I can rewind time to prevent death

It took a good while for Yan Junze to come to his senses in the restroom. After installing his portable camera, he stepped out of the men's restroom around the corner and turned on a faucet at the sink.

Cupping his hands, he splashed water onto his face to shake off the grogginess.

Feeling that it wasn't enough, he rolled up his sleeves and plunged his hands into the cold water to soothe his brain.

"Cross-dressing, cross-dressing! If two men fall in love, let them be, why the need for cross-dressing!?" Yan Junze muttered to himself.

He shook the water off his hands, unable to find any paper towels, so he just wiped his hands on his clothes and turned around to leave.

He froze, his gaze drawn to the corner leading to the women's restroom, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.

Although there were lights inside the restroom, the corner outside was still faintly illuminated, along with some light spilling over from the plaza, giving him a clear view of the figure standing at the corner coming out of the women's restroom!

A disheveled woman, facing the corner wall, stood in white shorts and a white T-shirt, her exposed skin faintly showing many bruises.

The Back-faced Woman!

Yes, it was her!

The moment Yan Junze saw this woman, his mind buzzed as if he were dreaming.

But in the next second, he realized something was wrong.

Logically, the Back-faced Woman should still be in FH Community. Although residents of building seven hadn't seen her for many days, it was speculated that she might have moved to other buildings.

But who would have thought she'd appear here? Away from FH Community?

This was definitely not a coincidence!

Yan Junze was certain that the source was himself. Perhaps this woman was still after him. Otherwise, it would be too much of a coincidence that he was in the restroom at New Century Home Plaza, and she also appeared at the same place at the same time.

Now, he was about ten meters away from the Back-faced Woman, not very close. If she hadn't been wearing conspicuously white clothes, standing in the corner, she wouldn't have caught Yan Junze's attention at all.

Yan Junze didn't make a sound and had no intention of lingering.

He slowly turned and cast a glance at the motionless white-dressed woman, quickly walking towards the plaza.

After walking more than twenty meters, he looked back and saw the Back-faced Woman still standing there quietly, not moving.

Yan Junze quickened his pace.

Although he was walking fast, his body trembled even more. It wasn't him shaking, but Ke'er on his back.

Perhaps it was the vast gulf between the strengths of two evil spirits that made Ke'er inherently fearful of the Back-faced Woman, an uncontrollable trembling.

Having left the plaza, Yan Junze decided not to go back to Zhou Dali's house but called Dali instead, asking him to bring his backpack down.

Before being certain he wasn't being followed by the Back-faced Woman, Yan Junze didn't want to draw this extremely strange woman to Zhou Dali's house.

Restlessly sitting at home, Dali picked up Yan Junze's call, relieved to hear that everything was okay, and quickly delivered the backpack downstairs.

"Was it dangerous just now?" Zhou Dali handed the backpack to Yan Junze, asking with concern.

"It's been taken care of, no worries," Yan Junze shook his head, his brows furrowing as he suddenly remembered the cross-dressing incident.

Zhou Dali caught the change in his expression and said with concern, "Let me know if something is wrong, brother. I'll share the burden with you."

Yan Junze pursed his lips and said, "I can tell you, but after I do, I'll have to kill you."

Zhou Dali's face showed fear as he pointed towards the gate, "There's a bus if you turn left when you exit, you can also hail a cab. No need to walk you out."

Yan Junze was quite satisfied with the man's quick wit, so he smiled broadly, packed up his portable camera into his backpack, waved his hand, and turned to leave.

He made it home safely without spotting the Back-faced Woman again.

Once at home, his parents only asked a few questions. Yan Junze, using the excuse of continuing to review his lessons, retreated to his bedroom and closed the door behind him.

He fiddled with the portable camera for a while and found that although he could export the video he took that day, he indeed didn't know how to operate video editing software. Fearful of damaging the entire video and having it all be for naught, he dared not tamper with it recklessly.

After some thought, Yan Junze had no choice but to send the full video to Bao Jie, along with a message, "The original footage is for your eyes only. Once edited, please completely delete the part where the high heels strangeness takes off the clothes... Remember, completely delete it!"

At first, Bao Jie didn't accept the video file. Probably half an hour later, she must have seen it and then accepted the file.

About twenty minutes after that, Bao Jie sent an emoji of someone laughing their head off.

"Am I seeing this right? Don't tell me that the woman in red high heels is actually a man."

Yan Junze responded with a bitter smiley and replied, "The last scene is the nightmare of my life. Please make sure you keep it a secret for me."

Bao Jie replied with a cute avatar nodding vigorously, "But I think the twist in the plot is quite something."

"Quite something?" Yan Junze was puzzled.

Bao Jie explained, "From the moment you entered the restroom, the atmosphere was oppressive, the visuals dark, constantly delivering a spine-chilling thriller vibe. Then, after you talk to the strangeness, you actually come out of the stall and hug her! That scene was absolutely hair-raising, but later on, it also radiated a sense of warmth.

If it had ended there, it would have been a quintessential ominous love story unresolved between the living and the dead."

"And then?"

"Then, the ending completely shifts, revealing the fact that the strangeness is actually a cross-dresser, utterly demolishing what had been built up to that point. Don't you think such a mind-blowing twist will attract more eyeballs online?"

Yan Junze fell silent.

"You were resolving the Obsession of an Evil Spirit; although the ending is somewhat comical, the intention was good, and you managed to solve it successfully," Bao Jie became like a soul coach in that moment. "So, I suggest we keep the last part. What do you think?"

"Um, I'll think about it," Yan Junze replied with another bitter smile.

"I'll start editing the video. If it gets too late, I'll send you the final product tomorrow. Before you agree, I won't bring this video to school, in case Dali and Ruixin see it," Bao Jie said.

"Thank you for your hard work."

After logging off, Yan Junze idly read for a while before heading to the bathroom for a shower.

The next day.

A man in a gray suit of medium build emerged from Building No. 7 in FH Community. After asking directions from some of the community residents, he entered neighboring Building No. 5.

Twenty minutes later, the man came out again, a look of surprise on his face.

Using the black disc in his hand, he could detect a residual magnetic field of strangenesses, but after having searched both Building No. 5 and No. 7 thoroughly, he couldn't find any trace of the reported strangeness.

After waiting for about an hour, the man went through both buildings again to make sure the Back-faced Woman was nowhere to be found, then he left FH Community.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

That same day.

Another man holding a black disc stood at the entrance to the public restroom in New Century Home Plaza, looked up in astonishment, and muttered to himself, "It seems... she's left."