"Uncle, do you still have that newspaper?" I asked, with a sense of luck.

"Yes, this girl is the only person who has been good to me in the past few years, so I was reluctant to sell this newspaper, and I always carried it with me, which I kept as a souvenir for myself. Well, this is it, since you're her friend, let's give it to you, I hope you can get her back. The old man took out a neatly folded newspaper from the pocket of his jacket and gave it to me after one last look.

"Thanks, I'll definitely find her!" I took the newspaper gratefully and carefully, and said in a firm tone.

"I can see that you are also a good boy, and she is really a natural pair, if you find it, please tell me too, I am so relieved. Then you are busy, it is getting dark, and I have to go home early to rest. Hey, this man is old, and he goes to bed early at night. The old man looked at me carefully for a while, said with emotion, and turned around to leave.

"Uncle, it's hard to walk in the dark, I'll send you back, by the way, after finding Jiaqi in the future, we can still see you often." I put the newspaper in my bag for the time being, chased after him, and helped the old man forward.

Along the way, the old man enthusiastically introduced the various districts of Nanjing to me in detail, and I also consulted some local customs in Nanjing, and the old man patiently told me about it.

When I sent the old man to a small house made of very simple wooden planks, the old man said that he was home, and motioned for me to find a hotel and go to bed as soon as possible, for I must have been exhausted from the train ride that day.

After saying goodbye to the old man, I took a taxi and rushed to Nanjing University, since I knew that Jiaqi was once a student at Nanjing University and disappeared around there, I naturally went to Nanjing University to inquire about her.

In the taxi, I took out the newspaper that the old man had given me that published Jiaqi's disappearance. As soon as I looked up after watching it, I saw an apartment called "Dusty Edge" passing by outside the window.

Hurriedly shouted: "Master, please stop!" ”

There was a squeak ...... brakes, and the taxi stopped.

After paying the fare and the taxi left, I crossed the street to the front of the apartment, and an indescribable feeling permeated my heart.

The reason why I stood at the door of this apartment was because the newspaper mentioned that Shen Jiaqi had disappeared inexplicably in this apartment.

I don't know why, I always feel that Shen Jiaqi is inside, but I understand that this is impossible, because since Shen Jiaqi disappeared, the police have turned this apartment upside down, and there are no clues.

According to the description of this apartment in the newspaper, I learned that this apartment is a large and scattered Chinese-style courtyard, with a bit of Suzhou garden exquisite pattern, private gardens, pavilions, and rockery pavilions.

It is said that although each room in this high-end apartment is not large, the decoration style is very Zen, the color is elegant, the decoration is extremely simple, clean and neat, and there is a hint of subtle classical beauty into every detail.

Living in such an elegant environment, everyone will involuntarily obtain an otherworldly state of mind, as if they have already reached the worldly fate, reaching the highest state of returning to the basics and the unity of heaven and man.

That's why this apartment is named Chenyuan, and it is also a famous single apartment in Nanjing. It is generally a place of residence favored by white-collar single men and women who have received a good education, have a certain unique taste, and have a stable source of income.

Therefore, the rent here is also beyond the reach of ordinary people, and the monthly rent of each apartment is the same, 5,000 yuan a month. Each apartment includes a living room, bedroom, kitchen and a bathroom, which is enough for one person.

When I stood at the door of the apartment, looking at the ancient courtyard gate, the elegant and soft blurred lights, and the faint scent of sandalwood faintly wafting from inside, I instantly felt the extraordinary quality of this apartment.

If it weren't for Shen Jiaqi's disappearance from here, I think I would have loved this apartment. But at this moment, I hate this place, because it is like a demon dormant in the shadows, devouring my most beloved girl.

Suddenly I felt conflicted, I liked this apartment very much, but I was very resistant, but I soon convinced myself that this apartment had once lived with my most beloved girl, and that being able to experience her past life so closely was the ideal home for me.

But I can't help but be a little puzzled, Shen Jiaqi can live here, obviously she should be a girl with a good family background, otherwise how can a student who is going to college and has no financial resources to bear such a rent.

But if she is really the daughter of a big family, why has she been missing for half a year and still has not been heard from, is it that she has been kidnapped? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but twitch in my heart, and I really didn't dare to think about it anymore, because some results were not something I could accept calmly at present.

But the most important thing at the moment is to figure out the ins and outs so that I can make a plan to find Shen Jiaqi. And if I want to investigate clearly, the ideal thing is to live here, only in this way can I have the opportunity to get in touch with the clues about Shen Jiaqi's life.

Just as I was about to go inside, I saw a girl come out of it while talking on the phone, I was not a person who liked to eavesdrop on other people's calls, but this girl's words caught my attention.

