Chapter 1: Dark Night

Every time Lin Shuang recalled the sound of the upstairs at midnight, his chest would be so stuffy that he almost wanted to suffocate. She really couldn't imagine what kind of people lived upstairs, and why they were obsessed with moving tables and chairs in the middle of the night.

After graduating from university, Lin Shuang came to a coastal city. Since he didn't have much money on hand, he rented an old building that was about to be demolished. This old building, with many vacant houses, dark corridors, no lights in the corridors, and messy debris piled up in the stairwells. At night, there are few lights on the entire building, and it is quiet and barren like a ruin.

Lin Shuang works in a half-dead magazine, and although the salary is not high, it is quite idle. Just before the deadline of each month, the company's employees have to work overtime day and night. Often busy until the second half of the night, Lin Shuang can step on high heels dizzily and leave the company exhausted.

Lin Shuang's biggest fear was the arrival of late night, the upstairs neighbors always moved the tables and chairs frequently after midnight, and sometimes there was a violent sound of the tables and chairs slamming to the ground. Lin Shuang didn't know how many times, and was awakened from her dream by the sudden loud noise of midnight. When she was frightened by the sound of fear, she could not sleep again, and often fell asleep until dawn. In a trance, I vaguely heard a soft boy crying mournfully.

After Lin Shuang endured it for several months, finally at midnight one day, when there was another restless noise upstairs, she angrily pushed open the door of the house and rushed to the door upstairs in one breath. She suppressed her anger and knocked softly on the door. However, she knocked for a long time, but no one came out to open the door. It was too much, and the family must have guessed that a neighbor was looking for them, so they pretended not to hear. Lin Shuang quietly put her ear to the door and listened to the movement in the house. It was strange that the room suddenly became silent, without the slightest movement.

Lin Shuang returned to her residence discouraged, and had just gotten into the quilt and was ready to sleep well, when the familiar sound of the tables and chairs moving upstairs sounded again. Lin Shuang covered her head tightly with the quilt, trying to block out the sound of the outside world. She curled up in a ball of cold body, shivering from the cold. She told herself over and over again that when she had money, she must rent a heated house. Otherwise, this winter will be too much.

Early the next morning, Lin Shuang, who had not rested well, went to work again with dark circles under her eyes. In the early morning of winter, there was a cold refreshment in the cold, and the bone-chilling breeze swished into Lin Shuang's neck, and a trace of weird coldness instantly slipped through his back. There seems to be an invisible finger that quickly caresses the tender skin, and the skin that has been touched has not warmed up for a long time.

In the evening, the director of the editorial department told everyone to work overtime. Lin Shuangqiang fought hard, drank cup after cup of coffee, and finally persevered until the end of overtime. She was the first to walk out of the newsroom and into the elevator alone. The editorial office was on the 18th floor, and after Lin Shuang pressed the number button on the next floor, he leaned on the side wall of the elevator with half-squinted eyes. However, not long after the elevator went down, it suddenly stopped. Lin Shuang looked at the floor displayed on the 14th floor, the 14th floor is a training institution that teaches hip-hop dance, is there still a person who learns hip-hop dance at midnight?

As the elevator door slowly opened on the 14th floor, Lin Shuang looked at the elevator door curiously, guessing what kind of person would enter the elevator. However, there was no one in front of the elevator door. Who would have done this? After pressing the elevator, he turned around and left. Lin Shuang narrowed her eyes again, wanting to take a nap. But I felt that the hair in my ears was gently touched by a silky finger. She came to her senses and looked around at the elevator, but there was no one but herself.

The elevator finally went down to the first floor, and Lin Shuang walked towards the door in a panic. But along the way, she felt as if a figure was following her closely. Several times she stopped abruptly and turned abruptly, but there was no one but the dim light of the night. Maybe it's because I haven't had a good rest for days and has hallucinations, right? In the streets at midnight, the shadows of the trees swayed, and a few yellow leaves were blown by the strong wind and swirled in the air.

Lin Shuang waited on the side of the road for a long time, and did not wait for a taxi, so she simply walked to the seaside not far from the company. Anyway, when you get home, you have to suffer from the noise from your neighbors upstairs, so it's better to clean up by the beach for a while.

The sea in the dark of night is a deep black and blue, and the sound of the waves is overwhelming towards the shore, and the waves are turbulent one after another. The salty sea breeze blew across his face, as if he had been slashed by a sharp knife, and he felt a slight pain. Lin Shuang stood on the seashore, looking down at the deeper part of the sea. She saw her wonderful face, twisting and swaying in the waves. A shawl's long hair, blown by the wind, half-covers the cheeks of charming youth.

Lin Shuang once again felt that someone behind him was quietly approaching, and an inexplicable air flow surrounded him. Before she could turn back, she saw a pair of bright red embroidered shoes reflected in the waves, and the sides of the shoes were embroidered with pink and white peonies. The color of the shoes was so charming, and the peonies blooming on the branches and leaves were lifelike.

