The weather is getting cooler, the nights are getting longer and colder.
Zhou Xue drove into the community without saying a word the whole time. Only the host on the car radio station talked about today's topic with his partner in a humorous tone.
In the darkness, the street lights were on one by one, and the tall buildings were like giant beasts dormant under the cement and steel bars, with a devouring coldness and shadow, passing behind the car windows.
Zhou Xue’s parking space was just downstairs from her home. She looked up at her home, which was getting closer and closer, and felt a surge of resistance and fear from the bottom of her heart.
Her restlessness made her breathe faster. She looked at the time and saw that it was only half past seven.
In order to perfect and revise the plot, she worked overtime for two hours today, and it was pitch dark when she came back.
The community was newly built in the past two years, and the street lights are brand new. It rarely happens today that they occasionally flicker as if they have poor contact.
At this moment, the broadcast suddenly stalled, and the sound of Shasha's signal was particularly obvious in the silent and uninhabited space.
Zhou Xue's forehead twitched, and she reached out to turn off the radio, thus getting rid of the noise that easily gave rise to bad associations.
After turning it off, the car fell into a deathly silence.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but she always felt like someone was blowing on the back of her neck. The cool air made her shiver from her spine to her scalp.
Furthermore, she had the feeling that today's car was heavier than usual.
The road gradually shortened and finally stopped under a residential building. All the residents in the building turned on their lights, and the square blocks of light made Zhou Xue feel a little at ease.
She was about to turn off the engine and get out of the car as usual, when she suddenly heard a muffled sound.
“Dong.”
With the sound, the car swayed slightly, as if something was pushing it.
Zhou Xue froze for a long time, and no new sound came out before she mustered up the courage to look back.
There was nothing there, but she had already made up a pale grimace in her mind that was in obvious contrast with the red.
Probably because she was too focused, she let out a brief scream when the car made another muffled noise under her nose.
"……is it you?"
After calling out, Zhou Xue hurriedly covered her mouth, and then made a tentative sound.
No one answered her.
She had goosebumps all over her body. After thinking about it, she got out of the car like a hot potato, closed the car door and hurried upstairs.
The soles of his shoes stepped on the empty corridor, causing the sound-activated light to turn on briefly. Until a certain floor, the sound-activated light was probably broken, and no matter what sound Zhou Xue made, it didn't respond.
Zhou Xue, who was absent-minded, came to her senses and recognized it. The stairs above her head were from the fourth floor to the fifth floor... and her family lived on the fifth floor.
At this time, she didn't think it was a coincidence at all.
Something is nearby...a realization came to her mind.
With her hands trembling hidden in the cuffs of her coat, Zhou Xue bravely walked up and stopped suddenly when she reached the corner.
She saw a dark silhouette looking down at her from above!
The only light came out of the small skylight in the corridor and fell on the figure.
The figure was slender, with hands hanging down. One of them seemed to be holding something. He stood right in front of her, blocking all roads.
By the time Zhou Xue saw "it", it was already too late. It was already too close to her, and even if she wanted to pretend she didn't see anything, it was impossible.
Her lips moved, and she couldn't tell whether it was a dream or reality, so she pinched herself deeply. The severe pain spread along her little strength, making her feel a little confused.
…Isn’t it a dream?
What Fang Xing said to her at noon this afternoon came to her mind, and the description of the relative who was foaming at the mouth became more and more vivid.
Now there is a problem.
Should she run... or not?
These thoughts lingered in my mind for only a moment before I heard the figure above speak: "Zhou Xue? Are you back?"
“Eh?” Zhou Xue uttered a confused monosyllable.
Such a familiar voice.
A beam of light appeared in the hand of the figure in front of her, coming from the flashlight on the back of the phone.
The flashlight light was reversed, and a face she saw every day appeared in her sight.
The exquisite round head made the figure look cute and cute, and all the descriptions related to horror were instantly lost. The other person even raised the garbage bag in his other hand: "I came out to take out the garbage, and found that the light was broken, and you are just right
Go upstairs and give me a shock."
"Liu Ruru..." Zhou Xue breathed a sigh of relief. Anyone would be lucky to see a female neighbor with whom he has a very good relationship in this environment.
