Chapter 1: The Ruler

Zhang wants to stay with me tomorrow, I waved my hand and said no, he wanted to say something, but seeing that I was very resolute, he beckoned the employees to leave.

The shop was quiet, and there was not a single light left.

I sat in one of the chairs in the middle and quietly watched everything around me. The lights of the night market outside are still bright, which makes the store even more deserted.

I stayed like this all night, and I didn't see the woman in the cloak, and I didn't squint until about four or five o'clock in the morning.

In the morning, Zhang woke me up tomorrow, obviously I didn't sleep well, but his face was very bad.

He sat next to me, his body trembling slightly. I asked him what was wrong, and after he glanced left and right, he said to me, "Song Kun, I feel that the house we live in ...... Problematic! ”

Zhang Mingming told me with palpitations that he went back to sleep last night, and in the middle of the night, he heard someone arguing, and heard a child crying, and his voice was very miserable.

At first, Zhang Mingming thought that the child of whose family was disobedient and was being taught a lesson by his parents, so he didn't think much about it. Later, the cry continued to be terrible, and Zhang Mingming felt more and more that something was wrong, because the voice was not only getting louder and louder, but also as if he was beside him.

Squinting his eyes and about to turn on the light, through the moonlight outside the window, he suddenly found a woman beside him, holding a little boy's shoulder, and the other holding a strip-like object, hitting him very hard.

Every time he was beaten, the child screamed heartbreakingly, and it was very uncomfortable to hear.

The most terrible thing is that the white faces of this child and this woman are covered with blood, and they look so mad and so mad.

Zhang Mingming was frightened, he shrank on the side of the bed, looking at the terrifying scene, he didn't dare to move, trembling all over, and he didn't dare to make any sound.

All night, the woman was beating the child, and at first the child's screams were still intense, and then, slowly, his voice became quieter and quieter, and he seemed to have no strength, but the woman still didn't let go of her hand, and was still beating hard, again and again.

The first light from the horizon came in, and the woman stopped beating, and the child lay on the ground weakly. The woman crouched down, reached out and gently stroked his forehead, and let out a few sobs from her mouth.

"I'm sorry...... Sorry ......"

Zhang Mingming heard the woman say this. After that, she picked up the weak child, turned around and walked towards the door, and when she reached the door, she suddenly turned around and glanced at Zhang Mingming who was lying on the bed.

He laughed twice, it was very weird.

After listening to Zhang Mingming's narration, I wasn't very scared, because I noticed that something was wrong with the house early in the morning, and the female ghost Wan'er also told me before she left that there was something wrong with the house.

It's just that these two ghosts have never appeared so blatantly in front of me before. Therefore, I have been at peace with them and have not confronted them head-on.

But now that they're finally there, what exactly do they want to do?

After Zhang Ming finished speaking, he was still very scared, he looked at me nervously: "Song Kun, why don't we move, no wonder the landlord rented the house to us so cheaply, it turns out that there is a problem with this house, and we can't live in it!" ”

I looked at him and said deliberately: "I've moved in, what do you want to move, I think it's good, if you're not satisfied, you can find a new place to live?" ”

"Is the house good? Are you kidding? That's a ghost......"

At this moment, He Bi walked past us in work clothes, she heard the word "ghost", and glanced at Zhang Mingming curiously: "What the hell?" Where are the ghosts? What are you talking about? “

I smiled at her: "It's okay, I watched a horror movie last night, I'm scared, you can get busy......"

He Bi also sneered when she heard this: "It turns out that Manager Zhang is afraid of ghosts, so timid, don't watch that kind of movie." With that, she ran away grinning.

Zhang Mingming saw that he had lost face in front of the person he liked, and he was a little anxious: "Song Kun, why are you talking nonsense, when will I ......?"

I interrupted him: "Okay, okay, do you still have the intermediary's number?" ”

"What intermediary?"

I glared at him: "It's the agent who found me this house, we didn't contact the landlord at that time, he was a one-way contact." To find out what's wrong with the house, you have to ask the person in charge, and since you can't contact the landlord, you have to ask him what the hell is going on! ”

Zhang Mingming hurriedly nodded yes, took out his mobile phone and looked at it, and then patted his head: "Suffered, I didn't save the intermediary's phone, he only gave me a business card, and I put it in the drawer at the head of the bed!" ”

I was a little speechless: "Then why don't you go back and get it!?" ”

He was about to cry; "I don't dare to go back!"

"The things are with you, if you don't go back, who will go back?"

His face turned pale, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Otherwise, you go back with me and follow me, otherwise, I won't go back alone, that house is terrible." ”

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Standing downstairs, Zhang Mingming took a deep breath, and we looked up at the rented house at the same time, although the weather was good, Zhang Mingming had been shivering.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked him.

"Nothing!" He forced his composure: "It's just, it's a little cold!" ”

"It's 30 degrees today." I say.

He smiled unnaturally: "Yes, it's that the weather forecast is inaccurate...... Otherwise...... How could it be ......"

I frowned, not wanting to listen to his nonsense, and strode in.

As soon as he opened the door, Zhang Mingming shouted.

I couldn't help but shudder at this voice, and when I looked into the room, I found that everything was normal in the living room, and the two figures could not be seen. Zhang Mingming shrank behind me, and he didn't dare to raise his head.

I called him and said nothing, he didn't believe me at first, I said it a few more times, and then he looked up into the room, and when he was sure that everything was okay, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Walking quickly to Zhang Mingming's bedroom, I asked him where the intermediary's business card was, he walked to the bedside, opened the cabinet and found the small card, then turned around and said to me: "Found it, let's go!" ”

He called me a few times, but I ignored him.

Because at this moment, I found a long strip on the ground.

When I picked it up, it was a ruler, sixty centimeters long, translucent, and the numbers on it were clear.

The thing looks a little old, and it's still worn around the edges. I glanced up at Zhang Mingming: "Last night, you saw that woman, did you hit that child with this thing?" ”

Zhang Mingming stared at the ruler in my hand, and then nodded: "It seems to be......"