Chapter 3：Thud, thud, thud

"What's wrong?"

Li Luyao discovered that there was something wrong with Lin Wu's expression and couldn't help but stare at him in bewilderment.

Lin Wu glanced at her before heaving a sigh. He then shook his head lightly. "Nothing, let's go."

After speaking, he allowed Li Luyao to pull him along. They then traveled through the streets and walked toward the parking lot.

As he walked silently, he secretly shook his head. What was he thinking? How could such a thing really exist?

Even if reincarnation was real, if he died in a car accident, how was it possible for him to get married to Li Luyao?

These two things were contradictory. Hence, the matter of reincarnation was naturally false.

Lin Wu involuntarily became more relaxed.

However, from the looks of things now, could it be that the posts were posted by Li Luyao?

But it didn't make sense either. Li Luyao wanted to have a blind date with him. If she was the one who posted, how would she not want him to leave the house?

"Li Luyao, have you read my book before?" Lin Wu probingly asked.

"Yes, you are quite talented." Li Luyao nodded her head lightly. "Do you need me to give you a tip through the novel site? I think it's pretty cheap to join the gold pledge. Do you want me to give you one?"

$10,000 RMB was still considered pretty cheap?

Lin Wu involuntarily felt somewhat speechless. Alright, as expected, his imagination was restricted by his poverty.

"No, it's fine."

Lin Wu pinched himself. It was very tough for him to reject the temptation of a gold pledge. But since he already managed to block the beauty trap, he definitely mustn't be defeated by money.

"Since this is the case," Lin Wu continued, "You said that you are a reincarnator and have read my novel before. Tell me then, how does the plot develop in the latter part of my novel?"

When Li Luyao heard this, her steps paused slightly before returning to normal.

She fell silent for quite a while before shaking her head. "I also have no idea what the plot is going to be."

"You don't know?"

Lin Wu smiled. He managed to find the truth with a single question. What reincarnation? He had completely exposed her with this.

Li Luyao turned her head and cast a deep glance at him. She spoke in a light voice, "Because, according to your original trajectory of fate. You have never updated the novel starting from tomorrow."

"Ah?" Lin Wu started. After that, he shook his head. "How is that possible? I have never 'castrated' my series before, alright?"

But Li Luyao was shaking her head, not continuing to say anything.

After some time, the two of them arrived at the parking lot.

Li Luyao glanced at the road they had taken here and at the two sides of the road they were about to cross. She then seemingly heaved a sigh of relief.

Lin Wu simply watched, feeling even more bizarre.

From her manner, it was like she managed to help him avoid a car accident. She exuded a feeling like she had helped him escape a calamity. Was she so afraid that something would happen to him?

"Let's go up the car."

Li Luyao spoke and casually took out her car key, pressing down on it. She then led Lin Wu along to a red-colored Mazda, only releasing her hand on his wrist after opening the car door, allowing him to go up the car.

After Lin Wu sat down in the front passenger seat, Li Luyao also entered the car. She closed the car door and asked, "Which hotel do you want to go? You can choose one."

"Let's make things clear first. We will pay for the rooms separately." Lin Wu wanted to make things clear. After all, he was prepared to sneak away in the middle of the night. He didn't want to waste her money.

"It's fine. I will pay." Li Luyao shook her head lightly.

"Hilton then." Lin Wu heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed like there was no need for him to slice his own flesh.

But that wasn't the reason why he had chosen a luxurious hotel. The main thing was that he was still not at ease around Li Luyao. He didn't understand what she was planning. A motel wouldn't be too safe, so it was safer if he chose a five-star hotel like this.

"Sure."

Li Luyao didn't mind it and nodded. She then began to drive the car.

…

…

Half an hour later.

Inside his hotel room, Lin Wu stood at the french window and looked at the view below. He then glanced at the time. Now, it was only about 8 p.m, and Li Luyao was staying beside him. It was better to wait until very late at night before he sneaked out.

