Chapter 45: Lost

Chapter 45: Lost

The first cubicle door was pushed open. Long Tao closed his hand over his mouth. He didn’t dare to make any sound. The bathroom was not that huge. It only had five cubicles. The cubicle was not tall. If one stood on tip-toe, one could easily look in. He was curling up inside the fourth cubicle.

Dong... Dong...

The second and third doors were pushed open. The strange sound paused outside his cubicle. Time froze at that moment.

Long Tao made the decision to shove the door open and charge out. The cubicle next door suddenly opened. It was the innermost cubicle. The old axle creaked creepily. The thing skipped over the cubicle he was in...

A few seconds later, the thudding sound resumed. The thing left the bathroom, and the strange sound faded away.

It left?!

Long Tao’s legs weakened, and he collapsed to the ground. The relief he felt was indescribable. Half a minute later, he forced himself to stand up. It had nothing to do with courage. He was worried that the thing might return.Fịndd new updates on n(o)v/e/lbin(.)com

He leaned on the door and listened to his surroundings. Then, he slowly eased the door open. The bathroom was empty. Long Tao felt a burst of joy. He quickly slithered out of the cubicle and headed to the exit. He walked on his top toe so that he wouldn’t make any sound.

The exit came closer and closer...

Just as he was about to step out of the bathroom, a sudden chill enveloped him, causing him to shiver. He had never experienced that before. Almost subconsciously, he turned around. His neck felt like it creaked like a rusted screw.

There was... nothing behind him. There was no ghost.

As he sighed in relief and wanted to pull his gaze back, his eyes swept the mirror in front of the sink. He felt as if he was struck by thunder. The mirror in the male bathroom was covered in dust and cracks. However, these were not important to Long Tao. His pupils trembled. Through the reflection in the mirror, he saw a pair of legs floating above his head!

A wind picked up in the enclosed space, and the legs swayed.

Long Tao shook. He lifted his head slowly. He saw a pair of red and venomous eyes. The eyes were hidden in a thick curtain of black hair. They were like pairs of knives. Long Tao opened his mouth, but no sound came out. His mouth continued to widen until it was much bigger than humanly possible. The corners of his lips tore, and blood spurted out. With a last crack, everything returned to silence.

A drop of blood dripped into the wide-open eyes of the dead.

Zhou Taifu glanced at the stage, and he asked weakly, “Should we bring that woman?” He was talking about the woman who welcomed them at this building. In other words, Zhou Taifu wanted to sacrifice this woman. Suppose Long Tao were fine, then great. If something happened to him, the woman would be the one to die first.

“Hah.” Zhen Jianren, who had not said anything until then, scoffed, “I’d advise against that. Don’t find trouble in this world.”

Jiang Cheng and Xu Wen agreed with him on this matter. They silently moved towards the exit.

To their surprise, the woman they were talking about came over and asked directly, “Where is your friend?”

Everyone was silent. The woman’s face changed as she became more nervous. Her hair was wet with sweat, and it stuck to her face. “Did something happen to him?”

Hearing this, Xu Wen’s expression changed. Just as she was about to say something, Jiang Cheng cut in, “It’s fine. His body was too weak from the stomachache, so he went back to resting first.”

“Oh.” The woman’s face became ruddy again.

A team of students walked over. One of them wore a round-rimmed glasses. The girl’s sharp gaze wandered everywhere before landing on the woman, “Teacher Feng?”

The woman responded. She told Jiang Cheng’s group that she still had something to do, so she had to leave for now.

Jiang Cheng nodded. “Okay. We can return on our own.

“When is the next rehearsal?”

The question seemed to stump the woman. She thought about it before saying, “We need the superiors to decide on that first.”

After she left, the group headed to the bathroom where Long Tao was.

Their faces paled. Even Zhou Taifu and Zhang Yinyin, who had been there, felt that something was wrong.