I heard that I’m super fierce - Chapter 8

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

Geng Qinghe still remembered the powerful pulling force. He swallowed involuntarily, then swallowed again, “…it can really move?”

“What else would it do,” Lin You had already begun to roll up her sleeves. “How boring it is to stay under the bed. Please come out and enjoy the sun.”

Upon hearing this, Geng Qinghe looked out the window.

Black.

Expose a ghost to the sun!? Expose it to the sun of the Eastern Hemisphere!?

“You said in case you saw a rotten corpse,” he pressed the mattress and earnestly tried to persuade her, “If this bed is a seal, wouldn’t a stiff  ‘Wa–‘ sound come out as soon as you moved it?

Lin You: “…”

The little brother had quite the imagination.

I also know that his hair was standing up.

“Did you think so before, and then didn’t even dare to enter the door?” she asked.

Geng Qinghe: “…Who said that, I made a strategic retreat!”

Just looking at his wandering eyes, he was correct.

“You think too much,” Lin You slowly rolled up the other cuff of the shirt, “I saw that finger, and it’s not bad. I have never seen a bed that I sleep in as a seal, besides—“

How can a really powerful ghost be kicked and abandoned?

“Come on, move with me quickly.”

Lin You has a strong intuition. Apart from pulling her ghost hand just now, there may be something else under the bed—if you want to hide a little secret in the bedroom, besides the pillow, bookcase, and bedside table, isn’t the safest place under the bed?

Geng Qinghe, who was speechless by her, rubbed against the bed and touched a corner hesitantly.

The double bed was made of solid wood and it was very heavy. Lin You and Geng Qinghe, one on each side, used up most of their energy to finally move the bed a little bit. However, as soon as the chandelier light swept into the dark bed, a white shadow suddenly burst out!

Geng Qinghe was shocked, and reflexively let go.

He just opened his mouth to say something and saw that the person next to him reacted faster than him.

Lin You dropped her hand, rushed forward, and picked up the trash can near the leg of the table—steadily, accurately, and ruthless, and directly smashed the shadow!

Unidentified object in the trash: …

Geng Qinghe: “…”

His respect deepened when he looked at her.

He felt his blood run cold, and Geng Qinghe’s eyes should have been on her for a long time. Seeing that the thing was still struggling hard in the trash can, he bent his head and took a step closer.

Only then can we see what’s inside through the translucent wall of the trash can.

A pale palm was jumping up and down, and it slammed into the wall of the bucket desperately. The force was so strong that the trash can that the two people pressed together was a little unstable.

Geng Qinghe was still a little nervous, but he had already joined in the thievery and he did not dare to let go.

After four or five minutes, the barrel suddenly became quiet.

“…”

Lin You and Geng Qinghe looked at each other and she said, “Get out of the way.”

When the latter heard this, he immediately let go and stood aside. Although he always felt that his identity was a bit misplaced, he couldn’t bear the fact that the other party was suspected to be a real boss. He believed that he could only praise her.

Lin You slowly opened the trash can, put her fingertips in, and touched a card.

She couldn’t help but freeze.

Is this…from the illustrated book?

The job description at the time was “To establish contact with certain creatures in a specific way.” She thought about the three cards to help solve Xue Yao’s grievances, but it seems that it is feasible to make the other party soft and complacent?

Are you convinced?

I’m not convinced.

It seems she has discovered a new world.

Lin You was about to turn over the card, and suddenly remembered that there was another person present.

She turned her head, and Geng Qinghe immediately hummed a little tune and looked away, “I didn’t see anything, and I didn’t ask if you were a student at the beginning—don’t turn me into a card.”

She was filled with the desire to survive.

Lin You: “…”

What is this man thinking?

“I changed the idea a little bit, but I am still a student in reality.” She said leisurely, “My real profession is a summoner.”

Geng Qinghe wasn’t ignorant, and he has been immersed in a lot of games. He understood this in no time. “It means that, like just now, you can call it out again, right?”

Should be about right?

Lin You, who also had no idea, responded vaguely.

This became unpredictable in Geng Qinghe’s eyes, and he immediately stood in awe—

“It’s a secret.” He saw the other party raise her index finger and made a silent movement with its pre-installed light, “Don’t tell them for now.”

Geng Qinghe: “Okay!”

