Boom......

Boom......

Knock Knock......

Knock Knock......

The knock on the door was faint, like a knock on the door of one's house, and like a guest from the neighbor's house next door.

The only thing that is certain is that no one answered.

The knock on the door didn't stop.

I can't remember exactly when the knock began.

I always wake up in my sleep to a knock on the door, and then I fall into a kind of torment.

Knock, knock......

Xu Hongcai's eyes widened, staring straight at the ceiling, and silently thought in his heart: She can't get in, she can't come in, she can't get in......

This hypnotic silent method could not make him fall asleep.

His spirit was tense, bags and dark circles under his eyes appeared in just a few days, and his body became emaciated.

In the words of a colleague he had just become acquainted with, he looked like he was dying.

If it weren't for the fact that his change was too obvious and too scary, his colleagues, who had only known each other for two months and would have parted ways in another ten months, would not have blurted out such words.

His boss also expressed some concern for him, and when he talked to him, he looked at him with hairy eyes, as if he was afraid that he would fall to the ground and die suddenly in the office. The boss who always catches people and works overtime is rarely kind, urging Xu Hongcai to go home early to rest.

Go home......

When Xu Hong heard this, his body seemed to be manipulated by something, and his thinking was not controlled.

Obviously, he wanted to escape from that rented house, and he could think of some solutions, but after getting off work from the company, he couldn't help but return here.

It was as if this was his home, his eternal home.

As soon as he thought of this, Xu Hongcai felt creepy.

Fear is irrepressible, and action is uncontrollable.

He silently recited the phrase "She can't come in" in his heart, and with the knock on the door from time to time, his soul seemed to evaporate from his body and ceased to exist.

Suddenly, he seemed to wake up from a nightmare and noticed that the knocking on the door had stopped.

Xu Hongcai subconsciously held his breath, and the cold sweat on his body soaked his clothes and bed.

His eyes rolled slowly in his sockets, and he carefully looked around, especially the doorway and window, which he stared at for a long time.

The windows and doors were closed, and there was no movement.

There was moonlight shining in through the window, but it wasn't bright, and nothing was projected indoors.

Nothing.

Or maybe he had already entered the house and hid in a place he couldn't see when he wasn't looking.

When Xu Hong thought of this, his body was numb.

The brain is clear at this time.

He tried for a while, and then his numb body moved slightly.

He could feel every part of his body, every muscle, every nerve, every vessel, every bone and joint, all where he was supposed to be.

His body is good.

For some reason, Xu Hong thought of this, and then recalled the figure he saw that day.

It was an old man, walking in the community in the middle of the night, and the next morning, he saw blood stains in the community.

I guess it's bloodstains...... Probably not blood......

Xu Hongcai wanted to convince himself, but instinct told him that the old man was more than lucky.

Xu Hong was afraid that he would end up like that old man.

The intact nature of his body made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Slowly, slowly, he rolled over and moved on the bed.

If that thing enters the house, where can it be hidden?

Wardrobe?

Or is it......

Xu Hongcai grabbed the corner of the quilt, propped himself up, and moved himself to the edge of the bed.

As if he was enchanted again, he leaned out his upper body regardless of the consequences, lowered his head, and looked under the bed.

This old house was borrowed and stored a lot of old things from the landlord. Furniture, appliances are old things left by the landlord, pots and pans are also old things left by the landlord, and there is a small bookcase stuffed with old books, old magazines and old newspapers from the landlord. Under the bed in the bedroom, there are naturally a lot of things for the landlord.

Xu Hongcai had never cared about these things since he moved here, but now he felt that the silhouette of the large and small shadows under the bed was so terrifying.

His gaze swept over every shadow, unable to tell what they were.

It could be a shoebox, it could be an old newspaper tied together, or it could be some other miscellaneous garbage.

It seems, no, something in human form.

Xu Hongcai made a judgment with difficulty.

Sweat ran down his forehead and fell to the floor.

He struggled to his feet and sat down on the bed.

With his head turning, he looked at the only large closet in the bedroom.

Will they hide there?

Xu Hongcai stepped on the floor barefoot, and when his hand touched the wardrobe door, he felt a pinprick pain.

The pain was born of fear, and he was in pain all over his body except for his fingers.

His heart beat and breathing became rapid because of the nervousness.

