After Waking Up, I Inherited a Bookstore 93

Chapter 93: A Strange Scene

Seeing this, Liu Chuxia quickly put down the congee in her hand and went over to help Li Hanyan up.

“Are you feeling very uncomfortable?”

“Mhm, it’s sore and painful. I have no strength. I want a hug from A Xia.” Li Hanyan held out her hands, and the blanket slid down, exposing her upper body.

Liu Chuxia quickly covered her with the blanket. “Okay, we’ll hug later. I’ll go get the congee.”

Liu Chuxia took the bowl, first placed it on the nightstand, then wrapped her right arm around Li Hanyan, put the congee in her right hand, and fed her with a spoon in her left.

After finishing a bowl of congee, Li Hanyan fell asleep.

Liu Chuxia went downstairs and told Xiao Xu to knock on the door directly if anything happened. She was afraid that she and Li Hanyan would sleep too soundly and miss Xiao Xu’s call.

“Don’t worry, sister.”

Liu Chuxia returned to the room, hugged Li Hanyan, and fell asleep again.

It wasn’t until noon the next day that the two of them slowly woke up.

When Li Hanyan woke up, she felt that her waist was extremely sore, and her thighs felt the same. Her hands were not as bad.

She had wanted to get up on her own, but after struggling for a long time, the cruel reality told her she couldn’t.

Then she looked at Liu Chuxia, who was propping her head up and looking at her, and cried out with a wronged expression.

“Sob… A Xia~”

“Alright, alright. Don’t cry, don’t cry. If you can’t get up, you can’t get up. I’ll just take care of you,” Liu Chuxia said with a smile, patting Li Hanyan’s back and comforting her.

“You’re laughing at me,” Li Hanyan said in a muffled voice, looking up at Liu Chuxia with moist eyes.

“I’m not laughing at you. Is your waist very sore?” Liu Chuxia said gently, rubbing her lower back and kissing the corner of her lips.

Li Hanyan leaned against Liu Chuxia’s embrace, nodded, found a comfortable position, then closed her eyes and fell asleep again.

After rubbing her waist for a while, Liu Chuxia got up on her own, tucked her in, washed up, and then went downstairs.

She happened to run into Xiao Xu and the others eating. “Sister, you’re awake? Where’s Sister Hanyan?”

“She’s not awake yet. She probably won’t wake up until tonight. Just leave some food for her,” Liu Chuxia said, helping herself to a lunchbox and eating.

“Okay.”

“Hmm? Why don’t I see Jiajia and Xiao Nian?” Liu Chuxia asked, chewing her food and looking up in confusion.

“They’re probably the same as you, messed around too much,” Xiao Xu said, squinting her eyes as she chewed on a piece of braised pork. She was enjoying it immensely.

“Haha, alright then.”

Before Liu Chuxia had even finished half a bowl of rice, her phone rang.

Xiao Xu picked up the phone. “Mhm, okay.”

After hanging up, Xiao Xu looked at Liu Chuxia and said, “Sister, emergency mission.”

“How many?”

“One.”

“Okay, send me the address. I’ll go by myself. Hanyan probably can’t get up right now,” Liu Chuxia said, quickly taking a few bites of rice and then heading to the elevator.

Xiao Xu didn’t even have time to voice her concerns.

The weather was gradually getting cooler now. Liu Chuxia wanted to go up and get her coat and then leave directly, but she happened to run into Jiang Jiajia coming down from the elevator.

Liu Chuxia explained the situation to her, then ran up to get her coat and came back down. When she went out, she saw Jiang Jiajia waving at her from the car.

After getting into the car, Jiang Jiajia immediately started it.

“Where’s the address?”

“In an internet cafe on Xingyao Street in the city center,” Liu Chuxia said, looking at the address Xiao Xu had sent on her phone.

“Okay.”

When they arrived, Liu Chuxia and Jiang Jiajia identified themselves and went in. Just like before, the ordinary people around had been evacuated.

“Jiajia, you haven’t eaten yet, have you? Do you want to eat something first?”

“I brought bread,” Jiang Jiajia said, taking out a large bag of bread from her bag.

“You should eat before we go in. You need some energy,” Liu Chuxia said, taking out a bottle of electrolyte water from her bag and handing it to her.

Jiang Jiajia nodded, took the electrolyte water, and started to eat.

Jiang Jiajia looked at the entrance of the internet cafe and said with a frown, “It’s a bit strange. Generally speaking, the internet cafes in the bookstore’s area are all protected by formations. It’s impossible for them to become a target for ghosts and monsters. Be careful when we go in later.”

Liu Chuxia frowned and nodded seriously. “Okay.”

After Jiang Jiajia had finished eating, the two of them went in.

Liu Chuxia held the iron sword and led the way, while Jiang Jiajia held a talisman paper in the back, ready at any time.

The two of them walked in cautiously.

The first floor of the internet cafe was very spacious. With a glance, you could see several rows of computers. The front desk was on the left as you entered. In the middle of the aisle was a screen-like thing with “Ordinary Area on the right, Gaming Area on the left, Private Rooms on the second floor” written on it.

Because the internet cafe needed a dim environment, now that the power was out, the further they went, the darker it got.

Liu Chuxia turned on the flashlight attached to her clothes and looked around warily.

“Chuxia, the temperature here is not right. It’s over twenty degrees outside, but it feels like it’s only in the teens here. This is not an ordinary ghost. It seems this will be a bit difficult this time,” Jiang Jiajia said, looking at the dim surroundings warily.

“Is Mom so fast? Then be careful. Jiajia, you have to stick close to me. Try not to get separated.”

“Okay.”

The two of them searched the first floor but found nothing. So they went up to the second floor.

The layout upstairs was also relatively simple. As you came up, you could see a straight corridor on the left, and on both sides of the corridor were private rooms. They were actually similar to hotel rooms, just without as many functions and not as large as hotel rooms. But it was no problem to stay for a night.

Liu Chuxia pushed open the first private room with her iron sword and saw a hanging figure. Liu Chuxia was about to attack, but fortunately, Jiang Jiajia’s eyes were sharp and she saw that something was wrong.

“Chuxia, this is a real person,” Jiang Jiajia said, looking at the hanging figure.

Liu Chuxia shone the flashlight on her clothes upwards, and a purplish-blue face appeared before her eyes. A pair of eyeballs were bulging out, as if they were glaring at you fiercely. The tongue was hanging down.

Jiang Jiajia walked forward and looked at his hanging fingers. She could clearly see the injuries from struggling with the rope. Looking up, she could also see cuts on his face.

There were also some scrapes on his hands and feet.

“Chuxia, it feels like this person was hung up by someone.”

“Maybe not by a person. Maybe by a ghost,” Liu Chuxia said, observing the room with the flashlight.

“Indeed. Forget it, this is not our business. Chuxia, shine the flashlight upwards. I’ll take a picture. This needs to be shown to the law enforcers.”

“Okay.”

After Jiang Jiajia had taken the picture, the two of them left the private room. When they pushed open the second private room, they saw another figure hanging from the ceiling.

Liu Chuxia had a bad feeling. “Jiajia, let’s go to the next private room.”

The two of them ran to the third private room, and there was also a figure hanging from the ceiling.

It wasn’t until they had opened all twenty private rooms that they found a hanging corpse in each room. And all of their eyes were bulging out greatly, as if they were staring at the people at the door with resentment.

It was the first time Jiang Jiajia had seen such a strange scene, and the two of them also felt colder and colder.

“Jiajia, do you know what’s going on?” Liu Chuxia asked, pulling up the zipper of her coat, her left hand tightly gripping the iron sword as she looked at the dark corridor.