Suddenly, Lin You, who had inadvertently gained a crazy fan, gently moved her hand up, and the card disappeared in the air—she had already found the touch of the professional Summoner.

But now was not the time to pay attention to this.

Her gaze fell on the place where the ghost hand had just jumped out. Maybe because she was quick, everything that was originally hidden under the bed was taken away by it.

That is a thick-looking notebook.

Lin You turned the page, and Geng Qinghe also came over.

He asked discreetly: “Is this a newspaper clipping?”

“Yeah.” Lin You turned a few pages back. It looked thick because every page was pasted with a cut-out newspaper, “It’s all missing.”

Why was there a newspaper clipping book under the hotel owner’s bed?

When she saw the name of the next newspaper clipping, she stopped.

“I’ve seen this name,” Lin You said, “It’s on the check-in registration in the hotel.”

She thought of something, quickly turned back two pages.

“And this—Louis J. Aitken. The two of them disappeared only one day after they checked in.”

Geng Qinghe: “They disappeared after staying in this hotel, that is…”

He numbly looked at the newspaper clipping in Lin You’s hand.

“Some murderers like to collect the victims’ belongings as medals,” Lin You closed her notebook. “It seems that this boss likes to cut all the newspaper reports afterward as a souvenir.”

“In other words…”

She followed Geng Qinghe’s words.

“Even if this hotel is still open, no guest can leave this place alive.”

The windows were closed, the door of the room was hidden, but a trace of coolness ran up Geng Qinghe’s back for no reason.

“Let…let…let’s get out!” As if he really felt countless murdered souls staring at him, Geng Qinghe jumped up like a needle.

Even after killing it, he didn’t want to stay any longer in this homicidal maniac’s room!!

“Don’t worry.” Lin You didn’t rush, “Maybe there are more clues.”

Geng Qinghe crumbled inside. Is it necessary to investigate how the boss killed those residents?!

“Damn!” An angry curse came from a distance to save him, but the content of the next sentence made them feel like falling into an ice cave, “Who locked the door?!”

The two looked at each other and got up at the same time.

It was Chen Jun who was yelling. After investigating the right side of the first floor, he and Liang Yong returned to the lobby without finding any clues. She tried to touch the door but found that she couldn’t move it anymore.

“We never came down.” The other three groups were all attracted back by that shout. Qi Lanlan was not as happy as expected. “Your group was the first to arrive in the hall, right?”

Lin You was not interested in participating in this dispute, so she went over and twisted the door handle.

The door seemed to be fixed with the space, not moving.

It’s not like anyone locked it.

“Maybe it was a ghost.” She said casually.

Everyone: “…”

This sentence can be said to be amazing and endless.

Although everyone knew that this hotel was haunted, it’s scary to say that ghosts come when you are splitting up!

It is better to suspect that someone has locked the door by a prank!

“…Okay, okay, don’t worry about the door matter for the time being.” Liang Yong came out to preside over the situation, “Our group didn’t find a clue, did the others find anything?”

“I said this for a reason.”

Lin You gave Geng Qinghe a look. He put the newspaper clipping book on the table, “You can compare the missing news here with the check-in registration at the counter.”

“Simply speaking,” Geng Qinghe said, “…The hotel owner and his wife are murderers, and they treat this hotel as a place to commit their crimes… Then it may be that the grievances of the victims gather to haunt the hotel.”

Everyone: “………………”

Chen Jun calmly went to the counter to get the check-in register.

“Then, then I’ll also say,” After hearing that, Qi Lanlan was also unsteady, and she spoke palely, “We found this in the staircase on the second floor.”

She was holding a piece of rope in her hand. The length of the rope was enough to tie hands, except that there was a short section in the front that was strangely black.

“I don’t know what it is for, but it feels a bit strange so I brought it over.”

Lin You looked at her silently.

Sometimes ignorance is bliss.

“Do you know…?” However, she could only choose to pierce it cruelly, and Lin You gestured around her neck, “When people are strangled, they will subconsciously struggle to grab the rope.”

Qi Lanlan already had a bad feeling, “…”

“At this time, nail scratches don’t feel much pain, so if a person is strangled, blood marks will be left on the neck.”

After understanding her hint, Qi Lanlan screamed and threw the rope directly to the ground.

This is not just a fucking rope, this is a murder weapon!

