The rotten apples gave off a foul smell, and the thick juice that flowed out stuck to the boy's coat, and he looked a little reserved, and his dirty hands were guarded in front of his stomach for fear that the rotten apples would fall."
You're going to bring these things back?"
I looked at the little boy and had countless questions in my heart: "Do you live in the Red Mansion and have you always lived by rummaging through garbage?"
What about your family?
”The boy looked at me timidly, standing next to the coffee table and not daring to move, only shaking his head occasionally."
It's hard to communicate."
I watched the boy's every move, and the deep uneasiness hidden on his face was in my eyes, and I suddenly felt a little unbearable, no matter what, this is just a child.I touched his head: "Where do you usually live?"
Can you show me there?
”The sensation in the palm of his hand was very strange, the boy's hair was very hard, but his skin was wrinkled, I don't know if it was because of long-term malnutrition, or some other reason, just from the feel, the child's skin was much rougher than that of his peers, and it felt like an old man in his sixties and seventies.Hearing this, the boy nodded slightly, and he carefully passed me with the rotten apples in his hands, running on his legs and speeding up, as if trying to get away from me quickly."
Wait."
I reached out and pressed his shoulder, and when my fingers touched him, I could clearly feel his body tremble slightly, as if he was frightened in some way.There are all kinds of strange things about the boy, and I have doubts in my heart.Raising my hand carrying the black bag, I pointed to the red wooden door: "Didn't the door lock when you came in?"
”The boy turned around in a daze, like a puppeteer, and nodded stiffly, knowing that I couldn't ask anything, so I didn't delve into it, sighed and walked out of the room with him.Pushing open the wooden door, there was a dead silence in the corridor, which was even more terrifying than ghosts.The occupant of the seventh floor of the "...... of the Seventh Floor" has only recently disappeared, and I originally wanted to find out the reason for his disappearance, which would be of great help to me in exploring the Red Mansion, but after meeting the little boy, I temporarily changed my mind and decided to find out the secret of the child first.After all, compared to the adults in the Red Mansion, a child is much easier to deal with.At the corner of the seventh and eighth floors is a safe passage, and I can't see what is at the end of the passage, even with my judgmental eye: "You can follow the safe passage to the other units of the Red Building, where the elevator should be installed." ”Although I haven't passed, I can faintly feel the danger there, the Red Mansion is killing every step of the way, it seems to be calm, but in fact, if you take a wrong step, I am afraid that you will fall into the abyss, and there is no possibility of turning over."
The little boy is a breakthrough, and even if he refuses to talk to me, I have a way to deduce some clues from his habits."
Closing the door of the seventh-story rental house, I grabbed the boy's shoulder and went back to the sixth floor with him: "Which is your house?"
”The boy seemed to understand what I meant, and he reached into the collar with one hand and pulled out a string of dirty keys."
It was hanging around my neck."
The key that the boy took out was the same style as the key I had stolen from Bai Ya'er, but the tooth marks were different.Holding the apple, he approached the iron door somewhat awkwardly, and because he was too short, he stood on tiptoe to insert the key into the keyhole.This was a very ordinary action, but what I didn't expect was that he was too nervous, leaned over, and a rotten apple fell from his arms.The moldy apple rolled down the stairs, and my heart hung in the air for a moment, time seemed to slow down, and my eyes followed the apple.Before the body could react, the apple had already rolled into the gap in the handrail of the staircase.Coincidentally, the rotten apple fell from the sixth floor, bumped and bumped on the iron handrail, and finally smashed in front of Dr.
Zhang's door on the fourth floor with a "bang".The sound of apples falling was not loud, but it was too quiet in the hallway, which caused the sound to come far away.I leaned down on the handrail and looked down, and when I saw the voice-activated lights on the first floor, my face suddenly turned pale."
Not good!"
I had the right eye to see clearly, and under the light of the voice-activated light, there was a pair of wet footprints running up the clean concrete staircase!
There was no one, but the footprints were getting faster and faster!"
It's coming this way?!
It was the sound of apples falling just now that attracted it!
Damn, what is this!
”Even with my judgmental eye, I couldn't see it, and all I could see was the fast-moving footprints."
Is it the 'it' that Zhu Li said?"
Thoughts collided like sparks, and before I could come up with an answer, when I looked down again, the footprints had already appeared on the second floor!
And just then, something even worse happened, the voice-activated lights on the first floor suddenly went out!
I knew there was something in the hallway that was speeding up, but I couldn't see it, and the feeling of suffocation was making my chest feel tight."