“What’s wrong with you?” Zhao Ruru asked with concern as he looked at the mission target he had waited for all day.
In her live broadcast room, the barrage that had been silent for a long time finally became active again as she came into contact with the mission target.
Zhou Xue continued to walk upstairs and responded to Zhao Ruru's concern: "It's okay, I'm a little tired from work, and I've been feeling restless lately."
"Let's have a delicious meal and relax!" Zhao Ruru's identity information contains a reminder about the relationship between her characters Liu Ruru and Zhou Xue. They are residents on the same floor and usually have a very good relationship. They can go shopping together during the holidays.
degree.
In order to create better conditions for protecting Zhou Xue, she asked: "Have you had dinner?"
She worked overtime today and Zhou Xue hadn't had dinner yet. She was going to make some at home, so she shook her head.
Zhao Ruru smiled: "Then come to my house for dinner tonight. I happened to buy a lot of vegetables. My hands are itchy and I want to cook, but when there are too many things, I can't eat them all by myself."
Faced with such an invitation with high emotional intelligence, Zhou Xue naturally had no reason to refuse. Looking at the dark corridor, she suddenly lost the courage to enter the house alone, and simply said: "I will take out the garbage with you."
The two of them went downstairs together. Zhou Xue tried her best to get close to Zhao Ruru without looking away. Zhao Ruru did not ignore the license plate number of Zhou Xue's car that she had found during the day.
She glanced towards the car and frowned.
Is it an illusion?
Why do you feel that there is an unsettling aura hanging over the car?
As a divination master, she would sometimes have specious premonitions like this, but they were usually not wrong.
Zhao Ruru kept an eye on Zhou Xue's car, but Zhao Ruru did nothing. She had not yet obtained the information about the mission at this stage, and was not sure where the crisis faced by Zhou Xue came from, so it was not convenient for her to intervene.
At dinner tonight, she can take advantage of her intelligence gathering skills and let Zhou Xue talk about everything!
Throwing out the trash was just an excuse. She just calculated the time for Zhou Xue to come back and waited in the corridor in advance.
Two women with their own thoughts walked upstairs side by side, leaving a trail of footsteps behind.
"Do you feel..." Halfway through, Zhou Xue's ears twitched and her voice lowered to a breathy sound, "It seems like... someone is following us?"
It seems that their footsteps are always mixed with the third and untimely sound. If it were other residents in the building, the footsteps would not be so light.
He was always half a second too slow, as if he was deliberately coincident with their footsteps and didn't want to be discovered by them, but he couldn't control it well because he was a little far away.
It is precisely this that makes it appear suspicious.
Zhao Ruru listened carefully and found that it was indeed the case. She was also very scared and thought to herself, maybe she was about to be found by a ghost before she knew anything in time?
She hasn't met up with Yu Xing and Zhao Yijiao yet. She's not suitable to face a ghost by herself!
At this moment, a sudden change occurred!
The owner who was following their footsteps downstairs seemed to know that he had been noticed. He suddenly no longer concealed himself, speeded up, and stepped heavily on each step!
Zhao Ruru suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and pulled Zhou Xue: "Run!"
She and Zhou Xue had no time to say anything, so they ran to the fifth floor with all their strength. Zhao Ruru took out the key while running, and inserted the key into the door lock before the people below caught up. With a click, the door was opened.
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“Come in!” Zhao Ruru pushed Zhou Xue, who was breathing rapidly, into the door, and ducked in. As the door closed, footsteps followed him to the door!
Zhou Xue leaned against the door, not daring to speak loudly. She could only open her eyes wide and ask in horror at the unlit entrance: "What's going on...what is it?"
I still want to ask you!
Zhao Ruru muttered in her heart that her heartbeat was speeding up, not much better than Zhou Xue's. She put her eyes to the cat's eye and looked out.
There is indeed a tall man outside the door.
In the darkness, only the outline of the upper body can be seen. Judging from the height of the viewing angle, it is conservatively estimated to be more than 1.8 meters. The figure stopped outside the door, with broad and straight shoulders...wait?
She felt that this figure looked familiar.
Zhao Ruru took a breath and stared at the figure suspiciously.
The figure guessed that she was looking at the cat's eye, and turned on the flashlight of her mobile phone. Suddenly, a face with a bit of a smile appeared.
