Lin Han first moved to this town two years after graduating from college.

Because he has been mixed for several years when he was a student, Lin Han has been doing nothing after graduation, and he has a barely subsistence salary, which is really difficult to survive, on the one hand, the nagging in the family, and on the other hand, he is unwilling to be lonely, Lin Han was angry, and moved directly to the city far away from home, thinking that if he is not broken, he must do something about it.

But he must admit that he came empty-handed, except for simple luggage, he had not prepared anything, and he had to look for work after he came.

Lin Han has a deposit of 20,000 yuan, the house he is looking for is remote enough, and he still needs a lot of money, and he has to pay it for a year at a time, although Lin Han is very painful, but he can only take out the money in the card and give it to the landlord's aunt.

When the landlord's aunt took the money, she noticed Lin Han's extremely distorted expression, and the kind of crying that made him almost wring his eyebrows together.

The landlord's aunt looked at Lin Han with a passer-over expression, and said with a smile: "This kid, it's not been long since he came here." ”

Lin Han nodded like pounding garlic, carrying an old crossbody bag, although he was not handsome and amazing, but he was very immature, his hair was messy and he hadn't taken care of it for a long time, and he was wearing sweatpants and a coat from a few years ago, as if he had just graduated and didn't know anything.

"If you want to find a job, find a good job to live here, young people will work hard!" The landlord's aunt said and opened the door of the house rented by Lin Han with the key, and as soon as the door was pushed open, it even kicked up some dust, choking the two of them, and the landlord's aunt said naturally: "It's been a long time since there was anyone, this is normal, you can open the window for a while." ”

Lin Han dragged his suitcase in, glanced at the entire room, and sighed in his heart.

The simplest decoration and furniture, the house is also very small, but it should be there, Lin Han is still a little disappointed, after all, such a price can be rented better in his hometown, but after all, Madeiran is a tourist town, and it is normal for the house to be expensive.

"Thank you, auntie," Lin Han said to the landlord, he put the suitcase on the ground and opened it, took out a few cans, and handed them to the landlord: "This is the sauce from our house, try it?" ”

The landlord's aunt was a little embarrassed at first, so she didn't take it, but Lin Han added: "Little brother, I have just arrived, and there will be a lot of troublesome aunts who don't understand in the future, so I will accept this little gift." ”

"Ah, that's okay," the landlady suddenly smiled, rubbed her hands excitedly and took it, "That Xiaolin, you can stay, just find me if you need to, I'm on the first floor!" I'm familiar with this area! Ask me if there's anything! ”

"Eh, thank you, thank you," Lin Han kept thanking, he sent the landlord out, and after closing the door, he finally exhaled with relief.

He stared at the mess and old room and stretched his muscles slightly.

Lin Han has been here for three weeks.

The newspaper was scattered around the bedside, and all kinds of information on it were circled.

For the first two weeks, he was eating instant noodles, and it was a little difficult to swallow in the back, Lin Han sighed, graduated from an ordinary school with a major in chemistry, and now he has graduated for three years, it is a little difficult for him to find a job, and it is not easy for him to change careers.

But today, Lin Han specially asked the rent aunt to find a shop that rents suits, and rented a suit, although he can only rent one that looks a little inferior in his economic conditions, but he cheered himself up in front of the mirror, come on, Lin Han, as the saying goes, people rely on clothes, buddy, I don't look bad, it's just the embellishment of shortcomings and money.

As he spoke, he also combed himself with a shiny grease hair, although Lin Han was not small, but he still looked more like a college student, and this kind of dress was a bit like a child dressed as an adult.

Come on, Lin Han cheered himself up again.

In the third week, Lin Han received an interview invitation, a well-known local law firm, needed an assistant, Lin Han was more interested in this when he was an undergraduate, he had relevant research and internship experience, and others were willing to let a non-professional person who graduated for three years go to the interview, he had already given enough face, Lin Han would not even ask more about the salary, as long as he could be hired, he could continue to survive in this town.

