Normally, Cui Ming would never pay attention to these small details.
But today his nerves were already stretched to the limit, and he had just woken up from a nightmare, so he felt that the wardrobe being opened was strange.
Cui Ming stiffened and turned to look at the half-open wardrobe, which was dark and seemed like a bottomless black hole.
According to his usual nature, he should be as far away from this danger as possible, but Cui Ming seemed to be bewitched, his hand stiff as he pushed open the cabinet door.
Bang!
With the cabinet door rattling, Cui Ming, using the dim light of the room, was able to clearly see what was inside.
Immediately, his legs went weak and he collapsed onto the bed, making rapid, hoarse sounds.
In the large room, only Cui Ming's heavy, sticky breathing could be heard.
The severed head was in the cabinet.
The wet hair was long, almost reaching the ground, and the face beneath it was etched into Cui Ming's soul, unforgettable because of fear.
It's... the neighbor next door, his Yin Taohua Li Dan.
The head was placed on the counter, staring straight at him. When it saw Cui Ming, it revealed a sinister smile.
Her hair slowly climbed up the bed, trying to wrap around Cui Ming's legs.
"No..."
Driven by his survival instinct, Cui Ming rolled over and scrambled to his feet, crawling forward frantically, faster and faster, until he rushed into the only open bathroom.
With trembling hands, Cui Ming turned on the tap, trying to wash his face to clear his head.
Splash...
The moment the tap was turned on, filthy blood gushed out uncontrollably.
Cui Ming froze, his face sprayed with blood, and looked up blankly.
His face in the mirror was pale, and blood slowly slid down his face. Everything around him seemed to fade, leaving only a glaring red.
Cui Ming felt as if he were nailed to the ground, unsure how to react. His heartbeat grew increasingly violent, as if it would tear him apart at any moment.
Knock knock.
Knock knock knock.
Cui Ming could hear a heartbeat.
No, it wasn't his heartbeat.
The stiff body began to move again, like a broken machine.
There were two bloody handprints outside the window.
But... his apartment is on the seventh floor.
Cui Ming's vacant pupils suddenly contracted, and he hurriedly wiped the blood from his face. "This isn't real..."
He shook his head, took several steps back, and bumped into the bathroom shelf, spilling toiletries all over the floor. Cui Ming fell into the spilled liquid, but didn't care about the pain at all.
He crawled away on all fours, only to bump into the hair that had grown out of the bathroom doorway. The head had rolled onto the bed, its red lips parted, and a steady stream of dirty blood was flowing out.
Cui Ming was terrified beyond measure.
Sweat soaked his skin, and he could no longer tell whether what was flowing down his face was sweat or blood sprayed on his face.
Find Jiang Nuo... find Jiang Nuo, he'll definitely have a solution!
Cui Ming climbed towards the bedroom door, stepping on the hair. Disoriented, he moved clumsily, bumping into the corner of the wall and the cabinet.
Finally, he grabbed the doorknob.
A scream suddenly came from the head on the bed behind him, startling Cui Ming so much that he didn't dare to think twice and instinctively opened the door and ran away.
Suddenly, the light was blinding. Cui Ming stood in the brightly lit living room, breathing heavily, his heart pounding.
He saw Jiang Nuo and Si Yan sitting on the sofa.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Nuo asked, still looking out the living room's French windows without turning around.
" Jiang Nuo!"
Cui Ming rushed over, shouting, "A ghost!"
"There's a ghost in the bedroom!!"
Si Yan turned to look at him, her body still motionless, her tone low and somber.
"Just the bedroom?"
"What?"
Si Yan slowly looked behind him, the corners of her mouth widening. "Behind you."
"There's a head behind you, staring at you."
Behind...
Cui Ming's muscles tensed suddenly, and he clenched his teeth.
What? Why is it so heavy?
Only then did he feel the heaviness in his neck, as if it were being pressed down.
Cui Ming's breathing stopped, and he stiffened his neck as he turned his head.
That head grew onto his neck!!
"Very nice..."
The gray-white ghost face grinned, "We'll never be apart."
"Very nice."
Jiang Nuo and Si Yan also turned around, their expressions identically stiff, their smiles like those of puppets.
You will never be apart.
"Ah..."
Cui Ming shook his head in disbelief, then suddenly clutched his throat tightly with both hands, losing control of himself.
" Brother Cui! Brother Cui, wake up!"
Seeing that his face was deathly pale and his pillow was almost soaked with cold sweat, Jiang Nuo knew that this was no ordinary nightmare.
Place two fingers together on the acupoint and channel Spiritual Power into it.
"Ah!"
Cui Ming suddenly opened his eyes, sat up abruptly, his gaze unfocused.
Seeing this, Si Yan frowned slightly, picked up a glass of cold water from the bedside table, and splashed it on his face.
The chill brought Cui Ming back to his senses. He wiped his face and stared blankly at the two people beside the bed.
"You..."
"I..."
Cui Ming's memory is confused, and he can't distinguish what is reality.
He was clearly in the living room just a second ago.
" Brother Cui, you've been possessed by a malevolent spirit."
Jiang Nuo explained to him, kindly handing him a tissue, and asked curiously, "What did you dream about? You seemed so scared."
I dreamt that...
Wait a minute.
Cui Ming, alert, shifted his position backward until his back was against the headboard, then stopped, staring at the two people with completely bewildered expressions.
"Are you real or fake? Don't even think about scaring me again!"
Jiang Nuo blinked and met Si Yan's gaze.
Si Yan: "What's wrong with him?"
Jiang Nuo shook her head. "I don't know."
Jiang Nuo suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "Ah! I've got an idea!"
He took out his phone, played a song, and held it to Cui Ming's ear.
The melody lasted only five seconds.
Cui Ming: "Damn it!! Get lost!"
He jolted out of bed, covering his ears with his hands. "Okay, okay, I know this is the real world!"
Jiang Nuo smiled and put her phone away. "It always works."
Si Yan asked in confusion, "What does this mean?"
He leaned lazily against the bed, watching Cui Ming pace back and forth in the room with amusement, as if watching a monkey show.
He would open the wardrobe to take a look, and then he would crawl into the bathroom to turn on the tap.
Jiang Nuo: "It's said that this song was his first love's ringtone. He discovered he was being cheated on and caught them in bed together when he heard this song, which left him with a psychological trauma ever since."
Si Yan pulled the thin blanket draped over himself closer, glanced at Cui Ming who was still staring at the tap questioning his existence, and shook his head.
"Poor thing."
" Jiang Nuo! Come here!" Cui Ming suddenly shouted from the bathroom.
Jiang Nuo rubbed his ears and walked over. " Brother Cui, what brings you here...? Where's the talisman on your back?"
Cui Ming gasped, instinctively reaching behind him, only to break out in a cold sweat.
"In... in my dream."
He turned around, staring intently into Jiang Nuo's eyes, speaking rapidly and urgently, "I had many terrible nightmares, in which a female ghost's head grew out of a closet."
"I wanted to escape to find you, but I tripped and fell here."
Cui Ming grabbed his arm and quickly walked out, pointing to the locker, "The talisman fell right then and there..."
The relentless nightmares had left him numb.
"But... but this is a dream, why do the talismans disappear in the real world too?"