"That day, he said a lot to me—things he'd never said before."
"The person you mentioned—is he still in this building?" Chen Ge could hear the voice beside him trembling.
"He moved away. He hasn't come back in a long time."
"Do you want to see him again?" Chen Ge gently tugged at the hem of his coat. "I think you must have a lot you want to say to him. After all, he's the one who made your body so cold that you couldn't feel any warmth."
"I..."
"It's okay. I'll help you. I promise I will." Chen Ge braced himself against the wall and slowly stood up. "If he hasn't left Han Jiang, I'll bring him here within a week. After you've seen him, I can take you somewhere warmer."
The woman didn't answer, but Chen Ge wasn't in a hurry. "Now I have one more reason I have to stay alive. Keep the coat. I'll be back."
Chen Ge started toward the stairs. Just as he was about to go up, the woman's voice sounded behind him again. "Don't go any farther. You won't be able to come back."
"I won't be able to come back? Why?"
"Because above the Thirteenth Floor is the Fourteenth Floor."
A coat was pressed into Chen Ge's hand, and the damp, bone-chilling sensation slowly faded.
"What was she trying to tell me?" Chen Ge gripped the coat tightly. "The residential buildings in Jiangyuan Residential Complex don't have a Fourteenth Floor. The floor above the Thirteenth should be the Fifteenth. But she said the Fourteenth Floor is above the Thirteenth? Does that mean the Fourteenth Floor actually exists?"
He had made it this far, and Chen Ge wasn't going to turn back. He knew he was close to the truth.
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