In the old Shanghai, the locals liked to live in their own small nests, which were tube-shaped apartments. However, outsiders had no place to settle down. They could only find cheap hotels in the corners of the alleys. At that time, this was very common in Shanghai. One of the small hotels was the most famous. It set off a terrifying bloody storm at that time.
This small hotel called "Rose Hotel" had some guests today, including a nightclub lady with heavy makeup, a young man who sold fish and prawns with patches all over his body, a skinny young man with round eyes who was looking around, a worker who worked as a coolie at the wharf and an old couple who came to Shanghai to look for their relatives. The arrival of these people made the boss of the hotel very happy. It was rare to have such a good business. He could make a fortune.
The room keys were distributed to the elderly couple in turn. They lived in Room 101 on the first floor. The nightclub lady and the skinny young man were in Room 201 and 203 respectively. Room 202 was already occupied. The dock workers and fish and shrimp vendors were afraid that they would disturb the other guests, so the hotel owner arranged for them to stay in Room 103 and 104. The hotel owner himself lived in Room 102. Because it was facing the entrance, it was more convenient.
By the time everything was settled, it was already past 10 pm. At this time, all the lights in the hotel suddenly went out. The whole city had a blackout. This was a common occurrence in old Shanghai, so everyone did not panic. Anyway, it was already night, and there was nothing much to do. They just had to rest early and sleep.
However, not long after they laid down, a scream suddenly came from the second floor. It was a woman's scream, and everyone woke up. The hotel owner lit a candle and saw that the hall was full of guests. Everyone was discussing what had happened. Then, another scream came. Everyone followed the hotel owner to the second floor. They saw that a few guests on the second floor had also come out and were discussing something. When the hotel owner looked at the candle light, He realized that there was only the skinny young man and the nightclub dancer there, but whose scream was it? There was only one female dancer on the second floor? When everyone's attention turned to Room 202, the only room with its door closed, the boss was also very puzzled. Doesn't this tenant have to work until very late every day before coming back from work? How could there be a woman screaming in his room?
When the Lagren went downstairs to get the spare key for room 202, the door was suddenly pushed open and a tall figure walked in. The Lagren saw that it was room 202 and that he was drenched. He didn't know how he got wet, so he said,"You're finally back. The power went out just now, and then there seemed to be a woman screaming in your room. Everyone came out to take a look. I was just about to take the key to open the door and go in to take a look.
The tall and strong man's face turned pale when he heard that. Then, he said,"What woman? I'm the only one in my room.”After saying that, he turned around and went upstairs. Everyone followed him. When he opened the door, everyone found that his room was empty. There was no woman at all. Where did the screams come from?
The tall man looked at the empty room and said to the innkeeper,""Boss, look, I'm living well, but you're saying that there's a woman screaming in my room. How am I supposed to live here? It's so dark and scary. I'm not staying.”
The boss hurriedly said," Don't. You're only one day away. I don't have the money to refund you now. Just make do with staying for one more night. Maybe everyone heard wrongly. It's not your house. Besides, it's dark now, and there's a blackout. You won't be able to find a place to stay.”
The muscular man looked outside and then looked at the guests. After making a decision, he said,"Then I'll stay for another night and leave tomorrow.”
As everyone discussed, the man closed the door and everyone dispersed, returning to their rooms.
The night passed without a word. When the skinny young man in room 203 on the second floor went out in the morning, he found that the room of the muscular man in room 202 was actually open. Then, a pungent smell of blood spread out. The skinny young man looked at it and his face immediately turned pale. He saw that room 202 was covered in blood. Then, on the floor of the room, there was actually a piece of human skin? It was a woman's skin in red that had been peeled off, but the burly man was nowhere to be seen.
The police officers came to check the crime scene and took away the skin in red. After that, they asked everyone in the hotel and told them that before the case was investigated, no one was allowed to leave. If they left, they would be the murderer and would be wanted by the whole city. Those people in the hotel were all scared out of their wits. They dared not go out or say anything.