"I'll first write my novel…"

Since Lin Wu was idling, he decided to turn on his laptop and began to write.

There were too many things he encountered today, and his thinking wasn't that clear. He wrote very slowly and after he finished writing and uploading one chapter, it was already almost 11 p.m.

After uploading, Lin Wu opened up the book-review zone out of habit.

"Mn?"

He glanced at it and involuntarily started. "Didn't I ban him from posting already? What's going on…"

It was unknown when, but the book-review zone was once again filled with a few hundred posts.

The content of the posts ---

[Sir Author?

Have you died yet?

Have you died yet??

Have you died yet???]

And the identity of the poster was actually none other than the 'I have returned'!

"This person is truly crazy…"

Lin Wu frowned. "Strange, could it be that I've just deleted his messages but forgot about banning him? Forget it, I'll just ban him again."

Lin Wu once again opened up the administrator option and began to ban the guy and delete his posts.

However~

In the administrator option, the reader with the id 'I have returned.' was actually already banned!

"Has a bug appeared on the website?"

Lin Wu frowned. He canceled the ban and reapplied it once more before starting to delete the posts in batches.

[Delete successful!]

After successfully deleting the posts, his book-review zone finally became clean. Only then did Lin Wu felt much more comfortable. He then refreshed the webpage.

"Mn?"

After refreshing it, Lin Wu's expression actually became unsightly.

The review zone of his novel was spammed with the same post for an unknown number of times. But the content of the post this time was--

[Hehe, it seems like you are still alive. Quickly update the novel, or I'll be paying a visit to you and rush you for updates (smiley face)]

And the one who posted was still the reader who got banned, 'I have returned'.

"How is this possible? The ban has no effect?" Lin Wu was filled with disbelief.

Also, this person noticed it a few seconds after he had just finished deleting all the posts?

Not only so… but at the end of the current post, there was still a smiling emoticon. The emoticon actually had an indescribably vivid feeling to it, like it was really laughing at him!

But the main point was that—this crazy person seemed to know his address?

"What's going on?"

Lin Wu involuntarily felt his scalp turning numb when he saw these bizarre postings.

Things were just too bizarre. The content of these posts was clearly strange, but no other readers had replied. It felt like no one could see these posts other than him.

And as for this reader who was clearly banned, he could still issue new posts and posted over a hundred posts at one go!

"He still says that he wants to look for me and rush me for updates...does this fellow know my location?"

Lin Wu drew in a deep breath, but he couldn't control the fact that a little fear had crept into his heart. He couldn't have come in contact with some 'unclean things', right?

A supernatural incident?

An internet spirit?

Strangely enough, he felt that it seemed as though he was enveloped by a deep layer of shadow.

Boom, boom!

Boom, boom!

Lin Wu's heart pounded quicker and quicker. He faintly felt that someone was standing behind him.

There seemed to be a pair of eyes that would cause one's hair to stand on their end…

Currently staring at him from the shadows!

"WHO?!"

Lin Wu gritted his teeth and turned abruptly to stare behind him.

He was the only one in the room.

It was so quiet that it felt terrifying. Other than the sounds of his somewhat hurried breathing, there were no other sounds.

"Hu...I'm scaring myself…"

Lin Wu let out a breath he was holding. He supported himself with the chair's armrest and stood up. He then walked into the bathroom.

He turned the faucet to make the water flow at its maximum and used the cold water to wash his face to calm himself down. Only then did he feel his emotions easing up.

Lin Wu casually took out a towel to wipe his face while staring at himself in the mirror with contempt. "What era is this now? How can I be so superstitious? Ghosts? They basically don't exist in this world."

"Thud, thud, thud."

All of a sudden, the sounds of knocking rang out.

The sound quality was extremely clear, but it didn't sound like someone knocking on the door. Rather, it sounded more like someone knocking on glass.

Could it be that somebody was knocking on the windows?

But this was the 12th floor of the hotel, and it was already so late at night. Who would be knocking on the windows outside?

Lin Wu gulped down a mouthful of his saliva as his heart tensed up again.

