C21 (1/2)

Slowly, some sounds entered his ears, as if something was moving. Its speed was extremely slow, and he was unable to determine its direction.

He looked at the wall to the left of the door and suddenly had an illusion. It was as if a snake was swimming inside the wall and gradually approaching him.

Suddenly, something appeared on the wall. When Zhu Mingyi saw this thing, he was so shocked that he almost cried out!

A set of strange hand seals!

Zhu Mingyi recognized it with a glance. It was a set of hand seals the size of a child's palm!

It was different from what he had seen during the day. The hand seals were moving slowly, looking vivid and lifelike. Zhu Mingyi was shocked, he did not think that the handprint was not made by someone, but was something that was hidden inside the wall.

This thing seemed to have a life force of its own!

Zhu Mingyi panicked to the extreme, and at the same time, an alarmed cry came from downstairs.

It was Yang Faang's voice.

”Something has happened!” Zhu Mingyi did not care about the strange handprints anymore, and immediately ran to the elevator and used his fingers to push the buttons.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Zhu Mingyi heard Zhu Yang crying. He quickly opened the door and rushed in.

Yang Faang hugged Zhu Yang as the two of them curled up into a ball. Although he knew that something must have happened, but seeing that they were safe and sound, Zhu Mingyi still heaved a sigh of relief.

”What is it?” Zhu Mingyi slowed down and asked.

”Dad, there! There! ” Zhu Yang's face was covered in tears as he pointed to the ceiling.

Zhu Mingyi looked up and realized that there was nothing at all.

”Just now … There was a woman's face on it just now! ” Yang Faang pointed to the ceiling and said weakly.

”Woman's face?!”

”Yeah, Dad!”

”That …” Yang Faang swallowed her saliva, ”After you left, Yang Yang and I heard a sound coming from the ceiling, and then we turned on the lights to look, and discovered that there was a woman's face above, emerging from the side of the chandelier, staring at us! Not until you came into the room. What are you doing on the fourth floor? What exactly is going on?! ”

Zhu Mingyi could tell that both Yang Faang and Zhu Yang were frightened, but he already had an idea what was going on. That woman's face must have been the 'item' inside the wall. Perhaps it was because he had alarmed his when he went upstairs that he had responded.

The structure of this apartment building was very simple. Every household's roof, floor, and load-bearing walls were connected up and down like a track that connected all directions. Zhu Mingyi thought that it was probably because of this that the ”thing” could come over.

But what exactly this ”thing” was, Zhu Mingyi was evidently completely confused.

Even though the sunlight outside the window was glaring, Zhu Mingyi and Yang Faang was still awake.

Other than Zhu Yang falling asleep while lying on his mother's body, Zhu Mingyi and his wife did not sleep for the entire night. Zhu Mingyi spent an entire night to comfort Yang Faang and explain to him, but Yang Faang was still afraid of what happened last night. She blamed Zhu Mingyi for letting his whole family move into a haunted apartment.

Yang Faang only had one wish, and that was to leave this place as soon as possible.

Zhu Mingyi naturally agreed, but before he left, he still wanted to clarify a few things.

”Great sir, are you busy? We talked. ” Zhu Mingyi knocked on the window of the guard room. An old guard sat inside and dozed off. Yang Faang and Zhu Yang also came together, for the time being, Zhu Mingyi did not dare to separate from them.

Zhu Mingyi planned to ask the old gatekeeper about this clearly.

”What is it?” When Zhu Mingyi first arrived, he immediately asked him about the traffic situation in the area. Zhu Mingyi also knew that the old man had been working in the residential complex for more than ten years, and the guard room was the closest to Zhu Mingyi's apartment, so Zhu Mingyi guessed that he should be more familiar with this building.

Zhu Mingyi pushed open the door, and the moment he entered the guard room, he could smell a terrible stench, and the air inside was not flowing either.

Uncle, I have something to ask you.” ”Is 402 in our No.10 building occupied or not?” Zhu Mingyi asked.

Old Man Han was startled for a moment, then took off half of his glasses and looked at Zhu Mingyi and his wife who was behind him.

Yang Faang felt a little uncomfortable. She thought that this old man must have felt it was strange, why did the whole family come over to find out about it?

”No, no one has been staying for a long time.” Old Man Han put on his glasses again.

”Was there a family living there that moved away?”

”Actually, it's not moving away. That family member, something happened.”

”Huh?”

”Just over there for a while. Our side of the news is going to be very lively.” ”He used to be a family of three, but his wife and children were suddenly lost. That man's mind seems to be in trouble again. I heard he was sent to a mental hospital.”

”What …” Zhu Mingyi frowned, he was confused by what he heard, ”You mean to say, the family's wife and children are missing?”

”Yeah, you haven't heard?”

”Oh, I just got here, not local. Then what was going on? Didn't the Public Security Bureau send anyone to look for him? ”

”What's the use of searching the Public Security Bureau, looking for relatives and friends, and even finding nearby people? If it's gone, it's gone! ” Old man Han said as he spread them out.

”Also …” What was the man doing in a mental hospital? ” This time, it was Yang Faang who asked.

”That man... It looked normal, except for the beard. But there's something wrong with the mind. I hear them shouting here a lot, mostly because the man is mad at his wife and son. His wife and son were unlucky enough to have been beaten and scolded by him, especially his wife, who was beaten black and blue several times in the middle of the night. I remember the police coming twice in the middle of the night. Then, the day his wife and son went missing, he went crazy and shouted around the neighborhood at night. He kept saying that his wife and son had gone missing and had someone help him find them, but how could he not see them? Not long after, because he's getting more and more sick, his brother sent him to a mental hospital. ”

”Oh …” ”Then is there really no news about his wife and son?” Zhu Mingyi asked.

”Sigh …” It was obvious that they couldn't stand him. They took their son and ran away. How could they find him again? ”To be honest, if I were to meet such a man, I would have to run away too.”

”Yeah, that's true.” Zhu Mingyi nodded his head, an idea suddenly appearing in his mind.

”Why are you asking so much?” Old man Han found it strange.

”Nothing important. Recently, a colleague was looking for a place to rent. I noticed that 402 seemed to be empty, and it was also upstairs, so I decided to ask about it. ” Zhu Mingyi lied.

”Alright, find the right person!” Old man Han's face was full of excitement. ”After that man was sent away, his brother took care of their house. He even hung up an intermediary in preparation to rent it. Now I have the key. ”

”Is that so? How about... Why don't you take a look at the room first? I'll take some pictures and let him look at them. ”

”Sure, but you have to wait for me to get off duty. I have no time during the day.” Seven o'clock tonight, come over. ”

When she came out from the guard room, Yang Faang looked at Zhu Mingyi in shock.

”Are you crazy!?” Why don't we just move away? ”What are you doing in that house? Don't you know that the house is haunted?”

In the face of Yang Faang's scolding, Zhu Mingyi didn't want to explain too much either. He only said he was curious and went to Room 402 to take a look before leaving.

In fact, through chatting with Old Man Han, Zhu Mingyi had a vague answer in his heart, but it still needed further confirmation.

As night fell, Zhu Mingyi's family arrived at the appointed time. Old Man Han was already waiting outside the door with an impatient expression.

Old man Han was used to bored as a gatekeeper, so he finally found something to do, looking especially excited.

On the way up, Zhu Mingyi saw the entrance that Zhu Yang had mentioned two days ago, and thought of the little big brother that Zhu Yang had mentioned.

”Old Han, are there any boys upstairs?” Zhu Mingyi casually asked.

”Not now. There used to be a boy, about your daughter's age. ”