Lin Han went out in a very good mood, and after closing the door, the clothes, newspapers, and instant noodle buckets piled up on the table in the room seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Lin Han walked all the way, all the way to enjoy the streets of Madelan, after he came, he really stayed at home for three weeks, except for the occasional go out to eat and rarely go out for a walk, Madeland has always been a beautiful scenery, unique urban architecture to go out, there are not many pedestrians on the street, because there are not many people who live here, most of them are people like Lin Han who came from their hometown to work and then settled.

Lin Han took a deep breath and felt that the air was very good, completely different from the musty smell he had at home.

He passed by the fountain, where several men and women were waltzing in the square.

He passed by the elementary school, which was the time for school, and the parents said goodbye to the lovely children at the school gate.

He passed by the shopping streets in the city center, even if it was a shopping street, it did not give people the feeling of bustling high-rise buildings in a big city, on the contrary, some of them looked like a country market, each house was decorated with flowers, and some even had all kinds of flowers at the door.

Strange city, Lin Han thought in his heart.

He also passed by an abandoned hospital, he stopped to look outside the door for a while, there was a seal from the gate to the inside, but he could still see the view of the garden, even if no one had taken care of it for many years, it seemed that he could imagine the feeling of entering the garden in spring a few years ago.

In a trance, Lin Han seemed to be in deep thought, fortunately, the mobile phone rang at this time, Lin Han took it out and looked at it, it was a text message from his mother, roughly asking Lin Han if he was doing well, and took the time to call back.

Lin Han noticed the time, there was still half an hour before the interview started, so he had to hurry up and leave.

At dinner time, the landlord aunt saw that the weather was good, and put the dining table in the yard to eat, this is a small building that is a bit like a student apartment, with a very small yard, the apartment has a total of three floors, only one landlord on the first floor, and three families on each floor of the other two floors, although only two households are rented out at present.

The aunt is still quite satisfied, her location is in average conditions, and it is already very good to be able to rent it out, especially a silly boy like Lin Han who has no experience, can deceive one is one, thinking of this, the aunt suddenly saw Lin Han coming back with a big bag of vegetables and meat, and greeted warmly: "Eh, Xiaolin!" ”

Lin Han responded: "Auntie, uncle, why are you eating here!" ”

"Isn't it okay to look at the weather, come out to breathe the wind, and watch the sunset by the way," the aunt looked at Lin Han's pocket, "What's the matter, buy so many vegetables, can you not do this a few days ago, what's going on?" Look at this young man, how neatly he dresses. The aunt gave her husband a look as she spoke, and the uncle took a bite of food and replied without raising his head: "En, stand tall, stand tall." ”

"I'm going to have an interview today..."Lin Han smiled a little embarrassedly, "Isn't this possible, I will also be an income person in the future, and I will improve my food appropriately, you said that eating instant noodles is not very healthy, right?" "Yes, yes, Xiaolin, now you can make a lot of money, auntie, you still need to take care of it!" The aunt was even more overjoyed when she heard that Lin Han had a job.

"Then, aunt, uncle, you eat first, I'll go up first, I have to cook!" "Ah, okay!" The aunt watched Lin Han go upstairs with a smile on her face, and said to the people around her: "Look at it, this is really renting the right person, this young man is good, he will still cook by himself." ”

"Not bad, not bad." The uncle buried his head in eating and agreed.

Lin Han walked to the door of his house, and was about to take the key to open the door, when he found that there was a lady's underwear hanging on the railing of the corridor in front of his door, Lin Han was startled, took a closer look, and shouted downstairs after finding that it was correct: "Auntie! This.... How can I have this thing in front of my door! ”

"What? Be louder! Something, take it and take a look! ”

"It's... This is not very good..."Lin Han blushed, and he didn't dare to touch that thing, "If you don't want to be an aunt, please come up and take a look." ”

After the aunt came up, she picked up the underwear, Lin Han didn't dare to look at it, and stood in front of her door at a loss: "Auntie, this has nothing to do with me, I just came, I don't know anyone, besides, I've been out all day today, and I don't have this thing this morning....."