"Thud, thud, thud."

After that, the clear and crisp sounds of knocking rang out once more.

This time, Lin Wu heard it clearly, and the tension in his heart eased up a little.

It was because the knocking sounds drifted over from outside the bathroom. Also, the origin of the sound didn't seem to be from the french windows; it was from the direction of his computer desk and the door.

"Is there someone knocking on my door? It doesn't seem like it…"

Lin Wu cautiously walked out of his bathroom. There was no one in his room, and there didn't seem to be anything strange.

"Dingdong~"

The sound of the doorbell rang.

"Oh, there's actually someone knocking…"

Lin Wu heaved a sigh of relief. He walked quietly on tiptoe and carefully looked through the peephole. He then finally relaxed and opened up the door.

The person standing outside was Li Luyao.

"What's the matter?"

Lin Wu wasn't in a good mood. He was glaring at her. (There's a doorbell, but you didn't want to use it earlier. Why were you knocking on the door? I thought that I encountered a ghost. How frightening.)

Why was the attitude of this fellow so bad?

Li Luyao glanced at him strangely before speaking, "I only wish to tell you that the world cup finals are starting soon. Don't forget to watch it. Do you want to watch it together with me?"

"World cup?"

Lin Wu glanced at the time, and it was already 11.10 p.m. The world cup finals had already started.

However~

He cast another glance at Li Luyao. Why did this girl hope so much to be in the same room as him?

Not only was she not afraid of being taken advantage of, but she even sent herself to his room?

There must be a problem.

Lin Wu silently surveyed Li Luyao before shaking his head. "No need. It's already so late. It wouldn't be appropriate if a girl stays in my room, right? I can watch it alone."

"It's fine, I don't mind." Li Luyao quickly shook her hand.

As a woman from a strict and impartial family, it could be said that she was going all out by doing this. If it wasn't because she was too afraid, even if Lin Wu really was her boyfriend, she wouldn't have chosen to do this.

But now...she really had no solutions left.

"Even if you don't mind, I mind. I'm still a virgin." Lin Wu acted like a gentleman.

"…"

Li Luyao almost laughed out.

She knew that this fellow was talking nonsense. No virgin males would admit that they were virgins. Only those male hooligans would love to pretend like that.

Still a virgin?

Most probably, he was a man that had been 'handled' by many women before.

Li Luyao drew in a deep breath and asked, "Stop talking nonsense. You are resolute in not wanting to be with me, right?"

"Which 'be with you' do you mean?" Lin Wu glanced at her.

"Both scenarios." Li Luyao stared at him.

"That's only natural." Lin Wu casually spoke mockingly. "Before I confirm the truth, it is a no from me no matter what. Even if you don't wear your clothes and jump on me, I will definitely resist."

Li Luyao's lips twitched. She wanted to say, "I'd rather jump down from here and die than to assault you sexually in the middle of the night…"

However, she still needed his help and didn't dare to offend him, or what if she ended up having her face verbally smacked?

Hence, Li Luyao nodded. "Let's wait until after you believe me before we talk about it. In any case, can you do me a favor?"

Lin Wu glanced at her, "What favor? I'll say it first. This is still my first time, you have to be gentle with me, okay?"

Now, the way of him speaking was becoming increasingly unbridled.

In any case, he didn't want to have a deep connection with this woman; hence, his words were a little provocative. It would be good if she loathed him. He really hoped that she could leave him a little further.

"…"

Li Luyao pretended that she didn't hear his words. She continued in a low voice, "I only want you to help me safekeep something. I'm afraid I might lose it."

"What?"

"It's this ring."

Li Luyao lifted her right hand and showed her middle finger, displaying the silvery-grey simple-looking ring.

Naturally, she intentionally pointed her middle finger.

"Isn't this your wedding ring? You are asking me to safekeep it?" Lin Wu then casually continued. "Look for others to help you, don't look for me."

