Chapter Seventeen The Woman Who Came to My House Was Not Human

  Something's not right here!

  I sat up sharply in bed.

  Who is Liu Mei? I still can't recall, but I remember that I had already closed the door when I left. How did Liu Mei get into my room?

  "Baby!"

  I hastily shouted.

  "Dry dad, I'm here." The baby's voice was getting sweeter and sweeter, making me feel itchy in my heart.

  "How did Liu Mei get in?" I asked while looking at the baby.

  "Come in." The baby replied.

  "The door was closed, how did she get in? Did you open the door for her?" I frowned and asked him.

  Baby shook his head: "I won't open the door!"

  "This is strange." I furrowed my brow, unable to figure out how Liu Mei had gotten into my room.

  Was it me who forgot to lock the door?

  No way!

  I really can't understand it, I find this thing too strange.

  There must be something fishy going on here.

  The more I think about it, the stranger it seems; I'll go out and take a look.

  Liu Mei said that I am the neighbor opposite to me, but in these days I really haven't heard of a new neighbor moving in. My opposite side has been uninhabited for a long time.

  "I'm going out for a bit." I said to the baby, then headed outside.

  As soon as I opened the door of my room, I saw the opposite door.

  The door opposite was still tightly closed, and except for the small advertisements plastered all over it, there was only a thick layer of dust left, which didn't look like anyone had moved in to live at all.

  I curiously walked up to the door and knocked gently on it.

  There was no response inside the door.

  Damn it! I've been cheated!

  At this time, I can confirm that Liu Mei did not tell the truth. She is definitely not my neighbor across the street. As for who she is, I guess the most likely possibility is that she is a thief, taking advantage of the night to steal things and discovered the baby... then her conscience suddenly found the baby starving pitifully, which led to the scene I saw earlier.

  This guess is somewhat reasonable.

  But I still feel a bit strange. The name Liu Mei seems familiar, but I just can't remember where I've heard it before.

  There was no response when I knocked on the door, so I had to turn around and leave.

  Back in my room, baby was lying on my bed sleeping soundly.

  Seeing this, I also lost sleepiness and went out of the door and down the stairs. Because of jumping into the river, my mobile phone got wet, at this time I was idle and thought of repairing my mobile phone.

  I took my mobile phone and went downstairs to find a mobile phone store.

  Repairing the phone was a small matter that didn't need much explanation. I quickly fixed the phone and then slowly walked back.

  When I walked to the entrance of the community, I happened to meet the security guard.

  I suddenly thought of Liu Mei and casually asked a question.

  "Uncle Li, has anyone new moved into our neighborhood recently?"

  Mr. Li took off the earphones from his ears, coughed and said: "Impossible. These buildings are all fully occupied, who can move in if no one moves out?"

  "Are all the rooms fully occupied? No way! There are people living opposite me too?" Old Li knew me, and he was also clear which floor of that building I lived on.

  "Is it opposite your place? The one opposite yours is a special case, I reckon nobody dares to live there." Old Man Li said to me.

  "Nobody dares to live? What's going on?" I blinked, feeling that there was something fishy about this.

  Mr. Li suddenly waved his hand: "Nothing's going on, nothing's going on, I have something else to attend to and will leave first."

  Mr. Li said, and then turned around to leave.

  He stopped talking halfway and had to leave, obviously there was something he didn't want me to know.

  I caught up with him and grabbed him.

  "Come on! What the hell is going on? Why doesn't anyone dare live in the house across from mine?" I wasn't being polite either.

  "This thing can't be casually mentioned." Old Man Li turned his head and looked at me with difficulty.

  "Why can't you just say it?" I glared at him and asked.

  "Don't you know anything?" Mr. Li looked at me with a strange expression.

  "Who cares!" I cursed, "I just know that house rent is relatively cheaper."

  "That's right." Old Man Li yawned, "Think about why your house rent is so cheap?"

  "Why is it cheap?" I recalled. At first, I came to rent a house here because it was close to my university and very convenient to live here. However, the rent here is also relatively expensive, but the rent of this building is relatively cheaper.

  At that time, the landlord seemed to have told me that someone had died in this building, so the rent was a bit cheaper.

