ATFBETIBM Chapter 267.2

——[It seems like the senior’s situation was similar to what is mentioned on the previous floor.

I heard that in order to repay the debt, he initially was deceived into secretly filming videos. Later, those people made him accompany clients, and he naively believed that hiding would be fine. As a result, when the other party couldn’t find the clients, they directly bombarded the phone numbers in his contacts, leading to the subsequent events.]

——[Oh my, it’s really unfortunate. If time could be reversed, it would have been better if he didn’t borrow that 30,000 yuan. He’s quite capable, excelling in the field of artificial intelligence and participating in many competitions representing the school, even achieving good rankings. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have caught the attention of the top company.

Without this incident, he would have had a brilliant future. Such a pity.]

——[Indeed, it’s very unfortunate. The most tragic part is his parents. He passed away, leaving behind aging parents with gray hair mourning their son. Both of them are farmers and had to live frugally to save up for his tuition and living expenses. They probably spent only around two to three thousand yuan per year, fearing their son might be looked down upon or suffer from cold and hunger outside, and they sent all the money they earned to support their son.]

——[But why was he so short of money?]

Bai Lixin looked around when he entered this house. A university student, even as a graduate student, wouldn’t have much money. Yet, he rented such a nice apartment. Why would he be short of money?

Besides the rent, there was a high-quality electric toothbrush in the bathroom.

The computer also appeared to be quite expensive.

Apart from that, were there any other expenses? The post mentioned that this person’s girlfriend was the principal’s daughter, so could it be that he rented the apartment and bought these things to match the principal’s daughter?

After thinking for two seconds, Bai Lixin focused his attention back on the forum.

——[You should take a look at where he lives. That’s Golden Sea Luxury Apartments. Even a small three-bedroom apartment there would cost five to six thousand yuan per month in rent, and he’s been living there since he started dating his girlfriend.

It must be materialistic desires. But this senior hides it really well; I thought he was from a wealthy family until I saw his parents. He even wore sports shoes worth 10,000 yuan last time.

He didn’t earn a single cent but still spends extravagantly; it’s all for vanity.]

——[I’m dizzy, did he go crazy? That’s his parents’ hard-earned money. How could he bear to spend it like this? Truly, it’s easy to move from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to move from extravagance to frugality.]

There were many more floors after this, but Bai Lixin quickly skimmed through them and closed the webpage without finding any relevant information.

Then, he browsed through some current news articles. While he was idly looking, a strange and abrupt ringtone suddenly sounded, pulling his thoughts back.

He followed the sound to the wardrobe and soon found a somewhat outdated phone within a stack of clothes.

The ringing had stopped by the time Bai Lixin reached the phone. The sound didn’t quite resemble a phone call but more like a message notification.

Although the functionality of this old-style phone wasn’t great, its battery life was strong.

The person’s suicide occurred seven days ago and was discovered five days ago, yet the phone’s battery in the upper right corner still showed about 70%.

The phone wasn’t locked, so when he opened it, he saw over a dozen unread messages.

The most recent one was just a few seconds ago.

After getting the phone, he sat back in the chair and opened the inbox.

He opened the top message first, which had only one sentence: [Little puppy, reply.]

Bai Lixin stared at those three words for two seconds, somewhat confused, then closed the message and opened the next one.

Again, it was just a brief sentence, but this time with a few more words: [What’s wrong, little puppy?]

He closed it again and scrolled down. Each message was just a few words, and all of them contained the words “little puppy.”

The person on the other end clearly didn’t know that the young man had passed away, sending two messages each day with a calm and composed tone, not being anxious due to the lack of response, but also not giving up.

The information in the messages wasn’t extensive. Scrolling down, he opened one of the older messages: [I want to hear the cute puppy bark.]

Again, it was just a brief sentence.

Then he opened another one: [I’m feeling down today. I want to see a bitch.]

Bai Lixin narrowed his eyes. “Bitch?” From the person’s previous remarks, it seemed like they assumed the guy was a male dog. “Bitch” might refer to someone else.

These were the last two messages.

After closing the inbox, he opened the sent messages, hoping to find some clues there.

