Chapter 3: The Strange Appearance
At night.
"Gurgle."
Li Qiqi suddenly took a big gulp of water, the cup hitting the glass table with a loud noise. Her eyes were fixed on the door, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
Immediately afterwards, Li Qiqi suddenly jumped up from the sofa, rushed into the room, locked the door, and curled up in the quilt.
The bright light illuminated Li Qiqi's pale face. She buried herself in the quilt, and at this moment, only two words were running through her mind.
"Dead?"
Ever since the police came in the afternoon, Li Qiqi has become more and more panicked and her heartbeat has been getting faster and faster.
Even though the police didn't say it explicitly, no matter how I thought about it, I couldn't separate it from the night three days ago.
The more I think back, the more terrifying the details of that night become—
With just a panicked glance, the scene became increasingly clear. Under the pure moonlight, "he" was immersed in the dust, waving invisible ink, writing about an unknown existence on the white paper... Just like the fortune teller I had seen when I was a child, so crazy that it gave me goose bumps when I saw him.
But why did Wang Sanbei die?
Will it implicate me? Will anyone come to my house again?
Thinking of this, Li Qiqi finally couldn't help it and called her best friend.
"Hello? Tiantian, you know what? Something very strange happened to me recently."
"I, I'm scared..."
Li Qiqi didn't make herself clear. She just told her best friend about her feelings. Her best friend was indeed a good friend. Seeing that Li Qiqi was in a bad mental state, she said on the phone that she would come to her house to sleep with her tonight. Although Li Qiqi repeatedly declined, saying that everyone had to go to work tomorrow and didn't want to disturb each other, her best friend still came to the house half an hour later.
"I say, you're really unlucky to have this happen to you, but don't be afraid, I'm here with you. Not even a mosquito can fly into your house today!"
The best friend, with a facial mask on her face, explained to Li Qiqi stiffly that with the sound of variety shows playing on TV and feeling the popularity, Li Qiqi was not so scared anymore.
"If you saw that scene, you would definitely be more scared than I am."
Li Qiqi sighed and said, who knows what it feels like to have one more person at night.
"If you ask me, you don't have to be so scared. The property management has already come to apologize. They will definitely tighten supervision this time and won't let anyone into the community casually anymore."
"After something like this, this is the safest time. It would be safer for me to sleep here with you."
"But don't you think this is strange? How could someone sneak into someone else's house so quietly... and he was sleepwalking!!"
"yes."
Li Qiqi complained:
" If he didn't look like he had just woken up, I would have suspected that someone was eyeing my beauty!"
"Hey, he's handsome, so why don't you take advantage of it? The housing prices in the south district are much higher than here, and 24 is not small..."
"Go to hell."
Li Qiqi laughed happily, and seemed to be much more relaxed, but her hands subconsciously clenched her friend's clothes. Her friend sighed and said with a smile:
"Okay, it's getting late, let's go to bed early."
"Okay, okay."
After removing the facial mask, the two of them did the final skin care and walked into the room. During this time, Li Qiqi took one last look at the living room with a worried look on her face.
The bestie took Li Qiqi's arm:
"Don't worry, I checked everything. I locked the doors and windows tightly. I also checked the closet and the toilet. There's no one hiding there."
" Tonight, it's just you and me, just sleep peacefully!"
"good."
At this point, Li Qiqi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and thought to herself that she had never done anything criminal. Although she didn't burn incense or worship Buddha, she didn't slander or defame anyone either. She hoped that this was just an accident and there would be no further contact.
I hope the days ahead can return to peace.
The lights were turned off and the room fell into darkness. Her best friend fell into deep breathing. Gradually, Li Qiqi's fear was diluted by tomorrow's work and the hardships of life, accompanied by random thoughts. She thought about the meal she had eaten at noon yesterday and the work summary she had to submit tomorrow.
Li Qiqi had a very sweet dream. She dreamed that she was traveling in the Maldives and enjoying sunbathing, but the fragments were very scattered and she soon fell into a deep sleep again.
The deep darkness lasted only a short time. Li Qiqi felt the temperature was a little lower, and then her whole body was floating upwards, and the sounds in her ears gradually became clearer.
"Girl, girl? Who are you? Why are you here?"
“Wake up, wake up??”
The sound came from far away and gradually got closer. Li Qiqi in the darkness realized that it was not a call from a dream, but a real shout.
"Girl, are you awake?"
After struggling, Li Qiqi opened her eyes, but the next moment, she saw a family of strangers in front of her.
A middle-aged man stood in front of her, while the woman held the child in her arms and looked at Li Qiqi worriedly.
Looking at the scene in front of her, Li Qiqi was confused for a moment, followed by shock and fear.
"ah!!!!"
A scream roared out from Li Qiqi's voice. The next moment, Li Qiqi pointed the sharp weapon in her hand at the man, her eyes vague and trembling, she said:
"You, who are you? Why are you in my house??"
"Tiantian, where are you Tiantian!!"
"No, girl, are you kidding me?"
"I was wondering why you showed up at my house! I just came home and there was someone else there, it scared me! If you weren't a girl, I would have called the police."
"Are you sleepwalking?"
The man shook his head and spoke earnestly.
But when these words fell into Li Qiqi's ears, they sounded like thunder.
"You mean, this is your home?"
"Yes, this is my home."
Li Qiqi looked around, and at this moment, it was no longer her room, but a living room that was completely unfamiliar to her.
How is this possible? How is this possible?
I was clearly sleeping at home, wasn't I? How could I be here?!
Li Qiqi's breathing was rapid and short, her heartbeat was getting faster and faster, and her whole body felt cold as if it was frozen. She slowly raised her hand, and at this moment, she finally saw the sharp weapon in her hand clearly -
It's a black pen.
She remembered the night three days ago. That night, Wang Sanbei was also holding a pen like this.
The pen suddenly fell to the ground, and Li Qiqi's eyes became empty in an instant, followed by extreme fear.
Li Qiqi hugged her head and curled up on the sofa. The next moment, a shrill scream pierced the sky.
"Girl, girl, what's wrong with you?"
The shrill noise caused the baby to cry bitterly, and the surroundings were instantly in chaos, but all Li Qiqi could hear was the sound of the onsen.
She covered her ears. She felt it was too noisy. It made her cry loudly. It was so noisy that only one thought remained in her mind.
"It's my turn."
It's my turn.
