I have a ghost diary

After taking the elevator to the fourth floor, Sun Xiaoman hid the baton behind her back.

This thing is very well concealed; when retracted, it's only the length of a flashlight, but when flung out, it becomes a stick.

The fourth floor was very quiet. Sun Xiaoman tried to remain calm as she arrived at the door of room 401.

She didn't ring the doorbell, but simply knocked lightly on the door with one hand. "Are you there?"

Chu Jiang's voice came from inside the door very quickly, "Are you there, Xiaoman? Why did you come early?"

Hearing the perfectly normal voice, Sun Xiaoman breathed a sigh of relief. But suddenly, she tensed up again, realizing she couldn't let her guard down; perhaps it was a puppet making the noise.

Why didn't you answer the phone when I called your room?

"Huh? Did you call? I didn't hear it?" Chu Jiang's voice was getting closer and closer to the door, as if he was about to come over and open it.

This caused Sun Xiaoman to instinctively take several steps back, her hands behind her back, gripping the baton tightly.

"Is the landline broken?" The door opened as the voice spoke, and Chu Jiang leaned out to look at the person outside.

Sun Xiaoman looked over and found that Chu Jiang was otherwise normal except for being a little pale, but she was still a little nervous. "You, you open the door completely."

Chu Jiang found this somewhat amusing. He opened the door open and found everything in the room normal, with some instruments or something similar, but he didn't see any exorcism formation.

Sun Xiaoman secretly glanced at it twice and found nothing unusual, which finally put her at ease.

Chu Jiang stared at her hidden hands. "You brought a weapon? Are you afraid I've already been harmed by something evil?"

Sun Xiaoman was a little embarrassed. She took out her baton and said, "That's how it is, but I'm glad you're alright."

"I'm going downstairs now, and I'll come back up after we close at 11 o'clock."

“Alright, since you’re already here, do you want to come in and take a look?” Chu Jiang stepped aside to let people in. “I am a ghost master, someone who actually deals with ghosts.”

"The things I use to catch ghosts are definitely not paper talismans or dog blood."

Sun Xiaoman was very curious. She bit her lower lip before saying, "Then I'll just take a look and leave."

"Whatever." Chu Jiang casually walked in first, without even closing the door.

Sun Xiaoman followed step by step, still a little nervous, so she did not put down the baton in her hand.

Upon entering the room, you'll find a small master bedroom furnished with a bed, wardrobe, bedside table, and a desk, along with a separate bathroom.

But at this moment, there is a projector on the bed, already plugged in, and a white home projection screen hanging on the wall directly opposite.

On the other side, there was a stack of books on the desk, but nothing else seemed out of the ordinary.

Those in the know understand that Chu Jiang is out to catch a ghost. Those who don't might think he's running a private tutoring class, or even some kind of guerrilla warfare operation at the hotel.

Sun Xiaoman was stunned by what she saw. It was completely different from what she had imagined. Was it going to lock the ghost inside the projector? Like in those modern ghost movies?

While Sun Xiaoman was in a daze, Chu Jiang silently walked up behind her.

In less than a second, Chu Jiang removed the baton from Sun Xiaoman's right hand, tied her hands behind her back, and pushed her down onto the bed!

"Ah~!" Sun Xiaoman screamed, "What are you doing? Let go of me!!"

Chu Jiang calmly and slowly first sealed Sun Xiaoman's mouth with tape, then took out a nylon rope that he had prepared beforehand from under the bed and tied the woman up tightly, one loop after another.

During this process, even though Sun Xiaoman struggled desperately, she could not cause Chu Jiang any disturbance.

She discovered in despair that this seemingly weak and frail boy was actually incredibly strong, even stronger than the dismembered thug.

Then Chu Jiang ran to close the door.

Just then, the girl from apartment 302 ran up the stairs and cautiously peeked out, asking, "Is everything alright? I heard some strange noises."

Chu Jiang smiled at her, "It's just a phone call, why are you worried I'll kidnap the boss's wife? She's on the first floor, go down and see for yourself if you don't believe me."

The girl in the baseball cap left with some doubt, while Chu Jiang easily closed the door.

Then he went back into the room, brought over a chair, and sat down opposite Sun Xiaoman, who was bound hand and foot.

At this moment, Sun Xiaoman's expression was incredibly complex, a mixture of anger, fear, and sorrow.

How could she be so stupid? So easily trusting others, she was just kidnapped by thugs not long ago, and now she's been kidnapped by a beast in human form.

Chu Jiang simply smiled slightly. "Feeling wronged? I need to clarify this. I'm a good person, don't slander me."

Before Sun Xiaoman could show an even more indignant expression, Chu Jiang said, "I know you don't believe me. Well then, let's look at something interesting."

Chapter 42 Unable to Prove Itself

Chu Jiang didn't turn on the projector that had been prepared beforehand; instead, he took out his own phone.

He tapped a few times, then flipped the phone screen horizontally so that Sun Xiaoman on the bed could see the image on the screen.

The scene above was very familiar to Sun Xiaoman; wasn't this the front desk on the first floor of the hotel?

However, at this moment, the front desk was not empty; another "Sun Xiaoman" was standing behind it.

Standing opposite her was the young, wealthy woman from room 302.

