Frightening Joke: Above the Mist-Chapter 17 Jiang Li

Calm down, calm down... Jiang Li kept telling herself over and over.

She was not a timid person, or rather, her experiences from a young age had shaped her into someone daring and fearless.

But that didn't mean she wouldn't feel afraid.

She clearly remembered that after disguising Ding Lei's office to make it look like it had been robbed with Li Yuejun, they went to the restroom at the end of the sixth floor.

However... when she came out of the restroom, she was horrified to find "herself" standing right next to Li Yuejun!

A strong sense of fear surged from all sides, almost suffocating her.

Jiang Li covered her mouth, watching with wide eyes as Li Yuejun and "Jiang Li" entered the elevator.

What to do... What should I do?

That's clearly a ghost! What happened to Li Yuejun? Did the ghost do something to her?

What should I do...

Jiang Li was plunged into extreme pain and struggle.

She clutched her head and sat in the corner against the wall, tangled in a complex mix of emotions.

"Damn it!"

Jiang Li clenched her fist and punched the wall, making a decision.

Warn them... I must warn them!

Eleven o'clock is the time for everyone to meet. If they can't realize "Jiang Li" is an imposter, they might all die!

Even if... they can't distinguish between real and fake, as long as there's suspicion, it's enough...

With this thought, Jiang Li hardened her resolve, glanced at the dark emergency passage, and turned to walk into it.

Everything was as she expected.

But also beyond her expectations.

Jiang Li indeed caused fear and suspicion among everyone, but she herself also faced a great threat!

When "Jiang Li" turned with everyone to look at her at the emergency passage entrance, the undisguised malice was visible only to Jiang Li...

Terrified, she turned and ran.

"I've done all I could..." Jiang Li leaned against the staircase wall on the fourth floor, a sense of despair pervading around her.

At that moment, a sudden scream pierced the air!

"Wh... what's happening! Help! Can anyone hear? Please save me!"

Zhang Xiaohong's sharp voice pierced through the walls from somewhere on the first floor, reaching Jiang Li's ears.

"Whose scream is that?"

The terror and despair conveyed through the scream was utterly chilling, and Jiang Li's first response was—Go! Get out of the fourth-floor area quickly!

Not because of anything else, but... it seemed that only she could hear this scream!

Logically, such a scream should cause a commotion in the hotel, but in reality, everything was quiet, as if nothing had happened.

Jiang Li gritted her teeth and was just about to leave.

Suddenly, she heard a sound.

"Tap – tap – tap –"

Slow yet distinct footsteps echoed on the stairs below, getting clearer!

Jiang Li's pupils constricted, and goosebumps covered her body.

It's coming, it's coming for me!

Jiang Li didn't delay anymore. Initially, she planned to conserve her energy and not exert herself too much.

But now, she could no longer consider all that.

The increasingly close footsteps felt like a death knell gradually ringing, and an awareness that the "ghost" would soon be beside her formed in her mind.

This fear that made her scalp tingle disrupted all her plans, and when she stopped, she was already out of breath, collapsing weakly against the wall.

She had reached the sixth floor, back to this place again.

The hotel's structure was such that the stairs were at the left end, and the two elevators were at the right end.

Connected by a long narrow corridor.

At this moment, Jiang Li was right next to the elevators on the sixth floor.

She had just pushed herself to the limit, dashing through the corridor from the stairway to the elevator.

"...I should have... lost it by now, right?"

Jiang Li stared intently at the stairway at the end of the corridor, the pitch-black place seemed like an exit to Hell, chilling to behold.

Luckily... the "ghost" didn't seem to have followed.

Jiang Li finally took a breath of relief...

However, right then, the elevator behind Jiang Li suddenly rang!

"Ding—"

The clear bell startled Jiang Li, and when she looked up, it was the fifth floor!

Someone had taken the elevator to the fifth floor!

Who is "he"? Is "he" human?

Bizarre thoughts flooded Jiang Li's mind, and she increasingly struggled to keep herself calm.

No... It's not okay to go on like this...

Hide, I need to find a place to hide!

Jiang Li knocked on her own head, forcing herself to stay calm, looking around for a possible hiding spot.

Finally... she saw a storage room.

Jiang Li darted in without hesitation, ignoring the musty smell inside, closed the door, and hid among a pile of cleaning tools.

In fact, this storage room was a small niche carved at the corner of the wall to store cleaning tools, dark and low, cramped enough to barely fit a person. Fortunately, Jiang Li was neither tall nor bulky.

The human survival instinct is formidable, and Jiang Li's current state was just that.

Despite being abnormally scared, she managed to control her breathing and body, making no unnecessary noise.

The darkness in the storage room felt like tiny ants gnawing at Jiang Li's heart.

Staying another minute here seemed torturous.

A minute...

Three minutes...

Five minutes...

Jiang Li felt her pulse and counted the approximate time.

Although her overly tense pulse wasn't really reliable at this moment, it served as a means to distract her attention, allowing her to divert some of her fear.

Just then, the elevator not far away sounded!

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"Ding..."

The person from the fifth floor had come up!

What to do?

What should I do?

What should I do?

Jiang Li clutched her mouth tightly, her eyes wide open.

The storage room door couldn't be fully closed, leaving a slight gap for a bit of faint light to seep through.

No one knows I'm here... Maybe they think I'm the "ghost"?

Jiang Li's thoughts began to distort manically, and she even started to hate herself for deciding to warn everyone.

If it weren't for self-righteous nobility, maybe I wouldn't have been targeted by the "ghost"...

Now, all Jiang Li could do was pray "he" wouldn't come here, wouldn't open the storage room.

"Don't... don't open the door... I beg you, don't open the door..."

Jiang Li's silent plea came to an abrupt stop, her eyes widened in terror.

Because footsteps sounded from the elevator.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

Closer, closer, "he" was approaching here!

What to do, damn it, what should I do!

A strong surge of fear flooded her heart, Jiang Li clutched her mouth, uncontrollable tears streaming down, her heart filled with despair.

"Tap, tap."

The footsteps stopped.

Jiang Li saw through the crack in the door a blurry black silhouette.

It seemed to be looking maliciously at her.

It's over...

The string holding Jiang Li's heart snapped in silence, her gaze becoming blurry with despair...