freenovelworld Chapter 648 Fatal Game 2 11
Chapter 648 Fatal Game 2 11
But Ruan Lanzhu spoke first: "Her situation is rather special; the places she enters and exits don't have to be fixed."
With someone to help explain, and his explanation being more credible, Hu Ji had no objections and went upstairs to take a shower.
When they came down, no one knew exactly what they talked about, or perhaps they didn't ask because they trusted Ruan Lanzhu. In any case, no one asked her again.
*
After the Chinese New Year, Hu Ji had a new ring on her index finger, the same brand and style as the one Ruan Lanzhu wore.
This was a New Year's gift he gave himself. He was quite composed; he only made her an index finger ring.
Hu Ji had long known that Ruan Lanzhu had fallen for her but hadn't confessed, and that both of them were aware of it without saying a word.
He probably thought that as they got closer to the final door, the time they could spend together would become less and less.
So he didn't have the courage to ask her to confirm the change in their relationship.
Hu Ji wasn't in a hurry; she figured she could just surprise them later, which would be nice.
Just as I was thinking of him, this person came looking for me.
Ruan Lanzhu opened the door and came in: "Tomorrow I'm bringing Ling Jiushi and Tan Zaozao to our home. You don't have anything to do, would you like to come with us?"
"Which door?" the orchid asked casually, stroking her ring.
"William Mountain Sanatorium".
Upon hearing this, she remembered that the door gods were also acquaintances, so she decided to go and take a look: "Okay, let's go then."
Ruan Lanzhu stepped forward, picked him up, and carried him towards the large bed: "We're moving in tomorrow, so go to sleep early tonight."
"It's only eight o'clock now." Hu Ji glanced at her phone.
"You can choose not to sleep and do something else."
……
The next day, everyone was sitting on the sofa in the living room downstairs.
A moment later, Tan Zaozao came excitedly: "Brother Ruan, the sister you introduced to Zhang Yiqing is so interesting..."
She spoke vividly and engagingly, and everyone listened quietly.
After she finished speaking, Ruan Lanzhu said, "Get ready, the door will be here soon."
Hu Ji was nestled on the sofa next to him. Hearing this, she glanced at her pajamas and slippers and said, "I'm going upstairs to change."
He had almost forgotten that he was supposed to come in today if he hadn't said anything.
The main problem is that I get so immersed in reading novels that I don't think about anything else.
"It would be great if you came too, Mu Lan. I think I wouldn't have to sleep on the floor anymore," Tan Zaozao said with a smile.
She had been to Obsidian a few times, but this was only the second time she had met Mu Lan. They looked to be about the same age, so they simply called each other by name.
Hu Ji nodded. She wanted to say that there was no need to sleep on the floor at this door, but she didn't say it. Everyone would know once they went inside.
"Wait, put this on first." Ruan Lanzhu handed her a bracelet with obsidian.
Although he knew she could come in freely without needing to wear a mask, he still made an appearance when others were present.
As soon as Hu Ji stood up, she simply reached out her hand to him and said, "Help me put it on."
Upon hearing this, Tan Zaozao's eyes suddenly lit up on the sofa opposite her, and she stared intently at the two of them.
This was the first time she had ever seen someone ordering Ruan Ge around, and she couldn't help but look at the two of them with increasingly gossipy eyes.
Apart from Ling Jiushi, who was on the phone with Xiong Qi when it rang, everyone else just glanced at it, but they were all used to it.
Although Ruan Lanzhu remained expressionless, her hands moved without hesitation, directly putting the bracelet on Hu Ji's wrist.
*
Hu Ji changed her clothes and came downstairs, still holding a peach in her hand and eating it.
Downstairs, apart from the four people who were about to enter, everyone else was gone.
Seeing Tan Zaozao looking at her expectantly, she took one out of her pocket and gave it to her.
"Thank you, Mulan. I only started to feel a little hungry after watching you eat."
"Eat quickly, finish before you come in." After Hu Ji sat down, she also gave one to Ling Jiushi and Ruan Lanzhu.
Tan Zaozao and Ling Jiushi nodded, assuming that Mu Lan was worried that it would be inconvenient for them to eat inside.
Upon hearing this, Ruan Lanzhu had a hunch that she might not be able to eat freely after entering the room, but she didn't ask.
After they finished eating the peaches, the obsidian on everyone's bracelets began to shimmer slightly, and they got up one after another and walked towards a door.
Upon entering, Hu Ji was standing on the stairs. The first thing that caught her eye was a dimly lit space, with a room next to it enclosed by iron mesh and railings.
They could hear Tan Zaozao's voice below, indicating that someone was talking to them.
She had just come down the stairs when she was stopped by a man in his thirties.
"Little sister, are you scared inside? Stay with me, I'll protect you."
"Get out of the way." The woman casually pushed the man to the ground.
"You..." The man got up and was about to curse and hit her.
However, when he saw the look in Hu Ji's eyes, he suddenly found himself unable to bring himself to curse her.
Realizing something was wrong, the man immediately ran away.
Ling Jiushi and Tan Zaozao had just chased away a man in a floral shirt.
Seeing Hu Ji approach, Tan Zaozao quickly asked, "Mu Lan, are you alright? I saw you being bothered by someone just now."
"It's alright, it's been resolved." Hu Ji shook her head.
"That's good."
When Ruan Lanzhu came over, she pretended not to know them and greeted them: "Hello, my name is Zhu Meng, this is my fifth time marrying into the family."
The three of them also spoke up. Hu Ji still used the name Mu Lan, Ling Jiushi still called herself Yu Lingling, and Tan Zaozao called herself Xu Xiaocheng.
On Ling Jiushi's side, Xiong Qi also asked him to help look after a girl named Mengmeng, and the group met her.
A short while later, an NPC dressed as a nurse came down from upstairs and led everyone to the fourth floor to be assigned dormitories.
She didn't look like a living person; when she explained the rules of the nursing home to everyone, her tone of voice was like that of a sinister female ghost.
The rules inside this gate include not being able to leave the house freely after 8 o'clock, being able to eat only in the cafeteria, not being able to eat food brought from outside, and not being able to touch the alarm on the wall.
As for why they couldn't go to room 502, they knew this from the clues they had seen before entering.
Upon reaching the upper floor, the first thing you see are two rows of opposing wards. The walls of the corridor are yellowed, and there are traces of time's erosion everywhere.
The nurse led everyone to the empty dormitory on the fourth floor. Before leaving, she took a special look at Hu Ji.
This time, the dormitory was a simple four-person room. The furnishings looked old and not very clean, and the walls inside the beds were covered with scratches.
Tan Zaozao was rather happy: "I can finally sleep in a bed."
Hu Ji stood at the door and glanced inside, noticing that the bathroom in the room had no windows.
"You guys keep an eye on things for now. It's a bit stuffy in the room. I'm going to use the restroom outside."
Seeing that she was going out alone, Tan Zaozao still asked, "Mulan, do you want me to go with you?"
If it were just me, I would absolutely never go outside to use the bathroom in my room unless someone was with me.
Hu Ji shook her head: "No need, I'll be back soon."