"What you think about in the day, you dream about at night. That's very normal." Lee Zheng knew Chen Ge quite well. From how he saw it, with Chen Ge's personality, he would not have done something like hiding under the bed.
"I know you don't believe me, but it really wasn't a dream." Gu Ming lowered his voice, and his tone was strange. "Have you ever thought about what your reflection is doing when you stand before the mirror to wash your face? Is he lowering his head to wash his face, or is he still standing in the mirror, looking down at you from top to bottom? Have you ever encountered a situation where someone asked you to borrow something from inside the toilet cubicle, but when you came out, you were actually alone inside the toilet? Have you ever realized that when you call the people closest to you, they will say that there is a lot of noise in your room like there are many things standing next to you? "
Gu Ming's hands gripped the mattress tighter and tighter. "I've experienced all of that before."
"I think it's better for me to call the doctor in." Lee Zheng was an atheist. He had studied basic criminal psychology and abnormal psychology at the police academy. From his perspective, if Gu Ming was not lying, then there had to be something wrong with his brain. He might be suffering from paranoia.
"Before the doctor comes in, can you listen to me tell you a few stories?" Gu Ming leaned his head toward Chen Ge. "It's about him and me."
"Do you two look that close?" Lee Zheng nodded in agreement.
"After leaving Jiang Long's home, I ran for half an hour in a panic before I took a big detour back to my home.
At the time, I was renting a house. The landlady was an old lady. She lived on the first floor, and we lived on the second floor. The third floor was a storage room.
"When I returned, it was already very late. After I entered the stairwell, the old lady's cat kept meowing. It was not the usual cute meowing — it was short, sharp, and very scary.
"Perhaps she was woken up by the cat's meowing. After a while, the old lady opened the door and said something to me.
"Be careful when you walk. Why are you running around at night instead of sleeping?" Gu Ming could not forget the old lady's expression at the time.
"I quickly apologized to the old lady. When I reached the second floor, I realized that something was wrong. I turned back to look, and I was alone in the dark corridor. Why would the old lady say 'you guys'?"
"At the time, I felt a chill run down my spine. I ran to the door to look for the key, but the more anxious I was, the less I could find it. Then, something strange happened."
"There is a thumping sound coming from the storeroom on the third floor. It sounds like a ball-shaped object is rolling on the floor."
"When I moved in, the old lady told me that the third floor was empty and used to store junk. I once asked her the reason, and she said that her son's family used to live on the third floor. Later, the three of them got into a car accident. Although the third floor was vacant, the old lady didn't want to rent it out. She wanted to keep it as a memento for herself. "
"The third floor, which has never been occupied, made a sound. I did not dare stay in the stairwell for too long. I searched for the key in my jacket pocket, but then the sound stopped."
"Out of curiosity, I looked up the stairs. There was a pair of grey feet at the corner of the third floor. Due to the angle, I could only see the pair of feet."
"I was scared out of my wits. I opened the door as fast as I could."
"Entering the room, I was still unsettled. I closed the front door, and when I was about to close the inner door, my curiosity got the best of me. I wanted to see the owner of the pair of grey feet."
"Leaning against the gap of the door, I adjusted the angle and slowly squatted down. My eyes moved upward, and I saw another pair of grey legs. Just as I was about to move upward, a child's head suddenly appeared in my sight!
"Its posture was very strange. The legs were straight, but the head was tilted so that it was almost touching the soles of its feet. This is not something a normal person can do.
"I slammed the door shut, and then I remembered to turn on the lights in the living room.
"I knew the approximate location of the switch. My hand moved in that direction, and when I touched the switch, I felt like I was touching something. It felt like a living person's skin. I felt like I was touching a stranger's finger in my own home."
"Pressing the switch, the light shone on me, and it gave me a sense of security that I hadn't felt in a long time. I started to call my wife's name, but there was no reply.
"I was so afraid that I turned on all the lights in the room. Finally, I found a note left behind by my wife next to the phone in the living room.
"She said that my father-in-law was seriously ill, and the doctor had told her to go to the hospital. The food was in the fridge, and she told me to heat it up for myself when I returned.
"My wife was not home, so I put the note away and looked at my own hand. Earlier, I had indeed touched another person's hand. Now, other than myself, there was someone else in this room.
"I did not dare go to sleep. I checked all the possible hiding places in the room, but there was nothing. I tried to call my wife, but no one answered.
"I was so afraid. I turned on the television and purposely turned up the volume. Then I made myself a few cups of thick coffee. I planned to stay in the living room for the night and move out of this old house the next morning.
"I did not have the heart to watch the show. When the drowsiness came, I kept drinking the coffee.
"Finally, when the sun rose, I could not hold it in anymore, so I went to the toilet.
"After that, I stood before the sink and wanted to wash my face with cold water. I turned on the faucet, and looking at the water, I felt strangely nervous. It felt like someone was watching me.
"I suspected that the stranger who followed me into the house was hiding in the toilet. I glanced around the toilet, but there was no place to hide.
"Straightening my back, I looked at my hunched and haggard self in the mirror and shook my head. I made up my mind to move after the sun rose and find a place with more people.
"Putting down the towel, I felt like something was wrong. Before I could think about it, the phone in the living room rang.
"I was shocked and hurried to answer it. It was my wife's voice on the other end of the line.
"By then, the sky was no longer completely dark. My wife said that she had called me many times, but no one answered. She was very worried.
"Speaking of that, I felt uneasy. Last night, I was the one who called her many times, but she was the one who did not answer.
"I glanced at the line subconsciously. Just as I was about to tell her about this, she suddenly asked me why there was someone else in the room. She heard someone talking on my side, and the voice was very similar to my father-in-law's. It sounded like he was saying, 'Behind, behind …'
"I quickly turned to look behind me, but there was no one behind me. Further away, I could only see my reflection in the mirror facing me. He was holding a phone in his hand, and his actions were exactly the same as mine.
"The sun was about to rise. I told my wife to take care of my father-in-law. After hanging up, I sat back down, but the more I thought about it, the more I felt like something was wrong.
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