Highly toxic

It was already evening when Jiang Mu returned to the apartment.

Although he was in debt, Jiang Mu didn't feel relaxed at all. The wave of exhaustion swept his body, making him just want to fall asleep desperately, and it's better to sleep in a dark place.

Looking at this apartment that he has lived in for several years, Jiang Mu's eyes finally got wet.

Will there be any grievances in the future, and there will be no place to secretly wipe tears.

How could his life fail to such an extent that he was ruined physically and mentally, and finally he was teased by fate to have nothing.

Jiang Mu raised his hand and rubbed his wet eyes, comforting himself silently, at least, he was free.

Those lost are worth it.

He has no regrets.

If he really succumbed to Geng Yan's coercion, such a day would be dark.

The briquettes flew over, stood on Jiang Mu's shoulders, and called mom.

Jiang Mu scratched Briquette's chin, crying and laughing, "Dad is here."

After feeding the briquettes, Jiang Mu continued to tidy up the apartment.

Although the agreement was to move out before next week, Jiang Mu had already found a rental house, and Jiang Mu didn't want to delay for a day, and the plan was to move out tomorrow.

The big pieces of furniture in the apartment were kept, but Jiang Mu wanted to take away all the daily necessities that were outside the agreement.

Originally, he thought that he would have a lot of savings in his hands and rearrange everything in the new house, but now, Jiang Mu couldn't put down any pots, pans, pans, and chopsticks.

The money owed to Geng Yan caused Jiang Mu to lose his entire family, and naturally, he temporarily canceled his plan to settle down in Tanghai City.

With a dry wallet, he didn't have the courage to step into a strange city to work hard, and he only dared to stay in the territory he was familiar with.

The most important thing right now is to make money.

The next morning, Jiang Mu got up before full light.

The pots and utensils in the kitchen were all packed up by Jiang Mu, so Jiang Mu only ate two pieces of dry bread for breakfast, then started to pack and pack his luggage again, and finally cleaned the apartment patiently .

The people from the moving company who made an appointment in advance drove a small truck downstairs according to the agreed time, and the two masters swiftly moved the things that Jiang Mu had packed a long time ago downstairs.

Before leaving, Jiang Mu knocked on Zhuang Xi's door and said goodbye to Zhuang Xi solemnly.

Zhuang Xi was sleepy with her chicken nest head on her head, and she was extremely disappointed when she heard that Jiang Mu was going to move out this early in the morning.

"Don't you say that the buyer can let you move out before next week, why are you leaving now?"

"It's no fun to delay for a few days, not to mention that I have already found a new place to live." Jiang Mu said softly.

"Ah, where have you moved now, is it far?"

"Uh... It's a bit far away, in the suburb of **, I'll send you the address later, you can come to me anytime."

"Shall I drive you?"

"No, the people from the moving company are downstairs, I'll just go with them." Jiang Mu couldn't help but stepped forward to hug Zhuang Xi, and said softly, "Thank you Zhuang Xi, I'm really happy To have you as a friend."

"Why are you so sensational all of a sudden? It's not life and death." Zhuang Xi couldn't help laughing, "Anyway, I will visit you often in the future. My favorite friend here is you, Xiao Jiang, although you seem to be hiding it I have a lot of things, but it still doesn't prevent me from thinking that you are an honest person."

"Zhuang Xi, if...well, I mean if, if someone asks you where I live, don't tell him."

Zhuang Xi blurted out, "You mean Geng Yan."

"...Just in case."

"I can guess half of it. Just tell me, you have to leave here after selling your house and car. Is it because of Geng Yan?"

"..."

"You are stupid, Xiao Jiang, Geng Yan is a guy who loves everyone for 3 minutes. You just pretend to be with him for a while, and then take advantage of his liking for you to get money from him, so that even if he gets tired of you If you kicked you, you are also a local tyrant who will have nothing to worry about for the rest of your life. If you keep his appetite like this, he will not let it go easily, uh... By the way, Xiao Jiang, are you playing hard to get with Geng Yan? Bar."

