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Chapter 5 The Old House
"Okay, found it."

Badman finally touched the sweat on his forehead, walked over and threw a long bunch of keys to Chi Heng.

"This is the key left by your uncle." Badman took a sip of the coffee handed over by the white policeman. "Don't look at me like that. As I said, your uncle and I are comrades in arms."

You just said that was a joke?
Chi Heng took the key in a daze, and the key was rusted.

"But after such a long time, the door may not be able to open."

Badman gnawed on the burger again: "Eat it, I'll take you there after eating."

Chi Heng was no longer polite. Badman's friendliness reassured him a lot. After a few mouthfuls of hamburger, the black sheriff ordered the white policeman to go out and let Chi Heng follow behind in his pickup truck.

Just not long after walking, Badman stopped in front, rolled down the window, and yelled at the buildings on the side of the road: "Jill, are you there?"

The door was pushed open, and a man in his 40s came out, "Badman, who is this guy?"

He found Chi Heng behind him.

"Stanley's nephew."

"Stanley?"

Old Jill froze for a moment, then realized: "You mean Stanley Chen?"

"Yes, it's him."

Badman said sadly: "Stanley had a car accident, and his nephew followed his will to visit his old house."

Old Jill's complexion changed slightly, he looked at Chi Heng behind him, and didn't say much.

"The electrical wiring in Stanley's old house is probably aging. If it can't function normally, I need your help to repair it."

Badman said hello and continued on the road.

This time Badman didn't stay any longer. To Chi Heng's surprise, his uncle's old house was not in the small town of Dock, but left the town and continued to stay away until more than 20 minutes away, he came to a place in the suburbs. In front of the forest lake, an old house gradually appeared in his sight.

That old house is a typical American-style single-family villa. Generally speaking, this kind of wood-based house needs to be overhauled every 20 years. Sometimes, when the construction quality is not up to standard, it needs to be overhauled once every ten years. , and you must always pay attention to the problem of insects and ants, which is quite troublesome.

And this house was built in the 30s, and it has been more than 70 years since now. From the outside, it is indeed quite dilapidated. Even if it is overhauled, it may not be able to live in.

"This place is quite remote."

Halfway through, Chi Heng saw that the road had changed from a cement road to a dirt road. One could imagine how muddy the road would be here once it rained.Especially the deeper you go, the dirt road almost disappears, leaving only faint traces of weeds everywhere.

It can be seen that no one comes here without a car.

The black sheriff's police car stopped in front of the gate of the house fence, and Chi Heng hurriedly braked as well.

After getting out of the car, Chi Heng saw Badman put his police cap on his head, raised his trousers belt, and walked forward. The fence was tilted, and the iron chains on the fence door had little effect, and they couldn't stop people from entering.

Seeing Chi Heng looking left and right, Badman said: "Look, this place is very remote, and generally no one will come..."

He took the lead and stepped in through the gap in the fallen fence. Chi Heng took a deep breath and followed in. After all, he didn't believe in ghosts at all, but seeing the dilapidated appearance of this old house, he didn't believe in ghosts and gods. Inevitably a little guilty.

The courtyard of the old house is very large, and no one has taken care of it for ten years. Weeds and various plants have become the masters here. Chi Heng, who knows the labor costs of the United States, knows in his heart that he may get a lot of money by hiring workers to repair it.

Badman, who was at the front, took a few steps up the stairs, came to the door, and stretched out his hand: "The key."

Chi Heng hurriedly took out the key and handed it to Badman. Badman held the rusty key and tossed hard at the keyhole. Chi Heng looked around boredly. His initial excitement gradually disappeared. If his uncle left him If such a large house is in the town, he will be excited, but if the house is left in such a remote ghost place, he will not be excited at all.

Live here?
That won't work!

So inconvenient.

"Damn! This lock is broken!"

The black sheriff cursed and kicked at the door.

"Boom!"

The gate couldn't bear the foot of the black sheriff, and fell straight back.

Chi Heng looked at him, and the black police chief was not ashamed, but threw away the key: "Justo, there are door locks in the town, you can get a new door and key."

Chi Heng was speechless, so he didn't want to go, and he wouldn't live here.

"Wait, I'll go find the switch."

Badman looked at the dark environment inside the house. Since the place is densely forested and there are many big trees, it happened that a few towering trees next to the old house blocked the sunlight, resulting in a serious lack of light in the indoor environment.

He greeted Chi Heng, and then made a detour to the back.

Only Chi Heng was left standing alone at the door.

Chi Heng hesitated for a moment, then simply walked back, went to the pickup truck to get a flashlight before returning, turned on the flashlight, and the environment inside the house was clear at a glance.

What caught my eye was not as dilapidated and damp as I imagined. On the contrary, it was very dusty and dry, and a cold wind was blowing across the whole house.

"Cough cough."

Chi Heng waved his hand. He didn't know how long it would take for the sheriff to open the switch, let alone whether the electricity could be turned on, so he just walked in alone.

The layout of the house does not seem so strange. After entering the entrance, the kitchen and dining room are on the right, and the living room is on the left. Both the furniture in the living room and the furniture in the kitchen are carefully covered by curtains to prevent dust accumulation.

And there is a door to the north of the living room, which is open, and Chi Heng shines it with a flashlight, it should be the living room.

He half-covered his nose, and shone around with a flashlight, "It looks like a very ordinary old house, it doesn't look like it's haunted."

How could there be ghosts in this world...

If it was before, Chi Heng could have yelled loudly, but this morning, just over an hour ago, there was a car accident, and the car and people disappeared without a trace, which made Chi Heng feel unconfident.

He didn't continue to explore further, and was about to go out first, when his eyes moved suddenly, he looked at the portraits hanging on the staircase wall leading to the second floor.

"what?"

The portrait illuminated by the flashlight is a painted land, vast and empty, with snow-capped mountains in the distance.

If this is normal, then the second painting, which is obviously the same scene as the first painting, suddenly changed. Not to mention the whole environment became dark, with a gloomy crimson color, and the dark sky seemed to be There is a huge shadow looming.

This second painting made Chi Heng feel very uncomfortable looking at it. He felt a strong sense of depression. He didn't dare to look at it any more, so he quickly looked away.

But maybe it was because he was too focused just now, and unknowingly took a few steps forward, the mysterious electronic watch worn by Chi Heng suddenly vibrated.

(End of this chapter)