Chapter 33
In recent years, various places have been prosperous and thriving. Many old and dangerous buildings have been demolished, and new buildings have been erected in their place.
There are two apartment buildings in Longteng Community.
One apartment has been demolished and rebuilt into a new apartment, and the residents have moved in.
The other apartment next to it has not been demolished yet, and it is said that it will be demolished and rebuilt in the near future.
The old-style apartment is old and dilapidated, the wall paint is peeling off, and the corners are covered with moss. The years have left traces on it, like a skinny old man entering old age.
As the evening approaches, the sun gradually sets, and the sun is bright red...
The new apartment is brightly lit, and laughter can be heard from time to time, warm and harmonious.
The old-style apartment next to it has been demolished and rebuilt, and no one has lived there for a long time. There is no light on each floor, and it is dim and full of the atmosphere of twilight, which makes people depressed.
The empty floors have windows and doors open.
At dusk, each window is dark and you can't see inside clearly, as if it is a huge mouth of the abyss.
A gust of wind blows by.
The rows of old trees in front of the apartment, the leaves rustle.
The swaying shadows of the trees are like demons waiting for the night to fall. They watch the sun set with joy, baring their fangs and claws to trap passers-by in darkness.
Night is coming.
The last sunset shines, and the old-fashioned apartment is cast into a long shadow, like a shadow beast lurking here, quietly watching the apartment.
Click, click.
Suddenly, at this moment, silver bell-like laughter came from the old-fashioned apartment, and sparse footsteps sounded, as if there were children running and playing football in the corridor on the floor.
Lin Wei, a middle-aged office worker, lives in a new apartment in Longteng Community.
Five days ago, Lin Wei brought his wife and daughter to the new apartment. They did not live in Longteng Community before.
Daughter Jiajia is very lively. In five days, she became friends with the children in the community.
And because there was no one in the whole building of the old-fashioned apartment, it became a place for children to explore and play over time.
Today, Lin Wei went home from work. As usual, he listened to the silver bell laughter coming from the old-fashioned apartment and stepped into the old-fashioned apartment building.
He wanted to call his daughter Jiajia to come home for dinner.
"Jiajia, it’s time to eat, stop playing."
Lin Wei shouted as he went up the stairs on the fourth floor of the old-style apartment.
The laughter was still spreading, but no one responded to Lin Wei, so he shouted again
"Jia Jia, it's time to eat.""
Pah, pah."
The sound of the football hitting the wall and falling to the ground echoed in the apartment and in Lin Wei's ears, but still no one responded to him.
Only the silver-scaled child's laughter was still there.
Lin Wei was a little angry. He had called his daughter four or five times but she still didn't respond. Was she addicted to playing?
He didn't plan to call her anymore, and went straight to the fourth floor to take his daughter home for dinner.
He stepped onto the fourth floor, and as soon as his front foot stepped out, the silver bell-like child's laughter disappeared in an instant, as if a stone falling at a high speed suddenly stopped.
The surroundings fell into a dead silence, and the huge demons in front and behind made people unable to react for a while.
Lin Wei took a step and hovered in the air. He was a little dazed, and then showed a helpless expression.
"Are they planning to play hide-and-seek?"
Obviously, he thought that his daughter and her friends were playing hide-and-seek with him, and did it on purpose.
Lin Wei shook his head. The sound disappeared on the fourth floor, which meant that the children were hiding somewhere on the fourth floor.
There were not many rooms on the fourth floor, only four or five, so it was easy to find.
He searched carefully from left to right, room by room, not missing any sound.
At this time, the old-style apartment was extremely quiet except for Lin Wei's walking and breathing. It was so quiet that it revealed a hint of weirdness.
Lin Wei was busy looking for his daughter and did not notice this. The old-style apartment was so quiet that you could drop a pin. Smell... the first room, no one in the hall... no one in the bedroom... no one in the kitchen... no one in the bathroom.
Leaving the first room, he continued to walk towards the second room.
The apartment was still silent.
Soon, the second room was searched and there was no trace of anyone.
At this time, Lin Wei finally noticed something was wrong.
At this moment, the old-style apartment was so quiet that there was no other sound except for his own figure.
He held his breath and listened carefully to the movements in the old-style apartment.
In the silent old-style apartment, he could hear his own heartbeat, but there was no other sound.
He was horrified.
Something was wrong. Something was wrong!
How come there was no sound in the apartment, not even the sound of breathing.
If it wasn't for the sound of his own heartbeat, he would have thought he was deaf.
Seeing the night gradually approaching, Lin Wei, who was worried about his daughter, did not leave the apartment. He continued to search the apartment, blaming all the weirdness on scaring himself.
The third room was empty.
The fourth room was empty.
Full of uneasiness and worry, Lin Wei searched the last and fifth room.
Still no one!
Lin Wei's face was pale, cold sweat was pouring down his face, and his back was soaked with sweat.
How could there be no one? How could this be possible...
He dared It was certain that the children could not quietly move their hiding place while he was searching the house.
Because, after he noticed something strange, he kept paying attention to the sounds around him.
He was paying attention to even the slightest movement.
However, apart from the sounds he made, there were no other sounds, not even breathing.
He was 100% sure that his daughter and the others were laughing on the fourth floor. But why couldn't he find anyone?
Pah!
Suddenly, there was a clear sound of something falling to the ground, which startled Lin Wei, whose nerves had been tense. He felt like his throat was about to jump out of his throat.
""Who!"
Lin Wei shouted, turned around and looked at the door behind him, his pupils suddenly contracted. At the door of the fifth room where he was, a ball appeared.
The ball bounced on the ground, bounced again and again, and gradually landed on the door, motionless.
Looking at the ball, Lin Wei's scalp was numb, his mouth was dry, as if there was something stuck in his throat, very uncomfortable, his chest rose and fell violently, trying to relieve the discomfort in his respiratory tract.
""Jia Jia, is that you? Stop it, Dad is going to be angry."
Lin Wei said.
Still no one responded.
Lin Wei had no choice but to take a step forward. He had never felt his feet so heavy before, as if they were filled with lead, but he had to walk, for his daughter and for himself.
It was clearly a distance of five or six steps, but Lin Wei walked for more than ten seconds.
When he arrived in front of the ball, Lin Wei swallowed hard, and first looked around the corridor of the floor with fear.
The corridor was empty.
Seeing this, he bent down and picked up the ball at his feet. The moment his eyes moved away from the ball, Lin Wei was horrified, his pupils contracted violently, and the hairs on his body stood up.
"Uncle, are you looking for the ball?"
In front of the ball, a pair of small feet appeared. Following the small feet, it was a child, a little boy with a pale face who looked like a paper doll.
""Ah!!"
Lin Wei screamed, and dropped the ball in his hand. He sat on the ground with his back soaked. It seemed as if a ball of fire was rushing out of his chest.
He looked at the little boy in front of him who was as pale as a ghost in horror. The ball gradually rolled to the boy's feet. At this moment, a silver bell-like sound rang out behind him.
"Dad, I found you."
That was his daughter Jiajia.
Lin Wei felt relieved, his face turned happy, and he quickly turned his neck to look behind him.
"good……"
As soon as the word was uttered, Lin Wei's joy suddenly stopped.……
"Ah!!!"
The scream of infinite terror resounded throughout the fourth floor of the apartment.
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