Year of Gengzi - Fanwai [Year of the Rat Story] Final Chapter - Haunted House
I had insomnia again, which was a joke for me, who was sleepy. When I used to go back to the apartment and see a pile of messes, I turned a blind eye to it and turned on the computer to log in to the game, which is the normal night time.
It's only been three days since moving into this apartment, the landlord contacted online, centrally located, on the 18th floor, with elevator. The house is simple and furnished, and you can move in with your bag. Of course, for me, a bachelor, the rent of 100 yuan per month is quite satisfying, and I can still connect to broadband without delaying my games.
In addition to me, the house has two bedrooms, both of which are said to have tenants, although they have never met. I paid three months' rent and a deposit of 200 yuan, and the landlord collected the money and left in a hurry, I think he is really happy.
The happy mood lasted for a day. What's going on lately? Every night the game is also unstoppable, and it always feels miserable in the house. Maybe it was the cold of winter, so I wrapped the quilt around my body and continued to fight heartily in the game world.
After brushing the last dungeon, I took a puff of cigarette and was satisfied with the gold coins and went offline. Thinking that I have gained a lot today, I can't help but laugh out loud.
Looking at the time on the computer, it was already half past one in the morning. Alas, I forgot the time again, thinking that I would have to get up early to go to work tomorrow morning, and suddenly most of my happy mood disappeared. I simply took off my socks and got into the quilt, and I didn't care about brushing my teeth and washing my face.
The night was surprisingly quiet, and I was wrapped in a quilt.
Cold... Or cold... I closed my eyes and thought to myself: This is covered with a thick winter quilt, why is it still shivering from the cold? It's weird......
Although his eyes were closed and his head was full of thoughts, he did not feel sleepy at all......
Suddenly I sat up violently, rubbing my unkempt hair, my mouth bitter and the smell of smoke permeating. It's dark all around, and the tenants who are renting with them don't know where to go, and they haven't come back yet......
A cool breeze swept across my cheeks, and the curtains shook slightly. I subconsciously tightened the quilt. Scratching his head with self-deprecation, he was really careless when he thought about it, patronizing and playing, but he felt cold, and it turned out that the window was not closed.
I got up, walked to the window, and was about to pull the window, when I found it closed!
But since the windows are closed, where does the wind come from? Even if the seal is not good, it is impossible to blow up the curtains!
Suddenly, my heart trembled, I shivered, and a layer of cold sweat oozed from my forehead.
What's going on? I quickly turned on the light, looked around, and stared at the curtains.
For a long time, the curtains did not move, and there was no wind.
After staring at it for a long time, I forgot to go to the bathroom, and gradually a wave of tiredness hit, and I unconsciously fell asleep on the bed.
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I didn't sleep well this night, and in the dark, I always felt like I was staring at one eye, as if I was asleep, but I saw a lot of hazy light and shadow in a daze.
When I woke up, the golden sunlight had already sprinkled the entire house. I grabbed my phone and saw that it was already nine o'clock!
I got up suddenly, my head hurt as if it was about to crack, and the sleepiness that had not faded from last night still harassed me, my back was covered with sweat, and it was uncomfortable to stick my clothes to my back.
Finished! Punch in at half past eight, and now it's nine o'clock, and it's estimated that I can catch lunch at the company......
I stretched my aching body and dragged my tired body to the bathroom. A soak of overnight urine actually made me stand in the toilet for more than a minute!
After brushing my teeth, I thought to myself: I went to record absenteeism for half a day, and if I didn't ask for a leave, I would deduct a day's money. I thought, I might as well take a leave of absence, anyway, it's only half a day, and I might as well have a good day.
After taking the phone, I pondered for a long time, and finally pretended to be sick and dialed the manager's phone: "Hey? Lin Touer...... I... I'm sorry I have a high fever and I don't have any strength...... Right...... Ask you for a day of sick leave to visit the hospital...... yes, it's okay...... Thank you for your concern...... Good...... Good...... Good bye! ”
After making the phone call and asking for leave, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that I must have a good rest and make up for the sleep I couldn't sleep well yesterday.
wiped his face indiscriminately, hurriedly ran downstairs to have breakfast, two fritters, a bowl of wontons, his body gradually regained warmth, and hurriedly ran back to the apartment to prepare for a sleep, suddenly saw the flickering monitor and suddenly wanted to play a game again, who knew that as soon as I went in, I saw the announcement: the game is routinely maintained, and it will not be played until eight o'clock in the evening!
