Ghost Breath

At the end of the summer, at a place called the Flying Plaza. Although it was close to one in the morning, there were still quite a few people wandering about.

Du Lee really drank too much tonight, it was red wine, and also foreign wine. After getting out from the KTV, she rushed towards the fountain and spat all over.

Now that everyone else had gone home, there were only and Yang Lan, her best friends left, to accompany her.

Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun were both classmates in Du Lee's university, so they could not be more familiar with each other.

"How is it, are you feeling better? They are truly afraid that they will not be able to kill you by drinking it with their lives. " Yang Lan wiped Du Lee's mouth and complained.

"Aiya, it's my birthday. I'm very happy." Chen Zhijun laughed.

"Happy my ass, you also want to blindly stir up trouble? What if you get drunk and send it to the hospital, you'll be responsible for it!" Yang Lan choked Chen Zhijun.

"It's fine. It'll be fine after a while." Du Lee waved her hand, signalling for them to stop. She also had a headache.

"Where's your car? Where did you park it?" Yang Lan asked Du Lee.

Du Lee drove her father's car here, and Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun drove the other car. Seeing that Du Lee had drank so much, Yang Lan could only let him drive Du Lee home first, and then the two would take a taxi back and get their own cars.

But when Yang Lan said this, Du Lee felt that it was troublesome.

"Why don't you all accompany me for a walk? If I were to blow the wind outside, the wine would wake up a bit faster. It would be quite troublesome if you all ran around here and there. Wait for me to go back by myself." Du Lee said.

Yang Lan thought that this would work, since she didn't need to go to work on Sunday tomorrow anyway.

Therefore, the three of them decided to stroll around the streets. Chen Zhijun became even more excited, and said that he wanted to find a stall to eat supper.

They continued to chat, and before they knew it, they had arrived at a relatively secluded path.

On both sides of the road were many parasol trees and old houses. They were all local people, and they recognized that the road used to be an old street. Now that all the merchants had moved away, it was basically deserted.

At this time, Du Lee felt a strong urge to pee. She had drank too much alcohol, she had to find a bathroom.

"Are there any toilets nearby?" Du Lee asked.

"I don't know. Is there?" Yang Lan asked Chen Zhijun.

"Let's go ahead and take a look. I'm not sure either."

They moved on.

Du Lee could not hold it in anymore and looked around with a frown.

"Why don't we go back to the square? There must be something in the plaza. " Chen Zhijun suggested.

"Are you crazy? To walk from the square to here for at least half an hour, you have to suffocate her to death!" Yang Lan scolded.

"Take a taxi!"

"No, there isn't even a ghost here. Where did this taxi come from!"

Just as he was at his wit's end, Chen Zhijun suddenly called out, as if he had discovered a new continent.

"Look, look! It's a bar!"

Du Lee and Yang Lan looked over at the same time, seeing a three-storey building in front of them, a sign on the third floor said: Fei Chang Bar.

"What happened to the bar?" Yang Lan asked.

"Idiot, do you have any more experience? If it's a bar, then there must be a toilet." Chen Zhijun said proudly.

"Tsk, you're experienced. You must be satisfied that you have been flirting with girls in bars all day, right?"

"Haha, how would I dare!"

The two of them were teasing each other, when Du Lee said: "The bar shouldn't be open, right? "The lights are not on."

It was only then that Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun noticed that the windows on the third floor were indeed pitch black.

"That's impossible, isn't this the most lively time of the bar?" Yang Lan asked.

"Aiyo, it doesn't matter whether you open it or not, as long as there's a toilet, it's fine." Chen Zhijun said impatiently.

"Right, then come with me." Du Lee said while grinning.

"No problem." Yang Lan dragged her words and replied. She knew that Du Lee was timid, but this house seemed a little eerie.

They successfully found the passageway to the stairs. Du Lee was already feeling really bad, so even though the corridor was dark, she walked very fast. As a result, they found an iron gate at the entrance of the building.

