Ning Wei had prepared two backup plans: the first was to expose the corpse in the room, and the second was to release the ghost to seek revenge on its own.
Clearly, the first plan was useless, so thankfully, she had a backup.
The Gao family, a trio, were having a cozy dinner in their room. When the lights went out, the real feast began.
Blood was the beverage, and human flesh was merely steak on the dining table.
After listening to Li Ye's words, Ning Wei's face was full of smiles.
"You don't regret it?" Li Ye asked her.
Ning Wei shook her head, "Although this time is a bit risky, it's more exciting this way. Besides, this isn't my first time doing something like this."
Li Ye was speechless; he should have known Ning Wei had always been this bold.
The incident at the Victoria Grand Hotel concluded here, and a new journey was just beginning.
Which station would be next depended entirely on the driver's arrangements.
No matter how long they rode this bus, the driver's skills were always terrible.
A sudden brake jolted everyone awake from their dreams.
The conductor's chilling voice announced, "Hello everyone, passengers. A new adventure has begun. Please disembark in an orderly fashion according to your seat numbers. No cutting in line."
Everyone let out a long sigh of relief. They had only just relaxed a little before having to disembark again so soon.
After everyone got off, the conductor, with half her body hanging out of the bus door, said to them, "Wait here. A special guide will arrive shortly. Don't wander off, or you'll be eaten by ghosts."
Everyone looked at the conductor's antics expressionlessly. They were old hands at this station; who would be scared by such words anymore?
She glanced at everyone disdainfully, then narrowed her eyes and said, "I hope you can live to see the day we come to pick you up."
There was no imagined reaction, only a trace of awkwardness.
The conductor was about to scare these daring passengers, but then she remembered they had already disembarked, so they were no longer within her jurisdiction.
If she did anything to them and they died of fright, the rules wouldn't let her off the hook.
Thinking of this, the conductor became like a wilted eggplant and zipped back into the bus.
The driver, not having the same sense of timing, didn't immediately close the door after she got in. So, the conductor prepared it herself.
As soon as she entered the bus, she forcibly closed the door with her bare hands.
Hearing the bus's protesting creaks, everyone instinctively covered their ears.
"Drive already!" Sharper than the sound of the bus door was the conductor's voice.
The driver finally reacted and quickly started the bus. It vanished from everyone's sight like a roller coaster.
Everyone watched the conductor's actions with numb expressions. Song Zhi muttered doubtfully, "Is she going through menopause?"
"Looking at her, she probably isn't old enough for menopause yet?" Yuan Yuan analyzed seriously.
Song Zhi shuffled closer to her. Being a head taller than her, his voice came down from above, sounding somewhat hollow and terrifying. Of course, this wasn't ruling out that Song Zhi was doing it intentionally.
"She's like that, and you can still tell her age?"
Yuan Yuan was startled by the sudden voice and instinctively hid in Zhu Yilian's arms next to her.
Since the incident with Young Master Zhou, Yuan Yuan's personality had changed, but her fear of ghosts had deepened.
Moreover, she was extremely sensitive. Any slight disturbance would make her react noticeably, as was the case now.
Yuan Yuan's exaggerated movements affected others, and soon, Song Zhi's screams echoed at the station.
Several girls were hitting him, and he didn't dare to dodge, so he could only try to elicit sympathy through his screams. However, they hit him even harder.
Perhaps due to their experience, they dared to roughhouse at the station now, no longer being as fearful of making a mistake with every step as they were at the beginning.
In between their roughhousing, a cat's meow was heard.
Through the thick fog, a graceful black cat slowly emerged. In the darkness, its eyes shone like luminous pearls.
The black cat did not speak. It leisurely walked onto the road in front of the station and then easily leaped onto the canopy above the station.
Everyone's gaze followed its movements. The black cat walked back and forth on the canopy, as if waiting for a signal.
Perhaps the time had come, the black cat jumped down again and slowly walked on the misty road.
They didn't follow, and the black cat specially looked back.
"Meow." It seemed to be saying, "Follow me."
"Is it calling us to follow?" Song Zhi said, covering his head that was still sore from being hit.
At this point, everyone looked to Ning Wei.
Ning Wei didn't immediately state her decision but instead asked everyone, "Do you think this black cat is the guide?"
They looked at each other. Mei Nan immediately said, "The conductor said before she left that a special guide would arrive. I think she was referring to this black cat."
"But a black cat always looks a bit eerie," Wang Jing whispered her feelings.
Ning Wei smiled and said nothing.
"Let's follow it," Mei Nan said to everyone.
Mei Nan walked at the forefront, followed by Song Zhi, and then the remaining girls gradually followed.
Ning Wei and Li Ye put their arms around everyone's retreating figures and exchanged a smile before striding after them.
The cat specially looked back, and only after confirming everyone had followed did it truly begin to lead the way.
Through layers of thick fog, the cat's eyes were like lights in the dark. Its two emerald green eyeballs, like will-o'-the-wisps, appeared in different places as the cat moved.
This cat seemed a bit mischievous. Sometimes, while leading the way, it would suddenly disappear, forcing everyone to wait where they were.
However, after a while, it would reappear, and it would even be bristling with its fur, looking as if it had just fought someone.
"If the environment weren't so bad, I'd want to pet it." Looking at the cat's smooth fur, Tang Tang's hands couldn't help but make stroking motions in the air.
Girls were naturally defenseless against fluffy little animals. If it weren't a black cat, they would have probably reached out to touch it by now.
"Actually, looking at it, it's probably just an ordinary cat with a bit of intelligence," Song Zhi observed for a long time. He felt that it was unreliable for the cat to disappear to fight while leading the way.
"Really? Then can I touch it?" Tang Tang became excited.
Song Zhi shrugged, "I'm just giving an objective assessment. If you dare, go ahead and touch it."
The cat didn't react to everyone's discussion. It simply led the way while also running off to play elsewhere.
Because of its playfulness, everyone took a long time to reach their destination.