Rent Affair

Chapter 3 Old Woman

"Crack..."

There was a sound of opening the door, Xiaoying noticed this, she loosened her hand slightly, glanced sideways at the direction of the door, and said in a low voice, "I will go find you!"

As soon as the words fell, the room was suddenly pitch black. I moved my fingers, but I still couldn't move. The door was opened, and the person who came in was puzzled, "Huh? Why does it smell like a fox?"

I seem to have heard this voice somewhere before. When I thought about it, I was startled. Did that little shadow come back again?

The man turned on the light, and the switch clicked twice. Seeing that the lights in the house didn't even flicker, he sighed to himself and complained, "Hey...the light is broken again!"

At this time, I could only hear the slight sound of footsteps getting closer and closer, and soon I was at the bedside. As soon as the person was sitting on my lap, I didn't expect her to yell "Ah", obviously she was frightened I jumped, which also made my tense nerves relax a bit, the woman in the dark is not the same as Xiaoying just now.

"Who are you?" The woman was alert, took out her mobile phone from her pocket and took a photo with the flash. Seeing that I was putting the word "big" on the bed, she seemed to understand something. She suddenly realized something and murmured, "No wonder Just now I smelled a fox smell in this room, and after a long time, it turned out that she was the one who did it!"

I didn't understand the meaning of the words, so I just whimpered to let her help me move a little bit, and it would be embarrassing for me to pose like an idiot on someone else's bed.

But the woman didn't show any sign of wanting me to move, she just smiled badly, "If you didn't have bad thoughts in your heart, you could have been hooked by her? It's your own fault! I'll let you suffer a little bit!" After finishing speaking, The woman turned off the only light in the room, and lay down next to me, a faint fragrance of virgins came slowly, although it was captivating, it was not in line with the scene at this time, and she really had no other thoughts.

At some point, I fell asleep and slept soundly all night.

Early the next morning, I was pulled out of my sleep by a dazzling light. When I opened my eyes, the red sun outside the window scatters the dazzling light and shines into the room through the window. The light made it difficult for me to open my eyes for a while. , I raised my hand to cover my eyes, and found that my limbs have returned to normal, but I slept in the fixed position last night, and my back hurts.

I stood up and saw that I was the only one in the room, and the woman from last night had disappeared. I was secretly delighted, and my life was not in danger at all. If it was just for dating a woman, it would not be worth the candle if I put my little life in it.

I took out my phone, and there were a few missed calls, all of which were from Maozi. This kid also sent a text message saying that I was not mean enough. Once I started doing something, I even forgot about him as a matchmaker. I didn't bother to talk to him, so I put my phone in my pocket, thinking it's better to leave this place quickly, lest there be another murderous master.

As soon as I walked out the door, when I turned around, an old woman made me tremble in fright. The old woman's face was pale, with layers of wrinkles due to age, her eyes were sunken, her eyelids were drooping, her figure was stooped, and she was as thin as a stick.

"Auntie, this person is scary, but he will scare people to death!" I suppressed the anger in my heart, after all, I belong to the older generation, and I still have to have the respect I deserve.

The old woman opened her mouth and asked me what kind of relationship I had with the girl from the opposite door.

I waved my hand and said that we had nothing to do with each other, we didn't know each other at all.

"It's good if you don't know it, it's good if you don't know it..." The old woman murmured behind her hands, "Don't get too close to this little girl, be careful and kill you!"

The old woman seemed to know what happened last night, so I asked her if she knew something.

The old woman laughed dryly, and said how could she know it, she knew it like the back of her hand, she waved her hand and let me into her room.

I was curious for a while, and without thinking too much, I followed her into the house.

The layout of this room is the same as that of the opposite one, but as soon as I entered the room, a bright red coffin caught my eyes, and I swallowed my saliva, "Ma'am, what... is this coffin?"

"When a person is old, half of his body is buried in the soil. Maybe he will die one day. Prepare for yourself first, maybe you can still use it!" There was a little helplessness hidden in the old woman's words, and she swayed He waved me to sit on a chair and handed me a glass of water.

"Auntie, about the door opposite..." I didn't want to be too polite, I was so close to the coffin, I couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, I wanted to finish my question and leave.

The old woman pursed her lips and said with a smile that she had lived in this building for decades, and she knew everything about the opposite door. The opposite door was only moved in last year, and she would bring a strong young man back from time to time at night. I haven't seen those guys come out...

The old woman didn't finish her sentence, but she let it go, rolled a dry cigarette, and smoked diligently.

"Those men were all killed?"

The old woman nodded her head and didn't say a word, she just kept her cigarette in her mouth and stared at me, which made me feel uncomfortable.

I stood up and said that I still had some things to do, so I went back first. Unexpectedly, the old woman grabbed my hand, and the cold chill was all too familiar. My heart tightened, and I remembered Xiaoying from last night. The white hairs on the back of my spine were sweating straight out. I struggled, but found that the strength of this old woman was by no means what she looked like.

I cursed secretly in my heart, I really just got out of the tiger's mouth and entered the wolf's den again.

"Since you're here, don't rush away, wait a little longer!" The old woman's words were cold, like an order, and suddenly she frowned, and cursed secretly, "It's always time for bad things to happen!"

"Dong dong dong..."

There was a knock on the door, which made me happy. The old woman let go of my hand and opened the door. I poked my head out and looked out. The person standing outside the door was none other than Xiaoying.

