Chapter 118
Just when the sky had turned so dark that it seemed as if it could only carry a single drop of ink more, there was finally a sound outside the door of room 202.
If Cheng Yang hadn’t kept his ear pressed against the door, it would have been difficult to spot.
But Cheng Yang didn’t dare to open the door. He was afraid that the noise he heard was not from Xia Hui but from something else.
“Let me listen.”
Lin Yi mouthed the words and when Cheng Yang moved aside to let him take his spot, Lin Yi imitated Cheng Yang’s pose and put his left ear against the door.
Cheng Yang waited nervously. After almost two minutes, Lin Yi stood up straight and said, “It’s him.”
The noise in the corridor was indeed very low. It seemed that Xia Hui had deliberately quieted his steps. But Lin Yi heard the sound of the key turning in the lock, followed by the soft sound of the door closing. If there had been something else in the corridor, after opening the door to get in, there would have been no need to close the door.
Thus, the person making noise outside in the corridor could only be Xia Hui.
With Lin Yi’s confirmation, Cheng Yang started becoming anxious and impatient. “Let’s go?”
Lin Yi glanced at the sky outside the window. “Wait a moment.”
Seeing the confusion on Cheng Yang’s face, Lin Yi said softly, “Xia Hui came back so late and purposely kept his movements quiet, which means…”
Cheng Yang hated that he couldn’t keep up with Lin Yi’s thinking and he waited anxiously for Lin Yi to continue.
“It shows that Xia Hui cherishes his life. He waited at the delivery lockers until the very last moment to make sure that the package would not be put back into his locker before leaving.” Lin Yi said, “Someone like that won’t let down his guard so easily.”
So Xia Hui, like them, might be sticking to the door and listening to the goings on outside.
Xia Hui won’t relax until he’s sure that there’s absolutely no movement.
If they make a move while Xia Hui’s on alert, maybe after they move the package, Xia Hui might go out and move the package again.
Darkness wouldn’t be a deterrent for Xia Hui from going out of his room. The package has already appeared in his locker. Moving the package has become the most important thing.
Cheng Yang gave Lin Yi a thumbs up.
He said, “Lin Yi Xiong, once we make it out of the 8-4 Rule World, I will definitely write you a letter of praise and make a banner for you.”
Lin Yi: “Thank you, I don’t want it.”
They waited for a while, watching the sky outside the window getting darker and darker. Cheng Yang became anxious. “Is it okay now?”
Lin Yi leaned against the door again and listened carefully. He then gently opened the door. He cautiously stuck his head out and looked in the direction of Xia Hui’s Room 204.
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The two people quietly walked out of the room. They walked so quietly that they didn’t even trigger the sound-activated lights in the corridor. When they made it to the first floor, the lights in the dorm hall had already been turned off, but not all of them. There was a row of small lights above the delivery lockers. The cold white light shone on the express cabinet, making the green express cabinet look a bit weird. .
Seeing that the door of the mail room was closed and the lights were turned off, the two of them walked quickly towards the express cabinet without hesitation.
Lin Yi and Cheng Yang’s first target was Locker No. 203.
Locker No. 203 was right next to Xia Hui’s Locker No. 204. Number 203 was Cheng Yang’s locker; Cheng Yang, who was at odds with Xia Hui.
There was no package in Locker No. 203.
Cheng Yang breathed a sigh of relief and was about to say something when he caught a glimpse of Lin Yi’s solemn expression from out of the corner of his eye. What he wanted to say got stuck in his throat.
Lin Yi then opened Zeng Nannan’s locker no. 205 to the right locker no. 204.
No package.
Above express locker no. 204, was locker no. 304.
No package there either.
Below locker no. 204, there was locker no. 104.
Nothing.
Lin Yi’s solemn expression became darker and darker, so much so that Cheng Yang grew frightened by Lin Yi. “Lin…Lin Yi Xiong, what…what’s wrong?”
Lin Yi said: “There are too many lockers.”
Most likely, the package wasn’t in the most likely lockers. So where did Xia Hui put the package? There was a total of fifteen delivery lockers. Almost all of them have traces of rust and were not maintained regularly. Even if they were careful, they would make a sound if they tried opening them.
It was already dark and making this kind of sound wouldn’t be good in nighttime.
Cheng Yang’s heart was already pounding. He knew that it was already dark and it was not safe to stay out any longer. He couldn’t bring himself to care about other people right now. His only concern now was Lin Yi’s locker. He had to make sure Lin Yi would be safe.
Snap.
Because he was impatient, when Cheng Yang opened locker no. 202, there came this loud sound.
Lin Yi was startled by the sound. He and Cheng Yang looked into locker no. 202 at the same time.
It was empty.
But Lin Yi and Cheng Yang were both still holding their breath. Not only was the whereabouts of the package unknown, but also——
Cheng Yang’s lips moved. “Did you hear… did you hear something?”
Lin Yi took a deep breath. “Yeah.”
There had been a ‘whoosh’ sound.
A stream of cold air had flown past them.
Cheng Yang lowered his head to see if there were any shadows under their feet, while Lin Yi used his peripheral vision to scan his side and back.
A couple of seconds later.
