The wooden house was quiet. Chen Ge stood at the door for about ten seconds until Xu Yin's suppressed voice came from the recorder.
"So painful …"
The old man was probably still awake. When Xu Yin spoke, there was the sound of turning and the sound of the quilt being pulled.
The old man heard the movement outside the door, but he did not come out. Instead, he buried his head in the quilt.
"He must be very afraid now."
The door of the second wooden house was also locked from the outside. Chen Ge gripped the lock and slowly pushed, trying to see if he could push the door open.
However, the door only moved one centimeter inward before it was blocked by something.
He leaned against the gap and peered in. The second wooden house had all the daily necessities. There was a wooden bed, a wooden chair, a wooden table, and a closet without a door. Inside it hung a bunch of washed clothes that had turned white.
"Looks like he's been living here for a long time already." Chen Ge could not understand why the old man would stay at a house that had been the scene of a murder if he was so afraid. The weirdest thing was that he would go to the peach forest to dig up the soil at night.
Now was not the time to confront the old man. Chen Ge silently retreated and headed toward the third wooden house.
The rainy night was darker than usual, and there were no stars or moon.
Chen Ge did not switch on the lights. He walked slowly with Yin Yang Vision, and he soon arrived at the door of the third wooden house.
The third wooden house was the largest. There was a rusted lock on the door. Chen Ge pushed it lightly, but to his surprise, the lock was just a decoration.
Creak …
The door was pushed open, and the door of the third wooden house was locked from both inside and outside, so it was different from the other rooms.
With this comparison, Chen Ge was even more confused.
For a normal old house in the countryside, there would be a lock on the outside, and even if there was no lock on the inside, there would be a door bolt. That way, the door could be locked no matter whether it was inside or outside the house.
However, the first and second wooden houses were not like this. The inside of the door was bare, and there was nothing at all.
"It feels like the first and second wooden houses were used to house livestock. Locks were installed outside the door to prevent the livestock from opening the door and escaping."
Entering the third wooden house, this house was divided into two compartments. The inner compartment had a large bed, and the outer compartment had a wooden table and a very simple stove.
"Jiang Ling's parents should have died here."
Walking through the haunted house, Chen Ge did not feel any discomfort, perhaps he was already used to it.
He rummaged through the drawers and cabinets and found a lot of hemp ropes hanging on the walls of the inner room. He also found a whole set of carpenter's tools under the bed.
"The dust is thick, and the toolbox hasn't been opened for a long time. It's most likely the victim's belongings." Chen Ge put the box away and looked at the wooden huts. "Jiang Ling's father was a carpenter when he was alive? Did he build all these wooden houses himself? The locks of the first two rooms were also designed like that? "
Finding nothing else, Chen Ge walked to the last wooden hut.
This hut was located at the deepest part of the peach forest. It was not connected to the other three wooden huts and was built about ten meters away.
Chen Ge walked down the muddy path and circled around several peach trees before stopping outside the fourth wooden hut.
There were two locks on the wooden door, one was rusted and the other was brand new.
"The old man probably installed the new lock. What kind of secret is hidden inside this room?"
He walked around the wooden hut. The fourth wooden hut did not even have a window. It was completely sealed off.
Leaning through the gap, Chen Ge saw many nails and ropes hanging on the walls. The corners of the hut were covered in spider webs.
In the middle of the hut, there was something that looked like an ancient torture device. It was made from several wooden planks, and it was large enough to trap a person inside.
"So painful …"
Xu Yin's voice came from the recorder. It was different from the low voice earlier. He seemed to be warning Chen Ge that it was dangerous inside the hut.
"This is strange. The fourth wooden hut doesn't even have a bed, table, or chair. What is the purpose of this hut?"
Chen Ge took out the hammer, and after some consideration, he decided not to break down the wooden door. "I can't be too rough or else it will leave a bad impression."
The rain grew heavier, and occasionally, lightning flashed across the night sky.
Chen Ge did not find anything, so he returned to his own room. "Other than a bed, there is nothing else in this hut. It'll be hard to find something to block the door."
He was afraid that someone would sneak in when he was not paying attention, so he moved the wooden bed behind the door. "I'll leave it like this for now."
Using the backpack as a pillow and hugging Xiaoxiao, Chen Ge curled up and looked at the small window of the wooden hut.
The window was about the size of a basketball. Staying in this wooden hut felt like he was trapped inside a prison.
"I'll wait until dawn. If there's no accident, I'll go find the old man."
The rain outside the window grew heavier. The night wind howled, and the leaves rustled. It sounded like many small hands were slowly reaching around the wooden hut.
At 2 am, Chen Ge was looking through his phone when he heard the sound of a door opening.
The sound did not come from the old man's room; it was probably the door of the third wooden hut that had been opened.
"The old man did not leave the room. It was someone else who opened the door. Looks like the thing that he's been afraid of has finally appeared!"
Chen Ge took a deep breath and grabbed the quilt that was covered with spider webs. Ignoring the dirt, he covered himself with it, leaving only his eyes exposed.
He moved the wooden bed to the door. His feet stepped on the door, and his eyes looked at the window next to the wooden door.
The rain was still pouring, and he could hear something moving outside. The footsteps were messy, like there were several people huddled together.
"It's coming!"
The door next door was scratched by something. It sounded like many hands scratching at the rough wooden door at the same time. This lasted for more than a minute before Chen Ge suddenly heard a woman's voice coming from the old man's door.
"Save me, save me."
The woman was sobbing. From her voice, she should be quite young.
"Is this what the old man is afraid of?" Chen Ge's mind raced. The old man next door seemed to have expected this, so he pretended to be asleep and did not respond.
The strange sound from the door lasted for ten minutes before it disappeared. The messy footsteps came again, and this time, it stopped at Chen Ge's door.
The hair-raising scratching sound came from outside Chen Ge's door. The thing seemed to have discovered something. It pushed harder and harder, and the wooden door started to shake.
Curled up inside the quilt, Chen Ge could not help but feel lucky that he had moved the bed to the door.
The wooden door would not open, which was different from the monster's expectation. It scratched madly, and several seconds later, the sound of her crying came from outside the door.
"Save me, save me, save me!"
The door shook. Chen Ge reached into his backpack and gripped the hammer. He was prepared for the worst.
However, the monster only screamed a few times before it stopped. Even the scratching sound disappeared.
"I didn't hear any footsteps. She hasn't left yet! This cunning thing. "
Chen Ge lay in the quilt and did not move. He wanted to look out the window, but when his eyes swept to the window, he froze.
Outside the basketball-sized window was a woman's head. Her eyes were white, and the red spider silk in her mouth was tangled with her black hair.
"Save me, save me!"
The woman opened her mouth, and the red spider silk crawled into the room. Several hands grabbed the edge of the window.
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