“…… How's that, got it? ”

Al Press, Al in the office looked at the computer screen, the movement and news on the Internet thoughtfully,

At that moment, his wife and assistant Penny pushed open the office door and walked in, and Al turned his head and asked.

“…… It's really hard to buy, and even now, there are still a bunch of people waiting to buy in several nearby bookstores. ”

Wife Penny nodded, and then lifted the "Shadow Empire" in her hand,

"In the end, I contacted the bookstore channel that cooperated with us a lot, and I took a copy directly from there."

"See? How does it feel? ”

"Not yet, but listening to the feedback from some readers in the bookstore, it seems to be good."

"Hmmm......"

Al took the brand-new Shadow Empire from Penny and tore off the plastic seal with his hand.

Penny sat down on another stool beside Al.

Holding this ABC's new book "Shadow Empire", Ayrton moved,

Although Mr. I's "Ordinary and Great" has continued to grow in a single day, quickly approaching 20,000 copies a day,

It's already gaining momentum.

But as soon as possible, the biggest rivals of Mr. I's work may be ABC's "Shadow Empire" and the new book of the 'dog author'.

For the new works of Mr. I's opponents, Al is still quite concerned.

Although he has enough confidence in "Ordinary and Great", he is still afraid that when the readership base of "Ordinary and Great" is not enough,

The release of this "Shadow Empire" has blocked the upward trend.

At this moment, the sales popularity of "Ordinary and Great" is about to completely explode.

Al's hand touched the cover of "Shadow Empire" and didn't open it immediately.

"See?"

Penny, who was sitting next to her, looked at "Shadow Empire", then at her husband, and then asked softly.

"Hmm."

Al paused again, nodded, and opened the title page of the Shadow Empire with his hand.

Then take a look,

See what happens to this ABC's new book as Mr. I's opponent!

……

And at this moment, although some preliminary comments on the content of "Shadow Empire" have appeared on the Internet,

But there are still a large number of readers who have bought "Shadow Empire" home, and they are also reading the book "Shadow Empire" under different circumstances.

Different identities, different places, just face the same work in front of each other.

Immerse yourself in it.

……

“…… Xi Yuan, even if it's lunch or dinner, don't call me, I'm going to concentrate on watching "Shadow Empire"! ”

In the dormitory, Xi Yuan's roommate turned to Xi Yuan and shouted before opening the brand-new "Shadow Empire",

Xi Yuan didn't answer, and had already opened the book.

……

The story begins on a rainy night with lightning and thunder and torrential rain,

started with Chang Mo, who encountered something strange and was a little irritable.

Then from Chang Mo's point of view, it was changed to Hu Yan, a nurse in a psychiatric hospital.

What happened to Chang Mo seems to have appeared in another form to Hu Yan,

Or rather, more people.

The plot from Hu Yan's perspective,

Finally, after escaping from the hospital and her original residence for a long time, Hu Yan met a former hospital colleague in a clothing store.

A former colleague said that she was still in the hospital last night, which made Hu Yan completely collapse.

Just like the terrifying and terrifying scene in the square when Chang Mo finally appeared.

The story continues after Hu Yan,

The previous story seemed to be more of a shadow, but it didn't seem to be related to the 'Empire'.

After Hu Yan, the plot develops downward,

The perspective first switched to the intermediary Xie Xian, who had been in contact with Hu Yan.

That night, I received Hu Yan and took Hu Yan to see the house at night.

Hu Yan's strange appearance and some weird encounters there made him a little creepy when he thought about it.

However, he could only scold himself for being unlucky, and the next day he went to work at the agency as usual.

Originally, things should have passed like this, but a few days later, Xie Xian encountered another unlucky thing.

morning

He sat in the store, waiting for customers to come to the door.

As a result, an uninvited guest came,

This is a customer Xie Xian is somewhat familiar with, and before Xie Xian got up to receive him,

As soon as the customer entered the door, he scolded Xie Xian directly.

Squirted a bloody dog head.

The voice shouted so that the whole store could hear it,

Waiting for the company's boss to come out of the back office to dissuade him, Xie Xiandu was still stunned in place.

He didn't even know why this customer scolded him, he felt that this customer was somewhat familiar.

It wasn't until the person next to him pulled and persuaded that the customer angrily told the matter.

It turned out that this customer bought a house here in Xie Xian,

was originally quite satisfied, but some time ago, it was so coincidental that I met the original owner of this house.

After chatting with the two sides, they found out that in addition to the normal intermediary fees, Xie Xian also deceived and deceived the price difference of more than 100,000 yuan.

That's why there is a scolding at the door today.

