The Fake Medium Hooked a Real Ghost novel · Chapter 14 of 24
Chapter 14: The Safe
There was no light in the safe, and a lamp that held no light held nobody.
Gu Chen lay in the dark of the cracked brass with his knees drawn up and felt himself get thinner.
It was not painful.
It was a slow loosening, and the strangest part was how little he minded.
He had spent eight years being a thing that waited.
Now he understood that waiting had been a kind of strength, and that it came from being looked at.
In a steel box in a wall, nobody looked at him at all.
Outside, the door of the office opened, and a heavy tread crossed the carpet.
"Yes, he left an hour ago," said Master Lu's voice, light and satisfied.
"The lamp goes to the studio on Saturday. The producer wants it on the set for the effect."
A pause.
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