Chapter 3 Shared Housing

Ding dong~

The phone sent a message prompt, I picked up the phone and saw that it was WeChat sent by my girlfriend.

"Do you want to have dinner tonight?" The girlfriend asked.

I hurriedly replied: Not tonight. I'll have to pack up my things and make an appointment another day.

After replying to the message, I put down my phone, looked back at the office, and after making sure that no one was paying attention, I continued to work.

I changed jobs and rented a new apartment because of it. It's only been two days since I moved here, and things are still a mess. I work in a new district, and the rent here is very expensive, so I chose to share a house.

Two bedrooms and one living room, the rent is two thousand three a month, and I share a house with another girl. The landlord said the tenant was very accommodating and moved in two days earlier than me. However, I heard that her work is "day and night", and she does not take weekends, but works in shifts. It's the opposite of my 9-to-5 office guy. That's why I haven't even seen her for so many days.

However, because after all, we have to share the living room, kitchen, and bathroom, so I can still feel her presence. The washing machine in the bathroom sometimes has the clothes she washed and didn't have time to dry, the kitchen has her leftover meals, and the refrigerator also has the drinks and desserts she bought... However, I still really want to say hello to her, after all, we have to take care of each other when we live together.

Today, Saturday, I slept and woke up to look at the alarm clock, it was already eleven o'clock. I stretched out and walked to the kitchen, ready to find something to eat. I saw that there was a pot of porridge boiling on the stove, which was fragrant.

So, she's at home today? I hesitated for a moment, then walked over to the door of her room and knocked lightly.

No one should be. I knocked on the door again and whispered, "Hello, did you make the porridge in the kitchen?" I think it's a bit dry, so I'll help you turn the fire down a bit. ”

Still no one spoke. Did you fall asleep? I was about to turn around when I heard a dull and gentle female voice coming from the room: "Thank you." I also cooked your portion, you eat first, and I'll sleep for a while. ”

I hurriedly thanked me and went to the kitchen to drink porridge. I feel very warm in my heart, it seems that this roommate is very good, and the courtesy is still exchanged, so I will cook at noon!

After making this decision, I washed up, then went out to the vegetable market, bought half a chicken and some vegetables, and went home happily.

When I came out of the elevator and turned into the left hallway, I heard a "bang" closing sound, which was a bit sudden, and it startled me.

There are four households on these 11 floors, two on one side. On the left where I was, except for the 1101 where I lived, the 1103 next door was empty and unoccupied. Well, it must have been the roommate who was closing the door just now.

I thought so, but I didn't hear the expected footsteps, and it seemed that she didn't go out. I wanted to knock on the door, but after a moment's hesitation, I pulled out my key and inserted it into the keyhole.

There was a smell of mush in the room. I rushed into the kitchen and saw that the porridge was mush. Why didn't she turn off the fire, it was impossible not to smell such a big smell, right? I cleaned up for a long time, and I didn't see her come to help.

I couldn't help but feel a little strange, and when I went to the living room, I found that the TV was on but no one was there. The balcony bathroom was also empty, while the door to her bedroom was closed.

"Hello, that, the porridge in the kitchen is mushy." I knocked on the door and said.

No one should be.

I knocked for a long time, but there was still no one.

Sleeping so hard? No, I heard her close the door just now, it's impossible...

Reluctantly, I went back to the kitchen and began to think crankily while cooking. Did she get sick and faint in her room? Should I ask again?

It was at this time that I heard a knock at the door. First there was a long, crisp sound of the door being gently opened, followed by the sound of the door slamming shut, and after a few seconds, there was a loud slamming of the door. I hurriedly walked out of the kitchen to check.

I remember very well closing the door when I got home, and all I could do was the bedroom door ringing. I walked into the living room and saw that the door to her bedroom was still closed, and that the door to my bedroom was open, but now closed.

Did she just come out and close the door to my bedroom? But is it necessary for her to close the door so loudly? Or did she come into my bedroom? When I thought about it, I suddenly felt a little scared.

I walked over to my bedroom door, took a breath, and slammed the door open.

However, there was no one in my room.

I breathed a sigh of relief, walked over to her bedroom door again, listened to it, and was about to ask aloud, when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Knock knock.

I hurriedly opened the door, and as soon as I opened it, I was greeted by a package. A young man looked at me expressionlessly and said, "XX Express." I took the package and saw that it was a very small square box with Su Ying written on it.

It turned out that her name was Su Ying.

Closing the door, I came to the door of Su Ying's bedroom again, knocked on the door, and said, "Your courier has arrived, put it on the sofa for you." After a pause, he added, "I stewed chicken soup, you can come out and drink it later." ”

Still no one answered.

