Chapter 81: Wang Family Funeral Home
Being able to precisely tap on herself, smashing someone else’s forehead was naturally even simpler.
But Meng Ning clearly didn’t have Lu Jinzhao’s strong endurance. With just one hammer strike, Meng Ning could no longer control her tears and fear. She was in so much pain she was nearly spasming, and she regretted immensely in her heart whether she had made the wrong decision. What if it wasn’t?
What if she chose wrong? Not only would she have suffered in vain, but she would also lose her hearing, practically pushing herself into a pit of fire!
But even with more hesitation and regret in her mind, after Meng Ning eased a bit, she still sat down in front of Lu Jinzhao.
Her tears had already streamed all over her face, but Lu Jinzhao showed no pity at all and just said to her, “Don’t shake, don’t sway, or I’ll smash the wrong place.”
She had just lost her hearing but could still speak; it was just that since she couldn’t hear her own voice, her volume was noticeably louder than before.
Upon hearing this, Meng Ning shook even more severely for a few seconds, but after that, she slowly controlled her body.
When she too lost all hearing and the world fell into silence, the regret in her heart reached its peak at that moment, but everything was settled, with no room to turn back. Meng Ning actually breathed a sigh of relief.
She didn’t dare to sway her head, only feeling that the pain accompanied by dizziness made even normal walking a problem, but looking at Lu Jinzhao—aside from her pale complexion, residual bloodstains by her ears, and sweat on her face showing the pain she had endured before—her expression had completely calmed down.
How could someone adjust herself so quickly?
Meng Ning didn’t understand, but she wanted to learn.
After the two rested for a while, nightfall gradually arrived.
Considering it was the last night and there might be a power outage, the six candles in the duty room were divided equally between them.
Though called equally divided, who in their hearts didn’t want to keep them all for themselves?
But infighting now wasn’t a good idea.
Without hearing sounds, the world seemed to suddenly change.
Sometimes Lu Jinzhao subconsciously wanted to communicate with Meng Ning, spoke the words out loud, and only upon seeing the other’s oblivious appearance and the silence by her own ears did she suddenly realize—they both couldn’t hear now.
But after this happened twice, she never forgot again.
After nightfall, the two still stayed in the duty room.
They had already agreed that if no accidents occurred, they should try not to wander around randomly, wait until time, quickly patrol, then return to the duty room.
Of course, Lu Jinzhao also knew that “quickly patrol then return” was probably impossible.
And now, even before patrol began, the atmosphere in the duty room was already very oppressive.
Only because today was exceptionally different from the previous two days—having lost hearing and entered the night, when danger came, unable to identify it through sound, they had to keep staring at the door at all times.
Without hearing sounds, unable to talk to each other to ease tense nerves, the already long night became even harder to endure.
The two could only stare at the door and window outside, as well as the clock on the wall, letting time pass slowly bit by bit.
They couldn’t hear, so they didn’t know that from the moment night fell, muffled footsteps had been lingering outside the duty room door. The bell that should have been faint penetrated the duty room door, resounding through the entire night.
But the two in the room couldn’t hear at all, so those footsteps could only wander confusedly in the night, waiting for someone who could hear them to appear.
The lights in the duty room were still fairly bright. Clearly nothing had happened, yet Meng Ning felt her palms slightly sweating.
She couldn’t help turning her head left and right, looking at the door one moment, the window the next, and occasionally checking where Lu Jinzhao was staring.
She wanted to pick up her mobile phone, type some words on the notepad to communicate with Lu Jinzhao—not to share anything important, just to break the tense atmosphere—but she really had nothing to say.
Better not to waste mobile phone battery; maybe that few percent could save lives at a critical moment.
The overly silent room always made her feel that danger might appear outside her line of sight. Meng Ning found this too tormenting.
Pain troubled her; she wanted to lie down and rest, cold sweat kept appearing on her forehead, but she could only endure.
Finally, time trickled to midnight.
During this time, Meng Ning checked the clock almost every two or three minutes. When time came, she immediately turned to look at Lu Jinzhao, who had just stood up.
The two didn’t communicate; just one look and action, and they understood each other’s meaning.
Departure time had arrived.
When Meng Ning stood up, her body swayed. She raised her hand to steady her head, endured the urge to dry heave, and when she looked up, she saw Lu Jinzhao’s vigilant action.
The other didn’t immediately open the door but placed her hand on the door to feel for a while, then slowly turned the door handle. After opening, she didn’t peek into the corridor but lowered her head to look at the ground.
Meng Ning understood something from her actions, so when following Lu Jinzhao out of the duty room, she also kept her head down.
Then, soon, she saw a chilling sight.
Though it flashed by with the movement, wasn’t there a pair of feet standing by the open door?
Barefoot, tied with a red rope and bell.
Standing against the wall surface, right outside the door.
Meng Ning’s heart pounded; she was almost certain that was the ghost!
The ghost was actually standing right outside the duty room door?!
They had just been separated from a ghost by only one wall?
This was a situation that had never happened before—the ghost wasn’t waiting at the patrol location but had intruded to the duty room door!
But it didn’t come in or attack them.
So… Lu Jinzhao’s method worked?
Rapid breathing sounded in the night. Fortunately, living people couldn’t hear it, and the dead didn’t care.
Meng Ning pinched her palm, trying to calm herself.
She slightly raised her eyes and saw Lu Jinzhao’s back. Even extremely weak, her steps remained steady. That scene earlier—did she see it?
If she saw it, why no reaction?
Her mentality was too good.
However, seeing Lu Jinzhao’s figure showing no panic at all, Meng Ning felt she calmed a bit too.
She opened her mouth, wanting to ask something, but after the first two words, realized—no, Lu Jinzhao couldn’t hear now.
She could only give up.
Soon, the two arrived at the first patrol location, the service hall.
This place had no anomalies on the first day but terrified Xiao Ping on the second night.
Tonight, it wouldn’t be peaceful either.