Xiaoying raised her brows lightly, her bright eyes curved slightly, and said with a smile on her face, "Ma'am, I have a friend in your room, let her go with me now!"

The old woman turned her back to me, I couldn't see her expression at this time, she didn't say a word, she just turned slightly to make way for the way out, I saw the situation, rushed out the door in a panic, Xiaoying grabbed my hand, He blamed, "Why are you in such a hurry? Haven't you thanked Madam yet?"

The old woman glared at Xiaoying angrily, and slammed the door hard with a "bang".

Only now did I realize that Xiaoying's hands were warm, she dragged me and ran all the way to the outside of the building, then let go of my hand, scolding me, "How dare you come to such a place? "

"I..." I was so choked by her that I couldn't speak.

Xiaoying stared angrily, raised her finger and pointed to the building she escaped from just now, and said sharply, "Look at this place?"

I followed the direction of her finger and turned my head to look. This deserted building was slightly tilted and was on the brink of destruction. It was sprayed with white paint in a large character "demolished". The broken glass on the ground around it was particularly eye-catching. When I walked in last night, It was too dark, so I could only get a general idea, and even if I was given money to enter, I would not enter.

I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead and asked Xiaoying, who is she and what is going on in this building.

Xiaoying sighed, and said that her name was indeed Xiaoying, and that things in this building would not be clear for a while, so find a place to chat slowly.

I nodded, thinking that there was an old woman in this building, I felt a chill behind me.

Xiaoying said that she couldn't go back to her house for the time being, and asked me if I had a place to live. I said yes, and she said she would go to my place first, and she would protect me for the past two days, lest I get into trouble again.

I am a big man and want a little woman to protect me?But what happened last night is indeed unclear, judging by Xiaoying's appearance, she is quite sure, it is better to have more people to help, so as not to lose her life.

There is a crematorium nearby, and there are only some hearses on weekdays, so we had to go back.

After walking for a while, I stopped the car, and Xiaoying came to the house I rented, and didn't say a word along the way.

Walking into the corridor, a strong smell of burning paper rushed towards her face, Xiaoying frowned, her eyes half-closed, showing a little vigilance, she asked suspiciously, is there usually no one in this building.

I said this is not true, usually there are quite a lot of old men and women playing cards downstairs, I wonder if it is because someone just died in the building that makes it look more desolate.

There used to be some customs in the village, saying that old people should avoid the bad luck of the dead, so as not to be rushed to Yangshou and die, but these are just hearsay, and most of the younger generations don't want their old people to go away.

"No?" Xiaoying was puzzled, sniffed, and Liu's eyebrows frowned a little deeper.

I asked her if there was anything wrong, she shook her head, and said to go upstairs and have a look first.

The two of us went upstairs, there was a wreath on the door, the door was wide open, the old woman's body was placed on a wooden board, there were some white candles in the room, the lights were not turned on in the room, the candles were still swaying and bright. Shaking.

The landlady heard the movement, saw it was me, rushed forward and pulled me into her room, Xiaoying followed in, the landlady looked flustered, looked out the door before closing the door , asked in a low voice, "Why are you back?"

What I said made me feel confused, and I was confused for a moment, so I asked, "Can't I come back to the house I rented?"

The landlord's aunt realized that she had made a mistake, and smiled awkwardly, "Auntie didn't mean that, it was just that the old lady at the door died strangely, and I'm afraid you will be in bad luck!"

"What kind of strange method?" Before I could speak, Xiaoying asked urgently.

The landlady sat on a chair, crossed her legs, sighed, and talked about the old woman across the door.

No one knew the old lady's real name, but her surname was Guan, and everyone called her Guan old lady. It was rumored that she was once the concubine of a high-ranking KMT official, but there was no way to verify the authenticity.

Mrs. Guan is also a poor person. She has three children under her knees, but no one wants to support her. She moved out early in the morning to live by herself. The landlady saw that she was pitiful, so she rented the house to her at a low price. The rent lasted for three years. .

The old lady Guan seldom goes out on weekdays and shuts herself in the house all day long. A few days ago, the old lady Guan gave a bag to the landlord aunt for safekeeping, and told her to find a locust tree to put the bag in case of trouble. After the burden was buried, they were reminded again and again that the burden must not be unpacked, otherwise disasters would come.

At first, the landlord aunt didn't care, and she half-joked that she was afraid that she would be greedy for the items inside?Ever since Mrs. Guan handed over the burden to the landlady, she never left the house.

Last evening, the house exuded a strong rotten smell, and the landlady noticed something strange, and opened the door with a key in a panic, and saw the landlady hanged in the house, her eyes were wide open, her expression was ferocious, and she seemed to be He suffered a great shock before his death.

The landlord's aunt called the police, and the police came to investigate, but nothing unusual was found, so the case was closed as a suicide. The landlord's aunt was so kind, she made her hut a mourning hall, and it was a formality, so that the old lady of Guan could have a good time. some.

"Where is that burden?" Xiaoying asked anxiously, I rolled my eyes, seeing her anxious face, vaguely felt that this burden was the key to the death of the old lady in Guan.

The landlady didn't pay attention to Xiaoying just now, and after being urged to ask her, she looked at her, opened and closed her mouth, and asked, "Who is this girl?"

(End of this chapter)