Li Changan took a sip of instant noodles and stared at the computer screen without blinking.
Although we chose modern society, unfortunately modern society is not as beautiful as it should be.
To put it simply, Li Changan ran out of food. He originally had a job with a monthly salary of over 2,000, but unfortunately he had a conflict with his boss when he asked for leave to attend the old man's funeral. After traveling back through time, Li Changan discovered that although the time on both sides was out of sync, seven or eight days had passed since one month there. As time went by, the company was overdue.
As soon as he returned to the company, Li Changan was informed that he had been fired.
Misfortunes never come singly.
Just when Li Changan was estimating how long his meager savings could last, he received a call from his landlord.
"Xiao Li, aren't you asleep yet?"
Li Changan looked at the time, it was 20 o'clock sharp.
"You have something to say."
"Your phone has been unreachable the past few days, and I can't find you..." The landlord on the other end of the phone chattered for a while before saying what he really wanted to say, "In a few days, my son will get married."
"Huh? Oh, congratulations..."
"Thank you, I mean, my wife there doesn't want to live with the old man..."
"..."
"That wedding room..."
Well, Li Changan understood after hearing this. He had to move, and according to the landlord's wishes, he had to get out as soon as possible. Although he was a little caught off guard and angry, the rental contract was coming to an end. Li Changan had no intention of arguing with the other party and readily agreed.
But if this happens, Li Changan will have to find a new house and job as soon as possible.
He opened the website for renting a house and looked at the rental information one by one.
The price is expensive if the conditions are satisfactory.
The price is right and the condition is poor.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and a piece of rental information that had just been swiped appeared in front of him.
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The next day, afternoon.
Li Changan looked up at the large gilt characters on the door of the community.
"Chunhua Apartment."
"It should be right here."
He opened the message on his mobile phone and it read 14-4, Building 2, Chunhua Apartment.
This was the address where Li Changan saw the rental information last night. He was very satisfied with the house for rent in the information. It had three bedrooms and two living rooms, complete appliances, one deposit and one payment. The environment was good, the transportation was convenient, and the most important thing was that it was cheap. A little over a thousand yuan is almost a free pick.
Although Li Changan didn't believe that such a good thing would happen, he still tried his luck and made a call at that time.
The person on the phone agreed readily and said that he could view the house at any time, but there was a condition: the viewing must be during the day, preferably at 12 noon.
So, Li Changan had a bowl of instant noodles for lunch and took the bus to Chunhua Apartment.
This Chunhua Apartment is an old community. The unit buildings in the community are also buildings without elevators, and there is no sign on each building.
Li Changan was thinking about whether to call the landlord and ask him to come down and pick him up.
As soon as he took out his mobile phone, a sentence was inserted next to him.
"Young man, I'm here to rent a house."
Li Changan turned around and looked around. Next to him was a pavilion. In the pavilion, a group of adults and aunties gathered to play cards. An auntie who was watching the game spoke to Li Changan.
"You see so accurately. I came to see the house." Li Changan nodded, but he was a little curious, "How did you see it?"
"Hi, it's nothing. There are many people renting houses in this community." The aunt waved her hand and said it was no big deal, but her face was full of pride, "I see you looking around, I know you are probably looking for a house too. .”
"Young man, which house are you planning to rent? Let me show you the way."
"Thank you, aunt."
Hearing this, Li Changan quickly took out his phone, pointed at the screen and read.
"Building 2, 14-4."
He read out the address, but didn't hear a reply for a long time. He looked up in confusion, and was surprised to see that all the aunts and uncles in the pavilion were looking directly at him. The face of the aunt who was going to show Li Changan the way was even more tangled and weird. , she hesitated for a while, then said:
"Young man, this house is a bit..."
"You are Li Chang'an, Mr. Li." Halfway through her words, a man suddenly appeared next to her.
This man was as thin as a bamboo pole, with a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose. He introduced himself: "My surname is Liu. I am the one who called you on the phone last night. I have been waiting for you for a long time. Come on, come this way..."
The man hurriedly urged Li Changan away.
Li Changan followed with a smile, but he was wondering in his heart, looking at this posture, could there be something fishy about the house?
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Room 4-4 is at the end of the corridor on the 4th floor.
Its door is very old, and the paint has peeled off in many places, revealing patches of rust underneath. The ground in front of the door was also covered with dust. It seemed that this section of the corridor was deliberately avoided during cleaning.
"No one has lived there for a long time."
The man surnamed Liu said with a sneer, turned his head and muttered a few words softly, as if he was complaining about the property management.
Li Changan didn't take it seriously. He looked up at the door, where a mirror and a brush handle hung. This is a local custom used to ward off evil spirits when moving to a new home. Many elderly people still adhere to this habit.
only……
Li Changan's eyes fell back on the door.
Normally, most people would put the word "福" on them, but there was a statue of Zhong Kui on the door of room 4-4.
The man surnamed Liu saw Li Changan's face getting weirder and weirder, and quickly explained: "My father-in-law used to live in this house. As an old man, he is quite feudal and superstitious..."
As he spoke, he took out the key.
"Hurry in and look at the house."
Go ahead, he inserted the key and knocked on the door a few times before opening it. As soon as the door is opened, a musty smell goes straight into one's nose.
"It's been unoccupied for too long. It'll be good if it's ventilated."
