Chapter 5
Chapter 5
At the same time, a series of clattering and banging sounds erupted from next door. Soon, a man ran out clutching two handfuls of bright red banknotes, his face beaming with joy. Before leaving, he didn’t forget to kick the woman lying on the ground. “Think you can hide it that well and I still won’t find it? You bitch, just wait until I get back tonight. I’ll beat you to death.”
After throwing down those harsh words, the man hurried away in a frantic rush.
After an unknown amount of time, the woman lying on the floor slowly stood up. Qiao Yu had already braced himself for a fright, but when the woman lifted her face, she looked no different from an ordinary person. Her eyes were swollen, but the pupils and whites were clearly defined, clear and beautiful.
Qiao Yu didn’t doubt his own senses; his memory of encountering the female ghost just moments ago was still vivid. Although the woman before him looked normal, she was definitely the same person as that female ghost.
He just didn’t know why she had suddenly come back to life…
Could she be like him?
However, Qiao Yu instinctively rejected that idea. Unless she had possessed a corpse like he did-and it would have to be a fresh one-the process of turning into a vengeful spirit would have rotted the body long ago. She would be left wandering the streets as nothing but a skeleton.
While Qiao Yu was thinking, he didn’t forget to keep an eye on the woman in red dress outside. He noticed that after she got up, she didn’t go home immediately. Instead, she walked in the opposite direction toward the stairwell.
Once she moved into his blind spot, Qiao Yu couldn’t resist pulling open his door.
The corridor was empty. The doors of the surrounding rental units were tightly shut; clearly, the other streamers did not possess a curiosity as intense as Qiao Yu’s.
There were still a few undried drops of blood on the floor. Qiao Yu couldn’t help but pull the door open a bit wider.
Creak-
The old security door groaned under the strain, issuing a protest against the silent backdrop.
Qiao Yu’s heart skipped a beat. He subconsciously looked toward the woman in red dress.
He saw that she wasn’t paying him any attention. Instead, she walked with difficulty to the door of Room 4001 and gently knocked.
The door opened quickly, and a deep, pleasant baritone voice rang out. “Li Xiaoqin? Are you hurt again?”
Before the door closed, Qiao Yu faintly heard the woman in red dress address the other person as-Doctor Zhuang.
It had to be said, opening the door was the right move.
At the very least, Qiao Yu now knew that the female ghost was the resident of Room 4004, her name was Li Xiaoqin, and the resident of Room 4001 was the helpful Doctor Zhuang mentioned by the Landlord.
Furthermore, Li Xiaoqin seemed to be trapped in a whirlpool of domestic violence, burdened with a wretched husband who was prone to using his fists on her.
No wonder she had wanted him to speak to her in the tone of a husband earlier.
“Tsk, still not getting a divorce after all that? She really is a hopeless romantic,” Qiao Yu muttered, momentarily lost in his thoughts.
-Good hit! Hahaha, this broad was asking for it.
-Streamer should mind his own business. Better to destroy a temple than to break up a marriage.
For some reason, the viewers in the Live Stream Room were very hostile, but Qiao Yu was already used to their malicious style. He even felt like arguing back. “What do you mean ‘better to destroy a temple than break up a marriage’? That’s clearly a line used to brainwash the ‘other woman.’ I’d like to advise the friends in the stream once again: you must have zero tolerance for domestic violence!”
-…Are you trying to tell me how to do things?
-I swear to god, you’re full of it. First it was ‘family,’ then it was ‘daddy,’ and now it’s ‘friends.’ Streamer, being this fickle is going to get you the first kill of the game!
-Streamer is handsome, licking the screen~
-What kind of weirdo joined the chat above me??
Seeing that the topic had drifted, Qiao Yu didn’t feel like pulling it back. Just as he was about to minimize the Live Stream Room, his peripheral vision caught the viewer count suddenly breaking four digits, reaching 1,026. Even the tips had reached 46 gold coins.
“What did you see?”
Someone patted Qiao Yu on the shoulder from behind. He brushed the hand away impatiently, muttering to himself, “Don’t bother me. I’m calculating how much my gold coins are worth. I wonder if the Live Stream Room takes a cut?”
Hmm? It didn’t seem like they did!
Just now, he had withdrawn all seven of his gold coins to cash them out.
Hahaha, didn’t that mean he had 4,600 yuan now?
4,600 yuan in a single day-how much would that be over seven days!
He was going to be rich, he was going to be rich~
“Are you sick in the head? You care about money more than your own life!”
The Slightly Chubby Man rolled his eyes. If he hadn’t seen this Foolhardy guy follow the others out through the peephole to see what happened next, he really wouldn’t have bothered with such a rookie streamer.
Having been scolded, Qiao Yu finally snapped out of it and shot back with a straight face, “You’re the one who’s sick. Your whole family is sick.”
If his money was gone, what use was his life?
This guy was the one with the mental problem!
“You… forget it, I’m not going to argue with you about this.” The Slightly Chubby Man took a step back and pressed, “What did you hear just now?”
Qiao Yu was big-hearted and didn’t hold a grudge, so he spilled everything: “That woman’s name is Li Xiaoqin. She called the resident of Room 4001 ‘Doctor Zhuang.'”
The Slightly Chubby Man had originally prepared to threaten and trick Qiao Yu if he refused to talk. He hadn’t expected this idiot to have such a decent personality. For a moment, he didn’t know how to feel, and the malice on his face faded slightly.
“Listen, rookie, I advise you not to be so curious in the future. People really die in this Live Stream Room. The fact that you’re fine this time is definitely just dumb luck.” Seeing that Qiao Yu still looked carefree, the Slightly Chubby Man added weight to his words: “Dying during a stream isn’t even the scariest part. The scary part is that the Live Stream Room will claim your soul, and you’ll never know peace.”
“That’s incredible?” Qiao Yu gasped, his mouth hanging open. “999999!”
“What?”
“The stream assistant didn’t lie to me. It really is 666!”
The Slightly Chubby Man: “…”
So he really was just a Foolhardy idiot, wasn’t he?
He had finally softened his heart for once, only for this moron to not appreciate it at all. A breath caught in the Slightly Chubby Man’s throat, making him feel incredibly stifled.
Just then, the door to 4003 was suddenly flung open. Brother Crocodile ran out with a face as pale as a ghost, slamming right into the Slightly Chubby Man’s chest. That unswallowed breath nearly made the Slightly Chubby Man’s eyes roll back in his head.
“What are you running for? Are you trying to kill me!” The Slightly Chubby Man pushed Brother Crocodile away and took another step back while clutching his chest.
“Skin… human skin…”
With tears in his eyes, Brother Crocodile wept so pitifully it would have moved anyone to compassion.
Qiao Yu looked at him sideways. “Is talking too much work for you? Are you doing a Ma Dongmei bit?”
Brother Crocodile didn’t have the courage to care about Qiao Yu’s sarcasm. Instead, like a drowning man grabbing a floating log, he grabbed the corner of Qiao Yu’s clothes tightly. He continued stumblingly, “H-human skin sofa!”
***
The clock had turned back twenty minutes.
Man-Eating Crocodile slammed his door shut in anger, a look of deep grievance on his face.
He hadn’t expected that guy to be so detestable. He had kindly shared the little intel he knew, only for the other party to not appreciate it and even try to take advantage of him right off the bat.
He had thought the guy would be easy to get along with, but he turned out to have such a nasty personality, trying to act like his father the moment they met.
No wonder the elders often said that three women make a drama, but three men only have one thought in mind: *I want to be your daddy!*