Lagren cried. How could he continue to operate his hotel after such a thing happened? The other passengers were also afraid. After all, no one liked to stay in a hotel where someone had died, especially the nightclub lady who lived next door to room 202 and the skinny young man who lived in room 203. They were even more afraid and asked the hotel owner to change rooms. However, these few rooms were all occupied. When the hotel owner was in extreme danger, he had to give his room to the nightclub dancer. Then, he negotiated with the fish and shrimp vendor in room 103 to let the skinny young man live in the same room as him, and the price of the room would be halved.
That night, the hotel owner and the coolie stayed in Room 201. They tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep at all. Thinking of the woman's skin in red in the next room, they were so scared that they shivered. Time passed slowly. At midnight, there was another scream. Then, everyone quickly walked out of their rooms and looked at the room where the scream came from. They found that it was Room 202, and it was a woman's voice. They were all scared out of their wits. They clamored to check out.
However, at this moment, someone suddenly screamed again. It was the skinny young man. Then, he suddenly told everyone that someone was being naughty again. Someone was being naughty again. It was a fish and shrimp vendor. This time, it was the human skin of a fish and shrimp vendor.
Everyone ran downstairs and saw the scene in Room 103. It was the same as the scene in Room 202. The room was filled with blood and there was a human skin on the floor. It was the human skin of the fish and shrimp vendor. This was too scary, too terrifying.
Lagren grabbed the skinny youth and shouted,""Did you do it? He's the only one living in a room, and you're the one who found out that the man in red in Room 202 was also you? What do you think? Did you do it or not?"
Lagren frantically grabbed the thin youth's collar and shouted,""It must be you. It was fine just now, but in the blink of an eye, it became like this. It must be you!”Lagren cried as he spoke,"What's going on? Heavens, what was going on?”
Everyone was also talking at once. The dock worker said," I don't think it was done by this little brother. Who would yell and shout for everyone to see after killing someone? Besides, there's no hatred. Also, the woman in room 202 screamed just now. In my hometown, there are often rumors of female ghosts screaming in the middle of the night and then eating people and skinning them. Is there a ghost in this hotel?"
After he said that, everyone panicked. If it wasn't for the fact that the police station said that whoever escaped would be the murderer and would be wanted by the entire city, they would have already fled the Rose Hotel.
Lagren also looked at everyone in a daze and said,""Everyone, don't play it to sleep tonight. Let's just sit in the hall for the night and wait for the people from the police station to investigate.”
Everyone sat together and chatted. Then, someone couldn't stand the sleepiness and fell asleep. Then, everyone fell asleep one after another.
When the police arrived during the day, they cleaned up the scene and investigated everyone. They did not find anything strange, nor did they find the woman who screamed. However, the police from the police station said firmly that the murderer must be with them. However, there was no evidence. The prison cells in the police station were already full. It was impossible to put these people in. They could only send two patrolmen to guard the entrance of the hotel.
That night, all the passengers did not dare to go back to their rooms to sleep. Everyone sat around and complained to each other. The dock worker said with a dispirited look,"I haven't been to work for the past few days. I'm about to run out of money. Not to mention the money to stay in the hotel, I don't even have the money to buy steamed buns.”
The nightclub dancer's pale face was filled with haggardness as she said,""You're still fine. You can still rely on your strength to eat. I'm a weak woman. I'm played by those stinky men every day and still have to pretend to be smiling. I might as well die. I haven't been to work for the past few days, so I don't think those people will look for me anymore. My job is ruined.
The skinny young man stared with bloodshot eyes and said,"That's right. After such a thing happened, let alone going out to look for money, I didn't even dare to sleep. I had nightmares all night. Every time I closed my eyes, I would see human skin.”
Lagren's eyes were also dark as he said in a hoarse voice,"With this incident happening in my shop, I don't think I can continue to operate it in the future. I don't think I can sell it anymore. What should I do? But then again, where did that robust man go? There was no corpse, and she didn't see him go out either. I was in Room 101 that night. The guest room door was open and faced the hotel door. Who would know if someone went out?”
"That's right." The pier laborer and the thin youth also said,"Yeah, where did he go? I didn't see him at all? Could it be that he was the one who killed the female corpse in red and the fish and shrimp vendor in Room 202? He didn't leave? Instead…he was hiding in this hotel?”
