Chapter 3: Night Watch in the Apartment

  "Now this university student's life is really good, can afford to rent such a suite." Cannon Brother looked around east and west, muttering to himself.

  But what he said is not wrong, the 404 suite was not cut off from electricity, when you turn on the light, you can see that this suite is not small, with two rooms and a living room. If rented out, it would cost at least three to four thousand yuan per month, even if it's a student dormitory, two thousand yuan is the minimum.

  There's not much left in the house, only an old wooden table and a sofa placed in the corner, also uncovered with fabric, probably nobody wants it anymore.

  The floor has no trash, only accumulated dust. The wallpaper on the wall has a feminine touch, with small flowers and trees, but nothing unusual. However, I feel a bit chilly, probably because it's late at night and the temperature has dropped.

  "Was Nalanxi originally sleeping in this bed?" I pointed to one of the beds in the corner of the room and said.

  I saw Cannon nod, and I couldn't help but feel sorry for the girl. "That poor girl was quite pitiful," I said. "How did she end up with that old man? In the end, they both died, and even after death, they still caused trouble. Who knows if they can rest in peace now?"

  "It's not like it's up to us to decide, so don't blame others." Cannon Brother chimed in.

  "How do you say this?"

  "That Lanchuan, who slept with an old man? It was for the sake of keeping her research position. I heard it was Lanchuan herself who went to find that old professor, and at first he refused, but then Lanchuan took off her clothes and snuggled into his arms, and the old man accidentally lost control, and that's how this thing happened." Cannon Brother explained, "So in the end, it's still a matter of mutual consent."

  "How are Nalanxi's parents?"

  "What else can I do? Hurriedly taking back my daughter's luggage, I felt ashamed, and even didn't have the face to sue that professor. After finishing everything, I rushed back home."

  Next, I didn't ask anything else. Cannon brother probably wasn't here for the first time, so he also thought there was nothing good to see. He went outside to the sofa and sat down with a plop, playing with his phone. I looked at the time and it was only 11 o'clock.

  I looked around the room and suddenly became curious about the red thread hanging from the ceiling, which was probably used to hang a lamp or something before, but now the lamp had been removed, leaving only a red rope suspended in mid-air, looking somewhat out of place.

  Just as I shifted my gaze away from the red rope and turned to leave, I suddenly felt a bit short of breath. No matter how hard I tried to inhale, I couldn't seem to get much air in, and it was getting more and more severe, even slowly feeling suffocated.

  "Not good..." I suddenly felt something was off, and then I abruptly discovered that the red string originally hanging from the ceiling had fallen down, slowly wrapping itself around my body, from my ankle all the way up to the base of my neck.

  I wanted to run, but my feet felt like they were being tightly grasped by something. As soon as I leaned forward, I lost my balance and fell to the ground. I was already feeling a bit short of breath, and with this fall, my entire head suddenly became congested, and everything around me started spinning. Faintly, I saw a figure appear in front of me, followed by a pair of white cloth shoes that appeared before my gradually closing eyelids.

  "Little Golden Lock? Golden Lock? Lin Lock?......" Faintly, several more calls echoed in her ears.

  My vision cleared up and Cannon was standing next to me, waving his palm in front of my eyes.

  I realized I had zoned out... Still in the same room where Lan Xi died before sleeping, I suppressed my heart palpitations and found that the red string hanging just now had disappeared without a trace...

  "Where did the red string just hung here?" I turned to ask Cannon Brother, and Cannon Brother seemed to be frightened by my expression.

  Pao Ge looked a bit frightened and said, "What red rope? Don't scare me, Suo Ge! Just now I was calling you outside, but you didn't respond. As soon as I came into this room, I saw you with a stunned expression, and then you asked me about the red rope... What red rope? You're really scaring me..."

  "Really nothing?" My heart was already in turmoil, but then Cannon Brother firmly nodded, confirming that there was no red rope to begin with.

  Seeing the shocked look on Cannon's face, I didn't dare to stimulate him anymore, so I had to relax myself and say: "Maybe it was my mistake, in this environment it's easy to get distracted and think wildly, I'm really sorry for scaring you, Cannon."

  He let out a long sigh after I finished speaking, gave me a weird glance and left with the words: "Don't scare yourself, ghosts are something ordinary people can see? We haven't done anything bad, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, got it?"

  I just nodded obediently as if I had been taught a lesson, while Cannon Brother spoke as if he wasn't the one who was just scared.

  For more than an hour, nothing strange happened. My friend and I were sitting in the living room, whispering to each other that tonight was a waste of time. After sitting for a while, I suddenly felt something was off. My friend suddenly said he felt a chill and wanted to pee.

