Urban Oddities: Soul Contract

Chapter 5Guardians

Li Li is an online novelist who serializes a fantasy novel on a well-known website.

She likes to work in the middle of the night, alone in the study, with the door closed, no lights on, and only the light of the laptop in the sealed room. page, the time in the lower right corner of the screen jumped to 03:54.

coming--

That voice is coming soon!

Numbers Jump, 03:55.

The noise came as promised.

The first time Li Li heard the voice downstairs was from the day she serialized the novel.

The man scolded, the woman screamed, crackling as if something had been smashed, and there was a muffled sound through the window. They would quarrel like that once every night.

She opened the window and looked downstairs.

The windows downstairs are dark, are the curtains drawn?Li Li stomped her feet vigorously, reminding the downstairs to be quiet.

But it's useless, the noise is still there.

When the time came to 04:00, the woman let out a short exclamation, and all the sounds stopped abruptly at this moment.

Li Li rubbed her forehead. She felt that she was going to have a nervous breakdown. At that moment, she would always stop working, wait for the sound to sound, and then end with a woman's short exclamation. It gradually became a habit.

She decided to write the strange voice that sounds and disappears on time every day into the novel.

As soon as the new chapter was released, it caused a lot of discussion. Some people speculated that the married couple downstairs were arguing, some speculated that there was actually a radio downstairs, and some even speculated that the downstairs was the owner of the night shift, and the sound was actually a personality alarm...

In the early morning, the sun shines into the room through the curtains, Li Li turned off the computer, went out for a walk, and when she got downstairs, she looked into her room.

There is a small potted plant outside the window, under the care of Li Li, it is green and swaying with the wind. Looking down, the house that quarreled all day has not installed an anti-theft net, and the closed window glass reflects light. Li Li saw the curtains move. After a while, a long-haired woman looked at herself through the gap in the curtains.

Ouch, what a nuisance!

Li Li got goosebumps all over her body, walked a few steps, and looked back, the woman had already left, and only the tightly drawn curtains remained behind the window.

A resident opened the window, and the sunlight reflected by the glass flashed over. Li Li's eyes went black for a while, and the feeling of dizziness made her feel weak. Sitting on the chair by the roadside, Li Li closed her eyes gently, and then she smelled There was a stench, like the smell of not taking a shower for many days, she frowned, opened her eyes and saw...

"what--!!"

With a wrinkled face, Li Li screamed out in fright.

"You took my place." The dirty old man pointed to the chair, and Li Li recognized that the old man was a homeless man nearby.

So this chair is his bed?

Li Li stood up quickly, however, her hand was caught.

"You don't have long to live."

Hearing the extremely vicious words, Li Li was startled and angry, broke away and took a step back.

"Old man, it's my fault, I didn't pay attention to take your place, but how can you talk like that?"

"Some things are not suitable for you, don't force yourself anymore." The old man's words made Li Li feel even more depressed. Li Li had looked for several jobs before, but the resumes she submitted were like stones and seas. In desperation, she chose to write articles and contribute , The low point of the manuscript fee is the low point, and there is income anyway, but unfortunately, I submitted it again and again, but was not hired once.

The old man's words sounded like a curse to her that she couldn't do anything well, the job she liked was not suitable, and even writing novels was not suitable.

"Thank you for your advice!" Li Li held back tears, turned her head and left.

"If you continue, you will die!" The old man's voice sounded again, and Li Li covered her ears and ran away quickly.

Huo Minghai looked down at his phone. A novel serialized by a writer with the pseudonym LILI was very popular. He was reading it vigorously when he was suddenly dragged away.

"Watch the way! You big fool!"

Huo Minghai looked up at the tree, hummed, and continued to look at his phone. After a few steps, bang, he hit the tree successfully.

Du Jiajun folded his hands on his chest, and asked with a look on his face, "Is it fun?"

"It's cool."

"Does it hurt?" Du Jiajun rubbed his forehead.

"It doesn't hurt."

Du Jiajun stretched out a finger: "How many fingers are there?"

Huo Minghai knew that Du Jiajun was teasing him, so he snorted coldly: "One!"

"Wrong! Tsk tsk, I really stumbled."

Huo Minghai was not convinced: "Then how many do you say?"

Du Jiajun smiled: "Of course it's five! Don't you have five fingers on your hand?"

Huo Minghai couldn't say no to him, rolled his eyes, lowered his head and continued to look, Du Jiajun dragged him out for a while, turned around and saw the idiot looking obsessed, and asked curiously: "What are you looking at?"

"Internet novels, they are very good."

"Really?"

"Send it to you." Huo Minghai sent the webpage to Du Jiajun. Du Jiajun read it quickly and saw the latest chapter in the blink of an eye.

"Good story."

"I'm relying on you to finish watching it?!" Seeing Du Jiajun put away his phone, Huo Minghai had a look of disbelief.

Du Jiajun raised his eyebrows, analyzed the plot very professionally, and recited a passage from the latest chapter verbatim——

"When the time jumped to 03:55, a strange sound sounded on time and lasted for 5 minutes, and all the movements disappeared on time. I thought, what the hell are I doing downstairs? Are you tired of repeating the same quarrel every day? This morning, I entered When I got to the elevator, I found that the light on the 4th floor was on, that’s okay, then I’ll go talk to them..."

