A strange feeling caused him to frown. A few seconds later, the world changed. The rain disappeared. Jiang Cheng found himself sitting inside a cafe. It was late afternoon. The cafe didn’t have that many customers. He saw a few familiar figures seated at the long table in the middle.
The customers were all young. The man in the lead was talking about something agitatedly. The others listened and offered ideas. At the crucial point, a young man in a black t-shirt went up the stairs at the corner. A few minutes later, he returned with a camera in his hands.
Then, he held the camera and said something to the others. He appeared to be discussing the possibility of recording. Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes at them. There were two guys and three girls. The person with the camera should be the boss’s younger brother, Qiao Yu.
The rest were Lee Maoshen, Yu Youwei, Zhao Jiali and Song Xiaoyou. They were gathered together to discuss the potential of using Lin Chen to shoot supernatural videos.
However, they didn’t realise that Lin Chen was privy to everything. Jiang Cheng had a giant window beside him. Outside were the streets in the dark. A familiar figure stood outside the window, watching everything inside the café silently. The woman with average looks and body melted into the neon.
Jiang Cheng… heard the strange sound again.
The strange feeling was stronger than before. Jiang Cheng subconsciously wanted to do something for the woman, even if he could only pull her away.
Jiang Cheng recovered, and he was lying in bed. The blanket was pulled to his chin. This was a tiny bedroom, but it was decorated nicely. The white blanket smelled nicely of lavender.
He sat up without knowing why. There was a pair of furry slippers beside the bed. Jiang Cheng left the bedroom and came to the small living room. A large canvas was placed near the wall. Before the canvas was a chair. A small figure was curled up there. She looked so fragile and helpless.
“May 7th. My account is banned again. The platform is too strict. It’s challenging to gain views with standard videos. This is so annoying!”
“May 10th. I have an idea. If it works, I’ll definitely be popular!”
“May 12th. I should get everyone to discuss this. After all, I can’t do this on my own. They will definitely ask for some benefits. What a bunch of vampires…”
“May 14th. Yu Youwei is a perfect woman. Why didn’t I think of it? Yes! We can record her without letting her know. Qiao Yu is right. We’ll make it into a fake documentary. It’s very popular overseas. No wonder he’s a professional.”
“May 17th. The group is formed. We’re not in a hurry to find a venue. The most important mission is to deal with her.”
“May 21st. She is very resistant. My methods are wrong. Perhaps I should listen to Song Xiaoyou’s advice.”
“May 23rd. Women understand women! Song Xiaoyou was right. She only loves me. I can threaten her with a break-up. What a dumb woman.”
“May 24th. Fuck. It’s too slow for me to do everything. I should listen to Qiao Yu and consider buying some online lessons. Qiao Yu, if you dare to lie to me…”
“May 27th. It’s really useful! She started to listen to me. Tomorrow… I’ll make her stop drinking water for a whole day…”
It was clear who the diary's owner was. Jiang Cheng took a deep breath. Resisting the pain in his chest, he continued to read.
The woman’s body trembled. Her tears fell on the diary.
“May 31st. It’s troublesome, but everything fell into place when I brought up the break-up. Right. The online lessons instructed me to peel back her wound to reveal her deepest fear slowly. I have to ensure that she continues to listen to me. This is very important!”
“June 5th. She has cried for several nights, begging me not to leave her. I’m a genius. It’s about time for me to set up the scenario.”
“June 7th. The venue has been found. I’ll leave the rest to Zhao Jiali and Qiao Yu. They’re the professionals after all.”
“June 10th. We’ve started…”
That was the end. Jiang Cheng had read the other half of the diary on the laptop found by Hua Luo. Yu Youwei and Lee Maoshen got into an argument because the benefits were not shared equally. Someone took a picture of their conversation.
The next second, Lin Chen slowly reached out to turn the page. Jiang Cheng’s eyes shook. He thought the diary was over.
“June 12th. Today is the first shoot. Everything went smoothly except for the lights. Never mind. It’s nothing serious. I just need Qiao Yu to get his butt together. Honestly, the dumb woman’s reaction is amazing…”
“June 15th. The second shoot. Yu Youwei found a nice place, and the shoot was nice. But… Never mind. I’m overthinking.”
“June 16th. The third shoot. What is going on? Why did this happen? Qiao Yu captured a black figure… But Song Xiaoyou hasn’t even started applying her ghost makeup. Was it the camera? Qiao Yu, you’re trash…”
“June 24th. The fourth shoot. I thought everything would be fine after taking a few days’ break, but… things are not right. This is getting ridiculous. Yu Youwei said she felt someone grab her ankle when she was hiding under the bed. And she… claimed there was something wrong with the dumb woman! When she scared her, she managed to spin her head around. However, she didn’t see the woman’s face. She had no face, but all hair!”
“What am I supposed to do? The few previous videos have gone viral. No. I cannot give up. These are all illusions. The bastards wanted to get more money from me. That’s why they worked together to trick me.”
“I will go to the temple together. As for the rest of them… They are greedy bastards. They should all die!”