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The curator shook his head and pointed directly to the duty roster on the other side of the hall.
It must have been neglected for too long, as the duty roster is quite blurry. In addition, it's similar in color to the wall, so you really can't see the roster unless you look closely.
Yes
According to what is written above, the funeral home does indeed have a cleaner responsible for cleaning and hygiene.
Is it possible that he is already dead?
The Night Watchman asked in confusion. He had been here the second longest after the Curator, so there was no reason why he wouldn't have noticed if someone was there.
"That's what I thought too, but didn't you guys realize it?"
The three of them stared at each other, completely bewildered by what the curator was up to.
"Bao Lebin, have I ever asked you to clean the lobby?"
Bao Lebin shook his head, indicating that he had never done so.
"Then I'd like to ask, who has been maintaining this spotless hall all along?"
Everyone:.
"If you're going to say that our lobby doesn't get dusty, then look, why is there so much dust in the corner where the duty roster is posted?"
Eh?
Suddenly, an idea struck Jiang Xiao, and he remembered something.
"By the way, did any of you go to the toilet around midnight the night before last? Don't be shy to say it, I won't tell anyone that I peed on your faces."
Everyone: "?"
"It wasn't me. Brother Jiang Xiao even invited me to go with him, but I declined."
Bao Lebin raised his hand, indicating that he was definitely not the one who got peed on.
The remaining two, the curator and the night watchman, exchanged strange glances.
"Impossible, it's so cold at night. Besides, both my room and Da Ku's room have private bathrooms."
The implication is that it's not just the two of them.
so.
As Gorky once said.
After eliminating all possibilities, the remaining answer, no matter how impossible, is still the correct answer.
Jiang Xiao and the other two are alright.
Only Bao Lebin, who was as timid as a mouse, had fear filling his eyes at this moment.
Damn it!
Does that cleaner usually just stay in the toilet?
Jiang Xiao is incredibly brave and unafraid to go to the toilet. The curator and the night watchman have their own private bathrooms, so there's no need for them to go.
Wouldn't that mean I'm the only one who's a complete and utter traitor?!
“So, that night,” Jiang Xiao’s voice deepened. He walked slowly toward the dust-covered corner, dipped his finger in the thick dust, and drew a mark on the black duty roster.
"Besides us, is it very likely that the cleaning lady at the funeral home is still here?"
The curator frowned, and after a long silence, he finally nodded.
"Yes, the cleaner, but strangely enough, I've never seen him since I got here."
“Because,” the curator’s voice also showed a hint of wavering, “because I don’t know what’s going on with him either, I even doubt his existence.”
“Records show that the cleaner disappeared while cleaning up a body, and the day after he disappeared, the funeral home hall, which should have been filled with the stench of corpses, was unusually clean. It is possible that he was still ‘working’ here in some way.”
The curator's face was icy cold, as if revealing this fact had put him under immense pressure.
Would this be considered a violation of the funeral home's employee handbook?
This shouldn't be considered a ghost story, right?
"Furthermore," the curator paused, then continued, "if he were still a normal being, what would he be eating to survive until now?"
All the ingredients in the kitchen are recorded.
The curator had also made a special effort to observe the situation and found that no one was stealing food.
Jiang Xiao pressed his head in frustration, regretting that he hadn't given the Ghost-Seeking Compass to the ghost story as a ghost artifact.
In some situations, it is even more effective than a peach wood sword.
"No wonder those Taoist priests in movies always carry a plate with them wherever they go; otherwise, they'd be completely lost."
The Night's Watchman was silent for a moment, then spoke slowly.
"I can sense yin energy at close range. If the cleaner really does turn into... maybe I can help."
Bao Lebin swallowed and forced a smile.
"Then, I can help carry the lantern!"
Although he was afraid of going out together, Bao Lebin was even more afraid of being alone in the dormitory!
The curator paused for a moment, then finally nodded. He decided to put the rest aside for now and deal with what was closest to him first.
The four of them exchanged glances and finally made up their minds to uncover the thick mystery.
The funeral home seemed even quieter under the storm, as if hinting that the group's exploration might not go smoothly.
"I'm saying, just tell me all the secrets your funeral home has."
Faced with Jiang Xiao's blunt question, the curator and the night watchman's expressions were not very pleasant, and of course, they could not answer the question.
‘Dong dong dong~’
Ok?
Just as they reached the large warehouse where some uncremated bodies were stored, they suddenly heard a knock on the door.
The four of them were stunned.
They then took a step back in unison; to be precise, all three of them retreated.
Bao Lebin was pushed forward by a large hand from who-knows-who.
"Xiao Bao, go and see what's going on?"
Surprisingly, the Night's Watchmen were quite professional and stood in their way.
"I'll go to the place I'm guarding."
Under Bao Lebin's grateful gaze, the night watchman grasped the doorknob of the warehouse.
"Heh, playing tricks. I guard the vault every night. If there really was something there, wouldn't I know?"
'Gaga gaga gaga.'
As the door slowly opened, the situation inside was revealed to everyone.
It's completely empty.
The Night's Watchman turned around and shrugged at the three men.
The implication is that their place is very clean and there's nothing strange about it.
"Yeah."
Jiang Xiao pushed past Bao Lebin and the curator in front of him, looking at the empty warehouse with a puzzled expression.
"Dude, isn't this a bit too clean? There isn't a single corpse in the warehouse? Not to mention the woman from the day before yesterday, what happened to her body?"
Night Watchman: "?"
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The night watchman's face froze instantly, his eyes frantically searching the storeroom, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"This doesn't make sense. I've worked here for eight years, and I've never encountered anything this outrageous before."
"So the female corpse... she's really gone?"
Jiang Xiao's voice also carried a hint of uncertainty, but this question struck everyone's heart like a heavy hammer.
The curator's furrowed brows deepened. He strode to the center of the warehouse, his gaze sweeping across every corner like lightning.
The iron frames used to secure the bodies on the walls of the warehouse were now empty, without a trace.
Bao Lebin was extremely nervous at this moment. His hands gripped the handle of the lantern tightly, and the light danced in his trembling hands, casting irregular shadows in the empty warehouse.
"Could it be the cleaner? Has he really become someone we can't see?"
The Night Watchman's voice finally escaped his throat, his eyes filled with fear and confusion.
"A cleaner? What would he want a female corpse for?"
Jiang Xiao's words carried a hint of sarcasm, but more so a sense of urgency and anxiety.
The curator paused for a moment, then spoke slowly.