"Oh, Mom, I know. I'll change the apartment, it's always okay.,Actually, to be honest, I still like the apartment I just saw.,It's a pity that this last one is left.,There's actually a girl missing in it.,It's really unlucky.,Since you're not at ease.,Then forget it......"

I didn't pay any more attention to what the girl said, because when I heard that there was one last house, I hurried inside.

I was a little relieved to see that there were no other guests at the front desk from a distance, but I walked quickly to the front desk because I wanted to get this last room.

It may be bad luck for others, but for me, it's the greatest luck to be able to live in the same room where my favorite girl has ever lived.

Standing in the front desk is a noblewoman who looks very rich, although she is past middle age, but the charm is still there, it is conceivable that she was also a temperamental beauty when she was young. I think she should be the landlord's aunt.

She was on the phone with her phone, and I politely greeted her, and she nodded and hung up.

When I explained my intention, she seemed to be in a hurry to go out, so she called a waiter from the back room to go out for me, and gave me a business card when I left, saying that her landline was broken, and she would call her mobile phone if she was in a hurry.

Before going through the formalities, the waiter kindly reminded me that this was the last room, and it was also the room where the newspaper had reported the disappearance of a girl, and the lease contract must be signed for at least one year, and the rent must be paid annually, with a deposit of 5,000, and if there is no objection, he will take me to see the room.

I didn't hesitate to say, just sign the contract, don't look at the room, because there are photos of this room in the newspaper, I have already seen it. As I spoke, I also took out the newspaper and showed it to the waiter, asking her to confirm that if it was this apartment, she would go through the formalities for me immediately.

After reading the photos in the newspaper, the waiter nodded to confirm that it was this apartment, and then looked at me with a very surprised eye, and said a lot to me while filling out the contract, which probably means that I admired that I dared to live in this apartment after reading the newspaper. He also told me that if this apartment hadn't been missing, it would have been rented out a long time ago.

The main thing is that the apartment boss, that is, the lady just now is straightforward, like to say ugly things in front, if you change to other apartment owners, in order to make more money, you will definitely deliberately hide these bad things, and when the guests find out, it is impossible to check out if you are bound by the contract.

I just smiled faintly when I heard it, and didn't explain my real reason, after all, this is also my privacy, and there is no need for passers-by to know. It's just that I claim to have watched a lot of horror movies, and my nerves are relatively big, not to mention the missing person, even if there are female ghosts in it, I dare to live.

The waiter laughed and trembled, and admired me even more. Of course, only I knew in my own heart, I bragged, I watched a horror movie once, and many of my classmates watched it in broad daylight with me at that time, and when I came home and slept in my room that night, I slept with the lights on.

Because the plot of horror movies always lingers in my mind. In addition, I am also a writer of novels, and I am good at cranky, even if it is a very ordinary black shadow, I can imagine the most terrifying picture.

After signing the contract, I took out the credit card that my father gave me and paid the rent for a year, because this credit card was a supplementary card handled by my father for me and was bound to my father's credit card, so I knew that at the moment of successful swiping, my father who was far away in Beijing had received a text message reminder from the bank.

As soon as I got off the train, I spent more than 50,000 yuan, and my father didn't think that I was blackmailed, maybe I should call to confirm later. After all, according to common sense, I should have checked into a hotel first, and then I would have to find a suitable house in a few days before I would pay a one-year rent like this.

Sure enough, within a few minutes, on the way to the apartment with the waiter, my mobile phone rang, and I saw that it was my mother calling.

As soon as I answered the phone, my mother anxiously asked me if there was an accident, right? I smiled and said that I was just lucky, and I grabbed the last house in the apartment with the best reputation just after getting off the train.

My mother was relieved to hear my general description and praise the apartment. Of course, my mother's satisfaction only provided that I had concealed the fact that the girl had gone missing. After chatting with my mother for a while, my father grabbed the phone and told me that I had just come to Nanjing, everything was difficult at the beginning, there was no need to worry about work and earning money, and there was no need to save too much money, eating and dressing well, taking care of myself was the first thing, there was no shortage of money at home, and he would repay the money in Beijing on time with this card, so that I could use it.

Even if I earn money in the future and don't have to rely on my family, this card will be used as a bank card for emergency backup.

Then my mother snatched back the phone and nagged me about a lot of places that need to be paid attention to in a person's life, listening to me was also full of emotion, I really pity the hearts of parents in the world, I used to feel annoyed when I listened to their nagging in Beijing, but after arriving in the field, this person is not familiar with the place, and I feel warm when I hear my parents' nagging again.

During my phone conversation with my parents, the attendant had already taken me to the door of my apartment, and when the door opened, she motioned for me to continue the conversation and leave her alone, and then she waited quietly for me to end the call with a smile on her face.