Before going to the activity center, Zhou Wenli cooked a meal as usual and waited for Sha Kai to come back from work.

Shakai didn't work overtime tonight, went home on time, put down his bag in silence, washed his hands, and sat down at the table. When Zhou Wenli greeted him, he just lazily said "um", as if he was extremely tired and didn't want to speak.

Zhou Wenli was worried in her heart, and asked with concern, "What's wrong?" Are you uncomfortable? Or is there something going on in the company today? ”

"Nothing. There is more life today. Shakai replied casually, and then buried his head in eating.

Zhou Wenli held back for a while, said some comforting words such as "rest early tonight" and "don't be too tired", and couldn't wait to say her previous worries.

“…… It looks like a new family has moved into our building. I didn't see the adults, but at night I saw his children squatting on the stairs. ”

Sha Kai thought that Zhou Wenli was going to gossip with him, and he couldn't help but get bored.

He had lived with his father for more than ten years, and neither father nor son could cook, but because of this, he often went to the restaurant. Sha Kai, who is still a child, is very satisfied with that kind of life, and now he is also quite satisfied with Zhou Wenli's home cooking. The difference is that his father doesn't talk about this kind of trivial gossip during meals.

Shakai has been listening to a lot of neighbors' housework in the community for some time. Whose family is married, whose family is divorced, whose son is going to what school, whose daughter has found a job, whose cats, dogs, parrots, and starlings are interesting...... What does this have to do with him?

Shakai has just turned into a regular worker, and it is when he is busy like a dog and very stressed, so he is really too lazy to listen to these trivial things.

“…… The kid, as if he had something wrong with his brain, might be crazy. Zhou Wenli said worriedly.

"When you just saw other people's children, you knew that they had bad brains?" Sha Kai was happy, and only felt that Zhou Wenli was a typical ignorant woman and child, who only knew how to chew her tongue.

"He was outside in a single coat, squatting on the stairs and not speaking, and when I asked him, he didn't answer."

"Maybe he's not afraid of the cold, he's afraid of life."

"I entered the door, and he leaned into the cat's eye to see inside."

"How is it possible for a cat's eye to look inside from the outside?"

"That's right. So I think he has a problem with his brain, maybe he is a martial madman. You usually commute to and from work, so be careful when you go in and out. Zhou Wenli didn't notice Shakai's dissatisfaction.

Shakai took a bite of food and suddenly looked up, "You said he was a child, and he came to see the cat's eyes?" This cat's eye must be 1.6 meters, right? What age is that? ”

After listening to it for a long time, he could be regarded as hearing the point of Zhou Wenli's words. Anyway, Zhou Wenli is caring about him. Although Zhou Wenli seems to be uneducated and not smart enough, her heart is good. Sha Kai put down his temperament, thought about his thoughts before moving here, and his father's explanation, and asked step by step: "More than one meter six, then you have to be a junior high school student, right?" Children at that age have strange tempers, and they don't have to be crazy. ”

Shakai himself has experienced the second year of secondary school, and now that he thinks about it, he was really naïve and ridiculous when he was a child. Not to mention junior high school, even when he was in college a few years ago, he was not familiar with the world and was very naïve.

Zhou Wenli shook her head and said, "It's definitely not junior high school." A very small one...... I guess it's the first or second grade of elementary school......"

Saying this, Zhou Wenli was also unsure.

The boy she saw was crouched on the stairs, curled up in a ball, his thin arms and legs exposed, not long. His head was on the railing, and his body couldn't occupy the entire railing. At first glance, she thought that the other party was a primary school student.

There are many primary school students in the community, all of whom are the third generation of grandparents and grandparents. During the summer vacation, a group of children scurried around the community, so it was not lively.

Zhou Wenli compared the appearance of the boy with the children in the community, and said affirmatively: "It should be a primary school student." ”

"Elementary school growth is so high?" Shakai was surprised, and in an instant, he thought that the children now were physically stronger than before, so he regained his composure, "Elementary school students are even more skinny." It's normal for boys to be mischievous. ”

If it is a junior high school student or a high school student, Shakai will have some concerns.

Children at that age may learn badly, and they are not light or heavy, learn hooligans to play the rivers and lakes, or school bullying, and it is not for nothing that they make big news.

Elementary school students don't have the ability to do this.

Zhou Wenli wanted to explain, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she turned her head to look at the entrance.

There is no light in the entrance, but there is a light in the living room, and you can see the cat's eye on the security door.

The position was, as Shakai said, one meter six.

Zhou Wenli herself is 1.65 meters tall.

She shuddered at the thought of the boy crouching on the stairs, and at the huge eyes she saw in the cat's eye.

The sound of the door being smashed, I am afraid that it was not the child who knocked on the door mischievously, but he jumped up, slammed on the door, and put his head in the cat's eye......

"I'm done. Don't worry. Shakai put down the empty bowl and comforted him casually, not too distracted.

Zhou Wenli opened her mouth and wanted to say something.

Sha Kai had already stood up, pushed away the chair and left the table, leaving only Zhou Wenli with a back.

Zhou Wenli clenched her chopsticks.