"Hey! What should I do? The aunt grabbed her underwear and walked away, "It's okay, it's okay, Xiaolin, this is the girl upstairs, the girl is drying clothes in the corridor, sometimes it comes down as soon as the wind blows, you didn't live here before, she found it by herself and picked it up, and now I may not know, yes, we just send it to her." ”

"Auntie, just go ahead.... How embarrassed am I to see someone else with this kind of thing..."Lin Han smiled awkwardly.

"What are you afraid of! Just get to know each other! Everyone lives here and takes care of each other! The aunt patted Lin Han on the shoulder and laughed: "I can't see it, the young man is quite innocent." ”

Lin Han had no choice but to put his things by the door and follow his aunt up.

When I went upstairs, my aunt kept describing to Lin Han that this girl was beautiful, and she looked like she had graduated from a college student, but she didn't know where she came from, and she didn't know what she did.

In this posture, Lin Han always felt a sense of déjà vu.

The balcony on this floor was full of all kinds of women's clothes, Lin Han swallowed his saliva, and walked in through all kinds of clothes with some embarrassment, he and his aunt stopped in the room above him, and the aunt knocked on the door: "Little Miss Ai, are you at home?" You've got something on the young man's door! The boy brought it to you! ”

"Eh, auntie, this goes without saying that this is so detailed, it's so misleading to say it!" Lin Han hurriedly stopped it.

knocked on the door for a long time, but no one responded inside, and the aunt glanced at Lin Han: "Oh, Xiaolin, this Xiao Ai may not be at home!" "Otherwise, Auntie go find a hanger and come over, let's hang it up for her." But I'll have to go downstairs and look for it. "Okay, that's a great idea!" Lin Han was very supportive, and he felt that such a one-and-done solution would also alleviate his embarrassment.

But the aunt was very sorry, she seemed to want to introduce these two young people to each other, and sighed while going downstairs and asked Lin Han to wait for her here.

Wait? Lin Han and the others didn't mind, but waiting for people in this environment, Lin Han was very uncomfortable.

Lin Han didn't even dare to look at the long skirts and shirts that were hanging, he had girlfriends before, but both parties were very busy, and there were very few opportunities to meet each other, so he still had the innocence of a junior high school boy in these aspects.

But there wasn't much time for him to stand uncomfortably, as the sound of glass shattering came from the room.

The sound of "pop-" was very crisp, and then it was accompanied by the sound of jumping down from a high place and landing on the ground.

Miss Ai, you are at home, Lin Han was puzzled, but the landlord didn't come, and he didn't want to knock on the door alone, not to mention that he couldn't explain it clearly for a while.

There was a sound of broken footsteps inside, Lin Han looked at a window by the door, there is a window next to the door on each floor, but the curtains of this window are closed, and there is no light shadow, in such an evening, this building should be extremely dark, what is this little Ai girl doing inside.

Lin Han actually twisted the doorknob by ghost, but the door was not locked, and there was really no light in the room, it was dim.

Lin Han actually sent in again, such a dark room, it didn't look like a place where people lived, he walked into the entrance, this room and his room furnishings and decoration are roughly similar, of course, much more neat than his, it seems to be a little bigger. He walked in the living room, trying not to make a sound, all the signs just now indicated that there were people in this room, but now it seemed that there was no one occupied, and if Miss Ai came out and saw him, she would treat him as a pervert, and he really regretted why he walked in.

The sound of a door closing scared Lin Han into a shiver, and he turned around sharply to find that the door that came in was closed, as if it was blown by the wind.

Lin Han soon discovered why he felt that this room was bigger than his, because there was a mirror hanging in the living room, and the picture in the mirror gave people the illusion of vision, like there was another side of this room.

Through the dim twilight light, Lin Han approached the mirror, because he noticed that there were several photos of women posted on the mirror, this should be Miss Xiao Ai, what the landlord said is good, Miss Xiao Ai is indeed very beautiful, she looks tall and thin, and she should be very popular in life.

Looking at it, Lin Han noticed that in addition to him, there was another figure in the mirror.

