Chapter 20 Firms
The building structure of this old-fashioned community is neat and cramped, entering from the iron door on the first floor, the staircase is on the right hand, and the row in front of the stairs is the walkway, the walkway is attached to the kitchen of the two families in the middle, the window is open on the wall, and the exhaust fan is also pressed on this wall. As soon as the meal arrived, the corridor was full of the smell of oil smoke.
I could still smell the smell of oil smoke and the smell of vegetables mixed together when I came up just now, but now there is no smell, and I don't hear the voices of the people downstairs anymore, even the thin man and the fat man are gone.
It's kind of weird.
I held the doorknob and didn't twist my head back for a while, and I don't know how long it had been, when I suddenly heard a noise from below.
"Thank you, I'm really bothered."
It was the voice of a fat man.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
I guess the two of them entered someone's house just now.
I turned my head and looked at the room in front of me.
The afterglow of the setting sun was particularly dim in the room, like a layer of dark red blood. The door is a living room, and on the right hand side is an office, and the filing cabinet is in the corner of the room. But when I opened the door, I still saw it at a glance, I don't know if it was because I was impressed when I came last time, or if it was really a kind of ghost as I guessed.
I took out my phone and turned on the flashlight, and the blood light in the room was brightly illuminated, and it returned to normal.
The last time I was here, I was just looking at the filing cabinets, and the rest of the place was searched by the skinny man and the police. This time, I was not in a hurry, and went to open the window first.
The windows were locked, as if they were still rusting, and it took me a lot of effort to open one of them. The hot wind blew in from outside, dispelling a little of the cold feeling.
I patted the rust on my hands and looked at the reception room.
In the center are two sets of opposite leather sofas, surrounding a glass coffee table. The original brownish-black color of the sofa has become a gray blur color due to dust.
Fang Guoying and Yu Meng are sitting on the sofa here, telling their horrors, right?
The flashlight swept through the room, and I saw a dead potted plant in the corner.
It's going to be uncomfortable, but it's because it's been abandoned for too long, right?
With that in mind, I entered the office next door.
There are four desks in the office, and only one has a computer. I opened the drawers, all of them were empty, and it wasn't until the desk where there was a computer that I saw a few pens and note-taking notes left behind by the owner, and there was no other room.
I turned my head to look to my side.
The filing cabinet stood quietly, but it always appeared in my peripheral light, showing its presence.
I deliberately didn't look at the filing cabinet, and when I went inside, I saw a dormitory, five beds, which happened to be the total number of members of the Aoba Paranormal Office that I knew, just like the writing desk outside, only one of the five beds had a futon and a bed curtain, and the remaining four beds were empty. There are only a few men's clothes in the wardrobe next to him, looking at the size and style of clothes, he is a young man with nine heads of one meter and nine heads; There is only one person's toothbrush and towel in the bathroom, and the style is ordinary; When I got to the kitchen, there were all kinds of kitchenware and tableware, but there were no ingredients and seasonings, and the refrigerator was empty.
These things made me a little uneasy, and then I thought, maybe there is only one person living here? For example, only the "head" lives here, and everyone else has their own home and commutes to and from work every day. There is also a woman among them, so she can't sleep in the same room with four men and one woman, right? The things in the kitchen are also easy to explain, a small office, and I will directly find a part-time worker to cook at noon. It's just no food at all......
As I thought, I opened a door that went back to me, and behind it was a corridor, with rooms on either side and at the end, and the rooms on both sides were full, and there were many cardboard boxes, some of which had been opened, and some of which were still attached to the sealing tape.
I opened the nearest cardboard box, which contained a computer, and then looked at other open boxes, all of which were the same, the main case, the monitor, the mouse, the keyboard, ...... There are many sets, far more than the number of "four".
Looking at the room on the other side, there are also several boxes stacked up, and only one is open, which is also a computer.
This is not a computer seller, nor is it a computer company, how can there be so many computers?
The thought crossed my mind when I suddenly looked at the unopened box next to me.
Leaning the phone to the side, I used the key to draw open the cardboard box, a choking smell of smoke flew out, I subconsciously fanned my hand, and a pile of ashes pounced out, like a goddess scattering flowers. I hurriedly took two steps back, and waited for the movement to subside, then I approached with my mouth and nose covered, and took a photo of my phone into the box.
The box was full of ashes, like a pile of ashes left by Qingming burning paper money. I picked up a small piece of paper that hadn't been burned, and I saw a blurred text on it. It doesn't seem to be a word, but a kind of ghost drawing.
A flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I thought of the amulet that Aoba's people gave to Fang Guoying in the incident of the grimace in the water.
Be...... That thing?
But why did it all burn?
Spontaneous combustion......
As soon as I let go of my hand, the paper fell into the box.
The cold feeling that had just disappeared came back to the surface.
"Brother Qi!"
I was so excited that I almost dropped my phone. Without much thought, I walked out of the room quickly, and at last I trotted up for some reason, and when I got to the door, I saw the thin man and the fat man.
"Why are you here?" I asked.
"What's wrong with you?" The thin man was startled, "Why are you panting so much?" ”
I was stunned, and then I realized that my breathing was getting heavy at some point.
"Brother Qi, you don't matter, right?" The fat man asked with concern.
"It doesn't matter." I wiped my forehead and sweated coldly.
"There's a problem here, isn't it?" The thin man had a "I knew it was going to be like this" on his face, "Let's go quickly." ”
"Have you checked it?" I asked.
"I've asked on the fifth floor, I'm afraid that there is something going on here, so I'll come up and take a look." The fat man replied.
"Oh, that ......" I just opened my mouth and glanced back.
The filing cabinet stood silently there.
"What's wrong, Brother Chi? Did you hear something? The thin man asked nervously.
"No, I just want to say I haven't looked at the file yet. You've checked this building, call me. I said to the thin man.
The thin man gave a thumbs up, "Guys! Pure gentlemen! ”
I smiled, but the hand holding the phone was so hard that the muscles flinched.
Man? No. It's just that...... That's a natural thing to say.
"Then you can call us if you have something." The fat man said.
"Don't worry." I nodded.
The two of them went downstairs, and I saw their heads disappear into the stairwell, so I slowly turned around and walked to the filing cabinet, opened the door, and searched.
My previous guess was correct, and in addition to being arranged by time and number, the files here are also divided into "solved" and "unsolved". I randomly drew a few copies last time, and they were all "unresolved", but this time I looked for them and selected the incidents they successfully resolved.
The thin man said let me find the last thing they handled. Originally, we didn't take the "supernatural office" seriously, so we didn't think to start from this aspect, but now that we realize that this office really has some doorways, I will look carefully.
Whoa!