Chapter 72: The Red Dress


    On the paper, a scene rapidly formed under Wu Xiaoxiao''s gaze. It depicted a room, with a girl inside, a chubby girl...


    Despite her current state of fear, Wu Xiaoxiao hadn''tpletely lost her wits. She could distinguish that the room in the drawing was the very one she was in now. Theyout, every item inside, was familiar to her. So, she couldn''t be mistaken.


    And the terrified girl in the room couldn''t be anyone but her. Her chubby figure, thosepact features, were unmistakably hers.


    Looking at the painting before her, she couldn''t help but feel like she was looking in a mirror.


    There was no one else in the room, and the paper used for ying the Spirit Pen Game was just an ordinary piece of white paper, with no drawing on it. Yet, this eerie painting appeared before her eyes. Even if she was as thick-skinned as theye, she felt a shiver run down her spine.


    If only that was all. What terrified her the most was the figure above her in the painting.


    A person wearing a dress, hanging above her head.


    Wu Xiaoxiao''s heart raced, her breath quickened. Her chubby body trembled, and slowly, she looked up towards the ceiling.


    But... there was nothing there!


    Wu Xiaoxiao, already on the brink of copse, was stunned for a moment when she saw this scene. The expression of terror froze on her face. She thought she would see what was in the painting, but there was nothing. This brought some relief to her tense nerves.


    At the same time, the pain in her palm suddenly disappeared. She looked at her hand and found everything back to normal. The pen, which had already merged into her flesh, unexpectedly fell from her palm to the ground, making a sound.


    "Could it be... all of this was just an illusion?"


    Such a conjecture emerged in Wu Xiaoxiao''s mind. She didn''t pick up the pen rolling on the ground but instead looked back at the nk paper on the table.


    Apart from the words pre-written for the Spirit Pen Game, there was no drawing on the paper.


    Everything in front of her seemed to prove that what she had experienced before was just an illusion, not real.


    Wu Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief. She was certain that everything before was an illusion. As for why she experienced illusions, she attributed it all to the Spirit Pen Game.


    But now that everything was back to normal, her tense nerves rxed. It was only then that she realized her pajamas were soaked with sweat, sticky and ufortable.


    Picking up the fallen pen, she prepared to take a bath. She wouldn''t be able to sleep feeling so sticky.


    However... just as she bent down to pick up the pen, before she could straighten up, she suddenly felt something swaying above her head, brushing against her hair.


    She felt puzzled and looked up at her head, but there was still nothing. This only intensified her confusion.


    Then, she suddenly felt a cold sensation in her hand. She instinctively tightened her grip, but it felt slippery, prompting her to involuntarily look down at her hand.


    At this sight, Wu Xiaoxiao nearly fainted in shock. The pen she had picked up had somehow turned into a colorful venomous snake, its eyes icy cold as it hissed, swaying its body as if ready to strike her.


    Wu Xiaoxiao''s facial expression froze for three seconds. Then, she suddenly reacted, emitting a scream full of terror, and flung the snake away!


    Afterward, she tried to turn and flee the room. The room tonight felt too eerie to her. If she didn''t escape immediately, she feared she would die here.


    However, as she turned, she seemed to bump into something. Looking closely, it turned out to be a bright red dress, as if soaked in blood!


    The feeling this red dress gave was horrifying, damp and seemed as if it could drip blood at any moment.


    Underneath the red dress were a pair of pale, bloodless feet, hanging there as if on a clothesline, swaying in the wind.


    Wu Xiaoxiao screamed in terror again, without even mustering the courage to lift her head and see the true face of the owner of the red dress, she fainted directly in the midst of her scream.


    The next day, when Wu Xiaoxiao woke up, she found herself lying on the floor. She felt confused for a moment, and after a while, she rubbed her head. The events ofst night in this room began to rey in her mind, bing clearer and clearer.


    She remembered the bizarre urrences in this roomst night, and a look of horror couldn''t help but appear on her face.


    However, as her gaze swept across the room, she found no venomous snakes or hanging ghosts. It was as if everything that happenedst night was just a dream.


