0p0 Chapter 536 [Domain - Second Gate] Zhang Wei's Wish
Chapter 536 [Domain - Second Gate] Zhang Wei's Wish
clang!
The sound of the tray falling to the ground echoed throughout the entire room.
The headless nurse seemed not to have expected Wu Hui to escape. Wu Hui actually dared to escape, and let out an extremely angry scream!
The sound was like fingernails scratching a blackboard, making Wu Hui's scalp tingle.
But this also confirmed her suspicions: the entire operation had to be completed before a specific time!
Because she detected a hint of panic in that scream.
I rushed into the corridor, feeling incredibly light on my feet.
There wasn't a soul in sight, not even in the restrooms or the other beauty rooms...
Looking around, Wu Hui had a bold idea.
She silently slipped into the office at the end of the corridor.
This is the dean's office. She's been here for so long and hasn't seen Zhang Wei yet, which proves he's not in the beauty salon.
But it could happen at any time.
She knew there was a ghost baby here, but the most dangerous place was actually the safest place. Moreover, Luo Weicheng had once said that the deformed baby was different from other ghosts and could affect him in reality.
Conversely, will it affect your reflection in the mirror?
As soon as she opened the door, Wu Hui smelled a strong incense aroma.
The room had no windows open, and the incense had been burning for who knows how long; it had become so pungent that it was almost unbearable.
However, Wu Hui did not see the ghost baby... which put her at ease.
It was quiet outside.
She glanced quickly out the window; the sky was turning grayish-blue as dawn approached, but the sun had not yet risen.
Wisps of smoke drifted in the air.
The aroma made Wu Hui feel a little dizzy.
She glanced at the incense burner on the table, and suddenly her nose twitched.
Even through the door, she still couldn't hear anything.
However, Wu Hui does not believe that the nurses will give up on finding themselves.
A faint smell of disinfectant wafted into her nose... The nurse was right outside the door.
Very close.
Wu Hui's body remained motionless, like a corpse, without making a sound.
She could already imagine that behind this wooden door, the ghost was crouching, its swaying head pressed against the door, peering inside.
"You're afraid to come in... because of the incense burner?"
Wu Hui seemed to be deep in thought.
She breathed a slight sigh of relief, and a few seconds later, feeling the disinfectant smell gradually fade, she quietly went inside.
For some reason, looking at the incense burner on the table, Wu Hui instinctively got goosebumps.
It was actually a very ordinary incense burner, black and covered with a layer of incense ash. But the problem was that no matter how Wu Hui looked at it, the three incense sticks on it were always shrouded in smoke and could not be seen clearly.
It's like looking with severely nearsighted eyes, except that you're only seeing the area of fragrance.
"If ghosts can't get in, doesn't that mean I can hide here forever? It's that simple?"
Wu Hui had a feeling that something was wrong.
But it turned out that the nurse really had no intention of coming in.
In any case, Wu Hui's current goal was to stall for time as much as possible, so she simply walked to her desk.
This is actually a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for both her and Lao Luo...
In reality, the beauty salon was closed and there was almost nothing inside.
Not to mention any leads in investigating Zhang Wei.
Wu Hui picked up the photo on the table, her eyes narrowing slightly.
This is a group photo. She recognized the people in the photo; it was Zhang Wei and his wife!
However, his wife didn't seem so neurotic back then; on the contrary, she was quite beautiful, and her large eyes no longer made people feel uncomfortable.
Like Zhang Wei, his wife also had an indescribable shrewdness on her face.
Putting down the photo, Wu Hui opened the drawer and, unsurprisingly, found several stacks of banknotes piled up inside.
And a document, which is the beauty salon's annual report for last year.
Wu Hui discovered that Zhang Wei had made a fortune.
But she soon found another resignation letter:
[Dean, due to personal career development considerations, I have decided to resign from my assistant position. Thank you for your continued care and guidance.]
Please rest assured, I will not disclose any information about the hospital's internal affairs to the public.
Wishing you all your wishes come true and a smooth passage through the recent turmoil.
“...Ha.” Wu Hui raised her eyebrows.
This resignation letter was written by a man named Li Changming, who was probably Zhang Wei's assistant.
The content seemed formulaic at first glance, but Wu Hui still sensed something was off.
They say it's for personal career development, but the subtext is actually: "The company isn't making money anymore, so I'm leaving."
Moreover, this resignation letter was written this year. Last year, the company made so much money, but this year it suffered such a loss that it had to force employees to resign. So the reason is very likely the "turmoil" mentioned at the end.
Wu Hui was almost 99% certain that someone had been killed here, and that it had caused a huge uproar.
But a death has occurred, and this isn't something that can be easily resolved. Zhang Wei will most likely go to jail, and the beauty salon will be unable to stay open.
How can we expect to get through this smoothly?
Wu Hui's gaze shifted to the phrase "May all your wishes come true," and her expression changed slightly.
This is the most important sentence; it seems Li Changming knows quite a lot of inside information...
She has already made a preliminary judgment about the wish she made to Zhang Wei and to whom she made the wish.
Zhang Wei likely used the incense burner to make a wish in an attempt to mitigate the impact of this incident, and the consequence was obvious—he died.
After putting the document back, Wu Hui suddenly heard the sound of the front door being pushed open.
It wasn't a wooden door, but a glass door, followed by the heavy clatter of leather shoes!
It's a man!
At this point, only a few minutes had passed between Wu Hui being dragged away from the bathroom and her escaping here.
But normally, she should have already started being "manipulated" by this point, so the only possible man appearing now is...
Zhang Wei.
Wu Hui felt a chill run down her spine and immediately hid in the closet!
After a few seconds.
The door was pushed open.
Through the crack in the cabinet, Wu Hui was horrified to see that a headless corpse had entered, still wearing a white coat!
And in the hands of this corpse was a head with a fake smile.
Zhang Wei.
“No wonder he was able to swap heads with the ghost in mourning clothes; was it because his head was also cut off?” Wu Hui pondered.
She noticed something: the three ghosts appearing in the beauty salon all had cuts on their bodies, the cuts looking like they were made by some kind of sharp weapon.
Is this the curse of the incense burner?
Why does this feel so strange... It's different from paper figures, red bowls, and the like? It's too direct.
Thinking of this, Wu Hui suddenly frowned.
She suddenly realized that something didn't make sense.
Zhang Wei is a ghost.
But Zhang Wei, who has become a ghost, should not be here. All the visitors to the realm have witnessed that the six key guests are trapped in the cemetery.
So at this moment, is he truly Zhang Wei, the ghost he became after death...?
Or is it also a vessel for a curse?
This sounds a bit convoluted, but simply put, this Zhang Wei is not the Zhang Wei they met at the hotel, but rather a "stand-in" from a script.
Wu Hui straightened it out.
First of all, what she told Luo Weicheng before was inaccurate; it cannot be simply summarized as "another timeline."
The incident occurred on the same day that a death was reported.
However, the employees inside must have died later and then reenacted the scene as ghosts.
The customer who was murdered back then is now played by Wu Hui.
But the question is, who is replicating it?
Looking at the wispy smoke in mid-air, Wu Hui's heart sank suddenly.
It's an incense burner.
It is the true master of this world inside and outside the mirror. All of this is merely a manifestation of its curse. All the ghosts on the surface are created by it!
This strange existence was something Wu Hui had never seen before, even after entering so many domains!