Chapter 12: The Grapevine
"It's okay, let's ask the others." Lu Qing knew what Li Wenqiao was thinking, and in order to dispel her worries, he quickly changed the topic. The occupants of 304 seemed to have gone out, and the two simply went straight to the fourth floor.
This time, they learned the lesson they had just learned and lied to the residents that they were newcomers who had just moved to the third floor. Living on the fourth floor are an elderly couple, a single homebody, and a family of three. As for the other unit, it was empty all the time. It's no wonder: the empty room has the house number 404, which is already very obscure in itself. The otaku revealed to them that the rent here is very cheap because of the frequent haunting, but even so, there are still people who are more superstitious, and because of this floor and room number, no one wants to rent this house even though the rent is already ridiculously low.
The reason why the otaku revealed so much news came from Li Wenqiao. When he spoke, a pair of eyes always swept restlessly over Li Wenqiao's face and body, which made Li Wenqiao very disgusted, but because of the task, she could only choose to forbear.
"Okay, I don't have anything more to ask, thank you for telling me this gossip." Lu Qing shook his hand politely, and just as he was about to say goodbye, the otaku said, "This beautiful girl, I don't know if you are still single?" How about getting acquainted? ”
The beautiful girl he was referring to was naturally Li Wenqiao. When the two of them turned around and heard the otaku's words, they both frowned a little unhappily. Li Wenqiao finally broke out, she was just about to open her mouth to teach this frivolous man a lesson, but Lu Qing spoke before him: "I'm sorry, this is my girlfriend." Please don't hit her mind. ”
"Okay." After listening to this, the otaku closed the door stupidly. "You ......" Li Wenqiao's face was flushed, she didn't expect Lu Qing to say that.
"It's my job to help the lady solve her problems." Lu Qingqing smiled at her, then touched the back of her head a little shyly and said, "These are all taught to me by Akai, if you want to thank him, thank him." At this time, Akai in front of the TV was full of black lines: Brother, the blind man can see that people are interested in you, okay?
Then they went to the fifth to eighth floors, a total of 16 units, except for four households that have not been rented out, and three households have no response, the two finally visited all the residents.
Back on the second floor, they unexpectedly met the resident of 204, who happened to be opening the door at that time, and Lu Qingqing startled her when she greeted her. "Hello, are you a resident living in 204? Don't be afraid, we're new neighbors who just moved in yesterday. ”
The middle-aged woman was in her early forties and slightly chubby. She was carrying a vegetable basket in her left hand and a fish, which looked like she had just returned from grocery shopping. The woman looked at the two of them carefully and found that they really had no malicious intent, so she relieved herself: "Oh, I see. Do you live in 202? ”
"yes, how long have you been here?" Li Wenqiao finally met the residents living on the second floor, and his heart was a lot more steady.
"I've lived here for more than 10 years, and my children study in this neighborhood. My husband and I bought a house here for the convenience of their schooling. The woman opened the door and welcomed them into the house.
The house was well organized and very tidy. After the two sat down on the sofa, the woman poured them a cup of tea. "By the way, what do you call it?" Lu Qing got up and took the tea and asked the woman.
"My name is Zheng Xiu'e, my husband's name is Li Fangsheng, you can just call me Mrs. Li." The woman was very hospitable, and seemed very curious about the two new neighbors.
"Thank you, Mrs. Li." After Li Wenqiao took a sip of tea, he asked cautiously: "By the way, I have visited the residents of other buildings before, but they seem to be very sensitive to the second floor. ”
"Hey, normal." Mrs. Li sighed: "After all, that incident happened, don't talk about them, I myself sometimes panic when I'm alone at home." So I rarely stay at home alone, and when I really have nothing to do, I go to play mahjong with other sisters. ”
"What do you mean by ......," Li Wenqiao asked knowingly. However, Mrs. Li thought that they didn't know what had happened in this building before, so she kindly advised: "It's the murder case thirty years ago!" Oops, don't you know? At that time, the whole of Hong Kong knew about this incident. ”
Mrs. Li was a little scared as she spoke, she looked around, hugged her arms and said, "After the mother and daughter were hacked to death by the enemy, this building will not be peaceful." It was also from that time that many residents of the building began to witness the haunted scene...... Soon this matter reached the ears of the government, and there was no way to do it, so they finally ordered the murderous house on the second floor to be sealed with cement. ”
"But there are four rooms on the second floor, didn't you say that the murderous mansion was sealed?" Li Wenqiao asked. At the same time, she was also very scared, she was afraid that Mrs. Li would tell her that the haunted murderous house was 202.
Mrs. Li took a sip of hot water and continued: "The most evil thing is here!" I don't know when it started, but there were only three units on the second floor, but now it has been restored to four. Maybe the original landlord still wanted to make money, and seeing that it had been so long, he secretly found someone to tear down the cement wall of that unit. ”
"What?" Mrs. Li's words were completely unexpected by the two. "Do you know which house was the murder house where the murder took place?" Lu Qing finally asked about the topic.
"Well, I don't know. When my family moved here, there were four houses on the second floor. Hehe, but it's definitely not my house. Because the owner of this house is my husband's business partner, his company was in urgent need of turnover at that time, and because the house was affected, he transferred the house to us at a low price. The family had been living here for years. ”
"Can you give us the contact information of this former landlord? We'd like to ask him about it. Li Wenqiao added anxiously.
"Aren't you renting a house? Just ask an agent? Mrs. Lee's face was full of doubt.
"As you know, agents are also very taboo about these things and won't tell us anything. And there is also a rule on the agent's side that does not allow tenants to contact the landlord privately, so we can only ask you for help. Lu Qing's words were not leaky, and there were almost no flaws.
"Oh, okay. I'll have to look up the landlord's number and tell you when I find it out, okay? I need to prepare lunch for the kids......" Mrs. Lee said with an apologetic smile on her face.
When they understood what she meant, they stopped bothering and got up to leave. Before leaving, Mrs. Li stopped them: "Oh yes, there are only three of us on the second floor, and as for the other person, I suggest you don't bother him." ”
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Li's words instantly attracted the attention of the two.
"He's been living in 201 for years, and he was there when I moved in. It seems that he has always lived alone, but the strange thing is that in the past ten years, I have almost never seen him leave the house, and he does not deal with the surrounding leaders, and he orders takeout for meals. Unless there is a special situation, once or twice in a while, I will sneak out to purchase. Anyway, it's a weird old man! Mrs. Li waved her hand indifferently, and then comforted Li Wenqiao: "But little sister, don't be too afraid, the murderous house may be the 203 next door." Because the house has been empty for years, even if someone moves in, it won't be long before they leave. ”
"Okay, thank you for the message you gave us. Oh, by the way, I want to ask, every night, do you hear some strange noises? Lu Qing once again asked the tenant if he had encountered a supernatural phenomenon, and Mrs. Li understood what he meant.
"Of course, everyone here is used to it." Mrs. Li smiled bitterly: "After all, no matter how fierce the haunting is, it's better than sleeping under the overpass without a room." ”
Mrs. Li's answer was the same as that of other residents, and Lu Qing couldn't help but think of a horror movie he had watched, which satirized Hong Kong housing prices. In order to buy a house, the heroine did not hesitate to torture and kill more than a dozen residents in this building, and finally succeeded in turning this real estate into a "murderous house", and she was satisfied to buy a new house that was affected by the murderous house and reduced the price.
It's just that unlike the man-made "murderous mansion" in the movie, Building 14 of Lijing Garden, where they live in this mission, is an out-and-out murderous mansion!