As they passed the street lamps outside, they saw a piece of paper affixed beside the iron gate. On the piece of paper, it read: "Due to an accident, this bar is temporarily closed. Please inform each other!"

"No wonder. So it was closed." Chen Zhijun said.

"Then why is there no time to reopen the store?" Yang Lan was suspicious.

"Hey, big brother, big sister, please take care of me first, I'm almost suffocating!" Du Lee immediately said.

Du Lee did not wait for the two to reply and directly pushed open the door and entered.

The hallway on the third floor was extremely narrow, but there were a few windows that were relatively bright. There was a large door in the middle with a red curtain hanging on it. It was obviously the entrance to a bar.

When they opened the curtain and walked a few steps, they came to the bar, which was dark and very hot because the lights were not on.

Du Lee glanced at the bathroom's logo and signaled to Yang Lan with her eyes. Yang Lan turned and said to Chen Zhijun: "Wait here."

"Alright, you guys hurry up."

Accompanied by Yang Lan, Du Lee went to the toilet. Luckily, there was still light inside the toilet. Du Lee did not hesitate and immediately squatted down to solve her problem. Yang Lan stood outside the door and waited.

After finishing everything, Du Lee returned to Yang Lan's side. She was already sweating profusely from the heat, but she still showed a relaxed expression.

"Is this great?" Yang Lan laughed.

"Of course, but it's so hot." Du Lee used a tissue to wipe the sweat off her forehead.

When they were walking out, Du Lee's mood gradually calmed down. She couldn't help but to notice her surroundings and suddenly felt that even though the bar was buzzing and noisy, the moment the lights were turned off, it would also look very eerie. She thought again that if she was alone, she wouldn't have the guts to come here.

Besides, she found it excruciatingly hot and smelly.

Du Lee and Yang Lan rushed to the door, but they did not find Chen Zhijun. Just as Yang Lan was about to call out for her, the circular dance floor's moving colored light suddenly lit up.

"How is it? Am I smart?" Near the DJ Stage, Chen Zhijun's voice came.

"What are you doing?" Yang Lan asked.

Chen Zhijun straightened his body with a silly smile on his face. He was actually standing in front of the DJ Stage with all kinds of switches on his body.

"Did you turn on this light?" "Sure you can." Du Lee laughed.

"It's nothing."

Yang Lan looked around the DJ Stage and snorted: "Isn't it just those few switches, I'm so proud of you."

At this time, Chen Zhijun pressed something again and the colorful lights started to sway. The dance floor instantly became dazzling, especially in the dark environment, it was even more dazzling.

She started to walk around casually, observing her surroundings. Gradually, she discovered that this bar seemed to have been around for a long time, the walls, sofas, floors, all of them were broken through, and every corner of the bar was pitch black, as though it had been roasted.

Du Lee still remembered the notice from the iron gate that an accident had happened at the bar, but she did not specify what happened.

While Du Lee was deep in thought, Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun had already woken up on the dance floor. The music was played using their phones, and with the cool light shining down, it really did feel like they were celebrating in a bar.

"Lili, come on, jump with us!" Yang Lan greeted Du Lee.

"No, no, you guys go ahead and play. I'm too hot, let's have a rest." Du Lee said as she found the closest sofa and sat down.

"Tsk, boring!" Yang Lan retorted, then continued to twist her butt with Chen Zhijun.

What Du Lee said was the truth, she was really too hot, from the moment she entered, she was extremely hot, as if her entire body was about to burn up.

After sitting for a while, she saw that Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun were having fun, so she took a recording of the event. She even took a photo of herself and sent it to her WeChat Moments, with a message accompanying: "Everyone, guess where I am?" What an unforgettable birthday, haha!

Then she put the phone away and went to bed.

However, when she completely calmed down, she suddenly felt a strange feeling, causing her to feel a chill from head to toe.

She looked around and saw nothing out of the ordinary.

However, this strange feeling continued to expand, assaulting her heart.

Sometimes, the senses of a human can catch onto a subtle phenomenon more easily than a rational person. This was how Du Lee was now.

