"I'm a bit busy right now, I'll call you back in a while."

  He hung up the phone without waiting for a response from the other end. Putting his mobile phone back into his pocket, Wu Qi said to Cheng Wushuang with a full of apology:

  "Wait for me for a moment, I will settle this matter right away."

  Cheng Wushuang didn't respond, she just nodded lightly.

  Storming down to the lobby, Wu Qi happened to run into the restaurant manager, who was standing right there. Without beating around the bush, Wu Qi directly told the manager:

  "The service staff here have really bad tempers! Not only did they not provide all the utensils, but they also said we couldn't even speak!"

  The manager then called over the waiter and asked him:

  "What's going on? How can you not provide a full set of utensils for customers? And what did I always tell you, service comes first!"

  "It was him who deliberately looked for trouble, I provided tableware according to the number of people, his table had only one person so of course I only set out one set of tableware."

  "Fart!"

  Hearing the waiter still quibbling, Wu Qi couldn't help but scold him:

  "The person sitting opposite me has been fed by you?"

  At this time, the waiter who had taken Wu Qi upstairs earlier came over and whispered a few words in the manager's ear. The manager's expression also became strange after listening, but he still explained to Wu Qi very politely:

  "This staff is new, so he doesn't have much experience. It's just a set of tableware, I'll get someone to deliver it right away. Also, we're giving you a free bowl of spaghetti, that's the end of it. Is that okay with you?"

  Since the manager has already said so, Wu Qi also felt that it was not necessary to continue entangling, after all, Cheng Wushuang was still above, and he couldn't just leave him hanging there.

  "Fine, I'm too lazy to argue with you guys."

  After Wu Qi left, all the waiters on the first floor came up to ask:

  "What's going on?"

  Nothing, just a neurotic talking to himself, and he doesn't even realize it, still thinking there's someone sitting across from him...

  Wu Qigang had just reached the second floor when his mobile phone in his pocket rang again. It was still a call from his colleague Zhang Chuan:

  "What's going on, big brother?!"

  "Where are you?"

  "The restaurant is treating us to dinner, so let's keep it brief."

  "Personally I'm fine, it's just something wrong with the company."

  "What's wrong with the company?"

  "Director Cheng is dead!"

  "Director Cheng? Which Director Cheng?"

  Wu Qiyuan didn't react for a while, until Zhang Chuan said the man's name on the other end of the phone:

  "There's another director in our company, Cheng Wushuang. I was wondering why she didn't come to work today, and it turns out she's dead. I heard it was a murder case, the police have arrived."

  Wu Qi thought it was the most ridiculous joke he had ever heard and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  "Haha, are you interesting or not? Since Cheng Yusuo is dead, why don't you fabricate a story about me being dead?"

  "Grass, I'm telling the truth!"

  "What a coincidence! I'm having dinner with Cheng Wushuang right now."

  "What? Is this for real? Don't scare me."

  "Whoever cheats you is your son!"

  Without another word, Wu Qi ruthlessly pressed the hang-up button and also mentally sent his regards to Zhang Chuan's family.

  "The manager apologized and said they would bring up another set of tableware soon."

  Sitting down again, Wu Qi had already lost his previous composure, it can be seen that this meal was eaten with great failure, not only did it fail to deepen the feelings between them, but also made their relationship even more awkward.

  "Do you want to hear a story?"

  Cheng Wushuang's stiff face cracked a faint smile, and this smile made Wu Qi feel a chill run down his spine:

  "Okay, okay, what's the story?"

  "A little-known story."

  Cheng Wushuang finished speaking, and Wu Qi's eyes suddenly went dark. A squeezing pain spread from his entire body. In front of him was no longer the elegant restaurant, but a pitch-black darkness that stretched out endlessly.

  "Ah——!"

  After reacting, Wu Qi suddenly shouted in horror. He even doubted whether he was dreaming or not, but the cold pressure on his body kept reminding him that this was not a dream.

  "How could this be! What's going on! Xiaoshuang?"

  He shouted himself hoarse for a full five minutes before he finally accepted the fact that this was no longer that Western restaurant, and as for where it was, only ghosts would know.

  He felt that his body was stuck in something, and even a slight movement would cause the exposed skin to be rubbed painfully. Moreover, the temperature here was very low, and after just a short while, he was already shivering with cold.

