Chapter 45: How Could I Possibly Be a Doll?
With clear projected images and the occasional page-turning of realistic pictures, Chu Jiang managed to frighten the Sun Xiaomans, who screamed in surprise!
But they dared not stop looking for counterfeit goods, so they had to force themselves and torture themselves, until their eyes became red.
Soon, there was a knocking sound outside room 401.
"Hello, is there something wrong?"
The woman's voice from outside carried a hint of impatience.
Chu Jiang was speechless. Why was this rich lady so righteous? And this rundown hotel had terrible soundproofing.
So Chu Jiang paused his teaching, and with his gaze signaled for number one to respond; then he pointed at number two and made a gesture to be quiet.
Sun Xiaoman and the others followed suit with a pained expression.
Soon, the voice of number one rang out, "It's nothing, I'm watching a horror movie in Mr. Chu's room, sorry to disturb you."
Luckily, there weren't many guests in the hotel today. Only the guests in rooms 302, 303, and 304 remained. And the mysterious person in room 304 rarely came out, otherwise someone might want to call the police.
"Oh, I see. Sorry about that, please continue."
After the unrelated person left, the anatomy class continued.
This time, both Sun Xiaomans tried to lower their voices, but soon tears still flowed uncontrollably.
Chu Jiang simply ignored them and continued with his stern teaching.
......
Soon, half an hour had passed and the projector was still playing.
But the Sun Xiaomans were almost numb, with dried tear marks on their faces.
It must be said that this ghost was really difficult to deal with, as it didn't show any weaknesses during this time.
Actually, during the observation, Sun Xiaoman One and Sun Xiaoman Two secretly watched each other's expressions. But even they themselves despairingly realized that there was really nothing wrong.
Chu Jiang seemed unstoppable, flipping through one book after another.
But suddenly, as everyone was engrossed, there was a "whoosh!" sound! All the lights in the room went out, whether it was the small desk lamp or the projector, and room 401 was instantly engulfed in darkness!
"Ah!" Sun Xiaoman and the others screamed simultaneously, rolling off their beds and landing on the floor, one on the left and one on the right.
Obviously, this sudden change made them think that the life-like dolls were about to come to life.
"Don't panic, it's just a power outage." Chu Jiang's voice remained calm.
"It could also be a circuit breaker tripping. I heard a click earlier, maybe it has something to do with the projector. Speaking of which, it doesn't seem to consume much electricity."
With a puzzled voice, Chu Jiang turned on the flashlight on his phone and walked to the corridor, pushing the room's circuit breaker switch back up.
As soon as he pushed it, the room immediately lit up again, with both the desk lamp and the projector shining brightly.
As for No. 1 and No. 2, they were both tied up with ropes, now separated by a bed, looking utterly helpless.
Chu Jiang walked casually over to Number Two and pulled her up.
Just when Number One thought that Chu Jiang would treat them equally and come to their aid, she was surprised to see him untie the rope for Number Two.
Number Two seemed a bit confused, "Do we need a different method since the human anatomy class wasn't helpful?"
"Yes," replied Chu Jiang casually.
However, after untying her, Chu Jiang pulled Number Two behind him and without turning his head, he said, "Go outside, I'll take care of the rest."
Now, not only was Number One struggling to stand up from the edge of the bed, but even Number Two looked at Chu Jiang in disbelief from behind him.
"This... I... How did you know I was the real one? Even though I am indeed the real one."
Number One was on the verge of tears, "I am the real one! Don't believe me? Feel my hand, my face, I'm warm, I'm alive!"
Chu Jiang rubbed his forehead, "Can't you wait until I solve this matter before asking?"
"Never mind, it's very simple. I arranged this power outage."
"I knew from the beginning that the mannequin wouldn't get excited when it saw anatomical information."
"It's highly likely that it would be like the real Sun Xiaoman, afraid to look but unable to resist."
"So I planned an 'accident'."
"I believe that in the most unexpected situations, we can discover things that are usually invisible."
"You can imagine being engrossed in a movie that you're particularly obsessed with and love."
"But halfway through, just when the movie is getting exciting, the cinema suddenly goes black, and everything is gone."
Chu Jiang said while gesturing an explosion, "At this point, I think whether you're a human or a ghost, you should have some kind of reaction."
"Of course, if the ghost doesn't show any difference from humans, then it's impressive, and the plan fails."
"But I still succeeded. Obviously, this ghost's instincts are very strong, it's something it can't control. Just like a newborn baby, who knows nothing but still knows to drink milk."
"In that moment of power outage, I stared at both of your faces."
"Even in the darkness, I could still see clearly. At that moment, I noticed a momentary blank expression on Number One, or I could say she was momentarily stuck. In that instant, she had no expression on her face."
"As for Number Two, her momentary expression was confusion, she was caught off guard, and it transformed into fear the next moment."
"So, even though your screams sounded at the same time, your expressions were different before you screamed."
"Just based on this, I could tell who the real Sun Xiaoman was and who the fake Sun Xiaoman was."
After listening to Chu Jiang's analysis, Sun Xiaoman stood behind him, and she couldn't hide her admiration in her eyes. This guy was too clever, and his brain was too sharp, right?!
Of course, Sun Xiaoman still didn't understand how Chu Jiang precisely controlled the time of the power outage and why he could see in the dark with his naked eye.
But that didn't stop her from feeling excited and joyful at this moment, as well as being in awe of Chu Jiang.
As for room 401, Sun Xiaoman, who entered early at nine o'clock, had a completely shocked and unbelieving expression on her face at this moment.
Tears rolled down her eyes, as she shook her head continuously, murmuring, "How is this possible? How is this possible? How can I be fake?"
"I am Sun Xiaoman, I have all the memories and emotions from the past. How can I be a doll? You must have misunderstood something..."
Upon witnessing this scene, the Sun Xiaoman behind Chu Jiang fell into silence for a moment.
The joy in her heart was instantly dampened by half. It seemed that this monster really thought of herself as Sun Xiaoman.
Chu Jiang calmly watched the other person. If his guess was correct, then...
Sure enough, Number One's body unknowingly underwent changes. Her figure became blurred for a moment and then transformed into a lifelike humanoid with human skin color.
The expression in the doll's eyes showed no sadness or self-doubt, only complete silence.
It was a ghost, and ghosts have no emotions, even though it still had "Sun Xiaoman's" tears on its face...
