The young man next to the girl poked her with his finger awkwardly, and whispered in a voice that he thought only the two of them could hear: "Don't talk nonsense, it will be embarrassing if you guess wrong."
The girl glanced at her boyfriend secretly and replied in what she thought was a very quiet voice: "Then I'll ask again."
The young man's eyes widened: "How dare you ask?"
Girl: "But I'm curious, that's the eighth floor, the legendary eighth floor."
“…” The young man compromised, “Okay, then ask.”
pungent:"… "
What if I'm deaf
The girl once again cast her curious eyes on Xin: "Ahem, handsome guy, you..."
"It's not what you think," Xin interrupted the girl before she could say more, "I'm not. My profession is a sleep tester."
After these words were spoken, the expressions of the girl and the young man became even more subtle.
The girl leaned over to the young man and whispered in his ear: "Sure enough, I told you. How could such a pretty face become a lost youth? What a pity."
pungent:"."
God damn, this is a young man who has gone astray!
I am not, I don’t have it, and if I don’t have it, I don’t have it.
"Ahem," Xin decided to save his face, "My profession is quite special."
The girl's eyes were gentle and encouraging: "It doesn't matter. There are thousands of professions, and there are only different ways to make money. There is no distinction between noble and humble."
"…" Xin swallowed his saliva, "I'm a haunted house sleep tester."
As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions on the girl's and the young man's faces froze.
The two of them looked at each other in fear at first. When the girl turned her head again, her eyes were already filled with excitement and agitation: "Haunted house sleep tester? On the eighth floor? Did you sleep in room 802 by yourself last night?!"
Xin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded calmly.
Phew, I finally explained my profession clearly. It was so difficult.
The girl looked Xin up and down with great interest, then gently pointed at the man in black and asked, "Are you guys together?"
"Uh," Xin glanced at the man in black, "Actually, he and I don't know each other. We just happened to be waiting for the same elevator."
"So you really slept in that haunted house all night last night?!" The elevator slowly stopped on the first floor. The elevator door opened and the girl quickly pulled the young man to catch up with Xin. "You are so brave. It turns out there is such a profession as a haunted house sleep tester in the world. I was really enlightened today."
Xin glanced at the girl: "."
My dear sister, do you have a relative named Hongyue
The young man probably felt offended, so he tugged at the girl's sleeve and tried to pull her away.
The girl walked away while muttering, "Wait a minute, let me ask you again. Hasn't your family been worried about how to sell that house? Maybe it will work if we try it out?"
Young man: "What's the use? I've looked for it before, but it's useless. They're all scams. How dare you believe this?"
Girl: "Then try again. Look at this person. He stayed in 802 for a whole night. There must be something wrong."
These words seemed to have touched the young man, who stopped and hesitantly glanced at Xin who was not far behind him.
But when he looked at Xin's overly young face, he shook his head, "Too young, maybe he's just lying."
While the two were talking, a figure suddenly flew past them in a hurry, causing the surrounding flowers and plants to fly up.
The flying shadow walked straight to the young man and asked, "Brother, how was your night?"
The person who came was none other than Xia Chi.
Xia Chi's duty hours are from 8 pm to 2 am. After 2 o'clock, he rested for a few hours and then waited outside the building. When he saw Xin, he felt like he had seen his own child and ran up excitedly.
Xia Chi: "Brother, I was so scared last night when I was patrolling the neighborhood. After midnight, I vaguely saw a translucent and glowing white shadow swooping out from the flowers."
"You can say he's a human, but he still walks on all fours like a dog. But you can say he's a dog, but he still has the facial features of a human."
"My body is still translucent," Xia Chi shuddered, "Did I meet a ghost last night?"
Xin: "The one you met should be Chen Ping's ghost."
Xia Chi: "Chen Ping? Who is that?"
Xin: "It's the haunted house I went to last night, room 802. The person who committed suicide was named Chen Ping, a college student."
Xia Chi shuddered again: "Then... why did he run to... this community?"
"I asked him to leave the haunted house. He wanted to leave, but was trapped inside." Xin patted Xia Chi's shoulder. "It's a long story. Let's talk while we walk."
Xia Chi nodded seriously: "Okay, let's go."