I had to go back to the kitchen to work. When I brought the chicken soup to the table, I noticed that the delivery on the couch was gone.

Why is this roommate so weird, what did I offend her? Why do you hide in the bedroom alone and don't say a word?

I thought about it, and it was really hard to knock on the door again. So he ate lunch by himself. At this time, there was another knock on the door.

When I opened it, I saw a small girl with a ponytail standing outside, carrying a bag of daily necessities. She smiled shyly at me, "Hello, I'm your roommate. I forgot to bring my key, thank you for opening the door for me! ”

I was stunned. She is Su Ying, who is in the bedroom?

Su Ying came in directly, she saw the food on the table, and said with a smile: "It's so fragrant!" Did you do it? ”

I hurriedly said, "Eat together, I'll make your share too." She shook her head, "No, I've already eaten," and opened the bedroom door and went in, closing the door again.

I stood at the table and couldn't calm down anymore. If Su Ying just came back, then who closed the door? And who took the courier? The more I think about it, the more wrong it becomes.

I hastily cleaned up the table and went into the bedroom to close the door and get ready for bed. Just as I was sleeping in a daze, I heard a faint knock at the door. It seems that someone gently closed the door, and then heard another door. I rubbed my eyes and thought to myself, could it be that Su Ying went out? Thinking about it like this, I didn't feel sleepy, and when I came out, Su Ying was sitting in the living room playing with her mobile phone, and she smiled at me when she saw me come out.

"I thought you were out of the house, I just heard a knock at the door." I'm busy.

"No," Su Ying smiled, and lowered her head to play with her phone.

"By the way, when did you go out today?" I asked again.

Su Ying looked up at me: "I went out soon after you went out." What's wrong? ”

I wondered, "However, when I came back, I heard someone closing. You haven't come back then, so who could it be? ”

Su Ying was stunned: "Won't it?" Did you hear it wrong? Or maybe it's next door, right? ”

"I heard you right. And there is no one living next door. "I explained," the landlord said.

Su Ying had a somewhat frightened look on her face: "It can't be a ghost, right?" ”

Hearing her say this word, my heart also tightened. I thought about it for a while, and then asked her, "You took the courier, right?" ”

"What courier?" Su Ying was at a loss.

My eyes widened: "I received a courier at noon, it was yours, it was placed on the sofa, and it was taken away." ”

Su Ying stood up and walked to the door of her bedroom and motioned for me to come in, "Come and see, I really didn't go to get any courier... And my delivery shouldn't have arrived yet! ”

I hurriedly explained, "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that it's really scary, as if there's another person living in this house..."

Su Ying nodded: "I was also scared." Could it be that there is something wrong with this house, that people have died before or something? ”

"Otherwise, we will ask the landlord and forget it, if there is really a problem, let her refund our deposit and find a new house!" I suggested.

Su Ying sat on the bed and looked at me and squeezed out a smile: "I can't change the house for the time being, and besides, I've been very busy lately and don't have time." Actually, I've been here for a few days, and I haven't noticed anything strange, so why don't you wait and see? ”

I couldn't help it when she said that, so I exchanged a few more words with her and went back to my bedroom.

Sitting on the bed, I couldn't help but think about it again. After thinking about it for a while, I decided to pack up my things to distract myself. So I began to organize my clothes, opened the closet, and was about to put things in, but found that in the closet, it turned out that...

There was that courier!

What's going on? I picked up the courier in amazement, completely confused as to how it could be here. I hurriedly ran to the next door with the courier, shouting "Su Ying!" Your courier was found, and it was in my room! ”

Su Ying sat on her bed and looked at me, but her expression was very subtle, dazed and weird...

I handed her the courier, "Your courier, I don't know why it's in my closet." ”

Su Ying didn't answer, but asked in a daze:

"Who is Su Ying?"

I was stunned: "You're not Su Ying?" ”

The roommate opposite smiled awkwardly: "My name is Li Xiaoli, and I have forgotten to introduce myself... Hello, who is Su Ying? ”

I opened my mouth and stammered, and my roommate was not called Su Ying. So who is the owner of this package, Su Ying? Why does the package run to my room?

Li Xiaoli saw that I was staying where I was, so she took the package in my hand and looked at it, and then her face changed a little.

"It's wrong..."Li Xiaoli stuck out her tongue.

But there is nothing wrong with the address written above.

"Give her a call, it's there!" Li Xiaoli said, and then she started to dial the phone.

While she was waiting for the other party to connect, my heart was pounding. It's all so weird.

