AWB Chapter 87 : Did I See a Ghost?
Chapter 87 : Did I See a Ghost?
Did I See a Ghost?Although she had temporarily resolved the trouble with Brother Hu, Cecilia still did not relax her vigilance in the slightest.
As long as Dragon Abyss was not eliminated, the threat from the real world would always hang above her head like the sword of Damocles from myth, making it impossible for her to sleep peacefully at night.
How could she make a living person completely disappear from this world without implicating herself?
It was late at night. Cecilia lay on the narrow single bed, silently pondering this extremely dark question while listening to the steady breathing of Gu Yanxi beside her.
First of all, directly barging in with a knife was definitely out of the question.
This was a civilized society now; that would be illegal. Her brand new life as a law-abiding citizen had only just begun—she did not want to end up in prison at this point.
Then... could she consider poisoning?
After a while, Cecilia let out a soft sigh and banished the thought in the end.
If only Dragon Abyss could get hit by a car tomorrow...
After doing so many wicked things, isn't he afraid of ghosts knocking on his door at midnight? It'd be fine if he got scared to death by a ghost, too.
As these thoughts circled in her mind, a wave of drowsiness gradually crept in. Her eyes narrowed slightly, and a deep fatigue instantly overwhelmed her.
Very soon, with well-wishes for Dragon Abyss in her heart, Cecilia fell into a deep sleep.
The entire city soon sank into slumber.
.......
At the same moment, in Donghai City, on the fifth floor of a luxurious duplex apartment.
A pale-faced young man was lying asleep on an elegant European-style bed.
Beside him lay a similarly unclothed third-tier social media influencer—the kind with a sharp, pointed face, eyelids like knife slashes, and a high nose bridge pressed into the pillow, making for a slightly eerie curve.
"Ding dong—"
Just then, a sound suddenly came from outside the door—someone was pressing the doorbell ①⑵零彡②冥6气飼芭音.
Su Long grunted irritably, turned over, and assumed it was just some kid playing a prank, not caring in the least and chose to keep sleeping.
However, after only a few seconds of quiet, the doorbell sounded again from outside—each time more urgent than the last!
"Ding dong!"
"Ding dong!"
"Ding dong!"
"......"
"Who the hell is it! Did someone die at your house? Are you rushing to a funeral?!"
Finally, su Long couldn't stand it any longer. He sat up shirtless on the bed and shouted at the bedroom door.
"Young Master Long... what's wrong? Do you want more? Spare me, please..."
The influencer sleeping beside him was also awoken by his angry outburst. Rubbing her sleepy eyes, she whined:
"Let's just get back to sleep, okay..."
With a hard slap to the influencer beside him, su Long cursed in a low voice, "Sleep, my ass! Some bastard outside keeps pressing the doorbell—are you deaf? Can't you hear it?"
"I didn't hear any doorbell... I didn't hear anything at all..."
The influencer felt wronged, but worried by the moody man beside her, she still crawled out of bed without even bothering to put on clothes. Rubbing her sleepy eyes, she walked toward the bedroom door, saying, "Alright, alright, don't be mad, I'll go take a look."
Su Long snorted coldly and picked up the phone from the nightstand, lighting up the screen.
The time was 2:28 AM.
About half a minute later, the influencer who went to check returned to the bedroom, closed the door behind her, and said plaintively:
"I just opened the door and checked. There wasn't so much as a ghost outside. Besides, Young Master Long, your bedroom door is imported from Germany with such good sound insulation—even if there was a doorbell, how could we possibly hear it in here? You must be too tired these days. Be good and get some sleep."
Su Long was about to flare up, but after thinking about it, he felt the influencer had a point.
He'd been obsessed with that wretched woman, Cecilia, these past two days—unable to eat or sleep, and he hadn't even gone to his favorite bar in two days.
All day, he was either eating, sleeping, or thinking about Cecilia; plus, he'd pushed his body too hard, so it was possible he was hearing things after all.
"All right, then, let's sleep."
With that, su Long put down his phone and lay back down, muttering, "Damn it, if anyone bangs that doorbell again and I catch them, I'll skin them alive..."
The brief nighttime interlude did nothing to affect Su Long's quality of sleep—between 2 and 3 a.m., after all, is when people are most exhausted and drowsy.
Quickly, su Long's mind started to drift again, on the verge of falling asleep.
He could already hear the influencer's snoring beside him—however, just then, a new knocking sound echoed by his ears.
Moreover, this knocking was even more urgent than the previous doorbell, as if it rang right next to him.
"Bang!"
"Bang! Bang!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
.......
"For fuck's sake! First the doorbell, now someone's pounding on the door? Are the security guards eating shit?! How's anyone supposed to sleep?"
Su Long finally lost all restraint, sprang up in bed, and shouted angrily at the top of his lungs.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The pounding continued unabated, growing even more intense.
"Young Master Long, did you hear it again?"
The influencer had gotten up too, her expression dazed and faint.
Su Long barked angrily at her, "Damn it, listen! Didn't I say so? Isn't someone banging on the door?"
"Uh... yeah."
The influencer snapped to her senses and indeed heard the furious banging. But after a moment, her expression turned odd: "Young Master Long, this isn't coming from the door... I think it's coming from outside the window..."
"What?"
Su Long was stunned. He quickly listened and instantly, his heartbeat sped up, as if plunged into an ice pit, his body turning cold.
Sure enough, just as she said, thanks to the German imported sound-proof door, the banging wasn't coming from the bedroom door, but from the outside window!
It was past 2 a.m., with thick curtains drawn—and someone was furiously banging on his fifth-floor bedroom window from outside!
Never in his life did Su Long imagine that one day, a classic haunting scenario like this would happen to him.
"Quick... turn on the light!"
Overwhelmed with terror, su Long's voice trembled.
Still, unlike the brainless leads in regular horror movies, he had some sense, knowing the first thing to do was to turn on the bedroom light.
Even if there was a ghost outside the window, seeing the lights on inside, maybe it wouldn't dare come in so easily?
"O-okay! I'll do it right away!"
The influencer was nearly scared witless, and after several seconds finally reacted. She scrambled out of bed and staggered toward the door, switching on the bedroom chandelier.
Snap!
With a crisp sound, the whole room was suddenly as bright as daylight, and Su Long finally let out a long sigh of relief.