Chapter 120
Chapter 120
The moment the door was kicked open, the curtain on the right side of the balcony swayed slightly.
“Who’s there?!” Ms. Song immediately chased after the movement. “Who’s out there!”
The right side of the balcony of Room 318 happened to be adjacent to Room 320.
“Stop right there!” Ms. Song climbed over the balcony aggressively, chasing the intruder into Room 320.
Jiang Li, hiding behind a corner, watched Ms. Song head in the opposite direction. She withdrew her gaze and let out a sigh of relief.
She had long guessed that Ms. Song was highly suspicious and paranoid.
Therefore, when Jiang Li made her escape, she had deliberately tugged the curtain on the right side of Room 318 to create the illusion that she had fled toward Room 320.
In reality, Jiang Li was currently in Room 316, located to the left of Room 318.
While Ms. Song was still occupied searching Room 320, Jiang Li immediately opened the door and stepped out, switching identities back with the Mirror Person in the hallway.
The Mirror Person, having successfully completed its task, was in a wonderful mood and slipped away.
“Red Infant, hide for now.” Jiang Li tossed those five hearts to Red Infant.
Red Infant obediently vanished from sight.
Inside Room 318, the little Teddy was hanging its head, licking up the water stains on the floor.
Before Jiang Li fled, she not only had to put away the water bowl and chopsticks but also had to erase the patterns on the floor and dry the water stains. Since time had been extremely tight-with only a few seconds to spare-she hadn’t been able to wipe every spot thoroughly.
Thus, while Ms. Song was still away, the little Teddy took the opportunity to lick all the small traces of water clean, handling the remaining details.
After finishing this, the little Teddy pointedly turned its head to look at Jiang Li by the door.
Its expression seemed to say that it wanted to go out.
Please, she had to take it out.
Jiang Li nodded slightly, returning a look of understanding.
At that moment, Ms. Song emerged from Room 320. She slammed the door shut and stormed toward Jiang Li.
“Speak! Where is that person hiding?!” Ms. Song glared at Jiang Li, roaring in a frenzy.
Her intuition couldn’t be wrong.
She was certain this Service Staff member was trying to stall her because she was up to no good!
Facing Ms. Song’s interrogation, Jiang Li simply gave a calm smile.
“You’re overthinking things, Ms. Song. There are only two of us on this floor. I have been with you the entire time, so how could a third person appear?”
Jiang Li’s explanation was flawless.
On this 3rd Floor, aside from the two of them, there wasn’t even a Cook present.
The 3rd Floor wasn’t like the 4th Floor, which had a guest with a massive appetite. On the 3rd Floor, almost no one ate regular meals.
A guest like Ms. Song primarily ate dog food. As for Jiang Li, her meals were delivered by a colleague who would leave immediately after dropping them off.
Under these circumstances, other than Jiang Li and Ms. Song-the two living people-it was indeed impossible to find a third person.
Ms. Song was stifled for a long moment, unable to find the words to refute her.
“Hmph, don’t let me catch you!” Ms. Song narrowed her eyes and threw out a threat.
With that, she entered her room and slammed the door with a loud bang.
Jiang Li turned to leave.
An inscrutable smile played on her lips.
The way out… she had found it.
Jiang Li reached into her pocket, fiddling with the Small Remote Control inside.
The Curly-Haired Woman had said before that leaving Room 318 would trigger an alarm, and removing the electronic dog collar would also trigger an alarm.
It seemed foolproof.
But in reality, there was a loophole!
That alarm sound wouldn’t go off in one specific situation-when Ms. Song and the Teddy went out at the same time.
In that scenario, even though the Teddy left Room 318, no alarm was heard.
This proved that the alarm sound… could be neutralized!
The Instance wouldn’t completely block off all paths to success.
So, this “Alert Cleared” location was the exit the Instance had left for Jiang Li.
While Jiang Li had been staking out the Kitchen earlier today, she had felt a sense of regret.
Because Ms. Song always loved to take the little Teddy with her whenever she went out.
As a result, Jiang Li never found an opportunity to catch the little dog alone.
Thinking back now, it was precisely these “seemingly useless” things that hinted at the solution to escaping the Instance.
A few minutes ago, while Jiang Li was waiting for the Curly-Haired Woman to become contaminated, she hadn’t been idle.
She had rummaged through many cabinets.
Ultimately, she found this “Small Remote Control” in the Room 318 Cloakroom.
Every corpse in the Cloakroom was equipped with a remote control.
This indicated that the remote was definitely an important prop for Ms. Song.
There were many corpses, and thus many remotes.
Jiang Li taking one of them would not trigger Ms. Song’s suspicion.
Jiang Li kept her hand in her pocket and pressed the “Alarm Mute” button on the remote control.
The next step was simply to wait for Ms. Song to fall asleep and for the little Teddy to sneak out.
Jiang Li walked to the middle of the hallway and turned into Room 309.
As soon as she entered, the two bottles of “Honey Drink” under the television immediately caught her eye.
The stock had been replenished.
Jiang Li conveniently took the two bottles of drink, grabbed a Dressing Mirror, and then turned to leave the room.
Outside the window, the night grew deeper.
Jiang Li waited in the Kitchen for a long time before the little Teddy finally arrived.
It wagged its tail at Jiang Li, its eyes sparkling with a bright light.
Jiang Li gave the heated “Honey Drink” to the little Teddy to drink.
After finishing it, the Teddy reverted to human form, quickly opened the Guest Elevator door, and left the 3rd Floor.
On her end, Jiang Li called over the Mirror Person.
Jiang Li held the Dressing Mirror and signaled for the Mirror Person to hide inside it.
Then, Jiang Li let her hair down, making the two people inside and outside the mirror look identical.
Following Jiang Li’s instructions, the Mirror Person mimicked her every move from within.
The Staff Elevator arrived at the 3rd Floor with a “ding-dong.”
Jiang Li carried the Dressing Mirror and stepped into the elevator.
As soon as Jiang Li entered the elevator, order began to collapse on the 3rd Floor behind her.
In the brightly lit corridor, a dozen popping sounds rang out as the lights flickered and died one by one.
The exquisite and sturdy carved wooden doors in the building slowly became old, decayed, and dilapidated.
Thick plaster fell from the corridor walls, kicking up a cloud of dust.
On this abandoned floor, only the “true little Teddy dog” slept lonely on the concrete floor.
The little Teddy seemed to be having a nightmare.
It clutched a photo of its owner tightly in its arms, refusing to let go and unwilling to wake up.
The seal appeared once more on the 3rd Floor, blocking the path outside the elevator:
“Floor sealed, awaiting renovation and upgrades…”
Inside the Staff Elevator.
The Bangs Woman next to Jiang Li was staring at her intently, as if she wanted to swallow Jiang Li alive.
“Which floor? Give me your card.” The Bangs Woman’s tone was stiff, but she still performed her duties as the Elevator Attendant.
Jiang Li glanced at her and handed over the card.
The Elevator Card gave a “beep,” and the button for the 2nd floor lit up.
Jiang Li stared closely at the floor display, holding the Dressing Mirror so that it seemed to point casually at herself.
The Bangs Woman leaned over and glanced into the mirror.
Inside was a face identical to Jiang Li’s.
Seeing nothing unusual, the Elevator Attendant looked away.
After the Bangs Woman averted her gaze, the Mirror Person inside the Dressing Mirror gave a small, secret smile of delight.
The elevator numbers counted down, changing from “3” to “2.”
“Ding-dong-”
The elevator doors opened.
Jiang Li led the Mirror Person out of the Staff Elevator.