Ning Qiushui:
"I don't save beasts destined to die, it's a waste of my energy."
"I don't save beasts on the brink of death, it shortens my lifespan."
"I don't save sick beasts, it infects me with stubborn ailments."
Liu Chengfeng almost burst out laughing at this.
"Are you kidding me, man? You're a vet, if you don't save this or that, won't you starve to death?"
Ning Qiushui replied with a half-smile:
"I'm a vet, but not just a vet... Who told you I make a living by treating pets?"
Liu Chengfeng shrugged:
"Alright... then what kind of beasts will you save?"
Ning Qiushui answered quite casually:
"If I take a liking to them, I'll save them."
"Even if I know they can't be saved, I'll give it my all."
"Even if it comes at a cost."
Liu Chengfeng looked at Ning Qiushui with some surprise and then laughed.
This guy... his personality is really interesting.
After laughing, Liu Chengfeng thought of something. He suddenly started writing and drawing in the study, then used the curtain to tie the notebook with the writing and began banging it against the window downstairs!
Since his voice couldn't reach the second floor, maybe the noise from the second floor could catch their attention?
However, after just a couple of bangs, the sturdy curtain unexpectedly snapped!
Liu Chengfeng pulled back the remaining half of the curtain, tugged at it carefully, and muttered:
"This isn't right... it's so sturdy, how could it break so easily..."
He tried a few more times, without exception.
The bizarre phenomenon sent a chill down Liu Chengfeng's spine, and he vaguely felt a sense of ominous surveillance, so he gave up trying to send messages downstairs.
"What happened?"
Seeing him finally stop, Ning Qiushui asked casually.
Cold sweat beaded on Liu Chengfeng's forehead:
"I feel like something is watching me, if I continue doing this..."
He didn't finish his sentence.
But Ning Qiushui already understood.
Clearly, within the rules of the villa, the third floor is isolated from the other floors.
If they forcibly try to send messages from the third floor to the second or first floor... it would break the rules of the world behind the Blood Door, inviting terrifying misfortune!
"Well, now they really can only leave it to fate..."
Saying this, he sighed, sat down next to the skeleton by the window, took the diary from its hand, and after flipping through it for a while, said:
"Brother... what do you think that monster outside really is?"
Ning Qiushui thought for a moment.
"From the records in the diary, that terrifying woman outside should be related to the little girl's grandmother, and the little girl's parents must know something."
"Perhaps, when this is all over, we can ask that man in the suit when we return."
Liu Chengfeng nodded.
...
For the next three days, they ate, drank, slept, and defecated in this room.
Fortunately, food and water were plentiful, so survival wasn't an issue.
As for the two survivors downstairs, they ultimately didn't make it through the last three days.
On the third night, after Xue Guize was also killed and devoured by the female ghost in the villa, the only remaining Yan Youping's spirit collapsed under extreme fear.
She ran out of the villa, into the rain, and her fate was self-evident.
Liu Chengfeng felt a bit uncomfortable.
After all, these people had spent some time together, and they weren't bad people.
But this discomfort quickly faded with time.
On the midnight of the fifth day, the two were startled awake by the sudden sound of a car horn outside the window.
They quickly got up, stood by the window, and looked out into the rain.
They saw a bus parked outside the villa, honking its horn.
This bus was very familiar to them.
It was the one that had brought them into the Mist that day!
"Hey! The bus is here! The bus is here!"
"But... brother, how do we get out?!"
Liu Chengfeng, looking at the old bus parked at the villa entrance, had just shouted in joy, but when he turned around, his joy was doused by a wave of coldness!
He saw that terrifying, slender woman in red standing at their door, eyeing them greedily!
It seemed that the woman in red also knew they wanted to leave.
"We must think of something quickly!"
"That bus definitely won't wait for us for long!"
Ning Qiushui's eyes darted around, searching for tools.
Just as he was considering dismantling the iron bars on the window, the old lady who had been lying there suddenly spoke.
Even though her voice was very weak, the two were close enough to hear what she was saying.
"You young ones... push me out..."
The two slowly lowered their heads, looking at the old lady.
The expression on the old lady's face was unexpectedly calm, and her eyes regained a brief clarity.
It seemed that after prolonged torment, she wanted to end it all.
"When it's eating... it can't do anything else..."
"Push me out... while it's eating me... you two hurry and leave... never come back..."
Liu Chengfeng exclaimed:
Ning Qiushui replied:
"Push, one dies."
"Don't push, three die."
The old lady also smiled:
"He's right..."
"I... won't blame you... living... is too painful for me..."
"Consider it a good deed... help me... find release..."
Hearing this, Liu Chengfeng no longer hesitated, gritting his teeth, he and Ning Qiushui together pushed the old lady out in front of the red-clad female ghost!
Originally, the red-clad female ghost didn't plan to eat the old lady, as she needed her to continue luring prey.
But having not eaten for two days... she couldn't resist the fresh meat delivered to her mouth!
They watched as she plunged her knife and fork into the old lady's chest and abdomen, and then an extremely gruesome scene unfolded, making Liu Chengfeng feel nauseous...
"Go!"
Ning Qiushui grabbed the Blood Jade from the windowsill and dashed past the feasting female ghost with Liu Chengfeng!
The bone-chilling cold emanated from the female ghost's venomous gaze, making their legs weak!
Fortunately, the old lady hadn't lied to them.
The female ghost couldn't do anything else while eating!
"Hurry!"
Ning Qiushui glanced back and shouted loudly.
"She's eating fast!"
Running ahead, Liu Chengfeng's back was drenched in cold sweat, gritting his teeth, he sprinted down the stairs!
Bang!
He practically crashed through the villa's front door!
The yellow headlights of the bus ahead seemed like a divine light from heaven, guiding the two of them.
As Ning Qiushui also ran out the villa door, a terrifying roar echoed from the third floor, followed by loud thumping sounds from inside the villa!
The red-clad female ghost... was coming after them!
"Brother, hurry!"
"Hurry!!"
Liu Chengfeng didn't immediately board the bus but stood at the door, shouting at Ning Qiushui.
As Ning Qiushui reached the bus door, he extended his hand and pulled Ning Qiushui into the bus!
Behind them, the terrifying female ghost, crawling and twisting on the ground like a spider, was only three to five steps away from Ning Qiushui!
But as Ning Qiushui boarded the bus, the female ghost suddenly stopped her pursuit, roaring furiously at the two inside the bus!
But she could only shout a few times, not daring to approach the bus.
It seemed that the ferocious red-clad female ghost was very wary of the bus the two were on.
In the end, she could only slowly turn around and disappear into the rain, back into the villa...