Episode 8 Chapter 76 Lu Fei
I told Lu Fei that it was understandable that he felt a little abnormal after what happened, but Lu Fei said that that was not what he meant. He didn't mean that Li Ming was mentally ill, but that something was not right with him as a whole. It was a hard feeling to describe, but he just felt that he was not the person he thought he was.
Maybe Lu Fei didn't describe it clearly, or maybe I didn't understand it myself. I just looked at Lu Fei and asked him what he meant by abnormal. Lu Fei said he knew no one would believe it. He told me that he suspected Li Ming was not a human. I asked calmly, "If he is not a human, then he is a ghost?"
But Lu Fei still shook his head. He suddenly said to me mysteriously that he had never told anyone about this and I must not tell anyone. He thought the two dummies found in the water tank on the top floor might be him and his wife. I was surprised and horrified, then looked at Lu Fei and said, "Brother Fei, this is a big joke . You are trying to fool me."
But I didn't see any sign of joking on Lu Fei's face. Seeing that I didn't believe him, Lu Fei got anxious. He said that he seemed to be joking, and then said that he knew I wouldn't believe it. I was secretly horrified. What Lu Fei said was somewhat similar to the situation in my dream. So I continued to say to him: "If it's true, then how do you know? Did you see it?"
Lu Fei said seriously: "Don't tell me, I really saw it."
Then Lu Fei told me what he had seen. He said that once he and his companions were patrolling the community in the middle of the night, and they saw two people acting suspiciously in a remote area of the community, so they shone their flashlight. It was dark at the time, so he just shone it to remind them, because he was not sure after all. He was afraid that they were the owners of the house, so he did not dare to shine the light really hard. But he saw that there seemed to be something wrong with the two people, and they did not look like human beings, so he shone the flashlight over there again, but the people disappeared when he shone the light again.
He was puzzled, so he walked over with his companions, but he saw Li Ming and his wife coming out from somewhere, holding a plastic bag full of soil. They saw Lu Fei and his companions patrolling, so they greeted them enthusiastically and said that they were planting flowers at home and came down to find some soil.
Lu Fei said that it was a novelty for them to stay up late at night to plant flowers, but they were carrying soil, and because of their status, Lu Fei did not ask more questions. He just told them to be careful at night, especially in such a remote place. They thanked Lu Fei and went home.
From a personal standpoint, Li Ming and his wife were very polite, but Lu Fei felt that something was wrong with them. He couldn't explain why, but he felt that something was wrong, and even the way they spoke was strange, which made people feel uncomfortable. So from then on, Lu Fei paid close attention to the couple's behavior, including when he was on duty, he would pay attention to the movements of his family. Lu Fei told me that others thought that the couple were office workers, but he said that they were very regular in going to and from get off work, so regular that it was abnormal, because they always came back and left on time, and there was never a mistake.
Lu Fei said that at first he thought they were too dedicated, but over time he found that it was not the case. Lu Fei said that in life, everyone is subject to accidents from time to time, and sometimes they would go to work a little early in the morning or leave a little late. He and his wife must have the same working time every day, after all, it was something they could control, but it was a bit strange if they returned home at the same time every day.
Lu Fei said that once they returned home, they would basically never come out again, and they were rarely seen shopping. In Lu Fei's words, they didn't seem to be living a normal life. Although Lu Fei only talked about some details, and most of them were guesses, I was shocked when I heard them. Lu Fei continued to say that he felt something was wrong again when his family moved. Because they asked him to find a moving company, he took the moving company to his house. He said that his house was unusually cold, and he couldn't feel any vitality from someone living in it. There was nothing wrong with the furnishings in the house, but that strange feeling rose up again. Lu Fei said it should be intuition.
Later, Lu Fei heard from the moving company that his things were basically all new, as if they had never been used, especially one detail: his towels, toothbrushes and toothpaste were all new, as if they had never been used . Lu Fei said that if it was a normal family, would there be such a thing.
But even though Lu Fei said so much, I still couldn't connect them with the two dummies. I asked Lu Fei, and Lu Fei said that he felt it was them when he saw the two dummies. It might be that he was overthinking, but he felt it was them, just based on an intuition.
After that, when I was eating, I kept thinking about what Lu Fei said, because after hearing what Lu Fei said, I also felt that this was possible, but I was just hinted by the dream. When I thought about the dream, I thought Lu Fei would make such a speculation. Did he also get any hint, such as having such a dream, but he didn't say it out?
When I thought of this, I ate quickly and planned to go back to find Lu Fei to ask him about the details. I am like this, I am slow to react, and I can't think of many things at the time. I can only think of the key points after the fact. But when I returned to the access control, Lu Fei was gone. I asked other security guards on duty, and they told me that Lu Fei was on duty today. I said that's not right, I was just talking to him here, but the security guard on duty looked at me and said, "No way, we didn't see him coming. Why don't you go to his house and look for him?"
I knew that Lu Fei lived in the community. He also told me which building he lived in, but I had never been there. I thought that when I met him just now, he might have come out by chance, but then I thought about it again and it didn't seem to be the case. So I started to feel uneasy. While thinking about it, I went to his house.
I went into his building and knocked on the door uncertainly. It seemed like I knocked for a long time but no one answered. Just when I thought no one was there, the door opened. It seemed like it opened by itself, but there was no one behind it. The door opened a crack, and I looked inside. It was strange to see no one, so I pushed the door open a little and called Lu Fei a few times, but there was no response. I thought since the door was open, the person should be at home, so I went in.
The house was dead silent, no one was moving, but when I turned to the living room, I found Lu Fei sitting on the sofa. When he saw me come in, he looked at me in surprise and asked me why I came. I saw that he was at home, and thought that he might be watching TV and didn't hear the knock on the door, so the speculation in my heart came to an end. I said it was nothing, I just wanted to ask him something else.
He asked me to sit down and poured me some water. I said no and I didn't want to drink water either, but Lu Fei still poured me a glass.
After I sat down, I looked around and finally my sight fell on the bathroom. The bathroom door was half closed, revealing a crack. Through this crack, I seemed to see something, like a human hand, and it looked like a person lying there. As I was looking, Lu Fei had already placed the water in front of me and asked me what I wanted to do to come to him.
The image of that hand was still flashing in my mind, but I had already asked if he lived alone, and where were his wife and children. Lu Fei said that his wife and children were all in his hometown, and since they hadn't settled down yet, they would move in with him after the New Year. Maybe he was a little homesick when I mentioned his wife and children, so he told me to get me a photo of his wife and children. I nodded because I couldn't refuse, and he went into the room. During this time, I came to the bathroom, and saw Lu Fei's body lying in it, with blood all over his head and face. That hand was his, as if it was his last struggle before death.
