Chen Ge looked into the room through the gap. Even with his Yin Yang Vision, he could not see clearly.
He perked up his ears to listen, and there was no sound inside the room. The whole building was eerily quiet.
"This is such a strange feeling."
There were bowls of white rice placed inside an empty building. Anyone would feel uncomfortable looking at it.
"This building does not appear to be prepared for the living." Chen Ge pulled his gaze back. He had seen a lot of things, and he speculated based on his experience.
"If it's not prepared for the living, then why would it be prepared for the dead?" Xiao Sun held the back of his waist. He moved to stand between Wen Qing and Chen Ge. He would occasionally turn to look in another direction like something scary would crawl out from that direction at any moment.
"If there's a house in the living, then there's a house in the dead. It's not that strange to prepare a place for the dead." Chen Ge turned to Wen Qing. "We are currently at Jiu Hong Apartments. In your memory, is there any difference between Jiu Hong Apartments and Jin Hwa Apartments?"
"There's no difference. Jin Hwa Apartments was built a few years later than Jiu Hong Apartments. That's all," Wen Qing said.
"Think about it carefully. Don't miss anything." The problem at Jiu Hong Apartments was obviously bigger than Jin Hwa Apartments. Even though Jin Hwa Apartments was dangerous, at least there were people there. The buildings at Jiu Hong Apartments were basically dead silent.
"Jiu Hong Apartments is the earliest residential area in the old city. The buildings are very old, and the buildings themselves often have problems. Now, there are barely any tenants. Normally, I don't bring people there to look at the buildings."
"The buildings themselves often have problems?"
"Leaks, bad lighting, noise, and so on."
"There aren't that many tenants left, so why would there be noise?" Chen Ge's question rendered Wen Qing speechless.
"This … our company is not too sure. At the time, the boss went to investigate, but he could not find the source of the noise, and then the case was dropped."
"Your company sure is brave. I wonder if you even do business with the dead." Chen Ge had been to Jiu Hong Apartments in real life. Even during the day, the place was eerie and creepy.
"Don't joke about this. We are a legitimate agency." Wen Qing's face was pale. She seemed to be suddenly reminded of something. "The first batch of tenants at Jiu Hong Apartments have all moved away. The company has no idea why, but many of them left without saying goodbye. We are unable to contact them at all, so most of the apartments at Jiu Hong Apartments are still empty. The lack of tenants is also related to this."
"Didn't those householders come back?"
"No, many of them left overnight. They didn't even bring their furniture with them."
"Do you think they're moving?" Chen Ge was speechless.
"Once these strange things get out, who would dare to rent their house? At the very least, I definitely won't! "Xiao Sun covered his back. He was one of the victims.
"Now, I'm a little interested in the boss of your agency. What kind of person would dare to take over Jin Hwa Apartments and Jiu Hong Apartments? I remember your company's name is Jiu Hong Agency. Is he related to Jiu Hong Apartments in some way? "Chen Ge wanted to get to the bottom of this before he started his exploration.
"Our boss is very powerful. His surname is Jiang, and he has many properties. Not only in Jiujiang, but also in Xin Hai. Jiu Hong Agency was founded by him a long time ago, and it has been left to its own devices. Unless the company is about to collapse, he will invest a sum of money into it. "According to Wen Qing, their boss was a very powerful person.
"Jiu Hong Agency has been losing money, so why does he insist on maintaining this place? Does he know some kind of secret? "Chen Ge turned to Wen Qing." What is your boss's name? "
"Jiang Jiu. He is also one of the biggest shareholders of Eastern Jiujiang's futuristic theme park. He has worked with many companies."
"Jiang Jiu?" When he heard this name, Chen Ge finally understood. The so-called Jiu Hong Housing Agency was a conspiracy concocted by Jiang Jiu and the ghost fetus. Over the past ten years, they had probably been sifting through the tenants and arranging a portion of the tenants to stay in fixed rooms.
If that was the case, perhaps the boss of Jin Hwa Apartments was also related to the ghost fetus, and the landlord had slowly become sickly under the influence of the ghost fetus.
"Boss Jiang is a very kind person. It was him who asked me to work here and helped me find a place to stay so that I could have my own home." Wen Qing had a good impression of Jiang Jiu, but she did not understand that all the gifts in life had already been set in stone.
Jiu Hong Apartments was prepared for Xiang Nuan. This place should be used to cultivate the child most suitable to become the ghost fetus.