It was simply the blood that the deceased had struggled and scratched before being strangled to death by the innkeeper, and it condensed into black bloodstains over time.

After holding the murder weapon for so long without knowing it, Qi Lanlan was about to cry. The girl who was holding her boyfriend’s arm hesitated and sat down to comfort her quietly.

Chen Jun also brought the register at this time, and everyone opened the scrapbook and checked the names one by one.

……There were no errors.

Now the murderous identity of the hotel owner and his wife is real, and Lin You’s guess is also very likely to be true. The faces of everyone trapped in the secret room are not very attractive.

“Let’s spend the night in the lounge.”

Liang Yong said: “It shouldn’t be haunted until six o’clock in the morning, but the problem is how we contact the outside world to pick us up.”

Although everyone had a mobile phone and tried it in the car, there was no signal in this mountainous area.

“It is estimated that there is equipment that can be contacted in the hotel,” he said. “We should go to the two rooms to find out if there is anything we can use according to the previous grouping.”

*

The next move is so decided.

There were only two people left on the first floor. Geng Qinghe was guilty, but thinking about the person who was acting with the group, he was actually quite safe, and he was even more emboldened to make a thorough search in the room he was assigned to.

But when he heard the sudden knock on the door, he almost missed and dropped the kettle.

“Who…who’s there?”

“It’s me.” Lin You’s voice sounded outside the door, and she opened the door directly, “Why are you closing the door?”

Geng Qinghe muttered: “The boss and their room is next door, how can I not close it.”

Alright.

Lin You came in and closed the door intimately.

“What is that,” Geng Qinghe saw what she was carrying in her hand, “A mop?”

“Huh? Oh, forgot to put it back.”

Lin You leaned the sponge mop against the wall, “Qi Lanlan wanted to wash her hands, so I let her use my room. Then the sink leaked. I found a mop from the stairwell to deal with it. The water absorption was also very good.”

“I’m done over there, and I didn’t see a clue, how about you?”

“Still looking.”

Geng Qinghe couldn’t help but spit on his efficiency, “There are still two cabinets left.”

He was about to reach out to pull the cabinet door and suddenly stopped.

“…Is there any sound?” He was uncertain, “Or did I hear it wrong…”

After the door was locked, they tried again to see if the window could be opened. But let alone opening the window, even the window glass can’t be broken, and they don’t know what the material is—or a bonus idea.

But the sound of the rainstorm outside the window was still penetrating, so the sound of water…

“It’s not that you heard it wrong.”

Lin You calmly said: “I heard it too, from the corridor.”

Before she finished speaking, Geng Qinghe jumped up and rushed towards the door.

He quickly locked the door and listened at the door for a while. He became more sure that he had not heard it wrong, and turned his head fearfully and asked in a breath: “Are they being strangled?”

“Maybe not everyone is.” Lin You thought for a while, “Did you see it before you came in? There is a lake next to the hotel.”

If anyone who was drowned or thrown in the lake chose to come back this rainy night—

Geng Qinghe didn’t dare to think about it, the sound of water from the corridor was still clearly audible.

It sounded like someone was walking in water, at least waist-deep, getting closer.

Getting closer.

Then, it stopped in front of their door.

Geng Qinghe: …

Ahhhhhhhh!!

He held his breath, but the guy outside the door didn’t mean to leave. Geng Qinghe watched as the door handle was twisted.

Once, twice, the doorknob turned faster and faster, and the guy seemed to be getting more and more impatient. Geng Qinghe stared at the frantically turning doorknob without blinking, for fear that it would be scrapped without even thinking about it.

Suddenly, the rotation stopped.

Is it…giving up?

Before Geng Qinghe could breathe a long sigh of relief, he stared blankly at the water seepage from the cracks in the door.

This is how to give up, this is intended to break through?!!

The water mixed with a woman’s hair was seeping up more and more until it converged into a muddy puddle. The water ghost was about to pop up its head—

The mop inserted horizontally interrupted everything.

Water ghost: …

Geng Qinghe: “……?”

The sponge was saturated, and the muddy water was wiped away. Lin You pushed open the bathroom door neatly and pulled the lever of the squeezer toward the bathtub.

With a sound, the water in the sponge flowed directly into the drain hole of the bathtub.

No more leaking.