He opened the cabinet door and saw several pieces of his own clothes.

There was also a newspaper pasted at the bottom of the cabinet, and the old newspaper was illegible.

There is nothing hidden.

Nothing.

That thing didn't come in.

Since you didn't enter his house, it is possible that you have gone somewhere else.

Xu Hongcai's heart tightened.

It's not me, it's always good.

As for the others, he couldn't control either.

Xu Hongcai took a few steps back and sat on the bed.

Sweat ran across the skin, like a cold finger running across the body.

A layer of goosebumps appeared on Xu Hongcai's body.

The cold air in early winter made Xu Hongcai a little more excited, and his brain was a little clearer.

He can't stay here.

He's going to have to move out of here.

Find a new house to live in, or stay in a guesthouse for the time being.

If you don't want a deposit, it's better than not having a life.

Thinking of this, Xu Hongcai stood up suddenly, dragged his suitcase out of the closet, and stuffed his clothes into the suitcase indiscriminately.

And notebooks.

Notebook in living room......

Xu Hongcai walked quickly to the bedroom door before stopping.

He held the doorknob and leaned his body against the door, his ears pressed against the door, trying to detect the movement outside the door.

There was no movement outside the door.

The thing didn't come in, there was nothing outside.

Xu Hongcai breathed a sigh of relief, twisted the doorknob, and opened the bedroom door.

There was no one in the living room.

The windows of the balcony were closed, the curtains were drawn, and like the bedroom, only the moonlight came in, but the whole thing was still a little dark, and it was not easy to see much.

Xu Hongcai remembered the location of the notebook, but he would not be affected by this.

He grabbed the notebook that was on the coffee table, and when he turned around, he was pulled by the power cord. He staggered, barely standing on his feet, and then hurried to pull the power again.

The power supply is plugged on the TV cabinet, and the TV cabinet is not tall or low, so Xu Hongcai can catch the plug as long as he leans over slightly.

It's an extremely simple move without any difficulty.

Xu Hongcai successfully pulled out half of the plug, and suddenly heard a terrible cry from outside the balcony.

He shuddered with fright, and as soon as he let go of his hand, he not only let go of the plug, but also let go of the hand holding the notebook.

The notebook fell freely and smashed directly on Xu Hongcai's instep.

The pain made Xu Hongcai reflexively jump away, but his gaze involuntarily looked at the balcony.

The crying continued, and I couldn't hear what was being said, but the desperate emotion could be conveyed.

How does a person react when death is near?

Xu Hongcai didn't know it originally, but now he seems to know.

He, the observer, tried to escape. The man who cried out didn't seem to be in the mood to run away. Maybe I knew I couldn't run, or maybe I gave up running for some reason.

Xu Hongcai thought of a lot in an instant, but it was not a specific scene, but it made him feel a kind of despair.

He couldn't help but imagine the situation of the voice's owner, put himself in the other person's shoes, and then, his legs moved involuntarily.

He walked to the balcony, clutched the curtains, and slowly pulled them open.

There was nothing on the balcony, and when you looked out, you couldn't see anything.

The crying did not go away.

Xu Hongcai walked into the balcony step by step, came to the window, opened the window, and followed the sound, his eyes moved.

In the community, only the street lights are on.

The entire neighborhood strangely turned off the lights.

This made Xu Hongcai unable to find the source of the voice.

The echo of the cry lingers in the community, and the ghost of the grievance lingers. It may really be the soul of injustice, the soul of injustice in the literal sense of the word......

Xu Hongcai suddenly saw a figure in the opposite building.

The distance between the two residential buildings allowed Xu Hong to clearly see each other's appearance.

It was a young girl, looking like a college student.

The other party's face was pale, even in the night, Xu Hongcai could see the other party's pale face.

The other party also saw him.

Xu Hongcai stared at her.

Immediately, Xu Hong found that there were figures standing at the windows of many residential buildings.

They all stood by the window, probably like Xu Hongcai, trying to find the source of the screams.

Wrong.

Xu Hongcai and the girl looked at each other and denied their thoughts.

They...... is listening to the death of its kind, waiting...... own the same fate......

Xu Hongcai's face became as pale as the girl.

They can't escape.

They......

The shouting suddenly disappeared.

