When Old Zhang died in 301 on the third floor, his son stayed at school and did not come back. Now, there are two households, Liu DaNiang and Liu DaYe in 302, and Sun Siqing in 303. They see each other on weekdays, and sometimes they say hello politely and chat for a while in one or two sentences. Sometimes, they go their own way, like strangers, especially when Sun Siqing is drunk.

Sun Siqing was drunk last night. He heard the cry of the baby in the middle of the night. It sounded very annoying and noisy. He covered his head with a blanket but still felt noisy, so he yelled at the ceiling.

“Fuck you! Stop fucking crying, I’ll strangle you to death if you cry again!”

Babies less than three months old are still very young. If they are uncomfortable, hungry, cold, hot, frightened, or wronged, they can only express themselves by crying, which will last for a while before they stop.

The baby’s cry was so high-pitched that it seemed to penetrate the rafters.

Sun Siqing cursed and fell asleep. Early in the morning, he went upstairs and knocked on the door to settle accounts with the household above him. He was very angry. He thought that the baby’s crying in the middle of the night disturbed people’s sleep. There must be an explanation for this matter.

Although the people upstairs and downstairs are all neighbors, and if the quarrel gets too big, it will be a little awkward when they meet, but the baby is not his, why should he suffer this?

Sun Siqing didn’t think there was anything wrong with him being drunk, coming back in the middle of the night, and shouting in the corridor.

Standing at the door of 403, Sun Siqing banged the door so hard that his hands were red. There was no movement inside the door. He cursed a few curse words outside the door. He didn’t sleep enough. He yawned one after another. He was very angry. He kicked the door and planned to go back downstairs and take a nap.

Liu DaNiang had a good relationship with Zhou Chunlian, and she had been there before. She knew how hard it was to be a mother, so she wanted to go upstairs to give her pig feet, so she happened to run into Sun Siqing.

One was going upstairs and the other was downstairs. It was a normal scene. However, at this moment, the atmosphere in the corridor was very strange, indescribably strange.

Liu DaNiang looked at the gray slippers on Sun Siqing’s feet, then looked at his fierce face, and her heart skipped a beat with a breath of cold air.

Sun Siqing walked down two steps and saw Liu DaNiang suddenly retreating down the stairs, with bags under her eyes shaking, as if she had seen a ghost, panicked and scared.

After coughing, Sun Siqing smiled and said, “DaJie, are you here to bring food to Li family’s wife again? Pig’s knuckle? You are really kind-hearted.”

“But the person is not at home, so you can send it to them later. By the way, I want to tell you something. The child starts crying at night, it’s too noisy. If the parents can’t coax them, they can ask the elderly at home to come over and help. We are all neighbors, and I don’t want everyone to be upset.”

Liu DaNiang didn’t care what Sun Siqing said. She just ran away without paying attention to her feet. She was unsteady and fell heavily to the ground. She shouted “Aiyo” twice in succession. She was so stunned that she couldn’t get up for a long time.

There was a sudden sound of the door opening on the fourth floor. A tall and thin young woman came out of 402 with a bag. She held the door handle through the paper towel and closed the door. She walked to the stairs and looked down. She found Sun Siqing standing on the steps, neither going up nor down.

Liu DaNiang fell on the corridor between the third and fourth floors. She was very uneasy. Her turbid eyes passed over Sun Siqing and fell on the young woman at the top of the stairs. There was a cautious request for help.

Suddenly, the atmosphere became even weirder.

Sun Siqing twisted his neck back and said, “Look at me for what? It was DaJie who fell on her own, it has nothing to do with me!”

Liu DaNiang seemed to be afraid of offending Sun Siqing, so she hurriedly said, “Boss Sun is right. I accidentally fell by myself. Little girl, you……”

Liu DaNiang was interrupted by the footsteps of the young woman going downstairs. She was wearing a pair of black leather shoes. The shoes were polished clean and there was no dirt on the heels. The clicking sound went from the fourth floor to the bottom, all the way down, and didn’t pause for a second in between.

