"Hee-hee-hee, Auntie, open the door. The water from your house is leaking downstairs. Hurry and open the door..."
After a brief lull, the ghostly thing in the alley found another household. Compared with before, "her" voice had become indescribably coquettish, raising goosebumps all over.
"We're not using any water, and there's no leak. Young lady, you've got the wrong house. Go check somewhere else."
This family clearly had some experience dealing with supernatural phenomena. They knew they absolutely could not open the door at a time like this, and could only use verbal tricks to fool the Vicious Ghost into leaving.
When one had seen enough strange things, the strange things would defeat themselves!
Who could have known...
"Hee-hee-hee, Auntie, there really is someone in your house... I'm coming in..."
As the ghostly thing spoke, the sound of a door creaking open came from inside. Once again, the startled cries and screams cut off abruptly, and then everything fell silent.
About three minutes later.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Hee-hee-hee, Uncle, open the door. The water from your house is leaking downstairs. Hurry and open the door..."
The coquettish knocking came again.
This time, it was one house closer to the end of the alley, and the voice was clearer than before. Terrified, Old Man Liu had woken the entire family. They were gathered in the main room, anxiously watching what was happening outside.
"It should be Uncle Qian's house..."
This alley contained only a single row of bungalow-style homes. Opposite them was the outer wall of a tube-shaped apartment building, with windows but no doors.
Uncle Qian lived at the third house from the entrance.
"At this rate, it probably won't be long before everyone in the alley is dead..." Liu's Eldest Son was a sturdy man as well. He looked