Chapter 181 Murder! 'Ghost knocking on the door!'
Chapter 181 Murder! 'Ghost knocking on the door!'
The feng shui of Jiangsan City is not very good.
This has been professionally verified by Wang Chao.
what?
Do you want to ask what Wang Chao’s expertise is?
This is a very complicated matter and difficult to explain clearly. His biggest wish in life, besides starting a business, is to find a philosopher or scientist who can explain this matter clearly.
Of course, he never said these things and kept them in his heart.
Zhang Min naturally didn't know either.
At this time, she was full of energy and was packing things in her new house.
The room seemed like a toy, and under her hands, it was gradually put in order.
But before she finished cleaning up
"dududu~"
A phone rang.
"Hey, Xiao Min, have you arrived at Jiangsan City?"
Zhang Niu's careless and rough voice came from the other end of the phone.
Zhang Min seemed to remember something and was a little speechless, but still responded patiently.
"Here I am. I have rented a house very close to the industry."
"By the way, I won't be going back home for the New Year this year."
Jiangsan City is not close to the capital, but it is not far either. The flight time is naturally not long. Now it has been nearly eight hours since take-off. It is obvious that Zhang Niu is not calling to ask about her whereabouts.
Then it is
"Not coming back? That's fine too. By the way, how's Xiao Wang?"
Zhang Niu asked in a roundabout way.
Zhang Min rolled her eyes.
"He? He's nice, enthusiastic, smart, a very good business man, and has a good relationship with the local police."
"I didn't ask that. I meant what do you think of him?"
"That's the man I'm talking about."
"You are pretending to be ignorant even though you know the truth, right?!"
Zhang Niu was speechless. Thinking about his older daughter, his face on the other end of the phone was full of sorrow.
"I don't know."
Zhang Min said expressionlessly, "I came to Jiangsan City for business, to build a brand. Wang Chao is my partner. Is it not normal for me to report on his character?"
That's right.
She was forced to get married.
Normally, merchants in this period of time are very fond of business marriages, but Zhang Niu is different.
His thoughts are not swayed by interests, and Zhang Min is also a strong woman.
So, until he was 25, he still had never dated anyone.
As the saying goes, to conquer a man you have to conquer his heart. The same is true for conquering a strong woman, but the way is to be stronger than her.
But my family lives in the capital, my uncle is the team leader of the Special Bureau No. 5, and my family owns one of the best base station companies in the country.
Who is better than her?
Who does Zhang Min like?
This led to Zhang Min becoming very proud and devoting herself entirely to industrial development.
At first, Zhang Niu thought it was pretty good, but in the blink of an eye,
its not right!
If this continues, the opportunity will be lost and he may not even be able to have a grandchild in his lifetime!
I am 25 now. After my birthday, I will be 26. If I wait another two years, do I have to be in my s or s to get married?
and so.
Zhang Niu became anxious.
However, Zhang Min did not give him the chance to get angry.
"Besides, you have already sworn brotherhood with him, and now you call me your niece."
Zhang Min spoke lightly while sorting out her clothes.
"Eldest niece?"
Zhang Niu's voice was a little high-pitched and his face was full of confusion.
"Yes, considering the seniority, I should call him uncle." Zhang Min said.
"No, when did I become your sworn brother?!"
"I have to ask you this. Okay, I won't go back this year. Don't keep urging me. I'm hanging up."
After saying that, Zhang Min hung up the phone.
After the room is cleaned.
She was not in a hurry, but took out a book.
This is a law book, and she reads it carefully.
In a sense, law books are actually books about getting rich.
When you carefully study every legal provision, you will find that there is such a large gray gold mine in the world waiting for you to mine.
for example?
For example, the most direct one is a lawyer, who can take advantage of legal loopholes to refute the words of a plaintiff and collect money for himself.
until
"Dong Dong Dong~"
A sudden knock on the door interrupted Zhang Min's thoughts.
"Who?"
Zhang Min paused, stood up from the sofa, and spoke as he walked out.
She didn't know anyone else in Jiangsan City except Wang Chao and Xu Huo. Xu Huo didn't know the address. Wang Chao had just left when the person knocking on the door was...
“I’m the neighbor across the street.”
A voice came from outside the door.
Neighbor?
Zhang Min spoke suspiciously, and through the peephole, she saw an old lady outside. She was holding a basket full of vegetables and standing at the door. She spoke kindly.
