Chapter 3: My New Neighbor

Coming to the rooftop in the afternoon to bask in the sun is a good habit that I have developed after becoming a ghost, especially on a clear and cloudless day, I enjoy the feeling of light passing through my body and being unrelated to each other. It wasn't until a red sun sank little by little on the western skyline, almost melting into the last bloody passions, that I always remembered the twilight of my life that had not been seriously recorded.

I floated downstairs in the sunset, having nearly stuck my leg in the tiles because I had misjudged the time, and I had the experience of suddenly taking on a human form at my neighbor's house upstairs and being trapped in the empty white walls all night long — fortunately there were no tenants upstairs, otherwise I would have been a guest at the police station. I slowly descended the escape route, and in the stairwell I met another transparent friend in this building, a very ordinary ghost. But she wasn't a very social ghost, and every time she saw her, she sat on one of the steps of the escape route, with her hands folded around her knees, through her long skirt, and her excessively long hair covered the sky, and she never showed her face. I would say hello to her every time I met her, but she never responded to me and never gave way to me. So much so that I had to be careful to get out of her way every time - after all, it was not very polite for the body parts of two ghosts to reunite.

Every day I look forward to the moment when I change my body, and I can see my body clear from the void to the ground, as if my life is rebuilt and grows again. When my feet touch the floor again, I feel like I'm still a person, and always have been. I swapped out of my lilac floral nightdress and pulled out a low-cut, hip-hugging sequined dress from my closet and a strappy vest with its own chain.

I have to put on decent makeup, which is really troublesome. Then I tinkered with the dresser for a long time, sparkling eyeshadow and highlights, and put on the lipstick that I said was a slasher, before I came back to my senses in the mirror satisfied. The sky outside has darkened, and everything in the world seems to be shrouded in lead gray, waiting for the rescue of thousands of lights. I took out a bucket of instant noodles from the fridge and waited for the water to boil while reading a book, then ate noodles while reading a book. Thinking about the four-digit balance on the bank card, and thinking about the kind and friendly greetings from the landlord and aunt a few days later, a faint sadness will appear on my beautiful face.

The nights in September should be cool. After tossing the instant noodle box into the trash and packing several garbage bags, I found a cropped shawl to add to my body, put on a pair of tall martin boots, and refilled my lipstick. I really want to buy clothes, hey, so I have to work hard. I took out my mobile phone, copied the address sent to me by Guan Linlin to the location software, and roughly looked at the distance - it would be better to take the bus.

Get out of the house, lock the door, and wait for the elevator carelessly. The elevator stopped on the top floor, and I was wondering if there should be no one upstairs when the elevator door suddenly opened.

The elevator is filled with cardboard boxes of all sizes, stacked high and low, as if the building could tip over at any moment. A tall man stood in the middle of a cardboard box, and when he looked at me, there was a hint of inaudible doubt in his eyes, and then he smiled a little nervously.

"I'm sorry, I'm moving tonight, and it's taken a bit of time to occupy the elevator. ”

"It's okay, can you let me go downstairs first?"

"Of course it's no problem...... "He looked at me, and then at the bits and pieces, and hurriedly held the cardboard box at the elevator entrance in his arms, and gave me a place to stay, "I'm sorry, I have a lot of things." ”

"Hmm", I nodded, reaching out to press the elevator button, who knew that he also pulled out a hand to press the button, and the two of them stalemate with each other for a few seconds. I withdrew my hand. "Ground floor, thank you. ”

I glanced at the open cardboard box on the floor and saw a few hardcover books, a ceramic ornament of a large dog and a badminton racket, and a box with a fragile label attached to it. I don't know what kind of person he is.

“......”

“......”

"You live on the seventh floor, I'm on the eighth floor, and I'll be neighbors in the future, take care of me." He was the first to break the embarrassment, and I could hear a slight tremor in his voice, and it seemed that he was also a bad person.

"Hmm", I replied, pressed my phone and glanced at the bus driving record, and stomped my foot anxiously.

"Introduce yourself, my name is Li ......" He thought for a while, and continued, seemingly trying to introduce himself in a straightforward manner. He stood up straight, and the sound was coming almost above my head.

"See you next time," I interrupted stiffly, and though it was rude, I hurried out the moment the elevator door opened, leaving the new neighbor alone.

Last bus, please wait for me for two seconds.