"Please wait a moment!" The two walked for a few minutes and were suddenly stopped by a voice. They turned around and saw the couple in the elevator chasing them breathlessly. The girl asked tentatively, "Can you really see ghosts? Can you really exorcise ghosts?"
Xia Chi looked at the two men warily: "Who are you?"
The young man was still a little hesitant, but the girl introduced herself confidently: "We are also residents of this building, living on the 16th floor. I go to the same school as Chen Ping, whom you just mentioned."
"He's my boyfriend," the girl pointed to the shy young man next to her, "We just heard your conversation. Um... did you really see Chen Ping's ghost?"
Xia Chi: "Yeah, what do you want to talk to us about?"
The girl turned her head and glanced at the young man. She poked him on the waist before the young man hesitantly spoke, "It's like this. We have a house."
"My grandparents used to live there, but after they passed away, the house became vacant. Half a year ago, my parents wanted to sell the house, but since then, strange things have happened to the old house one after another."
"We also consulted a Feng Shui master, but there was no improvement."
He licked his lips nervously: "Can you do it?"
Xin: "I want to ask, if I go, what do you want me to do?"
Young man: "Well... I just want to make that house normal and stop those weird things from happening. Now that house can't be sold at all, and my parents are worried."
"I can help you check what's going on now," Xin didn't dare to agree to the couple easily. If the system issued a task at night, he would not have time to look at the old house they mentioned. "Do you need it?"
The girl and the young man looked at each other, and the girl asked cautiously, "Now? Um, how much does it cost? Is it expensive?"
Xin hesitated for two seconds.
If it is free, not spending any money will make the two people wary and fearful.
But what’s the right price to ask
The escape system solved Xin's urgent problem in time: Mr. Xin, sleep tester is a very scarce and extremely dangerous profession, so we charge an hourly wage of 300 yuan per hour.
Xin looked at the two of them and said, "My working hours are at night. During the day, I just go to check the danger level of the haunted house to determine the nighttime charging standard. If you go to check it out now, you will only be charged 100 yuan for the bus fare. If you need to hire me, my average hourly wage is 300 yuan per hour."
The young man and the girl looked at each other, and finally the girl spoke up: "Okay, let's go and take a look first. One dollar, right? I'll transfer the money to you via my phone."
Xin was stunned: "Uh, I don't have a phone."
As soon as he finished speaking, a mobile phone was immediately held out from the side, and the payment code was considerately opened: "Just send it here."
Xin glanced at Xia Chi with a complicated expression: "."
Why do you have a cell phone and I don’t
The girl looked at Xia Chi, and finally turned a questioning look to Xin.
So, give... or not
Xin: "Well, let's go to the place you mentioned first and then pay."
Girl: “Okay.”
Xia Chi silently took back his phone, even looking a little aggrieved.
My little money.
The young man and the girl called a taxi and went to their destination.
Because this was a copy they had never been to before, Xin and Xia Chi looked out the window curiously.
The buildings where they landed yesterday were very new and the transportation was very convenient. In addition, economic areas such as shopping malls were also very developed. It was obviously the city center.
To put it simply, it means being very rich.
As the taxi drove, they gradually left the city center. After passing a complicated overpass, the surrounding buildings became noticeably older.
The young man was a little shy and didn't like to talk much, so the girl started to warm up the atmosphere in the car, "His grandfather has lived here for many years. Even though it's old and small now, it used to be in a very good location."
"His grandfather is a very nice person. I came to see him before and he was very kind. He must have been a handsome man when he was young."
Xin asked doubtfully, "Grandpa? What about grandma?"
The taxi was a five-seater. The girl sat in the front passenger seat, and the three grown men sat in the back seat.
The girl was stunned when she heard Xin's question, and turned her head to look at the young man by the car door: "I can't tell you the details, I have to let him tell me himself."
The young man scratched the seat cushion with his fingers in confusion, touched his nose and said hesitantly: "Can we talk about it after we get off the car? Let me think about how to start first."
Xin: "Okay."
The taxi drove for about 20 minutes and finally stopped at the entrance of a dilapidated alley according to the navigation. "Boss, I can only take you here. I can't drive the rest of the way. You can walk the rest by yourselves."
The young man and the girl were used to it, so they paid the money and got off the bus.
The houses here have a long history. The houses here are not the high-rise buildings commonly seen in cities, but the five-story staircase houses that were very popular and common in the past.