When Huang Dan appeared with a garbage bag, he only had time to catch the figure of the young woman next door turning around the stairs. Her name was Zhao Xiao. She was a foreigner and a salesperson for a real estate company. She was one year younger than the original owner, only twenty. She just moved here this year and is not familiar with the neighbors.

When Liu DaNiang saw the young man, she swallowed her “Ai” and shouted hopefully, “Xiao Ji ah, help me.”

Huang Dan threw down the garbage bag and helped the old woman up, “DaNiang, are you okay? Do you want me to take you to the hospital?”

Liu DaNiang said no, “Just help me back.”

Huang Dan glanced at Sun Siqing, he greeted his neighbor politely and said, “Good morning, Sun Shushu.”

Sun Siqing hummed, satisfied that the young man did not ignore his behavior. He walked downstairs slowly, “DaJie, your body is not as strong as that of a young person. Fortunately, there is no big problem after falling this time, otherwise I will feel very sorry.”

Liu DaNiang said it was unnatural, and before she could speak, she heard the young man beside her who was supporting her said, “Sun Shushu, the slippers you bought are too big and they are inconvenient to walk in. The ones on your feet look like they are two sizes too big. It is better to wear another pair.”

Huang Dan noticed that Liu DaNiang was looking at Sun Siqing’s slippers, and there was something wrong in her eyes. He had a certain guess in his mind and said this.

Sun Siqing looked down and exclaimed, “These shoes are not mine.”

Huang Dan understood it , but he showed a surprised expression, “Maybe you bought it and didn’t wear it much, and remember it wrong?”

Sun Siqing said he remembered correctly, “The slippers are of such an old style and the size is still big. What do I buy it for? It’s not that there’s nothing wrong with it.”

He took out his feet, picked up the slippers and looked at them in front of his eyes, “Size 43, the slippers are quite new, they must not have been worn for a long time. Whose are they? Why are they at my house?”

Huang Dan said, “That’s really strange. Could it be that Boss Sun drank too much and brought it back from outside?”

“Ghost knows what happened.”

Sun Siqing yawned. He threw the slippers into the corridor and went downstairs barefoot. Then there was the sound of the door opening and closing.

Huang Dan noticed that the old woman was shaking, “DaNiang, what’s wrong with you?”

Liu DaNiang tugged on Huang Dan’s clothes and said, “My waist is sprained, Xiao Ji, please help me go back to lie down.”

Huang Dan helped the old woman go downstairs one step at a time and knocked on the door of 302. An old voice came from inside, asking who he was looking for.

There is no surveillance in this building, and there is no peephole on the door. Asking is a sign of vigilance. Most people here just open the door when they hear the knock on the door, and their awareness of self-protection is very weak.

Even if there are news reports about thieves taking advantage of the opportunity to break into houses, rob and kill people, habits cannot be changed.

Liu DaYe looked at his wife, his expression tightened, and he quickly took the person into his hand and carefully helped her in with his withered hands, “You were fine when you went out, why is it like this when you come back?”

Liu DaNiang put the pig’s knuckle she had brought back on the coffee table and did not answer her husband. She said to the young man, “Xiao Ji, if it weren’t for you, I would still be lying on the ground right now. Next time DaNiang will make something delicious, please come to the house to eat it.”

The meaning is clear, don’t need to stay.

Huang Dan didn’t stay shamelessly. He turned around and left, closing the door behind him. The next moment, the metallic sound of the bolt reached his ears.

Liu DaNiang in the room endured the pain in her back and said in a low voice, “Old Liu, something happened.”

Liu DaYe plugged in the bolt according to his wife’s request, and when he heard her say this, he was even more confused, “What’s wrong? You just finish speaking it in one breath and don’t stop, otherwise I might have a heart attack.”

Liu DaNiang told her husband about the slippers, and she looked confused, “Old Liu, what’s going on? How come the slippers that were thrown away some time ago are on Sun Siqing’s feet?”

