Huan Hei wished that time would stop so that he could continue hugging Ya Nuo like this. She was sitting on his lap, and intertwining their fingers repeatedly. Everything had been peaceful for the past fifteen minutes that he forgot about Gu Wing's ruckus.
Ya Nuo's sudden gasp reminded him that they still have a party to go back to. Normally, he would have snuck out secretly by himself already. Instead of entertaining clients and other people at the parties or business events, he'd rather be spending it with her. Since it is their engagement party, it is necessary for both of them to be present throughout the whole occasion.
After the gasp, she told him what she saw and asked him what his thoughts were on Mei Ching's actions. He reviewed the photos that she took on her phone and managed to recognize the material through the picture. Since she rushed out of the stock room, she didn't remove the wooden block that was keeping the door opened. He wanted to confirm his thoughts, so he went into the dusty room to touch the supplies in the box.
She asked him what he figured out from feeling the material in the box. He smirked, "Turn off the lights and you'll see. She's pretty smart for scheming something like this."
After turning off the lights, she saw the poster and handprints glowing slightly. She turned the lights back on, "Glow in the dark paint? The glow is still visible, though it is fading."
Huan Hei clapped his dirty hands and exited the room with her, "These type of paint is rare because under normal lighting, you will see either white or transparent. The handprints were white, but once the light is off, it will appear bloody red. I complimented her intelligence in using this method because this type of paint will slowly fade by itself within an hour or so after it's been used. As long as she stored these carefully, her plan would work out accordingly. The poster is even trickier compared to this paint. It is made of very thin glass that is custom made. The person who created this poster did a splendid job because it is very difficult to make an ultrathin bendable glass with engraved glow in the dark paint. Not only that, the creepy figure painted is detailed enough to trick me if I was the one who saw it in the middle of nowhere."
Ya Nuo snapped her finger and barged into the restroom to double check where the bathroom switch was located. "Even if the handprints, poster, and tactic to make Gu Wing use the third sink worked, the light switch is not located by the window. She couldn't have attached a long string from the stock room to the bathroom. Plus, I saw the lights flickering on and off rapidly when she was in the bathroom before she ran out of the bathroom."
Huan Hei stayed outside of the bathroom as they communicated, "Other than strings, she could have done this using a different method. Even without being inside the room, she could still control the light switch without touching the switch."
"Huh? How?"
Huan Hei beckoned her toward him with a hand movement as he quickly installed an app on his phone. She observed his phone carefully and saw that he was installing an application that is used to Bluetooth his phone to nearby light connections.
He explained to her to make sure that they are on the same page, "As long as the lights allowed wireless access, anyone could control the lights from wherever they are. This is how I usually control the air conditioner and lamps in my room."
She patted his shoulder, "High tech. This old lady is all skin and bones. These high-tech stuffs are too updated for me to follow. I've heard of this, but never knew someone could easily do this to jeopardize our engagement party. I thought this is limited to households, but okay. Evidence proves me wrong. Now, more importantly, what's her purpose for doing this? Wait no, how did she prepare all this in such short notice? It's only a week or less since we sent out our engagement party invitations."
He whispered, "You can be skin and bones, but I'll be your flesh and blood to keep you going. Even though we sent the invitations pretty late, don't forget that she is under our care. Whatever information that is circulating in the family is first hand information. Actually, it was Yang Qiu Rei who chose this place for the engagement party, so... she must be super familiar with this place. Whatever her motive is, we will see in a moment. Let's go back to the party and see what Gu Wing is screaming about."
She punched him lightly on the chest, "Your lines get lamer. You need to learn some new slangs and lines. Let's go join the fun."
Walking through the crowd wasn't easy since everyone was surrounding Gu Wing and uploading her live on their social media. It's been twenty minutes, and Qiu Rei gave up in trying to calm her down. When they finally got through the crowd and saw Gu Wing, she was on the floor looking as if she had seen a ghost.
Her hair was disheveled from her aggressive scratching and her panties were still on her legs dangling for attention. She was anxiously shaking Qiu Rei's arm telling him that Ying Ying's spirit came to drag her to the depths of hell with her. Her body trembled vigorously as she stood directly below the air conditioner. The more she shivered and felt chills down her spine, the scarier she became.
Her voice raised in volume and from begging for help, she transitioned to chanting sutras for protection. Qiu Rei couldn't take her chaotic behavior and violently gripped her wrists to pull her to a private guest room. Everyone murmured amongst themselves and some had the nearest mental institution's number ready for dial on their phone screen.
Once they got ot the room, Qiu Rei shoved her to the floor and fixed his sleeves while maintaining his tight fists within her sight, "Shut the hell up. You've been blabbing about Ying Ying this and Ying Ying that. Would you stop pretending already? She's been dead and more then six feet underground. By now, she would've been the insects lunch by her area. What evil spirit? Grim reaper? Bullshit! Do you hear what I'm spitting out of my mouth? It doesn't even make any sense! So wake up, you were hallucinating or something. Gather yourself together and then step out on your own. If not, don't come out at all."
He turned around to leave, but she used her body weight to lock his legs in place, "You can't go! She's coming back. She will come to target me, then you. She wants us to join her in hell. She... she was in the mirror earlier. She is angry, angry that she's alone and forgotten!"
Qiu Rei squatted down and lifted her chin, "There is no such thing as spirits. The only ghost that exist is in that rotten heart of yours. If you didn't do anything bad to her, you wouldn't be this scared when you thought you saw her earlier. It's either that or you are just trying to ruin this great engagement night and our corporations' reputation. If you continue this, I ensure you that once you get back home, you'll see signed divorce papers on the desk."
She continued gripping on his pants tightly, unwilling to let go, "Please! Believe in me this one time! She was really there! I saw her!!! She had her arms and long nails aiming towards me. She wanted to kill me! She doesn't want us to be happy."
Qiu Rei rubbed his temples to soothe his headache,"I asked you this question years ago. I told you that if you were honest with me, then everything would be okay. Now, I am going to ask you one last time and this is the last chance you have to spit out the truth, if you didn't already tell me it. Were you in any way responsible for Ying Ying's death?"