Slowly, she heard deep, light sounds, sounds she was sure she hadn't heard before.

It gave her the feeling that something was walking back and forth beside her.

In other words, there was something extra in this lobby.

For some reason, a mysterious aura came from behind her. She suddenly turned around, but did not discover anything out of the ordinary.

Behind her, there was a long sofa, some broken tables and chairs. Other than that, there were only black walls.

She sat back, but her heart began to beat faster.

She saw that Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun were still shaking their heads on the dance floor, as if they hadn't noticed anything abnormal at all.

She wanted to shout loudly, then immediately bring Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun out of the bar, but she couldn't muster up any energy.

And because of the tension, she felt hotter and hotter, as if she were sitting in a fire.

Just when she couldn't take it anymore and was about to rush to the dance floor, she saw it. She saw it very clearly, on the dance floor, other than Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun, there were also many other legs that were playing with the two on the dance floor. There were too many people to squeeze through.

Du Lee was shocked, his heart felt like it was suffering from a heavy blow.

The key thing was that Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun were still jumping there, not even glancing at Du Lee. If not, Du Lee could have just gestured at them.

Du Lee really did not dare to say yes, she was afraid that she would alarm the 'people' dancing with Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun.

She had a feeling that Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun would never be able to return.

Therefore, she decided to leave, leaving by herself.

Then, without another word, she stood up and rushed out of the bar.

During the time that she was downstairs, Du Lee's mind was completely blank. She sprinted back to the street outside at a top speed that could only be used to run and dance.

Finally, she took another look at the bar and without stopping, she ran straight to the Plaza and got into her own Toyota sedan.

At the moment, Du Lee was extremely tired. She panted loudly and drank as much water as she could, gulping down the entire bottle of mineral water in one go.

Then she started the car and headed home.

On the road, Du Lee pulled the car to a speed of 120 yards per hour. She was in too much of a panic to even remember her way home. Besides, even with all the windows open, she still felt hot and dry, as she had when she was sitting in the bar, as if she had a fire under her ass.

She was sweating profusely, and her clothes and pants, including the seat, were all wet. In this state, she was home.

When she got home, she didn't greet her parents. Instead, she locked herself in her room and sat on the bed with her hands on her knees, staring blankly into space.

Even now, she still hadn't recovered. She was still scared and trembling all over.

Especially when she recalled the strange postures of those shadows on the dance floor, it made her hair stand on end.

When she was still a student, she had read many supernatural novels. She guessed that Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun must have been bewitched by those shadows, and the problem must have been within the bar.

She regretted that she had to go to the bar to use the toilet. If she didn't go, nothing would happen.

It was at this moment that a voice came from outside the door: "Lili, you're back?"

Du Lee jumped in fright, only after recovering from her shock did she realize that her mother was asking her.

"Yes." "No," she replied.

"How are you today?"

"It's alright …" Mom, I'm going to sleep. "

"Oh, oh, okay."

Du Lee's mother consciously went back to her room, and was unable to see her daughter in a daze.

In the end, Du Lee did not sleep at all. Sometimes she looked at his phone, and sometimes she looked out the window. She was afraid that her phone would ring and it would be Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun calling her.

In the morning, Du Lee's phone did not ring either. However, she was still very hot. Even though the air conditioner had been adjusted to its lowest temperature, it was still very unbearably hot and kept sweating.

She suspected she was sick.

For the rest of the day, Du Lee kept herself in her room, not eating nor drinking. She began to feel guilty, thinking that if she left like that yesterday, Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun would definitely blame her.

She didn't dare imagine how she would deal with Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun if they came to find her. Right now, she was even doubtful as to whether they were still alive.

In the evening, Du Lee went to the kitchen to get some food and drink, then returned to her room to rest.

It was also because Du Lee's parents were busy with work and worked overtime, so they did not notice anything abnormal about their daughter.

