(7) The eighth floor where you can't escape

There was a graduation trip for one year, and a middle school in the south decided to go on a trip to the north. It was a three-day, two-night trip, and the next night the school was scheduled to visit the suburbs of Taipei, so I chose a hostel. The eighth floor of the hostel is all bunks and has always been rented to groups traveling to Taipei, especially students or hospitality staff. They rented a total of seven rooms, Xi'er and they lived in the one closest to the elevator, when they first entered the door, Xi'er felt that the door bolt was a little loose, but because the teacher was next door, they didn't worry too much, thinking that it was only one night anyway. That night, Xi'er and Zhizi sneak out together out of curiosity, but the two get lost and don't go long before they come back.

After entering the elevator, Xi'er felt a little weird, but she didn't care. After returning to the room, Shiko said that she was tired and wanted to wash first, so Xi'er asked her to wash first. After the shibashi came out, the hot water was gone, so I called the counter and said that someone had been sent to overhaul it, and asked them to wait for an hour or two.

Xiaoyu's story strongly hinted at something, and her intuition told Xi'er that Xi'er was herself in the story, and she immediately felt horrified when she thought of this. Xiao Yu continued.

Two of them fell asleep quickly, and the other four, thinking that it was their last day, suggested that they talk until dawn. About an hour later, the phone rang, and Xi'er picked it up and heard a very strange voice: "You just called and asked, why is there no hot water?" ”

I don't know if the voice was changed through the telephone, or because of the phone, it was so flat that it was almost impossible to tell whether it was male or female, like the sound of a cartoon Donald Duck when the tape was fast, but the tone was a little slower than that of ordinary people, so it could be heard clearly.

"Oh yes, it's fixed, isn't it?"

"yes!" The man didn't say polite words like "I'm sorry" or "I'm very sorry" and hung up, but that's when Xi'er heard a strange laugh coming from the phone.

"It's fixed, I'll wash it and talk later!" Xi'er said.

Entering the bathroom, Xi'er felt a strong sense of depression, as if the ceiling and walls were constantly pressing towards her, but she thought that it must be because of her first time staying in a hostel.

After about twenty minutes of washing, Xi'er felt a little depressed, and only then did she realize that the air window in the bathroom was not open.

So Xi'er stood on the edge of the bath and tried to open it, but when she saw that the air window was firmly nailed to the frame and could not be pushed open at all, Xi'er felt suffocated, as if the air in the bathroom had been sucked up by herself little by little, and water vapor was everywhere. Xi'er became more and more uncomfortable and wanted to unlock the door to go out, but she was surprised to find that the bathroom door had been locked from the outside and could not be opened at all. Xi'er panicked, thinking that maybe it was a classmate outside who was joking with her.

At this time, she gasped for breath, almost fainted, and pounded the door hard, but there was no reaction outside, and no one seemed to know that she was in the moment of life and death inside. Xi'er finally fell to the ground, and no one outside could hear her desperate cries, and she thought that this time she was really going to die. As the lights dimmed, Xi'er felt more and more exhaust fumes accumulate in her chest, making it impossible for her to bear it any longer, and she screamed with the last of her strength.

"Boom ......" seemed to be the sound of glass breaking, and a stream of air immediately poured into the bathroom, and Xi'er took a few deep breaths. At this time, the door opened, Xiaoyu rushed in, hugged Xi'er and said, "What's the matter?" What's going on? ”

"Why did you lock the door? Why lock the door? Xi'er has already whispered.

"No one closes the door! It's that you're so nervous that you see the glass of the air window shattered by your scream! ”

Walking out of the door, Xiaotong and Zhizi had already slept, Xi'er still looked very nervous, Xi'er had always been used to sleeping at the door, so they left that position to Xi'er.

"Sleep! It's the last day! Xiaoyu said.

After lying down, Xi'er still had lingering palpitations about the terrible experience just now, and when her mood gradually calmed down, her heart had even greater doubts, because she vaguely remembered that Zhizi said that she had been panting loudly at night because of her bad trachea, but at this time everything was silent Xi'er couldn't hear Zhizi's breathing, and even the other five people didn't have the slightest sound at all.

