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I suddenly sat up in bed, drenched in cold sweat. Looking around my room, I saw no sign of the woman in red. Could it be that everything that had just happened was merely a dream I had while dozing off?
After waking up, I found it impossible to fall back asleep, keeping my eyes wide open until dawn. When the sun finally rose above the horizon, I stepped out of my room, sporting two prominent dark circles under my eyes, and knocked on He Xiaoyan's door.
Just then, I ran into the White-Haired Boss heading upstairs to clean the rooms. I noticed that on this floor, aside from He Xiaoyan's door being tightly shut, all the other doors were wide open, with white bedding piled on the cleaning cart. It seemed that everyone else had checked out except for me and He Xiaoyan.
He Xiaoyan opened her door, also with heavy dark circles under her eyes and an expression that suggested she was about to explode.
"What’s wrong with you? What happened?" I asked her, puzzled.
"You went crazy last night! You kept banging on my door! When I opened it, you disappeared!"
"The guests who checked out said their doors were knocked on last night," the White-Haired Boss added quietly from beside us.
I felt a rush of blood drain from my face as I stood at He Xiaoyan's door, suddenly pale.
"I really did knock on all the doors in this corridor last night; that ghost wasn’t a dream!"
I steadied my emotions and pulled He Xiaoyan into her room to tell her what had happened the previous night.
"You’re saying you really knocked on my door last night? And that a woman in red was chasing you?"
"Yes."
"Are you trying to mess with me again like last night?"
"When I knocked on your door last night, I asked if you liked me."
"..."
"Maybe we should leave this place. When Hong Qianqian stayed here, she didn’t mention encountering a Malevolent Spirit. What if it knew your intentions and came after you?"
"You should check out and leave; I'll stay one more night to see how things go. If no one else who stayed here before has been chased after besides me, then leaving now might not guarantee my safety."
"Si Xianxi! Are you crazy? Do you really want to stay here?"
"Hong Qianqian has lived through Conceiving a Cursed Fetus, and I was hunted down. I need to figure out the reason before I can think of a way to deal with this female ghost. I didn't prepare thoroughly before because I thought the dirty things related to Hong Qianqian and Conceiving a Cursed Fetus weren't that fierce."
"Then I'm staying here too; I'm not checking out."
I knew that no matter how much I tried to persuade her, it wouldn't work. I could only agree on a code phrase with her. "The king covers the tiger; Xianxi is a fool."
Seeing her finally smile eased my heart a little.
If anything unusual happened at night, she would only open the door upon hearing this code phrase.
Throughout the day, I compared the booklet left by my grandfather with my memories, staying locked in my room as I drew numerous Liujia Yin-Yang Talismans and Demon-Slaying Talismans.
He Xiaoyan intended to come over, but I found her presence bothersome and turned her away at the door.
In the evening, after having dinner with He Xiaoyan, we each returned to our rooms.
I put on the Protective Cloak my grandfather left for me, which was covered in various Soul-Calming Talismans. In my hand, I held the Peach Wood Sword engraved with many ancient runes.
The entire room was plastered with Liujia Yin-Yang Talismans. Everything was ready.
I turned off the lights, sat on a chair with my back against the wall, quietly waiting for the hour hand to slowly point to eight o'clock.
At 7:59 PM, my phone suddenly went dark; no matter how much I pressed it, it wouldn't light up again. Normally, others would think it had run out of battery, but only I knew it still had 80% left at that moment.
Just like last night, everything around me fell into an eerie silence; the sounds of cicadas and passing cars vanished completely.
The sound of blades scraping against the floor outside my door came in waves. My Doll Brother began to shake violently.
This time, I took the initiative and opened the door from inside before quickly closing it again. The moment I opened the door, the scraping sound outside immediately ceased.
I knew the female ghost had entered my room, but this room was a trap I had set for her in advance.
However, as I scanned the entire room, I couldn't see any sign of the woman in red.
It wasn't until I looked at the full-length mirror in the hallway that I discovered the red-clad ghost grinning ominously at me from within the mirror while her ghostly figure was absent from the room itself.
"The ghost can traverse through the Mirror World. I must force her out and into this ghost-repelling room."
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