Pollution throughout the territory

At two o'clock in the morning, Qi Yulin returned to the community with his backpack on his back.

Under the starlight in the sky, even without a street light, he could barely see the road clearly. Of course, the main reason was that he was familiar with it.

As a programmer in a startup company, 996 is an unattainable dream for him.

Working overtime until this hour every night has become a norm in the company. He has wanted to resign several times, but every time he is about to speak, his boss can always pull him into the office at the right time and tell him in an emotional voice how busy the business has been recently. The company was in such difficulty, and then he casually mentioned a salary increase—it had been mentioned for two years—but he had never fulfilled it.

Before leaving the office, it is indispensable to say: You are also an old employee of mine. When the company grows, you will be the backbone, and I will definitely not forget to promote you.

Qi Yulin has never been able to figure out how his boss found out that he was thinking of leaving his job.

What I can't figure out at this time is why there is such a mess in the corridor.

There are more or less black marks on the walls and floors, which look like they were left after being soaked in water. Some shapeless fragments are scattered here and there. He lives there. I have been living in this community for half a year, and I have never seen it look so messy.

It seems like something happened upstairs.

Fire?

He stood in front of his door and couldn't help but glance behind him.

The corner of the stairs above was dark and nothing could be seen.

He took out the key and opened the door, threw his bag on the sofa, and then couldn't wait to go to the bedroom and threw himself on the soft bed.

Only then was he finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and relax his body completely.

"So tired..."

He stared at the ceiling, thinking about resigning again.

Suddenly, he seemed to see something. On the white ceiling, there were black traces spreading, as if being burned by fire. The scope of the traces spread in the center, getting bigger and bigger, getting bigger and bigger...

He quickly rubbed his sleepy eyes,

Nothing again.

Still pure white.

"Did you see it wrong?"

Maybe I saw it wrong.

After lying on the bed for a while, Qi Yulin stretched himself out, took off his clothes, and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Then he returned to the bedroom again and lay down on the bed.

This time, he planned to sleep.

Putting his hand on the switch of the overhead light, he pressed it gently as usual.

"Snapped!"

What was different from usual was that Qi Yulin could not fall asleep again.

In the darkness, he opened his eyes wide and his body was trembling with fear.

The moment the lights went out, he saw a dark figure hanging upside down from the ceiling like a gecko.

The figure's head was twisted at an almost impossible angle, facing him, and its long hair hung down to his chest.

The horrific scene just now was still before his eyes, his mind went blank, and his throat was unable to make any sound due to fear.

Before he could move his hand away from the switch, he pressed it again. With a 'pop' sound, the light dispersed the darkness, and the room became bright again. The ceiling was empty except for white.

However, the feeling of Ma Yang's hair tickling his chest just now was so real that he had goosebumps all over his body.

Qi Yulin didn't dare to stay here any longer and rushed out of the room with a loud shout.

It's dark outside.

Any darkness brought Qi Yulin a great sense of crisis. He didn't dare to stay outside alone, let alone go back. He could only find a hotel and get a room.

In his eyes, the smile on the receptionist's face when he handed him the room card seemed to have a different meaning, and he felt like he was going crazy.

Qi Yulin got his wish and came to a new place to sleep, but this time, he did not turn off the light, but put a towel over his eyes and fell asleep.

In his sleep, he met the figure whose whole body was burned again. She was slowly climbing up from the foot of the bed. Her long hair was dragged behind her. The dark figure wanted to lie on him, but he could only watch helplessly. Looking at it, struggling feebly and unable to make a sound.

When he woke up in the morning, the quilt covering his body was kicked off. Qi Yulin's head was sore and his throat was dry, which seemed to be signs of a cold.

"Oops!"

Blessings never come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone. He slept until 11:30 noon.

He didn't have time to see his illness. He rushed to the company in a hurry, and his boss gave him another lecture:

"When a soldier goes to the battlefield and is always late, just wait to die!"

Qi Yulin's suppressed emotions finally broke out. His eyes turned red. He couldn't control it anymore and threw his backpack to the ground!

"Get the hell out of here, I'm not a hard-working special soldier under your command, I quit!"

The company suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked over.

Qi Yulin's blood surged with anger. He remembered that some of his colleagues had complained that the boss didn't treat them as human beings. He immediately walked out of the office and shouted angrily: "Resign, are we together!"

The elegant bird is silent.

A colleague with whom he usually has a good relationship came forward. Qi Yulin thought he was responding, but what he didn't expect to hear was: "It's not easy for the boss, so just..."

He turned out to be someone who took advantage of the opportunity to flatter him.

Qi Yulin glanced around and found that all his colleagues looked at him with a hint of ridicule.

"you……"

His legs went weak and he fainted.

…

…

"There is no good thing. He does one thing in front of me and another behind his back!"

Qi Yulin said and spat hard on the ground.

Xia Ren smiled, squatted with him, looked at the thick dark circles on his face, and asked, "Do you smoke?"

Qi Yulin nodded, then touched his pocket and found that he didn't have it with him, which made him a little embarrassed.

Xia Ren got up, walked to the nearby canteen, bought a box of cigarettes that cost ten yuan, awkwardly tore the seal open, and handed him one.

Qi Yulin took the cigarette and felt a little embarrassed: "Brother, you don't smoke either. Give me this pack of cigarettes and I'll transfer the money to you."

Xia Ren shook his head: "No, as long as you are willing to tell me these things, I will give you this pack of cigarettes."

Qi Yulin no longer refused, lit one, and sucked greedily.

Xia Ren asked: "Where do you live? I am somewhat interested in your experience last night."

Qi Yulin glanced at him unexpectedly: "Brother, do you believe what I said?"

"Why don't you believe it?"

Xia Ren asked, "There are many strange things in this world."

Qi Yulin took two puffs, watched the smoke dissipate in front of his eyes, and said with a grin: "Brother, you are such a good person. I wish I had met you earlier."

He then gave the address.

There was silence.

Xia Ren watched him put out the cigarette handle, then threw it into the trash can next to him, and asked, "No more smoking?"

"No, it's not that big of an addiction."

He looked up at the sky and suddenly sighed.

“It turns out that the sky in the afternoon looks like this.

I haven’t seen it in two years. "

"Sorry." Xia Ren said.

Thanks to the helmsman of Ghost of Time! Thanks to Zuo Yunfan for being the helmsman! I must do what I promised, tomorrow and the next two days. If I can't do it... I will do it within a week!