After another night, Du Lee's mood had gradually improved, but she still felt that her body was very hot. She continuously wiped her sweat with a tissue, and found that the trash can was filled to the brim with paper towels.

In the morning, she took a few days off from the company. She really didn't want to go back to work.

While she was at home, she felt that one thing she could do was find out more about the bar, especially about the accident at the bar.

Actually, Du Lee had been thinking about this since last night, but she was afraid at night.

She planned to start by checking the internet.

Du Lee was very familiar with the internet search function. Very quickly, she found the registration information about this bar on a website.

There wasn't much information, it was all basic.

"Establishment year 2003, address: XX Road XX, phone XXXXXXXX …"

Du Lee muttered. She realized that besides the bar being opened early, there was nothing special about it.

She then went to various news websites to check on the incident at the bar.

However, after searching for a long time, he came up empty-handed.

Du Lee felt that because the accident was not that big and it was a small place, it did not attract too much attention.

This would be more troublesome because she didn't know how to check the local news, newspapers, and the like. It was too unusual for her.

Suddenly, a person appeared in her mind. It was her university classmate, Wang Ming. He was currently employed by the Information Department of the Public Security Bureau. His birthday had also arrived the day before yesterday.

She thought that since it was the Public Security Bureau, they should be well-informed about the incident, so without hesitation, she dialed Wang Ming's number.

"Hello, Li-jie."

When they were studying, Wang Ming liked to call Du Lee that, and the two of them had a pretty good relationship.

"Is it convenient? "Help me investigate something."

Du Lee went straight to the point.

Therefore, she told Wang Ming the name and relevant information about the bar, and told him to check out the incident where the bar had been used.

"Wait a moment, I'll go and ask. I'll give you a call later."

Wang Ming died.

Du Lee then waited quietly on her phone.

After about an hour, Du Lee's phone rang.

"How is it? Did you manage to find out?"

"What a joke, can I not investigate the things that Sister Li asked me to do?"

"Then speak!"

"It's a fire."

"Fire? A fire? "

"Yeah, I heard that one night, the bar was set on fire on purpose and the iron door was locked. The hall was set ablaze and about 20 people died in the end. However, this matter gave the higher ups a lot of pressure, preventing them from reporting it. They said that it had a bad effect. "Oh yeah, don't speak nonsense outside as well. Otherwise, I'll be in trouble."

"Fire …" Who did? " Du Lee's heartbeat started to accelerate.

"We still haven't caught the culprit. Our internal analysis was done by the same team, but we were just a bit ruthless with our actions."

Du Lee suddenly thought back to that day in the bar, and indeed, she saw burn marks at the corner of the wall.

"However, the owner of that bar has a mechanism. After the incident occurs, he should close down immediately and fix it, clean up the traces of the fire and move away the things that were burned down. He probably wants to do business in the future …" Wang Ming continued.

Du Lee already felt that she was close to suffocating.

"I've told you everything I know. What else do you want to ask?" Wang Ming said at last.

"No, that's enough."

"Did you go to this bar often before? "Why did you suddenly think of asking me about this?"

"No, I asked for a friend, so I hung up first."

Du Lee did not wait for a reply and directly hung up.

After understanding all these, Du Lee vaguely understood what they met that night at the bar, and why it was so hot.

Burn more than 20 people!

These words kept repeating themselves in her mind.

That night, Du Lee was still sitting on the bed, lost in thought.

She felt as if she was cut off from the world. She didn't go out, she didn't interact with anyone. Her parents had come home very late these few days, so they were basically unable to speak.

Suddenly, her cell phone rang.

The caller displayed two words: Yang Lan!

Du Lee felt the sky spin and the earth spin, as if she was in a dream.

Yang Lan is calling! Yang Lan is calling!

Previously, she had suspected that Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun had died, or had been possessed by some strange thing. She was just glad that the two of them didn't come back to look for her.

She was hesitating whether to answer the call or not.

However, when her phone rang a second time, she answered with a trembling voice.

"Hey …" Du Lee's voice was so soft that she could barely hear herself.