There was only one message in the sent box, sent to the same number as before: “Alright, master.”

….

This phone seemed to be a communication device used specifically to communicate with a mysterious person. Bai Lixin looked through it and found that the communication records only showed this one number, and there were only messages exchanged with this number.

After studying the phone for a while, he turned off the screen without replying to any messages.

He didn’t want to delve too much into it because he had a vague idea of what was going on, and it didn’t seem to be something positive.

Walking back out of the bedroom, Bai Lixin once again saw that chubby pig head.

It was somehow familiar, its fur had been thoroughly cleaned, and its slightly open mouth was facing him, looking rather eerie.

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In the live broadcast room

[Hiss, ah, that pig head at the door is so scary. Why hang a pig head there?]

[Maybe it’s to ward off evil spirits. I remember a saying that hanging a pig head at the door can scare away wandering spirits and protect the place.]

[Haha, the pig can’t even handle its own life, yet it wants to protect others. So superstitious.]

[Probably, they might not even believe it themselves, but they hung it just to feel at ease.]

[Do you guys think this guy who committed suicide is stupid? After hearing his background, it was clear that he was a winner in life. He really dug his own grave.]

[Yeah, one wrong step leads to another. Just because he excelled in academics doesn’t mean he had a strong sense of discernment. Do you think this suicide incident could be related to the main storyline task?]

[I don’t know, but I’m scared. I heard that the room only has God Xin, but I always feel like someone might suddenly appear from the side. Help, I’m scared. I don’t dare to sleep alone tonight. Can anyone kindly accommodate me for the night? Wuuu.]

[Fortunately, I’ve already used the blanket sealing technique.]

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As the time approached midnight, Bai Lixin found a sofa to sit on instead of going to the bedroom to rest.

At the moment when it turned midnight, the once quiet room suddenly echoed with the sound of gushing water.

S419M was startled and screamed, [Damn, that scared the hell out of me!]

Bai Lixin was also startled by S419M’s scream: […]

‘I wasn’t scared by the water sound, but almost scared to death by you.’

The water kept flowing without any sign of stopping.

Bai Lixin stood up and walked towards the kitchen, where the sound of water was coming from. As he got closer, he noticed that the tap in the sink was turned on.

Clear water gushed out of the tap, and it seemed like it would soon overflow from the sink.

Bai Lixin reached the sink and just as he was about to turn off the tap, his fingertips touched the water’s surface, and the once transparent water instantly turned thick red.

Even the water in the pipes had turned into blood.

The crimson liquid rushed out eagerly, almost spilling onto Bai Lixin’s legs.

Bai Lixin’s fingers hesitated for a moment, then he calmly reached into the sink and pulled out the stopper.

Afterward, he casually shook off the red liquid from his hand and turned off the tap.

Once he left the kitchen, the red liquid on his hand instantly turned back to transparent, as if the scene just now was an illusion.

Bai Lixin sat back on the sofa, feeling bored and absent-minded.

At this moment, another unexpected event occurred in the room.

The TV suddenly turned itself on.

After the static on the screen, an image quickly appeared.

It was a narrow hall.

All the furniture in the hall was covered with white cloth, and there was a pig head hanging at the entrance.

On the sofa in the image sat a figure with their back facing the camera. Even without a clear view, it was obvious that the content playing on the TV was the current scene in the room, and the figure with its back turned to the camera was Bai Lixin.

Bai Lixin also noticed the content on the screen.

He turned his head around in confusion, but there was nothing behind him.

In the TV screen, the figure also turned its head back, mirroring Bai Lixin’s movements.

Bai Lixin didn’t find anything unusual and turned his head back around.

The “Bai Lixin” in the TV screen followed suit and turned its head back too.

The viewers in the livestream held their breath, and even the barrage decreased significantly.

Just as the viewers were feeling nervous, the image on the TV suddenly moved!

The screen slightly shook left and right, as if someone was holding a camera and slowly approaching Bai Lixin from behind.

[I’m not admitting that I stopped here because it’s night time and I got scared ha-ha-ha.. On a totally unrelated matter, I’ll continue when it’s sunrise]