Late at night, in a hotel.

"When... when... when..."

A series of gentle knocks on the door woke Mo Shouchen from his sleep.

Oddly enough, the knocking sounds were so regular, just like a pendulum, with almost the same interval every time. The knocks were very annoying.

"Who?"

"I……"

Hearing Liu Lei's voice outside the door, Mo Shouchen reluctantly got out of bed. While complaining, "Why are you coming back so late?", he walked over and opened the door.

The light outside the door was so bright that Mo Shouchen couldn't open his eyes, and he was not fully awake yet. After opening the door, he closed his eyes and went back to bed, preparing to continue sleeping.

Half asleep and half awake, he heard Liu Lei closing the door, then walking in and lying on another bed. He didn't even take off his clothes when he heard the noise. He looked really exhausted.

It’s the first official date and I’m so exhausted. I have to persuade this boy tomorrow. There are no fields to be plowed, only cows to be exhausted. You have to take it easy for this kind of thing. It will only take a long time!

"Buzz..."

Just when Mo Shouchen was about to fall asleep again, his phone suddenly vibrated. He picked it up in a daze and saw that it was a WeChat message. The person who sent the message turned out to be Liu Lei.

What are you doing, you’re still sending WeChat messages in the same room, why can’t you just say something directly?

Mo Shouchen clicked on WeChat full of complaints.

[Liu Lei: That game is real. I can’t go back. Zou Qianqian is also missing. I’m hiding in the public restroom on the 10th floor. Find a way to save me! 】

After reading WeChat, Mo Shouchen suddenly became energetic. Liu Lei said that he was hiding in the public bathroom on the 10th floor. So who was lying on the other bed at this moment?

The moonlight outside the window shines on the wall through the curtains, reflecting a pale color. There is a slight breathing sound floating in the room, just like the knock on the door just now. This breathing sound is so regular that it doesn't sound like human hair.

The sound comes out.

Mo Shouchen was lying with his back to the other bed. He wanted to turn around to see if the person lying on that bed was Liu Lei, but he was afraid that he would see some terrifying scene when he turned around, so he had to retreat quietly.

Then he slowly turned around in the quilt, and finally, he gently opened a crack in the quilt...

The room was very dark, and through the narrow gap, he could only see the outline of a person lying on the bed opposite, but he could not clearly see the person's face.

He carefully recalled the voice of the person speaking. Although it was a little low, he was sure that it was Liu Lei's voice. But why did Liu Lei send a WeChat message saying that he was hiding in the public toilet?

Is it just a prank?

Mo Shouchen was cautious. He did not call Liu Lei directly, but sent a WeChat message on his mobile phone to warn him not to mess around again.

After sending the WeChat message, Mo Shouchen stared at the bed opposite him through the gap in the quilt. The person lying on the bed did not move at all except for his chest rising and falling with his breathing. However, he still received Liu Lei's reply a few seconds later.

, that is to say, the person who sent the WeChat message is definitely not the person lying on the bed.

[Liu Lei: Believe me, I am really not kidding, I swear to God! 】

Liu Lei was not a person who would swear casually, and the person lying on the bed opposite had indeed not moved. Mo Shouchen suddenly thought of another possibility. Could it be that someone else was using Liu Lei's mobile phone to send WeChat messages?

In order to verify this guess, he sent a WeChat message to ask the person on the other side to send a voice message. This time he waited for a longer time. After about a minute, he received a voice message.

Mo Shouchen has the habit of listening to cross talk while sleeping, so the headphones are next to the pillow.

He put on his earphones and clicked on the 7-second voice message. The voice was very low, and he must have said it under his breath. Although he couldn't hear the specific content clearly, Mo Shouchen still felt a biting pain.

A chill enveloped his whole body, because he was certain that the person who sent this voice message was Liu Lei himself.

Immediately afterwards, he received another selfie from Liu Lei. In the photo, Liu Lei's face was pale and his eyes were full of fear. The background of this photo was the white tiles found in public restrooms.

The voices of both people are exactly the same as Liu Lei's. Which one is the real one?

For Mo Shouchen, he is more inclined to believe Liu Lei who sent him a WeChat message, because not only can he see his face in the selfie, but he can also feel his emotions. This Liu Lei gives people a feeling of flesh and blood.

As for "Liu Lei" who was lying on the other bed, he never spoke again except for responding at the door. Moreover, whether it was the rhythm of his knocking on the door, his steps, or his breathing, everyone felt...

An extremely dull feeling, so dull that he didn't look like a living person at all.

And the most important point is that Mo Shouchen never saw his face from beginning to end. Is he...really Liu Lei?

If it's not Liu Lei, why does his voice and body shape look exactly like Liu Lei's? Who is he?

In other words, what is he?

Mo Shouchen didn't dare to think any more. He felt that the most important thing now was to escape from here. He slowly stretched out his feet, hooked the clothes at the end of the bed into the quilt with his feet, and then moved lightly under the quilt.

Put on your clothes.

From the beginning to the end, he did not dare to look away from the bed opposite. Fortunately, the person on the bed made no movement, and his courage gradually grew. He gently opened the quilt, got out of the bed, and put on his clothes.

shoes, and then slowly stood up.

"Crunch..."

The floor under his feet suddenly made a harsh friction sound. In the silent darkness, it was like a cold awl piercing Mo Shouchen's heart...

The sound from the floor caught Mo Shouchen unexpectedly. He suddenly felt difficulty breathing and his whole body froze.

He stared at the bed opposite in fear, but "Liu Lei" lying on the bed did not seem to be disturbed by the sound of the floor. He was still lying motionless. If it weren't for the slight rise and fall of his chest, it would be easy for people to mistake him for being on the bed.

Lying there was a corpse.

After waiting for a few seconds and seeing that nothing terrible happened, Mo Shouchen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to tiptoe towards the door.

Fortunately, except for the floor just now, the other floors in the room were not loose, so he didn't make any more noise along the way.

After finally reaching the door, Mo Shouchen couldn't wait to open the door and rush out, but just when his hand touched the door handle, a familiar and dull voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Where are you going?"

Mo Shouchen turned around in horror. At some point, "Liu Lei" who had been lying on the bed just now stood up and was walking towards him step by step...

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