Zhao Ruru: “…” Damn it.
It turned out to be Yu Xing.
This is another time to scare me!
Then, she saw Yu Xing lowering his head and tinkering on the phone for a while, then holding the lighted screen up to the cat's eyes.
That is the mobile phone memo interface.
Zhao Ruru was almost blind before he could recognize the words above.
After a while, the screen moved away, and Yu Xing used the light to sign "yeah" to Zhao Ruru.
“…” Zhao Ruru realized that Yu Xing deliberately created a flaw in the sound of footsteps and then quickly caught up to create a sense of urgency, all to help her break down Zhou Xue’s psychology.
Presumably, Yu Xing had been in contact with Zhou Xue during the day, but for some reason, Zhou Xue did not completely trust Yu Xing, so Yu Xing chased him home.
But...yeah, sir! Do you think you are some kind of sunny and cheerful person?
In Zhao Ruru's live broadcast room, the audience who saw everything following her eyes were shocked.
…
Zhao Rurumu's face left the cat's eye and he said fearfully: "Leave... what is that? Why are you chasing us? Or me or you?"
Zhou Xue trembled: "It's probably me..."
Zhao Ruru didn’t give her a chance to think of an excuse: “Did something happen to you recently? Do you want to call the police?”
Zhou Xue said hurriedly: "No!"
Zhao Ruru reached out and turned on the light. The room suddenly became brighter, and both of them saw the other's pale face with fright.
There was inquiry in her eyes: "Why didn't you call the police? I saw a knife in his hand! Maybe he is a pervert, or worse, a murderer? What if he comes again next time!"
"The police won't believe it. They will only say that I have mental illness. Believe me, they will definitely say so." Zhou Xue leaned against the wall, "I still have to work. If I am delayed..."
Zhao Ruru keenly captured the key words: "You are still thinking about work at this time, you are too dedicated."
"If I don't complete the 'Nightmare', they will really come to me..." Zhou Xue covered her face with her hands. Under her feet was a handbag that had fallen to the ground at some point.
Zhao Ruru was not afraid at all now. After a false alarm, she learned that Yu Xing's thigh was nearby. Even if a ghost came, she would not have the ability to protect herself. The protection of her teammates was considered a kind of self-protection ability.
Well!
She softened her tone and touched Zhou Xue's back, full of comfort: "You... I believe you, can you tell me what happened to you? If you stand alone, you will definitely end up in the worst possible outcome.
.How about, I’ll make dinner first and we can chat while we eat?”
The character "Liu Ruru" is much closer to "Fang Xing" in terms of relationship, and she is a girl. Zhou Xue had no precautions, and nodded after thinking about it: "Okay... thank you, sorry for bothering you."
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Yu fortunately had enough time to turn off the phone light and leaned against the stairwell to listen to the wall.
His five senses are sharper than ordinary people, and so is his hearing. He easily heard the conversation between two women through the door clearly.
In this case, information collection is left to Zhao Ruru, which should be her job.
He waited for the two of them to leave the entrance and took out a thin wire from his jeans pocket.
Luckily, this community does not use fingerprint locks, but key locks that have become very popular in recent years. With his lock-picking ability...
After a while, Yu Xing carefully opened the door and walked in.
A feeling of absolute coldness instantly penetrated the whole body.
He pressed the light switch on the wall, and immediately, a beam of reddish light shone on him.
“This color?” He murmured, squinting and looking at the furnishings in the room.
This house is not big, and it looks like it can be afforded by Zhou Xue, a girl who has just graduated a few years ago.
The decoration is not very careful, and there is not much personality in it. The only exception is that there is a paper man next to the TV.
Yu Xing began to wonder if the ghosts this time could affect people’s minds. Otherwise, who would put the funeral paper figures at home to appreciate them?
He walked over slowly and glanced at the corner of the wall.
…long tangled hair.
…Dirty fingernails.
Things used to enhance the atmosphere in these horror movies can be seen everywhere.
Suddenly, there was a crashing sound behind me.
He turned his head again.
At the entrance, the women's shoes that were neatly stacked on the shoe rack just now fell to the floor. In the middle, a pair of red cloth shoes that I had not seen just now were neatly placed there. The toes of the shoes were pointed at Yu Xing.