She finished her meal in a distracted manner, and by the time she took the last bite, the rice had become cold. By the time she continued to absentmindedly clean up the dishes and chopsticks, she went out with a garbage bag, more than half an hour later than usual.

Zhou Wenli stood at the entrance, her hand reaching for the doorknob paused in the air.

She withdrew her hand and leaned closer to the cat's eye to look out.

Winter nights come especially early.

The aisle outside was already dark. Because it didn't go off for a long time, the voice-activated light didn't come on.

Zhou Wenli was frightened and slapped the door panel hard, so that the voice-activated light outside lit up.

In the bright light, I saw that the aisle was empty, and there was no one.

Zhou Wenli tried to change the angle, and looked at it for a long time before she put her mind at ease.

She twisted the doorknob and went out.

When she closed the door reflexively, she looked at the security door of her home and was a little distracted.

She touched the edge of the security door.

Those slight protrusions and door cracks are impossible for people to pull on, let alone let people cling to them and not fall down.

The boy ......

Zhou Wenli turned to look at the staircase railing behind her.

She couldn't remember what step the boy was crouching on, but she remembered that she saw him as soon as she turned her head.

The boy was definitely not as tall as a meter six.

However, there is no place to grasp the edge of the security door.

You don't have to be lying on the door like a gecko, right?

Zhou Wenli was puzzled, and there was a faint uneasiness in her heart.

The voice-activated lights went out.

Zhou Wenli hurriedly stomped her feet to turn the voice-activated lights back on.

She didn't bother about it anymore and hurriedly went downstairs with the garbage.

The volunteers at the trash can were surprised to see Zhou Wenli.

"I'm going to eat at my brother's house today. Why is it so late? ”

Zhou Wenli smiled reluctantly, didn't answer, and threw the sorted garbage into different trash cans.

"You're late tonight, there must be no seat over there." Volunteers are residents of the community, and when they are not volunteers, they are also members of the second floor of the activity center.

Zhou Wenli also worked as a volunteer for a while. She hasn't done it since her son Shakai moved in. She had to prepare three meals in time for Shakai, which would conflict with the time to take out the garbage in the community.

Zhou Wenli continued to smile, "It's okay, I'll go over and chat with them......"

Speaking of this, Zhou Wenli smiled slightly, and hesitated to ask: "Do you know that there are new people in our building recently?" ”

"You guys? Oh, you say small money? He is a new young man recruited by the neighborhood committee this year. You haven't seen it? He rented a house here some time ago. It was introduced by Director Wang. The house belonged to the family surnamed Tang, the old couple whose son was studying for a doctorate abroad. When their son returned to China, I forgot where he worked, so I bought a house and took them over. "The volunteers were very talkative and very knowledgeable about the whole thing.

When Zhou Wenli heard this, she also remembered the old couple surnamed Tang in their building. She had heard about it in the activity center, but like any other gossip, she put it behind her and couldn't remember it for a while.

"I used to lend it to a few college graduates who had just graduated, and I also lent it to a young couple, and they didn't live for long. I guess I can live a little longer with a little money. It's not good for people to always change and change. The volunteer continued.

Zhou Wenli coped with a few words, and when she saw that someone was coming to take out the garbage, she said goodbye to the other party and went to the activity center.

The activity center is very lively.

The square dance on the first floor jumps to the climax of the music, and those who dance quickly raise their hands and kick their legs to the music. The lead dancer and the people in the front two rows move in stretch and force, and when they reach those in the back row, their movements become sluggish and perfunctory. Even so, this crowd of people has created a warm atmosphere.

The crowd gathered on the second floor was talking and laughing loudly, and there were two sharp laughs, which could even pass through the rumbling music on the first floor, so that Zhou Wenli, who had not yet stepped on the stairs, could hear it clearly. She also recognized the owners of the two laughs.

As soon as Zhou Wenli appeared at the door of the gym on the second floor, she was seen.

One of the owners of the laughter raised his voice to greet her, causing the people around him to turn their heads together.

"Why is it so late today?"

"Ali is going to cook for her son now, so she has to wait for her son."

"Now the children are working hard, and they often work overtime."

"Our family is the one who comes back at seven o'clock every day."

"You don't have to cook for him, do you?"

"He has a canteen in his unit. He came back from eating in the evening. ”

"It's not too late at seven o'clock. It's half an hour to eat. ”

"He's close to the unit, and it's only a 10-minute drive away. It's almost seven o'clock when you go to the cafeteria to eat. ”

"That's fine. My daughter's boss is lacking in morality, working overtime until eleven or twelve o'clock, and she doesn't care about food or transportation......"

Zhou Wenli was only greeted with a word, and was left aside by everyone.

She waited for a while, finally found an opportunity to interject, and quickly asked the neighbors if there were any new movers in her building.

"That's what you ask us...... That little party in your building doesn't know? The woman with a sharp voice asked suspiciously.

"I just saw a child I haven't seen before tonight...... Zhou Wenli recounted her experience.

These women of about the same age were really worried.

"Isn't it? Moving in a madman, huh? ”

"There used to be a madman in Building 7......"

In two sentences, the topic is a little off.