"You are even unwilling to do me this tiny favor?" Li Luyao couldn't help but grow anxious. She grabbed Lin Wu's clothes with one hand and gritted her teeth. "Do you believe that I will shout 'help molester' loudly now?"

Lin Wu rolled his eyes at her.

Li Luyao drew in a deep breath. She opened her mouth. "Hel…"

Before she could utter the word 'help', Lin Wu hurriedly clasped her mouth with his hand. He wasn't in a good mood as he spoke, "You are really intending to shout? Stop that, I will just promise you, alright?"

Li Luyao glanced at him, indicating him to release his hand. After that, she spoke, "Take it off for me then."

After speaking, she spread her dainty white hand out and pushed it before Lin Wu.

Li Luyao's fingers were slender and long, with a faint hue of red within the fairness. There weren't any calluses at all. Just with a glance, one could tell that she was a rich young lady whose financial background was extremely good.

(Mn, for those who have a fetish for hands, they can play it for a year.)

Lin Wu suspiciously glanced at her. Although he didn't understand why she didn't take it off herself, he still grabbed her little hand and slowly helped her remove the ring from her middle finger.

Naturally, doing it slowly wasn't because he was being careful. It was purely because he wanted to take a little advantage of her.

After all, this girl's hands were extremely smooth, and her skin condition was great. The tactile sensation of touching her hand wasn't bad.

After Lin Wu had helped Li Luyao remove the ring, it was like a layer of shadow had faded around her. She slowly heaved a sigh of relief and mumbled, "I hope this will be useful…"

"What?" Lin Wu didn't hear it clearly.

"Nothing."

Li Luyao shook her head slightly. She glanced at Lin Wu's large hand, which was still holding onto her hand. She didn't get angry and calmly spoke, "You are not releasing me yet? Have you touched enough?"

Lin Wu acted nonchalantly and released her hand. He didn't feel embarrassed at all.

"Why must you act like this?" Li Luyao glanced at Lin Wu. "If you are willing to marry me, how would there be a need to act so sneakily like this?"

Lin Wu also laughed. "Could it be you don't know this saying? 'A wife is inferior to a concubine, a concubine is inferior to sleeping around with unknown women, sleeping around with unknown women is inferior to women whom you can't sleep with'"

"Ah, men."

Li Luyao knew that this fellow's skin was thick. She steeled her heart and couldn't be bothered to say any more words. She then turned around and prepared to leave.

Lin Wu shrugged. He closed the door in the passing.

And just when he closed the door, he heard the knocking sounds again. He glanced into the peephole; it was actually Lu Luyao who had returned. He could only open the door again.

"Mn?"

Just as he opened the door, Lin Wu was stunned.

"I forgot to tell you this." Li Luyao dryly coughed. "After you finish watching the world cup, if you believe me then, remember to come and look for me. I...should be sleeping quite late tonight."

But Lin Wu didn't say anything. His expression turned somewhat ugly.

Because he discovered...earlier when Li Luyao had knocked on the door, the sound of those knocks was different from the clear and crisp knocking sound at all. They were completely different!

"What's the matter?"

Li Luyao discovered that his expression was strange.

Lin Wu asked in a low voice, "Did you knock on the door earlier?"

Li Luyao skeptically turned her head and looked at him. "No kidding. If not who was the one who knocked?"

"No." Lin Wu frowned. "I mean, when you first came earlier and pressed the doorbell, did you knock at that time?"

"Ah?" Li Luyao started. She thought back and shook her head. "Nope, I directly pressed the doorbell. It only rang once, and you already opened the door."

"…"

Lin Wu's heart instantly turned cold.

If the knocking from before wasn't from Li Luyao's knocking of the door, where did the sound originate from?

"What's wrong?" Li Luyao was puzzled.

Lin Wu didn't bother with her. He turned his head and glanced at the nearby computer desk. All of a sudden, his gaze changed as he hurried over to his laptop.

He hesitated for a while before stretching his hand and gently knocking on the laptop's screen.

"Thud, thud, thud!"

It was the same sound!