Li Li was in the elevator, watching the numbers flashing. As she wrote, when she entered the elevator, she found that the light on the 4th floor was on.

Well, go over there and talk to them.

The indicator light went off, the elevator door opened, and Li Li, who walked out of the elevator, heard footsteps!

In the dark corridor, a man in leather shoes was walking through a door.

Room number 405, the one downstairs from Li Li!

Is it the master?

"Hey, please wait!"

The man didn't seem to hear, and without turning his head, he closed the door after entering the house.

The image of the hostess with a bad temper was pieced together in Li Li's mind, and she knocked on the door while lamenting the life of the hostess.

"Hello! I'm Miss Li from 505 upstairs! I have something to talk to you about!"

The expected scene did not appear, and no one in the room answered.

Li Li thought the knock on the door was too quiet for them to hear, so she looked for the doorbell and pressed it.

It was quiet inside the door.

Li Li pressed it again, and had to admit that the doorbell was broken.

"Hello! I'm Miss Li upstairs!" The knock on the door became stronger, and the door creaked open.

"Excuse me, I have something to tell you..." She swallowed half of her words, and she found that there was no one inside the door that was opened a little.

In the room, the curtains were drawn tightly.

"I'm sorry... I'm coming in..." She pushed the door a little wider, and as soon as she stepped into the room, a very ominous aura rushed towards her.

Uneasy, very uneasy, subconsciously told her that something bad must have happened here!

"Hello! I'm Miss Li from 505 upstairs!"

She was the only voice in the messy living room. Books and newspapers were scattered all over the floor, and the smell of dust hit her nose. She opened the curtains and tried to open the window. Added a hazy light to the space.

Did you just see someone come in?

She looked around blankly, and found that there were traces of soy sauce on the wall, and when she looked down, there were also incongruous colors on the newspapers under her feet.

What the hell is this?

Li Li walked cautiously, at this moment, she caught a glimpse of something strange in the corner of her vision, she turned her head, and someone flashed past the half-hidden bedroom door.

Muster up your courage, Li Li must make it clear to them today!

"Sorry, I'm Miss Li upstairs, can we have a chat?"

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The sound of flipping plastic bags came from the bedroom, and the gap in the door slowly widened, like a monster with its mouth open.

Really, what are you doing!

Li Li strode into the room, but...

In the dark room, Li Li didn't see anyone.

She ran over and opened the curtains, the sunlight that poured in brought her a lot of courage, and she could see everything in the room at a glance, wardrobe, big bed, dressing table...

Only, no one.

"In the end...what happened..." Li Li backed up, her calf was blocked by something, and when she looked back, she had retreated to the side of the big bed.

唦 - 唦 - 唦 -

The sound of the plastic bag sounded again, as if it was filled with something watery, it rattled wetly.

唦 - 唦 - 唦 -

where?where?

Breaking out in a cold sweat, Li Li turned her eyes to find the plastic bag making the sound, then she lowered her head suddenly.

The voice came from under the bed!

Before he could be surprised, a hand stretched out from under the bed and grabbed Li Li's ankle...

Huo Minghai didn't have many packages today, after running around, there were still two left.

Arriving at the gate of the community, calling the other party, of course, the answer is the same.

"You send it up."

Huo Minghai parked the car in front of the duty room, took out a long wooden box, and asked the guard to keep it for a few minutes.

The destination is a museum on the outskirts of the city, the road is too far, Huo Minghai left it for the last delivery.

Don't lose the belongings of VIP customers.

The doorman smoked the cigarette Huo Minghai gave him, put the wooden box into the cabinet with a smile, and patted his chest to reassure him that no one could touch it unless it ran away with long legs.

When Huo Minghai entered the community, a woman rushed towards him.

"Help! Help! There is a ghost!"

Wearing a plaid skirt and perming a head of blonde curly hair, the young and beautiful woman had a contorted face at the moment, screamed loudly, rushed all the way to the duty room, surrounded by several security guards, and there was a lot of noise inside. A few minutes later, the security guards took her to the office. Go to the security guard of the community.

The guard with a cigarette in his mouth shrugged his shoulders at Huo Minghai who was watching.

"Do you want to go in?" Huo Minghai turned his head to face a wrinkled face as the strong smell penetrated his nose.

"Aren't you afraid of bumping into ghosts when you go in?" The old man raised his chin towards the guard, "Be careful, you will die."

"That... I... I'm just here to deliver the package..." Huo Minghai felt a little flustered when he saw the neighborhood was haunted, and thought calmly, no, didn't someone answer the phone just now, that person must not be a ghost.

Like a revolving lantern, the scene of meeting Su Mu was recalled in his mind.

no no no...don't think...don't think...

Huo Minghai didn't admit what Su Mu was!

Seeing Huo Minghai's pale, red, and blue face, the old man laughed strangely, shook his head and sighed: "You young people, I really don't understand."

