Lu Tao finally stayed up until dawn, quickly got up and went out, and drove directly to the apartment on the outskirts of the city, but just halfway through, he suddenly remembered that the company had an important customer visiting today, which was an important financier for their department.

The customer reception lasted for a whole day, but Lu Tao's mind was not on the work at all, he was always absent-minded, restless, and frequently made mistakes during business negotiations.

Whenever the negotiation was resting, Lu Tao kept calling Li Xiaomeng, but it was the same result - shutdown! An ominous premonition slowly rose in Lu Tao's heart, just as a huge dark cloud was slowly approaching. Li Xiaomeng has also had a temper and a temper before, but in any case, he will not turn off the phone directly like this time, and there is no news, Lu Tao clearly realizes that this time is indeed different from before.

The weather outside seemed to understand Lu Tao's heart, and the sky actually changed. It was a sunny day, but after noon, it began to be cloudy, lightning and thunder, and the temperature plummeted, looking at the scene outside the window, Lu Tao's heart couldn't help but be more depressed.

Chen Nian, a colleague in the department, also saw Lu Tao's uneasiness, so he whispered to him just after the meeting: "Mr. Lu, I think you seem to have something urgent, or we will be responsible for the reception work at night, and you can deal with it first." ”

When Lu Tao heard this, he was very grateful, so he hurriedly thanked him and left the company in a hurry.

Lu Tao walked out of the door of the office building, although it was six o'clock in the afternoon, but the sky was already as dark as late at night, and it had been pouring rain for a whole afternoon, and there was no intention to stop at this moment, and the street opposite had even begun to accumulate water. But Lu Tao couldn't take care of these for a long time, what he wanted now was to rush to the apartment as soon as possible, he was eager to know what was going on there, what the hell Li Xiaomeng was doing this time.

Lu Tao braved the heavy rain and got into his car, the rain was too strong, he didn't run a few steps, his coat was basically soaked, he took off his coat casually, ready to start the car, but the house leaked and was rained overnight, the car that was fine in the morning couldn't start at the moment, Lu Tao tried several times in a row, but it was useless, Lu Tao smashed the steering wheel with his hand in a hurry, and scolded casually.

Lu Tao looked at the heavy rain outside the car, he was very helpless, he stepped on the brakes again, twisted the car key, the car sounded in a low voice, and finally it didn't start, Lu Tao cursed loudly again! But suddenly!! His afterglow swept to the rearview mirror, and there seemed to be a red shadow in the mirror, which was as red as Li Xiaomeng's skirt!

Lu Tao was so frightened that he suddenly screamed, buried his head in the steering wheel, and his body trembled! He didn't dare to look up, just quietly listened to the movement in the car, but after a long time, there was no sound in the car except the sound of rain outside the car. Lu Tao strengthened his courage, slowly raised his head, and glanced at the rearview mirror with the peripheral vision of his eyes, everything was normal. Lu Tao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, slowly turned his head, and looked at the back of the car... The back row was empty, there was nothing, Lu Tao let out a long sigh, it turned out that he was dazzled and scared himself.

Lu Tao steadied himself, stepped on the brake again, and was about to start the car, but his afterglow saw the red shadow in the rearview mirror again, and his heart instantly rose to his throat, but with the previous time, this time he was not scared to climb on the steering wheel again, but squinted his eyes and looked carefully, he finally saw the red shadow clearly, it turned out to be the light reflected by his brake light, due to the dark and heavy rain, there was some fog in the car, and it really looked like a red figure at first glance.

Lu Tao sighed, it turned out to be a false alarm! It's all about Li Xiaomeng, a woman, and you must scold her when you see her for a while, Lu Tao thought so in his heart, and started the car again, but the result was still the same, the car still didn't start.

Lu Tao was hesitating what to do? Suddenly, there was a sound of "knock, knock, knock" knocking on the window glass, the sound really startled Lu Tao, he turned his head and was about to scold, but as soon as he turned around, he couldn't help but "Ah!" He screamed again.

I saw a red figure standing next to his car, a pale face pressed against the glass window, eyes looking straight into the car. Lu Tao was so frightened that his heart almost stopped jumping, and his body desperately leaned towards the passenger seat!

"Knock, knock, knock" The red shadow knocked on the car glass again! Lu Tao finally saw clearly that the pale face turned out to be an old man, and he was wearing a red raincoat! Lu Tao instantly turned from fear to anger, hurriedly pressed the car window, and scolded the old man loudly: "Neurotic? It's going to scare people to death! ”

When the old man heard this, he was not angry, but said with a blank face: "Oh! I see that your car can't be driven for a long time, is it broken, do you want to make my car? ”

Lu Tao was still angry, and continued to shout: "Who are you? Why should I ride in your car? ”

The old man pointed to a taxi not far away and said, "I drive a taxi, where are I going?" I'll send you! ”

Lu Tao saw that the old man was also kind, and the anger in his heart finally calmed down, he looked at the heavy rain outside the car again, and said helplessly: "That... All right! ”

Lu Tao braved the heavy rain and got into the old man's car and said, "Lin Hai Apartment." ”

The old man must have been running for a long time, and when he heard Lin Hai's apartment, he couldn't help but smile faintly, and then looked at Lu Tao, who was in a hurry, so he accosted: "Young man, what's wrong?" Got a fight with your girlfriend? ”

At this moment, Lu Tao was in the mood to talk to him more, so he replied: "Master, I have something urgent, please hurry up!" ”

After hearing this, the old man didn't say much, so he stepped on the accelerator and set off.