Liu DaYe picked up the tea cup and wanted to take a sip of tea, but put it down again. He walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, “For Sun Siqing, who wants to drink himself to death, it is common for him to drink too much. Once he drinks too much, he will never remember what he has done.”

Liu DaNiang answered, “You mean, Sun Siqing got drunk one night. He mistook the door, and even took back the slippers we left at the door, but he didn’t remember this?”

Liu DaYe slapped the table, “Yes, that’s it.”

“It’s not like you didn’t hear his ghost howling in the corridor last night. He drank at least half a catty. He must have been tossing around in the house when he got back. He took out the slippers we had thrown in some corner. He was confused this morning, and just put on the slippers and went out without looking carefully.”

Liu DaNiang said, “Sun Siqing drank too much and vomited everywhere. When I went out to buy groceries in the morning, I met Xiao Li cleaning up the place where he vomited. The smell was really strong, but why did I feel……”

Liu DaYe waved his hand and stopped his wife from saying, “Okay, okay, stop thinking about it. If you continue to think about it, thinking the whole night will not be enough.”

He straightened his face and said, “Don’t pick up those slippers if they were thrown in the corridor. Don’t tell anyone they belong to our family if they ask.”

Liu DaNiang said she knew, and after thinking about it, she said, “Old Liu, let’s call our son. He has a bright mind. If he could come back, he might come up with some ideas.”

Liu DaYe snorted coldly, “He is a busy man. If we want to ask him to go home for a meal, we have to make a reservation a month or two in advance. How can he come back because of a pair of slippers? I saw that he listened, and at most he asked if we had no money and had time to give us some money”

Liu DaNiang was unhappy when she heard this, “Why are you so eccentric? My son has to work outside and support the family at the same time. You don’t know how hard it is.”

Liu DaYe sat down on the small bamboo chair and said, “He is not the only man who wants to support his family. Besides, now that women are busy with their careers, can it be justified if a man enjoys a comfortable life? Call if you want, I won’t call anyway.”

Liu DaNiang called her son.

Liu DaYe immediately listened carefully and faintly heard his wife’s voice: “Don’t have time? Well, let’s talk about it later. It’s nothing. Okay, your dad and I are fine.” He snorted heavily, disappointment in his eyes.

“Unfilial son!”

Huang Dan went upstairs and saw Sun Siqing banging on the door 403 opposite his door. He heard it a long time ago.

At this point, Li Shun went to work, and Zhou Chunlian was a woman at home with her children. It was unsafe and a conflict with others would be very disadvantageous. It was normal for her to not open the door and pretend that she was not there.

Huang Dan was about to open the door and enter the house. He paused and decided to go to the top floor.

The windows in the corridor were closed, and it was stuffy and hot. There was a lot of dust in the air, clinging to the pores, and it was very uncomfortable.

When Huang Duan went up, he saw cardboard boxes piled up in a mess. He stretched his head inside and found that the door of 503 was open, and the sound of answering the phone came from inside.

There is a family in this building that sells things on Taobao. The couriers carry packages up and down every day. Gradually, the neighbors learned about it. All Shushu, Ayi, DaYe and DaMa would come over to take a look out of curiosity. In addition to coming to buy what they need, if they also have anything to send at home, they will bring it over and give it to the courier along the way. The price is relatively cheap.

Wang Zhi was not surprised when he saw the young man at the door. He was used to it and asked casually, “Do you have some business?”

Huang Dan hasn’t caught Wang Zhi in the past few days, so he doesn’t know him yet, “I live downstairs.”

Wang Zhi said, “Are you from 401?”

He stretched out a finger and pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, “I know Li Gege from 403 and his family. Zhao Xiao from 402 often comes to my place to buy things. The old lady in 401 passed away. I heard that her family just moved in. I haven’t seen him before, it must be you.”

Huang Dan nodded, “That’s my grandma.”

Wang Zhi looked at him and said, “You don’t look like your grandma.”

Huang Dan said, “I look like my dad.”

Wang Zhi smiled. He was short and thin. When he smiled, his mouth almost reached his ears, which had nothing to do with being handsome. He said, “I have seen photos of your grandma when she was young. She was very beautiful. If you looked like her, you would be as beautiful as a girl.”