  Walked into the bathroom, closed the door and let it go.

  "Ring ring ring......" At this time, my mobile phone rang. I took a look and it was Zhou Ping that kid.

  "Hey, Lock?" It was Zhou Ping's voice.

  "It's me. You're almost here, right? I'm getting anxious waiting here." I said, hearing some noise from Zhou Ping's end, probably the sound of driving.

  Zhou Ping burst out laughing and said: "I don't believe it, with our police team's Cannon Brother around, you'll absolutely not be trapped..."

  "Go away, how much longer are you going to take? It's calm and peaceful here, but once you arrive, I'll have to go back to sleep." My eyelids really felt a bit sleepy.

  "In forty minutes, I'll bring some wine and we can drink it in that haunted house. It's going to be sour and exciting." Zhou Ping was joking around at this time, looks like he has been serving his father-in-law well on the other side, his wife should be praising him, otherwise he wouldn't be in such a good mood.

  "Alright, come quickly, I'm hanging up." I responded with a voice, hung up the phone, wanted to tell Cannon Brother that Zhou Ping would bring wine over later, but suddenly found that Cannon Brother had gone into the bathroom without making any noise.

  "Brother Cannon, your urine is flowing far and long." I shouted in the bathroom, but there was no response at all.

  "Brother Bao?" I raised my voice a bit and called out.

  It is still quiet, with only my voice echoing around.

  "Dry......" I hastily walked towards the bathroom, just wanting to knock on the door to see if Cannon was asleep, but before my hand touched the door, I suddenly felt a chill under my feet. Looking down, all the goosebumps on my body instantly stood up, damn it, it's blood!

  I subconsciously backed away, but at this time, a dull thudding sound came from the bathroom.

  "Brother Cannon, are you inside?" I was getting anxious and started pounding on the door with my fists. I avoided stepping on the blood that had flowed out, but seeing more blood continuously flowing out from inside made my stomach ache terribly, and everything I ate seemed to be rushing up my throat.

  I couldn't think of anything else, so I grabbed the old table and slammed it against the bathroom door. The aluminum door caved in instantly, creating a dent. With another hit, the door started to loosen up. I dropped the table, lifted my foot and kicked the lock. The aluminum door wasn't very sturdy to begin with, and with that kick, it warped to one side, revealing a gap.

  At this moment, through that gap, a pair of eyes with a green glow were staring straight at me, inside was pitch black, I didn't know if it was Cannon Brother or someone else, but the strong smell of blood suddenly rushed towards me. I had just retreated two steps back when the bathroom door creaked open and out came Cannon Brother, hunching his back, with eyes like green gemstones, holding a bundle of black stuff in his hands.

  My legs felt weak and I retreated backwards until I was leaning against the wall to prevent myself from falling.

  "Brother Bao... what's wrong..." I really don't know where I got the courage to speak up, but Brother Bao clearly couldn't hear me at this moment. He just looked at me for a moment, then lowered his head and stroked the black thing in his arms with his hand.

  "Bang... I was about to say something, but suddenly saw the black mass wrapped around Gun Brother reveal a foot-shaped part, and suddenly thought of something, couldn't control myself, felt dizzy, and the stuff in my stomach rushed out desperately, vomiting until my throat was sour."

  "That's the baby's body..."

  That black mass was actually the corpse of an infant, probably having been soaked in the water tank of a toilet for too long, first swelling up, then starting to stink, and finally directly beginning to rot, turning into this appearance...

  I can no longer hold back, I want to escape, here I will die sooner or later, I want to escape...

  I rushed towards the door of the suite, grasping the door handle, only to find that it was locked.

  "The key...the key is on Cannon Brother's body..."

  I crouched in the corner, watching as Cannon gazed lovingly at the infant corpse, his hands and feet gradually growing cold.

  My gaze never left the figure of Cannon Brother, his hunched body, the shirt that was originally on him was already tattered and could no longer be seen as a shirt, below only wearing a pair of underwear, pants slipped to the ankles, but not taking off the pants, instead being entangled with the pants.

  "Ghost possession......" I thought of what I often wrote in my book, but is this really true? I suddenly found the absurdity of this matter.

  "He's not Paoge, he's that Lancui..." I'm scared by my own absurd thoughts, but it's really like this now.

  At this moment, Lan Xi suddenly lifted her head, and the green eyes that were originally shining brightly suddenly dimmed. I actually saw Lan Xi crying, her facial expression was stiff to the extreme, but she couldn't hide those red, almost bleeding eyes, and the layer of mist on them - was she really crying?

  At this time, Lan Xi slowly walked towards the room, the room she had slept in before...