When everyone in the hotel began to search every corner of the hotel, everyone sat in the hotel lobby. The hotel owner said,"We've searched all the rooms and places where people can hide, but there's no sign of that robust man. Could it be that he left?”
The dock worker was also puzzled and said,"Yeah, did he leave when you weren't paying attention? Otherwise, how could such a large living person disappear into thin air? It was too strange. What was going on with the woman's screams for the past two nights? Boss, have you heard of this before?”
Lagren replied,""Of course not. I've never heard anything strange before. I heard it for the first time the night before yesterday.”
The skinny young man also added," That's strange. The scream that appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the night, and then the woman in red in room 202 the day before yesterday, whose skin did it belong to?" Why did he appear in room 202? The burly man who originally lived in room 202 had mysteriously disappeared. What exactly happened?”
At this moment, the nightclub dancer covered her ears with both hands and said on the verge of collapse,"Stop talking. I can't take it anymore. I just pray that the police station can catch the murderer quickly. I don't want to stay here for another second!”
As soon as she finished speaking, a woman's scream suddenly came from the dark and quiet second floor of the hotel. Immediately, everyone's face turned pale and cold sweat drenched their spines.
Lagren said in a trembling voice,""It's coming again. This cry is coming again. Could it be that there are still people among us who died? Would there be only a piece of skin left?
Hearing his words, the rest of the people were even more frightened and moved closer to the people around them. The woman's screams slowly stopped, and no one dared to get up to see what was going on. Everyone was silent, staring at the candlelight surrounded by the candlelight. Everyone's face reflected an extremely complicated expression of fear, fear, worry, and nervousness.
After a long time, the dock worker could no longer endure this terrifying silence. He stood up and said loudly,"Let's go and take a look. It's not a good idea to sit like this. Let's go upstairs and take a look hand in hand. As he spoke, he looked at the people sitting. Then, the skinny young man stood up and echoed,"This brother is right. We should go and take a look. Maybe we can find some clues!”
Lagren also stood up and said," Whether we live or die depends on fate. Let's go and take a look hand in hand. I don't believe that anything can happen to so many of us.
Everyone then got up and followed him to the second floor, arriving at the entrance of Room 202. After the murder, the door of the room had not been closed. Seeing the dark room, the dock worker and the innkeeper shook the candle inside. With the help of the candlelight, they found that there was nothing strange inside. But why was there always a woman screaming in this room?
Just as everyone was puzzled, another woman's scream suddenly sounded. However, this time, it was the voice of the nightclub lady. Her eyes were wide open and filled with terror. She covered her mouth with both hands and pointed downstairs."You, you, look, there's, there's a human skin downstairs!”After saying that, she covered her eyes with both hands and started crying.
At this moment, everyone looked down and saw a bloody human skin in the middle of the living room. They quickly went down to take a look. When they saw it, they were scared out of their wits. This human skin actually belonged to that burly man. The entire human skin was peeled off from the spine. There were no bones, internal organs, or muscles. There was only a complete human skin. Everyone was terrified.
At this moment, a woman's scream came from upstairs, and then it continued without stopping. Everyone broke down. Every time this mysterious woman screamed, someone would die. It was a terrifying death. Everyone's tense nerves finally broke. They rushed to the door crazily, but they found that the door could not be opened. It was not locked, but it could not be opened. The dock workers swung a chair at the side and smashed it fiercely against the glass on the door. However, under the huge reaction force, the chair shattered. However, the thin layer of glass was not damaged at all. Everyone was even more frightened. They raised their fists and feet and smashed and kicked the seemingly fragile door that was actually as strong as steel plate. Wasn't it just a piece of glass installed on a piece of wood? How could it be so strong? They could even see the two policemen smoking and chatting outside through the glass on the door. However, no matter how they knocked on the glass and shouted, the two policemen seemed to be unable to see or hear them. It was as if a ghost had covered his eyes.
