Cutting Through The Silence

Li Sui'an seemed a little disappointed as he said, "The company suddenly needed Secretary Wu for something, so he brought me back here."

Jiang Yule put two and two together. "Is the phone in your room not working as well?" Otherwise, why would a child like him feel the need to come to the restaurant?

Li Sui'an frowned. "That's right. The basic services of this hotel are horrible. I'll have to ask Uncle to tell their CEO off."

Jiang Yule did not care about his complaints. 'I have to check with someone else and see if all the phones in the hotel are down.' She looked around the huge restaurant and finally saw someone in the Japanese food section.

She saw a muscular chef who had his back to the two of them behind one of the kitchen counters. From his posture, he seemed to be fiddling with something. Jiang Yule went to speak with him, and seeing Jiang Yule leave, Li Sui'an did not want to be by himself. He jumped down from his chair and followed behind her. Jiang Yule did not mention it when she realized that he was following her. 

She greeted the chef who had his back to them, "Hello, Chef. May I know whether the hotel's landline is working or not?"

The man did not react to Jiang Yule's words. He just stood there motionlessly. Jiang Yule frowned slightly and took another step forward. She patted the man's shoulder and asked, "Chef, can you hear me?"

Before she could continue, the chef's body, which she had patted lightly, suddenly collapsed and turned around like a deflated ball. Jiang Yule saw blood spilling out from the huge hole in his chest. His eyes were filled with fear as he died a miserable death. 

Jiang Yule subconsciously took two steps back. She controlled her trembling hands and forced herself to turn around calmly. She grabbed Li Suian, who was not even as tall as the counter and was tiptoeing to look at her, by the collar and picked him up.

She covered his mouth with her hand and ran away.

The sudden physical contact made Li Sui'an's face turn red, and he struggled to get out of Jiang Yule's grasp. However, a strange bright red suddenly entered his line of sight. A chill ran straight up from the sole of his foot to the top of his head, and he subconsciously wanted to scream as his dark pupils filled with fear.

"Lower your head and keep your eyes closed." Feeling the child in her arms trembling uncontrollably, Jiang Yule lowered her voice and instructed him. At the same time, she silently increased the speed of her escape.

Li Sui'an trembled and nodded blankly. His two little hands, which were about to break free from Jiang Yule's embrace, fell down weakly and grabbed onto her hands tightly. Although the children of the Li Family had not grown up soaked in blood, they were accustomed to the occurrence of murder cases.

Jiang Yule did not take the elevator. Instead, she went to the stairs at the end of the corridor. She told herself to calm down. The hotel lobby was definitely not a safe place to go. The lack of alerts indicated that the staff there was probably in grave danger and was not in a position to warn the guests. 

Jiang Yule tried her best to get rid of all the terrible thoughts in her mind. She focused all her energy on her feet and climbed the stairs as quickly as she could.

Fortunately, her room was on the seventh floor, which was not far from the third floor. If she had stayed in a room on one of highest floors today, she would probably be half-dead from climbing.

She carefully pushed open the door of the seventh floor and peeked into the corridor. After making sure that there was no one around, she ran toward her room door in a hurry. After placing Li Suiang on the ground, Jiang Yule pinched the back of her hand to ensure that it was no longer trembling. She then began to rummage through her bag for her room card.

When she finally touched the thin card, she finally exhaled the breath she had been holding in. But as she did that, a shrill scream came from the end of the corridor. 

"Please don't kill me! Someone, help!"

Immediately after, there was another muffled sound of a sharp object piercing into flesh followed by a creepy laughter that made her shudder. Jiang Yule's fingers trembled, and she dropped her room card. 

The sound of the room card falling onto the marble floor was very noticeable in the empty corridor, and the laughter suddenly stopped. Then the sound of the muffled footsteps of a person rapidly approaching was heard.

Li Sui'an wanted to scream. He stumbled back a few steps and covered his mouth before he could cry.

Jiang Yule frantically picked up the room card, swiped the card to open the door, and then locked the door once the both of them were inside. For the first time, Jiang Yule realized how quickly a person could be driven to the edge. Fortunately, the door of the Haiyue Hotel was of good quality, so the sound of the door closing was not very loud. But the moment the room key card fell on the ground, the person already knew that they were here. 

The first half of Jiang Yule's life was uneventful, and she had only seen this kind of situation in dramas. She had always thought that those kinds of murder cases would never happen to her.

However, she had transformed from a nervous viewer following the protagonist on the screen to the protagonist herself who was experiencing fear.