Cursed Mansion [Completed]

1. The nightmare...

yibo and ziyi are travelling on a car to their new job location wei mansion, outside the window is dark night. as the car bumps, yibo feel drowsy.

it's a dreary night. their journey soon turns into a huge nightmare, but fortune shines upon him and he is saved by a stranger.

[suddenly yibo find himself in a strange room, moonlight floods into the room from a large window.

the room is spacious with large bookshelves that line the walls. a table stands in the center of the room.

books and papers are scattered on the table. he see a journal sitting among the papers, and he pick it up.

'there's no name on it.' thinks yibo.

yibo open to a random page. it reads,

25th july,

with each passing day, i watch my dearest lan zhan slip away from me. every day, as i gaze upon his lovely face which is now pale and white, my heart sunk in great sadness. i will be lost without my precious love by my side.

'this is someone's private thought. i shouldn't be reading this... but i'm deeply intrigued...' thinks yibo.

he flip to the next page.

26th july,

doctor came around today to check on my dear lanzhan . he told me that lanzhan was suffering from scarlet fever and that there is little chance that he might survive. i do hope to heaven that lanzhan lives....

'oh, poor man. it must be terrible to watch his lover dying. i can't imagine the grief he must be passing through. i wish they could get through this.' thinks yibo.

yibo flip to the next page.

1st august,

it's been six days since i lost my dear lanzhan, i still cannot believe that lanzhan would leave me alone in this world. the house has never felt emptier, and the air, colder. it's been raining since the day he died, and i think that thee heavens are just as aggrieved as i am. i wish i could turn the hands of time to save him...

6th august,

i met a man today; he told me that he could help me bring back with my dead lover. he gave me heavy, dusty look. he told me to take a piece of lanzhan's belongings and recite some words from the book. he said that i was to do this in my house at night and then i would see him again.

'i wonder if he did reunite with his dead lover?' thinks yibo.

yibo flip to the next page, can't help but read it in a whisper.

"it was 7th august. i went down into my family crypt deep in my mansion, did as what was written in the book..." read yibo.

'i can't believe it. this is fascinating! i need to know what happened with lanzhan.'  thinks yibo.

yibo's heart pounds with expectation as he cannot wait to find out how it ends. however, he notice that the rest of the pages were torn out.

'no! why?' thinks yibo.

only one sentence is left on the last page and it reads, 'i feel like i was cursed.'

'i wish i could see the story's end.' thinks yibo.

yibo stand up from the chair he has been sitting on and close the journal. he put it back on the table, where he found it.

suddenly, he hear a rustling movement. he turn around, alert. the room is still, but he feel the hairs on his neck stand.

he turn slowly behind until he stare into the empty sockets of a skeleton-like creature.

he scream, and the creature strikes at him with its long, bony fingers. he fall to the ground, feeling a great pain take over his whole body as his eyes dim...]