Chapter 158: House Of Evil Ghosts
However, what surprised Little Lu was that this person who refused could have easily picked any platform to brush it off, but didn’t do that, instead directly refusing.
Doing this would undoubtedly make the others vigilant toward her, which is not worth the loss, unless this is exactly what she wanted?
Seeing the atmosphere tense up, the middle-aged woman who spoke first stepped in to smooth things over: “No problem, this isn’t a big deal anyway. Everyone introduce your names to each other, and have a convenient way to address one another.”
She took the lead in stating her surname: “My surname is Duan, you can just call me Auntie Duan.”
The other two besides Little Lu also gave simple monikers. Because it was Qiu Tian, the buzzcut woman told them to just call her Qiu Tian, while the girl who looked about the same age as Little Lu gave a name: Tan Meng.
Little Lu thought about it and felt there was no need to give her full name, so she simply told the three to call her Little Lu.
“Since everyone knows each other now, I think some things can be discussed first.”
She looked at the three: “Presumably everyone’s identity is tenant, right? Should we exchange room numbers to confirm our companions’ locations, just in case?”
Tan Meng shrugged: “I have no objection.”
Qiu Tian hesitated slightly for four or five seconds before nodding: “Alright, I agree too.”
Little Lu noted the three’s expressions in her mind, silently assessing the general personalities of these unfamiliar teammates. As for exchanging room numbers, in her view it had pros and cons, but considering it was a Class A instance, just in case, they really should confirm the locations where the other human companions lived, so she didn’t object either.
The apartment had six floors in total, but their rooms were all on the third floor.
This apartment’s layout was somewhat like a student dormitory, with a narrow long corridor connecting the equal number of rooms on the left and right sides of the floor.
Little Lu lived in 302, Tan Meng in 301, Auntie Duan in 303; their rooms were adjacent, but the buzzcut girl Qiu Tian who refused the platform exchange lived in 315, directly across from them.
Learning that only she lived in a left-side room, Qiu Tian’s expression clearly showed a subtle change. She didn’t say much, just urged: “Is there anything else to discuss? Time is running out.”
“What are you in a hurry for?” Tan Meng looked at her displeased.
Auntie Duan smiled amiably, trying to play peacemaker: “Oh, no rush. When it’s time to go in, we’ll go in naturally. We still have plenty to do. Even if time is short, don’t we have to take it slow?”
Little Lu didn’t speak, just observing these teammates.
She found them very interesting. Everyone seemed to be probing, guarding, concealing. They hadn’t even entered the apartment yet, nor encountered danger, yet she felt someone among them already harbored ill intentions.
She sensed a dangerous aura from these people’s clashes.
Among them, someone definitely had an unfriendly attitude, it just hadn’t fully shown yet.
“This is really troubling.” Little Lu still wore a friendly shallow smile on her face, but inwardly she was annoyed: “Suddenly entering a Class A Platform alone was already troublesome enough, and now these strange teammates too.”
However, Little Lu figured there was probably someone even more annoyed than her right now.
She wondered what expression Qin Wan would have upon learning that only she boarded at Yuncheng Station this time?
“Shall we analyze the possible difficulties of this mission?”
The atmosphere fell silent for a few seconds. The one who broke the silence again was still the eldest, the lady surnamed Duan.
“Difficulties?” Tan Meng sighed: “To be honest, this is my first time entering a Class A Platform, I’m not clear either.”
“What a coincidence? This is auntie’s first time too.” Auntie Duan’s face showed some surprise. Hearing this, Qiu Tian’s already naturally sour complexion soured even more, because it was her first time entering a Class A Platform too.
After Little Lu stated she was the same, Qiu Tian couldn’t hold back: “What kind of joke is this?”
How could the train gather four people from different platforms, all first-timers to a Class A Platform, together?
This was something that had never happened before.
Meanwhile, Little Lu was thinking that her sudden entry to this platform was because she obtained the ghost bone, so what about these companions from other platforms?
Did they also have secrets on them?
Probably so.
This strange atmosphere was likely due to the secrets each carried?
“We’re all Class A mission newbies, aren’t we dead meat?” Tan Meng exaggeratedly covered her face. Little Lu felt her performance was way too heavy-handed, which reminded her of Fu Xuesheng.
Fu Xuesheng also liked saying discouraging things, but Fu Xuesheng’s expressions and tone when speaking looked utterly defeated, unlike Tan Meng. One look at Tan Meng and you knew she was just exaggerating, deliberately performing.
While Little Lu was comparing the two, as if noticing Little Lu’s line of sight, the knuckle of Tan Meng’s right finger covering her cheek suddenly parted, revealing the eye that was originally covered. That eye looked at Little Lu, the hidden emotion indeed not fear, though Little Lu also couldn’t quite discern her current mood.
This was a weirdo.
Little Lu mentally marked Tan Meng as such.
“If you want to die now, then why don’t you just not enter the apartment later?” A cold smile appeared on Qiu Tian’s face; she couldn’t stand Tan Meng.
“Oh, no need to argue, we still have serious business to discuss?” Auntie Duan once again stood between the two: “So does anyone have any thoughts? About this mission.”
Qiu Tian rolled her eyes obviously, then said rapidly: “This platform is called House of Evil Ghosts, definitely referring to this apartment. It’s haunted inside, time limit three days, the haunting level will probably increase with time, and we need to quickly find the cause of the haunting, or there might be big trouble.”
“What’s the difference between what you said and saying nothing?” Tan Meng put down the hand covering her face, looking at Qiu Tian expressionlessly, her eyes carrying some disgust.
“Then you say it, let me see what you can come up with!”
Qiu Tian was clearly quite pissed off by her, her tone becoming aggressive.
“I don’t know.” Tan Meng spread her hands, directly giving up.
This attitude made veins pop on Qiu Tian’s forehead, but she ultimately did nothing, just glaring at Tan Meng with a meaningful look.
“Little Lu, you’ve been quiet all along, do you have some idea?” The seemingly kind Auntie Duan suddenly directed the topic at Little Lu.
Little Lu blinked her eyes in some surprise, her tone innocent: “Auntie, I think it’s just like what Qiu Tian said, right?”
“I don’t know anything else.”
Auntie Duan’s expression paused subtly. Qiu Tian’s complexion improved quite a bit, while Tan Meng nearly couldn’t suppress the corner of her mouth.
“Interesting.” She said: “Everyone is as interesting as the platform.”
