The sudden scream broke the silence of the villa.
Everyone immediately looked towards the second floor.
"What's going on?"
"No... I don't know!"
"Let's go check!"
Everyone hurriedly ran to the second floor, to the place where the scream came from.
It was the bedridden old woman's room.
Wang Yuning, who had brought the food earlier, was now sitting on the ground, leaning against the corner of the wall, hugging her knees, trembling!
The hot food... spilled all over the ground.
"What happened?"
Ning Qiushui asked.
In front of everyone, Wang Yuning slowly raised a finger, pointed at the old woman lying on the bed, and said in a trembling voice:
"She... She... Just now... spoke!"
Following her finger, everyone looked towards the old woman lying motionless on the bed, her eyes absentmindedly looking out the window.
Liu Renfeng laughed:
"I thought something was wrong... Didn't you hear what the mistress said? Her mother was only paralyzed."
"She's bedridden, not a vegetable, why can't she speak?"
"I thought you were so formidable?"
"A bedridden old woman scared you like that?"
Liu Renfeng finally had a chance, his mouth continuously firing like a machine gun.
But Wang Yuning seemed to be really scared, trembling, not saying a word back.
Ning Qiushui glanced at the old woman on the bed, signaled Liu Renfeng to help clean up the floor, and pulled Wang Yuning up herself.
"She spilled it herself, and wants me to clean it up, what's going on..."
Liu Renfeng muttered, but was still very obedient, quickly went into the bathroom to get a towel, and started cleaning.
This scene was a bit disharmonious.
Seeing that Liu Renfeng was not easy to bully, and was so obedient to Ning Qiu Shui.
But everyone did not ask any further questions.
After cleaning the room, Ning Qiushui walked to the old lady's bed, looked closely at the old lady's gentle face, then helped her cover herself with a blanket, turned around and left the room with everyone.
Back on the first floor, it was completely dark outside.
The bright lights illuminated the lobby.
But for some reason, everyone always felt like they were still in the dark without any light.
The silent atmosphere made people uneasy.
"Alright, Wang Yuning, now you can say... what did that old lady say to you?"
Ning Qiushui sat across from Wang Yuning on the sofa, pouring herself a cup of hot tea.
As soon as she mentioned what had just happened, Wang Yuning's complexion, which had just recovered a bit, turned pale again!
She clenched the corner of her shirt with her fingertips.
"Just now... Just now I was feeding her..."
"She ate a piece of beef rib, and immediately, immediately spat it out!"
Liu Renfeng glared:
"Damn, did she throw up?"
"Is the food I cooked that bad to eat?"
Ning Qiushui frowned.
"Liu Renfeng, let's hear her out first."
Liu Renfeng clicked his tongue, muttered a few words, and stopped talking.
Wang Yuning's eyes revealed fear, her expression conflicted, as if she didn't want to remember what had just happened:
"... I thought it was too hot, so I tried it myself, but the food wasn't hot, so I gave her a second bite, but she still spat it out..."
"And this time, after spitting it out, she, she turned her head, staring at me and said... Said..."
She hesitated for a while, Xue Guize frowned so much that he could crush a mosquito, and hurriedly asked:
"What did she say, tell me quickly!"
Urged by Xue Guize, Wang Yuning finally gritted her teeth and said:
"Her voice was very small, I couldn't hear it clearly, it seemed like she said... There was no meat... The meat was bland!"
"Yes... She definitely said the meat was bland!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a terrifying lightning flashed past the window, followed by a deafening thunderclap!
Everyone was startled by the thunderclap!
"Damn, this thunderclap..."
Ning Qiushui looked at the pitch-black sky outside, suddenly walked to the window, and opened it.
The cold wind carried raindrops across his face.
"It's raining... Heavy rain, strong wind..."
He closed the window, his expression much more serious.
"These things have begun to come true..."
"This letter... Is it really a joke?"
Unlike the others, before getting on the bus, Ning Qiushui received a... mysterious letter.
He had kept this a secret from everyone.
While everyone was chatting and discussing the bland meat, Ninh Thu Thuy suddenly closed the window.
