Chapter 064
I quickly ran to the window and leaned half of my body out, but I didn't see anyone.
According to the angle from which the arrow came, the only possible target was the residential building opposite, but it was pitch black and I couldn't see anything clearly. I shouted Ding Ding's name over there, but in the middle of the night, only my voice echoed, and there was no response at all.
I held the arrow and looked at it again. The excitement faded away and I began to wonder, if it was Tintin, why did he run to the opposite building instead of coming to find me? And I couldn't tell whether he was a human or a ghost. Even with this arrow alone, I couldn't be sure that the person who shot the arrow was Tintin himself.
I gently touched the engraving on the arrow. Although this is indeed Tintin's style , just like the handwritten business card he handed me when I first met him, it is only a similarity in style. I will only believe it when Tintin himself stands in front of me. After so many things have happened, I have to keep an eye on everything.
Mrs. Jiu's house was burned down, and we don't know what happened exactly. Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that someone used Ding Ding's things to impersonate him.
So after I shouted, I looked out the window cautiously and said nothing more.
Lu Yao stood beside me. She looked at me puzzledly, then looked at the arrow I mentioned and asked, "Are you okay now?"
I tightened the arrow in my hand, and after a moment of silence, I said that the ghosts in the house had dispersed, and it should be fine. But I didn't dare to stay in this place anymore, and I didn't know if it would attract ghosts again.
Lu Yao nodded and said, "Let's go quickly."
I said "hmm", and quickly packed my things in the house, taking everything I could take away. This made my luggage heavier. When I had everything sorted, I looked back and saw the things I had just brought up from downstairs. When I thought about having to move them downstairs again, I really wanted to die.
But Lu Yao was not idle this time. I guess he wanted to leave this place as soon as possible. He helped me a lot, and I saved a lot of effort.
When we went downstairs, we found that the landlord and the neighbors were all standing upstairs, looking up at what was happening upstairs. When we came out, they suddenly came over with an expression as if they were watching monkeys in a zoo. The landlord asked me with both joy and fear, saying, "So, the house is really haunted, and it's lucky you were able to escape."
I glared at him with a stern face. I almost died in there, but they didn't come forward to help. Even if they didn't do anything, it would have been nice if they called me.
I put my backpack down and said I wanted to check out too!
The landlord was stunned for a moment, and suddenly became cunning again, saying that you have destroyed my house, and you think you can give it up just because you want to!
I said I don’t care about you. I’m not going to live in this house anyway, so whoever wants to live here can live here.
He rolled his eyes and said, "It's okay if you don't want to live here, but I wo n't refund a penny of the rent. It's unlucky for me to do business with you!"
I saw that he had a very rude attitude. The rent was paid every six months, and only one month had passed in the second half of the year, but he still refused to give it up. I was angry and was about to vent it, but Lu Yao pulled me back and said that if he didn't want to return it, then don't return it. We didn't need that little money. This kind of crappy place would be worthless sooner or later.
The landlord's face immediately turned green, and he was about to get angry, but the neighbor next to him stopped him and said that this matter has nothing to do with them, and they must refund their rent!
The landlord's face darkened, and he probably wanted to argue a little more, but he was immediately surrounded by the family and started arguing with him. Lu Yao and I didn't want to pay attention to them. We each carried our things, put them one by one in the car, got on the car and drove away.
We first found a restaurant to eat, but after the shock Lu Yao had just experienced, he probably didn’t have much appetite, so he ate a little and left it alone.
I looked and saw that her face was pale and looked very bad. After a moment of silence, I said, you see, following me is always bad, it's like a jinx, dragging others wherever you go, and sooner or later you will be disliked by others, so if you want to go out and relax, it's better to travel around by yourself, don't follow me.
Lu Yao did not reply immediately. She paused for a while before slowly shaking her head, with a few strands of black hair on her forehead swaying with her movements. Then she looked at me and said, "I'm not thinking about encountering ghosts. I've encountered ghosts several times since I was with you." To be honest, although each time was a close call, the process was quite scary. I always thought I was very brave, but after thinking about it, if it were me, I don't know if I could hold on.
I smiled faintly and said, what can I do if I can't hold on any longer? I don't know how many times I have escaped death, and every time I was desperate to die. But fortunately, I have some luck and always meet people who help me. And death doesn't necessarily mean peace. I have seen many ghosts and found that they all have their own difficulties.
I say this sincerely, just like the residual soul of the headless female corpse, it was still controlled after becoming a ghost. There are even those lonely souls on the ghost car who can't even find their way home. So being a ghost is not necessarily better than being a human.
Lu Yao sighed softly and asked me, Tan Xi, what are you going to do in the future?
I said I had no idea yet. I had encountered too many puzzles. Every time I felt that I was getting closer, it was always shrouded in fog. I solved one puzzle, and another one came up. And I had no clues at all. I could only wait for others to design it and follow it step by step. Only then could I know the true face of the matter.
Lu Yao took a deep breath, looked outside the hotel, and said nothing. I didn't know what she was planning, but judging from her appearance, she was probably still struggling with these strange things.
After dinner, we found a hotel. Lu Yao insisted on staying in a hotel with good conditions, saying that it looked clean and comfortable. I could only let her do what she wanted. Although I was poor, others were born into wealthy families. Fortunately, Lin Tian's things were all with me. The money in the card was enough for me to use for a while, and it would not be a problem to find a new house to live in later.
I was planning to tell him about it, but then I thought that I was penniless, so I decided to use it first and then apologize and pay him back later. He doesn't need this little money anyway.
We said good night to each other at the door of the room and walked into the house. I put my luggage away and checked every corner of the room. I found nothing unusual, so I felt relieved and fell back on the bed.
As soon as I lay down, I heard a noise in the bag. I was curious and quickly got up to take a look. I found that it was the ghost mound with the hanged ghost that was shaking.
I frowned, reached out to open the lid, and looked inside. It was empty. I was wondering, but when I turned around, I found that this guy was already sitting next to me, sticking out his tongue and grinning.
I don't know why, but I got angry when I saw him and blurted out, "Fuck you, what the hell are you laughing at?"
The smile on his face froze and he stood up with a look of grievance.
I didn't know what he was going to do, but I saw him holding the rope and swinging it towards the ceiling. I laughed in my heart and said, what a fool! This is a flat roof and there is no beam to hang the rope.
Unexpectedly, the rope went straight through the wall and turned back, as if it was built into the wall, and it was really hung. I was stunned and before I could react, the hanged man had hung himself up.
I groaned, and became even more annoyed. I was about to go to sleep, and you did this to me. When I opened my eyes, I could see a person hanging his neck at the end of the bed, with his tongue hanging out and looking straight at me. How can I feel good? I almost died in the room, and you didn't come out to help me. Now you come to scare me for no reason!
If I didn't think I couldn't beat him, I would have kicked him out immediately!
I was feeling depressed when suddenly someone knocked on the door. The hanged ghost was stunned for a moment and then quickly returned to the ghost tomb. I don't know why he was hiding. He looked like he was dying just now.
