Chapter 062
I thought about it silently and felt that this lame man should be a person. Because when we first discovered his presence in the old house, the human-faced tree in the yard had just subsided. I have experienced the power of the human-faced tree. If he was a ghost, we would have realized it immediately. And Tintin also said at that time that there was nothing unclean in the house.
However, I feel that my guess is too general, because on the night of the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, the yard and the streets were full of ghosts, but the human-faced tree had no effect at all. I don’t know if it was because my mother had done something in advance, or because of the so-called formation that Tintin had set up before.
But the second time I met him in the wasteland, I felt that he looked much older than in the photo, almost like Mrs. Jiu, so from this point of view, he should be old. It's just that he didn't seem to live a comfortable life these years.
But if he is really a person, then the problem arises.
In the story about Mrs. Jiu that Ding Ding told me at the beginning, his father was killed by a fierce ghost that Mrs. Jiu was unable to subdue at the time. And he himself said that when he was a child, he saw his father's soul come back during the Ghost Festival.
The man's situation is almost the same as Tintin's description. If he is really Tintin's father, why did Tintin tell me such a bizarre story? What is his purpose? Why did he hide the fact that his father is still alive for so many years?
On the other hand, even Lin Tian’s mother’s statements were strangely consistent. They all insisted that Ding Ding’s father was no longer in this world.
I guessed in my mind that maybe there were two people who looked exactly the same, maybe they were brothers, but then I thought it was impossible for both of them to break their legs at the same time, so the possibility of this idea was very small, so small that even I felt it was untenable .
I thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out. If I want to know about these things, I can only ask the living people. For example, Lin Tian's parents, Mrs. Jiu has no hope, and I don't even know whether she is alive or dead.
In addition, the neighbors nearby all said in unison that they had never existed, as if they had disappeared from this world out of thin air, and I had no idea where to find her.
I stared at the photo for a long time, and finally I could only sigh and save it. Then I turned to Lu Yao and said, it's late now, why don't we put the luggage at my house first, and then go out to eat, otherwise it will be too noisy when we come back at night and disturb the neighbors.
Lu Yao nodded, smiled and said okay.
We didn't say anything and got into our cars. I led the way and she followed behind. After a while, we arrived downstairs of my rental house.
The alley had become deserted. I got out of the car and looked upstairs. It felt like although the time since I last left was very short, these few days alone felt like a lifetime.
When we left, the door lock had not been repaired yet, so we just left the door ajar, and we don't know if anything was missing.
Lu Yao was carrying her small bag of things, as if she was going on a trip, which seemed very light, completely different from me who was carrying large and small bags.
It took me a lot of effort to carry all these things upstairs. After all, my house is on the sixth floor, and I don't want to run up and down several times. But I almost collapsed from exhaustion after just reaching the third floor. Carrying so many things, I almost fell down from the upstairs several times. This is really not something a human should do...
Lu Yao walked behind me, occasionally reaching out to push me and urging me , "Why are you so stupid? You are so slow even when going up the stairs."
I was so tired that I was out of breath. I hurriedly said, "Sister, if you don't want to help me, it's fine, but please stop making sarcastic remarks. This is what we call talking without any pain in the waist."
Lu Yao chuckled but still refused to help me. I guess he knew he was tired but he couldn't help but make a few jokes.
We finally got to the sixth floor. I turned around and found that the door was still closed. I couldn't help but say, "Luckily, it's lucky," and I guess there was no thief.
But just as I was about to walk to the door, the door of the house opposite suddenly opened. I looked and saw three or four people coming out, all carrying large and small bags like me, as if they were moving. The man in the lead had a bald spot on his forehead, which was barely covered by the hair on both sides. He was blocking the way in front of the people behind him and said, "Don't worry, we are discussing this. How about I waive three months' rent for you?"
I took a closer look and realized that this bald man was my landlord. He was usually invisible after collecting rent, but he acted like he was rich. Why was he begging others to rent his house now? He was even offering such a big benefit. You know, three months' rent would be enough for me to buy a better phone.
