Chapter 68: The Voice in the Elevator

  The young man vanished into the darkness in an instant, leaving Director Li stunned on the spot. He was still holding the leather bag he had just picked up, looking at the several men walking towards him with some fear.

  "Was it you who picked up my purse? Look, it's still in your hand. You should pick up gold without hiding," one of the tall men stepped forward and said.

  "What makes you say that the bag I picked up is yours?" Director Li pretended to be calm, he didn't want to return the wallet to this tall man, although he also suspected that the bag belonged to these thugs in front of him.

  "What for?" The tall one said with a cold laugh, "It's mine and it's mine, do I need to prove it to you?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, several people came up and forcibly snatched the leather bag from Director Li's hands. One of them said: "We also want to see if our money is missing."

  Several others immediately pulled at Director Li's clothes and searched him non-stop. One person snatched the leather bag from under Director Li's arm, opened it, and found a lot of money inside.

  "This is indeed mine!" Director Li hastily said.

  "Is that so?" said the tall one. "There was a card in my wallet, you must have seen it and then gone to withdraw money, which is this money in your bag."

  "Don't waste your breath on him," someone said. "Honesty is the best policy, this was taught in school when we were reading books, but you're taking it for yourself. We'll take it away." After that, several people confiscated Li's belongings and left, disappearing into a corner.

  Director Li has not yet reacted, and by the time he realized he had been deceived, those scammers had long since disappeared. He did not dare to report to the police, because once reported, his bribery would be made public, so even if he suffered a loss, he could only remain silent.

  "Damn it, I've been screwed by Ouyang Qing," he muttered to himself, hiding in the original place. "I was forced to take a bribe for just one meal, and the 100,000 yuan that I got my hands on was swindled away by a group of scoundrels. And now I have to help others buy that piece of land in the south of the city that originally belonged to someone else. I'm really out of luck!"

  Director Li sat on the ground for a while, sighed again, and then got up dejectedly and headed home.

  But no mention was made of how Director Li discussed the land deal with his wife when he returned home, and instead turned back to Ouyang Qing.

  Ouyang Qing was accused of intentionally injuring others and was put into a detention center. He has been here for two days, during which the staff at the detention center have not said anything to him, nor have the police come to question him. In short, he has been ignored, left in the dark, damp cell of the detention center.

  The cell was very damp and had not seen sunlight for years, so even if the weather outside was scorching hot, the cell was icy cold.

  Fortunately, he could still withstand such dampness and darkness, for he had been to the underworld, where the dampness and darkness were no less than those in this cell.

  But he was also angry, his hard work and diligence had been deceived, and in the end it was a scam. He had always dreamed of becoming a civil servant, because only as a civil servant could he help the people who needed help. But he did not expect that the unpredictable officialdom still had another side of struggle.

  Thinking of the struggle, he is somewhat disappointed with his current job - it's hard to work in Haicheng.

  So he wanted to give up, he wanted to quit his job and go into the sea, but then again, he didn't want to give up like this. Maybe somewhere else would be better, maybe it's just this city of Haizhumen that has people like Director Li, and even then, only a few.

  So he was unwilling, but what could he do about it? Wasn't he still in detention now?

  He thought of all this, let out a sigh, and lay down on a worn-out damp bed with his eyes tightly closed - even if he opened them, it would be useless. He thought of his ghost friends, Chen Zhenhua and Huo Jucui Zhengyi, Lan Jingqiu and Dugu Zhongzheng Shangliang, Lu Xiaoying and Qian Xiaohong's enthusiasm. Suddenly, he also thought that he could cling to Director Li without letting go, because he could have his soul wander out!

  He thought of his soul leaving his body and he came back to life, suddenly turning over and thinking about how to tease Director Li.

  Just as he was planning to deal with Director Li, Director Li was walking aimlessly on the street, almost not daring to go home, and even more afraid to tell his wife about today's events, so he could only wander around without a purpose.

  He finally arrived at the residential area where he lived, which was beautifully built and had high house prices. Originally, Director Li, who came from a rural area, couldn't afford it, but he married a woman with power and influence, and this was bought by his father-in-law as a dowry for his daughter, so naturally it became his residence.

  His wife, in order to emphasize the ownership of the house, had a notarized document with him, which only gave him the right to use it, while she had both the right to use and dispose of it. In other words, if Director Li and his wife were to divorce, Director Li would still have nothing.

  So, in order to continue living in this neighborhood, Director Li had to swallow his pride.

  He walked into the neighborhood and hesitated to continue going in, standing under the building and wandering around.

  Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew in, and the flowers and grasses in the residential area made a faint rustling sound, as if someone was walking on them.

  Director Li shivered with a chill, turned his head and looked back, the residential area was quiet, so quiet that it seemed as if there were no pedestrians.

  The cold wind made Director Li slightly sober from his daze, he shivered and sighed, but still steeled himself to go inside the building. After all, it was either good fortune or bad, and his wife didn't know yet. If he didn't say anything, there shouldn't be a problem.