The houses were lined up one after another, and the outer walls had almost all fallen off, revealing the black red bricks inside.
The alley is so narrow that taxis can't get in at all.
The alley is also very dark. Looking from here, it is pitch black, with a look of decay and dilapidation after years of baptism.
Xia Chi stood on tiptoe and took a look into the dark alley: "This should be considered a dangerous building, right? Will anyone still buy a house here?"
"Although the houses here are old, the construction technology was good in the past. Look at the exposed bricks, they are all solid black red bricks, very solid. And in our city, it's good to have a place to live. The quality is good and the price is cheap, so of course people will buy it. Don't be fooled by the empty place during the day, that's because the office workers have gone to work. There are more people here at night."
The girl looked at Xin and Xia Chi and asked, "You two are from other places, right?"
Xia Chi: "Yes, not from here."
Girl: “No wonder.”
She shook the young man's arm: "Hey, this is your home, tell them what's going on."
"Didn't you ask me where my grandma went in the car just now?" The young man nodded and said after arranging his words, "In the fifth year of my grandma and grandpa's marriage, my grandma went to the countryside to teach and there has been no news since then. My mother was only three years old at the time. My grandpa worked for others while taking care of my mother. He raised my mother all by himself."
"Everyone said my grandma was dead. Even the relevant departments cancelled her household registration. Some people saw that my grandpa was having a hard time and advised him to remarry. But my grandpa was very stubborn and believed that he wanted to see her alive or dead. As long as he didn't see her body, she would still be alive."
"This house was built more than 50 years ago. Later, when my mother married my father, she wanted my grandfather to move out. But my grandfather refused and insisted on staying here and waiting for my grandmother to come back. The old lady was stubborn and my mother had no choice but to come back to see her more often."
"My grandfather passed away more than two years ago, and nothing happened before. After all, this place is my mother's childhood memory, and she often comes to take care of it. But since my mother brought the agent and the buyer to see the house half a year ago, something suddenly went wrong with the room."
The young man seemed to recall something horrible. His shoulders shuddered uncontrollably, and his eyes were filled with fear. “Sometimes blood seeped out of the wall, sometimes the lights turned on and off for no reason, and sometimes a figure was printed on the drawn curtains.”
"But there's no one living here, so how could the lights turn on and off by themselves in the middle of the night?!"
The young man's face turned pale as he spoke. He looked into the depths of the alley with resistance, "To be honest, I don't really want to go to that house. It always makes me feel creepy."
Girl: "What are you afraid of? He's your own grandpa, how can he harm you?"
Xin: "So you suspect it's his grandfather who's haunted?"
The girl crossed her hands and clenched her fists, looking at Xin with a twinkle in her eyes: "No need to think about it, it must be."
"Do you know what my first feeling was when I heard about this? Grandpa is so affectionate and romantic."
"When grandpa was alive, he waited for grandma all his life, but he never saw her come back until he died. He continued to wait for her after he died, and he was worried that when grandma came home, she would find that he was gone and that there were strangers living in the house, so he didn't let them sell the house and used ghost stories to scare away everyone so that he could keep the house."
"Although it looks a bit scary, it's very heartwarming."
The girl looked at the young man and said, "If you can have half the affection of your grandfather, I will be very grateful."
The young man was a little unconvinced, "I will definitely be more affectionate than my grandfather in the future, why are you so unconfident about me?"
"Come on," the girl rolled her eyes, "You like to watch videos of beautiful girls every day, and you have the nerve to mention the word 'affectionate' to me. If it were us, let alone me being missing for decades, even if I just died for a year, you would probably get married again."
"Tsk, by then, I will hold your urn every day and never let you rest in peace."
"Sorry to interrupt your show of affection," Xia Chi couldn't stand it anymore and even felt sick of it: "So are we still going to go in and take a look?"
The young man looked hesitantly at the dark alley where no one was, and after several seconds he nodded: "Then let's go in and take a look."
Xin: "Look, what do you want me to do? For example, if it is really your grandfather who caused these supernatural events, what do you want me to do? Drive him out like I did to Chen Ping?"
"No, no, no, of course not." The young man waved his hand. "If you can communicate with my grandfather, can you let him leave with peace of mind? I didn't really believe in supernatural things before, but now that I've seen it with my own eyes, I can't help but believe it."
