The next morning, during the doctors' rounds, Grandpa Rong was given several examination orders. If the results came back satisfactory, he would be discharged from the hospital very soon.
Rong Leying spent the entire morning running around the hospital, scheduling examinations and pushing her grandfather from one department to another.
"Young lady, are you the only family member here?" the CT technician asked casually when he saw that she was alone with the elderly man.
"Yeah, it's just me."
Rong Leying rolled up her sleeves, bent down, and effortlessly scooped her grandfather into a bridal carry before gently placing him onto the scanning table.
"Is this okay, Doctor?"
The doctor fell silent for a moment.
"...Could you move him a little higher?"
"Sure."
She picked Grandpa Rong up again as if he weighed nothing and shifted him upward a few inches.
"How about now?"
"...Perfect."
The doctor gave her a thumbs-up.
"You've got incredible strength, young lady."
Rong Leying chuckled.
The effects of the Strength Pill still hadn't worn off. She had more than enough strength to spare.
After Grandpa Rong finished all of his examinations, she wheeled him outside to enjoy the sunshine for a while before taking him back to the ward.
When they returned, Auntie Wu and her son, Zhao Yong, were both there.
Watching the seemingly delicate young woman casually lift a fully grown man onto the hospital bed left both of them stunned.
"Little miss, you're unbelievably strong!" Auntie Wu exclaimed.
A strange glimmer flashed through Zhao Yong's eyes.
"That's amazing."
Even Grandpa Rong was surprised.
His granddaughter had always been stronger than most girls her age, but never to this extent.
She had spent the entire morning pushing him around the hospital, repeatedly lifting him in and out of wheelchairs and examination beds, yet she didn't look the least bit tired.
Still, he kept his surprise to himself and proudly said,
"My granddaughter has always been stronger than other children."
"I've always been a bit stronger than people my age," Rong Leying replied.
She then picked up one of the apples she'd washed earlier.
With a crisp crack, she snapped it cleanly in half with her bare hands.
She handed one half to Grandpa Rong while taking the other for herself.
The sharp sound made Zhao Yong's eyelid twitch violently.
That afternoon, while Grandpa Rong was taking a nap, Rong Leying returned to her hotel, gathered all of her belongings, and officially moved into her apartment in Zihua Residential Complex.
The lease required one month's rent plus one month's deposit.
She transferred two thousand yuan to the landlord.
The apartment already came fully furnished with appliances. All it lacked were bedding and daily necessities.
Since it was summer, she didn't need thick blankets. She stopped by the supermarket downstairs and bought a bamboo sleeping mat, a lightweight summer comforter, a pillow, a complete set of bed linens, and a few basic household supplies before heading upstairs.
The moment she opened the apartment door—
She saw the female ghost standing motionlessly in the corner.
Caught completely off guard, Rong Leying nearly jumped out of her skin.
"..."
Looks like my courage still isn't quite there.
Closing the door behind her, she sighed.
"Could you at least have some manners? I'm renting this place now. Next time, could you ask for permission before coming in?"
After being sent flying twice by Rong Leying, the female ghost had become genuinely afraid of her.
"I'm sorry... I'll be more careful next time."
"There won't be a next time."
Rong Leying carried her shopping bags into the bedroom as she spoke.
"Since you're already here, tell me everything."
"How did you die? And how exactly did that man kill you?"
She filled a basin with water and began wiping the dust off the bed frame.
The ghost floated straight through the wall into the bedroom, her eyes shining with hope.
"You're... willing to help me?"
Rong Leying never stopped cleaning.
"Talk first."
"Okay! I'll tell you everything!"
The female ghost's name was Xu Wei.
She was twenty-three years old and had worked at the same insurance company as Zhao Yong.
This apartment had actually been recommended to her by Zhao Yong himself.
Her previous apartment was located much farther from work, making her daily commute exhausting.
Zhao Yong had told her about this place.
