The eccentric neighbor

  Just as I felt the shadow of death had completely enveloped me, air suddenly rushed into my nostrils, and the hand that was clamped on my neck relaxed and retreated a step. My body slid down, paralyzed and sitting on the ground, at this time, except for instinctively breathing, there were no extra thoughts.

  Sneers above: "This is telling you that once a misjudgment leads to consequences, it's fatal."

  I really want to scream with anger, but my parched throat hurts so much that I can barely make a sound.

  The dark figure in front of me is my neighbor, the landlord's son. A week ago, the landlady knocked on my door and said that her useless son was expelled from school for violating school rules while studying abroad. She didn't elaborate on the specific reason, only vaguely mentioning that his foot was injured and he had difficulty moving around. Before he could even settle in after returning home, something happened at their family's factory back home, so the couple had to rush back together to deal with it.

  Then he came to entrust me with taking good care of his son who stayed behind to recover from injuries.

  What a devil! Almost got strangled to death by him here. No wonder he was expelled from school, just this violent and arrogant temperament is already the best answer, and also, lawless!

  In the midst of gritting my teeth, even though I hung my head low, I could still feel the gaze on top of my head that hadn't moved away. Suddenly changing from his previous gloomy tone, he lazily asked: "Can you walk? If you can, follow me inside."

  "Come in?" Astonished, I looked up to see him approaching me, grabbing my right wrist and roughly pulling me up from the ground. I asked in alarm, "What do you want to do now?" He replied indifferently, "Since you've followed me this far, just keep following." It wasn't until he dragged me a few steps that I realized he was leading me towards that door.

  Pulling him back with force, "I..."

  "Don't say you don't want to go in," Gao Cheng didn't give me a chance to speak, "Do you think I'd let you run off and find the police to come and catch me? Since you like doing dog-catcher kind of things so much, then accompany me."

  But as I looked at his leg, I smiled and said, "That kick earlier was quite accurate."

  I was stunned, and under my instinctive reaction, I also knew that I had made a judgment in my favor. Since it was already certain that it was him, the attack was aimed at the part where he might be injured, but it seemed to have little effect. He was still walking normally, not looking like someone who had hurt his foot at all. One of them couldn't help but ask: "Doesn't your foot hurt?"

  His reply was absolute: "Kick you one foot to try it, don't you know?" He really made a move to lift his foot, I hurriedly dodged to the side, but my wrist was caught in his palm, and he pulled me forward, almost crashing into his arms.

  I had no choice and was dragged by him into the crime scene.

  Yesterday morning, Mr. Wu, the owner of this house, and his five-year-old daughter fell from their balcony to death! It is said that it may not be an accident, but a murder.

  This person next to me, my neighbor was taken away by the police yesterday morning because someone reported seeing him having a dispute with Mr. Wu in the evening two days ago. Unexpectedly, he came back, but ran over here in the middle of the night.

  After entering the house, it was found that the interior was actually dark and black, with only a faint light at the entrance, which was not enough to illuminate the entire room. Gao Cheng suddenly stooped down, looked sideways, and saw him pick up a flashlight from behind the door, and suddenly realized. This explained why the house was dark, but the light could still come out from the half-closed door.

  The flashlight was apparently turned down to the dimmest setting, only illuminating a small area. Even if there was light, it wouldn't be noticeable from outside. I vaguely saw the police tape and as I stepped forward with my hands cuffed behind me, I asked in a low voice: "Why did we come here?"

  He heard him chuckle and then said: "Because I am the murderer, come back to enjoy that thrill."

  Staring at the back of his head, I thought to myself, "Is this really a ruthless killer?" My attention followed him as he moved, and was gradually drawn in by the atmosphere inside the house. At first glance, it could be said that the house was tidy, not at all like the chaotic crime scene I had imagined. But then I remembered what Xu Jianglun had revealed to me about the case, saying that there were signs of the scene having been cleaned up.

  Suddenly something flashed through his mind, and his heart skipped a beat with an inexplicable tremble. When he came to himself, he found himself in darkness, was there anyone beside him?

  This is a big shock, looking around, it's as black as ink and nothing can be seen at all. Even the direction of the door cannot be distinguished. Suddenly, a voice emerges from the bottom of my heart: Are you awake?

  Suddenly I felt a chill on my back, could it be that I was still trapped in that nightmare and hadn't woken up yet?

  "Lo... Lo Castle?" I stammered.