The story of the proprietress was very exciting, Liu Zhen and I listened attentively, and couldn't help but be brought into the plot of the story, and at the moment my heart was beating faster and my body was hairy.

"And then?" I asked. At the moment, I can't help but be drawn to this story.

"Later?" The proprietress raised her eyebrows and said, "What happened later, Cao Cripple doesn't even remember." Think about it, who is not afraid of such a thing in the middle of the night? That Cao Cripple is already bold, if this kind of thing is put on ordinary people, he must not be scared to death? ”

I nodded, and my heart was right, so I said, "So, he was scared out?" ”

The proprietress pursed her lips and said, "At first, I thought so, but Cao Cripple told me that he was not stunned at that time, but smelled a stench, the smell was very pungent, and it felt weird, he smelled it for a while, and everything in front of him began to become blurry, as if it was a drug." Soon, he fainted. The proprietress poured herself a cup of tea, moistened her throat, and then said: "According to the idea of a normal person, this cripple Cao must be more than lucky." However, the next morning, he woke up in a daze, and when he checked his body, he did not receive any injuries, but his face was a little pale, as if he had been frightened last night. ”

Hearing this, Liu Zhen and I took a long breath, and Liu Zhen said: "Since then, the residents of the old apartment have moved away one after another? ”

The proprietress nodded and said, "Yes, because there are so many strange things that have happened, and the few things I have talked about are really insignificant." ”

The proprietress told us that in fact, long before the demolition company came here, there were almost no people living in the old apartment, and the remaining families were probably bold enough to move out. Later, the demolition company came here to prepare for the demolition, but it was not very successful to send several people to discuss the demolition. First, the crazy woman was so ghostly that everyone was a little afraid of her; Second, everyone spread ten, ten to hundred, and gradually, it has become a ghost apartment that people pass on orally. There are even people who simply think that the crazy woman is not human at all, which is somewhat similar to my initial suspicions.

Liu Zhen pretended to be casual and asked, "Then, have you ever heard of a person surnamed Duan living in that apartment building?" ”

The proprietress thought for a while and replied: "This, I don't know the way, who lives in that apartment now, few people know the way, I think, the people who live are probably some lonely old people who are helpless." ”

Liu Zhen and I didn't say anything, and the proprietress left when she saw that the two of us stopped talking and finished telling her story. By this time, neither of us had much appetite left, and I was just drinking with my head down, and my mind went blank. Liu Zhen was just smoking cigarettes and tea on the side, not knowing what he was thinking. As for Bu Jin, her posture has hardly changed.

We sat like this, no one spoke, and seemed to be thinking about our own business, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, we settled the bill, returned to the dilapidated old apartment, and continued to wait for Duan Yuwen downstairs.

The taste of waiting is always uncomfortable, we have nothing to do, so to speak, waiting for Duan Yuwen is the only thing we can do now. I don't usually smoke much, but in this extremely tedious waiting, I also asked Liu Zhen for a few cigarettes to relieve my boredom. The two of us sat in the shade of the old apartment, idly rambling about the past. But Bu Jin didn't seem to be able to calm down all the time, I rarely saw her like this, she paced back and forth restlessly, but more often, she just looked at the old apartment worriedly, as if she was worried about whether the old apartment would collapse in the cold.

Soon, it was six o'clock, but neither Liu Zhen nor I had any proposals to go to dinner, and obviously, neither of us had an appetite. Liu Zhen and I almost talked about the experiences we had shared in the past few years, but soon, we had nothing to talk about. We were both very agitated.

At this time, my mobile phone suddenly rang, I took out my mobile phone and looked at it, and I was happy - it was Gao Peng. In the past two days, because I had fainted for one night, I had almost forgotten all the tasks I had given him.

I answered the phone and said, "Why did you kid call me?" ”

"I didn't complete the task you gave me, why am I embarrassed to call you, besides, this long distance is ......"

"Gotta get it," I hurriedly interrupted his chatter, "I beg you to stop talking to me about that useless nonsense, quick, have you completed the task I gave you?" ”

"You're embarrassed," Gao Peng said, "but before that, you have to answer me a question, and answer it truthfully." ”

"Ask." I said impatiently.

