The door to row house number 11 opened, and the man went inside.
"What should we do?" Xiao Qi asked.
Bi Shenghua thought for a moment and decided that she couldn't be sure of anything based on just a few words, and it wouldn't be right to call the police. So she said, "Let's go check it out first."
They walked over and pushed the door; it was already tightly closed. Although the security door was a bit old, there wasn't even a crack.
Bi Shenghua looked around and led Xiao Qi around to the back of the row of houses. The back was where the sun shone, and each house had a small courtyard surrounded by a low fence.
They crossed the fence and entered the yard. The back door was a small door, also locked. The upstairs windows were closed, but the curtains weren't drawn, and lights were on inside. Bi Shenghua pointed to the eaves below the window and said, "Climb up and take a look."
Xiao Qi stepped on the protruding iron clamps of the drainpipe and used his hands to pull himself up onto the eaves.
He peered through the window.
It was a small room with a bed, a wardrobe, and a dressing table. A long-haired woman with a bare back sat in front of the dressing table, combing her hair in front of the mirror. Her movements were slow, one stroke at a time, as if afraid her hair would fall out if she moved too much. Her back looked smooth, and her waist had a beautiful curve.
Xiao Qi was a man, a normal man. Seeing such a sensual scene, he couldn't help but let his mind wander and become a little distracted. He was filled with contradictions. On one hand, he felt that he shouldn't be spying on a woman like that. On the other hand, he hoped that the woman would turn around and see more of him. Yet, he was also afraid that she would turn around and see him.
The woman seemed to sense something and suddenly turned to look at the window.
Xiao Qi saw a deathly pale face and two dark circles under the eyes the size of eggs.
He was startled and fell off the eaves with a cry of pain.
Bi Shenghua asked him, "What's wrong?"
"There's a ghost," Xiao Qi said.
"What a load of rubbish! You're utterly useless!" Bi Shenghua said. "Squat down."
Xiao Qi squatted down, and Bi Shenghua used Xiao Qi's shoulders for leverage to climb up. She slowly approached the window and looked inside through the glass.
She couldn't see the room; her view was blocked by a face. It was a deathly pale face, staring at her through the glass.
Bi Shenghua gasped, quickly ducked down, and jumped to the ground, her heart still pounding.
"Damn it, this is unbelievable!" Bi Shenghua cursed.
Xiao Qi whispered, "Let's call the police."
Bi Shenghua asked, "How should we report it? Should we say the house is haunted?"
Xiao Qi also thought it was outrageous and shook his head.
"Screw it, I don't believe in this nonsense!" Bi Shenghua stood up, clapped her hands, and started climbing again.
Just then, the window above opened, and that pale face popped out, glanced at them, and then yelled, "Thief! Thief!"
Holy crap! These days, even ghosts can help guard your house?
Xiao Qi was so frightened that he lost his composure. Just as he was about to run away, Bi Shenghua shouted upstairs, "Don't shout! Don't shout! We're not thieves, we're here to see Mo Yu."
"It's you again? What do you want? I told you Mo Yu is asleep." The woman inside the window ripped a mask off her face. "If you don't leave, I'm calling the police!"
Just as Xiao Qi was about to say he was leaving, Bi Shenghua said, "Call the police!"
The woman upstairs was clearly taken aback by this outcome. She paused for a moment, then said, "I just can't do anything with you! Fine, wait here, I'll open the door for you." With that, she slammed the window shut.
Xiao Qi looked at Bi Shenghua with suspicion. Bi Shenghua said, "There are no ghosts, but they definitely have ghosts."
Not long after, the small gate to the backyard opened, and the woman came out wearing a thin nightgown, saying, "Come in."
Bi Shenghua and Xiao Qi followed the woman into the house and sat down in the living room on the first floor. The living room was rather small, quite disproportionate to the size of the row house.
The woman said, "You all sit for a while, I'll go wake Mo Yu up." With that, she swayed her hips as she went up the stairs.
Her thin nightgown was practically revealing, showing everything. The woman glanced back from the stairs and even gave Xiao Qi a flirtatious wink. Xiao Qi was so startled that he immediately lowered his head, not daring to look at her again.
A man's voice suddenly came from upstairs. "Hey, baby, I've finished showering, where are you? I can't wait any longer!"
The man, shirtless and wearing only a towel, appeared at the top of the stairs and grabbed the woman.
The woman called out in a coquettish voice, "What's the rush? We have guests."
The man glanced downstairs and asked, "Who is it?"
The woman said, "I'm here to see Mo Yu."
"Oh, looking for her, huh?" The man reluctantly released the woman's waist, and the two disappeared into the second-floor stairwell.
Bi Shenghua and Xiao Qi waited in the living room on the first floor, but no one came down after a long time. Instead, they could hear the sound of the wooden bed shaking from upstairs from time to time.
"Damn! That's so disrespectful!" Bi Shenghua said impatiently, "Let's go check it out!"
Xiao Qi, hearing the noises from upstairs, said, "Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
Bi Shenghua said, "If they work until dawn, are you going to wait until dawn?"
He then strode up the stairs. Xiao Qi quickly followed.
Once we got to the second floor, the sound disappeared, and the surroundings became quiet.
"Is it all done?" Xiao Qi muttered.
Bi Shenghua slapped him. "Mind your own business! Your mind is full of filth. I'll tell Mo Yu later."
Xiao Qi blushed and quickly said, "No, no! I didn't mean anything by it!"
There are four rooms on the second floor, one of which is the one they saw when they climbed up from the back of the building. But none of the four rooms were occupied.
"Where is he?" Bi Shenghua asked curiously.
"We... we can't really be..." Xiao Qi felt a chill run down his spine, "Have we encountered a ghost?"
Bi Shenghua said, "What a ghost! How can you be so timid? You're really not as brave as Qingmu in this respect!"
Xiao Qi chuckled and said, "That's right! How could I compare to Brother Qingmu!"
Bi Shenghua sensed the teasing in his words, rolled her eyes at him, and said, "Stop being so cheeky! Look at what's here!"
She noticed a small door next to the bathroom on the second floor of the library. At first, she thought it was a storage room, but when she opened it, she found that it was another staircase leading to the first floor.
Why would you put two staircases on a row house?
It was a bit dark at the bottom of the stairs, Xiao Qi mustered his courage and said, "I'll go down first."
Bi Shenghua followed Xiao Qi downstairs. They soon reached the first floor. Xiao Qi shone his phone light on the screen and suddenly noticed a light shining in front of him. A person who looked exactly like him was standing less than two meters away, holding up his phone to take a picture.
Xiao Qi screamed in fright and stumbled back several steps. He would have fallen if Bi Shenghua hadn't blocked his fall.
Bi Shenghua said, "What are you yelling about! That's a mirror."