Vol.3 - Chapter 8 – Crying sound

"By the way, Zhihui," he suddenly turned around and said, "do you think something happened?"

"Something happened? What do you mean?"

"I clearly saw the lights on earlier, but now it's all dark. You didn't see anyone when you went in the morning. There are two possibilities: either something happened to the person living inside, or there are thieves inside! Let's go outside and take a look."

Yushuo immediately admired Li Weisi. So, his next move was naturally to take this opportunity to look inside through the window. Even if something really happened, he had brought high heels with him. The pants he was wearing had large pockets, big enough to fit the high heels in and take them out conveniently. He was fully prepared.

As for Yushuo, she had a strong intuition for danger due to her mediumistic nature, and this instinctive reaction did not require the use of death redemption tickets. So even if the plot changed, she could still sleep peacefully at night without worrying about encountering the horror of sleep paralysis.

"Well, okay."

Let's take a look...

What is in that house...

The two slowly approached the house in front of them.

This two-story house looked very old, with cracks appearing on the walls and green vines covering the exterior. There was a rooftop, but the windows were completely covered by curtains. There was only one window on the first floor, and it had a security grille.

"This..."

The security grille was covered by curtains, but there was still a gap that allowed a glimpse inside.

The room was not lit, so it was naturally dark. Li Weisi took out his phone for illumination, while his other hand tightly held onto the high heels in his pocket. If anything unusual happened, he would immediately grab the shoes! As for Yushuo, she remained relatively calm, as she had great confidence in her mediumistic nature.

Inside, they could vaguely see a living room. The living room was furnished with various furniture, clearly indicating that someone had moved in. There was a sofa, a coffee table, and a television. However, they couldn't see any figures in the living room, and their view was obstructed by the curtains.

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At this moment, Li Weisi, using the light from his phone, saw a coat rack in the living room with a black cloak hanging on it.

"The clothes are here, it seems like no one has left," Li Weisi glanced at Yushuo and said, "I think the clothes placed in the living room are meant to be worn when going out."

"Maybe it's an elderly person who has already gone to sleep?" Yushuo offered a reasonable explanation, "They might have already returned home and fallen asleep due to exhaustion. Although it's winter, that thick coat suggests that they are afraid of the cold."

"Who knows. But if that's the case, it would be good. However, we still don't know if something happened."

"Well, there's nothing we can do if we don't know the specifics. Let's just go."

Yushuo deeply imprinted everything she had just seen in her mind. However, she didn't feel a strong sense of danger.

Of course, she couldn't predict whether her actions just now would cause a butterfly effect. Even if she knew this, she couldn't leave her home. Horror movies that restrict personal freedom always have red lines in the script, such as Yushuo's rule that she cannot leave her home unless the script specifies it.

Regardless, the script had already been changed by Li Weisi, and she had also looked through the window. It was hard to say what would happen now, but Yushuo had no regrets. She didn't look earlier because there were too many unknowns, and she didn't have a suitable reason. But now that Li Weisi had taken the initiative to gather information, she couldn't fall behind, especially since she had a good reason.

"Well then, I'll go first."

Li Weisi and Yushuo finally said their goodbyes at her doorstep. Yushuo watched his figure as he left and then returned to Zhihui's house. Just like yesterday, she took out ingredients from the refrigerator and started cooking.

This time, her vigilance was much stronger than before.

Then, everything followed the same process as last night. Yes, until...

Before falling asleep, her mind was filled with thoughts of how to gather information next. After tonight, the first act would be over. Currently, only some mysterious clues had been given, but the specifics were still unclear.

Before going to sleep, she went downstairs to the kitchen and got a glass of water. At the same time, she opened the kitchen window. It was pitch black outside, with no nearby streetlights, and only faint moonlight for illumination. The kitchen, like the study, had walls that were almost touching the neighboring house.

After drinking the water, when Yushuo was about to "leave," a crisp sound reached her ears.

It was the sound of a door opening.

Because it was so quiet and the house next door, Yushuo could hear it so clearly. She immediately turned her head. However, the kitchen window couldn't directly see the window they had peeked into earlier.

The "new neighbor" across the street had returned.

Yushuo stood alone in the kitchen and muttered to herself according to the script, "So they went out. They probably just got back from the night shift."