  He walked into the corridor downstairs and walked less than a dozen steps before reaching the elevator.

  He pressed the elevator button, and when it opened, there was a person inside. The man had a cold expression, with long hair that fell to his shoulders, parted in the middle and scattered across his face, covering his entire face so that you couldn't see what he looked like at all. You could only sense that this person was cold and unfeeling through his icy gaze and tightly closed lips.

  He was wearing a spotless white robe, which clearly didn't match the high-end lifestyle of the upscale residents in the neighborhood, so it can be concluded that he wasn't a resident of the neighborhood.

  But why is it in the neighborhood? Director Li didn't mind, but he took a few more glances at the person's strange clothes and thought he was a neurotic patient, sneaking a few laughs.

  Despite this, he still walked into the elevator. As soon as he came in, he found that tonight's elevator was as cold as a refrigerator, so cold that it made him chatter.

  "You still came in!"

  A strange sound came and echoed in the elevator.

  The voice startled Director Li, who re-examined the elevator and found that apart from himself, there was only the apathetic person, so he looked at him with suspicion.

  But he didn't look at him, his eyes were dull and indifferent, with a drooping eyelid staring at the ground, no one could tell if he had spoken.

  "Was it you who just spoke?" asked Director Li.

  This person also didn't say anything.

  "I'm telling you, brother," Director Li said, moving closer to the man. "Were you just talking to me? I've lived here for a few years now, but I've never seen you before."

  The person seemed not to have heard or was like a mute, saying nothing, only his body slightly trembling.

  "It turned out to be his mother's mute." Director Li shrugged and said.

  "Is it?" Another extremely cold voice came, echoing in the elevator.

  When he heard the voice, Director Li was so scared that he died. He quietly looked at the person standing in the elevator with him, and still only saw this person's face coldly. Moreover, when this person heard the sound - he firmly believed that this person had also heard the inexplicable speech, just like him, but this person didn't seem as tense and afraid as him. So, a normal person should be afraid, unless he was deaf or not a normal person.

  He became even more frightened, thinking that he had encountered a ghost and that he was the only one who had encountered it, otherwise this person would not have had no reaction.

  "Brother," said Director Li with a voice almost in tears, "if you can prove that you are human, just say something. At least prove that you're still alive, don't be like a dead man who doesn't move at all."

  "What do you want me to say?" The man spoke, his voice was icy and hollow, like a mournful cry in the vast wilderness.

  "You, you," Director Li distinctly heard the sound of this person's voice. He pointed at the man in front of him who was wearing a long gown and said with fear that he firmly believed the sound just now came from this expressionless person who looked like a dead man.

  "Yes," the man laughed coldly, his laughter like the wind blowing at night, like a wolf howling in the mountains.

  After laughing, the man slowly turned his head to look at Director Li and said: "You find my outfit very strange, but I don't think it's strange at all. We wore this kind of clothing in our time, so you shouldn't be surprised. If you really think it's strange, take a closer look at my face and you'll be even more surprised."

  Director Li was puzzled, he really listened, his eyes staring at the person's face without moving.

  Suddenly, he saw this person's eyes flowing with bloody tears, black blood, followed by nostrils, and then mouth.

  Director Li first saw the man's eyes bleeding and his whole body shook, seeing the nostrils bleeding he shouted "Damn it!", when he saw a mouthful of black blood, he urinated in his pants. He sat paralyzed on the ground, crying with a sad face saying: "Ghost!" Then he crawled out of the elevator.

  At this time, the elevator slowly closed, and Director Li crawled out. As soon as his head was stretched out, his body was pinched by the elevator door and couldn't move in or out.

  The ghost in the elevator was Ouyang Qing, who put the borrowed body in the cell and then appeared to find Director Li. He saw that the elevator was stuck with Director Li inside and was afraid that if the elevator went up, it would crush Director Li to death, so he didn't let the elevator go up.

  Director Li was so scared that he almost died.

  Finally, the elevator door opened. Director Li was already weak in his limbs, but to save his life, he crawled forward with all his might, escaped from the elevator and rolled up the stairs towards the safe passage.

  Ouyang Qing saw his disheveled appearance and couldn't help but stifle a laugh as he followed Director Li from afar.

  Director Li felt like someone was following him no matter how he escaped, and sometimes even felt a hand pulling on his leg. He turned back to look, but there was nothing, yet one foot just couldn't be lifted up.

  Finally returned home, as soon as he entered the house, he closed the door and rushed into the bedroom to hide under the quilt. His wife was sitting on the sofa watching TV and doing her hair at the same time. Seeing her husband rush in and dive under the quilt, she felt strange too. She ran into the bedroom and slapped a palm on the quilt where Li's buttocks were bulging, then lifted up the quilt and started punching and kicking.

  Director Li was hit a few times, suddenly let out a loud cry, and slapped his wife's face with a loud "slap", then burst into laughter, eyes dull, hair disheveled, almost like a madman.

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