I maintained the posture of locking the door, unmoving.

I definitely cannot go out now.

Three outside, at least only one inside.

...

I don't know how long we've been in a stalemate, then the light turned on again.

I was already drenched in cold sweat, then I heard a heavy banging on the door.

I stepped back two steps and looked at the janitor.

He was standing by the switch, quietly looking at me, then took a deep drag on his cigarette, threw it on the ground and crushed it, "Go to sleep, I'll send you out when daylight comes."

"Why did you just turn off the light?"

My voice was hoarse.

Just now, I almost opened the door to escape.

He lazily looked at me, "To survive, one must follow the rules."

I opened my mouth, feeling a chill in my heart.

"Have you been here for a long time?"

He stretched lazily.

"I'll tell you the next time we meet."

This sentence actually answered my question.

He must have been here for a long time.

Adhering to the rules.

Wait, what did he mumble about when he opened the door just now?

He had seen 18 students in ten years?

That means he had been working as a janitor here for ten years?

I touched my swollen temples and listened to the scratching sound of the windows and doors, "Can we close the curtains?"

The ghost with the human head had already revealed her true form.

Pale white skin, red pupils, fiercely using her sharp teeth to gnaw on the glass.

There was blood stains all over the glass.

"It's so interesting, like watching a horror movie."

The janitor said, then unexpectedly brought out two bowls of scallion noodles from his small kitchen.

After placing them on the table, he actually ate while watching the headless ghost go crazy.

I stood beside him, not knowing what adjective to use.

I just felt like my values had been completely shattered and then patched up with strange things.

Finally, I picked up the bowl and sat next to him to eat.

This made the headless ghost's hair stand on end.

That's when I noticed, there was also a mouth hidden under her bangs.

There's not a single normal person here.

I drank the soup with my head down.

The janitor handed me the bowl and asked me to go wash it.

I didn't say anything and quietly went to wash the bowl.

By the sink, there was even dishwashing liquid...

My head started to ache even more.

"All these things are from the ghost cook, if you get hungry or bored in the future, you can go play with him."

The janitor said as he smoked.

My hand slipped and the bowl almost fell.

My lips moved for a long time, and finally I restrained myself from making snide comments.

At eleven-twenty, I lay on the bed.

Because one of the rules required that I be in bed sleeping by eleven-thirty.

Although I wasn't in the dorm, I didn't know if the rule of "being in bed sleeping by eleven-thirty" also applied.

Even though the windows and doors were still being scratched, I closed my eyes.

The janitor didn't stop me, just quietly waiting.

"You actually suit it here."

I looked at the janitor, somewhat puzzled, how could he be talking like a ghost when he was clearly human?

At eleven-twenty-five, the headless ghost and the faceless ghost disappeared.

Before leaving, they looked at the janitor with immense resentment.

It seemed like they wanted to stab his heart more than they wanted to stab mine.

But the janitor just lit a cigarette and looked at them lazily, calm and composed.

"Please don't say such scary things."

I held back for a long time, but still said it.

Actually, I had a lot of questions, but I didn't dare to ask any of them.

There must be fixed rules here too, the janitor scared me half to death when he turned off the light just now.

Although he seemed to be "protecting" me, I couldn't trust him either.

Here, I don't trust anyone.

With that thought, a huge drowsiness hit me.

I actually fell asleep!