Lu Tao was very anxious, and he had been delayed for a lot of time in his car just now, but the old man was driving unhurriedly, so Lu Tao urged: "Master, can you drive faster?" ”

The old man glanced at Lu Tao from the rearview mirror, and said slowly: "Young man, it's raining heavily, it's better to slow down and be safe, it won't delay you much." ”

Lu Tao glanced at the old man from the rearview mirror, feeling a little helpless, but he didn't bother to answer, so he had to continue to sit patiently.

After a while, the old man spoke again, and said, "Young man, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not. ”

Lu Tao replied impatiently: "What's the matter?" ”

The old man glanced at Lu Tao from the rearview mirror again, and said, "I see that your Yin Tang is a little black, haven't you encountered something murderous recently?" Listen to my advice, and be careful in everything! ”

The old man's cold words suddenly made Lu Tao a little frightened, and he hurriedly looked at himself from the rearview mirror, although his complexion was a little bad, but he couldn't see any black gas on his forehead, so he replied with some anger: "You can still look at a taxi driver?" Drive your car well and don't talk nonsense! ”

Seeing that Lu Tao didn't care at all, the old man could only shake his head helplessly, sighed, and stopped talking.

Although Lu Tao didn't believe the old man's words, when he said this, he couldn't help but feel even more uneasy in his heart, could it be that something really happened to Li Xiaomeng? He unconsciously dialed Li Xiaomeng's phone again, but it was still turned off.

The rain outside the window gradually subsided, and when he arrived at the door of Lin Hai's apartment, the rain had basically stopped, and the old man took the money and whispered: "Young man, be careful!" After that, without waiting for Lu Tao to answer, he stepped on the accelerator and left.

The temperature in the suburbs of the city was already lower than that in the city center, and the wind was blowing again at the moment, and after listening to the old man's last words, Lu Tao couldn't help but shiver! He turned around and looked at Lin Hai's apartment behind him. Today is Tuesday, and at a glance, there are only a few lights on in the entire Lin Hai apartment, and it is already dark at this time, and the whole apartment looks even more deserted and depressed.

Lu Tao's apartment is on the tenth floor, and when he walked downstairs, he deliberately looked up, the lights were on, but the curtains were closed! Lu Tao's hanging heart finally fell halfway, it seems that Li Xiaomeng should be in the apartment at the moment. See how I will clean you up in a while, Lu Tao thought secretly in his heart, so he stepped up and entered the elevator.

The lights in the elevator are a little dim compared to the past, I don't know if it is because of the rain and the power supply is a little unstable, but Lu Tao at this time doesn't care about it. The elevator finally reached the tenth floor, but as soon as the elevator door opened, a gust of cold wind hit him, Lu Tao couldn't help but shiver again, this elevator is deep in the building, but why is there a cold wind, Lu Tao can't help but have some doubts. He stepped out of the elevator, and when the elevator door closed, he found that the entire tenth floor was so dark that he couldn't see his fingers at the moment, could it be that there was a power outage? But when I was downstairs, I saw a light.

Lu Tao didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly turned on his mobile phone and went to the door of his apartment by the bright light of his mobile phone.

Because the entire floor was unusually dark, the light shining through the gap at the bottom of the door was very clear at this time. Lu Tao didn't say a word, stretched out his hand and began to knock on the door, but after knocking for a long time, no one opened the door.

Lu Tao said loudly with some anger: "Li Xiaomeng, I know you're inside, open the door quickly!" ”

But after waiting for a long time, there was still no one in the house to answer, Lu Tao put his hand into the bag and wanted to get the key, but suddenly remembered that his key was still in the apartment, he had no choice but to continue knocking on the door, but after a long time, no one responded.

Lu Tao's heart began to become a little uneasy, could it be that something really happened inside? Thinking like this, his gaze fell on the light shining from the bottom of the door, and he saw a black shadow slowly swaying back and forth in the light, this must be Li Xiaomeng in the house! It seems that she didn't have an accident, Lu Tao categorically determined it in his heart. Lu Tao became even more angry, it turned out that Li Xiaomeng had been hiding behind the door, but he refused to open the door.

He began to curse loudly and knocked harder on the door, but there was no response from inside.

After a long time, there was a "click" and the door opened.