I said, "Nothing, just take a look." ”

Aunt Luo was a little scared: "Is there something wrong?" ”

I replied, "I haven't found it yet, but there's a lot I want to know." "Aunt Luo said that when I eat, I will cook a few of the best dishes for me at noon.

Lunch was ready, eight dishes were made, and there was red wine. Aunt Luo is from the Northeast, but she has added the characteristics of Shanghai cuisine, especially the white-cut chicken is really delicious. Because several years have passed since this incident, I can't recall the specific dishes for a long time, but only the white-cut chicken has a deep memory for me.

During the meal, I asked Aunt Luo if she knew the origin of this bungalow, and Aunt Luo said: "When I first came here as a nanny last year, the proprietor talked to me, saying that at the beginning this bungalow was built in 1920 when a big boss started making soap. The bungalow has only been built for a few years. The Japanese devils came in and forcibly occupied it as a headquarters. After the victory of the anti-Japanese war, the house was bought by another wealthy businessman, and after the liberation, it was once used by the government as a public security bureau, and later bought by an old overseas Chinese. It was only in the hands of my owner about five years ago. It is said that more than 10 million yuan was spent! ”

I nodded. He also asked, "Are the furniture and furnishings in this bungalow still old objects from the past?" ”

Aunt Luo said, "Most of them. The proprietor said that when the Japanese occupied the place, they first snatched all the valuable antiques and other things, and packed up the rest of the things that were not needed and threw them into the basement. After the liberation, the government took over and did not move, and it was not until the old overseas Chinese lived that some furnishings were removed from the basement and put back in place, such as the photos on the wall. ”

"Do you know all the things stored in the basement?" I asked.

Aunt Luo shook her head: "I rarely go into the basement, there is a special utility room, and I don't need to go to the basement for anything." It's just that sometimes there are things that can't fit in the utility room. will be sent to the basement, and I can't go two or three times a year. ”

I asked, "There are dozens of big boxes in the basement, do you know what they're for?" Have you opened it? Aunt Luo said no, and said that once she moved two large flower stands into the basement for storage, and asked the owner what was in the box. The proprietor said that when he first bought the bungalow, he opened several boxes outside and read them, and they were full of old books.

Sitting on the sofa and chatting after dinner, I began to cut to the chase and asked Aunt Luo why this house was not clean and when it started. Aunt Luo said: "I came here to be a nanny last summer, after the Spring Festival this year. The owners all went to Canada, and it was okay for me to look at the house alone. Since June, there have been strange movements in the house, first I heard footsteps in the living room at night, and people talking to themselves, I live on the second floor, and I heard it when I went to the bathroom. Once, late at night, there was the sound of a piano, and I dared to go down the stairs, but I stopped halfway through, and there was no one in the living room. ”

I pressed down, and Aunt Luo continued: "One night, I was sleeping soundly, and I heard a very low voice, like someone smashing a wall in the distance, which shook my heart all at once. I went downstairs to the living room, felt the vibrations coming from under my feet, and walked to the basement door, putting my ear to the door. The feeling of shaking was even more obvious, I used the key to open the door of the basement, and when I heard the vibration coming from the basement, I was so frightened that I quickly locked the door, and never dared to go down again. ”

The doubts in my heart were even greater, wondering if it had something to do with those dozens of boxes? Aunt Luo said: "I reported to the owner, but the owner didn't believe it at first, saying that I was delusional, maybe it was a neighbor's decoration, or someone outside was building, so I didn't think about it." I thought to myself that it made sense, because the landlord was a university and a stadium. Half a month later, once I had diarrhea for several days, it was thundering and raining in the middle of the night, I was in a hurry to get up to find medicine, only to remember that the medicine was placed on the coffee table in the living room, because I was in a hurry, I didn't turn on the light, so I ran down to get the medicine. Halfway downstairs, I saw a figure in a light blue suit sitting in front of the piano by lightning. I thought it was a thief, and I was so frightened that I wanted to turn back to get my mobile phone and call the police, but I accidentally slipped under my feet and made a little movement, and the figure was very fast, so I ran to the foyer and disappeared. I ran back to the house and called 110 to call the police, but the police knocked on the door for a long time and I didn't dare to open it. The police searched back and forth in the house for a long time, but there was no one there, and the door to the foyer was locked. ”

