Chapter 354: Knocking and Strange Talk (Seeking Monthly Pass)
Walking through the narrow and dark streets, He Ao bought a large windbreaker that covered his entire body at a small roadside shop.
Wearing a trench coat and a bowler hat, he crossed a dark and deserted alley.
He stood in the corner of the alley, looking at a small window at the end of the street from a distance.
That's Nell's 'home'.
That house was on the first floor, it was damp and dark, the view was not good, and the rent was relatively cheap.
The whole house has only one bedroom and one living room, where two adults and six children live.
When Nell was very young, she and her brothers and sisters would play in a small room with two high and low iron frame beds.
The third brother would sit on the small cabinet in front of the window and read under the dim street light.
The fourth brother leaned against the bed, grabbed the railing of the upper bunk, and performed a volley flip onto the bed for his brothers and sisters.
The second sister would sit on the lower bunk, under the dim lamp, talking with a fierce face, while mending clothes for her younger siblings.
While the eldest brother was washing clothes in the bathroom, he stuck his head out to remind his younger brothers and sisters to pay attention to their safety.
The fifth sister would take out a small biscuit from somewhere and feed it to the youngest Nell.
My mother usually comes home very late and rarely turns on the lights at home because the electricity bill is very expensive.
On cold and windy days like this, my mother would be careful to close the open windows.
Heao stared at the window.
The third brother who was sitting by the bed reading seemed to raise his head and look at him.
A figure wearing dirty work clothes came over. She leaned on the desk in front of the window, leaning slightly, stretched out her rough palms, and struggled to close the open window.
The window frames were rusty and difficult to open and close.
A gust of cold wind blew across He Ao's cheek.
The child reading by the window, the woman struggling to close the window, and the noisy figures in the room all stopped at that moment, dissipating like bubbles.
The dark street lights illuminated the old windows, and the lonely wind passed through the silent night.
He Ao's eyes stayed on the open window.
An inverted 'V' symbol painted with red paint is unusually obvious.
He pressed his bowler hat and walked out of the dark alley.
His figure flashed past, very fast, like the night passing by, closing the open window.
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In a car on the street opposite the window.
"Look, was that window closed originally?"
The young man sitting in the car and driving the car rubbed his eyes and pushed the young man who was napping in the co-pilot.
"It doesn't seem like...no," the young man in the co-pilot observed carefully, then woke up with a fright, "Get out of the car quickly, he must be back!"
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Darkness enveloped the dilapidated old building, and the old elevator made a creaking sound.
"After investigation, the explosion that occurred this afternoon is most likely related to the wanted suspect Nel.
Surveillance cameras have captured a figure that looks exactly like him moving nearby. This person is extremely cunning and cruel. The FBI reminds citizens to take precautions and call the FBI's helpline as soon as you encounter this person."
Jon looked at the news report on his wristband, then looked at the empty back room, and fell into a brief silence.
He turned off his bracelet, didn't turn on the light, and lay down on the sofa.
There was a faint fire burning in the coal stove.
Outside the window was a silent night, and the wind blew through the cracks in the buildings, whistling like a wail.
I don't know why, but Jon feels that the weather is getting colder and colder.
He turned over the coals in the stove with a small iron rod to let air into the stove and make the fire burn brighter.
Silent footsteps came from outside the door, as if someone was walking back and forth in the corridor.
Bang bang bang——
A gentle knock on the door sounded slowly.
It's not Jon's room, but at the other end of the corridor.
The sound was very soft, but the sound insulation of the old building where Yon lived was not very good, so he could hear it clearly even from such a distance.
For some reason, Jon remembered a strange story he heard from his neighbor in the morning.
Two families were missing downstairs. When they disappeared, the door was open and nothing in the house was missing.
The neighbors downstairs said that they all heard a gentle knock on the door at almost midnight, but they did not open the door, and the two missing households happened to have opened the door.
I heard that residents on the lower floors have also disappeared in recent days.
John doesn't believe these stories. Although he likes to read ghost stories, it doesn't mean that he really believes them.
Such twisted and crazy ghosts only appear in story books.
He raised his hand and glanced at the time on his bracelet, which read 11:50 pm.
The knocking on the door outside was still ringing, and gradually became clearer and clearer.
The knocking on the door seemed to be getting closer and closer to Jon's house.
The 'visitor' seemed to be knocking on every door.
Suddenly, its knocking stopped, and then there was the creaking sound of the old security door opening, "Who is it?"
The voice he heard was the neighbor who told Jon the strange story about knocking on the door today. Although he likes to spread strange stories, he doesn't believe it himself. He just enjoys the feeling of spreading fear.
But after the leader's voice only rang once, it became quiet for about a minute or two.
Dong dong dong——
A new knock on the door suddenly sounded.
One sound after another, getting closer and closer.
Finally, the knock on the door came outside Jon's house.
Dong dong dong——
Jon stood up slowly. Without speaking, he slowly leaned against the wall and opened the electronic peephole.
In fact, Jon is now more afraid of meeting another person than meeting the rumored ghost.
He is not yet ready to face the other party directly.
The electronic peephole opened, and a thin middle-aged man appeared on the screen.
This was the neighbor who told Jon this 'strange story'.
I don't know why, John breathed a sigh of relief.
This neighbor took pleasure in scaring others, so he was able to do this kind of thing by pretending to be weird and telling stories to scare people.
However, Jon did not expose this neighbor, but quietly watched him through the peephole.
Dong dong dong——
Ling Ju slowly raised his head and knocked on the door again.
John remained unmoved.
The neighbor seemed a little disappointed. He didn't knock on the door again and turned around and left.
But for some reason, Yon felt that his neighbor's movements were a bit stiff and his walking was a bit awkward.
It's like a puppet that is not very smooth.
Dong dong dong——
A new knock on the door slowly sounded, coming from a house next to Yon.
Jon breathed a sigh of relief, closed the electronic peephole, returned to the sofa, and sighed while leaning against the fire.
He was still a little confused.
The knocking on the door gradually stopped. It seemed that the people outside had knocked on all the doors and got no results, so they chose to give up and left the corridor.
Time passed by, and just when Jon was about to fall asleep, a gentle knock on the door slowly sounded.
Boom······Boom···Boom
Jon woke up from his dream.
He stood up staggeringly, walked to the door, and opened the electronic peephole. This time, the peephole did not show the appearance of the corridor, but darkness.
Dong dong dong——
The knock on the door sounded again, and the electronic peephole was still dark.
"Stop playing such tricks. Everyone is resting and we have to go to work tomorrow."
Yon sighed and patted the door, signaling the neighbors outside to stop making trouble.
After saying this, the knocking on the door became quiet.
Jon turned around and was about to return to the sofa.
Dong dong dong——
A new knock sounded.
Jon turned around angrily and opened the door, "Are you done yet?"
However, what appeared in front of him was a man wearing a bowler hat and a large trench coat.
"Nel..." John was stunned, "Why are you here?"
"I got your signal."
The inverted V symbol is the secret code of Jon Nell. When they were working as apprentices in a restaurant, they would sometimes eat some food secretly, so they invented the inverted V symbol, which means, ‘Help! Help!’.
Hearing He Ao explain the reason, Yon was silent for a moment, and he said softly, "You should leave quickly. There are gangs and FBI spies all around. You can be easily discovered."
"You probably have more than just them to worry about now."
He Ao raised his head, and thick mucus fell on his face.
The twisted and crazy heads were leaning against the wall of Jon's door, just a little above the door.
They were arranged densely together, with their heads lowered and their eyes flashing with red light, staring at He Ao.