Cheng Yang: “Nothing.”
Lin Yi: “Nothing.”
But that cold wind, made by something fast running, just now could not be ignored. They both felt it, so it wasn’t some sensory error. Only something real could produce the same effect on multiple people.
Cheng Yang’s teeth were trembling. “Let’s go back…?”
Lin Yi: “En, don’t look back.”
The two of them had been standing in front of the delivery lockers for a long time, focused on the lockers. They had no idea how long it took for whatever that thing was to appear.
But they’re still able to stand side by side and talk now so maybe nothing will happen as long as they don’t look back.
Of course, this was just a way for Lin Yi to comfort himself.
Cheng Yang nodded heavily.
They couldn’t determine where Xia Hui had put the package and there was nothing they could do. They had to go back first.
Neither of them dared to look back and walked directly to the corridor. As soon as Cheng Yang stepped onto the first step, Lin Yi grabbed him by the collar. Lin Yi said anxiously, “We can’t go.”
He dragged Cheng Yang back and because of the danger, he burst out with more strength than usual, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to pull Cheng Yang off since he much stronger than him.
Lin Yi could feel that Cheng Yang’s muscles were tense due to nervousness. Lin Yi’s entire body was too.
Sneaking out at night and standing in front of the delivery lockers was akin to dancing on the tip of a knife. Now that they’d encountered something they hadn’t even been able to catch sight of, Lin Yi would be lying if he said he wasn’t nervous.
He dragged Cheng Yang to the public toilet on the first floor. On the way to Room 202 earlier, Lin Yi had paid attention to the topography of the dormitory. The stairwell was on the far left of the dormitory, and the public toilet was on the right. He’d seen the toilet sign hammered to the wall.
The doors to the dorm rooms on the first floor were all closed and the only place to hide was in the public toilet.
This dorm building actually wasn’t big, with only five rooms on each floor. Still, going from the far left to the public toilet on the far right, felt like crossing the Yellow River.
After being dragged by Lin Yi for a few steps, Cheng Yang finally came to his senses. He figured out why Lin Yi suddenly changed his mind and refused to go back to their room. Cheng Yang’s face turned pale, his forehead was instantly covered with fine sweat; his back was drenched. Cold sweat clung tightly to his skin.
When they arrived at the stairwell, the sound-activated lights in the stairwell had just gone back off from being lighted.
But they had just arrived at the corridor.
Even if they had triggered the sound-activated lights because their footsteps became heavy because of their rush, the sound-activated lights should have just turned on and it shouldn’t have gone out so quickly.
Unless something had triggered the voice-activated light before they reached the stairwell.
Cheng Yang looked at the stairwell again. He had to pass by the entire row of delivery lockers once again. This corridor seemed endless. All he could do was crazily recite the core values of socialism in his heart.
After who knows how long, they finally reached the public toilet.
The two of them rushed in without even checking if this was the men’s or women’s restroom. Lin Yi immediately closed the door and leaned against it. Cheng Yang saw this and quickly blocked the door as well.
Their rapid breathing sounded harsh in the claustrophobically narrow space.
Lin Yi and Cheng Yang paused for a moment, then quickly adjusted their breathing. If only breathing wasn’t necessary; the sound of breathing was like thunder in their ears.
After a while, their surroundings quieted down. Complete silence filled their ears.
The sound-activated lights in public toilets had also gone out in the silence.
Lin Yi didn’t speak and Cheng Yang didn’t dare to speak.
The two of them pricked their ears to listen to any noise from outside. There was only silence under the silence, as if everything had just been their imagination; them simply scaring themselves.
“…it’s not following us, right?” Cheng Yang was practically relying on the airflow to hit the ligaments to produce vibrations and make the littlest possible sounds.
Lin Yi shook his head.
But it didn’t mean ‘no’; it meant that he didn’t know.
That thing had been so fast. When they were by the delivery lockers, that thing had obviously been behind them but it then rushed in front of them and triggered the sound-activated light in the stairwell.
Lin Yi calculated the speed. It took them 13 seconds to run from the stairwell to the public toilet. That was already very fast. However, in fact, 13 seconds was nothing compared to the speed of that thing. Lin Yi didn’t know how the two of them got rid of that thing. .
Suddenly thinking of something, Lin Yi abruptly raised his head .
That thing had come and gone without a trace, at an astonishing speed.
The reason why it hasn’t caught up with them until now may be… because that thing had gotten to the public toilet before them.
Creepy 😶🌫️
Hate that, keep up the good work!!
Honestly so fun to see Lin Yi without the other guy by his side(I’m so sorry I forgot you name ml).
It makes him feel more human I guess, and I would be glad to see Cheng Yang grow as a character.
Isn’t Qin Zhou (or something)? ml would be devastated 😂
This is scary o.o”
Why do I love horror when I am scared to read it even in a packed library in the middle of the day
….. I’m scared 🙂
god this is scaring the crap out of me
I wonder if its a cat, on account of the meowing.
I started reading this at the morning. It spooked me out so much that I don’t even dare to stay alone in my room. Now it’s night QAQ
Holy sh!t !!!
And…. Lin Yi wtf are you?
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