Kaleidoscope of Death - Chapter 63.3: The Seventh Door
The three of them were left speechless and quickly turned away. While returning to their room at the end of the day, Feng Yongle quietly threw away all his snacks that he brought into the trash can and never mentioned them ever again.
After walking around on the top floor, the sky was pretty dark already.
They quickly got back to their room before dark, but before entering the door, Lin Qiushi noticed something. He patted Ruan Nanzhu, took out his phone, and typed: Didn’t we live on the fourth floor?
“Yes, what’s the matter?” asked Ruan Nanzhu.
Lin Qiushi said, “…But why is this person’s room number 502.”
Ruan Nanzhu looked up and noticed that a room near the stairs indeed did have the number 502 on it, while all the other rooms were still 4xx. “502, do you remember anything about it in the background?” he asked.
Of course Lin Qiushi remembered.
Room 502 was a very special room in this sanatorium.
A head nurse and a nurse both died inside. It was said that the head nurse chose to commit suicide by jumping out of the room after failing to abort a baby from a pregnant mother. After that, Room 502 became haunted.
Legend had it that every night, one could hear the cry of babies and women’s painful howls. After that, another nurse committed suicide in Room 502, and since then, that room was sealed up and never used again.
Therefore, in this place, 502 was a very special number.
When they were choosing rooms this afternoon, Lin Qiushi was glad that all of them were living on the fourth floor, but now, he never expected that after just walking around for a day, the room number changed.
To be honest, normal people wouldn’t pay much attention to the room number, but Lin Qiushi remembered that a man and a woman lived in this room. He glanced at Ruan Nanzhu, seeking his opinion.
“Let’s go tell them,” said Ruan Nanzhu.
The sudden appearance of 502 was probably a very obvious death condition. So, it really wouldn’t matter to go notify them or not.
Therefore, Ruan Nanzhu knocked on the door.
“May I help you?” A girl from the group who lived here opened the door as she looked at the people outside with a vigilant look.
“There seems to be something wrong with your room number,” said Ruan Nanzhu straightforwardly.
The girl stretched her neck and saw the number on her door. Her face instantly changed, “When…”
“No clue,” said Ruan Nanzhu, “We saw it when we came back. Would you like to change to another room?” There were still plenty of empty rooms here – and it would only get more and more since the number of people here would only get less.
“Okay,” The girl nodded gratefully in response to Ruan Nanzhu’s kindness, “Thank you very much for your reminder.”
“Sure thing,” said Ruan Nanzhu.
After they notified her, they returned to their own room.
The sky was almost completely dark now; only half an hour before eight o’clock.
After Lin Qiushi finished brushing his teeth, he sat on his bed and started playing games on his phone. Ruan Nanzhu sat on his upper bunk and seemed to be thinking about something.
Maybe Feng Yongle felt that the atmosphere here was a bit awkward, he spoke, “I didn’t expect you two to be girls.”
“So what?” said Ruan Nanzhu.
“I thought you are a man,” said Feng Yongle.
“What’s wrong about women?” said Ruan Nanzhu.
Lin Qiushi leaned on the head of the bed and thought to himself, Who thought this pretty girl in front of him is a woman’s right activist…
It was almost eight o’clock, but Lin Qiushi suddenly heard running sounds from the corridor outside. The sound also had a sense of panic in it. Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu looked at each other, then Ruan Nanzhu said, “I’ll go.”
But Lin Qiushi had already got up before Ruan Nanzhu and walked to the door. He opened it carefully, trying to see who was running outside.
After opening the door, all Lin Qiushi saw was the empty corridor. Just as he was about to close the door, he felt something being stuck.
Lin Qiushi lowered his head and saw that a red high-heeled shoe suddenly appeared at the edge of the door frame, preventing the door from closing.
Lin Qiushi: “…”
Ruan Nanzhu walked up to Lin Qiushi and also saw the pair of shoes. He looked around and didn’t touch it. Instead, he went to the bathroom and took out a dirty plunger, and then knocked the high heels back outside with it.
Lin Qiushi was shocked by Ruan Nanzhu’s actions.
Along with him was Feng Yongle. He dumbfoundedly looked at Ruan Nanzhu throwing the plunger aside and calmly going to the bathroom to wash his hands.
When he returned, he noticed that the two were still staring at him. Ruan Nanzhu was a little confused, “What are you looking at me for?”
Lin Qiushi took out his phone and typed: Because you look pretty.
Ruan Nanzhu smiled and kissed Lin Qiushi. “That’s my cute Qiuqiu. Here, kiss me too.”
Lin Qiushi was a little shy: It’s improper for men and women to touch each other[1]
Ruan Nanzhu looked at the words then at Lin Qiushi with a strange expression. He always knew that Lin Qiushi would sometimes be confused every time he was wearing women’s clothing…
After Lin Qiushi finished typing, he regretted it. He suddenly remembered that the lovely girl in front of him wasn’t a girl at all but a very cruel man.
Lin Qiushi: “…” *Sigh* You can’t always trust what your eyes say.
The sound of high heels sounded again outside. Although this time, Lin Qiushi didn’t go open the door. The sound seemed to be very close to their room.
The sky was already completely dark, and the whole sanatorium was shrouded in the darkness.
Everything was dead silent, and therefore, the sounded of running appeared extremely loud. Along with the sound of high heels hitting the ground, Lin Qiushi’s keen hearing also heard the faint sob of a child. The sound was very quiet; Ruan Nanzhu and Feng Yongle probably didn’t hear it.
So, Lin Qiushi curled up on his bed and pretended that he didn’t hear anything.
“Let’s sleep,” said Ruan Nanzhu on the upper bunk, “If you can’t fall asleep, you’re welcomed up here~”
It was too troublesome for Lin Qiushi to type on his phone at the moment, so he didn’t bother to reply.
Soon, Ruan Nanzhu’s breathing became stable. Based on Lin Qiushi’s understanding of him, he knew that he must’ve fallen asleep.
Lin Qiushi glanced at Feng Yongle on the side and saw that he was still staring at the ceiling in a daze. He felt a bit better — at least he wasn’t the only one who couldn’t fall asleep.
Feng Yongle seemed to have noticed Lin Qiushi’s gaze. He turned his head and smiled at Lin Qiushi, whispering, “Can’t sleep?”
Lin Qiushi nodded.
Feng Yongle looked at Lin Qiushi, his eyes filled with…a sense of hard-to-describe tenderness. Lin Qiushi quickly closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. He could feel that if he didn’t do so, Feng Yongle would start to say some creepy things.
Author’s note:
Ruan Nanzhu: You can tell my feelings for you just by looking at my eyes.
Lin Qiushi: It’s confirmed from your look… you are definitely up to no good……
Ruan Nanzhu: ????
Translated by: UnderTheMoon
Edited By: Summit
Muggelschmuggel
Thx for the update (ㅅ˘ㅂ˘)
endel
thank you for the chapter! I love that LQ still sometimes forgets that his goddess is a man :’)