The figure was standing next to the sofa near him, he didn't dare to look back, he only dared to stare at the mirror and ask, "Little Ai girl?" ”

No, Lin Han glanced at the photo on the mirror again, even if he couldn't see this person's face clearly, this figure was not the person in the photo.

What's more, Lin Han noticed that the thing in this person's hand was an object that reflected the cold light in the mirror.

A kitchen knife?

Before Lin Han could react, the person behind him had already rushed over without hesitation.

Lin Han was kicked to the ground, and during the process, he couldn't stand up in pain because his waist hit the foot of the sofa.

That person was extremely skillful and tore the newspaper in Lin Han's mouth, and put a knife on Lin Han's neck.

The landlord's voice suddenly came from outside the door, the landlord wondered where Lin Han had gone outside the door, and then started to hang up his underwear, Lin Han desperately wanted to struggle, even if his mouth was blocked, he tried to make a whining sound, but at this time, the kitchen knife on his neck was even tighter.

A few minutes later, the landlord and aunt went downstairs, and Lin Han's heart was like ashes.

"I've been here for a week or two, and I only saw a couple on the first floor who didn't like to take care of things, and I never saw you, didn't you go out for a few weeks?" The person who was holding a knife to his neck seemed to be a little girl, her voice sounded quite young, and her voice was very slow, "I don't like to lock the door, and no one else will disturb you anyway, but you are an accident, I don't know you exist." ”

She grabbed Lin Han's hair and lifted Lin Han's head, Lin Han only felt that her strength was so great, and all her movements were also very decisive.

She tore off the newspaper that was stuffing Lin Han's mouth and asked, "What do you want to say?" ”

Lin Han took a big breath like taking another breath, he still couldn't see the face of the person in front of him clearly, he blurted out: "You? Are you Miss Ai? ”

"Xiao Ai?" The girl was stunned for a moment, suddenly remembered something, and pressed Lin Han's head on the ground again, and Lin Han bared her teeth, "Are you looking for her?" ”

Lin Han was so frightened by the scenery in front of him that he couldn't scream.

His head was pressed to the ground by the girl, and in front of him lay a woman with a stray face and disheveled hair, tied all over, with duct tape wrapped around her mouth.

Lin Han remembered the photo on the mirror, she was Xiao Ai.

"Ah, ah, ah" Lin Han wanted to scream but didn't dare to scream, plus his head was pressed against the person behind him, he could only babble nonsense: "I, I don't know her, I just live downstairs from her, I don't see anything!" Leave me alone! I will never say it! ”

As if he believed it, the person behind let go of his hand, got up and stood opposite Lin Han, next to the 'corpse', Lin Han got up with difficulty, half-knelt on the ground, and she finally saw the person in front of her clearly in the twilight light.

With waist-length long hair, emerald eyes, extremely three-dimensional facial features, a thin figure but wearing very inappropriate dirty overalls, her face is like a doll, but her clothes are like a person who has escaped, plus she also has a kitchen knife in her hand, Lin Han is even wondering if the voice he heard outside the door just now is sharpening a knife, thinking of this, Lin Han couldn't help but gasp.

But at least, he is currently let go, and he has to find a way to leave, Lin Han thought, he glanced at Xiao Ai on the ground, the girl in front of him actually began to sharpen the knife on the ground, and the knife made a piercing sound on the ground, which made Lin Han's heart tense.

Suddenly, the girl stopped moving, as if she suddenly remembered something, got up and walked towards Lin Han, and punched Lin Han in the face, and Lin Han fainted instantly.

After Lin Han woke up again, he found that he was tied up on a bed, sitting against the head of the bed, and next to him was Xiao Ai, looking at him directly.

"Awake?" Xiao Ai asked.

Before Lin Han could react, Xiao Ai in front of him was lying on the ground as pale as a dead corpse just now, and now he was actually sitting next to him, tied up like himself, but he looked calm, as if he had experienced many such scenes.