Lin Shuang couldn't help but squat down, and put a pair of jade hands into the sea despite the cold. The sea is not cool, but warm. Just when Lin Shuang was about to touch the pair of embroidered shoes, it disappeared all of a sudden, and the vivid peony on the upper of the shoe also escaped into the void air.

Lin Shuang stood up in amazement, thinking that she really needed to get a good night's sleep. Why do I always hallucinate? She turned and walked on the sand, sinking deeply with each step, struggling to walk. There was always a gust of air behind her, enveloping her indefatigably. She pretended to fix the shredded hair around her ears, and peeked behind her from under her raised arm, and saw a pair of beautiful red embroidered shoes moving forward with her steps, but there was nothing above them.

Lin Shuang screamed "ah" and ran towards the side of the road. Luckily, a taxi came by, and she hurriedly opened the door and slipped in. She looked through the window of the car and looked at the beach behind her, but there was no one to be seen. In the back seat of the taxi, only one sat alone, but Lin Shuang suddenly felt that the space became cramped. There seems to be an invisible body, huddled against the side of its body. Reflexively, she moved towards the door.

The taxi driver looked at Lin Shuang strangely through the rearview mirror, but didn't say anything. Lin Shuang stared intently at the street outside the car window, there was not a single pedestrian, and even vehicles were rarely encountered. Suddenly, her ears were hot, and there seemed to be a glutinous soft lip lying in her ear, licking it gently. Lin Shuang turned his head sideways little by little, looking at the silent air, there was no one. At this time, she only felt that her chest was tangled, and she let out bursts of unbearable pain.

The taxi finally drove to Lin Shuang's residence. With trembling hands, she paid, opened the car door, and walked down the dark hallway. As soon as she walked into the house, she turned on all the lights. She went through all the rooms before finally locking the door. Just as she took off her coat, turned on the electric mattress, and slipped into the soft bed, the daily noise of the upstairs began again. At this moment, Lin Shuang painfully felt that she was on the verge of collapse, if this midnight noise did not go away, she would go completely crazy.

Lin Shuang got out of bed, she was determined to reason with the family upstairs tonight, and ask them what they wanted to do? She angrily pushed open the door, and without bothering to lock it, she ran upstairs to the door of the house upstairs, banging on the door. This family was really calm, Lin Shuang beat hard for a long time, and no one opened the door.

Lin Shuang finally couldn't bear it anymore, she lived for more than half a year, and she didn't get a good night's sleep. Every day at work, she is listless, she doesn't know her colleagues, and she thinks she does that kind of thing at night? Don't you know, Lin Shuang still doesn't have a boyfriend!

"Hey, open the door! You don't stop every night in the middle of the night, and you move tables and chairs around, what do you want to do? Still don't let people sleep? Do you want to tidy up your house, but can't you work during the day? Why do you have to wait until the middle of the night! Lin Shuang turned on her voice and shouted hysterically.

In the quiet of the night, there was a sudden "squeak". Lin Shuang was frightened. The door in front of me was still open, but the door next to it was slowly open. Along the crack of the dodged door, a face full of vicissitudes poked out, and it was an old lady with a wrinkled face.

"Girl, what are you doing? It's almost scared my wife to death. Do you have something to do with this family? The family had not been inhabited for several years, and it was said that the couple had offended someone in the first few years, and they were killed in the middle of the night. ”

Lin Shuang's mouth suddenly opened wide, and there was no trace of blood on his face, and he was pale.

"Old woman, but、、、、、、、 I hear the sound of their house moving tables and chairs in the middle of the night?" Lin Shuang explained to the old woman in shock.

The old woman looked at Lin Shuang deeply for a while, and said in an old voice, "Girl, you might as well find another place to live." This upstairs has been haunted since many years ago. ”

Lin Shuang's body was stiff and difficult to breathe. I don't know how I got down the stairs and back to my place. Her spirit seemed to escape into an infinite emptiness, and the sleepiness that had not been seen for a long time suddenly hit, and she fell asleep on the bed.

Lin Shuang didn't know if she was in a dream or in a waking state, and saw the pair of red embroidered shoes again. At the top of the embroidered shoes, a red and enchanting cheongsam was fluttering, but the face at the top of the neckline was blurred, but I vaguely felt that it was a handsome face. This looming figure moved towards Lin Shuang's bed little by little, and gradually approached Lin Shuang's cheek. It was a familiar face, extremely beautiful, fragrant and white.

"Xiaoshuang, didn't you ask me to give you a bottle of jasmine perfume? I'm going to create you with a bottle of perfume that is unique in the world, but it lacks a fragrance that is rare in the world. I've been searching for years, but I haven't found it. Only when I find this ingredient and give you this bottle of rare perfume in the world can I be completely reborn in another world.

Lin Shuang suddenly came to her senses, and her body was soaked with cold sweat. She looked around the bed with a shudder, and there was no one. The words that I just heard seemed to be ringing in my ears just now, and the warm breath still lingered around my neck.

That's the breath of Luobei. Lin Shuang will never forget.