"Squeak~"
Zhang Min opened the door, and the old lady looked inside suspiciously at first.
After seeing nothing, she looked at Zhang Min.
"Little girl, you must be the new resident of Room 502."
"I live across from you, in 501, and I have a spouse at home. If you have nothing to do, you can come to my house and have a visit."
"Thank you."
Zhang Min said politely. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, the old lady stopped her, seeming to want to say something but hesitated.
"Do you have anything else to do?"
The old lady had a hunched body, gray hair, and a complicated expression. After thinking for a moment, she said:
"You don't have anything in the house?"
Zhang Min was puzzled.
"What's nothing?"
"I mean, you haven't seen anything bad, right?"
"Like ghosts or something."
The old lady spoke grimly.
"We must believe in science." Zhang Min responded with a smile.
"Is there anyone there? Did you see any human figures?"
Zhang Min shook her head again, then she paused, and did not go back, saying:
"Why do you think so?"
"Well, your house should be quite cheap."
"It's really cheap. How did you know?"
"Because... the previous tenant disappeared."
The old lady shook her head and looked into the house suspiciously.
"Disappeared?" Zhang Min was surprised.
"Yes, it was about two weeks ago. The previous tenant disappeared, and he was nowhere to be found until the time when the rent payment was delayed the most."
"Since he couldn't get in touch with him by phone, the landlord thought he had run away. After waiting for a few days, he packed up his belongings and took them away as rent payment."
The old lady spoke.
Zhang Min shook her head, still confused.
It is a very common situation where tenants delay paying rent and then disappear. It happens almost everywhere in the country and every landlord has encountered it. Some landlords don't even bother to call the police after selling their furniture.
What does this have to do with the price drop of houses?
"Little girl, look at what's on the left?"
The old lady motioned for the other person to look to the end of the corridor on the left.
There, a surveillance camera was hanging, quietly recording everything.
"The previous tenant suddenly went crazy a week before he disappeared and said he saw a ghost!"
"A ghost was chasing him, getting closer day by day. He hid everywhere, every day, but he couldn't escape."
"It was a big commotion, and people were panicking. Fortunately, no one saw him for a few days, so they stopped. But the problem is..."
"Until one day, he said he saw a ghost again. He walked into the house in a panic and never came out again."
The old lady muttered quietly and pointed at the surveillance camera.
"The surveillance showed that after the man entered the house, he never opened the door again."
"He entered the house and didn't leave, but no one could find him. He disappeared out of thin air."
"I mean"
"He's probably still in your room."
Hearing this, Zhang Min felt a chill on her back and subconsciously looked back.
But he saw nothing, so he could only turn around and look at the old lady with a forced smile.
"Don't scare me, Auntie. If it's really in the room, there's no way I can't find it in a one-bedroom apartment."
"If you don't believe me, go to the property management and check the surveillance."
The old lady shook her head.
"Could he have escaped through the window?" Zhang Min asked again.
"This is the fifth floor." The old lady whispered, "and there are surveillance cameras on the first floor."
"So, he might still be in your room. Please be careful."
"Forget it. Believe it or not, these are just guesses made by the entire building. It's been a week and nothing has happened. Maybe we guessed wrong."
After saying that, the old lady turned and left, walked into the opposite door and closed it.
Zhang Min was left alone outside.
Zhang Min suddenly felt a chill in his heart and looked back.
The newly tidied furniture exudes a warm atmosphere, the curtains flutter in the wind, and the whole room is empty and quiet.
It was as if it was quietly waiting for the next resident to enter.
Zhang Min hesitated for a moment, then, despite a little pressure, took a step forward and walked inside.
She thought for a moment and began to search the room.
The layout of the house is very simple, with one bedroom, one living room and one bathroom. There is no space to hide in the bathroom, and the same goes for the living room. After all, there is no place to hide in a simple style of decoration.
The bedroom only has a few simple pieces of furniture.
After a quick search, Zhang Min felt relieved.
"Huh, when did I become so sensitive?"
Zhang Min smiled self-deprecatingly.
"It's been two weeks, how could there still be someone here?"
Now, she somewhat agreed with what Wang Chao said.
Jiangsan City.
It seems a bit weird.
Of course, this thing exists if you believe it, and doesn’t exist if you don’t believe it.
