Chapter 10: Night Terrors

The sheriff nodded as she took a pen and made a quick note in a notebook.

Shen Xing also saw a voice recorder shining with red dots next to her thigh.

"You live alone?" The male sheriff looked left and right.

"Yes." Shen Xing nodded.

"What about the parents?"

"They don't live in the city."

"What do you do?"

"Wood carving, making and selling your own." Shen Xing said: "I opened a small shop, which is about a twenty-minute walk from Chunyu Street. ”

"Have you heard anything unusual downstairs these days? For example, arguing, crying, or the sound of something hitting or breaking. The male sheriff continued.

Shen Xing recalled for a moment and shook his head: "No, I usually focus very much when I do wood carving, and I need a quiet environment." But to be honest, although this neighborhood is very old, it is very quiet after 9 o'clock every night, which is very suitable for night owl work like me. ”

"That is, if there is a special sound, you will notice it quickly?" The male sheriff frowned and asked.

"Yes." Shen Xing looked directly into his gaze and did not evade, "If there is an abnormal sound, I may be more sensitive and attentive than others." ”

At this time, the female sheriff raised her head and asked, "Is this room your own, or is it ......?"

"I used to rent it because it was cheap and quiet, and it didn't matter if the house was small or old." Shen Xing replied.

From the sheriff's questioning, he probably guessed that the other party did not rule out that Lin Wanru's death was killed by him, so he would inquire and investigate from house to house.

As long as you cooperate well, it will help the sheriff catch the murderer as soon as possible.

"How is Lin Wanru's daughter Fei Fei now?" This is what Shen Xing is worried about at the moment.

The male sheriff shook his head: "Don't worry, it's Fei Fei who called the police after returning home from school, and the little girl has been frightened and has been sent to the security department, and we have someone to take care of and do psychological counseling." ”

The sheriff looked up and asked, "What time does your next-door neighbor usually come home at night?" ”

Shen Xing relieved himself and replied: "There was originally an old man in his seventies living next door, but he later moved to his son's side, and there is no one in the room at present, and he has not rented it out. ”

Old-fashioned residential buildings like the Ivy Ivy Community, which only have six floors in total, were built in a bizarre design for opposites, with two staircases in different directions on the left and right, leading to different residential floors.

Like the floor where Shen Xing lives, there are only two households with him, and if you want to go to the opposite side, you still need to go downstairs and go up another staircase.

After asking a few more questions, the two sheriffs stood up and walked to the door.

The male sheriff turned around and admonished: "The scene on the third floor has been blocked, please don't approach it for the time being when you go up and down the stairs, so as not to damage the scene." If you think of something, you can call me. ”

As he spoke, he gave Shen Xing a card with a phone number written on it, and the name on the card was Xiong Wei.

Shen Xing glanced up at the male sheriff, who was less than one meter seven tall, his body was also thin, and his character was the opposite of his name.

As the door was closing, he saw the two sheriffs continue their way upstairs.

After recalling it carefully, it seems that the neighbors of Lin Wanru's mother and daughter downstairs just moved out last month, and now the room is still empty, otherwise if the family hadn't moved out, someone had just died next door, and I was afraid that I wouldn't want to sleep peacefully tonight.

Returning to the workbench to work until almost twelve o'clock, Shen Xing put down the wood carving of the Buddha statue that was finally completed in his hand, yawned, and went to the bathroom to wash up for a while.

After soaking in the urine, OCD committed, and after checking all the doors, windows, and locks in the room, he returned to the bedroom.

He closed the bedroom door and checked the lock.

Originally, he didn't close the bedroom door when he slept at night, but what happened today made Shen Xing always feel uneasy for no reason.

He turned off the light on the workbench and climbed into bed, where he fell asleep when he was a little sleepy.

Shen Xing tried his best to put his bedtime memories on the Buddha statue that he had polished all night, and did not think about the blood-red eyes again.

This Yungu City belongs to the subtropical humid and mild climate, the summer night cools quickly, and the highest temperature is noon every day, but it is about 278 degrees.

The city is a true summer paradise.

Shen Xing, who was asleep, even unconsciously pulled Xia Liang to cover himself.

I don't know how long it took for him to wake up coldly.

I opened my eyes in a daze, and found myself curled up in a ball, holding a pillow, but the quilt was still well covered and not kicked off.

"What's going on?"

Shen Xing, who still felt a little cold, pulled the quilt to make sure that he was still covered, and then he felt the position at the end of the bed move slightly, as if a person was curled up under the bed, as if his head or back was against the edge of the bed.

The drowsiness faded a little, Shen Xing didn't know if the feeling just now was an illusion or real, after all, he had just woken up, and his head was not clear.

He raised his head slightly, looked at the end of the bed by the moonlight outside the window, and then was startled, his eyes wide open, and he stared at the bedroom door.

In my eyes, this bedroom door is open at this moment!

Shen Xing clearly remembered that he absolutely closed the bedroom door before going to bed.

At this moment, the bedroom door that had been opened made his sleepiness disappear in an instant, and even his hands and feet felt cold.

Boom!

There was a very soft sound at the end of the bed, and there was a slight shaking.

This time, Shen Xing dared to be sure that the first shaking just now was definitely not an illusion.

At this moment, there is plenty of moonlight outside the window, and even if you don't have to turn on the lights, you can see most of the house.

He remained in a flat position, his limbs still, but he tilted his head slightly, his eyes in the direction of the foot of the bed, where the vibrations were heard.

A slow rustling sound sounded at this moment, as if someone was crawling on the ground, crawling very slowly.

Immediately, Shen Xing seemed to see something black arching slightly from the direction of the end of the bed, and then calmed down again.

There may be a burglar in the house!

The thing that was slightly arched just now seemed to be the back of a crouching person, which was the first thought that came to Shen Xing's mind.

There was a brief silence in the bedroom.

Shen Xing supported the bed with his right hand and sat up slowly, his eyes wide open, trying to see what was in the hazy darkness at the end of the bed.

His heart was already beating faster and faster.

After sitting up straight, I reached under the pillow and felt a flashlight placed there, clenching it tightly.

After waiting for a while, Shen Xing slowly turned his body, stretched his bare feet to the ground, and did not wear shoes, so as to ensure that he would not make a noise when he moved, and the slightest cold feeling from the ground also made him quickly become calm.

There was no movement as he got out of bed, except for a slight noise from the board, and his eyes were fixed on the direction at the end of the bed.