I was feeling strange and just watched stupidly without saying anything, but the neighbors next door had already seen me. They wanted to talk to the landlord, but when they saw me standing there, they suddenly fell silent and just stared at me motionlessly.
The landlord frowned at their strange expressions, then looked at me in the direction they were looking. When he saw it was me, he suddenly got angry and pointed at me and cursed, "Hey, kid, I rented the house to you at such a cheap price with good intentions, why don't you learn your lesson? Why did you go there to cause trouble and bring me all this trouble?"
I was stunned by his scolding, and then I got angry and shouted, "What's wrong with me!"
He looked very distressed and said, "Why are you asking me? I have checked out of seven hotels in the past two days! If you add this one, it will be the eighth one! Do you think you are worthy of me?"
I sneered and said, it’s none of my business if others check out, it’s not me who asked them to check out, so go find whoever wants to check out!
The landlord was so angry that his hands were shaking. He pointed at me and wanted to curse me, but I couldn't say anything. He then pointed at me again, but I still couldn't say a word.
I felt a little amused when I saw him like this. I was just about to listen to his explanation when he suddenly said, "You know what everyone says! Everyone says this place is haunted. When you live in this house, you either hear some noise or see some ghosts walking around. It scares people so much, who would dare to live here!"
I was stunned when I heard this. Seeing his panicked look, he didn't seem to be lying. I couldn't help but look at Lu Yao. After hearing this, Lu Yao was obviously a little scared and took a step back involuntarily.
I swallowed my saliva and pretended to know nothing, and said, "Don't slander me. I have never heard of these things. Besides, I have returned to my hometown these days and don't live here at all. What does it have to do with me?"
He said, "You live alone in this house. If you didn't do something wrong, how could this happen?" I asked a few brave people to go in and take a look. They were all scared away. I don't know what's inside!"
I saw that he was determined not to let me go, and it was indeed my fault, I was in the wrong, and I didn't want to argue with him. Ding Ding once said that the place I stayed for a long time would attract ghosts because of the strong ghost aura, but I didn't expect that this house was still so unlucky after I left for a while.
I walked straight to the door, looked at the landlord and said, "Get out of the way!"
He looked at me with contempt, said nothing, and moved away from the door.
I was scolded like this as soon as I came back. I was so angry that I kicked the door open. There was no light on inside, it was dark, but the temperature dropped a lot. I guess there are some dirty things hiding inside.
When the landlord and the family next door saw me open the door, they panicked and hid back in the house, only sticking their heads out to watch my every move.
I rolled my eyes at them and signaled Lu Yao to wait for me at the door and not to follow me in. I would see what was going on first.
She understood and stood outside the door without coming over. I groped my way into the room and reached out to press the light switch on the wall. But after a while, I couldn't find the switch.
I was wondering, so I laid down my hands and groped along the wall, when suddenly I touched something furry. When I touched it, it shrank suddenly, and I was startled, so I cried out softly. But when the landlord and the family next door heard my voice, they howled like ghosts, as if they were the ones who had touched that strange thing. Lu Yao and I almost collapsed from their shouting.
Seeing their startled looks, I cursed, then came to my senses and continued to feel towards the switch. Finally, I found the familiar touch and turned on the light.
The room suddenly lit up, but I immediately regretted it!
I turned my head and saw a furry creature lying on the wall in front of me. It had two very large eyes, like the compound eyes of an insect, and it reflected countless of my shadows. Its head was pressed against mine, and we were staring at each other.
I was stunned for a long while, not daring to move. I glanced at other places in the room with the corner of my eye and found that my house was full of gray ghost shadows on the ceiling, the floor, the walls, and even on the sofa table. They were of different shapes and sizes. I was surrounded by them, and they were all looking at me motionlessly!
Cold sweat broke out on my forehead. Lu Yao stood at the door and called out to me, asking Tan Xi if everything was alright inside.
I didn't have the energy to answer her. I subconsciously reached out and pressed on the wall again, and the light turned off with a click!
The room suddenly became dark again. I couldn't adapt to it all at once. Everything in front of me was pitch black, but I couldn't see the ghosts. It might be a psychological effect, just like self-consolation, the feeling of out of sight, out of mind...