There was no scream of death, and the sound stopped so abruptly, as if the previous cry was a dream.

Xu Hongcai sensed something and looked down at the asphalt road in the community.

In the street lamp, a rickety figure appeared.

He had seen an old woman walking on the ground in a strange posture. She didn't look anywhere, as if on a whim, and casually entered the residential building next to her.

It wasn't long before Xu Hong heard a knock on the door.

The knock came again, this time not for long, but after five or six knocks, the knocking stopped.

Immediately after, a deafening roar came from the residential building.

Xu Hongcai couldn't help but stretch his body out of the window, stretching his neck desperately, and looking at the residential building.

He didn't find the room where the light was on, but he glanced at it and was attracted by a flashing figure, and looked towards a window on the fourth floor.

The window didn't move for a long time.

The roars of adult men did not stop, and they were accompanied by the sound of fierce fights.

The victim this time is very different from what he did just now.

Xu Hongcai's eyes widened, hoping to see something.

He almost stuck half of his body out of the window.

Suddenly, a patch of red splashed over the window.

Xu Hongcai opened his mouth, his throat seemed to be choked, and he couldn't make a sound.

The viscous liquid slipped off the window, but left a mark that could not be washed off.

There was another knock on the door.

Xu Hongcai's body was about to be frozen, but he didn't want to go back to the house.

He was expecting something, and he knew that what he was expecting could not happen.

Sure enough, there was a scream, then a knock on the door, and then a scream...... Cycle......

The figure of the old woman also repeatedly appears under the street lamp in this cycle, entering different residential buildings.

She reminded Xu Hongcai of the computer game he played when he was a child, just like that, mechanically and piece by piece, cleaning up a map......

Xu Hongcai finally felt the horror again.

He gave up his masochistic behavior and retracted his body back into the window.

As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw that the girl on the other side of the building was still there.

The other party was still watching him, instead of following the old woman's figure to move to the residential building behind him.

Xu Hongcai opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he didn't know what he was going to say.

He saw that the girl also moved her mouth, as if she had said something.

It was far away, and he didn't know what the girl was talking about, but he had a gut feeling that it wasn't a good thing.

He slammed the window shut, and hurriedly turned around and ran into the house.

He kicked the notebook that had fallen to the ground, and the pain in his instep came up with the pain in his toes, causing him to fall to his knees unsteadily.

He hurriedly picked up his notebook, dragged the power supply, and pulled the power cord out with brute force.

After stuffing things into his suitcase, he wanted to run outside, but he could still hear the shouting outside.

Can't go out yet......

Xu Hongcai stood in place, as if he had become a statue.

The light of the sunrise dispelled the darkness, and Xu Hongcai seemed to wake up.

He listened intently for a long time, and when he made sure that there was no more terrible movement outside, he dragged his suitcase again, and took three steps and two steps to the gate.

His consciousness was still clear at this time, he grabbed the coat hanging at the door, changed his shoes, and did not forget to pick up his briefcase, and when he was done, he hurried out.

He was dressed like a refugee.

There are already voices in the community, like an ordinary residential area.

But when Xu Hong left the community and came to the road outside, he really felt popular.

Passers-by looked at him strangely.

It was as if he had come back to life.

The first thing I felt was pain in my feet.

He tried to take two steps, but the sharp pain in his foot made it impossible for him to stand still.

He didn't even know how he got out of the neighborhood.

This is probably the legendary adrenaline.

Xu Hongcai relied on the suitcase to support his body, and he couldn't move, so he could only call a taxi and ask the driver to take him to the hospital.

"Which hospital?" The driver asked.

"The nearest hospital is fine. Well, the nearest tertiary hospital. Xu Hongcai felt the pain in his feet and felt that his condition was probably very bad.

"The closest one is the Third Hospital." The driver said, starting the car.

Xu Hongcai's originally somewhat sloppy attention immediately focused.

The pain has become insignificant.

"Three Hospitals ......"

"Well, the third hospital, the top three. What kind of illness do you see? The internal medicine departments of the three hospitals are very good, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology......" the driver talked eloquently.

Xu Hongcai's face turned pale again.

"Three Hospitals...... Go to the Third Hospital...... Looking for Yin Shikang ......"

The girl's lips opened and closed in his mind, and the voice he hadn't heard echoed in his ears.