I forced a smile at Er Shuai and said, "Come on, there will be opportunities in the future. Now we need to go up and take a look."
Just as I was about to step forward, Er Shuai reached out and grabbed my arm. He looked around, then lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "I haven't finished yet. That's exactly what's strange."
Gu Yuan was standing beside us. Seeing Er Shuai getting so close to me, it was obvious that he was a bit unhappy. But he didn't know what to say. So he pretended to join the discussion and walked between the two of us.
"Just tell me what you have to say. Don't scare Lan Lan," Gu Yuan said pretending to be calm with his hands behind his back.
I also felt that the distance between Er Shuai and me was a bit too close. After all, men and women should keep a proper distance. Such a close distance would really make people feel uncomfortable.
I still had this sense of propriety, so I consciously took a few steps back and continued to listen to Er Shuai.
Er Shuai looked at the two of us, showing an embarrassed smile, and told us exactly what he had seen later.
That night, Er Shuai didn't get the key. Besides, he didn't dare to stay at home alone, so he simply went to a colleague's place to stay.
He told his colleague all the strange things he had seen. But his colleague thought he was just talking nonsense in his sleep.
He didn't take his words seriously at all and went back to his own room to sleep.
When Er Shuai woke up the next day, his colleague had already gone to work.
He quickly took out his phone and called his colleague, wanting to tell him never to go to the studio to work.
His colleague was extremely helpless with him and told him to come to work quickly. If the leader heard such an excuse, he would definitely fly into a rage.
According to his colleague's description, his boss, Lin Pingxi, had already arrived at the studio, and he was perfectly fine. He didn't look like someone who had been dismembered as Er Shuai described.
Er Shuai also felt very strange, but he was sure that he hadn't been seeing things that day. The dead person was definitely his boss.
So he didn't dare to go to the studio. He waited until we came and let us decide whether we should go up or not.
Er Shuai and I both shifted our gazes to Gu Yuan. After all, Gu Yuan's words carried the most weight.
Gu Yuan folded his arms across his chest and looked up at the building.
"Your studio is on the 18th floor, right?" Gu Yuan said.
Er Shuai nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, it's indeed on the 18th floor. The immortal is really amazing. He can tell at a glance."
I followed Gu Yuan's gaze and looked at the 18th floor. There was indeed an indescribable sense of strangeness there. It was as if there was a layer of mist on the windows. It was invisible and intangible. I guessed that this should be the aura of demons.
"Gu Yuan, it seems that Li Xiaoqian is up there," I said anxiously.
Gu Yuan agreed with my idea, but he added another sentence.
"To be precise, it's Man Yue up there. Most of the people up there have probably been demonized."
"Then we shouldn't waste any time. Let's go up quickly to save people," Er Shuai said. As soon as he heard that his colleagues had all turned into demons, he was naturally anxious. He grabbed my arm and wanted to go up.
But Gu Yuan pulled him away with one hand and said, "We can't go up yet."
"Why? What are we still waiting for? If we wait any longer, my colleagues will probably all be dead," Er Shuai stamped his feet anxiously and wanted to go up immediately to take a look at the situation up there.
"Because he's waiting for me," a voice came from behind us. Jun He appeared in front of us with a cloud of black mist around him.
When Gu Yuan saw Jun He appear, he then said to us, "Let's go. We'll go up."
I was a bit confused. Gu Yuan had been hesitating to go up. Was he waiting for Jun He?
Jun He casually looked at me and said, "See? You still have to rely on me. I'll go ahead and scout the way. You guys follow closely."
Saying that, he turned into a black shadow and drilled into the building.
Gu Yuan saw that Er Shuai and I were just standing there motionless, watching Jun He leave.
He stepped forward and tightly held my hand, interlocking our fingers, and dragged me towards the building. I couldn't even pull my hand away.
Er Shuai saw the two of us holding hands, frowned, and said, "Wait for me."
When the three of us entered the building, we could already feel the sinister aura here. The coldness wasn't the kind of cold air from an air conditioner, but the kind that seeped into the bones.
Gu Yuan pulled me directly to the elevator. My eyes never left Gu Yuan's face. I always felt that something was strange, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.
When the elevator door opened, the three of us got in. Watching the elevator floor indicator rise bit by bit, there was always an ominous feeling in my heart.
When the elevator reached halfway up, suddenly there was a "ding" and the elevator stopped.
I instinctively looked at the display screen. It showed the 10th floor.
The elevator door slowly slid open to the left and right. Gu Yuan held my hand and pulled me back, blocking in front of me. My back was pressed against the wall.
After the elevator door fully opened, there was a woman leading a little boy about a few years old standing there.
The two of them looked normal. The little boy was holding a ball in his hand.
With his big watery eyes, he looked at Er Shuai with an innocent smile on his face.
"Brother, can I come in?"
Er Shuai looked at the two of them and didn't think there was anything particularly strange.
"Er Shuai, don't say anything..." Gu Yuan was about to stop Er Shuai, but it was already too late.
Er Shuai blurted out directly, "Come in."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a cold wind rush in from under his feet.
The elevator, which had just been brightly lit, suddenly started to flicker. The lights made a crackling sound and kept going on and off.
Through the dim light, a white mist rose in the elevator, and the elevator began to shake constantly.
The mother and son who had just been standing at the door now had extremely terrifying faces. Their pale faces were covered in bloodshot eyes.
However, this was only the beginning. As they entered the elevator, a whole bunch of expressionless and empty - eyed people rushed in behind them.
In an instant, the entire elevator was filled to the brim. I was protected in Gu Yuan's chest and squeezed into a corner by those people.
And Er Shuai was squeezed into another corner. He didn't expect this to happen. His eyes were full of shock, but fortunately he didn't make a sound and just hid in the corner without daring to say another word.
I could tell that the people who rushed into the elevator were not living people at all. If Er Shuai hadn't agreed to let them in just now, they wouldn't have swarmed in.
I was hiding in Gu Yuan's chest and wasn't scared at all. I felt very secure. But I just didn't understand one thing. Gu Yuan naturally had a powerful and upright aura. Normally, he should be immune to all evil. Why could these ghosts and demons now get close to him?
The elevator was so crowded that my body was constantly being jostled by those evil spirits, and Gu Yuan's chest would occasionally press against me.
I was protected by Gu Yuan and curled up in the corner. I had too many doubts in my heart. I couldn't help but look up at Gu Yuan's face. To my surprise, I saw a look of worry on his face.
Was this still Gu Yuan? What was he afraid of?