Xi'er turned to look at Xiaoyu, and at this time, the towel on Xiaoyu's head fell, revealing a large hole in her head, and the brain inside couldn't stop shaking. Xi'er exclaimed loudly, Xiaoyu's body gradually turned around, and said with a slight smile: "You finally know, come over and join us." In fact, as soon as we entered this hostel, all six of us were destined to die here. You and Shibako didn't notice it when we came in, and when I was about to climb up to open the air window, I found that it couldn't be opened, so I fell down too hard and broke my head. Xiaotong, they were all suffocated to death. ”

Xi'er wanted to get up, but her body didn't obey, and the dim light shone on the weird smile on Xiaoyu's face.

Xi'er knew that no one could be herself at this time, and the strength in her body was exhausted little by little with the terror, but she had to hold back her fear anyway, because only by suppressing her fear could she escape from this place, and only she knew that five lives had disappeared here.

Xiao Yu seemed to see through her thoughts, laughed and said, "Don't be stupid, do you think you can escape?" Hahaha, everything is predestined. ”

Xi'er propped herself up, and at this time the other four people all stood up and stretched out their hands to move closer to Xi'er, Xiaoyu sat in place and kept laughing, and the expressions of the other four became more and more excited as she laughed.

Xiaotong said: "Xi'er, the four of us will never be separated, and this time is no exception, come over Xi'er." ”

"Yes! Xi'er, didn't you say that you don't feel pressured to be with us? If you don't have us, your day will be sad. Come here, Xi'er! Shibako's words have a strong inducement in them.

But the fear of death still prevailed over friendship, Xi'er got up and rushed to the door, opened the iron hook and opened the door, and then Xiaoyu's high-pitched laughter came from behind her: "You will come back again, you can't escape!" Hahaha. ”

Rushing out of the gate, the elevator was still running. Xi'er sighed, but luckily there weren't any of them behind her.

Xi'er pressed the button on the elevator, no one took the elevator late at night, and in a blink of an eye, the elevator went up to the eighth floor, opened the door and pressed the button on the first floor.

In the quiet elevator, Xi'er felt that these few seconds were as long as centuries. The door finally opened, but at this moment, Xi'er fell to her knees with her legs limp, because what she saw in front of her was still the eighth floor!

The door closed again, and willpower forced Xi'er to get up again and press the button on the second floor. This time it will definitely work! Xi'er's voice kept talking, but her legs trembled and she could barely stand.

Bite! The door opened again.

"Nope! No...... No...... Oh, my God! Spare me! Despite her repeated attempts, she still couldn't get to any of the floors, and the buttons on the elevator floors were useless, because they all had only one destination—the eighth floor.

Xi'er sat in the elevator and cried loudly. She knew that she would never be able to escape from this place, and Xiao Yu's words echoed clearly in her ears: "You will come back." ”

Teacher! With this hope in her heart, Xi'er rushed out of the elevator and ran to the teacher's room and banged on the door hard. Minutes and seconds passed, and there was still no response. After a long time, the door finally opened, but Xi'er was stunned, it was Xiaoyu who came to open the door, her smiling face was about to hit the tip of her nose, she smirked and said, "You are still back, I said that you will still come back." ”

"Xiaoyu! Spare me! Xi'er stepped back step by step, at this time all the doors on the eighth floor kept knocking, it seemed that the people inside were about to rush out, Xiaoyu smiled again, and her voice was more excited than last time: "Just wait a little longer, when they all come out, you will be with us forever!" Hahaha......"

Xi'er, who is spinning in the world, feels that she is about to be unable to bear it, and the only little hope that supports her is her attachment to life. At this time, a strange thought suddenly flashed in her mind, because the only elevator button just now that she hadn't tried was the eighth floor, Xiaoyu seemed to notice her expression, and shouted inside: "Hurry up, come out!" ”

Seven rooms tumbled down at the same time, and more than eighty pairs of hands quickly approached Xi'er, who rushed onto the elevator with all her might, one hand reaching in and trying to open the elevator door. Xi'er pressed the close button hard, and finally the door closed, but the hand fell in front of Xi'er's body, still crawling forward, Xi'er lost her reason and thinking ability in fright, jumped up and stepped on the hand hard, the plasma sprayed out, and the hand finally remained motionless.

After a long time, the elevator door opened. There was a big change outside the door, and Xi'er finally breathed a sigh of relief, and her body completely lost its strength. As she walked out the door, she felt a wave of dizziness in her head, and a voice kept asking in her ear, "What's going on?" What's going on? But Xi'er felt the voice grow farther and farther away......

