Frightening Joke: Above the Mist-Chapter 18 True or False

Bai Yanliang had been pondering a question.

That is... why hasn't the ghost that can disguise itself as others taken action?

"He" had found many opportunities when people were alone, yet curiously, he didn't act, and the strangest of all was Xu Zhi'an's encounter.

It seemed as if Xu Zhi'an was deliberately led to Zhang Wen's room by "him"...

So, Bai Yanliang decided to take a gamble. His actions might seem dangerous and unbelievable, but perhaps... things would be simpler than imagined.

...

Legend has it that when people are on the brink of death, they recall their past lives like a carousel in their minds.

Jiang Li felt that she was experiencing this phase right now.

Her parents divorced when she was young, her father was busy with work and neglected her, and she met a group of disreputable friends.

Jiang Li knew she wasn't attractive, and she also knew that what so-called friends were probably after her money.

But she didn't care.

What she cared about was her father's gaze...

She even looked forward to him noticing her becoming bad and hitting her hard...

But Jiang Li was disappointed.

The father she expected didn't notice the changes in his daughter, and when it came to Jiang Li's increasing financial demands, Mr. Jiang was always so generous, as if giving enough money equated to enough love...

However, in society money and love might be considered equal, but this certainly doesn't hold true in parent-child relationships.

Jiang Li became more audacious and wanton.

Until her eighteenth birthday, she suddenly realized that she had indeed become bad...

She could no longer have any expectations of that successful businessman, who always measured everything in terms of money, or rather, she could no longer have expectations of anyone.

She only trusted herself.

After receiving a brief and hurried birthday message from Mr. Jiang, Jiang Li smirked sarcastically and opened the door.

An empty room couldn't be considered a home.

However... after opening the door, Jiang Li unexpectedly stepped into a space full of gray mist...

From panic and fear to being accustomed to life and death.

Jiang Li thought she was used to it all, but now it seemed this was merely her mind's self-hypnosis.

She was afraid of death, extremely afraid of death...

She didn't want to die in this damned year of 2006. She was only nineteen, with so much life ahead of her.

But... all this was about to vanish under the gaze of that shadow in the doorway...

Jiang Li closed her eyes in despair as the sound of the storage room being opened reached her ears.

Her head hung low, though she knew it was useless.

"Creak—"

The door opened.

A beam of light poured in.

However, the expected slaughter didn't occur. Instead, a not unfamiliar voice sounded:

"Miss Jiang."

It was Bai Yanliang's voice!

Jiang Li raised her head sharply and saw that the one pulling open the storage room door was none other than Bai Yanliang?!

At this moment, Jiang Li felt as though she had seen a savior, no... for her right now, Bai Yanliang was indeed a savior!

Heaven knows how terrified and uneasy she was, yet in such a despairing situation, Bai Yanliang appeared!

"Come out, Miss Jiang."

Bai Yanliang extended his hand toward Jiang Li; it was long and fair.

Jiang Li stared at him blankly, still not recovered from the excitement and shocks.

She instinctively placed her hand in Bai Yanliang's.

Cold.

How cold the hand was...

Jiang Li shivered, then was gently pulled out of the storage room by Bai Yanliang.

"You're in great danger now, Miss Jiang." Bai Yanliang kept his gaze on her, making Jiang Li feel somewhat embarrassed.

She found it strange that this feeling of awkward emotion hadn't appeared for many years.

"You... came to find me?" Jiang Li looked up at Bai Yanliang, her expression softening considerably.

Bai Yanliang smiled but didn't reply.

"Let's go. I'll take you to the first floor." Bai Yanliang said no more, turned to lead the way, and pressed the elevator button.

"Ding..."

The elevator was still waiting on the sixth floor, and it opened immediately.

Standing in front of the elevator, there was a long corridor behind.

For some reason, at the moment the elevator door opened, a cold, damp, uncomfortable feeling arose, making Jiang Li instinctively resist.

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But Bai Yanliang seemed to notice nothing and continued to smile at her: "Don't delay, Miss Jiang, it's very unsafe here."

Though Jiang Li knew that Bai Yanliang was right, she still reluctantly stepped into that elevator.

It was an inexplicable feeling that made Jiang Li's heart feel especially uncomfortable.

But... the next moment, Bai Yanliang had already stepped forward into the elevator, pressing the button while waiting for her.

Being watched by him, Jiang Li hesitated, and finally... she ventured a foot forward, ready to step in.

"Wait!"

Suddenly!

A call echoed from afar.

The sound came from the end of the corridor, near the stairs!

The words "wait" were ordinary, yet to the current Jiang Li, they weren't unlike the sound of a death knell!

Because, she had just heard the voice saying these words!

Jiang Li jerked her head around towards the end of the corridor.

A genteel young man stood there, that was... Bai Yanliang!

Another Bai Yanliang!

A chill ran up her spine, and Jiang Li didn't even have time to glance back at the Bai Yanliang in the elevator, she just sprinted a few steps forward, standing squarely in the middle of the corridor.

"Thud."

The Bai Yanliang in the elevator stepped forward with one foot, leaning out, anxiously looking at Jiang Li, and shouted: "Miss Jiang! What are you doing? Don't trust him, come over quickly!"

His urgency was genuine, with one foot wedged in the elevator door, his expression not contrived.

On the other side, however, the Bai Yanliang who came from the stairs remained silent, only quietly looking between Jiang Li and the elevator, his face devoid of much expression.

It seemed clear who was real and who was fake.

But for Jiang Li at this moment, choosing wrong meant being killed by a ghost! Dying in the world of 2006!

What to do...

Who was real?

Who was fake?

Jiang Li leaned against the wall, sometimes looking to the left, and sometimes to the right.

The Bai Yanliang in the elevator was so anxious he was almost sweating, while the Bai Yanliang near the stairs remained gloomy and silent, his eyes constantly moving between the two.

"Miss Jiang, if you don't come I'll leave!"

The Bai Yanliang in the elevator seemed out of patience, and his outstretched foot was gradually retracting; meanwhile, the Bai Yanliang by the stairs began advancing towards Jiang Li!

Thump thump...

Thump thump...

Thump thump...

Jiang Li's heart pounded like a drum, intense adrenaline surged through her veins, her eyes were bloodshot, and she turned her head side to side faster and faster!

Who was real, who was fake?

"I'm leaving!" Bai Yanliang in the elevator issued an ultimatum, quickly retracting his foot as if he was about to give up on her.

Jiang Li's heart trembled, and she finally made up her mind!

She took a step and dashed towards the stairs!