Huang Dan was surprised by Wang Zhi’s understanding of the original owner’s grandmother. He changed the subject and pointed to being able to enter the house, “What are you selling?”

Wang Zhi said enthusiastically, “Selling miscellaneous goods, come in and take a look.”

Huang Dan followed Wang Zhi into the house. From the door to the living room, it was in a mess. There were no wooden boards or tiles on the floor, it was cement, and the walls were not painted. The whole house was just a rough house.

Wang Zhi kicked away a few cardboard boxes in the center of the living room and asked Huang Dan to look at them as he pleased, “It’s a bit messy here and I don’t have time to clean it up.”

Huang Dan looked around, “Is your house rented?”

Wang Zhi collected the newspaper on the chair and stuffed it into the trash can, “Yeah, it’s rented. Speaking of this, I am angry, and it is said that the rent will rise by 600, and if I don’t give it, it will be rented to others, and there is no friendliness at all.”

Huang Dan pointed to the desktop computer on the table, “It is making wangwang sound.”

Wang Zhi held the mouse and clicked on the window. He swore and closed the window, “Fuck, there is really some people like that. Even if they buy a piece of soap worth 2.50 yuan, they want free shipping from me.”

Huang Dan asked, “How is business?”

Wang Zhi said it was okay. He crossed his legs, chewed gum while picking up customers, and took calls from time to time to deal with after-sales service. He was quite busy, but didn’t hire anyone.

Huang Dan sat on the chair and saw a tape measure, tape, large plastic water cup, girl’s headband, and underwear lying randomly on the ground. Wang Zhi was selling a lot of miscellaneous things, “The guy next door to you is a returnee from overseas?”

Wang Zhi clicked on the keyboard, “Exactly! The returnee wears a brand-name outfit, drives a nice car, looks like Top dog, and when he talks on the phone, he speaks in English that I don’t understand. He has everything I want. Ai, it’s annoying to compare people to each other.”

He sighed, “When I moved here last year, the houses on the left and right sides were empty, and I was the only one on this floor. It felt so cool.”

Huang Dan couldn’t understand what was so cool about it. The house was empty and it wasn’t his own.

Wang Zhi chuckled, “Don’t you understand? I live alone on the whole floor. Don’t you think it’s exciting?”

Huang Dan said, “I just feel like it’s horrifying.”

Wang Zhi’s hand on the keyboard shook and he typed “kiss you” into “kiss your mother’s —-” and sent it out. He made a “fuck” sound and quickly apologized, not forgetting to show a crying expression.

The girl was a good-tempered girl. She was dealt with by Wang Zhi. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, “This order will make more than a hundred yuan, and you almost ruined it.”

Huang Dan caught a carton of milk thrown by Wang Zhi and said thank you.

Wang Zhi looked back at the gauze on Huang Dan’s head and clicked his tongue, “I heard that a thief broke into your house.”

While Huang Dan was drinking milk, he observed Wang Zhi, “Well, there are many things. The thief attacked me and ran away.”

When Wang Zhi heard this, he shook his head and said that he was very lucky and his ancestors burned incense. “Bro, let me tell you something. But don’t say it outside.”

Huang Dan raised his eyelids.

Wang Zhi was still frightened, “Last month, a thief broke into my house. I pretended to be asleep, and the man rummaged outside for a while and then left. Nothing happened to me, and I didn’t lose anything.”

Huang Dan stopped drinking milk and said, “You suspected that the neighbor did it, so you didn’t tell anyone?”

Wang Zhi glanced at him, turned to look at the order, and stood up to pack, “You don’t need to explain this kind of thing clearly, just know it well.”

Huang Dan said, “I won’t tell others.”

Wang Zhi squatted on the ground, tore off the tape and quickly wrapped the courier bag, pasted the slip with the address on it, pulled out the middle one and threw it aside, “Next time you encounter a thief, just pretend to be asleep like me. Don’t look at him.”