Jiang Mu sighed, and said helplessly, "Zhuang Xi, don't make random guesses. We should not mention him when we are together in the future."

Jiang Mu had no face to tell Zhuang Xi that he had been Geng Yan's lover for several months.

He used to think that way too, thinking that Geng Yan would tire of him, as long as he was obedient to Geng Yan and took the initiative to flatter him, then Geng Yan would soon lose interest in him.

but……

He still hasn't figured out why the development of things is completely out of expectation.

What exactly is Geng Yan interested in him...

"Okay, but I still want to remind you that you should try your best to avoid offending him. He is narrow-minded and has a bad temper. When he is happy, he can spoil people to heaven. Once he is annoyed, he will really..."

"Don't scare me, Zhuang Xi." Jiang Mu quickly interrupted Zhuang Xi, and said in a low voice, "It's too late for me to hide from him, how could I offend him."

"All right, all right, let's not talk about him for now." Zhuang Xi said again, "I still say the same thing, if you have any difficulties in life in the future, you can come to me. I don't have many friends that I admire, and you are one. I will cover you from now on."

Jiang Mu couldn't help laughing, seeing Zhuang Xi's air of assurance as he patted his chest, his mood after a night of depression subconsciously improved a lot.

Maybe God still has mercy on him, under successive blows, he still remembers to give him a friend's warmth.

The days to come won't be good, but they won't be too bad either.

Jiang Mu said goodbye to Zhuang Xi, and when he was about to leave, he couldn't help but glanced at his apartment again. Countless complicated emotions came to his mind, and Jiang Mu only felt sour in his eyes.

The house was bought here for He Qianyan, but now love and the house no longer exist.

After going downstairs and getting into the moving master's pickup truck, Jiang Mu took a deep breath.

Life still has to go on.

It doesn't matter how much you lose, at least you are fine.

-

Jiang Mu had already found a rental house the day before yesterday, a small six-story apartment building in the suburbs of Zhong'an City, because it was rumored that someone died in his rental house, so no one dared to live in it, and the rent was several times lower than other similar rental houses .

Jiang Mu does not believe in evil, and he has been a kind-hearted person since he was a child. He has never done anything harmful to the world in his life. Although he is timid and weak, he is very open-minded, so living in such an apartment building, he is not feel something.

And in his current situation, he felt lucky enough to be able to live in the apartment building again.

In the [-]-square-meter small apartment, Jiang Mu didn't even eat lunch, and kept tidying up until dark.

At night, Jiang Mu was chatting about noodles, and Zhuang Xi sent him a message, insisting on seeing the house he was living in. Jiang Mu had no choice but to take a few photos and send them over, and even chose a relatively clean angle of view.

As a result, Zhuang Xi called directly.

"My God, where do you live?" Zhuang Xi howled, "Xiao Jiang, did you go to the mountains?"

"It's not that exaggerated." Jiang Mu couldn't tell whether to laugh or cry, "Although everything looks very simple, I cleaned it several times and it was very clean."

"Xiaojiang, what's the matter with you? Why do you live in this kind of house? Your apartment is sold, and now you have at least several million deposits in your hand. Why do you want to wrong yourself so much?"

Zhuang Xi didn't know that all the money from Jiang Mu's house sale had gone into Geng Yan's pocket. Jiang Mu didn't tell him the truth. He only thought that Jiang Mu's departure from selling the house and car was purely to avoid Geng Yan.

As for why he didn't go to Tanghai City as originally planned, Jiang Mu just lied to Zhuang Xi that he didn't want to part with this city.

"Although it can't be compared with the previous one, it's really good." Jiang Mu explained, "I don't have any problems living alone, and this house has very good lighting. It..."

"Stop, stop, let me ask you, do you still have the money from selling your house and car?"

"..." Jiang Mu was silent for a few seconds, then whispered, "It's still there."

"Really?"

"Really, what did I lie to you for?" Jiang Mu said, "I...I don't live as well as before, but I don't have to worry about food or clothing, and I plan to buy a new apartment."

Only then did Zhuang Xi give up, "Okay, then you can save the money well and don't tell anyone, people like you who are stupid with millions of dollars are the key targets of liars."