"Is it also the ghost fetus' idea that the old fox built the futuristic theme park in Jiujiang? Or did he find out some secret from the ghost fetus, and that's why he wanted to build a theme park in Jiujiang? " Chen Ge had already memorized Jiang Jiu's name in his heart. He did not plan to do anything to Jiang Jiu. He merely wanted to befriend Jiang Jiu after he left this door. "Since the man is willing to work with the ghost fetus, then there is a chance that he might be willing to work with me. No matter what, I have to try to get him to listen to his opinion. "
After getting to the bottom of all this, Chen Ge had a new understanding of this residential area. Xiang Nuan was different from other children, at least that was how the ghost fetus saw him.
"We've stayed here long enough. Let's prepare to go upstairs."
There were no locks installed on the stairs, but the black fog outside was unable to seep in. It felt like every building was protected by some kind of special power.
"There must be parts of the rag doll here as well."
Chen Ge led Wen Qing and Xiao Sun to the second floor. This floor looked even more dilapidated. The ground was littered with paper money, and there was a white 'fu' stuck at the corner of the stairs.
"It doesn't look like every family is holding a funeral, so why is there a bowl of white rice placed at the door of each house? Who is this rice for? "
The chopsticks were stuck in the middle of the bowl of rice. They were perfectly aligned, and it was impossible to tell whether they were meant for the people inside the house or the people outside.
Compared to the first floor, other than the extra 'fu' in the staircase, there was not much difference. Even the scratch marks on the doors were similar.
For the sake of safety, Chen Ge still pushed on the doors one by one.
The doors of Jiu Hong Apartments were all made of wood. Some of the locks were already loose, and the gap between the door and the frame was very large.
From left to right, the rooms on the second floor were numbered 201 to 204.
When Chen Ge pushed on the door of Room 201, he did not feel anything, but when he pushed on the door of Room 203, he noticed that something was wrong.
When he pushed on the door, the door did not budge at all, but when he stopped pushing for a while, the door would vibrate slightly.
It was like when he pushed on the door, there was also someone pushing against the door. After he left, the person behind the door slowly released the force.
Taking out the hammer from his backpack, Chen Ge reached for the doorknob of Room 204.
The door was very old. The surface was covered in muddy handprints and not-so-obvious scratch marks. There was a gap of about two centimeters between the bottom of the door and the ground. The door was very loose like it was going to be hard to close.
"Don't come over yet. Keep an eye on the staircase. Don't let anyone cut off our escape."
After Chen Ge said that, he slowly walked to the side of the door. He reached out to push the bowl on the ground to the side. When he was halfway there, he suddenly knelt on the ground and looked through the gap at the bottom of the door!
The eyes filled with white flashed, and the black hair disappeared through the gap.
"Someone's here!" Chen Ge could not tell whether it was a tenant or not. His instincts told him that it was not a person, and it was not even something made up from his memory.
"Big brother, can you please calm down?" Xiao Sun jumped up in fright. He pulled on the wound on his back, and he grimaced in pain.
"Shush, don't speak." Chen Ge stood up again. He took out the comic from his backpack and slowly tightened his grip on the hammer.
The employees had not woken up yet, but there was already a 'ghost' inside the building. This was the situation that he hated the most.
Da da da …
While Chen Ge was thinking, a strange sound came from the staircase. It sounded like a child running inside the building, but the sound soon disappeared.
"It should come from the top floor. Should we go and take a look?" Xiao Sun's face was filled with reluctance, but he still suggested it.
"Don't worry, we'll take it one step at a time. If the top floor is very dangerous, we won't even have a place to run. " Chen Ge did not choose to leave. He grabbed the doorknob and shook it several times. After realizing that the door would not open, he aimed at the lock and kicked!
"Bang!"
The door opened, but the person who had been leaning against the gap had disappeared.
"I didn't mean to offend you. Please forgive me." Chen Ge held the hammer and slowly walked into the room. "Be careful, don't touch the bowl of white rice next to it."
This was the first time that Chen Ge had entered Jiu Hong Apartments. The building was much smaller than Jin Hwa Apartments, and the interior was very dilapidated. It did not look like it was occupied at all.
