Chapter 33 Haunting at Midnigh (1/2)

Chapter 33 Haunting at Midnight

“First things first, we’re not going for fun,” I warned him. “It’s an exorcism, you need to be fully alert!”

Bai side-eyed me. “When did you become the boss?”

“Since Wen Jiubo’s not here, I’m obviously the boss.”

“Who said so?”

“Then do you know to perform an exorcism?”

“Um, about that…”

The three of us went back to the old residence. As per Wen Jiubo’s instructions, we found several charms to ward off evil on the desk in his room and also discovered a yellowing canine tooth in the drawer. With those items in hand, we set off for that eerie box-like structure again.

When we started off, it was in the afternoon with the sun still high in the sky, keeping our surroundings bright. But by the time we got off the bus and got close to the box-like house, the area around us had also gotten darker.

“The sun must be hidden by clouds…” I mumbled quietly, but I knew in my heart that I was only trying to reassure myself.

“Is this the house you guys spoke of?” It was Shi Yitong’s first time seeing it. He pointed at it, having a hard time finding his words. “This is a little… Is there really someone willing to live in a place like this?”

The structure was smothered in darkness, like a stern old man. The black walls seemed to be almost ready to devour any person close enough to walk past.

“Let’s go,” I said quietly. We walked to the door and knocked. Not long after, someone opened it.

It was the woman who had been in the kitchen cooking last time. She looked close to forty, with an unhealthy yellowish complexion. She looked at us without saying a word. Instead, she wiped her hands on the dirty looking apron tied around her waist and then opened the door wide.

“Sorry for the intrusion…” I said softly, but she utterly ignored me, retreating back into the house. After a beat, her voice floated out to us.

“Xiaoying is in her room.”

I let out a breath of relief and thanked her. Grabbing Shi Yitong, we hurriedly made our way into the hallway.

“That woman is quite scary,” Shi Yitong said with trepidation. “If I didn’t know any better, I would’ve thought I accidentally fell into hell.”

“Don’t say that,” I couldn’t help but say. “You haven’t seen her husband, that guy is ten times as scary.”

“This place gives me the creeps,” Shi Yitong mumbled.

I knocked on the door of the room at the end of the hallway, pitching my voice as gently as I could, “Xiaoying? Are you there?”

Shortly after, the door opened. Xiaoying stood in the doorway shyly, eyes red as if she had just been crying. When she saw us, a hint of hope lit up in her eyes.

“Big brothers!” I knelt down before Xiaoying, smiling gently. “Can you let us in?”

Xiaoying nodded vigorously and opened the door wider.

It looked the same as the other day. Her room walls were painted entirely pink. There was a small study desk, a small wooden bed and a mirror by the bedside. The decor of the room seemed to be better than the rest of the other rooms. No matter how you looked at it, it didn’t seem like it was haunted.

I looked at Xiaoying’s swollen eyes, my heart hurting. I could never bear to see small children cry, so I silently promised myself that no matter what sort of ghost it was, I would destroy it. I couldn’t forgive it for making such a cute little girl cry.

Bai jumped down from my shoulder, going over to Xiaoying to lick the back of her hand.