Just as Tang Baihe thought that, she suddenly heard footsteps from the floor above her too!
[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 should I 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 an ordinary life possibly think of a way to escape something so 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 company earlier!
One was walking, while the other... seemed to be dragging itself along the ground...
No... at this rate, they would definitely corner her. She had to enter the hallway at the third-floor entrance.
Tang Baihe quickened her steps, first letting out a soft breath, then throwing caution aside and breaking into a run!
As she ducked into the third-floor hallway, she whipped her head around for a glance and saw a blood-drenched figure hurtling straight up the stairs!
Tang Baihe was terrified, but even then, part of her mind remained clear.
For instance... why could only she and Qin Manjiang see the ghosts? Why did the ghosts only appear when she or Qin Manjiang was alone?
At this moment of life and death, Tang Baihe's ability to think erupted in full force. She was almost certain of one thing-
The ghost chasing her could not appear "in front of people"!
With that thought, the instant Tang Baihe rushed into the third-floor hallway, she abandoned all ladylike decorum and desperately pounded on every door she passed.
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