  Has someone died? It wouldn't be the person who used to live across from me, would it?

  I suddenly realized the profound meaning of Mr. Li's words.

  "Mr. Li, has anyone died opposite my house?" I asked Mr. Li.

  "Shh." Old Man Li hushed him, "Keep your voice down, this can't be spread around carelessly."

  "Has he ever died?" I was eager to verify this matter.

  "Death is death, but it's been many years now," said Old Man Li. "You don't have to pay too much attention to that matter, every building has had someone die in it. With so many people in China, maybe someone even died standing right where you are."

  I'm too lazy to get entangled with Old Man Li on these matters. Actually, I'm not afraid of the haunted house where someone died; otherwise, I wouldn't have stayed in this building even though I knew about it from the beginning. It's just that I thought of Liu Mei and then connected some very frightening things.

  "Uncle Li, don't speak first, listen to me." I grabbed Uncle Li's hand and said to him.

  Mr. Li was so nervous because of me, he didn't dare speak again as he looked at me.

  "What was the dead man's name?" I asked.

  "It's been so many years, I don't remember clearly anymore." Old Man Li shook his head, "I only remember it was a girl."

  "A girl? Is her surname Liu?" I asked Li Dajie.

  "It seems like his surname is indeed Liu." Old Man Li thought for a moment and then nodded.

  My little heart skipped a beat.

  "Or is she called Liu Mei?" I asked with the last bit of hope, silently praying that the deceased was not named Liu Mei.

  Mr. Li raised his hand and rubbed his mouth, then took a deep breath.

  "Liu Mei? Right, that girl's name is Liu Mei."

  Looking at Mr. Li's serious and solemn appearance, I was suddenly stunned.

  The deceased is Liu Mei! It was Liu Mei who came to my house last night! It's also the Liu Mei in Baby's mouth, Liu Mei Auntie.

  My god!

  What's going on here? It turns out that the one who ran into my home is a dead person?

  No!

  The dead won't be running around all over the place, and she doesn't seem like a zombie either, zombies are stiff.

  So there are only two possibilities.....

  One possibility is that she's not dead.

  But the probability of this happening is infinitesimally small. No woman would fake her own death for several years and then suddenly show up at my house to help me with breastfeeding. This is impossible.

  Another possibility is that Liu Mei is a ghost.

  Xu Yan once told me that there are ghosts in this world. Liu Mei might be one of them.

  What did you come to my house for, you little ghost?

  I scratched my head, and in the midst of fear, I was also somewhat perplexed.

  She didn't come early or late, but only after the baby arrived. Is this ghost brought by the baby?

  I'm overwhelmed with emotions, and my heart is a tangled mess.

  "Ah Peng, are you scared silly?" Old Man Li came over to take a look at me, "It's not like someone died in your house, just the one opposite yours, what's there to be so afraid of?"

  I don't know how to explain this kind of thing to Old Man Li, and it's pointless to say such things to an old man like him, so I'd better not say anything.

  "It's all right, Uncle Li." I muttered and turned around to run away.

  I didn't run back to my house.

  At this time, I was very annoyed and scared, I just wanted some peace and quiet...

  My world has changed somehow.

  My world used to be a campus, chasing school girls and sisters; later my world was an urban area, hanging out in bars and dating goddesses; now my world has become a horror movie, being haunted by monsters is nothing, but also being haunted by ghosts...

  It's raining cats and dogs when the roof is leaking, and there are many strong men in front of a widow's door!

  Grandma's, you're making it impossible for me to live.

  I really want to bang my head against the tree and die.

  In order to protect the trees, I'd better not crash into them.

  Live on!

  After being quiet for a long time, I have become determined to live on with confidence.

  I don't dare go home, that female ghost said she would come see me again, I can't give her this chance.

  I'd better go to love bar! At least Xuyan and Ali can make me feel a little more at ease.

  I let out a loud roar and walked towards Love Bar.

  It had already gotten dark by the time we were halfway there.

  It's evening again. There have been too many things happening at night these past few days, I just hope tonight will pass peacefully.

  As I walked, my heart was also going up and down with anxiety.

  "Wa wa —— wa wa ——"

  Suddenly, a burst of crying sound came from afar into my ears.