Xin: "You want to chase him away and sell the house? If you are really filial, why don't you leave the house to your grandfather?"
The young man's face suddenly turned red, and he lowered his head, hesitating and embarrassed to speak.
The girl said calmly, "We are getting married soon, but we need to prepare a wedding house. You know how expensive it is in this city. We don't know when we can save enough for the down payment. We can't just rent a house forever, right? It's okay for us to suffer a little, but we will have children in the future. We can't let them suffer with us, right?"
"His father fell seriously ill two years ago and spent all the family savings. My parents are also from the countryside and don't have much money on hand. So we discussed selling this house, and with the money we saved in the past two years, it is almost enough for the down payment."
Xia Chi: "So that's how it is. Well, every family has its own problems."
Xin: "Then I roughly know what to do, let's go."
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The young man and the girl walked in front to lead the way. They walked very slowly. Although it was daytime, the path was almost shrouded in darkness because of the old leaves around and the narrow alley.
The four of them walked a long distance inside and saw traces.
He wasn't the only one who saw it, others saw it too.
The pure white curtains just stayed there quietly.
The "person" behind the curtain remained motionless, seemingly staring at them.
The young man suddenly stiffened and stood motionless by the window.
"Ah ah." The girl screamed in fright. While screaming, she did not forget her weak and helpless boyfriend. She rushed forward, grabbed the young man's wrist, and dragged him behind Xin.
Xia Chi also quietly hid behind Xin.
Even the s419 in his forehead screamed out in fright.
pungent:"… "
What evil things did I do in my previous life? Nothing can help me now.
They are all very good at beating monsters and zombies, so why are they so afraid of ghosts
Xia Chi poked Xin's shoulder and pointed at the human-shaped bulge on the curtain very considerately, "Brother, there is... there is a giaogiao, do you see it?"
Xin rolled his eyes secretly: “.”
I am not blind.
He looked back at Xia Chi meaningfully, and then slowly walked to the curtain amid everyone's trembling eyes.
Grab one corner of the curtain and pull it gently, and the curtain that was naturally hanging down will be pulled open.
Behind the curtain, there was nothing.
Just when everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the lights above their heads suddenly made a sharp "crackling" sound.
The next moment, there was a "snap" sound and the tungsten filament was burned off.
The originally bright room was instantly shrouded in darkness.
The girl and the young man were so frightened that they hugged each other and screamed, shaking all over.
Another gust of wind blew outside the window, and as the curtains were blown up and down, a human figure appeared on the curtains again.
"Ahh! It appears again!"
"Ahh, that's so scary!"
The girl and the young man screamed loudly. Unable to bear the shock any longer, they hid in the corner and squatted on the ground dejectedly.
Xin's expression changed slightly, and curiosity appeared in his eyes. He looked at the human-shaped traces thoughtfully and did not go over to lift the curtains.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the human-shaped traces this time were smaller than the previous ones.
This time, the human-shaped trace did not just stand there, but raised a hand and pointed above his head.
Xin glanced in the direction of the human-shaped trace's finger, then turned to ask the terrified young man behind him, "Hey, do you have any other rooms upstairs? I was just outside, right? Is there an attic upstairs?"
The young man spoke with a pale face, his voice intermittent and with an obvious tremor: "Yes, there is an attic. But my grandfather never let me go up there. He always scared me that there were man-eating monsters up there. And it was pitch black up there, with no lights, and it had been abandoned for a long time."
Xin Ti turned around and looked at the young man with his eyes twinkling with stars: "Speaking of which, I have wanted to ask you since just now, you seem to be very afraid of your grandfather. Are you afraid of his ghost or him? Why are you so scared?"
The young man leaned closer to the girl's arms and said, "I, I have been afraid of my grandpa since I was a child."
"He was very strict. When I was a kid, I was playful and wanted to sneak up to the attic to play, but my grandpa found me. He almost broke my leg." He swallowed hard, "I'm not exaggerating, he really almost broke my leg. I stayed in the hospital for more than ten days, had a cast and underwent surgery. Since then, I have a natural fear of my grandpa."
"I learned my lesson. I no longer dared to disobey my grandfather or go to the attic again. After that, my grandfather never got angry with me again, but I just can't forget that time he beat me with a stick."
"Where is the entrance to the attic?" Xin walked along the direction pointed by the shadow. He looked up at the entrance of the building as he walked. "Is it sealed?"
