Chapter 36: Night Shift (I)
Sometimes, we always hear some sounds inexplicably, most of which are caused by some natural causes and can be explained. But some of them don't make sense in normal terms. Like this one.
This happened two years ago. The victim is a small boss. He joined two stores, which are basically in more lively places. These stores are open 24 hours a day, so after a long time, it is inevitable that all kinds of things will happen, of course, most of this kind of things happen at night, there are thefts, robberies and drunks messing around. Of course, I'm not talking about these things, it's about spirits. Because of this incident, the store has changed five night shift salesmen in just two months. And these salesmen leave for the same reason: they don't dare to work the night shift anymore.
When this person called me, it was the same as any other person who had encountered something. The tone is very anxious. He asked me if I was Master Liu. Is it possible to help deal with the ghost. After getting my affirmation. He breathed a sigh of relief. After calming down, he said, "I finally found you, I made more than ten calls back and forth. Master Liu, where are you? There's something on my side, can you tell me to your face?"
It just so happened that I was also free at the time, so I made an appointment to meet at a place, and when I arrived at that place, he was already waiting somewhere, and he seemed very anxious. Introduce each other a little. His surname is Zheng and he is from Henan. He is also a self-made man from the countryside. He is about 30 years old. He was thin and small, with dark skin, and an air of honesty and duty exuded from his body. Apparently people who have endured hardship.
It was obviously not particularly natural for the two of them to talk about ghost things as soon as they came up, so in order to ease the atmosphere and get to know each other by the way, he told me about his experience over the years. Everything, everything. Life is always up and down. No matter how diligent and hard you work, you always feel that some opportunities are missing. So I simply gave up the idea of making a lot of money. With some continuation over the years, we have joined two stores. Thinking that life is always going to pass, it is not a good thing to be plain and flowing. After joining the two stores, although I can't make a lot of money, because the location is relatively good, if it develops according to the normal trajectory, it will definitely be stronger than before. Just when the store began to make a steady profit, something strange suddenly happened to one of the stores.
The shop is at a crossroads, which is a good location. Due to the lack of business after 12 p.m. So there is usually only one salesperson on night duty in the store. The door of the store is equipped with an automatic sensor door. There will be a ticking sound when someone enters the door. And then he said, "Welcome." This would have been a very common thing. But just two months ago. Every morning at four o'clock, the door of the store will automatically announce a welcome message. At first, the clerk didn't care. I thought it was a problem with the sensor or some airflow, but I didn't care.
But this is the case for three days in a row. Before four o'clock in the evening, there will be two welcome words. And the time between them is about three minutes. And within these three minutes, you can still hear the rustling sound. It is like the sound of plastic bags being kneaded together, and it is like the sound of sweeping the floor with a bamboo broom. It's like a guy comes in and then goes out again after three minutes. Sometimes you can even feel a gust of wind. It's like a person running by. It's weird. Crucially, sometimes you can even hear a sigh. So on the third day, the clerk explained the situation to him. Then he also asked someone to see if there was a problem with the sensor. The test results showed no problems.
When he talked about this place, I said: this situation is basically not a problem with the sensor.
He nodded and continued, it really wasn't the sensor's problem. But he couldn't explain the number, and the clerk was afraid of it, so he didn't dare to work the night shift anymore. Since this matter has already been spoken, the other two shifts in the store also know about it, and they refuse to work the night shift. For a while, I will find someone to replace me. So he decided to go on duty at night, first because this shop was his hard work, and because he always felt that what the clerk said was a bit of a vinegar. He was an atheist himself. So with strong science backing him, he is naturally very confident.
Just when he was on the night shift until 4 o'clock, he kept looking at his watch. There are almost no people on the streets. After half an hour, the sensor did not respond, just when he thought he didn't say anything about you at all, the sensor suddenly "dingdong" sounded, and a "welcome" came as scheduled. Hearing this, his scalp tingled a little. Because the person who was repairing the sensor and what he said it was clear that there was nothing wrong with the sensor. Unless someone walks from underneath, even if the wind is strong, it won't sound for no reason.