"You're still alive... Fortunately, fortunately," Lin Han held back a sentence for a long time, and he himself felt very embarrassed.

"Well, that's the case at the moment, but it's going to be soon, and it's the two of me!" Xiao Ai said, Lin Han kept twisting his body, trying to break free from this rope, Xiao Ai looked at him, just wanted to laugh, she looked at Lin Han like a stupid: "Hey, brother, don't struggle, this knot is more professional than me, unless you know the seventy-two changes of Sun Wukong, don't bother." ”

"I'll go, I don't want to die, I just got a job," Lin Han was anxious, but he obviously felt that the rope on his body was getting tighter and tighter. "Don't push harder, the more you struggle, the tighter you get," Xiao Ai advised.

When Lin Han heard this, he suddenly deflated, and he couldn't do anything when he came back, he leaned against the head of the bed, stared at the ceiling blankly and muttered, "What am I messing with.....?"

Xiao Ai listened, smiling, Lin Han looked at Xiao Ai, she was even more beautiful than in the photo, and although she was a little embarrassed at this time, she still saw the brilliance in her normal state, and what was even more noticeable was that she was tied up like Lin Han at this time, but she sat on the bed very calmly.

"I'm sorry brother, I hurt you, although I don't know you, and I don't know why you sneaked into my house, but, it's all about me, don't worry, brother, don't be afraid, I'll find a way to save you! But you've got to cooperate with me! Xiao Ai raised his eyebrows at Lin Han.

Lin Han swallowed his saliva, he always felt that something was wrong when he heard this, he cautiously asked Xiao Ai: "You are like this, aren't you afraid?" ”

Xiao Ai smiled and shook his head: "Afraid? I don't have this word in the dictionary, don't worry, I've experienced a lot of this kind of scene! ”

Looking at Lin Han's more puzzled expression, Xiao Ai explained again: "Don't hide it, I'm a policeman." ”

"Police?" Lin Han was shocked, he subconsciously lowered his tone, and his eyes widened. "Yes, I'm a police officer, if it's not inconvenient now, I can show the relevant documents," Xiao Ai said, "I'm a police officer from the Madelan Township Police Department, and I'm currently carrying out a witness surveillance and protection program, so I live here, but I didn't expect it, but I was still discovered by those people." ”

"The guys?" Lin Han asked. "Yes, with the crazy girl outside," Xiao Ai said, looking out of the door, at this time they were tied up in the bedroom, and the living room outside the bedroom door was dark, but Lin Han also knew that the girl was in the living room.

"That crazy girl should be a member of a killer organization in Madelan, although the local people don't know much about it, but it's quite famous in our police, and the people in it are notoriously mysterious, but the killers, most of them are ruthless, just like that crazy girl."

"Killer organization? Doesn't the above care? Lin Han was taken aback.

"No matter, of course it doesn't matter, I don't know why, to be honest, I wouldn't have had anything to do with them, but this mission may have moved whose cheese, and I don't know who invited it."

"Killer? Do they dare to move the police? Lin Han asked.

"Of course, to be honest, those officials in Madelan don't care about this organization, and I don't know why, and the top brass of our police department generally doesn't let us take care of it."

"That's... What kind of witness protection do you have... What is it..."Lin Han asked tentatively, Xiao Ai looked at him with an expression of 'you want to know too much', but still sighed and said: "This is the matter of the hospital in Maderan Town, you have also seen that hospital, there are seals everywhere, I won't say more, it has nothing to do with you, you stay honest, I will find a way to contact my colleagues to save us later." ”

"Oh..... Oh," Lin Han nodded, at this time he was a little calmer in his heart, after all, the other party was also a policeman, and Xiao Ai looked very calm, after all, he was also a person who had experienced a big scene, he should believe Xiao Ai.

At this time, Xiao Ai beside her suddenly chuckled twice, and followed her gaze, only to see that the dirty girl in overalls had already walked into the bedroom, holding a familiar kitchen knife on her mobile phone.

"Idar, Idar, I'm not mistaken!" Xiao Ai said with a smile.

Idar nodded expressionlessly.