I can rewind time to prevent death

"Mom, don\'t talk," Yan Junze made a silence gesture.

He glanced at the Back-faced Woman standing at the corner leading to the second floor.

Although the woman was at the corner of the stairs, she stood in the middle, which was a much narrower space than the two corners.

This meant that if they were to pass behind her, there would come a moment when they would be very, very close to her.

In the exceptionally quiet surroundings, it was impossible for either of them to avoid making any sound when walking, so there would definitely be some noise as they approached.

Yan Junze pulled Li Man and they took a few steps back, whispering lowly, "Mom, you must follow me closely."

Li Man paused, then shook her head, "Or... let\'s not go."

Yan Junze said, "Not go? Hmm, that\'s fine too. But will that affect your work?"

Li Man hesitated, "I\'m taking over Sister Tian\'s shift. Didn\'t I take temporary leave last time to take care of you at home? It was Sister Tian who covered me then. Sister Tian couldn\'t make it this time, so I agreed to help her; otherwise, the absence would be recorded under her name."

"Then let\'s go, it will be alright," Yan Junze thought to set the Rewind in a moment, simply pretending to be passersby, which was likely not to provoke the Back-faced Woman.

And even if she was provoked, he still had the Rewind to use.

Though Li Man was indeed worried, she said no more and followed closely behind Yan Junze.

At this moment, Yan Junze had stealthily set the time Rewind, just in case.

He stomped lightly to make just enough noise to activate the voice-controlled light, signaled his mother to follow, and then they slowly descended the stairs, hugging the side of the stair railing one in front of the other.

During the descent, they were mostly walking on tiptoes, hardly making any significant noise.

Arriving at the corner of the second floor, Yan Junze took out his phone and turned on the screen.

As they moved past the midpoint of the corner, they were extremely close to the motionless Back-faced Woman, and could distinctly feel a chilling breath spreading from that direction.

Yan Junze didn\'t stop. He quickly turned the corner and proceeded down from the second floor, with Li Man following closely behind, keeping her head down and not daring to glance at the hair-raising woman in white.

Just when they were about to reach the second floor, the voice-controlled light suddenly went out.

Normally, the duration the voice-controlled light stayed on was sufficient enough for one to walk a floor\'s worth of stairs, but this time, since they were both tiptoeing and deliberately slowing their movements, it took them longer to descend.

Not yet at the second floor, the surroundings suddenly plunged into darkness.

Yan Junze was ready; the phone in his hand instantly turned on the flashlight function, illuminating their feet, and he continued downstairs, holding his mother\'s trembling hand.

At that moment, a rustling noise came from behind.

Upon hearing this sound, Yan Junze\'s scalp went numb, and he quickened his pace, pulling his mother to the front.

After reaching the second floor, he dared not make a sound to turn on the voice-controlled light. While pushing his mother towards the first floor, he hastily glanced behind at the stairway.

He saw the Back-faced Woman was no longer standing motionless; her neck was twisting, and she was turning her head back.

She wanted to "Look at Her Face."

"Fuck!"

Yan Junze felt hair-raising chills running down his spine, so he hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look anymore.

The task associated with the Back-faced Woman was titled "Look at Her Face," and right now, he had no desire to accept the task. If he accidentally saw her face, it would mean he had initiated the task.

One could say that from then on, life or death would be unpredictable.

Moreover, his mother was present. Encountering a hair-raising task of this level and having to ensure his mother\'s safety would likely mean certain death!

Well, unless there was no Rewind.

Regardless of the noises behind them, the mother and son quickly descended to the first floor and rushed out of the staircase.

Outside the building, the weak streetlights, though not very bright, provided a warm and comforting feeling.Nôv(el)B\\\\jnn

Yan Junze turned off the flashlight on his phone, still firmly grasping his mother\'s hand, and the two quickly reached the entrance of the housing complex.

The cleaning company\'s car had not yet arrived. Li Man, concerned, looked at Yan Junze and said, "Son, I made a bad decision just now. What will you do when you go back?"

"It\'s simple," Yan Junze pursed his lips and smiled. "Maybe by the time I go upstairs, the Back-faced Woman will have disappeared—she doesn\'t always appear. And if she is there, I\'ll just sit with Grandpa Zheng in the duty room until it\'s almost dawn. It would be even better to sleep in once it gets light."

At that moment, a white van drove up and stopped in front of them.

The door slid open, and Li Man greeted the older person inside, "Uncle Da, good morning."

He was somewhat overweight but appeared shrewd and experienced, and glanced at Yan Junze with a smile, "Is this your son?"

"Yes," Li Man nodded.

"Very thoughtful of him, coming to drop you off? He knows it\'s not safe for you to be out alone this late," Uncle Da chuckled, his attention fixed on appraising Yan Junze, but he didn\'t notice that Li Man\'s face was clouding over with varied emotions.

"It\'s okay, Mom, just get on the bus," Yan Junze urged. "I\'m not going upstairs. I\'ll just sit in the duty room until dawn. I can catch a nap there too."

Li Man nodded, "Yeah, look at me, I didn\'t think of that at all. You wait in the duty room then. With Grandpa Zheng here, I\'ll be more at ease."

"Alright," Yan Junze smiled as he watched her.

After watching Li Man get on the car and gradually drive away, he waved his hand and turned to enter the complex.

Passing by the entrance security room, he saw the light on inside, but the security guard, Grandpa Zheng, was lying on a large recliner, sleeping soundly.

Yan Junze didn\'t plan to keep Grandpa Zheng company; he quickly returned to the bottom of building number seven, looking up into the pitch-dark space within the staircase.

Although he felt exhausted, Yan Junze\'s desire to sleep had vanished by then.

Since he hadn\'t used the Rewind line he set earlier, it had reset. Standing outside the building, he set another ten-minute Rewind, took a deep breath, and stepped inside.

He stamped his foot onto the ground, and the first-floor\'s voice-activated light turned on; he rapidly ascended the stairs.

Upon reaching the second floor, he stamped again, turning on the second-floor voice-activated light, and glanced toward the staircase corner from the second to third floor, finding that the Back-faced Woman\'s silhouette was gone.

Yan Junze\'s heart felt slightly steadier, and he proceeded toward the third floor.

After arriving at the third floor, he turned on the third floor\'s voice-activated light. Just as he took a step upward, he abruptly froze.

Yan Junze raised his head, staring at the Back-faced Woman standing at the corner between the third and fourth floor, and revealed a bitter smile.

At that moment, he even harbored a reckless thought of just completing the "Look at Her Face" task once and for all, wondering when otherwise this daily torment of ascending and descending the stairs would end.