(8) Dyeing red

"Xi'er! Xi'er! The voice fluttered in the distance, and Xi'er wanted to open her eyes, but her body didn't have the slightest strength. It should have been a man's voice, Xi'er thought.

"Hurry up! You've been sleeping like this for a long time. Xi'er rubbed her eyes, and the person in front of her was a man of about thirty-seven or eighteen years old. In her doubts, Xi'er felt a sense of déjà vu with him, and then finally remembered that it was Brother Chen, but she didn't know what kind of person Brother Chen was.

"The sun is so dazzling!" Xi'er blurted out involuntarily.

"Didn't you bring sunglasses? Why not wear it? Xi'er was a little puzzled, and then she looked around and felt a little frightened, she was sitting in the right seat of a car. What about hostels? What about elevators? Xi'er is full of suspicion.

Although the person next to him didn't have a clear impression in his mind, he vaguely felt that he must be an acquaintance.

"Wake up! It's almost there. Brother Chen said.

"Where are we going?" Xi'er asked unconsciously.

"You forgot, we just finished talking business!"

"Talking about business?"

As soon as the words came out, Xi'er immediately saw herself in the rearview mirror. No! No way! is dressed up, and her age doesn't look like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl at all. No! Must be dreaming. But the scenery around him is clear, and the wind in his ears is also whistling, is everything just a dream?

"You just had a nightmare!"

"Hmm!"

"Hey! Hurry up! There was a high-pitched provocative sound next to the car, and Xi'er only felt a strong suction force next to the car, and then a car whizzed by.

"Dead boy! What about imported cars? Brother Chen cursed loudly and pressed the accelerator hard, the acceleration of the car was very slow, but the car before seemed to be deliberately teasing them, gradually slowing down, Brother Chen was a little proud, and the car rushed forward.

"Can the Yulon car catch up with us? Come on! Hey......" Xi'er saw clearly, there were four young men in the car, all about twenty years old.

"Hey! Big brother and sister! The broken copper and iron car still want to play with us? Forget it! The corner of the man's mouth in the driver's seat raised a disdainful smile, "Driving mostly depends on technology, what's the big deal about imported cars?" Xi'er seems to have suddenly understood Brother Chen's personality in her heart, and she is willing to fight and never admit defeat. She tried to persuade him, but the words retracted from her lips, because her instincts told her that it was useless. She shook her head at Brother Chen, but he tilted his head and deliberately avoided her gaze.

"Then let's give it a try!"

"Good! I'll teach you how to drive, kids! ”

"Uncle, please! Ha! ”

The two cars rushed out, chasing each other on a straight road, and the world seemed to belong to them completely.

"Hey! Big trucks! Xi'er exclaimed, but Brother Zhan showed a smug smile and said, "Here's the opportunity!" Those hairy kids will know how to drive! Brother Chen had no intention of slowing down, and the two cars rushed straight forward, the rear of the truck constantly approaching them.

"Forget it!" Xi'er screamed loudly, but Brother Chen always maintained a confident smile. In his experience, there was still some distance between his path and the big truck, and even if there was enough space to dodge his left, there was no way to avoid the right of the group of children, and in the end they would have to stop, and he kept pressing the group of children so that they had no chance to squeeze in front of him. As the distance got closer, the faces of the children became more and more ugly.

"Hahaha...... Throw in the towel! The car finally slowed down, but Brother Chen still accelerated forward. The car was speeding on the wide road, and the sun was dancing on Brother Chen's face full of satisfaction and pride. Xi'er couldn't help but be stunned when she looked at it, although she still couldn't figure out where she was, but this expression and demeanor were deeply imprinted in her heart, evoking memories that had been sealed for a long time. Indeed, Brother Chen is the person she knows and loves, Xi'er couldn't help but smile.

Brother Chen laughed even louder when he heard her laughter, the sun was slanting in the west, the sky was gradually reddening, and the traffic was no longer sparse, the car should have been left far behind, both of them thought so. "It's almost there." Brother Chen told Xi'er.

"Why is it here again!" Brother Chen shouted loudly, and the car just now in the rearview mirror was rushing forward. Because he realized that the car was close in front of him, Brother Chen didn't seem to have the idea of giving up, and gritted his teeth and stepped on the accelerator harder.

"Hey!" The car had rushed to his side in laughter, and then swerved sharply to the right and squeezed in front of him.

Faced with this sudden situation, Brother Chen was startled and stood to the right and flashed, but unfortunately it was too late on the highway.

