Translator: CinderTL
"Turn around and take a look," Wei Jinting said with narrowed eyes.
Wu wasn't worried that the other party would take the opportunity to ambush him the moment he turned his head. He could sense that Wei Jinting was severely injured and no longer posed a threat.
Turning his head slightly, Wu couldn't help but frown when he saw what was behind him.
A dark red chain was wrapped around Lin Chen's neck, piercing her skin as if it were about to inject a curse at any moment.
Lin Chen bit her lip, not making a sound.
She probably knew that with her strength, she had no way to resist such a curse. If this man who had barged in so recklessly willed it, she would die.
"Heh heh," Wei Jinting stood up unsteadily, then patted the nonexistent dust off his clothes as he said, "Now can we talk?"
Wei Jinting had already roughly figured out the relationship between Lin Chen and Wu. So, after realizing that Wu was not someone he could contend with, he placed his final bet on Lin Chen.
Fortunately, he bet correctly.
However,
Upon seeing Wu slowly raise the knife in his hand, Wei Jinting's face immediately turned pale: "Holy shit, holy shit, what are you doing?" Wei Jinting hugged himself, "Don't do anything rash!"
"I don't like being threatened," Wu's eyes were filled with intense killing intent, as if Lin Chen held a very special meaning to him, "Especially using her."
Wei Jinting quickly thought of a way out and changed his tone, "I'm not threatening you, I just genuinely want to sit down and have a talk with you, Brother Wu."
"As you can see, the abilities of my door are just so-so, good for sneaking around but not much use in a real fight. Someone as upright, decisive, and heroic as you, Brother Wu, who is as handsome as Pan An and a true dragon among men, would surely look down on my door," he said ingratiatingly, "Right?"
"And I have a proposal," Wei Jinting seemed to want to move closer to Wu, but upon seeing the knife, he decided it was better to keep his distance.
As he spoke, he slowly backed away.
"You can't run," Wu interrupted, "The moment you turn around, you'll die."
"Brother Wu, what are you talking about!" Wei Jinting immediately stopped in his tracks, his tone impassioned, "How could I be that kind of person? What I want to say is, don't just focus on my door, look further ahead, aren't there two more doors?"
"Remove the chain from her," Wu looked at him and said, "Then we'll talk."
Wei Jinting chuckled awkwardly, "Brother Wu, that's not fair, you're just fooling a fool, aren't you? If I remove it, can we still sit down and have a proper talk?"
"How about this, let's cooperate, I'll help you get those two doors, how about that?" Wei Jinting patted his chest loudly, "I guarantee it with my personality!"
After a moment of silence, Wu raised his head and stared into Wei Jinting's eyes without saying a word, as if he knew the other hadn't finished speaking.
"Of course," Wei Jinting smiled, "If I don't set some conditions, I'm afraid you won't believe me, Brother Wu."
"Letting me go is out of the question, and then..." he licked his lips, a glint in his eyes, "I also want one person."
"Who?"
"Don't worry, it has nothing to do with the doors, it's just a personal grudge. The two people with the doors are all yours, I won't interfere."
"I asked, who?" Wu's tone suddenly became forceful.
Wei Jinting slowly grinned and spat out a name: "Wan Yuanning."
Building 2.
Room 404.
Banana Wolf, who had been leaning on the sofa, suddenly stood up. About half a minute ago, he had heard a very strange sound.
It was hard to describe, like a "rustling" friction sound mixed with the gasping breaths of someone being strangled.
The sound wasn't loud, nor was it very clear.
In fact, Banana Wolf couldn't even pinpoint the exact direction the sound was coming from.
But one thing he was sure of, the thing making the noise was in his room.
"Drip."
There was the sound of dripping water, and Banana Wolf immediately looked towards the kitchen faucet.
"Drip."
A drop of water hung from the faucet, then slowly swelled before falling, making an unusually clear sound.
Banana Wolf frowned. He didn't remember turning on the faucet, and it hadn't leaked before, so why now?
It was suspicious no matter how he thought about it.
But gradually, the dripping sound became more frequent, even forming a very thin stream of water, until finally, the faucet was fully open.
In the quiet of the night, the sound of running water was heard.
This sound gave Banana Wolf an extremely uneasy feeling. He instinctively felt that if he left it alone, it might lead to terrible consequences.
So without hesitation, he rushed forward and turned off the faucet.
But now the drain seemed to be clogged, and the sink was already filled with a lot of water, almost overflowing. Moreover, the water in the sink was very murky, making it uncomfortable to look at.
Banana Wolf casually took a chopstick from the kitchen drawer and poked it towards what he assumed was the drain, but strangely, the feedback he got was very odd. Whatever was clogging the drain seemed to be something very soft.
And Banana Wolf's expression changed abruptly, as there was a force pulling the chopstick, trying to drag it into the water. He tried to pull the chopstick back, but the strength of whatever was inside was beyond his imagination.
Just as he was about to let go, the thing under the water released its grip first. He grabbed the chopstick and quickly retreated.
His heart was pounding like a drum.
Upon seeing the state of the chopstick in his hand, Banana Wolf's pupils couldn't help but tremble. The front of the chopstick was densely covered with... tooth marks.
Frightened, he immediately dropped the chopstick.
But the eeriness didn't disappear. Moments later, the sink started making gurgling sounds, as if the water was boiling.
Then a pitch-black hand soaked in water reached out from the sink and with a slap, grabbed the edge of the sink.
Next, a bloated body slowly crawled out of the sink, and Banana Wolf was dumbfounded.
He couldn't imagine how such a large person could squeeze out of such a small drain, like squeezing toothpaste!
The moment the figure raised its head, Banana Wolf gasped. The entire lower jaw of the person had been cut open with a knife, and inside were densely packed teeth.
The teeth were crowded together, triggering his trypophobia, and what was even more terrifying was that he had already recognized this ghost from its clothing.
It was Liu Guo, who had called not long ago.
Liu Guo, now a ghost, slowly approached Banana Wolf, his mouth open so wide it could almost bite off Banana Wolf's head in one go.
Just as Liu Guo was about to succeed, his head suddenly jerked to a stop. A hand grabbed his hair from behind, and with a "shhh" sound, the world in Liu Guo's eyes turned upside down.
"Wolf," Weng Qing's voice rang out, "Are you okay? Did you get hurt anywhere?" Weng Qing, holding a large knife in her right hand, looked at Banana Wolf with concern.
On the other side, the headless corpse fell to the ground with a thud.
(End of the Chapter)
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