Zhang Min studied law and was a strong woman with a strong will. She had not paid any attention to this before, but the old lady's voice made her unconsciously put herself in the situation.
After saying this, he turned on the light, walked into the living room, and continued reading the law textbook.
but.
This time, no matter how hard she tried to read, she couldn't concentrate. She kept looking around and at the cracks from time to time.
until
"dududu~"
A phone rang.
Zhang Min dialed the number as quickly as possible, "Hello?"
"Hey, my niece just came to Jiangsan City and is she not used to it?"
"Your brother and uncle will take you out for a walk so that you can learn a little about the business and industry, and have dinner at the same time."
Wang Chao's carefree voice sounded, slightly dispelling the slight nervousness in Zhang Min's heart.
She hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
"it is good."
After saying that, Zhang Min immediately took a notebook and walked out.
"Squeak~"
The door closed and everything inside returned to normal, completely silent without a sound. All the furniture was as dead silent as stone. Only the living room and the swaying curtains were there, as if someone was waving at people.
"Niece, Jiangsan City doesn't have many industries now. There are four stores in total, but these are just the most basic ones."
"Secondly, the vast majority of plans are centered around the future of the core industry, 'mobile phones.'"
"For example, I recently proposed the concept of 'hailing a taxi'."
night.
At ten o'clock, at the barbecue stall, Wang Chao spoke casually.
Taking a taxi was a business opportunity he had just seen.
If the traditional taxi-hailing method can be integrated into mobile phones, and raising your hand to signal the driver to stop can be changed to pressing a button to allow you to go according to the map, then efficiency will be greatly improved and travel will be much more convenient.
This idea is very novel. Wang Chao is thinking about what to do after the market expands.
If it was Zhang Min before, she would definitely be very interested in it, but now
"Um"
She responded absentmindedly.
Wang Chao was a little confused and subconsciously glanced at Xu Hao opposite him.
Xu Hao didn't say anything and continued to eat the barbecue slowly.
He and Zhang Min had met several times in the capital, so they were not strangers. Naturally, there was no intention of being polite. It was enough to just eat and drink.
Helplessly, Wang Chao could only look at Zhang Min.
"Niece, are you in trouble?"
Wang Chao asked suspiciously.
"Huh? Huh?"
Zhang Min was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
"No."
"Really not?"
Zhang Min paused, recalling what the old lady in Room 501 had said.
Suddenly, her face turned red.
She is 25 years old, and she is studying law to start a business. She feels a little embarrassed to say that she is afraid of this.
"Not really."
"That's fine. If you run into any problems, just call me. If I can't solve it, just call me."
Wang Chao spoke up and then handed a few skewers of barbecue to the other party.
"Tomorrow morning, I will take you to the headquarters of Jiangsan City, where you will be responsible for managing the current real dessert shop, and then the subsequent mobile phone will appear and enter the Internet industry."
Zhang Min nodded, lifted her skirt and hair, and ate the barbecue in small bites in silence.
"I'll go check out."
Wang Chao wiped his mouth, then stood up and walked to the counter.
However, just as he was about to pay, Xu Hao appeared behind him.
"Hey, I have money."
Wang Chao spoke subconsciously, but unexpectedly Xu Hao didn't want to talk to him about this.
"You will send Zhang Min away later."
"What about you?"
Wang Chao was a little confused. Although they lived not far from each other, it was obvious that Xu Hao didn't want him to send him off.
"I'll take a taxi, you're so stupid."
Xu Hao was speechless for a moment, but then he said:
"Well, nothing else, just pay attention."
Wang Chao was skeptical, but still nodded, "Okay then."
Then he paid the bill.
After a while, a car started slowly.
Wang Chao led his men to the west of Jiangsan City.
"Got home."
At ten forty in the evening, Wang Chao parked the car.
"Ah? Oh."
Zhang Min came back to his senses and said, "Thank you."
She thanked him and got out of the car. Wang Chao called her from behind.
"Are you really okay?" Wang Chao asked in confusion.
Zhang Min paused, then looked up at Room 502.
There was a balcony, a dark, bottomless balcony. It seemed as if something was standing there, silently staring at Zhang Min below in the darkness.
Zhang Min forced a smile and looked at Wang Chao.
"It's okay."
"That's good. Call me if you have anything." Wang Chao nodded.
After saying that, Zhang Min took a deep breath, turned around and walked into the apartment building.
