The door opened, and you were greeted by the dimly lit corridors of the small hotel.

The paint on the walls of the hallway has cracked and peeled, and the walls are mottled to create an eerie picture.

Shakai didn't bother to observe the wall. He didn't look at the wall when he came, and he didn't look at it when he was leaving.

He quickly went downstairs, went to the front desk, and rang the bell.

His fingers kept tapping on the bell button, and the jingling sound was so noisy that it hurt people's heads.

That Xiao Wu didn't come out right away. Shakai only heard a few curses from behind the door panel, and after a while, he heard the sound of kick-and-tap footsteps.

Xiao Wu came out, and a stinky face faced Sha Kai's equally blue face. The hut didn't speak well, "What's the matter, little brother, what do you want?" ”

"There are cockroaches in the instant noodles in the room, so many that they fly out! I can't live in this room. Shakai said angrily.

Xiao Wu was stunned and asked sluggishly, "What are there cockroaches?" Our hotel is very clean, the health indicators have been excellent, and we have won awards. He said, patting the wall behind him. In addition to all kinds of printing paper, there are also business licenses and various awards.

Sha Kai looked at Xiao Wu's hand, carefully identified the metal awards, and saw the title of "Excellent Health Model" issued by I don't know which institution.

"It's not the cockroaches in your hotel, it's the instant noodles that came out of it." Shakai patiently explained.

Xiao Wu scratched his head, "Inside the instant noodles?" Instant noodles with bugs in them? ”

"Pretty much. I'll change rooms. And that instant noodle, I don't have to pay for it. Shakai looked disgusted.

Xiao Wu took a key, "I'll go up with you to have a look." It's up to you to change rooms, but I'll have to take a look at this thing. ”

"What am I lying to you for?" Shakai grumbled.

The two went upstairs.

Shakai didn't turn off the lights or doors when he came out, and he put the door key on the cabinet casually. The instant noodle bowl is still lying in the corner.

Xiao Wu entered the house, but Sha Kai didn't go in, just stood at the door. He saw Xiao Wu take the key, and carefully picked up the instant noodle bowl and checked around.

"I didn't see any cockroaches." Xiao Wu said.

"Ran away early. I'm waiting for you to kill them. Shakai was impatient.

There were so many things that happened that night, as if God was intent on not getting along with him, so that he could not sleep well.

Xiao Wu walked out of the room and handed the other key to Sha Kai, "It's okay to change rooms, but whether this instant noodle counts as money or not, the boss has the final say." When you check out tomorrow, you talk to the owner. ”

Shakai didn't want to dwell on this kind of thing. A bowl of instant noodles, even if it is twice the market price, is not much money. Although he was unhappy, he didn't have the energy to quarrel at this time.

"Got it, got it." Shakai took the key.

The key is twenty-eight, in the hallway even more inside.

Xiao Wu walked downstairs with the instant noodles, and didn't close the door of 203, he would probably come back later to clean up the crumbs on the floor of 203.

Sha Kai didn't care about this, and went in the opposite direction with Xiao Wu, following 204 and 205...... room number, all the way to 208.

He stopped at the door of room 208 and turned his head to look at the wall opposite 208.

The walls here are more heavily painted, and large chunks of grey cement have been exposed. There are also cracks in the cement, which raises doubts about the construction quality of the hotel house.

Just stay one night, no problem, right?

Shakai wasn't too worried.

He withdrew his gaze and pulled out the key to open the door.

Kerakala ......

Kerakala ......

窸窸窣窣窣......

Shakai had unlocked the door, but he hadn't pushed it open.

He turned slowly and looked at the wall behind him.

窸窸窣窣窣......

The sound came from the cracks in the wall, soft, but persistent, as if something was inside......

Shakai immediately thought of those disgusting cockroaches.

He cursed in his heart, goosebumps all over his body, and hurriedly pushed the door into the room.

The size of the house and the layout and furnishings of the house in 208 are no different from those in 203.

Shakai turned on the light, and when he saw the snacks and drinks on the cabinet, he felt a chill again.

He didn't dare open them anymore.

Shakai took off his coat directly, lay on the bed, wrapped in the quilt, and prepared to sleep with his head covered.

Knock knock.

Within two minutes, Shakai heard a knock on the door.

He lifted the quilt with some irritability and jumped up from the bed.

Knocking on the door outside was Xiao Wu, who was holding a mobile phone and a power bank in one hand and a broom and dustpan in the other.

"You forgot that room on your phone."

"Ah, thank you." Shakai took his phone.

As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw the crack in the wall behind Xiao Wu, and he felt uncomfortable again.

Xiao Wu didn't think much about it, returned the phone, turned around and left.

Shakai hurriedly closed the door and quickly shrank back into the bed.

He threw the phone directly in the corner of the bed.

Shakai's consciousness gradually became confused, and he was about to fall asleep.

窸窸窣窣窣...... 窸窸窣窣窣......

He frowned.

Kerakala ...... Squeak squeak......