Before going out, Su Mu approached him and told him to be careful.

"One of these packages is very unusual, you should be careful."

The package that even Sumu attaches great importance to is the wooden box that VIP customer Chu Gan will send. The hematoxylin that distributes the parcel is the most unusual thing!

no no no...don't think...don't think...

Huo Minghai patted his face and told himself over and over that Su Mu was just an ordinary person, yes, an ordinary person!

Going up to the sixteenth floor, Huo Minghai heaved a sigh of relief after the package was delivered safely.

Where is the ghost? That woman really scared herself!

The elevator door opened, Huo Minghai walked in, and pressed the 1st floor.

He took out the list, put a check mark behind the name, and there was still General Chu's package left, and sent it to Mo Xie in the museum.

After sending this, you can go to get off work!

After putting away the list, the elevator dinged, the door opened, and Huo Minghai stepped out of the elevator. It took him a few seconds to realize that this floor was not the first floor.

Look up the sign, 4th floor.

The elevator door has been closed, so Huo Minghai has no choice but to wait.

1 minute... 2 minutes... 3 minutes...

5 minutes passed, the elevator hadn't arrived yet, and the number was frozen on the first floor. Huo Minghai was puzzled and walked towards the fire escape, thinking in his heart that the fourth floor is not high, so walking might be faster!

The fire escape was on the other side of the corridor, Huo Minghai was walking, and suddenly turned around.

The hallway was empty.

When Huo Minghai walked around again, there was another sound of footsteps.

Someone is following me?

Huo Minghai stopped in his tracks, the corridor with insufficient light was gloomy, and a shadow was getting closer and closer, walking past him.

The man gave Huo Minghai a strange look, then took out the key, opened a door and walked in.

It turned out to be a resident...

No... not right!

Huo Minghai remembered that the place he came from was the elevator room, and there was no other way there except the elevator!

The sound of the elevator never sounded.

So, where did this man come from?

squeak-

The door opened a small crack, and the sound of arguing broke out suddenly, a man and a woman were arguing fiercely, and things were smashing.

Oops, we had a fight.

Huo Minghai thought that he was an outsider and it was inconvenient to care about such things, so he pretended to be passing by and left. At this moment, there was a short and shrill scream from the crack of the door.

problem occurs!

"Hey! What happened?!" Huo Minghai pushed open the door, and the smell of dust rushed towards him.

In the hall, the curtains were tightly drawn, and things were scattered all over the floor.

Huo Minghai yelled a few more times, and when he walked into the living room, the first thing he did was to open the curtains.

Books and magazines were in a mess on the floor, and there were traces of soy sauce on the floor as well as on the wall.

Is it really soy sauce?

Huo Minghai, who was thirsty, backed away slowly. In the light, the dark brown traces were still glowing with a dark red.

That's not soy sauce, that's... blood!

So much blood, blood everywhere! !

In this room, something terrible happened, and he didn't want to admit it anyway, but the facts told him that he was standing at the scene of the tragedy!

Poof, poof...

There were strange noises in the kitchen.

The knife was raised and lowered, as if cutting something.

can't pass...can't pass...

Huo Minghai stared in the direction of the kitchen and slowly backed away.

boom!

Inadvertently, he knocked over a chair.

The sound in the kitchen stopped, and footsteps sounded. Someone was coming out of the kitchen. Huo Minghai ran into the room in a panic. He had a premonition that he couldn't let that person find him, but in the room, there was only a cabinet, a dressing table, and a big bed. , where else can I hide?

Huo Minghai retreated to the side of the bed. He felt something under his calf. Huo Minghai touched it with his hand. The bottom of the bed was not sealed, so he could get in!

Turning sideways, he quickly moved under the bed, and through the gap in the hanging sheets, he saw a pair of leather shoes entering the room.

The man in leather shoes stood by the bed for a while, then walked towards the cabinet. Huo Minghai heard the sound of opening the cabinet, and was secretly glad that he didn't hide there.

As if thinking of something, after the man in leather shoes walked around the room, Huo Minghai saw one side of the bed sheet being lifted up, and the man seemed to bend over to look inside.

Oops!To be discovered!

At this moment, footsteps sounded in the hall.

"Brother... I drank too much... hiccup... let me stay for one night!"

The leather shoe man walked out, Huo Minghai lay on the bottom of the bed and waited for a long time, the hall was quiet, the leather shoe brother and the brother who knocked on the door disappeared without a trace as if they had evaporated.

It's not suitable to stay here for a long time, Huo Minghai took out his mobile phone to ask for help, but the mobile phone seemed to be disturbed, the screen was black and he couldn't use it.

It was pitch black under the bed, and Huo Minghai suddenly noticed that the living room, which was clearly still sunny, was dark at some point.

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The sound of plastic bags came from behind.

For a moment, Huo Minghai felt as if someone was watching him from behind.

唦 - 唦 - 唦 -

Getting closer.

唦 - 唦 - 唦 -

The phone with a black screen suddenly turned on.

Under the white light, Huo Minghai slowly turned his head——

There, he saw a woman's face...

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