Zhou Wenli was secretly anxious, the screaming woman had already called Aunt Liu with her unique voice.

Zhou Wenli was stunned and turned her head to look at the treadmill behind her.

Aunt Liu was not on the treadmill, but leaned against the window, as if looking at her building.

Hearing the shouting, Aunt Liu turned her head sluggishly after a while, and when she saw someone waving at her, she walked over.

Zhou Wenli found that Aunt Liu's face was not very good-looking, and she did not have the ruddy and good complexion she used to have.

"Just now Ali said that there was a madman moving into her building...... "Someone next to her replaced the screaming woman, and she also overstepped her to repeat the story Zhou Wenli had just told," ...... Didn't you have a madman in the building? ”

Aunt Liu suddenly realized, "Oh, you said the woman on the fourth floor." She was already admitted to the hospital and sent away to her family very early. As she spoke, she looked at Zhou Wenli with concern, "Why did you move in a crazy person in your building?" ”

Zhou Wenli didn't take Shakai's negations to heart, and because of the comparison at the door before, she was even more worried about that child.

She told the story again with a sad face, and the people around her didn't interrupt her as if they couldn't get tired of listening to it. Even Aunt Liu, who had just heard this story, was attentive and couldn't help nodding.

"That's the problem. In the past, the woman on the fourth floor was crazy, running around the house in the middle of the night, and wearing high heels......" Aunt Liu said this, stunned.

"What's wrong?" Someone next to him asked strangely.

"I remember that you were looking for her house, right? Looked for it several times. The neighborhood committee has also been there. They also sprinkled it, deliberately tied the woman to the bed, and the woman was at night, and when she stopped walking, she tore her throat and howled. ”

"We could hear her in the building at that time."

No one really cared why Aunt Liu stopped talking.

Because of this gap, everyone chattered and took over the topic.

"That kid is knocking on your door?"

The topic quickly turned to Zhou Wenli.

Zhou Wenli nodded, and said the cat's eye for the third time.

"That's scary."

"I don't know what he's going to do."

"You'll have to close the door when you get in and out."

Zhou Wenli had no choice but to nod and look at Aunt Liu again.

Aunt Liu twisted her neck at this time, looking at the building of her house.

Zhou Wenli involuntarily followed her line of sight.

In the opposite building, some of the windows were lit, some were dark, some were curtained, and some were not.

Zhou Wenli subconsciously looked at the second floor, only thinking that Aunt Liu was looking at her wife. She quickly found a lit living room, and saw a figure in the living room in the blur.

Zhou Wenli was quickly attracted by a beating figure in the windows on the two floors above.

In a room lit by incandescent lights, a small figure jumped from wall to wall like a pinball.

"Speaking of which, the woman on the fourth floor is a hereditary psychopath." Aunt Liu said abruptly, "Her mother is also crazy, and there is an aunt, who seems to be like this." When I got married, I hid it from the man until I gave birth to a child, and I was found out that something was wrong. After that, it got worse and worse......"

Everyone around looked at Aunt Liu, and then followed Aunt Liu's line of sight to the opposite building.

The screaming woman suddenly said "ouch", which startled everyone, and even Aunt Liu turned around.

The woman's eyes widened and she asked, "I remember they didn't move out, right?" Just sent that crazy woman to the hospital, right? ”

"Yes......" Aunt Liu nodded, her face full of melancholy, "and her child......"

"How old is that kid? Won't you pick it up, will you? ”

These two questions made everyone look at each other.

"If you take it back, you can't enter Ali's building, right?"

"It doesn't matter. It's not difficult to follow people in. ”

"That kid must be twenty years old." Aunt Liu overturned this speculation, shook her head and said, "You have to be in your twenties, you can't be a child." ”

As she said this, she continued, "I think they might have brought the woman back. ”

The eyes of the crowd widened.

"In the past few days, I have always heard people walking upstairs, in the middle of the night, at two or three o'clock, during the day, in the morning and in the afternoon...... Knock knock, like the sound of high heels...... But at that point, they are all at work, and what they keep at home must be our retired ......"

"You live on the second floor, and that one is on the fourth floor......"

Aunt Liu shook her head and said, "It has nothing to do with the floor." It used to be like this, and the sound of the high heels could be heard on the first floor below, as well as the neighbors on the left and right. At first, they thought it was the voice from the upstairs of their own house, but their family didn't admit it at first, and everyone didn't know that the woman was crazy...... Later, Director Wang and the others came to mediate several times before they found out that it was their family. ”

"That's right. Before, there were people in our building to decorate, and the sound of the impact drill could be heard throughout the building. ”

The topic is slightly off, but this time it didn't deviate very far.

Thinking of two mentally ill people in the community, everyone was worried.

However, compared with the two "parties" of Aunt Liu and Zhou Wenli, the others are quite relaxed.

Zhou Wenli's gaze was still glued to the opposite building.

She was no longer looking at the fourth floor, but at a window lit in the corner of the third floor.

She saw a little boy pressed against the windowpane, moving sideways, sideways, sideways as if he were being pulled...... Then, behind the window pane in the next room.

Zhou Wenli shuddered.

After so many distances, she seemed to see the happy smile on the boy's face.