Because the viewpoint was directly facing the front desk, although the facial details of Sun Xiaoman and the young rich woman were not clearly visible on the phone, there was no doubt that these were the two of them.

They seemed to be talking about something, and the young rich woman was gesturing wildly, trying to clearly describe the sounds she was hearing.

Sun Xiaoman, who was behind the scenes, seemed quite calm, patiently explaining something.

Soon after, the young rich woman went back to her room to sleep, seemingly putting aside her doubts for the time being.

Only after the young heiress completely disappeared from the screen did Sun Xiaoman reveal a lingering fear. She immediately picked up the landline phone at the front desk and quickly dialed a number.

Soon, the landline phone in room 401 rang, but Chu Jiang didn't answer it at all, as if he hadn't heard it.

Chu Jiang put his phone away only after the phone had completely stopped ringing.

He calmly said, "Now you know why I tied you up, right?"

After saying that, Chu Jiang warned, "Don't scream. I can peel the tape off your mouth. Can you do that?"

Sun Xiaoman's body was trembling slightly, but she still nodded.

So Chu Jiang stepped forward and tore off the tape.

As soon as she was able to speak, Sun Xiaoman immediately said, "I really am!"

After she finished speaking, she realized what she had said, immediately lowered her voice, and emphasized again, "I'm the one who's telling the truth, believe me." She looked like she was about to cry.

Seeing that Chu Jiang remained silent and was only looking at her with a scrutinizing gaze, Sun Xiaoman continued to defend herself: "I know you have doubts, but I am sure it is true, because this morning, the person who told you the whole truth was me."

"If you don't believe me, you can ask me any question. I can answer any detail about our time together."

"When I snatched that rice noodle roll from your hand, did you step out with your left foot or your right foot first?" Chu Jiang immediately asked a question that could be described as "difficult."

Sun Xiaoman was stunned. "You...I...how would I know this?? I couldn't possibly remember this!"

Chu Jiang shrugged. "It seems this ghost is very cunning. It really copied all of Sun Xiaoman's reactions without being so simplistic as to directly expose any flaws."

Upon hearing this, Sun Xiaoman realized that if she could answer which foot the other person stepped with first, then she was very likely a ghost, because only a ghost could remember every detail so perfectly.

Of course, Chu Jiang didn't believe her at this moment. He had already said that this ghost had copied all the reactions of a real person.

"Don't rush to defend yourself, listen to me first." Chu Jiang raised his hand, stopping Sun Xiaoman from speaking further.

At this moment, Sun Xiaoman had no choice but to obey, otherwise who knew what this man might do.

“I told you, I’m a good person. So believe me, if you really are, I would never hurt you.” Chu Jiang’s expression was very serious.

"Then let me ask you a question: can that imposter simultaneously access all your memories and thoughts?"

"Think it over carefully before answering my question."

Sun Xiaoman on the bed paused for a moment, then frowned and began to think seriously.

After a while, she slowly nodded with a grim expression, "It seems so. It can always communicate fluently with everyone around me without any obstacles."

"It's as if it knows everything I know, and I have no secrets from it."

“That’s right.” Chu Jiang clasped his hands together.

"Believe it or not, when that person on the first floor comes over later, she will also say that she was the one who told me the whole truth this morning? And she can also recall the general details."

“But I don’t have that ability.” Sun Xiaoman remembered something. “Do you remember what I told you? An aunt gave me a bag of mangoes, but I had no idea that happened.”

Chu Jiang nodded. "I remember, but here's the problem: ghosts can lie. Or rather, ghosts can replicate a real person's thought process to answer questions."

“You can say you don’t know about this; the one on the first floor can also say she doesn’t know about this.”

Upon hearing this, Sun Xiaoman was on the verge of collapse. "So, you're saying I can't prove myself?"

"More or less." Chu Jiang didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

"How about we wait until eleven o'clock? The one on the first floor will definitely come over then. I'll treat her the same way and tie her up too, so the two of you can have a face-to-face confrontation."

"Of course, at this stage, you are at a greater disadvantage."

"Because I told Sun Xiaoman to come after closing time, but you came early."

Lying on the bed, Sun Xiaoman just wanted to bang her head against the wall. "I was worried about you, why didn't you answer my calls?!"

"Besides, I didn't intend to come into the room at first. After seeing that you were safe, I was going to go back to the first floor, but you deliberately led me in and then tied me up."

Chu Jiang nodded, "I did it on purpose, because I was planning from the beginning to do what that thug did and tie you both up."

"I'm deliberately not answering the phone; it's just a way to distract you. Whether it's true or not, I'll kidnap as many as I can."

"The reason for doing this is very simple: when I was alone with Sun Xiaoman, I couldn't tell which one was real and which one was fake."

"I am a human being, not a god. I need to put the truth and the falsehood in front of me to make a judgment."

Sun Xiaoman looked like she wanted to die. "Can you please not be so extreme? Tell me properly, and I will definitely cooperate with you."

Chu Jiang shook his head. "Based on your previous description, the imposter is very cunning."

1. It almost never appears in front of you; you rarely see it.

"2. When you are with other people, imposters usually don't show up."

"So how exactly did that thug tie you two up together and force you to meet? This breaks two rules."

This question surprised Sun Xiaoman; she hadn't really thought about it before.

She thought for a long time before slowly answering, "Because if you don't meet me, the imposter will be exposed?"