  "Help! Save me..."

  He yelled hoarsely, but everything around him was eerily quiet, as if he would die here. He couldn't understand all this, because the last second he was still sitting in the dining room eating with Xiaoshuang, but the next second he inexplicably appeared in this ghostly place.

  "Yes, I still have my mobile phone, I can call the police!"

  He thought there was still a phone to use, so he wasn't as flustered as before. Enduring the stinging pain that had worn through his skin, he made a great effort to dig out his mobile phone from his pocket, but... the screen was black.

  "Damn it!"

  He held down the power button for a long time, but the screen still didn't show any light. He had to give up in despair. He kicked hard backwards, and with his movement, a dull "thud" sound came from behind, indicating that the path ahead was a dead end.

  However, he did not give up. Although the place where he was located was very narrow, if he endured the pain, his body could still move. He stretched out his hand to explore forward and fortunately did not encounter any obstacles, indicating that the front was open.

  He decided to crawl forward and take a look. The temperature here was very low, and if he just sat here waiting for death, he would likely freeze to death, so it was better to go all out and try his luck.

  He tried to press his body as low as possible, in order to reduce the friction between his skin and the surrounding environment. He started driving his body forward, crawling a short distance before stopping to pant heavily for half a day, then continuing with the previous action.

  He didn't know how long he had been crawling, but suddenly he heard a faint breathing sound coming from the front. As soon as he heard the breathing sound, all the hairs on his body stood up! Ahead... it seemed like there was something there!

  He didn't know what existed in front of him in the darkness, so he simply stopped and held his breath to listen carefully.

  "Hmm...hmm..."

  That sound seemed to be getting closer and closer to him, maybe twenty meters away, or perhaps even less than ten meters.

  "What exactly is that over there? A person, or..."

  Wu Qi suddenly thought of something, he raised his hand and carefully touched the surrounding area, the texture was a bit smooth and a bit rough to the touch, just like the cement pipes he used to climb on when he was young! That's it, that's the feeling!

  "Am I in a concrete pipe?"

  He had an incredible idea in his mind, and this idea told him that he was now in the pipe where Xiaofeng died that year.

  Cough!

  Just as he was about to find a reason to convince himself that this wasn't true, his hand in front of him was suddenly touched by something, and with just this slight touch, he was almost scared out of his wits, hastily shouting and backing away. But before he could even move, a chill ran down his neck, and a pair of hands grabbed his throat!

  Two bright red lights gradually appeared in his line of sight, and then a blurry face began to clear up. It was him! He remembered that this was the child who climbed onto Cheng Wushuang's body that day!

  "Xiao Xiao Feng, it wasn't me who killed you, they were the ones who made the decision... Don't kill me, don't kill me!"

  Wu Qi stood up with a fierce expression, which again attracted the attention of the surrounding customers. In the end, it was still the manager who came running over to calm him down.

  "What is this?"

  Wu Qi came out of that state, looking blankly at the people in the restaurant, and also looked blankly at the restaurant manager.

  "Are you okay, sir?"

  "I'm fine."

  "By the way, I want to ask you something, am I the only one who came to eat today?"

  "Yes, it's just you alone!"

  At these words, Wu Qi's mind buzzed and his body was once again drenched in cold sweat. He had run into a ghost.

  At the same time, Wu Qi's company.

  "Say what you just said again!"

  Facing Xiao Mo's icy face, Zhang Chuan's smile looked extremely awkward, and he hastily explained:

  "Just pretend I was joking earlier, really, hehe..."

  "If I didn't mishear, you just said that someone named Wu Qi called you and said he was having dinner with the deceased, is that right?"

  "Officer, I assure you I didn't mean to fool you. You asked me if I saw or heard anything related to the supernatural, right?"

  Xiao Mo waved his hand and didn't want to listen to Zhang Chuan's meaningless words anymore. He asked again in a heavier tone:

  "I just want to ask you, what you said earlier, was it something you came up with yourself or did that person named Wu Qi tell you?"

  "It was Wu Ji and I who said it, I guess he didn't believe that Manager Cheng would die, so he made a joke with me."

  Xiao Mo nodded and indicated that Zhang Chuan could leave. He then found Zhang Tianyi, who was inquiring about other employees nearby:

  "There is an employee named Wu Qi, who may also be related to this incident, we should investigate him."