In the game, his strength is steadily improving, but in reality, Lin Ze lives a calm life. In addition to reading books and surfing the Internet, he helps his grandfather with housework every day.
Time gradually passed in peace, and soon it came to the New Year's Eve.
Early in the morning, Lin Ze was sent out by his grandfather to purchase the ingredients for tonight.
When passing through the atrium downstairs, he unexpectedly saw the little girl named Xiaoke sitting alone on a bench from last time, staring blankly at several children of the same age not far away playing with a ball.
Under the soft sunlight, the girl's already slightly pale face became more transparent, making people feel pity.
Lin Ze paused for a moment, then turned around and walked towards Xiao Ke, sitting down on the bench.
Xiao Ke was startled and instinctively shrank back. It wasn't until he saw Lin Ze that he relaxed slightly.
"Why are you here alone?"
"Dad, dad went to work." Xiao Ke responded weakly.
Then Lin Ze heard a loud empty stomach sound.
"Don't you want to eat biscuits?" Lin Ze glanced at the animal biscuits tightly held in Xiao Ke's right hand and asked softly.
Xiao Ke hesitated for a moment and slowly shook his head: "This is Duoduo's dinner."
"Who is Duoduo?"
"dog."
Lin Ze nodded and patted her head: "Wait for me here."
After that, he got up and left. He went to a convenience store not far away and bought some snacks such as bread, biscuits and candies, and put them in a bag. Then he returned to the bench and gently placed the things in Xiao Ke's hand.
"Happy New Year!"
Xiao Ke was a little dazed, looking at Lin Ze blankly for a while, and then he grasped the bag slightly harder.
Seeing this, Lin Ze smiled slightly and said, "Go home and have something to eat with Duoduo."
"Yes." Xiao Ke nodded, looked up at Lin Ze, and whispered, "Thank you, brother."
Seeing Xiao Ke running into the door on the first floor, Lin Ze sighed softly, got up and left.
There is a supermarket about a hundred meters away from the community, which has a full range of ingredients. Because of the Chinese New Year, the crowds inside are dense. It took Lin Ze a long time to buy all the things his grandpa wanted. After arriving at the long queue in front of the checkout counter,
At the end, the long wait in line began.
Without wasting time, while waiting, he browsed online forums and Weibo, trying to find out if there were any unusual phenomena that might indicate the presence of monsters.
It's a pity that Lin Ze's hometown is only a third-tier city, and the situation is calm. What can be found on the Internet are basically trivial things. However, half a month ago, a murder occurred in a local high school. A teacher on night duty was found dead.
The murderer on the playground has not yet been found. This incident caused an uproar locally and is still discussed by many people online.
"Is it a simple homicide, or was it the work of a monster?" Lin Ze pondered intently.
While I was thinking about it, a surprise sound suddenly came from beside me.
"Lin Ze!"
Lin Ze raised his head to follow the sound and saw Ren Wan looking at him with surprise on her face.
"What a coincidence!" Ren Wan glanced at the shopping bag in Lin Ze's hand and asked happily: "You also live near here?"
"It's in the community in front." Lin Ze was also a little surprised. He didn't expect to meet Ren Wan again so soon. The world is really small.
"That's such a coincidence. Me too, I live in Building 7!" Ren Wan showed a happy smile, paused, turned her head and whispered a few words to her friend beside her, who looked at her with a slightly ambiguous look.
He glanced at the two of them and then walked away with a smile. Ren Wan stood there and chatted with Lin Ze.
"I didn't expect that we actually live in the same community!" Ren Wan said with a smile, feeling extremely excited. It was such a fateful encounter.
"Did you just move here recently?" Lin Ze asked. He has lived in the community since he was 8 years old. Basically, everyone in the community is familiar with him, but he has never seen Ren Wan.
Ren Wan smiled and said: "Yes, our family just moved to this community at the beginning of the year."
While the two were chatting, Lin Ze quickly settled the bill and left the supermarket with his bag in hand.
Ren Wan left her friends behind and returned to the community with Lin Ze.
When passing by the smart express delivery cabinet in the community, Ren Wan stopped to pick up a courier. The express box was not small in size and obviously heavy. It was very difficult for Ren Wan to hold it with both hands.
"Let me do it." Lin Ze took the carton with one hand and held it in his arm.
"You are so strong." Ren Wan glanced at Lin Ze's arms in surprise, and then realized that the outline of the muscles on them was very obvious, "Do you exercise regularly?"
"I run more." Lin Ze responded casually and walked into Building 7, "Which floor do you live on?"
"305!"
The two chatted and took the elevator to the third floor. As soon as they stepped out of the elevator door, Lin Ze felt a strange smell in the air.
It is the unique aura of a monster!
His expression did not change, and his steps returned to normal after a slight pause. He followed Ren Wan with his things and walked towards 305.
The monster's aura that filled the corridor was very weak, but when passing by the stairs, Lin Ze clearly felt that the aura suddenly became much stronger and escaped from the stairs leading to the upper floor.
305 happened to be located near the staircase. Ren Wan took out the key and opened the door. She immediately turned back to Lin Zeyan and smiled: "It's good to be here. I can do the rest by myself. Thank you for today!"
"You're welcome." Lin Ze shook his head and pretended to be casual, "I didn't expect you to live here. There are people like that upstairs. It must be very troublesome for you on weekdays, right?"
He remembered that his grandfather said that Room 405 upstairs happened to be Xiaoke's home.
"Yes! It's very noisy up there!" Ren Wan said angrily, "That man is a scumbag. He drinks outside and doesn't take good care of his daughter. He often beats her on weekdays. A child as cute as Xiao Ke can't stand it.
It’s so inhumane to be able to do this!”
"The police should have restrained themselves a little after they came to mediate, right?"
"It has calmed down a bit, but in the past few days, as soon as 12 o'clock in the evening, there was a muffled banging sound from above, which lasted for about ten minutes before it stopped. I suspected that the man was hitting Xiaoke again, but when I saw Xiaoke during the day
When she was there, there were no new scars on her body, and she didn't answer when asked what happened, which was really confusing." Ren Wan said doubtfully.
"That's it." Lin Ze nodded thoughtfully, then raised his head and said with a smile, "Okay, you go in, I have to take things to grandpa, so I'm going back first."
Ren Wan took the box and said with a smile: "Okay, let's make an appointment when we have time!"
"good."
After bidding farewell to Ren Wan, Lin Ze walked straight to the elevator. He didn't turn around until he heard a loud door closing behind him, and stepped onto the stairs leading to the fourth floor.
Going up the stairs, the smell of monsters in the air became stronger and stronger, and finally reached its peak in front of the door of 405.
"A monster?"
Lin Ze murmured softly, just now he was thinking about how to find the monsters, but in the blink of an eye he discovered something. Is it because he is just too lucky, or is there more and more monsters in reality?
And I didn't expect that the monster was actually in Xiao Ke's home.
"Could it be related to Xiaoke's domestic violence?"
While he was deep in thought, he suddenly heard the sound of the door opening from the house next to him. He stopped lingering and took a deep look at the door of room 405, then turned around and quickly left the fourth floor.
When he returned to the atrium, Lin Ze found that there was no one on the bench. Xiao Ke didn't know if he had gone home or gone somewhere else.
After standing there and thinking for a few seconds, Lin Ze walked over to the bench, squatted down and checked carefully, but found no residual monster aura, and a look of deep thought appeared on his face.