Just as Tang Baihe thought that, she suddenly heard footsteps coming from the floor above her!
[Scrape-]
[Scrape-]
Goosebumps instantly covered her entire body!
Not only was something following her upstairs, something else was coming down!
What should I do?
What am I supposed to do?
Tang Baihe was intelligent and hardworking, but her knowledge was not enough to get her out of her current predicament. Or rather, how could an ordinary person living a normal life possibly think of a way to escape something this bizarre?
Wait...
Still climbing the stairs, Tang Baihe suddenly picked up on something in those sounds.
The sound coming upstairs was [Tap-tap-].
The sound coming downstairs was [Scrape-scrape-].
It was the ghost she had encountered at the office!
One was walking, while the other... seemed to be dragging itself along the ground...
No... if this continued, they would corner me. I have to enter the hallway on the third floor.
Tang Baihe quickened her steps. She let out a light breath, then threw caution aside and broke into a run!
As she darted into the third-floor hallway, she whipped her head around for a quick look and saw a blood-drenched figure scurrying rapidly up the stairs!
Tang Baihe was terrified, but part of her mind remained clear.
For instance... why could only she and Qin Manjiang see ghosts, and why did the ghosts only appear when she or Qin Manjiang was alone?
At this moment of life and death, Tang Baihe's mind worked at full capacity. She was almost certain of one thing-
The ghost chasing her could not appear "in front of other people"!
With that thought, the instant Tang Baihe rushed into the third-floor hallway, she abandoned all ladylike composure and desperately pounded on every door she passed.
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