Chapter 133: Copper Coin’s Decision

Chapter 133: Copper Coin’s Decision

The sky was completely dark and true to her words, Gu Qianqian still wasnt back home.

Yibei groggily got up and slapped around in the dark, finding the light switch after tripping over various trinkets.

As the lights flickered, she couldnt help but feel badit was the tiniest LED light that she had ever seen.

Even if the source of electricity was stolen from a nearby street light, Gu Qianqian was still conserving as much energy as possible.

Withdrawing her attention from the light, Lu Yibei paced back to the sofa and sat down. At this moment, her phone suddenly vibrated twice.

She froze for a moment before turning it on, and she couldnt help but widen her eyes.

[Helpem,]

It was a text from Professor Ma, and it seemed to have been sent in a hurry, judging by the typos. This was very out of character for him, and a vague premonition stirred in Yibeis heart.

Plus, hes a literature professor; there is simply no way that his texts would be ineligible, so

He must be in danger, she gulped.

She hurriedly opened her contacts, but her finger hovered over the call button thoughtfully.

No. I cant call him. Not now at least.

Calling him may put him in more danger; plus, he may be isolated, just like Yibei was isolated by Mr Rabbit, and his phone may be useless by now.

But Yibei didnt know where Professor Ma was, asking for help without providing any location. It only filled Yibei with immense anxiety.

Lu Yibei felt a little dizzy and anxiously paced back and forth in the room, taking a few deep breaths and forcing himself to think about the situation.

Jiangli once said that urban legends tend to seek out those who seek them; if Professor Ma has not had any incidents for many years, then he must have some way to avoid danger.

Doesnt this mean that if he lives a normal life, then he would never know about urban legends?

Hence, something must have broken his perception.

The bamboo scrolls appeared in Yibeis mind.

Something bad mustve happened when he was studying the bamboo scrolls. That must be it! He even mentioned strange phenomena happening when he was studying the scrolls!

Hence, he must be inside the Universitys research lab!

With this in mind, Lu Yibei put away her cell phone and brandished her kitchen knife, dashing out of Gu Qianqians home.

Although she wasnt sure where his exact location was, it was worth a try.

However, now she has no way to contact Professor Ma, and she cant sit still. Even if its just a guess, its worth trying.

The young witch turned back around into Gu Qianqians home, taking the twenty-dollar bill she stuffed inside her piggy bank back out.

Sorry, but my powers might fail me, and I might need to take a cab!

In an apartment in the west of Huacheng, Zhang Shan carefully browsed through his comment section and couldnt help but feel a little worried.

[REPEATER: Your stories are getting more absurd. I might unsub in the future.]

[SENGSUO: Did you lose contact with that girl on your phone?]

[EMPEROR: Youre getting boring. Ill come back in a few days.]

[internetwarrior34: I agree. I think you should sell foot pictures instead. Theyre really pop-

[AUTOMOD: internetwarrior34 has been banned for 24 hours.]

Ah

He let out a big sigh as he lit a cigarette and leaned back on his chair.

She slowly pushed the door open and fumbled for the light switch, and the first thing she noticed was the opened piggy bank. Her face turned pale, and the takeouts in her hand fell to the ground in a loud snap.

Its over! She mustve stolen something! Ive been so kind to herI even bought her food, and yet

As Gu Qianqian cried with a choked voice, she dumped the banknotes in the piggy bank on the floor and counted them.

Perhaps it was because Gu Qianqian was crying that the system felt bad and started to comfort her.

Witches cant be trusted. We must beat her up the next time we see her, but for now, you must get up and eat your food.

Wait! she cried out.

What is it?

She didnt actually steal my money. In fact, there are three extra yuan inside.

If the system had a physical mouth, it would be hanging down to the floor by now.

No A witch couldnt do this. There must be some kind of conspiracy, some kind of

21:02.

The bathroom was shrouded in darkness.

Professor Ma shrank himself into the corner as he trembled, staring at the mobile phone that fell into the toilet.

Five minutes ago, he was typing out a message for Yibei when the light above his head started to flicker before dimming.

The erratic dimming shocked him as the speed of his fingers increased tremendously, and as if he had been electrocuted, his phone fell and bounced straight into the toilet bowl.

Of course, his first reaction was to pick up the phone, but as he approached the toilet, he heard a strange sound of music coming from within it.

Like an old music box that played out of tune endlessly.

He suspected that if he picked up his phone, something bad would happen to him.

Even his trusty copper coin told him to stay away from the toilet.

However, he couldnt help but glance at the toilet bowlwould Yibei know where he was after sending that hasty text for help?

Uncertainty, despair, and fear were like a three-headed beast that lingered in his mind.

And in the darkness, time seemed to slow down, and he felt strangely tired.

At this moment, the sound of music stopped.

There was dead silence in the bathroom, except for the occasional tick of water.

As he crawled closer to the toilet bowl, it suddenly rang again, and strangely enough, it became clearer and clearer, as if the music wasnt playing from within the toilet bowl, but

He retreated away from the toilet bowl and stuck himself to the wall farthest from it; however, he could hear the toilet gurgle as water would bubble out, and that familiar stench enveloped his breath.

Metal pipes collided with each other.

A few fingers protruded from the toilet.

He was frightened out of his mind, and yet his fingers trailed over the copper coin in his pocket as if he were searching for a divine answer to help him out.

Heads means I will die, and tails means I will survive

Tossing the coin and slapping it firmly on his hand, he revealed heads.

His face turned pale in an instant.

At this moment, there was another soft sound of water rushing up from the direction of the sink.

A complete, bloody arm forced itself out of the toilet bowl, and it brought its fingers down on the rim of the toilet.