"..."

After dinner, Jiang Mu worked until late at night before going to sleep.

Sleeping in a daze, Jiang Mu vaguely heard something outside, as if someone was trying to unlock the lock, and the coal balls kept shouting in the living room, who.

Jiang Mu turned on the light and got out of bed and came to the living room. The movement suddenly disappeared again. He walked to the door of the apartment and opened his eyes through the peephole. He found that there was no one outside, but the voice-activated light in the corridor turned on.

Jiang Mu felt strange and wondered if there might be tenants working night shift here.

Not long after returning to the bed and lying down, the noise came again. This time Jiang Mu pricked up his ears to listen, making sure that it was indeed the sound of the door lock of his apartment.

Jiang Mu was a little scared. The first thing he thought was that the thief was picking the lock. He went out of the bedroom again, but he didn't make any noise like he did half an hour ago. He tiptoed to the door, but when he looked through the cat's eyes, it was pitch black. .

Obviously the cat's eye was sealed from the outside.

Seeing the doorknob being frantically turned again, Jiang Mu's feet felt chills, and he said sharply, "I'm calling the police!"

The doorknob suddenly stopped shaking.

The night fell silent again.

With his ear pressed against the door, Jiang Mu heard a short rush of footsteps that quickly disappeared.

It seemed that the thieves outside were scared away.

Jiang Mu held the mobile phone that was almost dialing the alarm, and carefully opened the door to check the situation.

There was no one outside the door, but the cat's eye on the door was stuck with chewing gum, and Jiang Mu withdrew the piece of chewing gum with a look of disgust.

I didn't expect to meet such an arrogant thief on the first night of staying here. This is no longer trying to steal, this posture is simply trying to break in and rob.

Jiang Mu was angry and scared.

He doesn't believe in evil and is not afraid of ghosts, but he is afraid of wicked people...

Jiang Mu really wanted to paste the words "one poor and two white" on the outside of his door, and begged the little thief to let him go.

He went back to bed and lay down again, but not an hour later, Jiang Mu heard the same noise outside the door again, even more violent than before.

And when Jiang Mu got up and came back to the door, the movement suddenly disappeared, and the cat's eye outside the door was blocked again.

After repeating this in the middle of the night, Jiang Mu directly called the police.

The police adjusted the surveillance of the community, but they did not find anyone who entered and exited Jiang Mu's apartment building in the middle of the night. The so-called thief did not find traces of picking the lock on Jiang Mu's door, and the thief may have been wearing gloves. Not even fingerprints left.

The tenant who lives upstairs in Jiangmu is an unemployed old Zhang in his 40s, who wears sloppy clothes all day long and smokes or chews gum on the road.

Lao Zhang told Jiang Mu that the movement last night was most likely haunted.

What Lao Zhang said was sound, but Jiang Mu didn't believe it.

On the second night, Jiang Mu was awakened by a loud knock on the door, and for a moment he thought the apartment door had been kicked down.

Jiang Mu hurriedly put on his clothes and went out to have a look.

The door was fine, but someone kicked a very clear footprint on the outer facade.

Almost every two hours, the knock on the door would sound, and then disappear quickly.

Jiang Mu was angry and manic, and called the police again near dawn, but like yesterday, nothing could be found out. ,

The police asked Jiang Mu if he owed some usury abroad, so he was harassed at the door.

Jiang Mu shook his head in denial.

He didn't sleep well for two nights in a row, and Jiang Mu was a little nervous. He was just about to pick up his old job and continue writing manuscripts these two days, but he was so tossed about, his brain was like a mess, and he couldn't hold back a word. .

Even the dumplings and briquettes were frightened, and they drooped their heads listlessly for two consecutive days.

It took Jiang Mu half a day to install a surveillance camera outside the door.

When Lao Zhang was smoking at the entrance of the corridor, he saw the master who was installing the monitoring at the door of Jiang Mu's apartment, and asked casually, "Is there no dead end for this monitoring?"

The master who installed the monitor gestured with his hands to a large open space in front of the door, "You can see this area clearly."