"Boom!" The car slid backwards at a rapid pace, then rolled over. The world was spinning for a while, but Xi'er noticed that a strong arm was stretched out to hold her, and at the same time, a familiar voice in her ear said affirmatively: "Don't be afraid! ”

The attitude is resolute and calm, and in the chaos, Xi'er feels a great sense of security.

"Poof!" Xi'er's body fell into the stinky pool of water, and little by little it began to sink. The foul-smelling water kept pouring into her nostrils, but she didn't feel scared, because the hands were still tightly hugging her, and Xi'er felt a strong warmth in her heart.

Xi'er spit out the sewage in her mouth vigorously, and after her brain recovered slightly, her body had already risen upward, and the water flowing around her was very warm.

"It's okay!" Xi'er spat out the slightly salty sewage in her mouth, opened her eyes and looked at the surrounding scene, shook her head fiercely and cried loudly: "No......"

The afterglow of the sunset reflected on the already red-dyed river and Brother Chen's smiling face. Finally, Brother Chen closed his eyes and fell into the river again, and only the broken legs on the river were floating and sinking.

"No...... No...... Eldest brother! Eldest brother! ”

"Xi'er! He's dead! Xiaotong said.

"No...... He's not dead...... He's not dead! "Xi'er is on the verge of a breakdown.

"You spend the day in the hotel with me tonight, don't go back!" Xiao Tong comforted.

"He's not dead, he's not dead! I'm not going, I'm not going......" Xi'er still kept babbling.

"Xi'er! You don't want that! The police said everything was an accident, don't be too sad, I don't think Brother Chen wants you to be like this! ”

"No, it's not an accident, it's ...... It's them! ”

"Who is it?" Xiao Tong asked carefully.

Xiaotong asked this sentence Xi'er seemed to come back to her senses, turned her head to look at her, was silent for a long time, bit her lower lip, as if she had figured out something, and her mood was unusually calm again, and said, "It's nothing, I'm tired, okay!" I'll go back with you. ”

Xi'er's surprising cooperation surprised Xiaotong. It's good to figure it out, Xiao Tong thought. Xiaotong then takes Xi'er to a newly built hostel. There were seven rooms on the eighth floor, and the room they booked was on the eighth floor. According to the counter, the boss saw that the business was not good and deliberately changed the eighth floor to a general shop.

"...... here" Xi'er was startled, but in the end, what happened all day was completely a dream, or was it just consistent with her own dream, Xiaotong looked at her frightened expression and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Nope." Xi'er hid her emotions, and then said, "If you have something, you don't have to accompany me, don't worry about me." ”

"I'm fine, do you want to take a shower first? Don't overthink it. ”

"Hmm!" Xi'er nodded and closed the bathroom door.

The water was ticking, but the scene was clearly back in front of me. The warm water gradually turned red, and Xi'er's spirit collapsed again. Tears kept falling, and Xiaoyu's smiling face in the vague impression appeared in front of her again, but Xi'er was no longer afraid, and moved her right hand to her pocket - Brother Chen's Swiss knife, Xi'er smiled very happily.

"Strange, why is it so long?"

Xiaotong is frightened and begins to regret the advice she made to Xi'er. She knocked the bathroom door, but there was no response from inside, and she immediately notified the counter of the urgency of the situation, and when the bathroom door was rushed open, Xi'er was already lying in the red-dyed bath, with a happy and satisfied smile on her face.

"No...... I hurt her...... I hurt her! ”

Xiaotong kept crying, why did she choose to take this path? Xiao Tong can't figure it out at all, everyone has the right to choose life and death, and it is not up to others to control it. Xi'er finally died. If Brother Chen had understood Xi'er's intentions, perhaps all the efforts at that time would not have been needed. Sometimes it's not always good to make choices or arrangements for others. Xiao Tong thought like this.

"Bless you! We can be together forever in the next life! Xiao Tong secretly made such a vow.

When the hotel was subjected to such an experience, the owner immediately decided to renovate it. The eighth floor was completely converted into a bunk according to the original concept, but Xi'er kept wandering around the hotel, looking forward to a chance for revenge, waiting for a life that was compatible with her, until she found a group of middle school girls who came to play here. Xi'er finally smiled, because the dream seemed to be very similar to this group of girls, and she immediately realized that everything in the world was predestined, and she knew that this opportunity had finally come.