Young man: "Ah, yes, that's right. Not long after that, my grandfather sealed the entrance to the attic. I can't remember exactly where the entrance was, because the memory of that time was too vivid, and I have some selective amnesia. I only remember that I climbed up to the attic, but I forgot whether I entered the attic or where the attic entrance was."
Xin looked around the room. "Is there a ladder?"
The young man thought seriously with his numb head: "There is no ladder, but there are benches and a dining table that can be put together to form a platform."
Xin: "Then lend a hand."
The young man looked up with some fear: "But..."
Xin: "There is no but. Aren't you really curious about what's in the attic? Before, your grandfather wouldn't let you go. Now that your grandfather is gone, who can stop you? Besides, we are here now. You won't have many opportunities like this."
Xin completely aroused the young man's curiosity. He stood up shakily, holding on to the wall, and pointed to a room: "That's my grandfather's study. There are tables and chairs in it. Let's move them out."
Everyone worked together, and in just three to five minutes, they built a simple platform somewhere in the hall.
Xin glanced at the three people whose faces all had the expression "weak, helpless and afraid" written all over them, and said, "I'll go up and take a look."
There is no one who can fight, so it has to be me.
Xin jumped nimbly on the table and stool and stood steadily on the stool.
Xia Chi and the couple were not idle either. Although they didn't dare to go up, they could still do small things like holding the table.
Xin raised his arm slightly and reached the milky white ceiling.
He first tried knocking at a random place, and heard a dull "bang bang bang" sound, which was solid.
I subconsciously looked down at the figure on the curtain. The direction of the figure's finger did not move at all and was still pointing at this place.
He pondered for two seconds and moved to the next seat.
But this time, a different sound came from above my head.
"Dong, Dong, Dong" is a hollow sound.
Xia Chi said excitedly: "Brother, the sound is different, there really is something up there."
The young man immediately said, "I'll get you a hammer."
Having said that, before Xin could say anything, he quickly turned around and walked towards a room with ease.
The only people holding the table were Xia Chi and the girl.
After Xin found the place, he didn't mean to stop. He continued to knock on the ceiling seriously, testing all the places his hands could reach.
Just as he was about to knock on the next spot, there was a sudden shake under his feet.
He immediately straightened his legs and steadied himself to avoid falling.
"Brother, Xin!" Xia Chi shouted from below. Xin looked down and saw Xia Chi and the girl holding on to the table and chairs with great effort. The table and chairs they were holding on to were shaking like an earthquake, as if the two of them were shaking the chairs.
"Stop shaking." The girl blushed and glared at Xia Chi.
Xia Chi also had a constipated and nervous expression on his face, "I'm not the one shaking, are you the one crying thief?"
The girl's expression suddenly changed. "It's not you, nor is it me. Could it be..."
"Ah! There's a ghost!"
Her face turned pale and she screamed, but even so, she did not let go of the table and chair.
The shaking of the tables and chairs became more and more violent. The young man who heard the sound rushed out anxiously, with anxiety and concern on his face, and a hammer in his hand.
Rushing over quickly to hold the table, the young man handed over the hammer, "Here, hammer!"
Just when Xin's hand was about to touch the hammer, the table and chair shook more violently again. Because of the shaking, the young man's hand was shaken, and Xin's fingertips were about to touch the hammer, but they passed by the hammer in the next second.
His wrist turned flexibly in mid-air, and he grasped the hammer with his backhand like lightning.
Then he passed the hammer to the other hand without hesitation, found the right position and closed his eyes.
Xin swayed his body along with the bumps and swayings, but his movements did not stop for a moment.
He smashed it down with a hammer, "Get out of the way!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud "bang" and a hole was smashed on the top of his head, and cement, sand and gravel immediately scattered down.
Fortunately, there was a warning just now. Xia Chi quickly pulled the young man and the girl and barely avoided the falling construction debris.
After one hammer strike, Xin raised his arm again and struck again.
Xia Chi and his companions were still holding on to the tables and chairs, but no matter how they shook, it could not stop their determination to find out what was going on.
Perhaps realizing that it was useless, the shaking of the table gradually slowed down, and finally even stopped.
After three hammer strikes, Xin had smashed a hole above his head that was big enough for one person to pass through.