The sound of high heels in the dormitory building

It was already past 2 a.m., and the old dormitory was quiet and cold, with the broken electric light flickering on and off.

The classmates were all fast asleep, when suddenly a dark shadow quickly flashed through the hallway on the second floor.

"Ah... water is a good thing, but drinking too much is a headache," Li Lei said, draping a coat over himself as he ran swiftly towards the bathroom. "If you don't shake after peeing, it means there's still more. Uh..." Shivering for a moment, he tightened his clothes and ran back to his room.

"Da... da... da..."

Suddenly, a sound like high heels clicking on the floor came from the hallway. Li Lei shivered and froze on the spot.

"Damn, no way. I'm just peeing and I run into that. Don't look back, don't look back. If I look back, I'm dead. As long as I don't look back, she won't come near me."

Li Lei mumbled to himself and ran back to his room as fast as he could. He closed the door and buried his head under the covers tightly.

"What the hell, making such a fuss just to go to the bathroom," Wang Quan complained.

At this moment, Li Lei had no mind to argue. His mind was full of the sound he had just heard.

"Da... da... da..." The sound came again.

Li Lei tried hard to suppress his fear. "It's okay, it's just your imagination, it's just your imagination..." he repeated to himself.

But the sound lingered by his ear, as if walking right outside the dormitory door.

Li Lei was on the verge of breaking down, unable to bear it any longer, and cautiously peeked out of the bed.

"Wang Quan, Wang Quan..."

Wang Quan, rudely awakened from his sleep, impatiently said, "What is it? Can a person even sleep?"

Li Lei asked in a trembling voice: "Did you hear footsteps outside?"

Wang Quan was annoyed: "Footsteps? What footsteps? It's so late and you're still awake? Do you want to get punished by the teacher tomorrow?"

"I swear, I really heard it. There are high heel sounds outside. Listen if you don't believe me." This time, Li Lei cried as he spoke to Wang Quan.

Seeing him like this, Wang Quan also became serious and tried to listen carefully to the so-called 'high heel sounds.'

"Da... da... da..."

"Ah..." Wang Quan, unable to control his fear, screamed out, and Li Lei screamed along with him, "Ah..."

Now everyone in the dormitory was awake.“You guys are messing around, it's the middle of the night, can't you sleep?”

“There really is a ghost, there really is a ghost. Boo hoo hoo…” Li Lei started crying as he spoke.

“Re-re-really a ghost, I-I-I don't believe-believe, you listen,” Wang Quan stammered.

Seeing them like this, everyone was half-convinced and all perked up their ears to listen.

“Da...da...da…”

Suddenly, the dormitory was frighteningly silent. Forget a falling pine needle, even a feather might be heard.

“What the hell is going on? Why play such scary tricks in the middle of the night?” Zhang Bin, the bravest of the dorm, who usually loved watching horror movies, could no longer stay calm.

“Hey, let's go check what it is. What if it's someone pretending to be a ghost?” the brave Zhang Bin suggested.

“Yeah, yeah, in this day and age, still talking about ghosts, wouldn't that make people laugh their teeth out?” Wang Quan agreed.

With these two bold ones leading, the others also gathered a bit of courage. So they put on their clothes and picked up weapons (basin, stool, toothbrush...).

The footsteps outside continued to echo. Zhang Bin's trembling hand slowly reached for the doorknob and then suddenly pulled the door open—but there was nothing outside.

The group stared at each other.

“Da...da...da…” The sound suddenly came from behind them.

They turned stiffly, their faces pale as they saw the scene before them in this world.

A pair of red high heels walked elegantly, leaving a red footprint with every step.

The next day, the bodies of Li Lei and the others were found, all with the same expression. Their faces were twisted in extreme fear, and their feet had vanished. (The End)