Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 189: Chapter 165: Disguise

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Standing outside room 405, Song Yan pounded on the door with his fists.

Inside, panicky footsteps could be heard. After a long while, a feeble voice came from behind the door, "Who is it... who’s there?" fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

"It’s me, Song Yan!" Song Yan’s tone was poor, "Open the door!"

After some dawdling, the door finally cracked open just a sliver, and Song Yan pushed it open forcefully, "Why didn’t you open the door? What are you doing?"

Yu Mi was already feeling guilty about last night’s incident, and now frightened by Song Yan’s aggression, she grew even more nervous, "No... nothing."

Yang Xiao followed behind Song Yan, looked around the room for a moment, and then stared at Yu Mi with a smirk, "We thought Miss Yu was taking a shower and it was inconvenient to open the door."

At those words, Yu Mi’s body shuddered; it seemed her little scheme from last night had been exposed, "I’m sorry... I’m sorry, I’m just too scared to open the door at night, but I swear I had no ill intentions, really I didn’t!"

"Do you have any idea how stupid your actions were? You’ve completely disrupted our plan, and now you’ve put yourself in danger as well..."

Song Yan’s expression was complex, his words filled with both anger and helplessness, which made Yu Mi feel even more uneasy, as if the situation was not quite as she had thought.

"Forget it, fate is predetermined; this was her own choice. Song, you should stop blaming yourself." Yang Xiao looked at Yu Mi with pity and couldn’t help but sigh.

Yu Mi was utterly confused by their actions; a foreboding premonition surfaced within her. The way Chu Xi looked at her earlier was like seeing a dead person, "Mr. Song, Mr. Chu, what are you... what are you talking about exactly? Please, make it clear!"

"You’ve been targeted by the ghost, today... today it’s likely a slim chance of survival." Yang Xiao’s gaze towards Yu Mi was filled with sympathy and regret.

Yu Mi’s mind buzzed, and her tone shot up in alarm, "How is that possible? I haven’t left my room since coming back yesterday, and I haven’t opened the door for anyone."

"It’s precisely because you didn’t open the door that the ghost targeted you," Song Yan interjected, "You’re right, the ghost was indeed among Principal Wu and the others last night. But you’re forgetting something, Principal Wu and his group came to discuss a cooperation; our common enemy is that bastard Sun Shengnan. But what about you? Not only did you not show up, you wouldn’t even open your door. What will the ghost think? It will take it as a sign that you refuse to cooperate in clearing its name, branding you as Sun Shengnan’s loyal lackey."

Yu Mi immediately grew anxious, "I... I’m not, I am at odds with Sun Shengnan!"

Yang Xiao scoffed, "Too late. The ghost doesn’t have the patience to listen to your explanations. Face reality, Miss Yu."

In the face of Yang Xiao and Song Yan’s deceptive words, which had numerous holes, Yu Mi, inexperienced as she was, was completely bamboozled by their act and now was focused solely on survival, "Song Yan, brother, you must have a way to save me, right?"

Yu Mi clung to Song Yan’s arm, refusing to let go. Song Yan had saved her life on the ambulance before; she was certain he could do so again.

Feigning difficulty and reluctance, Song Yan put on an appearance of a troubled conscience, "Miss Yu, it’s not that I don’t want to help, but this matter... it’s too dangerous. The ghost is enraged and set on killing someone to vent its anger today. If I save you, it will kill someone else. What would you have me do?"

Without thinking, Yu Mi blurted out, "Then let it kill someone else, but of course not you or Mr. Chu, you both are my benefactors. Let it kill that bitch Pei Qiuyu."

As though suddenly recalling something, Yu Mi turned to Yang Xiao and spoke quickly, "Mr. Chu, this Pei Qiuyu is no good. Yesterday she was still plotting to kill you to save Nie Hexiang. If it wasn’t for Mr. Song and I standing by your side, you would have been in danger."

After Yu Mi’s persistent pleading, Yang Xiao reluctantly agreed to let Pei Qiuyu take Yu Mi’s place, provided that Yu Mi would cooperate.

"Of course, I’ll do whatever you say, I won’t go west if you tell me to go east!" Knowing that they were saving her, Yu Mi was immensely grateful.

Yang Xiao and Song Yan went out under the pretense of thinking of a plan. After staying away for a full 20 minutes, they came back, holding a bag filled with drugs.

"The plan is this: I’ll pretend to be injured, which will cancel the first scene. And the second scene involves Pei Qiuyu and Nie Hexiang. With a little tampering, it will be difficult for Pei Qiuyu to survive." Yang Xiao handed the bag of drugs to Yu Mi, "The ghost won’t kill another person in a short period of time; you know this."

"What do you need me to do?" Yu Mi asked anxiously, as it was a matter of her own life or death.

"I need you to take this bag of drugs and act out a scene with me."

...

An hour later, when Yang Xiao appeared in front of Director Ding and others, his right cheek was wrapped in a layer of gauze.

"What happened?" Director Ding was shocked, as Yang Xiao was specifically requested by Sun Shengnan, and he had been counting on his appearance.

"Director Ding, here’s the thing. Because Ms. Shengnan was to come to the set to supervise today, Chu Xi thought to dress up to make a good impression on her. He took a bath last night but slipped, falling in the shower, and just so happened to cut his face."

Director Ding, panicked, started pacing, "How did he cut his face? If his face is cut, how are we going to shoot the film?"

"Director Ding, Director Ding, don’t worry." Ms. Zhang, who was in charge of drama affairs, spoke up to reassure, "I’ve seen Chu Xi’s footage for the two scenes; his acting is on point, and we can work with it after some editing."