CHAPTER 15: The disappearing corpse

Entering the room, Xie Cheng lazily laid down on the bed without taking a shower and started to close his eyes, preparing to sleep, when Xie Ying came over and sat down on the bed: "Brother".

He tiredly replied: "Huh? I haven't rested all day so I'm tired, is there something wrong?".

"Don't interact too much with that Liu Yu guy". He fiddled with his fingers, jealousy rising in his heart. He never smiled genuinely at him, every time he smiled at him, he knew it was just his way of "temporarily curing" him. But he was completely generous and smiled genuinely at other people.

He really didn't have multiple personalities! It's just... Sometimes he felt like he was being controlled by someone and couldn't control himself.

He longed for him to genuinely smile at him without the barrier of "curing".

Xie Cheng sighed and turned around: "He's not a bad person, he won't be dangerous, so don't worry".

"But there's definitely something suspicious about him." He insisted.

Xie Cheng: "...".

He had fallen asleep.

Xie Ying: "...".

Every time his tired body lay down, he would sleep like a dead man, not knowing the time between heaven and earth, so even if someone secretly buried him, he probably wouldn't know.

He saw him sleeping, stood up and turned off the light, lay down next to him, and Xiao Wang suddenly jumped up and squeezed in between. Xie Ying's face darkened: "Wang!! This puppy!".

Wang was just a dog, so he didn't know anything, and stuck out his tongue in a cute manner.

Xie Ying: "...".

Because it was cute, he couldn't do anything to it, so he could only pat its head and pet it.

Outside, the wind was strong, the coconut trees swayed to the rhythm, the sea rippled, and rain began to fall. The dim yellow light of the night light fell on Liu Yu's handsome face, he sat by the window, his eyes watching each raindrop hit the window glass. Deep in the amber eyes appeared the figure of a person. Memories flooded his mind, a girl with long, silky black hair was hugging him, caressing him lovingly.

"Unexpectedly... He looks so much like her." Liu Yu opened the small notebook, inside was an old photo of a girl standing next to a man, his cold eyes suddenly flashed with tears.

The girl in this photo had very similar features to Xie Cheng from her eyes to her smile, the man beside her was him. The girl was hugging his arm with a happy and fulfilled expression, and he was smiling contentedly. This photo was quite old, it seemed to be several decades old, so the image was almost faded.

"Drip drip". Suddenly, a drop of water fell on the photo, it was his tears. He used his hand to cover his sad, wet eyes and silently cried in his longing.

"It's been more than half my life but I still can't find you...".

A cold man like him unexpectedly softened and secretly shed tears. He had lost the person he loved for more than fifty years, nearly sixty years. Now, he didn't know if it was fate or the heavens, but he suddenly met someone who looked very much like the girl he loved. But this person was a man. Even though he knew that, he still felt moved once again.

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In the afternoon, the rain stopped but the dark clouds did not disperse but instead gathered more clouds creating a cold and gloomy scene. Xie Cheng was awake but his eyes were still closed, half awake and half asleep, he turned around and hugged the pillow. Suddenly he felt that this pillow was so soft and hard, he opened his eyes and found himself hugging Xie Ying. He hugged him and rubbed his head against his chest, his voice sleepily whining: "Xie Cheng Cheng ah ~ sleep a little more".

"Woof woof!". Suddenly little Wang jumped up and bit his shirt and pulled it off.

He let go of him and sat up, grabbing little Wang: "This puppy dares to ruin my party!".

Little Wang whined a few times. Xie Cheng sat up, tired of dealing with these two guys, then slapped his head: "Hurry up and wash your face and go find Xiao Han!".

Saying that, he stood up and went into the bathroom, leaving him sitting there with a pitiful face: "Why did you hit me?~".

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Everyone seemed to have gathered in the dining room instead of the lobby, after all, no one had eaten anything all day so they were very hungry, waiting to be served. But there was one strange thing, everyone was quiet, no one said anything, four people sat at this table but only one person sat alone at the other table. Wait, something's not right! Why is there another person?!

The group of three people, Xie Cheng, walked in, Xie Cheng was startled when he saw the person sitting alone at the other table, exclaimed: "Xiao Xin?!".

Xiao Xin's face was worried and scared, seeing him looking at her, she nodded and greeted him.

Didn't she go missing? Then why is she sitting here now? If so, why isn't she sitting at the same table with the others?

Xie Cheng walked to Li Xiao Juan: "Xiao Xin is back, why doesn't she come over here and sit with you? I miss you two so much".

Li Xiao Juan was scared and secretly glanced at Xiao Xin, whispering: "That's not Xin...".

After waking up, everything suddenly changed, Xie Cheng was confused and wondered: "What's going on? What's going on?".

Liang Zun pulled his hand, his face looked like he was terrified of something, his voice was low: "Follow me and you'll know".

After saying that, Liang Zun stood up and was about to go somewhere with Xie Cheng, but Xie Ying stopped him, he frowned and grabbed Liang Zun's collar, and growled: "Hey! Didn't I tell you not to let him know? He'll be scared and uneasy!".

"We're teammates after all, what's there to hide? Everyone is scared, not just him!". Liang Zun immediately escaped from his hand and hid behind Xie Cheng.

He didn't understand what they were saying: "Hide what from me?!".

"Come with me to this place". Liu Yu walked over and grabbed his hand and pulled him away.

