Ji Mingxia hid in a corner behind the gazebo. His eyes were tightly closed and he covered his mouth and nose  to breathe as lightly as possible.

The wind blowing by the lake was so cool that it made Ji Mingxia’s whole back end cold and chilly.

There was silence all around, no sound, as if he was the only one left in the world. He tried his best to endure it as he squatted stiffly and dared to move.

After a long time had passed, Ji Mingxia suddenly noticed that the wind had stopped.

The temperature quickly warmed up, as if it was a summer night again. There was the occasional sound of the lake water flowing, the lapping sound was a bit peaceful and calm.

Ji Mingxia opened his eyes and looked around.

He was still on the lake, the gazebo and the corridor were still the same, but that scary and eerie feeling had somehow disappeared.

Just then, the sound of footsteps came from the distance.

Ji Mingxia’s heart tightened and before he could see who was coming, a red light was emitted from his jacket pocket.

Ji Mingxia was startled and he hurriedly used his hand to block the glowing area.

The light was like a living creature, and although Ji Mingxia covered it, it sprang out from his fingers and twisted nimbly in the air.

The more Ji Mingxia looked at it, the more he felt that the red light was familiar, but before he could recall, the red light leisurely drifted aside.

There was a man standing there, and the red light fell onto his hand, filling up the gap in the inner ring on his hand, and the whole ring was finally restored.

Through the red light and the moonlight, Ji Mingxia could see the other person’s face at once.

“Yu Ning!”  Ji Mingxia’s heart sank with relief the moment he saw Yu Ning and he could barely contain himself from calling his name.

With calm restored all around, and the ring on Yu Ning’s hand, his intuition told Ji Mingxia that this Yu Ning was real.

He could hardly wait to get up and ran to Yu Ning.

As a result, he was in such a hurry to run that he didn’t pay attention to the steps of the gazebo and almost tripped and fell in front of Yu Ning.

The ring on Yu Ning’s hand was still glowing, and when he saw Ji Mingxia tripping, he hurriedly reached out to help him.

Ji Mingxia was caught and his face was buried directly in Yu Ning’s chest.

Although it was a little awkward, this physical contact made Ji Mingxia even more certain that this was the real Yu Ning.

He held onto Yu Ning’s arm and steadied his body. He was just about to ask Yu Ning what he had just experienced, however, when he raised his head and saw Yu Ning’s face up close, Ji Mingxia was stunned.

“Mingxia? Are you alright?” Yu Ning held Ji Mingxia up and when he saw him dumbfounded, he quickly asked with concern.

“Ah? I’m fine.” Ji Mingxia said, looking at Yu Ning’s face with some uncertainty, “Yu Ning, your eyes ……”

Yu Ning’s eyes were originally one grey and one black, but he didn’t know if it was his illusion as both of Yu Ning’s eyes had turned grey?

Yu Ning’s grey eye had a very light pupil colour. One grey eye was already quite scary, and these two eyes were both grey so it looked like there were no pupils, only a glittering grey light in the two eyes. Coupled with Yu Ning’s delicate face, they looked very intimidating at night.

Fortunately, Ji Mingxia was already familiar with Yu Ning. If he had seen this look when he transmigrated, his legs would have gone weak on the spot and he wouldn’t even dare to take a second look.

The expression on Yu Ning’s face stiffened for a moment. He closed his eyes and opened them again a moment later, then looked at Ji Mingxia and said, “How about this?”

“They are back to usual.” Ji Mingxia looked into Yu Ning’s eyes and was surprised, “Your eyes change colour?”

Yu Ning looked at the ring on his hand, “It should be caused by using it.”

Ji Mingxia looked at Yu Ning’s face and then at the ring, puzzled.

It had been said in the novel that Yu Ning had a special physique, but because he hadn’t received any mysterious items, he hadn’t unlocked any special functions at all.

Thinking back, every time Pei Yuan, the protagonist gong confronted mysterious items, he suffered. He would either lose his strength or get injured, so Ji Mingxia hurriedly inquired, “Yu Ning, how are you feeling now, is there any discomfort in your body?”