Everyone had exhausted all their strength in the crazy knocking and shouting. The sound and strength became weaker and weaker. Everyone was desperate and fell to the door. This time, it wasn't from the second floor. It was the room of the dead fish and shrimp vendor whose skin had been peeled off yesterday. Everyone was staring at that room in horror. The tightly shut room suddenly couldn't be opened. A bloody hand stretched out. This arm was skinless. The flesh and bones were intertwined. Many muscles showed traces of gray decay. After another scream, a skinless woman walked out. Then, on the face that had no skin and no expression, the facial features seemed to be twisted together in pain. Then, he actually walked towards the door.
The nightclub lady who saw this scene suddenly screamed. Then, her eyes widened and she fell back! He was actually scared to death. His eyes widened, and the pupils in his eyes slowly dilated, gradually losing color.
The skinless woman left bloody footprints with each step. Her skinless feet made a squeaking sound when they touched the ground. Then, she walked faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye, she arrived in front of the innkeeper. Her hands gripped his neck tightly.
Lagren was so scared that he almost peed his pants. The stinky smell came out from his crotch and came out from his neck with a crisp crack. Then, Lagren's body shook twice and stopped moving!
His head drooped askew, and his eyes were filled with fear, unwillingness, and resentment. Then, the skinless woman grabbed the skinny young man beside her. The skinny young man was so scared that he had lost his mind. He pushed the skinless woman away and ran to the second floor. However, after running for a few steps, he was pushed down by the skinless woman. Then, he opened his mouth and grabbed the skinny young man's neck. His sharp teeth broke the skin and the carotid artery. Blood spurted out instantly. The skinny young man twisted his body violently. But no matter what, he could not shake off the skinless woman on his back. His blood gushed into the skinless woman's mouth and was drunk by her. The skinny young man slowly stopped moving. His eyes were lifeless and the corners of his eyes twitched slightly. He was already dead. The skinless woman slowly got up after drinking the skinny young man's blood. Then, her eyes were filled with madness as she pounced on the dock worker. The dock worker saw that two living people were killed by the skinless woman who looked like a malicious ghost. He also let out a crazy howl, picked up the broken chair leg on the ground, and suddenly pounced on the skinless woman.
The skinless woman also went up to him. She stretched her hands straight and stabbed her sharp nails into the dock worker's chest. The dock worker was in pain, but his muscles, which had been working hard for years, were also very strong. He gritted his teeth and stabbed the chair leg into the skinless woman's body. However, the skinless woman seemed to have no intuition and dug into the dock worker's chest. The dock worker endured the pain and tightly grabbed the skinless woman's arms. The force was so great that it broke several sections of the skinless woman's wrist muscles and tendons.，The pale bones under the muscle tissue were exposed, but the skinless woman was surprisingly strong. She used her hands to throw the dock worker's body, which weighed more than 100 pounds, away. There were still large pieces of flesh on her hands.
The dock worker fell a few meters away and spat out a few mouthfuls of blood. He suppressed his injuries and staggered towards the door. However, just as he reached the door, a sharp chair leg suddenly pierced into his back. The sharp end of the chair leg pierced through his chest and exposed the sharp end. The construction worker looked down at the chair leg protruding out of his body and pounced even lower. He pointed at the two old couple at the door. A weak voice came out of his mouth." Run, run. She, she, she's not human. Run, run…" He slowly took his last breath.
The old couple got up and walked towards the corpse of the dock worker. They reached out and touched the open eyes, then muttered a few words in a low voice.
At this moment, the skinless woman who had killed several people in a row walked towards the old couple step by step. When she reached them, her mouth was wide open and she mumbled a few words," Daddy, Mommy, I'm in so much pain. I'm so cold. I want human skin. I want more people. I'm so cold…"
The next day, when the people from the police station came to investigate, they found a skinless body in every room. Even the skinless body of the missing robust young man was there, but the bodies of the old couple were missing. However, the human skin of the woman in red and the human skin of the fish and shrimp vendor that was taken away by the police a few days ago had disappeared from the police station for no reason.
A few nights later, an old couple checked into another hotel with a big suitcase. Business was good that night, and the rooms were full. When the old couple's heavy suitcase was placed on the floor of the hotel room, a woman's scream spread from the hotel.
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