Shakai's consciousness that was about to sink into darkness was pulled back into reality.

He didn't open his eyes, but the sound was so clear to his ears that he couldn't ignore it.

Click.

There was a soft thud.

Shakai snapped his eyes open and looked at the cabinet across the bed.

He had good eyesight, and he hadn't turned off the lights in his room, which made it clear to him that a bag of potato chips was moving.

Potato chips are impossible to move.

Shakai sat up suddenly, staring at the bag of potato chips.

窸窸窣窣窣...... Squeak......

The chips shook again. This time the amplitude was larger, and the potato chips fell sideways.

Hastily and hastily ......

A barrage of expletives flew through Shakai's mind.

He jumped out of bed with a faster movement than before, and was about to rush to the door, but he quickly returned, grabbed his phone and coat, and ran out with his shoes in hand.

窸窸窣窣窣......

Noises can be heard from the walls of the hallway.

Shakai didn't dare to look closely, jumped on one foot, and while struggling to move forward, he put on his shoes and ran out quickly.

He ran out of the hotel in one breath, stood in the cold wind of the night, and found himself in a cold sweat.

What the hell is this hotel...... A bowl of instant noodles with bugs can probably be said to be an accident, but what if there are bugs in other snacks?

Shakai shuddered.

He hadn't looked at the snacks and drinks before. Perhaps, those are some kind of things like Kang Shuaifu and Lei Bi, and it's not surprising that there are insects in them. Or maybe there's bugs in the hotel that bite through the bags and get in.

Shakai wrapped his coat tightly, but he still felt cold, he was really disgusted. He usually sees cockroaches without hesitation when he puts on his slippers, but the cockroaches that fly out in groups are too challenging to be courageous.

Shakai looked at the night, then at the hotel, and reluctantly took out his mobile phone.

He'll have to find another place to spend the night.

Internet cafe...... McDonald's ...... Bathing center......

He'd been to the Internet café in the neighborhood before, and although it had private rooms, leather seats, and good machines, it couldn't make people lie down and sleep. McDonald's KFC's hard benches are similarly not suitable for sleeping. Shakai's finger finally pointed at the bathing center.

The bathing center has a similar name to the small hotel behind it, called Tianshan Qingquan. Look at the business introduction on the navigation APP, this bathing center provides bathing, sauna, massage, movies, meals and other services, it looks like a high-end entertainment venue, but the per capita consumption is only 50, which makes people doubt the quality of those services.

Shakai had never seen this shop before, just like he had never seen the Tiandi Friendship Hotel behind him before. He doesn't go in this direction when he commutes to work on weekdays. It's been more than half a year since he moved to Zhou Wenli, and he hasn't figured out the situation in this community. He is familiar with the small shops near his company.

Shakai had no choice at this time, so he could only follow the navigation and walk for ten minutes to find this Tianshan Qingquan Bathing Center.

The four-character signboard of "Tianshan Clear Spring" is lit up, and it looks very gaudy. The small building where the bathing center is located is higher than the friendship of heaven and earth, a total of four floors, but the store is smaller than the friendship of heaven and earth, there is no glass door and wooden front desk, only a sign is set up in the door opening, which reads "Please go upstairs for a bath", next to it is the black staircase walkway.

Shakai immediately wanted to leave, but it was already early in the morning, there were no pedestrians on the road, and he had only seen one passing car along the way. The few lit shops are either convenience stores and pharmacies, or plugged-in incense burners that reflect Guan Gong's red face. He didn't even see a barbecue restaurant that was open at night, but the smell of barbecue was faint and faint, and it was estimated that there were no such small shops in the vicinity, but he didn't know which corner they were all opened.

Shakai misses his hometown a little. He was all too familiar with his hometown. Wherever there is an Internet café, where there are skewers, where you can play billiards, where you can sing K, he is clear, and he will not find a place to go in the middle of the night. What's more, in his hometown, he can go home. His father was always waiting at home.

Shakai was depressed for a while, looked down at his phone, and considered whether to take a taxi directly and watch an all-night movie.

An all-night movie is also two hours at most, which is not enough to stay up all night.

It's not impossible to sing K all night...... There is at least one sofa to lie down on.

Or go to the business district and find a better Internet café......

Da, da, da......

Shakai looked up at the sound.

In the black doorway of the clear spring of the Tianshan Mountains, there was a sound of footsteps, as if someone had gone downstairs with messy steps.

Shakai was a little inexplicably nervous. He didn't know who was coming out on this big night.

It stands to reason that it should be a guest of the bathing center. But Shakai just felt uncontrollably nervous.

Shakai thought wildly, and a figure had already appeared in the dark doorway.

A pair of feet appeared in Shakai's sight first. The left foot lands on the steps, followed by the right foot. The man staggered down the stairs, his feet shaking slightly.

Immediately after, another pair of feet appeared.

"Be careful."

Shakai heard a human voice.