It was closed tightly, not letting in a bit of wind.
"Alright, if she doesn't eat, then forget it, it's late, let's rest early..."
"Let's get up early tomorrow morning and cook meat porridge for the old lady."
"Have you all chosen a room yet?"
Everyone who was discussing suddenly fell silent.
"We... really have to sleep in separate rooms?"
At this moment, Yizhi, the quiet girl, spoke up, her face filled with fear, as if she was frightened by what had just happened.
Xie Guize said:
"We have already looked at the rooms, they are very spacious, with double beds, the rooms are very clean, two people sleeping in one room is enough."
Yan Youping, with eyes still slightly swollen, hearing that they had to sleep in the same room, worriedly said:
"But... But we have three girls!"
Xie Guize sighed:
"The room is not small, and the three girls are small, we can sleep even if we squeeze in a little."
The three girls looked at each other, all silent.
No one likes to sleep in the same bed with strangers.
But in fact, they all know, this villa... is not safe.
Everyone always feels, in the darkness, as if something is staring at them...
After turning off the lights, they went up to the second floor together.
After a brief discussion, Ning Qiushui and Liu Renfeng were the first to enter the room.
The three girls stayed in the last room on the right side of the second floor corridor, the farthest from the old woman they had to take care of.
The remaining two men chose the room next to Ning Qiushui's room.
For some reason, Ning Qiushui seemed to have a magical charm, when near him, people would feel safer.
The last person to return to the room was Wang Yuning.
While she was still absent-minded about the day's events, everyone else had entered the room one by one.
For a moment, she was the only one left in the hallway.
The hallway light switch was at the top of the stairs, and there was only one switch, but the room they chose was at the end of the hallway, at least twenty meters away.
If she wanted to turn off the light, it meant groping in the twenty meters of darkness.
Her eyes fell on the wide open window at the end of the corridor.
The trees outside seemed to be growing like demons, twisting ferociously, following the cold wind, as if they wanted to crawl in and swallow Wang Yuning at any moment!
She couldn't help but tremble, not daring to turn off the light, hurriedly entering the last room, then locking the door.
Bang!
...
In the room, Ning Qiushui took off his shirt, revealing his muscular, strong body.
Liu Renfeng was brushing his teeth and looked over in surprise.
He didn't expect Ning Qiushui to be such a muscular handsome man!
"Ning Xiao Ge... I didn't expect you to hide it so well!"
"With this body, these six-pack abs, if you go to a bar... I'm sure the rich ladies will fight over?"
Liu Renfeng laughed hehe, winking at Ning Qiushui.
Ning Qiushui rolled his eyes:
"Then why do you keep following me?"
Hearing this, Liu Renfeng spat out the toothpaste foam in his mouth, put away his playful expression, and said seriously:
"... Xiao Ge, you are indeed cautious, but I can't say it now, wait until we return from the blood door alive, I will tell you..."
Hearing Liu Renfeng's answer, Ning Qiushui was initially a little surprised, then smiled and said:
"Still acting mysterious."
Liu Renfeng shook his head, changing the subject:
"That's right, little brother, do you feel… that old lady has a problem?"
Ning Qiushui pondered for a moment.
"Not only that old lady, this whole family, even this whole villa area has a problem!"
Liu Renfeng was stunned:
"What's wrong with the villa area?"
Ning Shuishui said:
"The female owner of the villa said that only her family lives in this area, but in fact, I have been to many villas, and there are traces of people living inside, and they are traces from the past one or two months. I have seen eight such houses, not to mention the ones I have not seen…"
"This proves that… this area, not long ago, was still inhabited."
Hearing Ning Qiushui's words, Liu Renfeng's back turned cold.
If Ning Qiushui's judgment was correct, then… Where did those people go?
Ning Qiushui walked to the window, her expression solemn, her hands in her pockets, and continued:
"Moreover, a person who lives alone usually won't buy a villa with such a large garden, so the people who moved here basically have family or friends, even when they go to work, there can't be no one in the house…"
"But in reality, this villa seems to only have… us left."
He pointed a finger.
