(This chapter is developed from the perspective of Liu Xiaoyan)

After taking a shower at this point, Liu Xiaoyan stepped out of the bathtub with her wet feet on the non-slip mat.

She stood in front of the mirror and pulled out a tissue to wipe the fog off the mirror.

On the mirror, Liu Xiaoyan saw the redness and swelling on her forehead, she approached the mirror and carefully touched the redness, sighed, and then skillfully wrapped her hair.

The TV in the room is playing the news, and she likes to turn up the sound of the TV show so that it can be broadcast to all corners of the room.

In this way, you can hear it when you are cleaning your room, when you are cooking, when you are ironing clothes, and when you are taking a bath.

It seems that as long as there are some other sounds in the room, you will not be lonely when you live alone.

She bent down to take the hair dryer out of the drawer and plugged it in.

Just as he was about to blow his hair, he heard a knock on the door.

Liu Xiaoyan turned her head sharply, quickly looked in the direction of the gate, and then held her breath to observe the movement.

The people outside the door continued to knock on the door, getting stronger and stronger: "I heard you at home, hurry up and open the door!" ”

Hearing that it was the voice of the household downstairs, Liu Xiaoyan breathed a sigh of relief, opened her mouth and whispered: "It's here." ”

As soon as the door opened, it was the male owner downstairs, who stood outside the door menacingly.

Seeing that Liu Xiaoyan had just finished taking a bath, the man said unceremoniously: "What TV are you watching in the shower, and the sound of the TV is so loud, do you know that I am making a noise downstairs??" ”

The man's angry roar even overshadowed the TV, and Liu Xiaoyan bowed and apologized: "I'm sorry...... The sound insulation here is not very good, the sound is too loud to disturb you, I, I'm going to turn it off. ”

"It's not a matter of a day or two that the sound insulation is poor, and I don't come up and knock on the door once or twice." The man continued to complain, dropping harsh words, "If you do this again, I can only complain to your landlord, and you don't want to renew the lease when the time comes!" ”

"I'm really sorry......" Liu Xiaoyan kept bowing and admitting her mistake, and she didn't slowly close the door until the man left.

She was expressionless during the whole process, until the door closed, and the corners of her mouth hooked: "Cut, it's a man." ”

After turning down the sound of the TV in the living room, Liu Xiaoyan returned to the bathroom and picked up the hair dryer again.

After blowing his hair, the clock clock pointed to 10 o'clock.

Just as she was about to go to bed, her phone rang at an inopportune time.

It was particularly harsh in a quiet room.

Liu Xiaoyan hurriedly picked up her mobile phone, only to see that the call information showed that it was an unknown call.

Liu Xiaoyan hesitated twice, and then answered the phone: "Hello, hello?" ”

There was a hissing electric current on the other end of the phone, but otherwise there was silence, and no sound could be heard.

"Hello, can you hear me?" Liu Xiaoyan spoke up again, "If it's a prank call, I'll hang up." ”

She paused for two seconds, and the eerie child's laughter was heard on the other end of the line again.

"Hee...... Giggle...... Hee-......" voice was choppy, sounding like a little boy's voice.

Liu Xiaoyan felt a creep behind her and decided that it was a prank call.

"Children can't call strangers randomly, the police uncle can find you according to the phone number!"

Half coaxed and half threatened, the laughter on the other end of the phone suddenly cut off.

Then it was replaced by the rewind sound of the tape, and then the next second, Liu Xiaoyan found her own voice on the other end of the phone.

'Son, if you gamble like this again, you will be ruined, and I will not be able to give you money today.' ’

'Stinky bitch, give me money!' ’

(There is a scramble of falling objects)'

'Just a little money, chirp crooked, I, I didn't push you, you fell yourself!! ’

Liu Xiaoyan felt very familiar with these conversations, and when she recalled them carefully, she instantly felt a chill down her spine.

This is obviously the conversation between the two last night when their son came to him to ask for money!

"Who are you, you...... How did you get this recording?! Liu Xiaoyan held her mobile phone in both hands and asked in her ear.

After Liu Xiaoyan finished saying this, the recording on the other end of the phone stopped abruptly.

Then came the voice that had been changed with a voice changer: "Nurse Liu, I haven't seen you for many years." ”

"Who are you?" Liu Xiaoyan kept asking.

"You may not know me, no... You definitely don't remember me. The person on the other end of the phone muttered to himself, and then changed his tone: "So, do you remember Koike?" ”

Liu Xiaoyan briefly and hurriedly repeated the name: "Xiaochi ......"

For this name, Liu Xiaoyan was impressed.

At this moment, Liu Xiaoyan remembered the desolate back garden, the sink, and the cold night.

"Listen to your reaction, I shouldn't have forgotten him."

Liu Xiaoyan panicked instantly: "He's dead, he should be dead, isn't he, who are you?" ”

I heard a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and the cold AI voice rang again.

"Don't think you can get away with it, come to the backyard of the Hearts Orphanage, I'll be waiting for you there."

"I'll go if you tell me to go?" Liu Xiaoyan said, "It's been decades, and I'm not going to go." ”

“...... You only have two options. The mysterious man continued in a calm tone, "Come to the appointment at one o'clock in the morning, or wait for the police to come to the door tomorrow, and you will spend the rest of your life in the bureau, you choose." ”

Cold sweat broke out on Liu Xiaoyan's forehead, and the hand holding the mobile phone trembled slightly.

She glanced at the time on the wall: "It's eleven o'clock now, and the orphanage is too far away, I may not be in time." ”

"You can get there by taxi." The mystery man continued, "Don't play tricks, I know you a lot more than you think. ”

After the mystery man finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

After the phone was hung up, Liu Xiaoyan dropped her phone and began to frantically search all corners of the house.

She opened the couch and examined the bottom of it, under the coffee table, and finally found a bugging device behind the TV.

"......." Liu Xiaoyan unplugged the bug and threw it on the floor and smashed it with her feet.

Her heart was pounding, and she kept remembering who had been to the house recently.

Liu Xiaoyan stood barefoot on the floor of the living room, standing in place and hesitating, not knowing how to choose.

Do you want to believe the words of that madman and go to the appointment, and what will happen to you after rushing to the appointment......

With her thoughts in a mess, Liu Xiaoyan hurriedly glanced up at the clock, and time kept ticking.

I turned on my phone and calculated the time, and now it is exactly two hours after taking a taxi, and it is exactly one o'clock to the orphanage.

If you hesitate for another ten minutes, it will be too late.

During the hesitation, the appearance of Koike's death came to mind.

In the next second, Liu Xiaoyan opened the mobile car software......