"Quick, close the door." The woman seemed to know that she looked quite scary, so she hurried into the room.
"Okay." Chen Ge did not lock the door, leaving a gap that was about the width of a finger. Before he entered the room, he was already considering his escape route.
Standing in the living room with his backpack, Chen Ge looked into the room. The woman was sitting on the edge of the bed, covered with a thin blanket. "The house is very messy, but I hope you don't mind. Feel free to take a seat."
The woman's house was not that messy, but there were many medicine bottles. Chen Ge picked one up to take a look. It was written in English, and he could only recognize a small part of it.
"Don't touch my things," the woman said in a low voice. She looked at Chen Ge, and there was a trace of uncertainty in her eyes. "What's inside your backpack? You don't look like you're here to buy a house. "
"Even though the backpack is old, all my belongings are inside it." Chen Ge said casually, "The location of your house is very good, but we need to discuss the price."
"My house has a lot of room for appreciation. If not for the fact that I'm in urgent need of money, I wouldn't sell it no matter what." The woman's skin was unhealthily white, and it gave off a strange feeling.
"Pardon me for asking, but what kind of illness do you have? You need to buy a house to raise money. "Chen Ge was not there to buy a house, so he started to fish for information.
"Cancer." The woman pointed at her face. "Long term chemotherapy, and all my hair and eyebrows have fallen out."
"I'm sorry." Chen Ge did not expect that answer.
"Now I just want to live for a few more days. At this stage of life, it's already too late to think about living for a few more days." The woman wanted to sell her house to extend her life. It sounded right, but there was something wrong with it.
"Let's talk about the price."
The woman made a big compromise. The price she offered was thirty percent lower than the market price for a house of the same type.
"If you agree, I can bring the documents with me to go through the relevant procedures tomorrow."
"It's not that I'm trying to take advantage of you, but the price you're offering is a bit on the high side." To put on a show, Chen Ge looked conflicted.
"This price is still high?"
"I sympathize with what you've been through, but this is a completely different matter. Before I came here, I asked around. Your house was haunted a few years ago, and that's why you haven't been able to sell it." Chen Ge patted his backpack. "I'm a brave man and I'm in need of money. That's why I'm selling your haunted house."
The woman knew that she was in the wrong, so she asked again, "How much are you going to pay?"
"A tenth of the market price. That's all I have."
"One-tenth?!" The woman was so angry that she laughed. "And you still say that you're not taking advantage of the situation?"
"After all, the house has been haunted. Buying a house is a lifelong dream. If not for the lack of money, I would not have bought a haunted house." Chen Ge had completely immersed himself in his role. There was a trace of hesitation in his eyes like he did not have the heart to see the woman's condition. "How about we both take a step back? I know you're buying this house to exchange for money to save your life. I can borrow from my friends and relatives, but your price is too high. I really cannot afford it."
Perhaps because the house had not been sold for a long time, the woman had lost all hope. She was silent for a long time. "One-tenth is too little. My bottom line is half of the market price. If you're willing, I'll ask the security company to help you with the paperwork tomorrow. If not, then forget it."
"Half …" Chen Ge lowered his head like he was troubled.
"Don't listen to other people's nonsense. Even the tenants here have not been injured before, so how could it be haunted?" The woman was half lying in bed. She sensed that Chen Ge had softened his tone, so she started to persuade him.
"Don't lie to me. The security guard told me personally that he saw a white shadow crawl into your house several years ago, and then the police arrived. You weren't home that night, so you might not know about these things. "Chen Ge followed the woman's lead and started to slowly ask for the information that he wanted to know.
"How could I not know about my own house?" The woman sighed, and there was a struggle at the bottom of her eyes. "Actually, I didn't want to bring that up. That white shadow is not a ghost."
"Not a ghost?" Chen Ge's heart skipped a beat. The whole thing might take an unexpected turn.
"Yes, that white shadow is my younger sister. She is a mental patient who was just rescued from a mental hospital." The woman's expression was pained, and she coughed several times. "When my sister was very young, she did something wrong. That was when her illness was discovered. After that, she was locked up in a mental hospital. She only came out about four or five years ago."
"Wrong? Is it that serious? "The information about the woman's sister matched the patient in Room 2. Chen Ge listened more seriously.
"Very serious. It was that incident that ruined her life." The woman felt sorry for her sister. "My sister's situation is quite unique. She is a patient who needs to be isolated for treatment. There is a certain degree of danger. If she is discovered by the police, she might be forcibly taken away and locked up in a mental hospital again."
"So, you hid her in your home?"
"After more than ten years of treatment, my sister has recovered very well." The woman's tone changed like this was a question that could not be denied. "How many decades are there in a person's life? She has suffered too much in the first half of her life. It is time for her to enjoy life and enjoy the happiness of being human. "
Chen Ge felt uncomfortable with the woman's words. "You hid your sister in your home, but you didn't expect her to run out to scare the neighbors. So, that is the truth behind the haunting?"
"Yes, the so-called haunting is just a story made up by those people."
"Then, where did your sister go? Now that you are so sick, why hasn't she come to take care of you? "
"I have no idea where she has gone. Ever since that night, I haven't seen her again." The woman sounded helpless. "She is my only family. Sometimes, I will go to Fang Hwa Apartments to visit, hoping that I will be able to find her."
"We are both in the same boat, so I understand your pain. If no one wants to buy it, you can keep it for me. I will go and raise the money tomorrow. " Chen Ge said that with sincerity, but he was thinking about temporarily calming the woman down. He needed to confirm something else.
"Okay, then I will see you tomorrow." The woman stopped the conversation. She seemed to be tired, and she leaned weakly against the headboard.
"See you tomorrow." Chen Ge picked up his backpack and left.
The moment the door of the apartment building closed, the expressions of the two people inside and outside the apartment changed.
Chen Ge stood where he was and typed the few English words that he had memorized from the bottle into his phone.
"Just as I predicted, there is a big problem with this woman. The medicine in her room has nothing to do with treating cancer. Most of them are for healing and preventing allergies."
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