Lao Zhang smoked a cigarette and didn't speak.

That night, the sound of kicking the door and picking the lock disappeared, but the new situation made it even more difficult for Jiang Mu to sleep.

There was a beeping sound from the ceiling, as if countless small balls were beating on the floor upstairs, which directly formed a three-body surrounding noise in Jiang Mu's bedroom.

Waking up the next morning, Jiang Mu politely went upstairs to find Lao Zhang with dark circles under his eyes, and asked about last night's situation.

Lao Zhang said with a blank face that he slept until dawn last night and didn't know what happened.

Old Zhang had a horrified expression on his face, "I told you that there are ghosts in your apartment. People who have died are unclean. You still don't believe me. Why are we all fine? There are only so many problems in your apartment."

"You... Did you really not do anything last night? But I can hear very clearly that the sound did indeed come from upstairs, like glass beads rolling and bouncing on the ground, and it lasted almost all night."

"Hey, what can I do? I'm an old bachelor, and I always sleep until dawn." Old Wu said with a serious face, "Xiao Jiang, let me tell you, the last tenant of your apartment was also Like you, at first you always heard some messy movements, and then you just said hell, and one night you rushed out in the middle of the night, saying that there was a ghost watching through his window."

Jiang Mu's face turned pale from being frightened by Old Wu's words, and a gust of cool wind swished on the back of his neck, "This...how can there be ghosts in this world."

"Your last tenant said the same thing." Old Zhang said, "He went crazy afterward."

"..."

In the evening, the surveillance system installed by Jiang Mu at the door was shot down by the [-]-year-old son of the downstairs resident with a slingshot.

The boy's father took the initiative to pay Jiang Mu, but Jiang Mu didn't care about anything, and planned to call someone to repair it the next day.

Before going to bed that night, Jiang Mu decided that if he heard any movement in the middle of the night, the first thing he would do was record it.

What Lao Zhang said made his hair stand on end. He had to prove that someone did it on purpose, otherwise he, a materialist, would really be scared out of his mind by the ghost story.

Jiang Mu was so sleepy that he fell asleep after lying on the bed for a while.

In a daze, Jiang Mu heard the sound of knocking on the glass from one side, which was very close.

Jiang Mu opened his eyes sleepily, followed the movement on one side and turned his head to look, the blood in his whole body froze immediately!

A grimace with blue light was pressed against the window, staring at him faintly with its bloody mouth grinning.

"what!!!"

Jiang Mu screamed in horror, even rolled and fell off the bed and fell to the floor, ignoring the pain on his body, he opened the door and rushed out as if fleeing for his life.

At this time, on the window, the grimace painted with fluorescent powder was slowly lifted up by a hanging rope upstairs.

Jiang Mu ran out of the apartment without even wearing shoes, stepped on a few steps, and rushed out of the apartment building all the way.

Jiang Mu didn't stop until he ran under a lamp post. His face was pale, he was panting with his hands on his knees, and he was already crying out of fear.

After a while, Jiang Mu still didn't slow down.

"Xiao Jiang"

A human voice came from behind, and a hand was suddenly put on his shoulder. Jiang Mu screamed in shock, turned around and backed away, staggered and sat on the ground.

"What's wrong with you, Xiao Jiang?" Old Zhang looked worriedly at Jiang Mu who was trembling on the ground, and said softly, "I heard your shout when I was upstairs, what's the matter? What happened?"

When he found out that it was Lao Zhang, Jiang Mu relaxed and cried even more fiercely. He choked and said, "There are... there are ghosts, there are ghosts! I saw... saw with my own eyes, I... on my window, His face...is bluish...with a green light..."

At this time, it was only early eleven o'clock at night.

There is no underground parking garage in this community building, and residents' cars can only be parked in the planned parking spaces in the community.

Not far from Jiang Mu's side were parked a number of ordinary private cars, which looked like crouching black beasts in the dark night. If you looked carefully, you would find a black Maybach crouching in the shadow at the moment.

Geng Yan asked the driver to drive here after the entertainment. He asked someone to tell the old Zhang who was bought by him that no matter what he did, he would scare Jiang Mu out of this apartment building at the latest tonight, and let him I dare not live here any longer.