"Hello …" Is it Lili? " The voice that came from the other end of the phone was also very soft.

Du Lee was very sure that it was Yang Lan's voice.

"Yeah." Du Lee replied.

"Oh …" Lili, are you still here? "

Yang Lan was baffled by this question.

"What do you mean? I'm fine, but you …" Is everything all right? " Du Lee asked.

"I'm fine too, I'm resting at home."

Hearing that Yang Lan's tone was more normal, Du Lee also gradually became bolder.

"That night …" After we went to the bar to look for the toilet, I left by myself. You guys didn't blame me, right? "

"It's fine. We left later on as well."

"Gone?"

"Yeah."

"Yang Lan, don't scare me like that, didn't you notice anything strange?"

"Yes!" Of course! That bar is not clean, we're scared to death! "

Hearing up to here, Du Lee had already confirmed that Yang Lan was normal. She heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that Yang Lan and Chen Zhijun was out of danger like her.

"Ai …" Me too! Haunted, that bar must be haunted! And, you may not know, there was a fire in that bar not long ago, and more than twenty people died! " Du Lee began to speak to Yang Lan using a normal tone.

"I know, I've checked as well."

"You checked as well?"

"Hmm, Chen Zhijun let one of his uncles investigate, and he investigated very carefully. It was early in the morning, and the bar had been set on fire near the end of the day. The walls on one side of the hall had all been set ablaze, so the people who died were the most miserable ones who were burned alive. Then there were also people who died in other parts of the hall, including the toilets. "Only those who squeezed in the corridor on the third floor managed to survive."

"Oh …" So it was like that. That... "You didn't notice when you were dancing …"

"Some of the shadows are dancing with us, aren't they?"

"So you know everything!" "Seriously, you didn't call me for the next two days. I was worried to death about you, so I thought you …"

"No, I'm fine. Actually... Lili... I won't call you because... I'm scared too. "

"What are you afraid of?"

"Afraid of you."

Du Lee's heart suddenly sank.

"Afraid of me … "What?" Du Lee asked again with that cautious tone.

"Lili, do you really not know anything?"

"What do I know?"

"Aren't you hot?"

Hearing that, Du Lee's heart was shaken.

"That night …" "When we dance …" Yang Lan continued, "Actually, Chen Zhijun and I have been looking at you this whole time, but … Those shadows beside us, tell us not to stop, let alone go to your side. Just dance with them for a while and then let us go safely. Results... We left the moment we saw you, but you didn't notice anything following you? "

Du Lee's heart skipped a beat, she was silent for a moment, then asked: "What is it?"

"You sat on the sofa that night and took a picture of yourself. You even sent it to your circle of friends, didn't you? Now look at the picture... "

Du Lee immediately opened WeChat and looked at the photo.

When he saw that photo, Du Lee's heart almost stopped beating. In the photo, her left and right sides were all filled with people, only showing her head. As for those people, they were all pitch-black, and their appearances were appalling. There were all kinds of burn marks on their skin, and sparks were emitting from their bodies. Obviously, it was the people who were burned alive!

Looking at the messages under the photo, Du Lee found that her friends were all teasing her, praising her for the excellent quality of the PS photos. Only Wang Ming sent a message just now and cautiously asked: "No way, Sister Li, what's the situation?"

"You must have seen it? "Back then, you were sitting in the disaster area, those people were burned alive, so they were the ones with the heaviest grievances. The shadows beside us also told us not to provoke those people …" Yang Lan continued to speak.

Du Lee was so scared that her face turned pale and he could not say a word.

"Lili, are you still listening? Lili... " Yang Lan asked anxiously.

Du Lee ignored Yang Lan, and slowly picked up her phone. She pointed the phone lens at herself, and took another picture.

At this moment, she thought of something even more terrifying.

She knew she had been hot for days, hotter even than she had been in the bar, but why?

The photo quickly gave her an answer.

Because in the photo she could see clearly that the charred, charred people were still close to her, filling the room.

Oh no!