There's only one way to get out now."
I turned and walked towards the little boy, unaware of the impending danger, holding the apple in one hand and searching for the keyhole of the wooden door with the other."
It's too late!"
I grabbed the key around his neck, and without thinking about the child's feelings, led him to open the red wooden door, and then pushed him straight into the house, and followed him inside.I was so flustered that I didn't even close the iron door on the outside, but just re-locked the red wooden door inside."
Shut up and don't talk!"
I didn't dare to turn on the light, so I pulled the boy against the wooden door and held my breath.One second, two seconds......
Half a minute passed, and there was still no movement outside the door, and it was too quiet."
That thing is gone?
Or is it ......
It's crouching outside the door now, just across a wooden door from me?
”My palms were covered with sweat, and I took a deep breath to calm my pounding heart before I lay down and looked out through the gap in the wooden door.The corridor was quiet again, it was pitch black, faintly cold, and the air seemed to be mixed with the dampness of rain."
It seems to have been......
"Looking out through the crack in the door, there is a visual blind spot, so I'm not sure the thing has left."
Withdrawing my gaze in horror, my tense muscles soothed, and I had time to look at the little boy's home.Halfway through reading "Shoe Closet, Table, Chair, Wardrobe ......", I realized that something was wrong, the building layout of the boy's house was the same as other people's houses, but the furniture inside was very small, and it seemed that it was specially tailored for the boy.There was no sofa in the room, and the dining table in the living room was as tall as the coffee table in Bai Ya'er's house, and there were three worn-out wooden chairs with mildew spots next to them."
Three chairs?
Are the extra two from the boy's parents?
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”I fumbled around the wall for a while, but couldn't find the light switch, and followed the boy into the living room with confusion.The boy did not turn on the light, and seemed to have become accustomed to the darkness, and set the spoiled apples on the table, which were fairly divided into three parts.Looking at the boy's strange behavior, I felt a cool air climb up my spine, and muttered to myself, could it be that there are other people in this room?
The boy ran into the kitchen and took out two plates, into which he put the divided apples, leaving only his own portion on the coffee table."
This is for your mom and dad?
Can you take me to see them?
”I whispered, and the boy neither refused nor agreed, and entered the bedroom with a plate.The door opened, and there was a faint smell in the room, and if you carefully distinguished, it was not the smell of mold.The bedroom was almost as set up as the living room, with low beds, damp bedding and moldy scars growing in the corners."
There's no one else in the house, huh?"
My five senses are keen, far beyond ordinary people, and if there were other people hiding in the house, they would definitely not be able to hide from me."
The rental house is so big, and everything is lower and smaller than normal, and there is no way to hide an adult."
I thought to myself, but I wasn't sure, because there were two pairs of adult slippers next to the bed, and the interesting thing was that these two pairs of slippers were placed in a special position, all of them with the tips facing the bed."
I also followed the boy when he went to the kitchen to get something just now, whether it is the kitchen or the bathroom, all the utensils are for three people, only from these details, there should be three people living in the house."
Completely incomprehensible, I leaned against the bedroom door with the severed hand, and was about to see what the boy was going to do next, when I suddenly found him stopped where he was, holding the plate in both hands, and looking at me with an indescribably strange gaze.It's hard to imagine that I was so furious that I was looked at by a child, smiled wryly, and walked towards him: "What do you want me to do?"
”The boy didn't speak, and as soon as I left the bedroom door, he walked straight past me, put down his plate and closed the bedroom door."
What are you ......"
I didn't finish my sentence, and the rest of the sentence was stuck in my throat, and my eyes were fixed on the bedroom door.Behind this ordinary door, there is a mirror that is as tall as a person!
There were no lights on in the room, and the mirror was blurry, and two dark shadows could be faintly seen."
How can there be a mirror behind the door?"
I blurted out, and it was only after I finished saying that I suddenly realized a very critical problem.After entering the Red Mansion, it was like seeing a mirror for the first time!"
That's right, I didn't see a mirror in Zhu Li, Bai Ya'er's house."
Now that I think about it, this is very abnormal, it is understandable that Zhu Lihe and the doctor have no mirrors at home, but Bai Yaer, as a body model, a woman who loves beauty, has no mirrors at home, which is incomprehensible."
I saw cosmetics in her bathroom, but I didn't find a mirror, yes, how did I ignore such a crucial point!"
A thought popped into my head: "Mirrors should have a special meaning in the Red Mansion, and the first optional task of the show is related to mirrors......"