The two people who walked down were both strong men of 1.8 meters and 1.9 meters, one of them had a red face, mixed garlic under his feet, and looked like he was drunk, and the other was better than his companion, but he was also full of alcohol, and Shakai could smell the smell of their bodies at the door.

The two of them exchanged a glance with Shakai and continued to walk out.

Shakai hurriedly moved out of the way.

The more sober one took the phone and grabbed the drunk companion, "Don't go!" You wait here, I'll call the car. ”

The drunken one, standing on the side of the road, staggering, muttering and not knowing what to say.

Sha Kai couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and the strong man who was called the car squinted. He was a little embarrassed, so he had to ask without words: "Big brother, is there anyone drinking here?" ”

"Drink! Come! Keep drinking! The drunk yelled.

"Nope. It's regular here, and it doesn't accept drunk guests. The strong man grabbed his companion and said helplessly, "We drank wine elsewhere, and he clamored for a bath and ran straight up." ”

Hearing this, they entered the Tianshan Qingquan a few minutes before Shakai, and then they were driven out by the shopkeeper.

"Young man, are you looking for a place to live?" The strong man put down his phone and asked, "There is a hotel in front." There are beds here, too, but for the same price they are all Chase bunks. The private room is much more expensive than the hotel, and there is no quilt yet. Whether you take a shower or not, they all have to charge. ”

Sha Kai's eyelids jumped when he heard the strong man mention the hotel. He tugged at the corners of his mouth, thanked the strong man for his kindness, and entered the black doorway.

Finally there was a private room and a bed. It's a chase shop, sleeping with people, it's better than sleeping with cockroaches, you want to come, right?

Shakai stepped on the somewhat narrow steps and walked upstairs step by step.

Before he reached the second floor, he saw a soft light.

The front desk service dutifully guarded his post, unlike Xiao Wu, who was still sleeping in the back room.

Shakai opened a private room, declined the enthusiastic sales of the front desk, did not go to the big bathhouse, changed his clothes directly, and went upstairs to his private room.

The key Shakai got was about the same as the hotel key, with an extra keychain and rubber band than the hotel key, and the room number was printed directly on the keychain.

There were lights in the hallway, and the walls were painted, and although they were a little dirty, there were no cracks.

The more Shakai walked, the more relaxed he became.

When he arrived at his private room, he opened the door and saw the bed, cabinet and a TV, and he felt more comfortable.

Although this room is smaller than the hotel room, there are fewer windows and toilets, and you have to go to the public toilet on the floor to go to the toilet, but there are also other messy things.

Shakai closed the door and lay down on the bed, where he saw the landline and menu on the bedside table.

If you want to drink water, you have to call for service, and the trouble is trouble, but it makes the current Shakai feel at ease.

He rolled over comfortably in the warm room and soon fell asleep.

Da, da, da......

Shakai felt like he was dreaming. Footsteps...... Like the footsteps of those two strong men. The two men came out of the dark staircase and doorway......

No, the sound is from left to right.

Shakai vaguely remembered that the public toilet on this floor was to the right of his box. It may be that the people in the other boxes in front of you are going to the toilet.

Whoa—

Shakai frowned.

I didn't expect the sound insulation of this box to be so poor, and even the sound of people going to the toilet can be heard clearly.

This disgusting level, and cockroaches...... Slightly better than cockroaches. After all, it was separated by a distance, by a few walls, and by a door......

Whoa!

This time it's the sound of flushing.

Da, da, da......

The man walked back.

Shakai thought so and wanted to continue sleeping, but suddenly he was surprised by the footsteps stopped at the door of his room.

He subconsciously held his breath, and felt that he was thinking too much. It could have been a guest in the room next to him.

All sorts of thoughts flashed through me.

The footsteps just disappeared and didn't sound again.

Shakai had trouble sleeping.

He rolled over and looked in the direction of the door.

There is no shelter in this rectangular room, and you can see the whole room from any corner of the room.

The door is closed. Shakai didn't turn off the lights when he slept, and he couldn't see anything through the crack in the door.

Shakai wanted to let go of his chaotic thoughts.

He withdrew his gaze.

Syllable.

The TV was suddenly turned on.

Shakai stared at the TV screen in astonishment.

"Hee-hee! Ha ha! Jingle jingle class bell rings—"

Cartoon images with bright colors and simple compositions appeared on the TV screen.

Shakai's heart was cold.

He was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, and watched as the cartoon finished playing the opening song.

The TV screen was distorted and did not continue to play the content of the animation.

Beep –

After a burst of electric beeps, the TV screen turned blue.

An intense blue glow hit Shakai's face.

Shakai's body was still immobile.

He seemed to be restrained, his body was pinned to the bed, and all the thoughts in his brain disappeared, and he could only watch the blue light magnify and magnify in front of his eyes......

Black dots appear in the blue light.

The black dots poured out, turned into swarms of cockroaches, and pounced on Shakai.

Shakai burst into an astonishing scream in his throat.

His eyes were dark, and all he could hear was the sound of insects and the giggling laughter of children.