The shrill screams lasted only a very short time before completely subsiding into silence.
Ning Qiushui was the first to rush upstairs, followed by Liu Chengfeng and the others.
But when they stepped onto the second floor, they suddenly halted in their tracks.
Shock and disbelief appeared on everyone's faces.
"No, it can't be..." Bei Dao's voice trembled, and his legs were shaking.
In front of them, the bloodstains that had originally spread on the ground... had all disappeared completely, not even a speck of blood could be seen!
It was as if... everything that had happened this morning was just their imagination!
"Look quickly!"
Just then, Yan Youping let out a hasty cry and pointed her finger at the room at the end of the corridor.
Everyone looked over and found that a large amount of scarlet blood was slowly seeping out from the door, extending all the way to the corridor outside...
The wind blew in from the open shutter at the end, carrying the nauseating smell of blood!
"Damn it..." Liu Chengfeng managed to utter these two words with great difficulty, and the hairs all over his body stood on end.
The faces of the others were no better.
Ning Qiushui stared at that shutter and frowned.
He clearly remembered that when he went up to check Wang Yuning's body this morning, he casually closed that window and locked it.
No matter how strong the wind outside was, it was absolutely impossible to push open that window.
And that lock could only be opened and closed from the inside.
After coming down from the second floor, Ning Qiushui had almost been keeping his eyes on the door of the old lady's room. She hadn't come out at all, so it couldn't be the old lady who opened the window.
At that time, they were all looking for Ya Mo on the first floor, so it was also impossible for anyone among them to open that window.
Since that was the case... who opened that window?
Could it be... the already - dead Wang Yuning?
This thought flashed through his mind, and Ning Qiushui also felt the hairs all over his body stand on end.
But unlike everyone else who was cowering back, in the face of fear... he took a step forward and walked towards the door that was constantly oozing blood.
Seeing Ning Qiushui's actions, the people behind opened their mouths but didn't know what to say...
Damn it...
Why is this guy named Ning Qiushui so bold?
Isn't he afraid that there's something behind that door?
"Ning Qiushui, are you crazy?" Bei Dao shouted, but Ning Qiushui didn't pay him any attention and walked all the way towards the shutter at the end of the corridor.
Suddenly, another person squeezed out from the crowd.
It was Liu Chengfeng.
He trotted to catch up with Ning Qiushui.
"Little brother, wait for me..."
As Liu Chengfeng also caught up with Ning Qiushui, the other three people finally managed to suppress the fear in their hearts for the time being and gritted their teeth to follow!
When they reached the end of the corridor, Ning Qiushui immediately pulled down the shutter and locked it again.
After doing all this, under the terrified gazes of everyone, he slowly opened the door of the room at the end.
As the door was opened, Yan Youping vomited on the spot!
"Ugh -"
The others were also so frightened that they took a half - step back!
Inside the room, Ya Mo's blood - soaked corpse was hanging in the air. Her stomach was hollowed out, and her internal organs were missing, leaving only the bloody spinal column...
Ya Mo's neck seemed to have been broken by external force, twisted at a 90 - degree angle. She had a strange smile on her face and stared straight at everyone...
No one dared to meet her gaze.
Except for Ning Qiushui.
He came to the bottom of Ya Mo's corpse, observed it carefully, and his eyes became sharper and sharper.
"The way of death is almost identical to Wang Yuning's. It was done by the same person."
"Is it the old lady on the second floor?"
Ning Qiushui turned his head, glanced at the old lady's room, and thought of the three words the old lady had said before. Suddenly, his pupils constricted.
Could it be...
"Wait, have you noticed... Wang Yuning's corpse is gone!!" Bei Dao suddenly pointed at the bed behind Ya Mo's corpse and screamed in horror.
Everyone looked.
Indeed.
The corpse of Wang Yuning that had originally been lying on the bed had disappeared.
The bloodstains on the bed were also completely gone.
So... where did her corpse go?
Bang!
Ning Qiushui suddenly closed the door, glanced at the blood on the ground, and said slowly, "Go downstairs first."
Xue Guize beside him stared: "Go downstairs?"
"What about, what about Ya Mo's corpse in there..."
Ning Qiushui shook his head and said calmly, "Don't worry about it. It will clean it up."
Hearing this, goosebumps rose all over everyone's bodies.
As they followed Ning Qiushui downstairs, they asked, "Brother Ning, who is the 'it' you mentioned?"
Ning Qiushui didn't turn his head and said, "The thing that killed people."
"Is it... the old lady on the second floor?"
Ning Qiushui didn't answer.
Back in the villa hall, everyone was terrifyingly silent.
Fear... had engulfed everyone like a tide.
Just like this, until evening, Liu Chengfeng finally couldn't bear the dull atmosphere anymore. He stood up and said in a deep voice, "I'll go cook."
Ning Qiushui also stood up.
"I'll go too."
"During this time... everyone, no matter what you do, it's best not to act alone."
After saying that, without paying attention to the others, he directly followed Liu Chengfeng into the kitchen.
As for Yan Youping, after learning that the ghost in the villa used the kitchen knife and fork to kill people, she said that she absolutely dared not step into the kitchen.
In the kitchen, seeing that no one else came in, Liu Chengfeng lowered his voice and asked, "Little brother, are you going to the third floor tonight?"
Ning Qiushui, who was taking meat from the refrigerator, was startled for a moment. Then, without turning his head, he smiled and said, "It seems that you're not as stupid as you appear."
"Rough on the outside but meticulous on the inside!"
Being praised by Ning Qiushui like this, Liu Chengfeng scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Little brother... I don't quite understand one thing."
"Why don't we go to the third floor during the day? Why do we have to wait until night?"
"That place... should be very dangerous, right?"
Whether it was the warning from the hostess of the villa before she left or everyone's inner intuition, they all told them... the third floor was extremely dangerous!
Moreover, the large iron door leading to the third floor was locked with an iron lock.
They didn't have the key.
While looking for something in the refrigerator, Ning Qiushui said, "It is indeed very dangerous... especially during the day."
Liu Chengfeng was stunned.
Enlightened by Ning Qiushui, he suddenly understood!
"Little brother, you mean... the ghost that kills people is not the old lady on the second floor, but... on the third floor!"
"During the day, it rests on the third floor, and at night, it comes out... to hunt for food?!"
Ning Qiushui nodded slightly.
"Yes."
"The old lady should be a normal person, the... bait that the ghost in the villa uses to fish."
"And I have a very bad guess... but this guess can only be verified tonight."