(9) A woman in a black dress

The moment Xi'er saw her, the confinement of more than 800 days was over, and Xi'er knew that the hints in the dream had finally been answered. A strong suction force attracted him, and his body seemed to continue to fall, and there was darkness in front of him. Then a lot of strange and familiar scenes surfaced in front of me, like a movie that has been slowed down dozens of times, and one scene after another keeps pouring into my mind. Eventually, she felt her whole brain swell.

Expanded, but the speed never slowed down, and the head was like a balloon about to be blown up, ready to burst at any moment.

"Ahh Xi'er couldn't help but let out a scream, and then her eyes suddenly flashed, and a still picture appeared in front of her eyes. It's a mirror, it's her, no...... It's herself, and Xi'er knows full well that she and she are completely one. ”

The "Bell ......" phone rang. Tongtong. The hearts of Zhizi and Xi'er collided almost at the same time, but they didn't move at all. Xiao Yu's story was interrupted, she picked up the phone with a smile, and after listening to her for a while, she said in a very positive tone: "Okay, we know." ”

Xiaoyu looked at Xi'er as she spoke, then hung up the phone and said, "The hot water has been repaired, Xi'er, you can go and wash it." Xiao Yu's eyes flashed with a strange light, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Xi'er didn't react to Xiaoyu's words, her body trembling as she looked at the bathroom door with dull eyes. Tongtong was huddled in the corner at this time, although Zhizi was frightened, she kept calm, stretched out her hand and shook Xi'er's right arm to express comfort, but Xi'er suddenly shrank away, and then looked at Zhizi's face with wide eyes, Zhizi was startled by her actions. After about two minutes, Xi'er finally cried, and Zhizi held her right hand and said, "Don't cry, don't cry, it's all fake." ”

Xi'er sobbed for a long time, and finally quieted down. Zhizi said, "Go take a bath!" Everyone is tired today. ”

Xi'er felt embarrassed to know that she was out of shape, and after hesitating for a while, she walked into the bathroom. Xi'er carefully checked the door and made sure there was nothing unusual before deciding to close it. Before closing the door, she looked at the three of them, Xiaoyu was talking in Zhizi's ear, Zhizi's eyes were foggy, and Xi'er gently closed the door.

Sitting in the bath, I thought quietly for a long time before calming down, putting on my clothes and getting ready to go out of the bathroom. Suddenly, as soon as the electric light went out and flashed a few times, Xi'er's mood immediately became flustered again, and she almost screamed. Then take a closer look, it seems that the voltage is not very stable, Xi'er smiled in her heart, but she clearly felt what she saw. Walking out of the bathroom, Xiao Yu saw that her face changed slightly, coughed lightly, and shook her head. Zhizi still had a disapproving look in his eyes, while Tongtong was pale and kept asking, "Is it true?" ”

Xi'er blew her hair and asked them what they were talking about. Tongtong was about to speak, but Zhizi interrupted her: "It's nothing, it's still those!" Xi'er thought to herself that maybe it was her actions just now that made Zhizi reluctant to speak, so she nodded silently and didn't say anything.

"What did Xiao Yu say?" After so many years, the mystery in Xi'er's heart is still unsolved.

"Yes......" Kiriki replied.

"No, wait a minute...... I'll tell you," Zhizi interrupted her, "You remember when we went to the hot springs three years ago after the university entrance exams?" ”

"Does it have anything to do with that?" Zhizi nodded affirmatively, and Kiritsu said, "What the hell happened?" ”

"After finishing the university entrance examination that year, Zhizi asked me to go to the hot springs, and only the two of us went with me that day, so I asked Zhizi to go in first, and I waited outside. Just then, I saw a woman in a black dress walk in, and I shouted, "Hey! You don't go in! My classmates are still there. But as if she hadn't heard me, she brushed me past me and walked in, and I felt only a chill as she brushed my body.

Twenty minutes later, Zhizi came out, and I asked her if she had seen a woman in an empty black dress, and she firmly denied that she had not seen such a person, but I will never forget her appearance, her cold eyes, and from that day on, I never dared to go to the hot springs again. “

Xi'er glanced at Zhizi and said, "Didn't you say you didn't see it?" So what does it have to do with what Xiao Yu said? ”

"Actually, I found out later that what Xiaoyu said ......" Zhizi paused for a long time, sighed and said: "I took a leave of absence from school a year ago, and you all persuaded me!" But I've always been adamant, you must think I'm stupid, but if you're ...... Alas! ”