He remembered what the maintenance staff said, and he was also nervous, obviously no one had walked by, but he sensed it, and it was not strange to say that this kind of thing was strange. If you persist, you will also find reasons to convince yourself. But what he saw and heard next made him no longer find a reason to convince himself. What he heard was exactly what the clerk said, the rustling sound, and even the sound of the stick touching the shelf. It took about three minutes. Another beep. And then it came back to peace. It's like nothing happened.
I asked him: What is the sound of the sassy sound you are talking about? Is it big or not?
He said it wasn't big, it was very subtle. It's just that there was no one outside at that time, and there were no cars, so it was very quiet. Except for the little refrigeration sound in the refrigerator, there was no other sound. So the extra sound can be heard clearly even if it is small. As for what that sound is. I feel like I'm sweeping the floor and I don't feel like it's weird anyway.
I said, "And then?"
He said that because of this shop, he spent almost half of his savings. There is no one who can't find the night shift for the time being, so he is on the night shift for a week, although this situation appears every day, but it seems that except for a little sound, it has no effect, and I don't feel scared after getting used to it. But I can't be here all the time on the night shift because I still have a family to take care of, so a week later I hired a new person, but a week later the new hire also quit. It's the same later, I didn't do it for a week after changing three times in a row, and I didn't want any salary. Ever since that incident, he hadn't taken off the job call on the front of his store. By the way, there is also a clause added to the requirements: bold, can be on the night shift is preferred.
The most daring is the last salesman, who has been doing it for half a month, and finally can't hold on. insisted on doing it for half a month, also in order to have half a month's salary. It's been going on for so long. So now, there are basically no night shifts in the store. One less shift means less income for a period of time, and the rent in this kind of place is not cheap, if it can't be made for 24 hours, it may not be able to make ends meet, and you won't be able to make money at all.
That's why he's in a hurry. If it goes on like this. I guess I won't be able to open it. He found me in many ways, and he hoped I could help him. He really didn't want his painstaking business to go down the drain.
I said, "Hearing you say that, there should be a soul at work.
When he saw me, he spoke my soul casually, and he said it so naturally. Obviously I think it's a bit incredible. I even suspected that I was joking with him, as if if I wanted to say that it was a ghost, I would have to do a lot of foreshadowing and explanation before I came to a conclusion, and then I didn't say anything about it, just said it was a ghost. So he still asked: Are there so many ghosts in this world?
I saw his expression. I say you don't need to be surprised. A lot of things that you haven't seen are really common to me. So I said it so naturally. As for the ghosts you are talking about, there are very few in this world due to occupation. But I have seen a lot.
He nodded and said, you were recommended by a friend, I must trust you, you give me an analysis and analysis, and by the way, see if you can help me solve this matter.
I said that the information I heard from you was also limited. I can't judge. Well, I'll help you work the night shift. What is the real situation, I have to see it live to find out. After all, a lot of things are hard to say. Seeing is believing.
He said that's okay, I'll be with you then.
Originally, I wanted to go and see it alone, but after all, the store belongs to other people, and it is full of goods. I'm a stranger I just met, and if it's me, I don't feel at ease to hand over the store to him.
I said, yes, but when you get to that point, you have to hide. Do you have any extra rooms in that store? Also, don't you have surveillance equipment installed in your store?
He said, "There's a little utility room. There is monitoring equipment, but it's just a decoration, it's used to scare people."
I said, "There's no surveillance... It's good to have a utility room, and then you can hide in that little utility room and keep the door open.
The reason why I want him to hide is because if there is only one person before, there is suddenly another person, and if it scares it and doesn't come in, then I can't find anything. The reason why I told him to keep the door open was because I wanted to give him peace of mind so that he could see me at any time.
After all, one person's yang energy is far less strong than that of two people.
He nodded and said, yes, is it tonight?
I said you tell me where your shop is, I'll go back at three o'clock in the morning, it's useless to go early, I'll sleep at home first.
He said, "It's on the other side of Shiqiao Road."