"Damn, why are you maintaining it again!" I remember that the maintenance was only completed the day before yesterday, but this announcement is so conspicuous that I can only stare at the monitor in a daze, and suddenly there is a bang in the case, and it seems that something has exploded! emitted a burnt smell......
"! What's going on? Why is it so decaying! Don't let people live! "I had no choice but to open the case, and the power supply burned out?!
Hey, what a killer...... I could only take out my wallet and count the little money I had left, and rode on the little electric donkey, ready to go to the computer city to buy another one.
The game is food for thought, and if you can't go online on time at night, then it's better to peel me alive. I bought a second-hand power supply, walked out of the computer city, and thought about what to do that day, and the money in my hand was used to buy the power supply, and I had no money to go to the Internet café, so I had to walk along Yuhua Road to pass the time.
"Young man! Come here" As soon as I walked past the Daci Pavilion, a person dressed as a Taoist priest stopped me.
"I don't have any money!" I said to him angrily. I thought to myself, an old liar, how can he even deceive a person like me?
I was just about to pass by him, when I heard him whisper: "Look at your dark Yintang, your face is gloomy, and you must be entangled in dirty things." Come here and let the poor road take a look? "I don't disdain, isn't this a trick used by these gods?
Ignoring the Taoist priest's obstruction, I hurried over.
After eating a bowl of noodles and an egg for lunch, looking at the empty wallet, it seems that the family can only go to the whole family to swipe the credit card for dinner. Alas! Life.
Transferred back to the computer city, rode the small electric donkey back to the house, it was already half past three in the afternoon, the power supply was replaced, and the computer was turned on to try, and the computer was running normally. A hanging heart fell to the ground, and I lay down on the bed to catch up on sleep.
When I opened my eyes again, the sky outside the window had darkened, and I looked at my phone in a daze, it was already seven o'clock.
I scrambled to my feet, my lunch had already been digested, and my gurgling stomach urged me to feed it quickly.
No one called me, so I wanted to ask my friends over for a braised beef (instant noodles) and show off the NB equipment of the characters in my game. I don't know that this kid claims to have a meal and doesn't come. Damn, a bullshit dinner, and I don't know which girl was deceived.
I still came to the whole house and brushed two boxes of instant noodles in one go, all of which were rations for the second half of the month.
Go home and turn on your computer to go online. It's already eight o'clock in the night, and today's struggle has just begun!
With my operation, each wave of team battles ranks in the top three DPS, haha, it seems that today is going to be a big gain. Look at the gold coins in the warehouse, and then look at the instant noodles on the table, it's time to sell some gold coins for money.
Bang...... Whew...... The display is off again! The light bulbs on the roof also flickered on and off......
"Damn, the voltage is so unstable, don't burn my mainframe power again." I hurriedly turned off the computer, and I felt a chill in my heart as I looked at the flickering light bulbs.
In fact, not only in my heart, but also a cold wind around me, I couldn't help but shiver.
"The apartment of 100 yuan a month is really unreliable, there are so many problems just a few days after moving in, it won't be really unclean..."I thought to myself, and I couldn't help but become more and more afraid.
After a while, the lights stopped flashing, and I suddenly thought of the words I met the Taoist priest today: "Look at your Yin Tang dark, your face is gloomy, you must be entangled in dirty things..... I shook my head vigorously, "Fuck the dirty things, Lao Tzu Tong man, I don't believe it!"
Turn the computer back on.,Continue the bloody battle just now.,But I always feel that something is wrong in my heart.,Playfulness is greatly reduced.。
Looking at the time, it's only ten o'clock, this time is extremely embarrassing for me, I go out a little late, and I go to bed too early...... I stared at the computer and mechanically refused the invitations of several gold groups, while manipulating the game characters around the city.
