Chapter 5 Night Watch

The middle-aged man turned his head to look at the sturdy man, but he didn't expect to be glared back at by the sturdy man.

The scene ended in a slightly awkward atmosphere.

The sturdy man stood up and said it was too late, so he didn't want to talk anymore. He would go to keep watch first and urged everyone to rest early.

The sturdy man kept watch from 10 to 12 o'clock, and there were still 6 hours left.

After discussion, Jiang Cheng and others decided that Jiang Cheng would keep watch from 12 to 2 o'clock, the middle-aged man from 2 to 4 o'clock, and the fat man would keep watch from 4 to 6 o'clock, which was relatively less dangerous, because he was not very reliable when he appeared.

The sturdy man moved a thick cushion and sat around the fireplace to warm himself, and the flames made his face flicker.

The sofa where Jiang Cheng was lying was next to the fat man, and the middle-aged man was a little far away from them, at the other end of the living room.

"Brother," the fat man stretched his neck and asked softly, "Are you asleep?"

Jiang Cheng turned over, leaving him with a back view.

Jiang Cheng remained awake for two hours while the strong man was on guard, but fortunately, nothing happened except the sound of burning wood.

When the time came, the strong man came over and pushed Jiang Cheng, and Jiang Cheng "woke up".

"Be smart when you are on guard, and wake us up loudly if something happens," the strong man seemed to be worried, and continued: "The probability of those things happening around 12 o'clock at night is the highest."

"What are those things?" Jiang Cheng stood up and asked.

The strong man's face became ugly, but he still lowered his voice and said: "Supernatural events."

After a brief exchange, the strong man lay on the sofa before Jiang Cheng, and Jiang Cheng walked over, sat by the fireplace, and took the responsibility of keeping watch.

It was quiet around, except for the occasional snoring of the fat man, there was almost no sound.

The middle-aged man and the strong man both closed their eyes, as if they were sleeping, but Jiang Cheng suspected that they were actually awake, just like he had just done.

Two hours passed quickly, and Jiang Cheng walked to the other side of the living room and pushed the middle-aged man awake.

There was no extra communication between the two. Jiang Cheng went back to sleep. The middle-aged man took a few sips of water from the mineral water bottle and walked to the fireplace.

He first added some firewood to it, then sat cross-legged in front of the fireplace.

He also held the pocket watch in his hand.

The middle-aged man's experience was not as rich as the strong man and the woman, but he also survived two missions, so he knew very well what the strong man meant by the supernatural.

He knew more clearly about their horror.

Just as Jiang Cheng guessed, the middle-aged man had not slept since the strong man started the night watch, always alert to some bad things that might happen.

An hour and a half passed, and nothing happened.

During this time, he added firewood again. The fire in the fireplace burned very vigorously, warming the middle-aged man's body, as if this could dispel the chill in his heart.

Two hours were about to pass, and his shift was over. He slowly stood up and turned his head to look at the window.

Through the gap between the curtains, it seemed that the sky outside was also a little brighter.

People in nightmares are paranoid about night and particularly fond of day.

The middle-aged man is no exception.

Just as he was moving his limbs to wake up the fat man on the next shift, a surge of urination suddenly came, even catching him off guard.

He stared at the bottle of mineral water in his hand. Did he drink too much?

It was almost dawn, which made him feel much more at ease. He turned around and saw that the bathroom was in the corner of the living room, no more than 20 meters away from here.

Calculating the time, he could just wake up the fat man after returning from the bathroom.

There should be no problem.

He adjusted his glasses and slowly walked to the bathroom in the corner.

He carefully opened the door and carefully flushed the water. The door of the bathroom was wide open. Anyway, there were men in the living room. Besides, this was the dream world.

After shaking, the middle-aged man felt relaxed after flushing the water.

To be honest, after a day of tossing and turning and not sleeping for 6 hours, his physical strength and energy were a little bit behind. After all, he was not a young man in his 20s.

Looking at his tired self in the mirror, the middle-aged man sighed, took off his glasses, turned on the faucet, and splashed cold water on his face.

The water was icy cold, but it made him feel very refreshed.

Just when he was about to wash for the second time, he glanced at the mirror and suddenly found that there was a person standing behind him in the reflection of the mirror.

The person came silently, and no footsteps were heard.

"Who?!"

The shock lasted for less than a second, and then the middle-aged man calmed down again. Although he didn't wear glasses, he couldn't see the face of the person who came, but the fat body still betrayed the person's identity.

"It's me."

Hearing that it was the fat man's voice, the middle-aged man was completely relieved, and then he said dissatisfiedly: "Next time you come, say something, don't suddenly appear behind me."

The middle-aged man wiped his face twice with his sleeves, then put on his glasses, and turned around while shaking off the water on his hands.

But at the moment he turned around completely, a chill ran from head to toe, and his blood vessels seemed to be full of ice.

There was no one behind him.

Where is the fat guy?

Where did the fat guy go? !

His eyes turned red almost instantly, and he subconsciously turned back to look at the mirror, but he didn't, because he felt his shoulders sink, as if something was on them.

It was dawn.

The three people sleeping in the second-floor room were similar to the people in the living room, and they all left one person to keep watch.

The male clerk who was huddled in a corner of the bedroom was just about to yawn when he was interrupted by a pig-killing howl, which scared him so much that he almost fell off the chair.

The woman and the innocent girl sleeping in the bed were also awakened by the scream.

They looked at each other and rushed downstairs.

Jiang Cheng and the strong man surrounded the fat man, while the fat man sat on the ground, frightened and pale. It was self-evident who the pig-killing scream came from.

The three of them stared at the bathroom in the corner.

With fear, uneasiness, and doubt.

The woman with a mole on her lip looked around, but did not find the middle-aged man. She was already prepared.

She shook off the innocent girl's hand and walked to the bathroom alone.

The bathroom door was open, and she stood in front of the door and glanced inside quickly.

Even as experienced as she was, she took a deep breath.

The middle-aged man stood straight in front of the mirror, his body facing the direction of the door, his back to the mirror, but his head twisted 180 degrees and facing the mirror backwards.

Through the reflection of the mirror, you can see that the middle-aged man's eyes are wide open, almost falling out of his eye sockets.

After calming down, the woman walked to the middle-aged man vigilantly, and then the strong man.

Jiang Cheng followed after observing for a few seconds, standing outside the bathroom door and looking inside.

The woman removed her hand from the middle-aged man's neck and said after a while: "He was suddenly broken by a huge force."

This was obvious, so naturally no one raised any objections.

"He was severely frightened before he died," the strong man added, staring into the middle-aged man's eyes.