I asked, "Could it be because you just woke up and are hallucinating?" ”

Aunt Luo shook her head: "I haven't been well because I have diarrhea that day, I haven't fallen asleep at all, and when I went down the stairs, a lightning bolt happened to strike, and the living room was very bright." The figure was dressed in light blue, and looked like a woman, but it had its back to me, and it darkened quickly after the lightning, so I didn't see it too clearly. ”

I nodded, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Are there any pets like cats and dogs in this bungalow?" ”

Aunt Luo said: "Yes, the owner has a big Persian cat, how do you know?" "I said I saw movement in the basement window when I first came in, and it must have been.

Aunt Luo's face changed: "The owner of the cat was taken out of the country when he immigrated to Canada, and now there are no cats in this bungalow at all, and the basement is usually locked......"

I thought to myself, too, in a fully enclosed basement, how did cats and dogs get into it, could it be mice? I asked the owner about the situation, and Aunt Luo said: "Now the owner's surname is Kang, he is in his fifties this year, his grandfather opened a textile factory in Shanghai before liberation, and in his generation, he is engaged in finance and real estate, but he is rich." His daughter went to college in Canada and married a foreigner after graduation, and he thought that Canada could be better than China, so he immigrated to Canada as a couple and was able to reunite with his daughter. "Upward to the macro garbage.

After lunch, Aunt Luo took me up to the second floor, and she had already arranged another bedroom for me to live in. In the house, she took out two thousand yuan and handed it to me, saying, "Eldest nephew, this is the hardship fee that the owner asked me to pass on to you." Seriously, it's not easy for me to make some money at my age, and if you can solve the haunting of this bungalow, I and the owner will thank you. ”

I took the money and said that I would definitely work hard, and Aunt Luo said with some embarrassment: "I took half a day off today, and I have to cook dinner for another family in the evening, and I may have to go early to make up for the work at noon." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, you're busy, there are so many dishes left at noon, and I can eat it by heating it up myself in the evening." I say. Aunt Luo was very grateful, and said that she would be able to get home at about eight o'clock in the evening, and I said that I would definitely be able to take care of the home, so you can rest assured that you can go and get busy.

I slept for a few hours in the afternoon, and when I got up, Aunt Luo had already left, I went to the bathroom in a daze, and vaguely heard the sound of an electric doorbell ringing in the living room on the first floor. When he saw me coming out of the house, the man looked surprised, and before I could speak, he asked, "Who are you?" ”

I smiled and said this, should I ask you, who are you looking for?

The middle-aged man said: "I'm looking for Luo Yuezhen, you are ......" Only then did I know Aunt Luo's name, so I said that I was a classmate of Aunt Luo's niece, who came to Shanghai to do business, and by the way, I lived here for a few days.

The middle-aged man looked me up and down and asked, "What is Luo Yuezhen's niece?" ”

I felt strange and said, "Are you asking too much, who are you?" ”

He said: "I'm Luo Yuezhen's boyfriend! Let me in! ”

I smiled: "I'm sorry, I can't let you in, Aunt Luo went to cook for the owner, and when she left, she didn't say that she had a boyfriend and would come to find her, or you should call her." ”

The middle-aged man's face was full of unhappiness: "It's not dinner time yet, she went so early?" "I said she had taken half a day off in the morning to greet me, so she would leave early in the afternoon.

The middle-aged man sneered a few times: "It turns out that I have a new love, and I actually take half a day off to accompany you at home, brother, it seems that you like to play with old women!" ”

"Can you speak? I don't have the time to talk nonsense with you, if you really look for her, just call! I replied coldly, didn't pay any attention to him, turned around and went back to the house ▲ On the sofa in the living room, I heard the middle-aged man outside jumping to his feet and shouting: "Luo Yuezhen, you come out for me, you want to dump me if you find a young one?" It's not that easy! Who says they can't leave me in bed every night? Are young men better than me? Not necessarily ......."