He picked up the underwear packaging bag and looked at the model number. He rummaged through it and found what he wanted. “A thief originally just wants to steal something. After being discovered, he will be scared and panic. He doesn’t want to be caught or go to jail. He will use the knife when he loses control.”

Huang Dan knew this. The original owner probably didn’t think too much at the time, let alone being beaten to death. He was silent for a moment and said, “I don’t know who commited the homicide on the third floor.”

Wang Zhi curled his lips and said nonchalantly, “Isn’t there police? Why the hell are you bothering?”

Huang Dan showed the reaction and concern that a normal person should have, “The dead one lives below me, I feel a little scared.”

Wang Zhi took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, and scoffed mercilessly, “Don’t ever say this to anyone else. It’s embarrassing. Zhao Xiao, a girl, is not afraid, she watches a horror movie every day when she comes back from work. But you are afraid.”

Huang Dan temporarily collected all the information and will sort it out later, “I think she wiped the door knob several times when opening and closing the door. She must be mysophobic.”

Wang Zhi stuck out his buttocks and rummaged through the large cardboard box, then threw out a piece of foam soap. “She does have mysophobia, it’s quite serious. I’ve been to her house, and I won’t go back to her house even if I die. I’m tired, and so is she.”

Huang Dan said, “Mysophobia can be treated.”

“It also depends on whether the person is willing to go for treatment. Zhao Xiao doesn’t think there is something wrong with her, instead she thinks there is something wrong with us. Except for her, everyone else in this world is dirty.”

Wang Zhi also wanted to bring food to Huang Dan again, but Huang Dan refused. Before leaving, he thought of it and bought an electric fan.

Huang Dan learned this kind of worldliness.

Wang Zhi happily sent Huang Dan to the stairs, smiled and asked him to come over and play next time, “Ji Shiyu, your name is like a girl, and you have a Jiangnan flavor.”

“……”

Huang Dan went downstairs and returned to the house, lying on the sofa with a dry mouth. He forgot to eat breakfast and was too hungry.

System, “How’s it going? Is there any progress?”

Huang Dan was stunned. This was the first time he was asked about the progress of the mission since time travel. “When Old Zhang died, he was wearing Liu DaYe’s slippers and Sun Siqing was also wearing them. There is some kind of connection between the two. I haven’t found the specific one yet.”

“Liu DaYe and Liu DaNiang are timid and mind the gossip of their neighbors. Zhou Chunlian has a good relationship with the neighbors and has never made trouble with anyone. Her husband Li Shun is usually a conscientious person and the relationship between husband and wife is normal. They love their son very much.”

“I thought Zhao Xiao was not familiar with the neighbors. Surprisingly, she had contact with Wang Zhi. From what Wang Zhi revealed, they had frequent contacts.”

After a pause, Huang Dan said, “Wang Zhi is smart and should know something. I will have more contact with him. I haven’t seen that returnee from overseas.”

“When these people faced me, they all reacted in the same way. There was nothing unusual, but my intuition told me that the person who killed the original owner was among them.”

System, “There is no knowing what is in a man’s heart.”

Huang Dan agreed, “Yes, you know people’s faces, but you don’t know hearts.”

“My preliminary guess is that the person who killed Old Zhang was the same person who beat the original owner to death. The slippers lost in Liu DaYe’s house may be a clue.”

He sighed, “This mission is difficult to analyze. I doubt all my neighbors.”

System said, “The tasks are difficult to complete. Take your time. Do you need to listen to a song to relax?”

Huang Dan said, “No need, thank you.”

System, “Okay.”

Huang Dan believes that he will meet that person in this world, just like every time before.

He waited and waited, but the person he missed and waited for did not appear.

The more he can’t see it, the more anxious he feels.

While Huang Dan was looking for someone, he paid attention to the actions of his neighbors. Everything seemed normal.

The weather was hot, it wasn’t raining, and the wind was scorching hot. It seemed that even the murderer couldn’t stand the weather and suddenly became more low key.

