Nightmare Assault Chapter 278: Control

Fatty became excited. The Doctor never disappointed him. Orphans always had the brightest eyes. Playing tricks before the Doctor was pointless.

“Doctor,” Fatty licked his lips. “Tell me what’s happening.”

“I don’t know,” Jiang Cheng answered serenely.

Fatty was taken aback, “You don’t know?”

“Of course I don’t.” Jiang Cheng pouted, “I’m not omniscient. How could I know everything?” He swayed the question, “Why don’t you ask her and see if she knows?”

Fatty turned to Xia Meng.

“I also only noticed that An Xuan purposely let that kid go.” Xia Meng held the glass and rubbed her fingers. “As for why, I have no clue…”

“That’s strange.” Fatty frowned, “It’s clear that it was not the kid’s first time here. Perhaps he is a clue. Why would he…” Then, it hit him. Fatty said, “Doctor, could it be that An Xuan let him go first so he could capture him later and interrogate him on his own? That way, he’d get all the clues and not share it with the rest of us!”

“The five of us almost let the kid slip away. Do you really think An Xuan would attempt to capture him on his own in the middle of the night?” Xia Meng asked.

“Perhaps he can get his friends to help him!” Fatty argued, “That Qin Jian… and You Qi are suspicious! Perhaps… they already have clues that we don’t know about.”

“He will not take such a big risk,” Jiang Cheng interrupted. Fatty instantly shut up because while Xia Meng could be wrong, the Doctor would never be wrong.

“But he did get one thing right.” Jiang Cheng looked out the door. “They definitely have some clues that we don’t know about.”

Xia Meng sat up and glanced at Jiang Cheng, “It is most likely not a message. It’s probably something concrete… like an item. Something has changed or disappeared.” Xia Meng added, “Anything is possible.”

Fatty blinked. He felt so dumb. He looked at Xia Meng. When he realised Xia Meng was actively ignoring him, he turned to the Doctor pleadingly.

“Do you remember how An Xuan’s group came over this afternoon?” Jiang Cheng asked.

Fatty blinked. Then, it dawned on him. “Do you mean… when An Xuan stepped into our room?”

“Not just ours, but the other team’s as well,” Xia Meng added.

“He was making comparisons!” Fatty snapped his fingers. “Something changed in his room, so he wanted to check out the other two rooms to see if our rooms had changed or not! If only their room had changed, then…”

“Then, it means that they have been targeted,” Xia Meng narrowed his eyes.

“So…” Jiang Cheng turned to Fatty. He paused before asking, “Do you think he spotted something anomalous in Zuo Qing’s room?”

“No.” Fatty answered quickly, “If he did, he wouldn’t have looked like he had eaten shit when he came to us.” An Xuan covered his expression well, but the others’ expressions revealed everything.

“But…” Fatty asked Jiang Cheng, “Doctor, do you think the strange thing that happened in their room could be related to that kid?”

“Who knows?” Xia Meng rolled up the sleeves of her costume. Due to her thin frame, the costume hung loosely on her. It kept slipping. She kept having to fix it.

After she was done, she noticed Jiang Cheng was looking at her salaciously. Xia Meng thought about it and then regarded him in the same manner. She asked coquettishly, “Do you like what you see?”

“Yes.” Jiang Cheng admitted, “I haven’t taken a close look before, but you do have a great body.”

The horrifying atmosphere receded due to their inappropriate conversation.

Jiang Cheng went to bed, leaving Fatty to keep vigil with Xia Meng. Without the Doctor, Fatty didn’t dare to offend Xia Meng, so he sat far away from her. They looked at each other until the Doctor woke up to take over the shift.

However, as Xia Meng put her head down, she heard Jiang Cheng ask wickedly, “Fatty, why is my belt so loose?”

Fatty played along, “I don’t know, Doctor. I went to take a leak earlier. Could it be…” Fatty gasped and glanced at Xia Meng.

“Miss Xia,” Jiang Cheng told her off, “Next time, please control yourself.” He added, “Humans are different from animals because humans know how to use tools, and humans know how to control their desires.”

Xia Meng jumped up in bed.

After a while, Fatty slowly crawled over to Jiang Cheng. He whispered, “Doctor, I’ve been keeping my eyes on her. She hasn’t done anything.”

“Hmm.” Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes. He shot a look at Xia Meng. Their beds were quite far from each other, so he couldn’t tell if Xia Meng was really asleep or not.

Fatty glanced at Xia Meng. He leaned close to Jiang Cheng. “Doctor, why do you suspect…”

Jiang Cheng raised one finger to silence Fatty.

Then, Jiang Cheng whispered into Fatty’s ear.

A few seconds later, Fatty’s eyes cleared up with clarity. He stared at the Doctor with his mouth hanging open… until Jiang Cheng nodded at him.

The next morning, Jiang Cheng, who was sleeping in a strange pose, was yanked out of bed, “Get up!” Xia Meng shook him as she shouted, “Something bad has happened!”