Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 101 Zhi Fei

Chapter 101: Chapter 101 Zhi Fei

Xu Zhifei is a very beautiful girl.

But when you get close to her, for some reason, there’s always an indescribable chill.

It’s a completely melancholic aura, hard to believe how such an aura can be associated with such an enchanting appearance.

Hu Yue is Xu Zhifei’s friend, or more accurately, her best friend.

But recently, she clearly noticed that her friend has changed.

Although Xu Zhifei was not talkative before, there was no such chill around her.

She’s become really strange.

She talks even less, often staring into space, and the places she looks at are even stranger.

Outside the window, the doorway, under the bed, the ceiling, the corners of the walls...

Hu Yue, out of curiosity, looked at those places too, but there was clearly nothing there.

Yet Xu Zhifei’s eyes... clearly saw something.

Lately, Hu Yue has rarely seen her; she seems to lock herself at home all the time.

But when she ran into Xu Zhifei on the street today, she recognized her at once.

She was in casual clothes, her skin even paler, making her more alluring.

But... her left hand seemed injured, wrapped in bandages.

"Zhi Fei!" Hu Yue called out to Xu Zhifei.

Xu Zhifei stopped in her tracks, body unmoving, but her head turned around.

"What’s up..."

"What happened to your hand?" Hu Yue asked with concern.

Xu Zhifei quietly looked at her, not answering.

For some reason, being stared at by her quiet gaze made Hu Yue’s heart bizarrely start to race.

It wasn’t infatuation, but... panic.

"How about... having a cup of coffee together?"

Xu Zhifei quietly looked at her, then slowly nodded.

Getting her approval, Hu Yue felt a sense of relief.

The two of them sat in a coffee shop.

Hu Yue stirred the dark brown coffee in front of her, trying to break the awkwardness.

She faintly felt she was not familiar with Xu Zhifei anymore.

"By the way... you haven’t told me, what happened to your hand..."

Xu Zhifei lifted her head, a lock of hair fell down, covering one of her eyes.

She still didn’t answer right away, but her expression became a little hesitant.

This surprised Hu Yue a lot, as she had never seen such a vivid expression on Xu Zhifei’s face.

In her impression, she always had a cold face, wouldn’t smile, wouldn’t cry, wouldn’t get angry, wouldn’t be upset.

Since knowing her, she was like this, no matter what she did, she was always placid, yet firm.

"Do you want to see?" Xu Zhifei suddenly said.

"Hmm?" Hu Yue’s rising tone showed her interest.

Xu Zhifei used her right hand to untie the bandage on her left hand, revealing a bloody palm.

Hu Yue was shocked, asking: "What happened to you! How did you get hurt like this?"

Xu Zhifei’s cold face still showed no expression, saying: "I cut it myself."

"Why!"

"It’s not safe."

Hu Yue’s first reaction was that she was joking, but she immediately remembered that Xu Zhifei never joked.

Is she... crazy?

Why would she self-harm?

Hu Yue’s heart was very conflicted, to be honest, now she felt a hint of fear towards Xu Zhifei.

She always felt that Xu Zhifei’s cold gaze was not looking at her, but... at something behind her.

Hu Yue uncomfortably turned her head to look behind her.

As before, there was nothing behind her.

"Well... let’s talk another day, I have something urgent." Hu Yue put down the coffee, feeling chills down her spine.

"Are you afraid of me?" Xu Zhifei’s soft voice came.

"Of course not!"

Hu Yue immediately denied: "I... I really have something urgent..."

However, she couldn’t even make up what the urgent matter was.

She was indeed scared.

She shouldn’t have greeted her at the beginning, just pretended not to see her!

Hu Yue regretted it deeply.

Xu Zhifei’s gaze, how could it be so terrifying... No... she couldn’t even feel any sense of life from Xu Zhifei.

This woman, even her breathing was strangely faint.

Her skin was unnaturally white.

But it can’t be denied... she was really beautiful, a perfect oval face, silky long black hair, cold yet clear eyes, and... almost perfect delicate features.

Just like... a doll, yes! A doll.

Hu Yue finally found a word that could well describe Xu Zhifei.

Xu Zhifei also put down the coffee; she didn’t stop Hu Yue from leaving.

"I’m leaving," she said.

"Ah... oh, then... together?" Hu Yue regretted it as soon as she said it, why the courtesy!

Xu Zhifei did not respond to her invitation to accompany her, just quietly looked at her.

Being stared at by her gaze, Hu Yue suddenly felt a bit awkward and ashamed.

After all... she was her best friend, no... her friend.

Although... she was becoming more and more strange, she hadn’t done anything to let her down.

But Hu Yue really couldn’t stand her aura, she... was too strange.

"I’m going to Ye City." Xu Zhifei’s tone was still very calm, but if you listened carefully, there seemed to be some other emotions.

That kind of emotion... is called seriousness.

"Not coming back."

Xu Zhifei looked at Hu Yue, whose eyes were dodging.

She... didn’t dare to look at her.

Xu Zhifei said nothing else, turned and left.

Hu Yue opened her mouth, wanting to say some words of blessing, but couldn’t say them in the end.

...

Li Mu was dozing off on his office desk.

Of course, it was quite normal during lunch break; policemen are human too and need rest.

But with it happening to Li Mu, it surprised everyone.

The whole Liang City Police Station knew that this young detective was famously hardworking, especially when it came to the criminal called the Secret Key; he wouldn’t miss the slightest clue, and no one had seen him shut his eyes during lunch break.

However... recently there’s been news that the Secret Key left Liang City and went to Ye City, maybe that’s why he suddenly relaxed and took a nap during lunch.

"Xiao Li might have some insomnia lately, let’s not disturb him," the station chief glanced at Li Mu and turned to instruct everyone.

Anyone could see Li Mu’s state; for the past half month, he arrived at the station every day with dark circles under his eyes, obviously not resting well.

In fact, everyone guessed right.

Li Mu indeed hadn’t been resting well.

It’s been more than half a month.

Every night when he slept, he would have that dream, the content exactly the same, the... floating elder’s head in the elevator.

Today is the same.

"Wait for me..."

Exactly the same voice, exactly the same dream.

When Li Mu woke up again, he found himself lying on the office desk at the station.

"What on earth is wrong with me..."

Li Mu closed his eyes, pinched his nose bridge, and let out a heavy sigh.

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