"Beep... beep... beep..."
Fang Zheng picked up the receiver, but there was only a busy signal on the other end.
"Looks like it was a wrong number."
Fang Zheng put down the receiver and shrugged at the girls. Hearing his answer, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
However...
"Ring-ring..."
Not long after Fang Zheng finished speaking, the phone rang again. This time, Fang Zheng reacted quickly and snatched up the receiver.
"Hello, who are you looking for?"
"..."
There was no sound from the other end. Fang Zheng even pressed the receiver a few times before hanging up.
"C-Could it be Sadako...?"
World clung tightly to Setsuna beside her and looked anxiously at Fang Zheng. After all, they had just watched Sadako's DVD, and now they were getting silent phone calls. No matter how they looked at it, that didn't seem like a coincidence...
"How could that be? You've watched too many ghost movies. Besides, ghost movies are all dramatized—"
"Ring-ring..."
Before Fang Zheng could finish, the phone suddenly rang again. This time, everyone was so frightened that they clung tightly together, while Fang Zheng picked up the receiver and took a deep breath.
"...Sora! Have you had enough?!"
"Wah!"
The sudden noise made Sora jump. Her phone dropped onto the sofa with a clatter. Everyone stared over and saw that Sora's phone was currently connected. As for the number she had dialed... naturally, it was the house phone.
"Haaah..."
Seeing this, everyone understood and let out long breaths of relief. Clearly, Sora had secretly used her phone to call the house and scare them.
"Honestly, Sora, why were you scaring us?!"
Now that she had relaxed, World immediately began complaining. Sora merely pouted and turned to look at the person beside her, who had not said a word.