It was only a twenty-minute electric scooter ride from the company, and she loved the apartment's layout, so she rented it without hesitation.
At work, Zhao Yong had always presented himself as the perfect gentleman.
Everyone in the office thought he was kind, dependable, and considerate.
Because of that, Xu Wei never suspected anything when she moved in.
But less than a month later, she began noticing something strange.
Her belongings would mysteriously change places.
The shirt she'd left on the left armrest of the sofa before leaving for work would somehow appear on the right side.
The water cup she'd left on the dining table would later be sitting in the bedroom.
At first, she assumed she was simply exhausted from work and had remembered everything incorrectly.
Everything changed one day while she was taking a shower.
When the water heater suddenly malfunctioned, she checked the wiring...
...and discovered a hidden camera concealed inside.
The instant she found it, she decided to call the police.
But at that exact moment—
Zhao Yong unexpectedly arrived at her apartment.
Because he'd always acted like such a trustworthy coworker, she lowered her guard completely.
She immediately told him about finding the hidden camera and even asked him to help report it to the police.
Instead—
The warm, friendly Zhao Yong she'd known vanished.
The man standing before her suddenly became terrifyingly unfamiliar.
He calmly admitted the hidden camera belonged to him.
Not only the bathroom...
The bedroom.
The living room.
Every corner of the apartment had hidden cameras.
Every private moment of her daily life had been secretly recorded.
He threatened her.
She wasn't allowed to call the police.
She wasn't allowed to tell anyone.
Otherwise...
He would upload all of her intimate photos and videos onto the internet.
He also forbade her from moving out.
She couldn't remove any of the cameras either.
If she did, he'd publish everything online.
He lived next door...
Watching her every single day.
Xu Wei had a timid personality.
She had only recently entered the workforce and had never experienced the darkest side of humanity.
Raised in a conservative household, she was utterly terrified by Zhao Yong's threats.
She truly didn't dare report him.
She was terrified that those intimate photos and videos would spread across the internet.
Terrified of becoming the target of everyone else's judgment and ridicule.
So she endured it.
She didn't call the police.
She didn't move away.
She didn't dare touch the hidden cameras.
Every day after coming home, she no longer dared shower or even change clothes.
She would immediately crawl into bed and wrap herself tightly inside her blanket.
She hoped that somehow, doing so would shield her from Zhao Yong's gaze.
But Zhao Yong had no intention of letting her go.
When he noticed her behavior, he threatened her again.
She had to continue living exactly as she had before.
She had to bathe normally.
She had to change clothes normally.
Otherwise...
He would release every single one of her private recordings online.
Xu Wei had no choice but to obey.
She lived every day under constant surveillance and voyeurism.
Her nerves remained stretched to the breaking point.
Fear consumed her.
Combined with the pressure from work...
She eventually developed severe depression.
Finally, driven beyond her limits, she resolved to risk everything.
She would report Zhao Yong's crimes to the police, no matter the consequences.
But before she could...
Zhao Yong learned of her intentions.
He acted first.
He murdered her.
Then he carefully staged the scene to make it appear as though she had taken her own life because of depression.
After her death, the resentment in her soul prevented her from passing on.
She continued following Zhao Yong...
Only then did she discover the horrifying truth.
She wasn't his only victim.
Every previous tenant who had ever rented this apartment...
As well as every property rented out by his mother...
Had been secretly outfitted with hidden pinhole cameras.
He sold the victims' intimate photos and videos to other perverts for enormous sums of money.
Sometimes...
He even organized live viewing sessions, charging those sick voyeurs admission fees to watch the victims in real time.
By the time Xu Wei finished speaking, Rong Leying had already made the bed.
She sat down slowly, her expression grim.
Her stomach churned with disgust.
She had known Zhao Yong wasn't a good person.
But she had still underestimated just how evil he truly was.
Secretly filming women...
Violating every shred of their privacy...
Selling their intimate videos and photographs...
He wasn't just a pervert.
He was a monster among monsters.
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