"Who did your family offend?" Gao Peng asked: "If you still treat me as a buddy, don't say that you don't know the way, and don't prevaricate me with those innocuous nonsense." ”

I was confused by Gao Peng's question, but I quickly reacted and asked, "Is something wrong with our family?" ”

"You answer my question first." Gao Peng said resolutely. I was surprised to hear this, because although Gao Peng is stingy on weekdays, he accommodates me almost everywhere in some trivial things, and he is rarely as strong as today.

I sighed and said, "Gao Peng, I treat you as my good buddy, do you think I have something to hide from you?" I'm in Yunnan now, and I don't know what's going on at home. ”

"You have it, you can leave it to fool around." Gao Peng said disdainfully.

Actually, Gao Peng's reaction was expected by me, but it was really inconvenient for me to tell him the whole story of my arrival in Yunnan on the phone. However, looking at Gao Peng's tone, if I didn't give him an answer, he would definitely not give up, so he simply made up a lie casually and said, "Okay, now that matter, I won't hide it from you." To tell you the truth, buddy, I am in big trouble, and my current situation is very dangerous, so I can only go to Yunnan to avoid it temporarily. Now on the phone, it's not convenient for me to talk to you too much, you should tell me what happened in my house, otherwise I will really be in danger at any time. ”

"What happened to your family has nothing to do with whether you are in danger in Yunnan." Gao Peng wondered.

I knew that this kid was not easy to deceive, and immediately scolded: "Why do you fucking talk so much nonsense every time, let you say it quickly, don't fucking make Lao Tzu appetite!" ”

On the one hand, Gao Peng probably heard my anxiety, and on the other hand, it was probably because he did find something bizarre in my home, so he didn't ask any more questions, and said, "Okay, then I'll say it." But before I do, I'll have to complain to you. ”

As soon as I heard this, I almost lost my breath and hurriedly said, "Complain, complain." ”

At this time, Gao Peng began to say seriously: "You told me before that you let me sneak into the house quietly when the lights were not on in your house, you don't know what to do, I was almost killed by your words." ”

I was shocked and asked, "What do you say?" ”

"Everything is as you think, someone did break into your house, but it doesn't look like a thief." Gao Peng said: "The second night you hung up the phone for me, I went to your house, and when I was downstairs, I looked up and saw that the windows of your house were dark. At this time, a man came, so I walked into the hallway with the man. We walked one after the other, and I followed him. The man's face was very cold, and he didn't know what he was doing, anyway, he looked like a cow, and besides, there was a long scar on his lips, which looked strange and scary. ”

"You don't have to tell the story in such detail, pick the main one." I said.

"Don't interject, that's the main fucking thing." Gao Peng's reaction was really unexpected, he cleared his throat and continued: "I'll be honest with you, I'm a little afraid of that scar man, but that scar man seems to be very wary of me, as if he is wary of me if I will suddenly attack him from behind. I wondered at first, but soon I realized that he had such a reaction. When the two of us reached the fourth floor, he suddenly stopped in front of your house. ”

When I heard this, I couldn't help but chuckle in my heart, and said that there were other people in my house.

Gao Peng continued: "He didn't have any preparation at that time, it was like watching a movie suddenly paused, he froze very abruptly, and then turned around abruptly, staring at me with a terrible look in his eyes. Speaking of this, he paused, and seemed to still have palpitations, and then said after a pause: "Thanks to my quick reaction at the time, I was just stunned for a moment, so I pretended not to know anything, walked past him, and went straight to the fifth floor." At this moment, the scar man let his guard down and knocked on your door. I didn't dare to look back, but I heard your door being pushed open, and the scar man whispered something and walked in. I heard that the door was about to close, so I glanced back, and as a result, I happened to see a bald middle-aged man in a black short coat looking at me vigilantly, I couldn't see the person's appearance clearly, because the person's face was almost all tattooed, one by one auspicious cloud-like patterns, dense, like some kind of strange totem in ancient times, it is said that the totem is generally some animals, but the pattern of the thorn on the person's face looks like the head of a locust. ”