Chapter 137
Chapter 137
“So, if I were Jiang Li, I would definitely have moved the Female Corpse to search for another large Iron Box.”
Xiao Wu finished his analysis, set down his pen, gave a slight nod, and returned to his seat.
In truth, Elder Fan’s question had been: “If Xiao Wu were the one hiding the clothes, where would he hide them?”
This contained an underlying assumption-it placed Xiao Wu and Jiang Li on opposing sides.
However, Xiao Wu’s entire response was framed through the lens of “If I were Jiang Li.”
These were clearly two different perspectives.
But regardless of the perspective, what the seniors wanted to hear was simply why the clothes would be hidden beneath the Female Corpse.
Xiao Wu’s answer provided the explanation everyone sought while simultaneously avoiding positioning himself as Jiang Li’s adversary.
In this contest of wits with Elder Fan… he had won.
Xiao Wu suppressed the slight curve of his lips and lowered his eyelashes.
He picked up the large tea mug on his desk and took a shallow sip.
“Hahaha, not bad, not bad at all! Xiao Wu’s analysis is sound!” Xia Guofeng laughed in agreement.
Elder Fan looked at Xiao Wu with a profound gaze.
This young man seemed even more difficult to handle than he had imagined.
Inside the Live Streaming Room.
Jiang Li was clutching the clothes, sprinting down the corridor.
Though she was running with all her might, her actual speed was far from fast.
The damp red carpet, having been soaked by the hot spring water and left to ferment for about ten minutes, seemed to have released some kind of substance.
The carpet was now incredibly sticky!
Every step felt like treading on superglue.
The corridor was originally only fifty or sixty meters long. At a normal person’s running speed, it would take twelve or thirteen seconds to cross.
That was the basic standard for student physical fitness tests in schools.
But now, Jiang Li found it genuinely difficult to move even a single step.
Twenty seconds left. Jiang Li was still forty meters away from Room B101.
Jiang Li continued to struggle forward through the hallway.
Ten seconds left. The distance to Room B101… twenty-five meters.
The further she went, the more the sticky residue accumulated on the soles of her feet.
Her forward momentum slowed, and the path became increasingly treacherous!
She watched the second hand on her wristwatch tick away, nearing the “12.”
Yet, Jiang Li was still nearly ten meters away from Room B101!
Jiang Li gritted her teeth and lunged forward with all her strength.
At the same time, she threw the dry clothes, still in their plastic packaging, with everything she had.
The second hand ticked to the “10.”
Only two seconds left!
The clothes traced an arc through the air.
The door to Room B101 happened to open at that exact moment.
The clothes had been thrown with a bit too much force and were about to fly past the doorway.
Unexpectedly, the Old Granny poked her head out right then.
*Slap!*
The clothes struck the Old Granny right in the face.
Then, the clothes fell to the floor, landing steadily right at the entrance of Room B101.
As for the Old Granny, she had essentially been slapped across the face by the bundle of clothes.
The second hand ticked to the “12.”
Time was up.
Clear Spring Hotel, Basement Level 1 Rules, Rule 3:
[Every hour on the hour, guests must change into a set of dry clothes. Please ensure the clothes are prepared in advance and placed at the door.]
Jiang Li had indeed placed the dry clothes at the door before the hour struck.
The Old Granny’s wrinkled face trembled for two seconds after being struck, her loose skin wobbling from the impact.
Having taken a slap from a pile of laundry, the Old Granny’s expression turned dark.
With a huff of indignation, she snatched the clothes from the floor and turned back into the room.
Countless strands of sticky, gelatinous substance stretched between the plastic clothing bag and the carpet, some even getting caught in the door crack.
Task successfully completed.
Jiang Li let out a long breath.
She picked herself up off the carpet and struggled to the end of the hallway.
Inside the locker of the Cleaning Cart, she found a pair of disposable slippers.
After changing out of her own shoes, Jiang Li started from the end of the hallway and began rolling up the sticky carpet.
She rolled it all the way from Room B101 to the Hot Spring Pool at the other end.
The hallway floor was no longer sticky, and Jiang Li’s walking speed returned to normal.
Just then, the Old Granny happened to emerge from her room.
Jiang Li noticed that the Old Granny had specifically changed into a pair of Spiked Shoes to deal with the carpet.
The soles of those shoes were covered in sharp, nail-like protrusions.
This type of footwear had a small contact area with the ground.
Even when stepping on a sticky carpet, the resistance wouldn’t be very high.
The Old Granny stepped out of Room B101, smugly treading in her Spiked Shoes while clutching her dry clothes and toiletries.
She likely intended to take a shower, soak in the hot spring, and then change into clean clothes.
What the Old Granny hadn’t expected, however, was that Jiang Li had removed the carpet ahead of time.
The once-sticky red carpet had been replaced by smooth floor tiles.
Furthermore, because the tiles had been splashed with water, they were incredibly slick.
Combined with the Old Granny’s Spiked Shoes, she stumbled with every single step.
She nearly slipped and fell to her death.
In the end, the Old Granny only made it halfway before she started wailing and crying, eventually crawling back to her room to change her shoes.
After finally changing and making her way into the Hot Spring Room, the Old Granny started screaming again.
“Ahhh!!”
The Old Granny ran out of the Hot Spring Room in a panic.
Just as she reached the doorway, a Long-Haired Woman with blood leaking from her seven facial orifices grabbed her and dragged her back inside.
“Attendant! Attendant, save me!! Ah, my hair…”
Jiang Li had just picked up a set of clean clothes and was planning to head back to her room to change out of her wet ones.
She was only halfway there when she heard the Old Granny’s cries for help.
“Attendant, did you throw it in the water? It drank blood and now it’s alive!! Ah… my ear, stop it!”
The Old Granny babbled incoherently.
Then came a loud splash, as if someone had been thrown into a pool.
When the Old Granny mentioned something “drinking blood and coming back to life,” the first thing Jiang Li thought of was the Long-Haired Woman’s corpse.
Jiang Li remembered that when she was getting the clothes from the Red Hot Spring Pool, she had indeed given the Female Corpse a shove.
The Female Corpse’s head had been submerged in the pool at the time.
Back then, Jiang Li had noticed a few bubbles gurgling up from where the Female Corpse had fallen.
However, because time was tight, she hadn’t paid much attention to it.
“Help… Save me… Hurry…”
The Old Granny’s voice was intermittent; she couldn’t get more than a few words out before being shoved under the water again.
It seemed she was about to drown.
Jiang Li felt a jolt of alarm.
If the guest actually died, Jiang Li would never be able to complete the task of getting a Positive Review!
Ignoring her need to change clothes, Jiang Li spun around and ran toward the Hot Spring Pool!
Panting heavily, Jiang Li arrived at the Hot Spring Pool.
The Long-Haired Woman was laughing maniacally, using both her hands and feet to lock onto the Old Granny’s neck and waist, dragging her violently into the pool.
The Old Granny was in the center of the VIP Pool, thrashing desperately in the bright red water.
Clear Spring Hotel, Basement Level 1 Rules, Rule 4:
[If you see that the water in the hot spring pool is red, please do not enter the pool under any circumstances.]