At two o'clock in the morning, Qi Yulin straddled his backpack and returned to the community.

Under the starlight in the sky, even if he doesn't use the street lights, he can barely see the road clearly, of course, the main reason is that he is familiar.

As a programmer for a start-up company, 996 is an unattainable luxury.

Working overtime every night to this time is already the norm in the company, he has wanted to quit several times, but every time he is about to speak, the boss can always pull him closer to the office in a timely manner, tell him how many businesses have been recently, how difficult the company is, and then inadvertently mention the matter of salary increase - it has been mentioned for two years - but he has never seen him cash.

Before leaving the office, there is still that sentence: You are also an old employee under me, and when the company grows, you will be the backbone, and you will definitely not forget to promote.

As for how the boss found out that he had the idea of leaving, Qi Yulin has always been unable to figure it out.

At this time, I also can't figure out why there is so much chaos in the corridor.

The walls and floors have more or less black marks, which look like they have been soaked in water, and some shapeless fragments are scattered everywhere, he has lived in this community for half a year, and he has never seen such a messy appearance.

It seems to be something going on upstairs.

Fire?

He stood in front of his door and couldn't help but glance behind him.

The corner of the staircase above was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.

Pulling out the key and opening the door, he threw his satchel on the sofa casually, and then couldn't wait to go to the bedroom and throw himself on the soft bed.

It was only at this point that he was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, and his body was completely relaxed.

"I'm so tired......"

His eyes were on the ceiling, and he was thinking about resigning.

Suddenly, he seemed to see something, and on the white ceiling, there were black marks spreading, as if they were being scorched by fire, and the range of the traces spread in the center, getting bigger and bigger......

He hurriedly rubbed his sleepy eyes,

And nothing.

It's still white.

"Is that wrong?"

I guess I read it wrong.

After lying on the bed for a while, Qi Yulin propped himself up, took off his clothes, and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Then he went back to the bedroom and lay down on the bed.

This time, he was going to sleep.

Putting his hand on the switch of the overhead light, he pressed it lightly as usual.

"Smack!"

Unlike usual, Qi Yulin never fell asleep again.

In the darkness, his eyes widened, and his body was shaking with fear.

The moment the lights went out, he saw a pitch-black figure, like a gecko, hanging upside down on the ceiling.

The figure's head twisted at a near-impossible angle, its face facing him, its long hair hanging down to his chest.

The horrific scene was still in front of him, his mind was blank, and his throat couldn't make any sound out of fear.

Before he could remove his hand from the switch, he pressed it again, and with a 'snap' sound, the light dispelled the darkness, and the room was bright again, and the ceiling was empty except for white.

However, the feeling of the hair touching his chest just now was so real, and he had goosebumps all over his body.

Qi Yulin didn't dare to stay here any longer, and rushed out of the room with a shout.

It's dark outside.

Any darkness brought Qi Yulin a great sense of crisis, he didn't dare to stay outside alone, let alone go back, so he could only find a hotel and open a room.

In his eyes, the smile on the front desk when he handed him the key card seemed to hide something different, and he felt like he was going crazy.

Qi Yulin got his wish and came to a new place where he could sleep, only this time, he did not turn off the lights, but put a towel over his eyes and fell asleep.

In his sleep, he met the charred figure again, from the foot of the bed, slowly climbing up, the long hair dragged behind her, the dark figure wanted to lie on top of him, and he could only watch, struggling weakly, unable to scream.

When he woke up in the morning, the quilt covering his body was kicked off, Qi Yulin's head was swollen and painful, and his throat was dry, which seemed to be a sign of a cold.

"Oops!"

Blessings are unparalleled, and disasters are not alone, he slept directly until half past eleven at noon.

He didn't have time to see the illness, he hurried to the company, and the boss was a general training:

"When a soldier goes to the battlefield and is always late, you just wait to die!"

Qi Yulin's suppressed emotions finally broke out, his eyes were red, he couldn't control it anymore, and threw his backpack to the ground!

"Fuck off, Lao Tzu is not a hard-working special soldier under you, Lao Tzu is gone!"

The company fell silent all of a sudden, and everyone looked this way.

Qi Yulin was angry, remembering that some colleagues had complained that the boss didn't treat them as people, so he immediately walked out of the office and roared: "Resign, is there any together!" ”

Yafinch was silent.

A colleague who usually has a good relationship stepped forward, Qi Yulin thought he was responding, but what he didn't expect to hear was: "It's not easy for the boss, you just ......"

It turned out to be a sycophant who took the opportunity to make a fool of himself.

Qi Yulin glanced around and found that all his colleagues looked at him with a bit of mockery.

"You ......"

As soon as his legs were weak, he fainted directly.

……

……

"There is no good thing, one set in front of me, and another set behind me!"

Qi Yulin said, spitting hard at the ground.

Xia Ren smiled, squatted with him, looked at the thick dark circles on his face, and asked, "Do you smoke?" ”

Qi Yulin nodded, then touched his pocket, and found that he didn't bring it, which was a little embarrassing.

Xia Ren got up, walked to the side commissary, bought a box of ten-yuan cigarettes, awkwardly tore open the seal, and handed him one.

Qi Yulin took the cigarette and was a little embarrassed: "Brother, I see that you don't smoke either, give me this pack of cigarettes, and I'll transfer your money." ”

Xia Ren shook his head: "No, it's enough if you're willing to tell me these things, and I'll give you this pack of cigarettes." ”

Qi Yulin didn't shirk anymore, lit one, and sucked greedily.

Xia Ren asked, "Where do you live?" I'm somewhat interested in your experience last night. ”

Qi Yulin glanced at him unexpectedly: "Brother, do you believe what I said?" ”

"Why don't you believe it?"

Xia Ren asked rhetorically, "There are many strange things in this world. ”

Qi Yulin took two puffs, watched the smoke dissipate in front of his eyes, and said with a grin: "Brother, you are such a good person, if only I had met you earlier." ”

He then gave the address.

There was silence.

Xia Ren watched him extinguish the cigarette handle, then threw it into the trash can next to him, and asked, "Don't smoke one again?" ”

"No, it's not that much of an addiction."

He looked up at the sky and suddenly sighed.

"It turns out that the afternoon sky is like this.

I haven't seen it in two years. ”

"I'm sorry." Xia Ren said.