Walking through the narrow and dark streets, He Ao bought a large windbreaker that covered the entire body in a small roadside store.
Wearing a trench coat and a bowler hat, he crossed a dark, 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 is Nell's "home".
That house was on the first floor, damp and dark, with a bad view, 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, he would play with his brothers and sisters in a small room with two high and low iron frame beds.
Third Brother would sit on the small cabinet in front of the window and read under the dim street light.
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.
Second Sister would sit on the lower bunk, under the dim desk lamp, talking with a fierce face, while mending clothes for his younger siblings.
Eldest Brother was washing clothes in the bathroom, while sticking his head out to remind his younger brothers and sisters to pay attention to safety.
Fifth Sister would take out a small biscuit from nowhere 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.
When it's cold and windy like this Heavenly Qi, my mother will be careful to close the open windows.
He Ao stared at the window.
Third Brother, who was sitting by the bed and reading a book, 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 windows had rust on their frames and were 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 shine on the old windows, and the lonely wind passes through the silent night.
He Ao's eyes stayed on the open window.
A 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 at an extremely fast speed, like the night passing by and closing the open window.
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In a car on the street across from the window.
"Look, was that window closed originally?"
The young man sitting at the wheel of the car rubbed his eyes and pushed the young man who was napping in the co-pilot.
"It seems... not," the young man in the co-pilot observed carefully, and then woke up in horror, "Get out of the car quickly, he must be back!"
——
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 Nell.
Surveillance cameras have captured a figure that looks exactly like him moving nearby. This person is extremely cunning and cruel. Federal Bureau of Investigation reminds citizens to take precautions. If you encounter this person, call Federal Bureau of Investigation for help as soon as possible. "
Yue En looked at the news broadcast on Bracelet, then looked at the empty back room, and fell into a brief silence.
He turned off 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 gaps in the buildings, whistling like a wail.
I don't know why, but Yue En feels like Heavenly Qi 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 Yue En's room, but at the other end of the corridor.
The sound was very soft, but the sound insulation of Old Building, where Yue En lived, was not very good, so he could hear it clearly even from such a distance.
I don't know why, Yue En remembered a strange story I heard from my neighbor in the morning.
Two families were missing downstairs. The door was open when they disappeared, 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.
Yue En 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 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 Yue En'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 I heard was the neighbor who told Yue En about this 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 Ling Ju's voice only rang once and then became quiet for about a minute or two.
Dong dong dong——
A new knock on the door suddenly sounded.
One after another, getting closer and closer.
Finally, the knock on the door came outside Yue En's house.
Dong dong dong——
Yue En stood up slowly. Without speaking, he slowly leaned against the wall and opened the electronic peephole.
In fact, Yue En 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 is the neighbor who told Yue En this "weird story".
I don't know why, Yue En 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, Yue En did not expose this neighbor, but quietly stared at him through the peephole.
Dong dong dong——
Ling Ju slowly raised his head and knocked on the door again.
Yue En remained unmoved.
The neighbor seemed a little disappointed. He didn't knock on the door again, turned around and left.
But I don't know why, Yue En felt that my neighbor's movements were a little stiff, and his walking was a little awkward.
It's like a muppet that's not very smooth.
Dong dong dong——
A new knock on the door sounded slowly, it was from a house next to Yue En.
Yue En breathed a sigh of relief, closed the electronic peephole, returned to the sofa, and sighed while leaning on 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 without getting any results, so they chose to give up and left the corridor.
Time passed by, and just when Yue En was about to fall asleep, a gentle knock on the door sounded slowly.
Boom······Boom···Boom
Yue En wakes up from a dream.
He staggered up, 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 tricks like this. Everyone is resting and we have to go to work tomorrow."
Yue En sighed and patted the door, signaling the neighbors outside to stop making trouble.
After saying this, the knocking on the door became quiet.
Yue En turned around and was about to return to the sofa.
Dong dong dong——
A new knock sounded.
Yue En 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.
"Nell..." Yue En was stunned, "Why are you here?"
"I got your signal."
The inverted V symbol is the password for Yue En and 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!".
After hearing He Ao explain the reason, Yue En was silent for a moment, and he said softly, "You should leave quickly. There are gangs and Federal Bureau of Investigation 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.
Twisted and crazy heads were leaning against the wall of Yue En's house, 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.
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