"Chen Ge, look at this." Wen Qing pointed at the calendar behind the door. There were many crosses drawn on it with a red pen, and it looked very scary. "There is no year on the calendar, and most of it is missing, but a few of the dates are written …"
There was no light in the room. Wen Qing used her phone as a light source. When she leaned her face close to the calendar, she suddenly screamed.
"What's wrong?"
"There's … there's hair." Wen Qing's phone fell to the ground. The light shone on Chen Ge and Xiao Sun's faces, and the light turned their faces white.
"I'm sorry." Wen Qing apologized and quickly picked up the phone. However, for some reason, the scene earlier kept appearing in her mind. Chen Ge and Xiao Sun's faces were pale, and they stared at her standing at the door. "They seem to be the same kind of people …"
Xiao Sun did not pay attention to them because he was moving around the room, but Chen Ge heard what Wen Qing said. He looked at Wen Qing's shaking shoulders and did not go over.
"Be careful not to stray too far away from me. The three of us have to make sure that we appear in each other's sight at the same time." After Chen Ge said that, he started to look for clues in the living room. Xiao Sun entered the kitchen while Wen Qing leaned against the wall and slowly moved toward the bedroom.
The wooden bed was covered with a moldy mattress. There appeared to be something wrapped inside the mattress, and it was bulging.
The bed was leaning against the wall, and a white mosquito net hung from the four corners.
"I have a mosquito net at home as well. When Xiang Nuan first saw one, he refused to go in. He cried and made a fuss." Thinking of Xiang Nuan, Wen Qing's heart slowly calmed down. She entered the bedroom and opened the closet next to it.
There were several pieces of clothing that were badly eaten by insects hanging inside the old closet.
"I've never seen something like this before. Is it a cheongsam?" She reached her hand into the closet, wanting to take one out to take a closer look.
Her fingertips touched the dress. Wen Qing was about to pull it out when five fingers suddenly reached out from somewhere inside the closet to grab her hand!
Wen Qing's face instantly turned pale. Before she could even scream, the hand had already disappeared.
"Chen …" Wen Qing wanted to say something, but she suddenly realized that she could not open her mouth. She slowly lowered her head to look and saw a pair of pale hands strangling her neck.
A strange sound came from the closet that was only several centimeters away from Wen Qing. The clothes that were hanging together were slowly pushed aside. Black hair seeped out from the gaps between the clothes, and then a pale face slowly squeezed through the clothes and inched closer and closer.
Unable to speak, Wen Qing's body was slowly dragged toward the closet by the pair of hands. Wen Qing saw that in the pair of eyes that were filled with white, her face that was twisted with fear was reflected in it.
"Bang!"
Just as her body was about to be dragged into the closet, the closet door was slammed shut.
Her eyes flew open, and Wen Qing was given a fright. Only then did she realize that she was standing before the closet, and her hands were frozen in the position of holding the closet door.
"Are you okay?" Chen Ge dragged the hammer into the bedroom.
"I'm fine." Wen Qing shook her head. She could not tell if what she saw earlier was an illusion or something real. Ever since she entered the black fog, she had felt like something was wrong with her body. For example, it felt like she was the only one who could see the human heads in the black fog.
"You don't look like you're fine." Chen Ge pressed on Wen Qing's shoulders. "Don't hide anything. Tell me everything you know."
Many horror movies had similar scenes. Someone would feel something was wrong, but when they asked, they would not say anything. This was a big problem, and Chen Ge would not allow something like that to happen to him.
Therefore, once he noticed something strange, he had to get to the bottom of it.
With Chen Ge's insistence, Wen Qing finally told the truth. "Earlier, I felt like I opened the closet, and there was a pale face hiding inside. His eyes were completely white, and he squeezed his way out from the clothes. He even used his hands to strangle me. I couldn't call for help."
"Only the whites of his eyes?" Chen Ge nodded.
"Do you have any clue?"
"No, I just think his way of scaring people is worth learning." Chen Ge turned to look at the closet next to him. "For now, I'll call him Cupboard Ghost. Is he still inside this closet?"
"Probably."
"How did you do it earlier?"
"I opened the door and reached my hand into the clothes, and he appeared."
Before Wen Qing finished, she saw Chen Ge open the closet and reach his hand into the clothes.
"Like this?"
"Yes."
"But why hasn't he come out yet?" Chen Ge rummaged through the clothes inside the closet. He did not find the Cupboard Ghost, but he did find something inside the pockets of the clothes.
He found several torn bedsheets, and they were covered in bloody words.
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