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Chapter 1 Caring Community
  "Xiao Lin, I want you to work hard these three days and work the night shift for Lao Wang. He broke his leg and needs to rest for a few days."

"Working hours are from 8pm to 8am the next morning. If you don't come during the day, your salary will be plus a night shift subsidy of 600. Is there any problem?"

As Director Li talked, he helped unload the rice, oil, milk and other charity supplies from the small truck.

As the director of a caring community, she treats others with a certain amount of advance and retreat, talks about things when she wants, and never puts on leadership airs.

Even Lin Yi, a volunteer who only came as an intern for three months, was treated equally. He received all the wages and benefits he deserved, eight hours a day, and was never asked to work overtime.

The colleagues around him are also very friendly and often take care of him as a newcomer, so Lin Yi doesn't mind helping out a little harder before leaving.

"No problem, director." Lin moved the last carton of milk out of the car, cleared his throat and asked, "Is Brother Wang seriously injured?"

When he first arrived, Brother Wang took good care of Lin Yi and treated him as a younger brother. Now that he heard the news that the other party was injured, Lin Yi was a little worried.

The director waved his hand, "There's nothing serious, don't worry. Later you and other colleagues will distribute these supplies to the elderly, one for each household."

"Okay, don't worry, director."

Lin Yi lowered his head and began to count the supplies at his feet.

The Caring Community is actually a public welfare organization that is responsible for taking care of the helpless elderly people.

All donations and materials come from caring people in society and are used to improve the lives of the elderly. As for the salaries of community workers, the financial department is responsible for it.

Lin Yi was assigned to this community as an intern right after graduation. His job basically consisted of chatting with the elderly and maintaining the daily work of the community.

Although the salary is not high, the work is less and not tiring.

Anyway, he is an orphan, and one person has enough food to keep the whole family from going hungry.

In addition to daily expenses, he sent most of the money back to the orphanage to help the children go to school, and his life was quite comfortable.

After counting the supplies to be delivered, Lin Yi pushed the cart towards the residential building. He was responsible for delivering supplies to the residents on the fourth floor.

The outer walls of the old residential buildings are peeling off more and more, with red bricks exposed and patches of cyan growing out of the gaps.

It was much more dilapidated than when he first arrived, and a large area of ​​weeds had grown up around it.

However, the funds of the caring community are limited, so as long as there are no big problems, save them first.

Every time Lin Yi walked into the corridor, he could always smell a lingering burnt smell. He searched for it several times but couldn't find the source.

I don't know what kind of stains were stained on the interior walls. There were always black marks that couldn't be wiped off.

He pushed the trolley into the elevator. The moment the door closed, the black mark on the inner wall quickly slid to the ground like thick cement, covering the entire elevator.

The elevator actually moved up smoothly, without making strange noises like before.

The moment he stepped out of the elevator, a huge black shadow appeared behind Lin Yi. Countless hands and feet stretched out, but did not make the slightest movement.

He followed him step by step, like a child learning to walk, until Lin Yi turned around and walked to the door of 401 before stopping, turning into a puddle of black cement again and sealing the doors of the other households except 402.

Handprints appeared on each door. They tried to break through the cement blockade and break through the door, but they failed without exception.

Lin Yi didn't know what was happening behind him. He knocked on the door of 401 and said softly: "Grandma Liu, I am Lin Yi. I left the things at the door. Remember to come out and get them."

The first household is Grandma Liu who lives alone. Her husband died early. She is timid and doesn't like strangers.

Every time, he would put the supplies on the cart, put the cart at the door, and then take the cart away when it was empty.

I have never seen each other before, so mysterious.

The second household is a pair of elderly people in their seventies, living diagonally across from Grandma Liu.

The old man doesn't like to talk and always likes to sit on the sofa and watch TV. On the contrary, the old woman likes to chat with Lin Yi and will give him snacks like melon seeds from time to time.

She smiled and complimented him on how good-looking he was, just like her good-looking grandson who was studying abroad.

Lin Yi would stay a little longer at this time. He knew that the old man was actually thinking of his grandson when he said this.

However, he has never seen the old man's grandson, and sometimes he wonders why he misses him so much but doesn't leave a photo.

"Xiao Lin, come on, guess what today is?" Grandma Li smiled as she watched Lin move a handful of supplies into the kitchen, and excitedly extended a fist to him, "There will be a reward for guessing correctly."

Lin Yi tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Peanut?"    "Wrong!" A flash of excitement flashed in Grandma Li's eyes, and she said with a smile, "Guess again!"