"She didn't answer... Let's check back later" Li Xiaoli put down her phone and looked relieved.

I went back to my room and rummaged around, but I didn't find anything strange.

When I got off work on Monday, I made an appointment with my girlfriend and told her what had happened. My best friend looked incredulous, "I think it's because you're nervous." The courier is estimated to be put into the wardrobe by yourself and forgotten! ”

"I really think there's still a person living in that house." I looked into my best friend's eyes.

"I'll take you a look tonight, okay?"

I nodded busily.

When my girlfriend and I arrived at my house, Li Xiaoli was really not there. My girlfriend visited my house, sat on the sofa and looked at me and said, "The layout of your house is not very good, there is no balcony facing south, the bathroom is still in the north, and there will be problems with the body after living for a long time"

I wondered, "Do you know this?" ”

My girlfriend smiled, pulled me to the bathroom, pointed to the cabinet next to the mirror and said, "All the answers are inside." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Just open it and see!" The girlfriend smiled mysteriously.

I opened the cabinet suspiciously, and found a razor on top. The girlfriend pointed to a toothbrush cup again: "There are two toothbrushes here, you haven't found such an obvious flaw, and I also obeyed you!" ”

I looked at my girlfriend in a daze: "What do you mean?" ”

"Your roommate must have secretly brought his boyfriend over to live with him. I can't let you know about this, so she pretended not to know anything, but in fact, the third person was her boyfriend! The girlfriend laughed.

We went back to the living room, and I asked my girlfriend, "So what should I do?" ”

"Showdown! This matter must be clarified, she can bring someone to live with! What about rent, water and electricity? The girlfriend said, "If you can't say it, I can help you say it." ”

"Okay, I guess I can't say it today, she must be on the night shift."

When my girlfriend went back, I was alone in my bedroom and thought about the whole thing. That day, when I was returning from grocery shopping, I heard someone close. In fact, it was the sound of Li Xiaoli's boyfriend coming back and closing the door before me. It is estimated that Li Xiaoli went out to do something, her boyfriend sent her, and the two went out together, which caused the porridge in the kitchen to be mushy and no one cared about it. When her boyfriend found out that the porridge in the kitchen was paste, he wanted to turn off the fire, but when I came back, he couldn't let me find out that he was there, so he quickly slipped into the bedroom and closed the door. After that, he wanted to sneak out of the kitchen, which were the few noises I heard in the kitchen. It must have been the wind that blew the door of my room shut, and the movement was so loud that it alarmed me, so he didn't succeed. I guess I wanted to pretend to be a ghost, and I deliberately put the courier in my room to scare me. Later, when I went to sleep, I heard the sound of him leaving. Li Xiaoli also helped him cover up, pretending not to know anything, and still very scared. But as soon as I asked to go to the landlord, she retreated.

By the way, everything makes sense. These two people are so bad that they can fool me like this. I have to have a showdown with them!

Thinking about it, I fell asleep unconsciously.

In a daze, I felt a knock at the door. Then there was a string of footsteps. When I opened my eyes, it seemed that Li Xiaoli and her boyfriend were back! I heard the two of them go back to the bedroom together, and I quietly got up, only to realize that I had forgotten to close the bedroom door, no wonder I would be awakened.

They seem to be chatting, and the voices are quite loud. I guess I thought I was asleep. I walked up to her bedroom door, lay on the floor, and listened through the crack in the door.

"Luo Zhen, did you say she found out?" Li Xiaoli's voice.

"I don't know. Didn't you? Don't you think there are ghosts? ”

"Actually, she is not qualified to talk about us at all, and she secretly lives with others herself!"

"I'm a man after all," Li Xiaoli's boyfriend's tone was a little embarrassed, "There are two women in the end." ”

What do you mean? I don't understand it.

"She's so fake, she keeps saying that there's something wrong, and there's a third person. Pretending, if she was willing to admit that there was still a person living in her bedroom, I would definitely admit it. ”

"Forget it, baby, don't be angry."

Hearing this, I couldn't hold back any longer. I stood up and pushed the door open, and the two of them were sitting on the bed playing with their phones, and they both jumped up in fright.

"Tell me clearly, what do you mean that I am hiding? I'm obviously living alone, where is the person? I said loudly.

Li Xiaoli and her boyfriend were stupid, and it took a long time to react. Li Xiaoli said word by word: "She came back with us, just one foot in front of us." We saw her open your bedroom door and go in. What else are you pretending? ”

"What did you say?"

I couldn't hear my own voice, but slowly turned my head to look at my bedroom, which was dark and I couldn't see anything.

"Where did you leave my courier?"

Suddenly, a faint female voice came from inside.