Love. Curse.

Shen Rong arrived at the office as usual, smiling and greeting her colleagues.

The phone rang. Shen Rong picked up the receiver. “Hello. How can I help you?”

But all she heard from the other end was the “beep beep” of a disconnected line.

“That’s strange,” Shen Rong muttered, preparing to put down the receiver. For some reason, the cheek the phone had just touched felt sticky, as if something dirty had rubbed off on it. She touched it, but there was nothing there.

“Maybe the phone hasn’t been wiped in ages. It’s probably just my imagination,” Shen Rong thought.

She took out a handkerchief and began wiping the phone. Before she knew it, she seemed to be in a trance, scrubbing and scrubbing with all her might... It was still dirty, so she kept going...

“Whoosh.” It felt as if a sharp needle had pierced Shen Rong’s heart. A pang of pain jolted her back to her senses.

“Oh my god! What am I doing?” Shen Rong used her handkerchief to wipe the cold sweat that had broken out on her forehead.

“Maybe I’m exhausted from working so hard these past few days. I must be too tense.” She stood up, planning to pour herself a glass of water and calm down.

As Shen Rong got to her feet, a chill crept down her spine. Everyone in the office was sitting at their desks, staring blankly and endlessly wiping their phones...

Only then did she remember that calls had been coming in all morning, but every colleague who answered had said nothing before hanging up. Then the office had grown quieter and quieter... So everyone had been wiping their phones!

What on earth was going on? “Xiaoxue, Xiaoxue!” She tried calling to her colleague beside her.

Xiaoxue kept wiping the phone, her gaze vacant.

“Jing'er!” “Zhishan!” “Sister Sun!”

No one answered. Everyone seemed possessed, doing nothing but wiping their phones over and over...

“Manager, something’s wrong! Everyone...” Shen Rong rushed into the manager’s office.

No, no, no... Shen Rong was horrified. The manager behind the computer was also clutching a tissue and desperately wiping the phone...