Yu Ning shook his head.

Ji Mingxia saw that his entire body was intact. Aside for his face which was habitually pale, it really did not look like he had been tortured by the ghost. He thought for a moment and asked, “Then, can both eyes turn black?”

“It seems like they can’t.” Yu Ning said.

Ji Mingxia was afraid that Yu Ning would feel sad because of this, and he hurriedly said comfortingly, “It’s alright. When we go back, we’ll buy a box of eye contacts, red and yellow and green. We can match them to your mood, and we can buy whatever colour you want.”

Yu Ning smiled faintly at his words.

When he was young, he was particularly mindful of all the suffering these eyes had caused him.

But as he grew up, he had long since gotten used to it.

When he was young, he didn’t know that there were such things as contacts, nor was he in a position to buy them. But when he grew up and could afford them, they were no longer necessary.

People feared him, loathed him, and the origin was these eyes. However, it was not entirely because of his eyes, but also because of the various rumours surrounding him.

And these rumours were not all false; after all, he could indeed see things that ordinary people could not.

He was born that way, those who minded his eyes would not be close to him, and those who did not, so far, were only Ji Mingxia.

“Let’s go back first.” Yu Ning said to Ji Mingxia.

“That ghost……,” Ji Mingxia pointed to the box not far away.

Yu Ning took out the trinket-like bronze mirror. He handed it to Ji Mingxia and said, “It won’t appear again.”

When the changes that had just taken place, Ji Mingxia had already guessed that Yu Ning must have solved the one behind the scenes and they were once again safe.

But Ji Mingxia didn’t expect that Yu Ning had gotten another mysterious item.

Moreover, this mysterious item was not the ring in Li Youzi’s hand, but a brand new mysterious item that looked like a miniature bronze mirror?!

“This is a new mysterious item …… You actually got another mysterious item?!” Ji Mingxia said in shock, “Wasn’t it Li Youzi who was up to no good?”

“No, Li Youzi isn’t even in the hotel.” Yu Ning said.

Ji Mingxia was stunned at the words and he was completely confused.

Li Youzi’s Weibo post clearly said that she was resting inside the Quanzhuang hotel.

The first night they came to the hotel, they first encountered the mysterious incident and Zhao Zhuoye saw a ghost similar to Li Youzi.

But Yu Ning was now saying that Li Youzi was not in the hotel at all?

“What the hell is going on….” Ji Mingxia asked in shock.

Yu Ning was still holding Ji Mingxia’s wrist and their body temperatures were almost the same as Ji Mingxia had been hiding in the gazebo for a long time and was in the cold wind.

Yu Ning said, “It’s windy here, let’s go back and then talk.”

“Oh, okay.” Ji Mingxia was filled with a jumble of various clues, and after hearing Yu Ning say this, he nodded his head in a daze, obediently following Yu Ning away from lakeside and towards their room.

As soon as they returned to the double room, Yu Ning made hot tea for Ji Mingxia, then placed the ring and the newly acquired bronze mirror on the coffee table.

The yellow light in the bedroom was warm and inviting, as if all the strange events that had happened tonight had been a dream.

However, the two mysterious objects on the coffee table reminded Ji Mingxia that everything was real.

These two mysterious objects were small, but under the light, they were luminous and as exquisite as if they were alive. They didn’t look like ordinary objects at first glance.

Ji Mingxia felt that this bronze mirror looked familiar, but he could not remember where this familiarity came from.

It had been less than a month since he had transmigrated and in just a few days, he and Yu Ning had gotten two mysterious items.

Isn’t this pace too fast?

I’m afraid that even the protagonist gong wasn’t this efficient.

Ji Mingxia looked at the mysterious items with mixed feelings in his heart, but his curiosity about what was going on here won.

Yu Ning saw Ji Mingxia’s face become rosy after a cup of hot tea, and only then did he slowly begin to tell the story.

On his first day at the hotel, they encountered a paranormal event, and both Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia reflexively thought that it was all related to Li Youzi.