With a cigarette in his mouth, Geng Yan watched Jiang Mu rushing out of the apartment in dismay, laughing so hard that he almost choked on the smoke in his mouth.

Jiang Mu was wearing thin pajamas, standing barefoot under the light, wiping his tears with his hands, and looking up at the window of his own floor from time to time.

Geng Yan could see Jiang Mu's weeping pear blossom and rainy face from a long distance away, and there was no trace of blood at the moment.

"Idiot." Geng Yan looked at Jiang Mu who was not far away, and said to himself with a sneer, "I'll see how long you can survive."

Jiang Mu didn't dare to go upstairs, Lao Zhang expressed his willingness to go upstairs with him to check, Jiang Mu also shook his head.

That grimace almost frightened his liver and gallbladder, and even now his body is still trembling unconsciously.

Insufficient sleep for several consecutive days, Jiang Mu's nerves are slightly disturbed. Although he has never believed in ghosts, but now he is completely unable to distinguish between reality and illusion.

"Then I'll go upstairs first." Seeing that Jiang Mu refused to go upstairs, Lao Zhang had no choice but to say, "Oh, let me say that there are dirty things in your apartment. If you don't believe it, the tenant was punished like this last time. Crazy..."

The more Lao Zhang sighed, the more Jiang Mu felt chills all over his body.

Lao Zhang turned around and went upstairs. After a while, the phone rang.

"I've already done what you asked." Old Zhang smiled flatteringly at the phone, "Don't worry, if he still refuses to move this time, I'll put snakes in his apartment."

"Put your mother's snake, you know that thing will bite?!" On the other end of the phone, Geng Yan held the driver's mobile phone and said angrily, "I want you to scare him, not to hurt him."

"Eh, yes, I understand!"

"He ran out like this, probably the apartment door is not closed, you go in and steal his two pets out for me." Geng Yan said, "Just a bird and a rabbit, those are his treasures."

If those two little beasts disappeared, that guy must have suffered a lot.

"Ah? Boss, are you here now? Downstairs, you..."

"Why are you talking so much nonsense, someone will give you extra rewards when things are done."

"Yes, I will do it right away, don't worry."

Geng Yan's guess was correct, the door of Jiang Mu's apartment was indeed unlocked, Lao Zhang sneaked into Jiang Mu's apartment while Jiang Mu was still downstairs, and grabbed the dumpling briquettes. Following Geng Yan's instructions, he took the dumpling briquettes back to his apartment and stuffed them into a courier box, wrapped them with tape, and went downstairs carrying the box.

Jiang Mu was not at the bottom of the building at the moment, but went to the security room at the gate of the community to find the security guard on night shift.

Geng Yan's driver was waiting for Lao Zhang at the bottom of the building. After taking the cardboard box from Lao Zhang's hand, he said coldly, "The money will be in your account tomorrow."

Lao Zhang put his hands together in gratitude to Dade, expressing his thanks again and again.

The driver got into the car with the cardboard box in his arms and handed the box to Geng Yan.

"Is this going to suffocate my son?" Geng Yan quickly opened the cardboard box.

When the driver was about to leave the community, Geng Yan saw Jiang Mu leading two security guards walking back. His face was still pale at the moment, and his hands were gesticulating in the air, as if he was describing a very scary incident to the security guards. thing.

Geng Yan chuckled, lowered his head and stroked the dumpling lying on his lap.

The moment Geng Yan's car and Jiang Mu staggered, the coal ball standing on the window frame suddenly yelled at Jiang Mu outside the glass, Mom!

Jiang Mu stopped suddenly, turned his head to look at the luxury car that was gradually leaving the neighborhood, and frowned suspiciously.

Geng Yan looked at Jiang Mu's standing figure in the outside rearview mirror, paused for a few seconds, then turned and left, heaving a sigh of relief.

Geng Yan picked up the coal ball and put it on his arm, scratching the fluffy chest of the coal ball with his fingers, and said with a smile, "Your mother will come back, but before that, he must be taught a lesson."