Listening to the customer's angry words, Xie Xian looked dazed,

He didn't even remember that he had signed a relevant contract with this client, and had seen and sold houses.

If he really did it, Xie Xian would admit it, but he had no impression of it at all.

And at this time, listening to this customer's words, the owner of the store and the other intermediaries all turned their eyes towards Xie Xian and looked at him a little strangely.

“…… If you don't hand over this money to me today, I'll call the police now, and you can go and talk to the police when the time comes! ”

The customer looked at Xie Xian with resentment and disgust.

The boss of the company turned his head, looked at Xie Xian again, and then continued to comfort the customer,

"This gentleman, I'm really embarrassed, our intermediary company really doesn't understand the situation. If this is true, we will definitely give you a satisfactory answer, and we will not condone such behavior of our employees. ”

It seems that the boss's words made the customer a little angry.

"This is the contract at that time, this is my transfer record, and this is the payment record on the seller's side...... See for yourselves! ”

The customer directly took out the evidence, and the printed contract record was thrown over directly.

The boss of the company looked at it first, and then handed it to Xie Xian,

Xie took it over and looked at it first, and the person who handled the contract was indeed written by him.

But he really didn't have any impression of this matter, Xie Xian looked dazed,

"It's not...... Boss, I don't even remember to go to the house with this customer, I don't have a memory of this at all! ”

Xie Xian only felt wronged, and couldn't help but say.

And the customer listened to Xie Xian's words, and became even more angry,

"Not impressed? It's only been a long time, and you say you're not impressed? How much do you usually do this kind of thing to be so at ease? If it weren't for you, the one who signed the contract with me at the time, the one who took me to see the house, and the one who collected the money, if it weren't for you, I would have gouged out these eyes and gave them to you! ”

“…… I'm sorry, I'm sorry, don't be angry, sir...... Xie Xian, come with me......"

The boss pulled Xie Xian over and stepped aside,

Xie Xiandu was still in a state of confusion, and he heard the boss say,

"Xie Xian, don't pretend here...... If it wasn't discovered, I wouldn't bother to care about it, you found out about it, so I'll return it quickly. ”

"You kid is really ruthless, swallow hundreds of thousands, and I didn't give your boss a penny, and I'm not afraid that I won't be able to swallow it."

"No, boss, I really don't! I don't remember anything about it! ”

Xie Xian felt that he was extremely wronged,

The boss glanced at Xie Xian inexplicably,

"Let's talk to the two of us here now, you still pretend to me, hurry back, and then apologize, let people not pursue it, otherwise you will really call the police, and be careful that your kid can't eat and walk around!"

"I really don't! If I did, I would admit it, but really, I don't even know where he got this contract! ”

"Really?"

Probably Xie Xian said that he was really sure, and the boss was also a little puzzled and hesitant.

"Then you open your bank card balance, and show me anything else."

"Good!"

"I really don't! If you don't believe the boss, you ......"

Xie Xian opened the balance inquiry of the bank card,

But the balance displayed left him speechless.

He remembered that he should only have a few thousand dollars in his bank card.

But now, it's not just the hundreds of thousands of dollars that the customer mentioned, but more than 500,000 yuan of money I don't know where it came from.

The boss glanced at the balance, and then at Xie Xian's face, although he felt a little strange, he still said,

"Is that what you say?"

"You are really bolder than the sky, I thought it was just such a one, but I didn't expect you to be really daring!"

"Keep all this money, and I'll help you pay it back when someone comes to your door." Then you just pack up your things and go, I can't tolerate such a big Buddha under the temple here. ”

Xie Xian faced the balance of the bank card, and the customer who was still beside him.

I was speechless.

He had no impression of the whole thing.

He doesn't remember taking the client to see the property, or signing a contract to complete the transaction.

I don't remember that he had more than 100,000 yuan to buy a house.

But the balance in the bank card, the traces of the contract, and the handwriting of the signature all prove that he did it.

He was a little dazed, at a loss, and a little afraid from the bottom of his heart,

transferred all the money in the bank card that did not belong to him,

The customer got his money back, and left a little angrily.

Xie Xian's whole person packed up his things in a bit of a mess and prepared to leave here.

Even now, he was at a loss.

Why is this happening? What's going on?

“…… Hello, I would like to rent a house. ”

At this time, another customer came into the store.

The other intermediaries were all sitting in their places, using the cover of the computer, peeking at Xie Xian, whispering there,

The customer glanced at it and walked towards Xie Xian.

"Find someone else, I've been fired."

Xie Xian didn't raise his head, but lowered his head and continued to pack his things.

"Why?"

Still ask why?

Xie Xian raised his head and saw the person in front of him,

This is a man in his early thirties, wearing loose clothes on the upper body and trousers on the bottom.