"That must be walnuts."

"No, no, Xiao Lin, you are a bit stupid today, guess again!" Grandma Li shook her fist proudly in front of Lin Yi.

Lin Yi shook his head pretending to be distressed, "I really can't guess."

"Qiang Qiang Qiang" Grandma Li opened her fist, and a salty smell wafted out.

"It turns out they are salt and pepper melon seeds." Lin Yi smiled and reached out to take the melon seeds, "No wonder they taste so fragrant."

"The old man fried it for you today. You can take it all away later. We can't eat such a strong taste."

Grandma Li smiled and smoothed out the wrinkles on Lin Yi's shirt, "By the way, go back and tell Xiao Wang that the lights in the building keep flickering at night and it needs to be repaired."

"Brother Wang is taking a break recently. I'll go take a look when I'm on duty in the evening. If there's a minor problem, I can fix it." Lin Yi agreed with a smile, not noticing the slight change in Grandma Li's face when she mentioned being on duty.

"The night shift is very hard. You must be careful and watch your steps. Don't walk in dark places where you may fall."

After speaking, Grandma Li took out a small and exquisite rabbit lantern from the cupboard at the door and stuffed it into Lin Yi's hand, "Take it with you at night to light your way."

"There is a flashlight in the duty room. Your little rabbit lantern is so beautiful. I'm afraid it will be broken accidentally." Lin Yi lowered his head and carefully touched the rabbit lantern. Although it was made of bamboo and white paper, it was really exquisite.
  At first glance, it looks lifelike, like a real rabbit in front of you, which shows the skill of Grandma Li's craftsmanship.

Grandma Li looked at Lin Yi and insisted: "The broken flashlight in the duty room comes on and off, it's not as bright as my lamp."

When Lin saw this, he had no choice but to accept it. When he raised his head, he glanced at the eyes on the rabbit lantern from the corner of his eye and seemed to blink. When he looked carefully, there was nothing there.

Could it be that he was dazzled?
  Before Lin Yi could figure it out, Grandma Li urged Lin Yi to go back and rest quickly as she had to go to work at night.

"Okay, then I'll come see you two elders another day." Lin Yi stood at the door and shouted to the old man on the sofa: "Grandpa, I'm leaving."

The old man on the sofa didn't look back, he just stretched out his hand and waved to him in response.

After Lin left, there was a clicking sound from Grandma Li's house. The old man sitting on the sofa turned his neck 180 degrees, his dark pupils stared directly at Grandma Li, and his mouth opened and closed as if he was talking. He said something but didn't make a sound.

"Okay, old man. I know what you mean. Those dirty things don't dare to come near as long as there is a light." Grandma Li slowly walked up to the grandfather, held his head in her hands and touched him affectionately, "I know You can't bear to let go of that child, but living people shouldn't mix with dead people, it's not good for him."

"Xiao Lin is a good boy"

The old man closed his mouth, waved away Grandma Li's hand, and turned his head back.

eight pm.

Lin Yi rummaged through the drawers in the duty room but couldn't find the flashlight.

He had no choice but to carry a small rabbit lantern to patrol. Unexpectedly, the light was really bright when it was turned on. He didn't know what the wick was made of, but it could illuminate four or five meters nearby.

The orange light exudes a warm atmosphere, making the originally dark and empty corridor a little less eerie.

Lin Yi checked the circuits on each floor one by one and found that most of the flashing lights were caused by the aging of the circuits, which was caused by poor contact.

Changing the wiring is a big project and requires filling out a maintenance form. It is not something he can simply repair.

After confirming that it was correct, Lin Yi was about to go downstairs and return to the duty room to fill out the form, when suddenly his vision felt blurry.

The surrounding scenery became distorted, and a faint crackling sound could be heard.

Did a wick burst?
  Lin Yi rubbed his eyebrows and blinked hard. The scenery in front of him returned to normal, except that all the lights in the corridor were out, probably completely broken.

Fortunately, Lin Yi had a light in his hand, so he wasn't afraid.

He continued walking forward with the lamp in his hand, when he heard a burst of panicked footsteps in front of him, and a clear male voice said, "I'm going, brother, scaring people will scare them to death. Can you please be kind and don't be afraid?" Shocking."

"Who?" Lin hurried over and saw three people, two men and one woman, standing on the corridor not far away.

A weak white light shines on the three people, giving people the illusion that it will be extinguished at any time.

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