Back to my old ways.

My name is Chen Ke and I am a sophomore.

Early this morning, I felt a little uneasy.

When I was in class, I fell asleep in a daze and had a dream.

I dreamed that my dad came to pick me up from school in his car, took me to a place I had never been to and threw me out of the car, leaving only one sentence, this is your home from now on, so that you can do it yourself.

I remember it was a dilapidated neighborhood, with only three small buildings, each four stories high, and the walls were black, full of dust and dirt, as if they had been blackened by fire, and two words were written crookedly on the walls...... Kindheartedness.

I wanted to chase my dad, but before I could take two steps, I found that the road behind me was swallowed up by a burst of darkness, and in desperation, I could only walk towards the dilapidated neighborhood in front of me.

I ventured into the nearest small building, and was just about to ask someone about the situation, when the closed door next to me slammed open......

"Woo woo woo...... I'm going to die, save me! ”

A skinny old man burst out of the door, tugging at my trouser leg and wailing loudly, snot and tears tangled in his face......

And he tugged at my trouser legs, I don't know why they were wet, and when I looked down, I saw that my pants were already covered with blood.

Sticky blood was dripping down his hand and down my trouser legs......

"Ahh......h

I screamed and backed away, and the dream was interrupted here.

I thought it was a nightmare, but before class was over, a person who claimed to be my dad's friend Brother Liu called me, told me that my dad had an accident, gave me an address, and told me to go to him quickly.

At first, I didn't believe it, but the phone call to my dad showed that the phone was turned off, and the bank card linked to my dad's account had been frozen......

I realized that something might be wrong......

My family is in business, and I have encountered this situation several times since I was a child.

Looks like...... My dad's business failed again and he went into debt.

When I returned home in despair, I found that the doors and windows of my house had been sealed, and I suddenly realized that this time things might be different.

At this time, I suddenly remembered the person who had called me before and claimed to be my father's friend, and immediately rushed to the address he gave.

Because...... Now it's the only place where I hear from my dad.

Half an hour later, I arrived at my destination according to the address he had given, and a hint of coolness suddenly appeared in my heart.

The dilapidated community, three small buildings only four stories high, look like blackened walls after being burned down, and the two words written crookedly on the walls...... Kindheartedness!

This...... It's the neighborhood I dreamed of!

Before I could recover from the shock, a pair of hands reached out from behind me and grabbed me by the shoulders.

"Who?"

As soon as I was in pain, I turned my head sharply to see that a tall middle-aged man appeared behind me at some point.

"You are Chen Qihua's son?"

His words made my eyes change, because Chen Qihua is my father, and he is the one who called me here!

"You are Brother Liu? What about my dad...... Where is he, how is he now, tell me! ”

I gasped for air, and he called me...... Then he must know about my dad!

"Your dad is fine, but he won't be back for a short time, he asked me to tell you that if he can come back, he will come to you as soon as possible." Brother Liu snorted coldly and withdrew the hand that was on my shoulder, "During the time he didn't come back, he asked you to stay here to help me do things." ”

"What evidence do you have? Why should I believe you? ”

Brother Liu didn't say much, and found a note for me.

The note reads......

From now on, this is your home, so you can do it yourself.

It's my dad's handwriting, and I can tell it at a glance.

But the words written on the note made me suddenly feel a tingling sensation in my spine...... Because that's the last thing my dad said to me in my dream.

"What do you want me to do for you?"

"The janitor of this neighborhood died, stay and be the janitor."

As a doorman?

I frowned.

"I've never been a janitor, what do janitors need to do?"

"Every night at 10 o'clock on time to the guard room to work, between 11 o'clock and 12 o'clock to inspect the community, after 12 o'clock stay in the guard room to watch the door, at 7 o'clock in the morning again patrol around and then leave." As he spoke, Brother Liu counted a stack of money from his bag and gave it to me, "Here is the 3,000 yuan advanced to you, if you do it, we will talk about the salary." ”

The 3,000 yuan was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and I lost my temper completely.

My dad had an accident, the house was seized, the bank card was frozen, and at this time there was a place to live and financial resources, so it was better to stay here and wait for my dad to talk.

"Come with me to the neighborhood and see where you will work in the future."

I took the money from Brother Liu's hand, and without saying much, I followed him towards the community.

"These three small buildings are the places you need to patrol every night." Brother Liu turned his head to look at me, and without stopping at his feet, he led me directly into the first small building.

There was a terrible smell wafting through the small building, and I always felt like it was coming from the residents' houses......

"Woo woo woo...... I'm going to die, save me! ”

The next second.

The closed door beside me slammed open.

There was a strange creaking sound, which made my legs and feet weak.

In a trance, I felt as if I had returned to a nightmare, when I saw a skinny old man suddenly burst out of the door, pulling at my pants and wailing......

"What are you doing here, hurry up and keep up."

Brother Liu's words suddenly reached my ears, and I woke up with a shudder, only to find that Brother Liu was already seven or eight meters away from me, and I walked over from the open door.

"Ahem, ahem...... There's a newcomer in the building. ”

A somewhat weak voice came from inside the open door.

I looked in the direction from which the sound came from, and saw a skinny old man crouching in the middle of the room, whining and crying.

The moment I saw the appearance of this skinny old man, I only felt a tingling of my scalp, and large drops of sweat seeped out of my forehead......

Because this skinny old man and the old man who suddenly burst out of the door in my dream, and clung to my trouser leg and wailed loudly, snot and tears were tangled in his face...... Same!

As if sensing my gaze, the skinny old man stopped crying, grinned at me, showed a handful of untidy yellow teeth, and raised his hand high......

"Tick Tick ......"

Sticky blood trickled down his hand......

"Ahhhhh......h

I screamed and ran forward, clinging to Brother Liu, and never dared to leave half a step.

"Woo woo woo ......"

There was a creak, and the door behind me closed again, but I could still hear the whining cry through the crack in the door.

"If you don't want to be scared to death, don't go inside the building except for patrolling during the day, because the people who can live in this building are freaks."

Brother Liu saw my dejected appearance, with a familiar expression, and his feet still did not stop.

After inspecting for a while, I slowly gained a very deep understanding of what Brother Liu said, because when I was patrolling the small building with Brother Liu, I could hear the crying, scolding, and pleading voices coming from inside every room I passed by......

"Well, that's all the guards have to do every day."

Soon, Brother Liu led me to the third floor of the third building.

"Brother Liu, there is still one floor to go."

I looked at the fourth floor of this third building with some confusion.

There are no lights on above the third floor, and the stairs from the third floor to the fourth floor are completely in a dim environment, and you can see nothing but smell the peculiar smell of yellow paper......

"Here, you don't need to ask why, you just need to know what can and can't be done...... That's enough. Brother Liu glared at me and led me downstairs.

Soon we were back at the gate of the Renai community.

"By the way, there are a few more caveats." Brother Liu looked at my slowly recovering bloody face, and said slowly, "After twelve o'clock, you are not allowed to go to the resident's room, you are not allowed to go to the toilet of the residential building, you are not allowed to take other people's things, and finally remember that you can't go to the fourth floor of the third building at any time, remember!" ”

After silently writing down the precautions that Brother Liu said, I still asked with some curiosity: "Brother Liu, what is on the fourth floor of that building?" ”

Hearing the fourth floor of the third building, Brother Liu's face changed as if he had heard something terrifying: "This is not what you need to know." ”

"Why can't you go?"

The next second.

Brother Liu grabbed my shoulders stiffly.

"Because...... That's why the last janitor will die! ”