The face is a little haggard, and the hair is a little oily and messy.

"How do I know!"

"I don't know...... I didn't do anything! I don't have any impressions, but I just have money in my bank card! ”

Xie Xian seemed to have found someone to confide in, and vented the emotions that had been squeezed up before.

Some said incoherently,

"I really didn't do it...... I don't know what kind of bad luck I have! ”

After scolding, Xie Xian's eyes were a little red.

Then he looked at the man in front of him, thoughtful,

I didn't expect this man to understand his feelings, and pick up things,

Xie Xian was a little lost and ready to leave here.

"Why don't you pay more attention to your own shadow?"

Xie Xian heard the words of the man behind him,

I just feel inexplicable,

Shadow? What shadow?

Even feeling a little irritable, these days, he always encounters these strange people, strange things.

Without stopping, Xie Xian walked out of the store.

Holding his belongings, he probably walked towards his rented place, and did not take a taxi.

Just in a daze, moving towards a step.

"What the hell...... What the hell is going on! ”

"Did I have amnesia?"

Walking and walking, remembering what happened earlier,

The emotions were still uncontrollable, Xie Xian threw all the things he was holding on the ground,

Then he squatted down in some pain, grabbed his hair hard, and buried his head.

"Made...... Made......"

His eyes were getting redder and redder, Xie Xian kept swearing and venting his emotions.

I only feel wronged, aggrieved, and painful.

He didn't do anything, but all the evidence pointed to him.

Even he has money in his bank card that shouldn't be there.

And he doesn't even have the impression that the money has arrived!

Just holding his head like this,

vented his emotions on the side of the road for a while,

Xie Xian still raised his head again and squatted on the ground,

The things that were thrown out and dropped on the ground before still have to be picked up in the same way.

Stretching out his hand and lowering his head, Xie Xian looked at the same thing on the ground, squatting and moving.

It's just that, after picking up another thing,

But he suddenly paused,

Stiff all over, he looked in front of him, then raised his head, turned a little sideways, and looked at the sky,

He seemed to understand what the strange man had just said.

At this time, the sun was behind him, but there was no shadow on the ground in front of him.

His Shadow ...... It's gone.

……

"Knock Knock ......"

There was a knock behind the door, and the sensor light in the hallway turned on.

Shao Xuan stood in front of the door, but did not open the door.

He was standing outside the door, and the knock was coming from inside the house.

If his memory is not wrong, he lives alone.

"Knock Knock ......"

The knock at the door sounded again, more hurried than before,

It seems to know that there is a person standing outside the door.

Shao Xuan took out the key, and before opening the door with the key, he looked back at the ground on his side.

The lights in the hallway were on, but there was no shadow of him on the floor.

After a pause, Shao Xuan turned his head, inserted the key into the door lock, and unscrewed the door with a click.

And the moment he opened the door, the knock behind the door stopped.

Behind the open living room door, there was no half figure,

With the curtains drawn, the somewhat dimly lit living room was also empty, except for the coffee table and dining table.

Walked to the edge of the living room and opened the curtains again, allowing the sunlight from outside to penetrate the window and illuminate the living room.

Sitting on the stool next to the dining table, Shao Xuan looked at the place beside him again, and the shadow that had disappeared before reappeared beside him.

Turning his gaze back, Shao Xuan rubbed his somewhat haggard face.

He is an associate professor at a university, and he is the same person Xie Xian met when he left the real estate agency company just now.

These days, Shao Xuan has encountered similar strange things several times.

Every time before going out, when he opened the curtains and went home, he always closed them again.

It's like some guy in his house who doesn't like the sun so much, stubbornly fighting against him.

And this is just one of the little things, and there are many weird and inexplicable things happening,

made Shao Xuan's spirit tense and exhausted.

It just feels like the spirit is already teetering on the verge of collapse.

Now, he probably just knew that it had something to do with his shadow.

He had seen his shadow disappear a few times.

Turning his head, Shao Xuan looked at the ground again, the shadow reflected by the sun,

With some fear in his eyes, Shao Xuan still stood up,

Then he crouched down on the ground,

The shadows on the ground did the same thing as him,

Squatting down and raising his hand, Shao Xuan wanted to reach out and touch his own shadow on the ground,

But the hand that was raised did not fall for a long time, and the shadow was the same as him, stiff and moving,

"What the hell are you......"

"What the hell are you......"

The moment Shao Xuan spoke, he heard the same words behind him,

The voice trembled with fear.

Moreover, Shao Xuan also felt a slight chill at the back of his neck, and his hair trembled,

It's like someone is putting their hands close to his neck!