Chapter 17 Facts

Not long after, the video went black again. When it came back on, the woman was already standing, probably only a few seconds had passed.

The woman looked very scared, constantly looking around. Judging by her mouth movements, she seemed to be calling someone's name, but the video had no sound.

"Look," Jiang Cheng said, pointing to a table in the corner, lowering his voice, "Those people at that table are gone."

Now, in the video, the woman was the only one left in the cafe.

It was obvious that the woman was very flustered. She looked around, her mouth constantly saying something, but there was no response nearby.

Finally, the few of them saw her clench the corner of her clothes, seemingly preparing to run and leave this place, but eventually her gaze slowly lowered, and her movements stopped.

Her gaze stopped at the table, with two cups placed face to face on it.

She was probably worried about the person who came with her, so she didn't choose to leave.

But during this period of hesitation, the surroundings changed again. A lamp in the corner flickered a few times and then went out silently.

The woman immediately looked at that spot.

The woman's expression changed quickly, from incomprehension at the beginning to intense fear, and everyone even saw that despair beneath the woman's terrified face.

Darkness was approaching her along the corner.

One lamp after another flickered, and then went out.

The darkness brought a strong sense of oppression like a tide. The fatty outside the screen felt his breathing was not smooth, and then, everyone saw a horrifying scene.

During the last few flickers of light, they saw a blurred figure in the darkness.

The figure was hidden in the deepest part of the darkness. Although there was no movement, it could be felt that it was gradually approaching the woman.

The woman retreated in great fear, crying helplessly, but her legs were weak, and she fell to the ground, only able to prop herself up with her hands, weakly moving backwards.

The figure always remained relatively far away from her, but each appearance brought a disaster to the woman.

Just like the previous video.

It ended abruptly.

After Jiao Tailang clicked to exit, he prepared to open the next one, but Jiang Cheng shook his head, indicating it was unnecessary.

It was no longer necessary.

The remaining videos were probably much the same.

Now, everyone had guessed the identity of this woman.

She was Li Maoshen's official girlfriend.

Of course, that was what the woman thought.

And these seemingly supernatural videos were all the work of Li Maoshen and his Shen Wei Spirit Exploration Team.

However, their filming method was not to really explore haunted houses where supernatural events occurred, but artificially, relying on scaring a poor girl to gain attention and traffic, and ultimately obtain the fame and money that came with it.

The scene was silent for a moment.

After a moment, Wan Yanning, who didn't talk much, spoke, "This woman probably doesn't know all of this. She thinks these are real, that there really are ghosts. What she doesn't know is that these are all planned by her beloved boyfriend, who even formed a filming team for it."

This was already very clear. Although the videos looked strange, for Jiang Cheng and others who had truly faced ghosts, they could see the flaws at a glance.

For example, the rough scene setting and the terrible and clumsy acting of the actors.

Of course, that referred to the "ghosts" in the video.

Those ghosts should have been played by Yu Youwei, Zhao Jiajia, Song Xiaoyou, Qiao Yu, and others. Li Maoshen was more responsible for bringing the woman to the arranged scene and trying to control her, preventing her from escaping.

Otherwise, the filming effect would be greatly reduced.

After all, the despair of being unable to escape or hide in a confined space was more eye-catching.

And that was indeed the case. Li Maoshen became popular relying on these short videos.

The fatty in front of the computer gnashed his teeth in hatred. What worried him the most was that in the second video, the woman had a chance to run away, but she missed the opportunity because she was worried about her boyfriend.

He clearly saw the worry in the woman's eyes after she looked at the coffee cup across the table.

Perhaps... this was the effect Li Maoshen wanted to achieve.

Telling the woman a lie that he would be right back, then hiding and sitting on the other side of the screen, watching this lie ferment with his own eyes, watching this stupid woman suffer for him.

Would this give him great satisfaction, or would it greatly satisfy his vanity?

The fatty continued to think to himself, perhaps this would even become Li Maoshen's topic of conversation in front of his new girlfriend.

"Yu Youwei's colleague also told us that once they heard Yu Youwei arguing with Li Maoshen on the phone, cursing him very harshly, saying something about putting in so much effort and only getting so little, and that she wanted Li Maoshen to give her money, otherwise she would publish his diary," Hua Luo said with a frown.

"Diary?"

"Yes." Hua Luo nodded, "Later, Yu Youwei really did that. She dropped a few screenshots in the group, which were of a diary."

"The content recorded..." Hua Luo paused, pursing her lips, not continuing immediately.

"She quickly retracted them after sending them, but I only managed to grab one screenshot. Take a look," Jiao Tailang's voice sounded at the right time. He took the tablet and operated it a few times, then handed it to Jiang Cheng.

On the screen was indeed a piece of notebook paper, but the person taking the photo seemed to be in a hurry and didn't capture the whole thing. Only about two-thirds were visible, and the angle was a bit skewed.

It looked like Yu Youwei took it while Li Maoshen was sleeping.

The handwriting on the notebook was very scribbled. Jiang Cheng looked down, line by line.

"May 17th, the team has been assembled. No rush for the venue, the most important task now is to get her under control."

"May 21st, she's very resistant. It seems my methods are wrong. Maybe I should really listen to Song Xiaoyou's idea."

"May 23rd, sure enough, women understand women best! Song Xiaoyou is right, as long as she loves me, as long as she loves me, everything will be easy. I can threaten her with a breakup."

"May 24th, damn it, doing it myself is too slow. I'll listen to Qiao Yu and buy a video course online. Qiao Yu, if you dare to deceive me..."

"May 27th, this thing is really useful! She's starting to listen to me, haha, tomorrow I'll try not letting her drink water for a whole day..."

"May 31st, some trouble, but she's afraid when I mention breaking up. What step to start with now? Right, right, I need to uncover her scars and see what she fears most in her heart. I must make sure she listens during the filming, this is very important!"

"June 5th, she's been crying for several nights in a row, begging me not to leave her. I'm such a genius, it's almost time, it should be okay now. I'm going to start setting up the venue."

"June 7th, the venue is found. I'll leave the equipment to Zhao Jiajia and Qiao Yu, they're professionals, haha."

"June 10th, it begins..."