A private message suddenly flashed: 12 o'clock at midnight, no more......
I looked at the name of the person who sent the private message, it was a set of garbled characters, what?! I frowned, this id made me a little uncomfortable.
I replied with one: Who are you? What do you see at twelve?
I waited for a long time, but in the end I still didn't receive any reply.
I was a little restless, thinking about what was happening today, could it really be related to this apartment? An apartment like this in the city center, furnished, with a monthly rent of 100 yuan per bedroom, seems really a bit quirky.
Tick...... Tick...... Tick......
Before I knew it, it was 12 o'clock in the morning, and I became more and more nervous, turned on the lights in the whole room, and clutched my small folding knife tightly in my hand.
Another gust of cold wind came out, like a cold hand touching the side of my face. The biting cold hit me deep inside, making me shiver.
The lights in the room began to burst and flicker, sizzling... Whew... The computer monitor began to flicker irregularly, and some irregular pictures appeared...... I stiffened and didn't know what to do.
There is really a wind that can blow the curtains! Behind the curtain, a woman's half-pale face was revealed!
I shuddered and turned my head to look, and half of the woman's face burst into a smile, and a long red dress was hidden behind the curtains...... The woman's face flickered in the flickering of the lights, and the reflection of that eerie smile was even more terrifying.
"At twelve o'clock in the morning, I won't see you..." I couldn't see the woman's mouth moving, but there was a melodious voice in my ears.
"Hey, hey, hey....." A shrill and shrill laugh came, and my lips began to tremble in fright. I've heard the old man say a long time ago, I'm not afraid of ghosts crying, I'm afraid of ghosts laughing, and a female ghost in red is a terrible ghost with grievances, how should I spend tonight?
If only I had been scared unconscious...... I thought to myself, don't let me see it with my own eyes, even if you ask for my life!
But she just looked at me like that, and I forgot to close my eyes!
Suddenly, the woman began to cry again, her eyes drooping and her mouth bent down...... There was a whimper, so miserable, without me opening, suddenly there was a sharp and piercing laugh of "hey, hey, hey, hey...", and I sat back on the bed, my heart was pounding out of my chest, and I was on the verge of collapse!
Half of the woman's face curved to me, and a string of shrill laughter scraped against the floor like glass, stinging my eardrums. I was terrified, but I couldn't faint!
Suddenly, everything changed instantly, and I saw the figure of the woman behind the curtain turn into an afterimage, and in just a moment, her face was actually in front of me, occupying my entire line of sight.
What kind of face is that, half of the face is miserable, the eyes are like the moon, and the corners of the mouth are hooked with a smile, but the other half of the face is deeply collapsed, mixed with blurred flesh and blood, the white of the eyeballs is miserably hanging outside, the sticky and degraded black-brown blood keeps flowing down, and there are even dense white insects burrowing in and out of the rotten face......
"Ahh I let out a suppressed scream in my throat.
"Get out...... Get out...... Get out of my house! "A faint voice swirls through the space...... I couldn't take it anymore and collapsed on the bed and fainted.
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The early morning sun once again flooded the room...... Everything became calm and natural.
Bang bang bang! A violent slamming sound sounded the door, waking me up from the bed, I sat up in shock, as if I had a spring, felt the heat of the sun, I rubbed my aching head, and then responded: "Who!?" ”
The knocking on the door stopped, and an old voice came: "Young man, I'm the woman next door." ”
"Oh......" I replied, scrambling my shoes on and walking through the living room to open the door.
The door opened a crack, and I poked my head out and asked, "Grandma, are you looking for me?" Outside the door was a thin old man, with gray hair, a wrinkled face, a seat in green clothes, smiling at me kindly, it was indeed the old man next door.
"It's fine...... Young man, was there something going on last night...... "Grandma Li said, still with a kind smile on her face.
"Uh...... I just moved in and didn't have time to say hello to you...... This room...... Do you have anything to say? I looked at her in amazement, with a suspicious expression.
"Let me go inside and talk about it, it's a little cold outside......" Grandma Li said with a smile.