At this moment, she leaned out to take another look, showing a puzzled expression, and continued to mutter to herself, "Strange, the lights in that window are not on. Why didn't they turn on the lights when they got home? Could they be too tired and went straight to sleep?"

And at this moment, Yushuo also wondered, this person... no, this "person" went out, so what was the meaning of the cloak hanging on the coat rack that they saw earlier?

She closed the kitchen window.The medium didn't sense anything special for the time being. However, she knew that danger was imminent.

Returning to her bedroom on the second floor, she covered herself with the blanket and went to sleep. It was already close to midnight. Before long, she fell asleep.

In her dream, she returned to her life before she entered the cinema. As a young lady from a wealthy family, she had traveled around the world by the age of eighteen and had a wide social circle in high society. After entering the art school, she had been working hard for her performances. Her father even used his connections to introduce her to directors he knew, giving her the opportunity to quickly step into the entertainment industry. She also made many acquaintances in the industry, including music producers, advertisers, and managers of film companies. Although she planned to become an actress through her own abilities, the entertainment industry was too complicated, and she was not so proud as to not use her own resources. Thanks to her social experience in high society since childhood, Yushuo gradually made friends when she started to get involved in the entertainment industry, laying the foundation for her future...

Such a life, however, had undergone a sudden dramatic change. When she finally confirmed to star in an advertisement for a famous cosmetic brand, she found a horror movie poster in the corridor of the advertising company...

In her dream, the moment she picked up the poster reappeared, but the poster had turned into "The New Neighbor", and the house appeared before her eyes.

Then, a cry full of sorrow suddenly rang in her ears.

The crying...

Yushuo woke up instantly! She even shook her hand to throw away the poster. When she realized she was dreaming, she felt relieved. However, the next second she realized something was wrong, there was no content in the script about her waking up from a dream in the middle of the night!

Then, she suddenly realized that the crying she heard in her dream seemed to be not illusory!

She held her breath and pricked up her ears. After a while, she heard the crying again in the dark bedroom!

The crying sounded a bit distant, it shouldn't have been loud enough to wake her up! Moreover, there was no such content in the script!

Yushuo immediately understood that it was because she had the constitution of a medium!

The constitution of a medium is inherently easy to communicate with "spirits". This naturally plays a significant role in horror films. Of course, this is an instinctive response of a medium, not something that can be changed by Yushuo's will. Of course, this does not deduct the redemption tickets. This is a great advantage of the medium constitution.

She got out of bed again, put on her slippers, and followed the sound out of the bedroom.

In the silent corridor, the crying still echoed in her ears, intermittent, sounding really creepy. Of course, Bai Yushuo had been through a lot and was not much less experienced than Fang Leng. Moreover, she had the constitution of a medium. While other actors had to consider the timing of taking out the cursed object, she just needed a thought, and the medium constitution would take effect, and the effect would not be weaker than the cursed object. So, although she was not without fear, it was not very strong.

Of course, the situation outside the script now appeared, for Bai Yushuo, it could be said to be unpredictable. Of course, this gave her a good reason to investigate this new neighbor.

Finally, she followed the sound into the study. The study was facing the window of the house next door. Of course, the window was now covered with curtains.

Yushuo walked over quickly.

The crying became clearer. This was the voice of a "spirit", and only Bai Yushuo could hear it. Of course, at this moment, because the medium constitution had a positive impact on the plot, the script had changed An Zhihui's setting to a woman who was born with the ability to communicate with spirits. Of course, this was a minor matter.

She opened the window of the study and looked at the house opposite.

The crying became even more miserable. Then, the medium constitution had a strong sense of danger!

The moment this sense of danger arose, Yushuo immediately closed the window and started using her medium ability! However, she quickly left the study.

"What's the deal with that crying?"

She quickly ran back to her bedroom. When she entered the bedroom, it was ten seconds. And she also stopped using this ability. Her pay for this movie was 900 redemption tickets, and now that she had used it, all 900 redemption tickets were deducted.

Actually, she knew that as the protagonist, she should not die even if she didn't use this ability. But at that time, she didn't have time to think too much. Ghosts may not show up when they are about to kill you, and this risk cannot be taken. Especially in this dark night, it's even more terrifying.

And because she heard the crying and began to notice the strangeness of the "new neighbor", she also got 500 redemption tickets. Although it couldn't make up for it, it was better than nothing.

Tomorrow... she should do something.

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