r18novel Chapter 12 A Secure Move-in
Chapter 12 A Secure Move-in
Li Jiu was struck by lightning, as if stared at by Medusa, and froze on the spot. His limbs felt like they were filled with lead, as if they weighed a thousand pounds.
"Hiss... hiss..."
The group of white snakes twisted their bodies and slowly crawled in through the crack in the door.
Li Jiu gritted his teeth.
Dead Hand! Dead Hand, move fast, Dead Hand!!
The instinct for survival finally overcame the temporary fear. Li Jiu put the watermelon on the ground and then used a mop to push it towards the crack in the door.
As expected, the snakes' attention was drawn to the watermelon slices, and they began to devour them once again.
Li Jiu followed suit, placing the last slice of watermelon on the ground while silently praying that the staff of the Mushroom House would arrive soon.
Finally, just as the snakes were gnawing on the last piece of watermelon, a sound came from the hallway outside the door.
"एवंमयरश्रुतम्।...!!"
"पूर्वकल्पेएकस्यप्रर्ष्ट्रस्ययोद् "
"तदरश्वेतनरगपर्वतेषुसर्पररक्षसरःनिवसन्ति . ःररत्रौचरन्ति, मनोहरणंकुर्वन्ति, पथिकान्भक "
As the chanting of sutras began, a series of footsteps quickly approached their room.
The sound of chanting scriptures?!
Why is it chanting again?! Li Jiu's heart tightened, but what surprised him was that this time the chanting did not make him feel uncomfortable at all. On the contrary, it brought him a little peace and tranquility.
Upon hearing the chanting, the snakes that had been frantically devouring the watermelon gradually became sluggish.
As if stunned by an invisible force, they quickly devoured the last bit of melon pulp, and then, like the receding tide, retreated in a disheveled state through the crack in the door.
"Hiss hiss hiss... hiss..."
The hissing of the snakes gradually faded, and the girl seemed to have left quickly.
The footsteps outside were so numerous and chaotic that Li Jiu couldn't determine in what state the girl was in when she left.
Driven by a morbid curiosity, he couldn't resist wanting to see how the girl was doing, but he rationally restrained himself.
He tilted his head slightly and then peeked through the narrow crack in the door at the outside.
He saw several figures flash past the door, dressed in light gray clothes, and they seemed to be... monks?
Just as Li Jiu was in a daze, the receptionist's voice continued from the other end of the phone: "Sir, our people have arrived. Thank you for your cooperation, and we wish you a pleasant stay."
Li Jiu suddenly woke up and hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, how do we calculate this watermelon? Isn't it considered 'incomplete' now?"
The receptionist was surprised by Li Jiu's caution, and her tone carried a hint of helpless smile: "It's alright, sir. As long as the fruit platter was normal before you entered, you can proceed with troubleshooting according to the rules of our Mushroom House. If there are any problems, please contact us immediately."
"Oh, okay... thank you."
Li Jiu breathed a sigh of relief and hung up the phone.
But the phone was vibrating incessantly, with message notifications coming in a continuous stream like a torrential downpour.
The group chat named "Class 25 Autumn XX" has been buzzing with excitement, with many people even sending private messages to Li Jiu.
A message flashed by: "[Tang Mubai: I slid in and caught the Invincible Wind and Fire Wheels...]", but it was immediately overwhelmed by subsequent messages.
Li Jiu was stunned for a moment, and when he turned his head, he suddenly found that Tang Mubai, who had been scared out of his wits just now, was now sitting cross-legged on the bed.
Tang Mubai's fingers flew across the screen, a smug smile like that of a crooked dragon king playing on his lips. He was clearly already chatting away in the group, exaggerating his achievements.
"Stop chatting in the group, let's get down to business." Li Jiu walked over and nudged Tang Mubai. "Let's check the room according to the Mushroom House rules first. If everything's okay, hurry up and wash up."
There's no rush to talk about things in the group chat, and Li Jiu could tell from Tang Mubai's crooked-mouthed dragon king-like appearance that the guy was bragging to the heavens in the group.
Tang Mubai chuckled twice, reluctantly putting down his phone: "Hehe, okay, you're right, safety first!"
Li Jiu reminded us, "If we each check one side, it's less likely that we'll miss anything."
"Okay, okay." After what happened with the dragon servant, Tang Mubai didn't dare to be careless. He immediately pulled up the photo of the "Mushroom House Rules" on his phone and began to carefully check it against the records.
Li Jiu went to the window.
The windows were closed, but through the window glass you could see the White Dragon Pool in the Starry Sky Camp.
Under the moonlight, the calm lake surface shimmered with tiny silvery lights, revealing a faint, cold, and slippery texture, like the scales of a giant snake.
Li Jiu thought of the rule about curtains being blown by the wind:
If you feel the curtains moving in the wind or hear a continuous wind noise, please turn down the air conditioner's fan speed and continue sleeping.
Avoid touching the curtains or anything that appears to be moving in the wind.
In the words of the rules, the curtains move because of the air conditioner.
However, after being chased by the dragon servant, Li Jiu felt that his understanding had been enhanced.
There are indeed strange and supernatural things here. Don't think about things you can't understand, so you don't scare yourself.
Li Jiu suppressed the chill in his heart and forcefully pulled the heavy curtains shut, shutting out the shimmering White Dragon Pool.
After that, he checked the bedding and bedside table one by one, and when he passed the fruit plate, he casually picked up an apple.
Hmm, I'll eat an apple to calm my nerves.
After Li Jiu finished checking the rest of the room and confirmed that there was no viscous substance, he met with Tang Mubai: "I'm done checking, nothing's wrong. How about you?"
Tang Mubai said, "I'm fine with it too."
"That's good, now you can settle in comfortably." Li Jiu dragged his suitcase to the bedside and began unpacking his clothes. "Would you like to shower first?"
Tang Mubai said, "I also need to tidy my clothes, so I'll wait for you first. I'm Shui Boqun, hehe..."
"Okay." Li Jiu did not refuse.
……
After washing up and getting ready, Li Jiu finally lay down on the bed around nine o'clock in the evening.
Li Jiu then looked through his phone, which was overflowing with messages.
The last private message on my phone was half an hour ago, but there were already 99+ messages in the class group chat.
He first checked the private messages and replied to them one by one from the beginning.
[Wu Tao: Brother Jiu! You two really ran into something? [Panic]]
[Wu Tao: I just searched online and didn't see any news. Has it been suppressed?]
Li Jiu quickly replied: [It was a false alarm, it's all taken care of now.]
Wu Tao replied instantly: 【[Eating melon][Eating melon][Eating melon]】
He replied to the other messages one after another, mostly just inquiring about their safety.
Just as he finished replying and was about to check the class group chat to see what Tang Mubai had to say, another girl's message caught his attention.
[A Big Orange: Please reply to this message.]