Episode 7 Chapter 63: Fearful Thoughts
After that, Shan Lanjin said, "Go to sleep first, because I have to go to work at the funeral home early tomorrow morning, and I must not mess up my first day." He also said, "This is why I have to work at the funeral home. After I go there, I should pay more attention to the archival documents of lost ashes in recent years. Although they are outsiders, they have heard that unclaimed urns and bodies are often lost in funeral homes, and funeral homes seem to turn a blind eye to it. He thinks this matter may be related to the funeral home, so while paying attention, I also have to be careful not to let others know that I am going to investigate this matter."
I said I understood, and Shan Lanjin took the three things and left. I was afraid that he might not be able to get them and something might happen, so I said that I should take him to the seventh floor, which was not far away anyway. But Shan Lanjin said no, and he couldn't do it. If I went to the seventh floor, I couldn't be sure that something terrible would happen. It's better for me to stay at home so that he would feel more at ease.
Since Shan Lanjin said so, I didn't have much to say. After Shan Lanjin left, I simply washed up and went to bed. But after I fell asleep, I suddenly remembered another thing Shan Lanjin said. He said that the reason why I was safe and sound was because the three things lurking in the house checked balanced each other. Now he suddenly sent away two of them. Wouldn't that make the thing in my room the only one in power?
He also said that if one party dominated, my life would be in danger. When I thought of this, I was so shocked that I suddenly sat up from the bed. While I was shocked, I suddenly heard the ringing of a message on my cell phone. I picked up the phone and saw that it was from that number, asking me to be at the funeral home square on time at 7:30 tomorrow morning.
I felt a little puzzled. The funeral home only opened at 8:30, why did I have to go so early? I wanted to reply to ask what was going on, but my previous text messages always fell on deaf ears, so I put the phone back. This message temporarily diverted my attention, but I couldn't calm down. I picked up the phone again and looked through the numbers. I didn't have any single Rankin numbers, so after hesitating for a while, I called Shi Hu.
I thought he had just called Shan Lanjin, so he should not have gone to bed yet. Sure enough, Shi Hu answered the phone very quickly and asked me what was going on. I told Shi Hu about my concerns just now, and Shi Hu told me that Shan Lanjin had his reasons for doing this, and he did it because he knew nothing would happen, so I could sleep without worry, nothing would happen.
Although Shi Hu did not explain the reason in detail, I felt relieved after getting his assurance. I also thought that Dan Ranjin was a cautious and thorough person, so he would not be so impetuous and would not think of this level. I was really sleepy at the time, so I fell asleep quickly until the alarm woke me up.
When I heard the alarm, I was still asleep. I seemed to hear a voice telling me that it was time to get up. When I woke up suddenly, the echo of the voice seemed to still be there. The alarm was ringing happily, but I looked at the time and it was still early. It was a bit weird because the time on the electronic clock was 3:33! It was this time again, and my alarm was usually set at 6:30, never at such a weird time. I was still very sleepy, so I just remembered that I turned off the alarm and went back to sleep.
But I felt something was wrong when I fell asleep, so I woke up suddenly. It wasn't because I thought of something, but I felt something was wrong with the bed. I felt like there was another person sleeping on the bed. When I thought of this, I immediately touched the other side of the bed, but there was nothing. I breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that I was overthinking.
So I turned over and continued to sleep. Not long after I fell asleep, I felt someone pulling the quilt, and the quilt kept sliding towards my back. I opened my eyes and clearly felt the quilt being dragged on my body, but I did not move. Instead, I listened quietly and felt what was happening behind me.
That feeling was the same as someone pulling the quilt from behind. I could feel the quilt moving, but I couldn't feel anyone. My scalp was numb as if I was going to lose consciousness. Then I suddenly rolled over and looked behind me, but there was nothing behind me, not even a shadow. I immediately turned on the light, and there was really no one.
I saw that one third of the quilt had been dragged to the ground, proving that there was indeed some force pulling the quilt. So I pulled up the quilt on my side, but there was nothing under the bed. I was worried and climbed to the edge of the bed to see if there was any trace on the ground, but found nothing.
Then I walked to the window and looked downstairs as if I remembered something. Sure enough, the man under the street light was still there, as if he would appear there every day. I swallowed, quickly found my cell phone, quickly pressed my number on the dial pad, and dialed out.
In the past, there would have been a tone of "the number you dialed is currently busy" on the other end of the phone, but when I dialed my own number, it actually went through, and there was no sound after I dialed, and it went to the call interface. The call was connected so quickly that I was not prepared. By the time I reacted, the call time had reached 5 seconds. I then put the phone to my ear and asked, "Was that you just now?"
A gloomy voice came from the other end of the phone: "No."
I then asked, “Do you know who it is?”
The other end replied, “Yes.”
Then there was no more news, so I continued to ask, "Who is it?"
Then the call was hung up. I looked at the phone and dialed again, but this time it couldn't go through. The other end of the phone kept repeating the same voice - the number you dialed is busy.
Finally, I gave up completely and was no longer sleepy, so I got up and went to the bathroom. When I walked into the living room, I suddenly heard the sound of someone walking in the corridor outside. The sound was very loud, and it was the kind of walking back and forth. I stood still and listened for a while, but then ignored it.
After returning to the room, I closed the door, turned on the light, and got into the cup. I fell asleep again until the alarm rang again in the morning. I woke up drowsily. This time it was normal, the alarm was set at 6:30. After washing up, I didn't even have time to eat breakfast before rushing to the funeral home. Because it was already winter, it was already dim when I left the house. When I arrived at the funeral home, there was no one there, and the square was even quieter. I really came too early.
I thought there was no one there anyway, so I just sat in the car and didn't get out. After about three or four minutes, a special car from the funeral home drove in and stopped next to my car. When the car stopped, I took a look, but the window was rolled down and I couldn't see anyone, so I just looked up and down.
When the car stopped steadily, the window on my side rolled down. I looked over and saw the man in the driver's seat looking at me. It was no big deal, but I was shocked when I saw him. It was none other than Qiao Jie!
Before I could react, he opened the car door and got out, then went to the back of the car. I felt that something was wrong, so I also got out and went around to the other side of the car, but after I went around, Qiao Jie was gone. I looked around again, but there was no trace of him. In the empty square, there were only a few scattered cars and I was the only one standing there. I suddenly felt a little scared.
I went to the car door, the window was not closed, I looked inside, and there was no one. The weird part of this matter was not here. After work, I quietly asked Director Gao, but Director Gao looked at me in surprise. He said that the car had always been parked there and had not moved at night. I went to the access control to ask, and the access control said that I might be dazzled. At that time, except for me driving in, no other car had entered. The access control also said that the car had always been parked in the square.
The more I listened, the weirder it seemed. Then I understood why that number sent me such a text message and asked me to come so early.