    Was it really just a dream?


    Wu Xiaoxiao dared not confirm. So, she hurriedly left the room and sought out the other people living in the vi, asking about the events ofst night.


    Last night, no one in the vi heard her screams, so no one came to inquire about her condition.


    However, from what she learned, everyone who stayed in the vist night, whether they were from the Wu Family or servants, encountered some strange urrences or had strange dreams.


    In the following days, strange things continued to happen in the vi, bing increasingly eerie and terrifying.


    First, cats, dogs, and other small animals would inexplicably die in the vi. Their bodies would be found in the yard, living room, kitchen, bathroom, and even the bedrooms!


    They appeared out of nowhere; no one inside or outside the vi saw these animals. By the time they were discovered, they were already cold.


    They had no wounds, but their eyes were wide open, filled with fear, as if they had been scared to death, which was extremely eerie.


    Then,te at night, lights in empty rooms would turn on by themselves, books would flip open, chairs would move on their own, yet no one could be seen.


    Byst night, the strange urrences were not limited to this. After midnight, cries would asionally echo through the vi, filled with destion, like a fat person who loved meat and could only satisfy themselves with steamed buns all day, appearing miserable.


    In addition to the cries,ughter would also be heard from time to time. It was joyful and excited, like a fat person with a piece of cooked pork belly hanging around their neck, making them happy and content.


    In these days, besides Wu Xiaoxiao, other members of the Wu Family and servants had also experienced simr encounters to Wu Xiaoxiao''s that night.


    Due to these strange urrences, some of the Wu Family''s servants had already resigned. They didn''t want to stay in the vi and endure the fear. The remaining servants were those whom the Wu Family had persuaded to stay withrge sums of money.


    For these remaining servants, although the recent events in the vi were horrifying, the fear of having no money was even scarier. Continuing to stay meant they could receive sries and benefits they had never dared to imagine before. So, even though they knew the vi was currently very eerie, they chose to stay.


    Moreover, neither the Wu Family members nor Master Wu himself had left the vi. They weren''t afraid, so what did the servants have to fear?


    Not all Wu Family members wanted to leave the vi. To be precise, among all the Wu Family members, only Master Wu himself didn''t want to leave. Apart from him, everyone else wished to leave immediately.


    With the Wu Family''s financial power, changing to another vi was as simple as an ordinary person changing chopsticks during a meal, with no pressure at all. However, Master Wu was unwilling to leave easily. This was the first vi he had bought, and it held a different significance for him. Unless absolutely necessary, he really didn''t want to leave this vi he had grown attached to.


    However, Master Wu was also well aware of the recent strange urrences in the house. So, to address this issue, he prepared to spend arge sum of money to invite experts to handle it.


    Having been in high circles for a long time, Master Wu had a widework. Thus, he knew some experts, including Wang Yiming and Ma Ling.


    So, Master Wu personally contacted the two of them, hoping they coulde to his vi to deal with the recent strange urrences.


    When Master Wu contacted Wang Yiming and Ma Ling, Wu Xiaoxiao was feeling depressed, so she went to a bar in Guanhai to drink.


    The reason she chose the bar in Guanhai was that she had known the owner for a long time. Otherwise, with Wu Xiaoxiao''s status, how could she possibly go to such a small bar in Guanhai to spend money?


    As the young miss herself visited, the owner of Guanhai naturally had to apany her. It was because of this that the owner of Guanhai learned from Wu Xiaoxiao that strange things had been happening at the Wu Family vi recently. Although Wu Xiaoxiao didn''t borate, the owner of Guanhai knew that the Wu Family vi must be haunted.


    So, the owner of Guanhai thought of Yang Haoran and mentioned him to Wu Xiaoxiao.


    At that time, Wu Xiaoxiao didn''t express any opinion. Regarding this, the owner of Guanhai didn''t say much. Until early this morning, when he hadn''t fully woken up yet, he received a call from Wu Xiaoxiao. Only then did Yang Haoran receive a call from the owner of Guanhai, and along with him,e to this ce.