After all, Li Youzi had released a real time location on Weibo, and Zhao Zhuoye had met the danger only after seeing “Li Youzi” with his own eyes.

It wasn’t until the next day when everyone lost their memories and Yu Ning encountered the Faceless Man, that he began to have doubts.

“The way the ghosts appeared, the length and coverage of the attacks, and even the way the ghosts manifested themselves, were all completely different from the first ring. So I tried to contact the hotel and the hotel manager’s behavior confirmed my suspicions.” Yu Ning said.

Ji Mingxia carefully recalled all the details.

Immediately after the Faceless Man at the spa had disappeared, Yu Ning had dragged him to check the hotel’s surveillance. He did have suspicions in his heart, but Yu Ning had quickly provided an explanation.

If he remembered correctly, all the suspicions had been summarized after returning from the spa pavilion.

First, they had confirmed that Zhao Zhuoye and the others were among the safe ones, and that those who had lost their memory would not be targeted by the ghosts.

Second, the ghost was very active, and the attack frequency was increasing after each time, so they had to act early in order to protect themselves.

So the two of them took the initiative to venture out to the restaurant on the lake in the middle of the night.

In Ji Mingxia’s view, it was just a short encounter with the hotel manager, and it was already very difficult to distill these two important facts.

To his surprise, Yu Ning was telling him that there was more information that existed, and Yu Ning had confirmed it in his mind.

Ji Mingxia looked at Yu Ning in shock, his mind simply filled with question marks.

They had been glued together the entire time, and everything Yu Ning had experienced, he had experienced as well. So why was it like he had lost his memory and had found no clues whatsoever!

Although it was an established fact that there was a difference between an academic tyrant and a mortal… this difference was too big!

“Besides those two points we discussed previously…… are there any clues that I haven’t noticed?” Ji Mingxia asked in a daze.

In his opinion, the whole thing was very clear and simple. He couldn’t even think of any details he had overlooked.

Seeing Ji Mingxia’s confusion, Yu Ning explained, “First of all, it was the different attacking methods of the ghosts that made me suspect that there was a second mysterious item.”

Ji Mingxia nodded earnestly.

Yu Ning said, “The purpose of skipping the spa and going straight to the hotel to check the surveillance was to prove whether the amnesiacs were purely tourists only, or everyone.”

This was something they had discussed before, and it was also why they were able to confirm that Zhao Zhuoye and the others were safe.

Up to this point, everything was still within Ji Mingxia’s understanding.

Like a student listening attentively, he nodded again to show his understanding.

Yu Ning said, “So, why did the hotel cooperate with us so much when our actions were clearly unreasonable?”

“Huh?” Ji Mingxia did not expect Yu Ning to ask this question. He was stunned for a moment and was instantly stuck.

This kind of reverse thinking had never occurred to him at all.

Ji Mingxia said, “Maybe it’s for the sake of the hotel’s reputation? After all, just the day before, guests almost drowned, and this next day ……”

Yu Ning said to Ji Mingxia, “Mingxia, you’re forgetting, the entire hotel had amnesia, only the two of us had our memories.”

Guys, sooo sorry for the late update!! But I hope you all had a great weekend.

Also, I'll be separating any chapters that have more than 4000 words into two I don't want to die on one chapter.Ji Mingxia stared at Yu Ning blankly,  only after a few seconds did he suddenly react and almost jumped up from his spot.

Tong Jing was the head of the hotel and could mobilise all the staff in the hotel.

They were able to meet Tong Jing because on the first night, he and Zhao Zhuoye had fallen into the water and almost died.

In any hotel, the safety of customers’ lives is considered very important, and in serious accidents, it could make the social news pages.

Such an incident must be resolved by the highest-ranking person in charge.

However, there was no accident at the spa, and in the eyes of outsiders, it was just Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning’s nonsense.

In that situation, Tong Jing, the person in charge, not only appeared, but was even very cooperative.

When Yu Ning said he suspected that the SPA was unclean, Tong Jing personally sent people to the SPA and went to great lengths to investigate.

After concluding that there were no problems, not only did she not blame them, but she even gave them a gift.

