stiff, unable to move even a single finger. A person dressed in paper clothes, with flat and pale features, stood by her window, slowly approaching her…