This building was built only a few years ago, but it now looks a bit dilapidated. I don’t know if it’s an illusion.
As the sound of the corridor rang out, the voice-controlled light in front of the elevator door also lit up white.
After a moment, the footsteps disappeared in the elevator.
Not long after, he appeared on the fifth floor again.
Zhang Min looked at her room, and in a trance, she felt a gaze from behind her.
Turning her head, she saw the old man from Room 501, who was also walking out of the corridor. He looked at her as she was about to open the door with a strange look in his eyes, then he sighed and ignored her and went straight into his room.
'After he entered the room, he never came out again.'
'My guess is that he's probably still in the house.'
Zhang Min's mind unconsciously emerged with the words that the other party said to her in the afternoon.
Zhang Min was silent for a moment, and then...
"Squeak~"
The door opened.
The house was still dead silent, nothing had happened, and there were no signs of human intervention.
Zhang Min turned on the light and looked at the time. She wanted to go to bed, but unfortunately she was not sleepy at all. She had to sit on the sofa and prepare to read a book.
There are many books on the bookshelf in the living room.
There are probably three sources of this information: Zhang Min’s landlord and what was left by the previous tenant.
Zhang Min originally wanted to take out the economics book she brought with her to read, but in a trance, she saw another book.
This is a book.
Journal?
Zhang Min paused, and her fingers, which were about to touch the economics book, moved towards the diary.
The diary is unsigned and not much is written in it. Judging from the time, it should belong to the previous tenant. The diary should be written to relieve himself of problems.
Zhang Min slowly opened it, and as he moved, the first page gradually appeared before his eyes.
【December 2003, .】
[Weather: Cloudy]
[I seemed to see a shadow. The shadow was standing in the distance, silently looking at me. But the strange thing was that everyone said they didn’t see it, even though the shadow didn’t move from beginning to end.]
【December 2003, 】
【Weather: Light rain】
[I saw him again. I don’t know if it was an illusion, but he seemed closer than yesterday. His face was blurry and I couldn’t see clearly.]
[In addition to me, three friends also seemed to have seen it]
【December 2003, .】
[I saw it, I saw it, a ghost, it was a ghost! It got closer to me, and I saw his face! ]
[There is a ghost, there is a ghost! ]
【December 2003, .】
[It's getting closer and closer to me. This is not an illusion. I have to hide. I have to hide! ]
[Madman, madman, no matter where I hide, it can find me! ]
[Sewers, trash cans, toilets, it can find me! ]
[It's getting closer to me, less than five meters away. I need to hide. I need to find a place to hide.]
[Damn it, why can't you see it, why can't you see it!!!]
[It comes again, it comes again, no matter where I hide, it can always find me.]
[This time it was closer to me, I could clearly see the blood on his face, the white eyes, and the face full of corpse spots.]
【I want to hide, I want to hide myself.】
【I want to find a place where it can't find me! 】
[Hey, I found a place to hide. ]
The diary ends here.
Zhang Min just felt a chill on her back.
She opened her throat but felt dry. She wanted to say something but her fingertips felt cold again.
If this diary was really written by the previous tenant.
So, where did the other party find you in the end?
The surveillance footage showed that he had not come out since he entered the house.
Is he hiding somewhere in this house?
"That's impossible. It's been more than ten days. We can't hide here forever."
Zhang Min felt uneasy, looked around and spoke in a low voice.
"Also, what is that ghost?"
"There can't be a ghost."
She murmured to herself.
But soon she stopped talking.
If the other party is really still in this room.
At this moment, he was hiding in an invisible corner, watching himself flipping through his diary and muttering to himself.
At this moment, Zhang Min's scalp felt tingling.
She suppressed the feeling in her heart and searched the room again.
Toilet, living room, bedroom.
Zhang Min stood in front of the mirror, looked at her face in the mirror, looked at herself, and then knocked on the mirror.
It's very solid and there's no hollowness inside.
Check the sofa again, and even the ceiling.
Not even a mouse.
The huge stone in Zhang Min's heart suddenly fell, and the whole person felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured on him in August. The pressure on his shoulders disappeared without a trace.
She just said it.
How could there be ghosts in this world?
Furthermore.
Zhang Min checked the house three times inside and out.
Together with Wang Chao and Li Jianye, who is a professional, the number of inspections was as many as four times.