"Hey!". Xie Ying pulled him back, glancing at him: "You deaf people, can't you hear what I'm saying?".

Feeling that everyone knows something but he doesn't know anything, what are they hiding from him, so he was extremely annoyed!

"Bang!". Xie Cheng slammed his hand on the table, everyone looked at him in surprise.

"Take me there, you guys really annoy me!".

He, Liu Yu and Liang Zun went to the place they said, when they left they didn't tell him what happened? Why was Xiao Xin here but they said it wasn't Xiao Xin?

Outside the lobby, they turned left, going in there was a long wide corridor leading to the back of the hotel, but they didn't go out the back but went into another turn. At the end of the corridor there were two doors, they led him to the door on the right.

Liu Yu held the handrail but did not open it yet, he said: "Just now that kid was worried that you were scared so he did not dare to tell you, now that you are here and saw what you absolutely do not be afraid because we are in the cursed world. Whoever dies first will have to stay in the place called the waiting room, there waiting for the teammates to decode the curse, then both the dead and the teammates will return to reality. It's like playing a game".

Liang Zun was stunned when he heard: "Then why didn't you say it earlier? Harming anyone makes you feel scared and uneasy".

Looking at him, his face was cold, he said: "Do you know why there is this curse?".

He shook his head: "I don't know and I don't know why I got caught up in this curse either".

Letting go of the door, his hand loosened, he said: "When you don't experience the curse and just die in the waiting room, you will never be able to know the cruel truths of humans and the real world. Staying in the waiting room forever can only lead to living in a space like a prison, eating and sleeping. Every day passes by eating and sleeping, when it reaches a certain level, you will deduce that you are bored and hate the meaningless life and then you will think about ending your own life to reach freedom".

He continued: "And the reason why this curse exists is because it comes from the human mind".

Xie Cheng and Liang Zun heard this and started to sweat coldly, they would die no matter what. They all wondered what their own mind was, how did they end up in this place?

"O ho, is that true?". Xie Ying walked out, he had been secretly following the three people for a while, but when he reached the fork in the road, he heard the conversation. What is this about surviving in a curse like playing a game.

Thinking back and forth, this old man Liu Yu has been in the curse for nearly sixty years, he has more or less experience, if he becomes his teammate, he might be able to quickly escape this curse.

But, if he has so much experience, why is he still in this curse for more than a dozen years?

Liu Yu: "That's right".

Thinking it through, he immediately walked to him, showing remorse: "Brother, I'm sorry. I was afraid you would be scared, so I told everyone not to tell anyone".

Sometimes he was really annoyed with Xie Ying, sometimes he was too much. But accept it, his younger brother has multiple personality disorder. Try to escape the curse later to cure him.

He sighed: "If anything happens in the future, just tell me, I'm not afraid of those things".

He didn't have to be weak to be afraid forever, so for him now, he had to try to overcome this mission.

The door opened, there were no windows inside, it was dark, only the dim orange light of the night light. He took a breath and walked in, the objects in the room were neat and tidy. There were a few gold-plated places that could still be seen shining in the dark. Liu Yu walked in, followed by Liang Zun.

"Wha... What the hell?!" Liang Zun was shocked and stepped back, exclaiming in panic: "Xiao Xin's body disappeared!!!".

Xie Ying immediately pushed Liang Zun and Liu Yu away, and walked forward. Frowning: "This is strange, could it be that she came back to life?".

Xie Cheng was a bit confused, because in this room there was absolutely no one except for the few people standing here, the floor was completely clean.

As far as he knew, Xiao Xin's body was originally in this room, but when he arrived, the body seemed to have come back to life and disappeared without leaving any trace here.

"What's the story?". He asked.

Liu Yu turned on the light switch in the room, walked over and sat down on the sofa in the middle of the room: "Sit down".

He and the boy sat down opposite him, but Liang Zun stood in front of the door, not daring to enter. He still felt a chill run through his body from the image that flashed through his mind. The body with all four limbs cut off, leaving only the body and head of Xiao Xin hanging in the middle of the room. The two pupils that had fallen out of the eye sockets were attached to the blood vessels and dangled, along with the blood from the chopped area that had pooled on the floor, lingering in his mind.

"Ugh!". After a second of reminiscing, he turned his head to the end of the corner to vomit.

Frowning, Xie Cheng went out to support him, asking: "Hey, are you okay? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?".

Wiping his mouth, his face paled, he kept shaking his head: "I'm fine, I'm fine".

He helped Liang Zun inside, he propped his head up and leaned back on the chair. Xie Cheng suddenly remembered something and said, "Brother Liu, we are now teammates but I haven't introduced myself, I'm so sorry."

Liu Yu looked at him: "It's okay."

He smiled and said: "I'm Xie Cheng, the boy next to me is my younger brother Xie Ying."

Liang Zun sat up straight and introduced himself: "Hello Brother Liu, I'm Liang Zun."

He nodded but his eyes were still fixed on Xie Cheng, being stared at by the cold gaze that was fixed on him made him a little breathless, he spoke up: "Xie Cheng, we've met before. Do you remember?".

Met him? He couldn't remember where he had met this mysteriously handsome man.

"Could it be that you've mistaken the person?". He said.

Liu Yu: "...".

He looked at him silently for a moment then closed his eyes and shook his head: "Okay, then I'll tell you what we saw."

Xie Cheng began to concentrate: "Yes."