The man surnamed Liu turned around to explain and took the lead into the room.
Li Changan did not follow immediately. He stopped in front of the door and glanced around the room.
No wonder it's so cheap, it turns out the house is full of "dirty stuff".
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"My house is large in size and well decorated... If I wasn't in such a hurry for money, how could I rent it out so cheaply?"
As soon as the man surnamed Liu entered the house, he kept selling melons to Wang Po. Little did he know that Li Changan's attention was not focused on him at all.
He kept looking around the house. There might be a dozen ghosts hiding in a small room.
The one in the corner on the left has a black ring around its neck and a long hanging tongue. It should be a hanged man.
The one on the right next to the TV is swollen and pale, looking like a water stick.
The person following Landlady Liu was walking around behind him. His waist and abdomen were covered in blood and flesh, and his intestines and liver were vaguely visible. He might have been run over by a truck.
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The world has never seen so many ghosts crowded into one room.
Li Changan looked at it as a novelty. Those ghosts didn't expect that there was an ability called "Tongyou". They just thought that Li Changan's eyes kept rolling around as he was looking at the house.
After a while, the water stick huddled next to the TV said hello.
Several ghosts gathered towards him, forming a small circle and whispering to each other. Li Changan pulled a chair and sat next to them, crossed his legs, and listened openly.
"How can we scare these two living people this time?"
"This time, use 'ghost to cover your eyes'."
"Is it...useful?"
"Why is it useless? There are a few people in the city today who have seen real darkness. When the time comes, they suddenly cover their eyes, and they can't see their hands and fingers in front of their eyes. The guardian is so scared that they pee."
"Who should I scare first?"
"Then kill the bamboo pole." The Hanged Man decided, "Make him more miserable this time, so that he won't have to take people to our house if nothing happens."
The man surnamed Liu, who had no idea about his next fate, finally stopped talking.
"Mr. Li, if you miss the quality of my house, you won't be able to find another one in the whole of China."
He patted his chest and vowed, but Li Changan was noncommittal. Indeed, it is rare to find another house with so many ghosts in it, let alone in China or the world.
"What do you think?"
Li Changan smiled and didn't answer, but pointed in the direction of the living room window.
The man surnamed Liu thought Li Changan had discovered some damage, so he quickly looked over, but at one glance, he broke out in cold sweat.
There is a large window on the sunny side of the living room. When the two of them entered the house, they opened the window to let in some air. But now, the window is closing by itself little by little, and the curtains are also being drawn by themselves.
Finally, the thick curtains came down to block the sunlight outside.
"It's... it's windy outside... it's strong, and the windows... the curtains are broken." The man surnamed Liu was shaking all over, and he was trembling even as he spoke, "I... we'd better go... go outside …”
"boom."
The door to the room that the man surnamed Liu had kept open suddenly closed.
His face suddenly turned pale.
"Li...ah!"
He wanted to say something again, but Shui Da Bang was already hiding behind him, covering his eyes, and his words turned into a scream.
His pants became wet at a speed that was visible to the naked eye. His body softened and he was already spread out on the ground. He was suddenly stunned by the shock.
The ghosts in the room suddenly cheered. The water stick raised his hand to signal for silence, and then winked at Li Changan.
The hanged ghost who had been guarding Li Changan for a long time received the order. It seemed scary for the first time, very nervous, and like a living person. It took a deep breath and swayed its long tongue in front of its chest.
It stretched out its hands and walked around to Li Changan's left side.
Li Changan turned to look at it, with a half-smile on his face.
It froze for a moment, took another breath, and moved to the right.
Li Changan's eyes also followed to the right.
It blinked and hesitantly moved back to the left. This time Li Changan's eyes didn't follow him, and it breathed a sigh of relief.
It almost thought the man in front of it could see it!
It swung its long tongue a few times, then bravely stretched its hand towards Li Changan's eyes.
But suddenly.
On the contrary, its vision went dark at first.
A fist as big as a casserole was imprinted on the center of its basin.
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"Pah! Pah!"
The burning pain on his face woke Liu Zhugan up.
He opened his eyes in confusion, and the first thing he saw was Li Changan with a smile on his face.
"Mr. Li?" He looked confused, "Are you dead too?"
"You're not awake yet?" Li Changan's face darkened, and he raised his hand to strike twice more.
Liu Zhugan quickly protected his thin face and shouted repeatedly: "Wake up! Wake up!"
At this time, he finally noticed that he was on the corridor, and the gate of 4-4 was not far behind him.
He shivered and suddenly felt his lower body was chilly.
"Mr. Li, that ghost..."
"What the hell?" Li Changan interrupted him with a smile and said without blinking, "You suddenly fainted just now. I wanted to send you to the hospital, but I didn't expect you to wake up as soon as I dragged you out."
drag? He must have used the word "drag" just now!
Before Liu Zhugan could think about it, Li Changan continued:
"What kind of ghosts are there in broad daylight? But your situation is also dangerous. You suddenly fainted. It's either a heart attack or a cerebral hemorrhage. You are so young..."
Li Changan shook his head and sighed, and then asked the lost Liu Zhugan.
"Have you brought anything?"
"What?"
"The rental contract." Li Changan patted him on the shoulder, "Your house is nice, I'll rent it!"