The house has only one bedroom, one living room and one bathroom. It's such a small place, but it's still simple in style. No matter how hard you try to hide it, where can you hide it?
Maybe the surveillance is broken.
Or maybe the old lady opposite was mentally ill and came here specifically to scare a young girl like her.
but
"Let's change the place. This place is too far from the headquarters. Let's change to a place closer to here."
Zhang Min thought so in his heart.
As long as today is over and she appears during the day, she will definitely rent a new house!
But I'm afraid I'll have to stay up all night today.
Zhang Min hesitated slightly, looked at the bed in the bedroom, thought for a moment, and then went to the bathroom.
But I didn't take a shower.
She always felt like someone was staring at her from behind.
This is true even when you are simply washing your hair.
She suddenly looked up and looked behind her.
But saw nothing.
I became more and more nervous and unconsciously quickened my movements.
Then I used the hair dryer I brought with me to dry my hair and sat on the bed to prepare for sleep.
But it's a pity.
The old lady’s words and the contents of her diary.
It kept repeating in her mind, tormenting her spirit and preventing her from falling asleep.
half an hour.
Zhang Min's peaceful heart began beating faster again. When she couldn't calm down anymore, she stood up and prepared to check again.
Is there anything left in the room that hasn't been searched?
Kitchen, under the table, under the sofa, toilet, ceiling
I checked all these, over and over again, many times, but found nothing.
But no matter what, she always felt that there was someone behind her, staring at her all the time, making her feel very uneasy.
until
Zhang Min fixed his eyes on a cabinet.
In the cabinet, not big, a drawer under the wardrobe.
The diary says that the other party had been hiding in this cabinet door, but
This cabinet is so small, who can hide in it?
Zhang Min didn’t know, she only knew that the other person was mentally ill.
perhaps
Is he in the closet at home?
He stuffed himself into this drawer alive.
Zhang Min stared at the cabinet door intently. She seemed to see the person hiding inside the cabinet through the cabinet.
She reached out her hand and placed it on it.
Hold your breath, then.
"Hey!"
Suddenly, the cabinet door opened and there was nothing inside.
Zhang Min was completely relieved.
The cupboard was empty, there was nothing in it.
Of course, there were some signs of being stretched inside, which could prove it was a diary, but the other party was not here anyway.
"Scare yourself"
Zhang Min smiled easily and was just about to look around and go back to bed.
but.
a pair of eyes.
Suddenly he looked at Zhang Min.
moment.
The whole world seemed to be at a standstill in time.
The air conditioner hanging on the closet has a tiny gap.
a pair of eyes.
"Hey~"
Suddenly, his eyes seemed to realize something and rolled.
The scattered, dead, pale eyes, through the cracks
Looking directly at Zhang Min.
This was the previous tenant.
He will
Hidden in the air conditioner.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"
A sharp explosion sounded.
The voice-controlled lights in the entire corridor suddenly lit up.
After parking the car in the residential area, Wang Chao, who was worried about his niece, was awakened by the noise while sleeping in the car.
He was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed.
"Snapped!"
The car door opens.
He rushed into the community without even putting on his coat.
this moment.
The whole community gradually became excited.
at the same time.
At Xu Hao's home.
A voice appeared in the ears of Xu Hao who was sleeping soundly.
He sat up calmly and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Then he sat on the edge of the bed, his heart sinking.
The next second, a light blue curtain of light appeared in front of him, accompanied by a voice.
[Congratulations to the host for triggering the mission.]
【（Unfinished）】
[Reward cards are available in four levels, namely 25% sense of substitution, 50% sense of substitution, 75% sense of substitution, and 100% sense of substitution]
【Composition time: seven days.】
[Penalty for failure: Cancel the reward for this mission. 】
The mission was triggered again.
But considering the time, it’s not a problem.
There is a feeling that is both unreasonable and expected.
But, this case.
Looking at the name of the task, Xu Hao narrowed his eyes.
[The name of this case is:]
['Ghost Knocking on the Door Case!']
【Note: Do you believe that ghosts exist in this world? 】
[Perhaps, there is a ghost hiding behind every door, just waiting for you to push the door open]
[Note: Be careful when opening the door. Perhaps the person knocking on the door may not be a person, but a ghost? ]
"Ghost knocking on the door"
ps: Good evening to all my friends who like to stay up late and read novels before going to bed.
(End of this chapter)