Following the direction of his finger, Liu Renfeng was stunned to see that the more than ten houses outside the window… were all dark!
Not a single light!
"This…"
"Why is it like this?!"
His face became extremely unsightly.
Ning Qiushui slowly said:
"Something must have happened here."
"Something… extremely scary."
He carefully checked the window, confirmed that it was locked tightly, that not a bit of wind could get in, then pulled the curtains back, and returned to bed.
There was no wind, the two people lying on the bed, both smelled a… strange smell.
"What is that smell?"
Liu Renfeng asked.
The smell wasn't strong, but it lingered, not fading away, like… something rotten.
The two of them remembered what Xue Guize had said before, and after searching for a while, they finally determined the source of the smell.
——The ceiling above their heads.
The wooden ceiling there was damp, and it seemed like some kind of liquid was seeping out.
The liquid was yellowish-brown, and the smell was very unpleasant.
"F**k…"
Liu Renfeng felt nauseous, and quickly pulled the bed away a little.
"What is that?"
Ning Qiu Shui stood below, squinting at the damp spot on the ceiling, and after a while said:
"Goatee, do you believe me?"
Liu Renfeng didn't understand what Ning Qiu Shui meant, but still nodded.
"I believe."
Ning Qiushui slowly said:
"Tonight, don't sleep, don't turn on the lights, no matter what you hear… don't pay attention."
Liu Renfeng's body stiffened.
"Xiao Ge, what you mean is… something will happen tonight?"
Ning Qiushui pondered for a long time, finally nodding almost imperceptibly.
He turned off the light, the room immediately fell into a terrifyingly quiet darkness…
Liu Renfeng lay on the bed, his heart filled with anxiety and restlessness.
Although he tried not to sleep, as time passed, the fatigue eventually spread throughout his body…
He didn't know how long later, he was awakened by a strange sound.
The sound came from outside the door.
It was a kind of… like the sound of two sharp metal objects rubbing against each other.
Scratch——
Scratch——
Hearing this creepy sound, Liu Renfeng immediately thought of… knives and forks!
He often cooked, and was very familiar with the sounds of cooking utensils and tableware!
Liu Renfeng suddenly sat up, wanting to turn on the light, but then remembered Ning Qiushui's instructions, raised his hand, then lowered it.
"Ning Xiaoge, where are you?"
Liu Renfeng asked in a low voice, and a "Shh" sound immediately came from beside him.
"Don't make a sound."
Ning Qiushui's voice was also very small, and there was a slight tremor that was barely noticeable.
Obviously, he was also very nervous.
Their room door was not completely sealed, there was a gap, and the light from the hallway outside leaked in through the gap under the door.
Following the terrifying sound that passed through their room door, a strange black shadow also flashed…
The terrifying rubbing sound made Liu Renfeng's heart feel like it was about to jump out of his chest!
That thing outside… It actually stopped in front of their room door!
Liu Renfeng clenched his fists, holding his breath!
What was that thing outside the door?
If it entered… What would happen?
In that moment, his mind went blank, seemingly losing the ability to think.
It felt like several minutes had passed, but it also felt like only a moment, the terrifying black shadow outside finally moved once more, going deeper into the corridor…
The ear-piercing rubbing sound rang out again ——
Scratch ——
Scratch ——
This feeling, is like an executioner looking for a prisoner to be executed…
It walked a path, stopped for a while in front of the second door, then went to the door at the end of the corridor, also stopped for a while in front of the door, then disappeared completely…
At this moment, Ning Qiushui suddenly sat up from the bed, gently walked to the door, and pressed his ear to the crack under the door.
He listened for a long time.
There was no longer any sound outside.
It seemed that the black shadow had disappeared.
After listening quietly for more than ten minutes, he confirmed that it was completely quiet outside, then returned to bed.
"Xiao Ge, what is that thing outside?"
Liu Renfeng asked in a low voice.
Ning Qiushui shook his head:
"I don't know, but it's definitely not a human."
"It walks without making any sound."
After hearing this, cold sweat immediately broke out on Liu Renfeng's forehead.
Impossible…
Inside this villa…
Could it be that there's something unclean?