Chapter 229

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Chapter 229: Ghost Encounter at Midnight

Chu Jiang turned off the computer and prepared to go back to his room to sleep. Anyway, this matter was finished. After Sincerity Company’s failure this time, no one should dare to try anything for a while.

Unexpectedly, just as he stood up, he received a phone call from Chen Keai.

Chu Jiang checked the time and noticed it was already half past twelve. Why would she call him at this hour? Could it be that she wanted to ask him what type of gift he liked?

"Hello," Chu Jiang casually picked up the phone.

"Hello, boss, something happened over here," Chen Keai’s voice sounded a little nervous.

Chu Jiang’s heart sank, "What happened? Did someone kidnap you? Or did you encounter a ghost?"

"No, it’s not that. The elevator in the apartment is broken, and I’m trapped inside," Chen Keai, who was scared at first, felt somewhat relieved upon hearing her boss’s voice.

And his two guesses were quite outrageous…

Chu Jiang is speechless, "You called me because of a broken elevator?? Shouldn’t you immediately dial 911 while there’s still a signal?"

"I did call them," Chen Keai sounded a bit aggrieved, "I also called the property management, but they said they won’t arrive so quickly and asked me to hold on a bit longer."

"Right now it’s pitch black inside the elevator, I’m scared and just wanted to talk to someone…"

"I’m busy, find someone else to talk to. I’m going to sleep," Chu Jiang said, sounding as if he was about to hang up.

"Um, wait! Boss, just one more thing, just one thing, if I die…"

"Shut up," Chu Jiang said with a frustrated expression, "How did it go from speeding up to dying?"

"Forget it, just tell me your location, I’ll directly pull you out of the elevator."

"Huh?" Chen Keai exclaimed before realizing, she remembered the boss could transform and had superpowers.

Looking at it this way, it might really be possible to rescue her from the elevator.

So, in the end, Chen Keai told Chu Jiang her location, including the apartment address, which building, and the elevator number.

Unexpectedly, right after she finished speaking, Chen Keai heard the voice of the property uncle outside the elevator, "Missy! Are you okay? We’re here, the firefighters and elevator repairman are arriving soon."

This left Chen Keai completely speechless, wasn’t it supposed to take longer?

Chu Jiang clearly heard too, he said with disbelief, "Do they still want me to come over?"

"Um, um, it’s up to your personal preference… Oh, by the way, boss, I ordered some late-night snacks."

"I got trapped in the elevator because I went downstairs to get takeout. How about you come over and eat with me?"

After a moment of thinking, Chu Jiang finally agreed. Being in contact with ordinary people helps him maintain his humanity, even if he couldn’t sleep for a while.

Leaving the office and putting away his phone, Chu Jiang didn’t abuse his supernatural power. Just like when he came back from the airport to the office earlier, he simply hailed a taxi and went there.

……

Leaving the building and arriving by the side of the road, it was already late at night, so there were very few pedestrians and vehicles on the road.

However, Chu Jiang was lucky. A slow-moving red taxi appeared in the distance, quite old-fashioned.

With just a wave of his hand, the driver came towards him.

When the vehicle stopped, Chu Jiang casually sat in the back of the taxi, saying, "To Green Lake Garden, please."

The driver with the hat nodded silently, as the passengers settled in. The taxi started to move slowly, making a loud noise. No one knew how many years the taxi had been in service.

Shortly after getting on the bus, the phone rang again.

"Hello, boss, I have already been rescued," Chen Keai’s voice sounded joyful.

"Oh," Chu Jiang replied calmly.

"Then I’ll wait for you in the room, I live on the sixth floor, room 606, don’t go the wrong way~"

……

Chen Keai and Chu Jiang chat casually. Chu Jiang looks out of the window at the scenery. Luohe City has been affected after the S-class event.

For example, as the taxi drove further ahead, the surroundings became quieter and there were fewer and fewer people and vehicles.

Wait, something’s wrong! Chu Jiang suddenly sat up straight. We’re heading towards the upscale apartments in the city, not towards the outskirts. How could there be fewer people as we go on?

"Hello, hello?" And Chu Jiang realized that Chen Keai hadn’t spoken to him for a while, and there was silence on the other end of the phone…

This made Chu Jiang’s face even more unpleasant. What’s this, again? I’m just taking a taxi!

"Driver, stop the car!"

Although Chu Jiang shouted, the driver in front of him didn’t react, and continued to drive with stiff movements.

So Chu Jiang approached without politeness and grabbed the person’s clothes.

Unexpectedly, this grab turned out to be empty. There was nothing beneath the clothes, completely empty.

Chu Jiang directly pulled all of the clothes over and also grabbed the old-fashioned felt hat that had fallen onto the seat.

But there was nothing, just like the driver with most of their face covered in shadow that Chu Jiang had seen before, just a phantom.

What’s even more bizarre is that even though no one is driving, this old taxi is still moving forward as if it has its own destination.

At this time, there was not a single person on the road, not even a ghost.

There was a very dark and mysterious road; a Ghost Rental car that could drive itself without a driver; and a living person who accidentally got into a taxi…

Oh my goodness, Chu Jiang had seen this kind of situation in many horror stories before, like the ghost story book he rented in elementary school, or a scary comic from a certain country.

But he never imagined that something like this would happen to him one day.

This strange and supernatural event was different from the ones before. At first, Chu Jiang didn’t even notice anything wrong until he saw something unusual outside the window, and then everything started to become abnormal.

For example, when he got in the car, in Chu Jiang’s perception, the taxi was just a little old, but everything else seemed normal.

But now, it wasn’t just abnormal. The whole car started to become eerie and creepy, and inside the car, there were dried black bloodstains that appeared from nowhere.

It was as if a brutal murder had taken place here.

And at this moment, the sound of the car engine was not like a mechanical sound. It sounded more like a painful gasping, as if someone in their dying moments was struggling to stay alive…

Chu Jiang could smell a strong, unpleasant odor from the front of his nose, but he didn’t know where it was coming from inside the car.

Even the radio in the taxi started playing automatically, a gentle melody of an old song.

"The cool breeze blows from the south, and the nightingale sings softly~"

"……"

This is a very popular song from the Republic of China era, called "Night Fragrance," one of the classic songs of Balemen. And this version seems to be sung by the original singer Li Xianglan, listening to it makes people feel like they have gone back to that era.