Ji Mingxia still retained the memory of the previous day and at first glance, there was nothing unusual about Tong Jing’s behavior.

But once you think out of the box and think about it carefully, it was simply too abnormal.

They were just ordinary guests, why would the hotel cooperate with them like that?

Yu Ning woke up the dreamer with a word, and once enlightened, Ji Mingxia had no other thought in his head than “shit”.

Ji Mingxia looked at Yu Ning and said, “So, you began to suspect Tong Jing since then?”

Yu Ning nodded, “Well, after checking out bills, I was 100% sure it was her.”

“Checking the bills?” Ji Mingxia looked at Yu Ning in confusion.

It was only after a few seconds that Ji Mingxia suddenly remembered. While waiting for the surveillance video to be sent over, Yu Ning had refused Tong Jing’s kind offer and inquired about how much would be refunded if they left that day.

Ji Mingxia looked at Yu Ning in shock: “I thought you were calculating our bills, as well as Zhao Zhuoye’s  and the others, to see how much should be refunded after checking out.”

Yu Ning said, “They were safe and did not need to check out, it was actually us who should have checked out.”

Ji Mingxia said, “But we were here for the ring, we couldn’t leave either ……”

Thinking back now, Ji Mingxia found that Yu Ning’s request to calculate the room charge was, in fact, illogical.

But then again, no one other than Yu Ning himself would suspect that there was anything wrong with his actions.

After all, having just expressed his dissatisfaction with the hotel, it was a normal act to ask for a refund.

Ji Mingxia said, “So, why were you calculating the bills?”

Yu Ning said, “Do you still remember that after you and Zhao Zhouye fell into the water, Tong Jing promised to upgrade all of us to lifetime VIP membership on behalf of the hotel as a gesture of apology.”

Ji Mingxia thought about it, and it seemed that there was such a thing.

But at that time, his attention was all on the paranormal incident, and he didn’t give any attention to the compensation.

Fortunately, it had happened just two days ago and Yu Ning had reminded him in time. Otherwise, if it had been a little longer, Ji Mingxia would have forgotten all about this detail.

Thinking about this, Ji Mingxia pondered, “The hotel promised us lifetime VIP membership, but there was collective memory loss the next day. Did you check the room charge to see whether the VIP membership promised was still there?”

Yu Ning nodded, “The VIP member information was registered within the data information database. The unique energy of the mysterious item was able to make people lose their memories, I wanted to see if it could make software lose its data as well.”

Ji Mingxia did not expect that Yu Ning had considered even this detail.

That was simply mystical power against scientific power.

Ji Mingxia no longer knew what to say. He thought it was just an ordinary surveillance investigation, and he never thought that Yu Ning had a deeper intention.

He had almost forgotten about the VIP membership and room fee calculation, much less paying attention to the details surrounding them.

He looked at Yu Ning with some impatience and enquired, “So what conclusion did you come up with?”

Yu Ning said, “Based on the room fee calculation results, Zhao Zhuoye and the others were still ordinary users, while us two were lifetime VIP members in the information database.”

“Only the two of us? No upgrade for Zhao Zhouye and the others?” Ji Mingxia asked in surprise, then suddenly remembered something, “Oh, I also remember that we got a VIP room because there were no double rooms. The hotel agreed to change the room and upgraded us to a VIP one .”

Yu Ning said, “Yes, it was temporarily agreed and they only gave us the upgrade. When Zhao Zhouye met the ghost, it didn’t take the initiative to attack, but when it came to us, it was more aggressive.”

The scenes from the past two days flashed through his mind, and a chill gradually crept up Ji Mingxia’s spine.

Ji Mingxia looked at Yu Ning: “You mean that Zhao Zhuoye’s incident was an accident? The ghost did not want to deal with him, and that its target was only the two of us? We were already being targeted the moment we entered the hotel?”

Yu Ning nodded.

By this point, Ji Mingxia had finally understood what was going on.

Mysterious items were capable of devouring each other.

Tong Jing’s first prey should have been Li Youzi.