"Oh...... Oh...... Please come in......" I hurriedly let Grandma Li into the house.
I brought a chair for her to sit down, poured another glass of water, and said, "Grandma...... I ...... yesterday"
"Do you also see a woman with half a face? It looks weird and scary......" Grandma Li took my words and said.
"Yes, yes! Grandma, I almost scared the hell out last night......" I hurriedly answered, "This house is haunted!" I'm moving out today......"
"Don't worry, listen to your mother-in-law...... This house has not been inhabited for a long time, and since you can come, you must have made a deal with the Yin Ghost. Did you come here at night on the day you rented the house, and the landlord disappeared after giving the money? Grandma Li said unhurriedly.
"It seems to be...... At that time, it was because the rent was cheap, and the landlord left quickly after giving the money, without saying a word...... I'm sloppy by myself, and I don't care about the dust in my room, and I don't go to any other room......" I said.
"I'm old, and I'm not afraid that you won't believe it, in fact, there are things living in this house, that is, the tenants in his mouth. Two years ago, a family of three from other places was originally rented here, alas...... One night the husband and wife were fighting, and I don't know why the man killed him, grabbed the woman's hair and crashed into the heater in your room. Half of his face was shattered, and he died instantly...... The man was red-eyed and strangled the child to death...... Maybe he was paralyzed by alcohol, and when he woke up, he looked at the blood in the room and the mother and son who died tragically, and he wiped his neck with a kitchen knife...... "Grandma Li told the story.
"Later...... The matter was also in the newspapers, and the residents of the area who could move out had already left, leaving empty houses to rent out. There are also some old people like me who don't want to move out, this house has died, the owner can't rent it, and it can't be sold, so no one has lived in it again......"
Grandma Li pursed her shriveled lips and said, "I'm old...... Living next door again, I can see sometimes this family coming back. Men seem to be atoning for their mistakes...... Alas...... On the spur of the moment, a home is gone...... Why bother......"
"Grandma...... You say the ghost of this family still lives here? That...... That...... Haven't I lived with a ghost these days? I panicked.
"That ghost man may have cheated you out of your money because there was no one to sacrifice...... Alas...... said that the heart is good, and I want to atone for the two mothers. But he shouldn't have let you live in a woman's house...... The female ghost didn't mean anything, she just scared you and wanted you to leave her house......"
"Oh...... Mother-in-law...... I see, how do you know in such detail? I looked at her and said.
"Alas...... Don't ask, it's not easy for you young people to work hard alone. You move to the living room tonight and sleep in it, it's okay there...... To tell you the truth, people are dying, and they don't want to have anything to do with you people in the yang world...... It's time for us to go, I'll persuade her well, and it's time to get rid of her resentment and reincarnate as soon as possible......"
"You ?!!" I opened my mouth wide as I watched Grandma Li stand up and walk out slowly...... I stared blankly at the figure of my grandmother, beside her, as if a woman was supporting her, and the woman turned her head to show a smiling face, half a face, fresh and beautiful. The figures of the two slowly faded...... Disappear......
I stared at the door in a daze, and suddenly there was a cry from next door...... I hurriedly ran out to see that my family was carrying Grandma Li out, who had passed away, but there was still a kind smile on her face......
I didn't know how I got back to the house in a trance, and I quickly finished packing my belongings, thinking about Grandma's words, and my heart was even more terrified...... Pulling the suitcase downstairs, the people gathered downstairs were saying goodbye to Grandma Li's body.
Everyone looked at me with a look of surprise in their eyes. I avoided everyone's gaze, bowed deeply in front of Grandma's body, and slowly left......
It's good to be alive...... As I walked down the street and felt the warmth of the sun, I had forgotten the horror of last night, and instead felt some pity and regret for what had happened to that family......
I looked up at the "ghost building" and looked at the window of my bedroom, as if a vague shadow was waving at me in a dark corner...... "Maybe there is really another world, I hope there is no violence in heaven...... Early reincarnation. And Grandma Li, may you be well in heaven......"
I waved at the window and walked away......