Chapter Four

[Grasp …]

Aileen woke up again.

Aileen was standing in the elevator again.

Aileen quickly took out her phone, and sure enough, the death notice news was there again. The time on the phone still showed half past eleven in the evening. The elevator was continuously going down from the 15th floor. After last practical experience, calling the police was useless. The police couldn't arrive before 12 o'clock. The whole incident was too weird, the police couldn't solve it.

Aileen took a few deep breaths and her mind was running at full speed. With the experience of the past two times, she could be sure that this death notice was true. From the last words Granny Wong shouted at me, it was very possible that she wanted to exchange her life with her granddaughter.

On the contrary, what 902 said also had some false words. But if what 902 said was a lie, why can he describe the details of the incident so accurately? Was he an accomplice of the killer? But Aileen had no grudge against him. She didn't even know him. Why would he harm her? According to the current situation, the killer wanted her to go upstairs. 902 wanted her to go upstairs. Within past two times, she chose to go upstairs then she died at home at 12 o'clock on time.

And the only one who stopped Aileen from going upstairs is ... Granny Wong?

Granny Wong's withered and thin face, baring her teeth and stopping me from going home, immediately appeared in Aileen's mind. Looking at the elevator that was continuously going down, Aileen closed her eyes and made a bold decision.

Adjusting her breath to calm down, Aileen stood calmly in front of the elevator door, waiting for the elevator to stop at the 1st floor.

[Ding …]

The elevator door slowly opened at the 1st floor. Like the first time, the elevator door opened and didn't close for a long time. In the silent space, Aileen could only hear her own breathing. She knew at this moment that there must be someone outside the elevator door holding the button. That person is waiting for her to go out. Will it be Granny Wong? Or someone else who want her life?

Aileen gritted her teeth, made up her mind, then stepped out of the elevator. The sound-controlled light outside the door lit up. With the dim light, Aileen saw the person crouching at the door. It was indeed Granny Wong.

Seeing Aileen coming out of the elevator, the old woman's face flashed a trace of surprise. But without any hesitation, she quickly stood up, grabbed Aileen's hand and rushed out. Her strength was still so astonishing, as if fearing that Aileen would escape. Her cold hand tightly held Aileen's wrist.

Aileen didn't even have time to react, then was dragged forward. Granny Wong took Aileen directly to the security room on this floor, locked the door, and then finally stopped.

The narrow space of the security room seemed particularly bright at the moment, and the light on the top almost blinded Aileen's eyes. What's even more strange was that the entire security room was covered with strange yellow talismans. The old woman moved her wet body towards Aileen and the water droplets on her clothes fell to the floor.

[Tick, tick ...]

Aileen mustered up the courage and spoke to her for the first time: "You want to save your granddaughter's life through me, right?" The old woman was obviously stunned for a moment, but she nodded. Aileen's heart was getting tighter and tighter. It looked at 902's "life-exchanging spell" was true. Those talismans in the room were the carriers of the spell? Or were they things used for "spell casting" later? Was Aileen destined not to get out of this room today, and can she never get out of this cycle? Aileen really cannot believe it.

She continued to ask: "What's wrong with your granddaughter? I can spend money to take her to other cities for cure and treatment, or even go abroad!" If there was a disease, just treat it. Why the heck exchange someone else's life? "God, why am I so unlucky!", Aileen almost shouted in her mind.

Granny Wong looked at Aileen expressionlessly and didn't speak. Aileen's heart slowly sank: "Only with me, your granddaughter can't live?" She glanced at Aileen and nodded.

The clock on the wall suddenly rang. It's already 11:45.

Granny Wong's pupils suddenly dilated, and she warned me in a cold voice: "Before 12 o'clock, you can't leave this house, no matter who comes to find you, you can't leave." After saying that, she turned around urgently, as if she was in a hurry to do something important.

At the last moment before leaving, she suddenly turned her head and looked at me: "You will not die." Then she quickly rushed towards the stairs.

What did she mean by that?

"You will not die?" Did it mean that although Aileen was used to save her granddaughter today, Aileen didn't need to die?

The mobile phone vibrated loudly at this moment, messages came in. Like the previous two times, Aileen's mother was urging her to go home. Aileen thought over it carefully and replied: "Mom, I'm working overtime too late today, I plan to stay at the company, I won't go home, you don't have to wait for me."

Aileen know that the killer could be still hiding at home and her parents and brother were still in danger. But according to experiences of the previous two times, as long as Aileen arrived home, it was destined to be a dead end. This time, Aileen plan to tell her parents nothing and act according to the situation. If Aileen was not at home at 12 o'clock, what would happen? Will the outcome change?

But Aileen's mother suddenly became anxious and urged her:

"What? You're not coming home tonight? No way, Aileen, you must come home tonight."

"How can a girl not live at home, your father and I are very worried about you, be obedient, come home quickly!"

"Did you hear that, Aileen, come home quickly, you must be home before 12 o'clock!"

Aileen's mother has always been very possessive of her children, and Aileen understood that she cannot at ease with Aileen's living outside.

Then Aileen replied patiently: "Mom, I'm still at the company now, it's almost 11:50 now, I definitely can't get home before 12 o'clock, it's too late now, I won't go back, I promise I won't have an accident!"

Aileen's mother's message immediately came back: "Company? Aileen, you're lying to your mother now, you are clearly in the community building, come home quickly and be obedient."

Seeing her mother's message, Aileen's heart suddenly cooled, and a strange feeling surged in her heart. Aileen haven't contacted home after work. How did her mother know that Aileen have returned from the company? She knew Aileen's exact location? Wasn't it strange?

Aileen closed her mobile phone and decided not to look at the messages anymore, just waiting quietly for 12 o'clock. At least for now, it seemed that Granny Wong wouldn't harm her life for the time being. And tonight, if Aileen went home, she would definitely die. Aileen turned her phone to silent. The surroundings fell into a strange silence, with only the light hum of the light overhead. The light is too bright, and Aileen couldn't help but raise her eyes slightly. Otherwise her eyes would be stimulated and sour. She hadn't noticed before. Has the light in the security room always been so bright?

After experiencing so much, even if she sat quietly, Aileen's nerves were always tense. A few minutes later, the sound of the elevator door opening and closing came from the depths of the corridor, and a series of chaotic footsteps came closer and closer.