For some unknown reason, Li Youzi was currently not in the hotel, but it didn’t matter as Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning delivered themselves to her door.

Anyway, they were all rings, it didn't matter which one she ate so naturally, Tong Jing won’t turn down any offers.

No wonder they were suddenly given an upgrade yet there was clearly no room at the beginning. Ji Mingxia thought he was taking advantage of them, but it turned out that the other party had already set their eyes on them.

Giving benefits in advance facilitated various operations to follow. The hotel’s reputation was stabilized, while the prey would be eaten quietly.

‘I have to say, this Tong Jing is quite meticulous and very skilled. If not for Yu Ning, I would have died without knowing that I’d been played like this.’

‘But, now I have a new question. Tong Jing is so powerful, how did Yu Ning manage to not only beat her down, but also subdue the bronze mirror?’

At least the two of them worked together last time, and although he didn’t play any role, he was involved throughout the whole process.

But because of the illusion this time, they were separated. Ji Mingxia was running away the whole time, but in a few moments’ time, Yu Ning’s side was surprisingly finished.

Faced with Ji Mingxia’s question, Yu Ning explained, “Do you remember what that driver told you before we came to the Quanzhuang hotel?”

“Driver? You mean the …… ghost hitting the wall?” Ji Mingxia said as he thought back.

Yu Ning said, “For long distance drivers, driving while fatigued is most likely to occur at night. People in a state of fatigue are most likely to have all kinds of hallucinations. During the driving process, these drivers are most worried about two situations; one is to hit something that shouldn’t be hit, the second is to take the wrong road, which is commonly known as the ghost hitting the wall.”

Ji Mingxia went back into listening mode and looked at Yu Ning curiously, “This could only mean that there is something supernatural around the hotel. Is there a connection with the ring and the bronze mirror?”

Yu Ning patiently said, “The ghost hitting the wall was something that happened a few years ago, at that time, Li Youzi and Lin Siyun were still just ordinary students and hadn’t gotten the rings yet.”

Ji Mingxia was reminded of this and was shocked to realise that the two events, although seemingly the same thing, were not in the same time period.

In this way, not only did it confirm that the events happening in the hotel were unrelated to the ring, but it also showed a possibility that there was another mysterious item at work.

Yu Ning revealed so much information that Ji Mingxia’s brain finally started turning.

He immediately came to his senses and made a guess, “If a mysterious item is related to the ghost hitting the wall incidents, and the ghost hitting the wall is related to the illusions, if combined with the ghosts we encountered, one can basically guess what the mysterious item’s modus operandi is, and what its specific abilities are.”

“That’s right.” Yu Ning said, “What it is best at is creating illusions and using fear to defeat people.”

Through Tong Jing’s methods of dealing with them, it could be deduced that Tong Jing was careful and cautious by nature. From a certain point of view, she cherished her lair and took great care to maintain the hotel’s environment and external reputation.

The root of this was to create a safe environment in which she could lie in, and have food delivered to her door.

After all, long-distance drivers would probably hit people if they encountered a ghost while driving and if people kept dying on this stretch of road, the government would surely order a road closure.

So there were only incidents of ghosts hitting the wall, and although scary, it would not attract that much concern, which was in line with Tong Jing’s style of feeding on a thin stream.

Therefore, with the establishment of Quanzhuang Hotel, the matter of the ghost hitting the wall disappeared without a trace since she was getting regular prey.

The paranormal events that Ji Mingxia and the others encountered at the Quanzhuang hotel could indeed be explained by visions and fears.

Ji Mingxia said, “So the ghosts in …… Quanzhuang hotel are refracted according to one’s inner fears.

“Zhao Zhouye saw Li Youzi’s ghost because he had his heart set on helping me find Li Youzi.”

“I saw Lin Siyun’s ghost because she was what I was most afraid of.… the illusion visualizes fear based on our inner hearts.”

“Once you are defeated by your inner fear, you will fall prey to Tong Jing and fall into the trap of amnesia?”

As Ji Mingxia said this, something suddenly came to mind.

From this, the faceless man within the spa turned out to be the personification of Yu Ning’s inner fear.