Huang Dan ran to Wang Zhi every now and then, intending to get close to him and buy this or that, but he never bumped into the returnee.

This time the longing was stronger than before. Huang Dan couldn’t suppress it and couldn’t bear it. He found an opportunity to ask Zhou Chunlian about the friend who can’t feel pain.

Zhou Chunlian chatted with Huang Dan for a few words, and Huang Dan learned that the other party had married and started a business, and his children were in kindergarten.

“Xiao Ji?”

Zhou Chunlian shouted, “Are you okay?”

Huang Dan shook his head, the person was already married and had children, he couldn’t be that person, he was sure.

“Zhou Jiejie, is your baby having a 100-day banquet?”

Zhou Chunlian tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, “The formality is not important, as long as the child is healthy.”

Huang Dan said, “Can I look at your baby?”

Zhou Chunlian said that the child was asleep, “He hasn’t entered deep sleep yet, and will wake up if there is a sound.”

This is rejection.

Huang Dan didn’t force it anymore, “Then I’ll look next time.”

He asked casually, “Have you chosen a nickname? What is he called?”

Zhou Chunlian smiled and said, “I discussed it with his father, but we didn’t come up with anything. Let’s just call him Baobao.”

Huang Dan said, “And big name?”

Zhou Chunlian said, “Li Youlin.”

Huang Dan said the name was pretty good, and he saw Zhou Chunlian smiling.

“The child was named by his father. I think it doesn’t matter what the name is. The child’s well-being is more important than anything else.”

When Zhou Chunlian said this, her face was full of tenderness.

Huang Dan thought to himself, a mother who was full of motherly love not long after giving birth would not commit murder, right?

He hesitated for a moment, but still did not remove Zhou Chunlian from the list of suspects.

Except for the son of the deceased Old Zhang, only the returnee did not show up.

Huang Dan couldn’t help but boldly suspect, could the other party be the one he was waiting for?

If so, we will definitely meet.

Huang Dan wandered around outside every day, and his neighbors gave him many labels: strong, polite, kind, caring, respecting the elderly and caring for the young. They all praised him.

The advantage is that Huang Dan is familiar with everyone, so it is much more convenient and easier to find out information.

The disadvantage is that there are neighbors who want to introduce a partner to Huang Dan, but after hearing that he has just graduated and has not found a job, they all stopped by tacit agreement.

It rained in the morning. The beginning caught people off guard, and so did the ending.

In the blink of an eye, the rain stopped and the sky cleared up. It felt like a dream within a dream, and one hasn’t woken up yet.

The ground dried before it could be soaked by the rain.

Huang Dan, with his head covered, walked around the community lively. When he saw old people exercising, he would go and stay for a while, and he always heard some trivial gossip about family heads.

Not long after he came to this world, he fully realized that every family goes through its problems.

Across a pavilion and a pool, Huang Dan caught a glimpse of Liu DaYe, and there was a tall figure next to him.

With just a quick glance, Huang Dan’s eyes fell on the figure’s butts. There were too many things blocking him, including flowers, plants, and unknown trees. He wanted to see more clearly.

By the time Huang Dan came to his senses, he had arrived at his destination as quickly as possible.

Lu Fei was wearing light gray sportswear, with three-dimensional facial features, a handsome appearance, and the aura of a mature man. He came out to breathe in the air after the rain, and found that the old man in front of him was out of breath, so he kindly went over to help him.

Little did he know that this help would cause trouble.

Old DaYe is not happy, saying that “you think I am old and can’t run, right? “

Lu Fei didn’t know why.

Huang Dan looked at Liu DaYe, then looked up at the tall man in front of him. He learned from San Ge that this was the returnee from overseas upstairs, Lu Fei.

Even though he knew the cause and effect, Huang Dan still asked without taking his eyes away from the man, “DaYe, what’s wrong?”

Liu DaYe hummed, he pulled his vest and wiped his face, and talked about the matter.

Huang Dan noticed that the man exhaled, as if he was glad that Liu DaYe did not add fuel to the fire and confuse right and wrong.

“This gentleman is worried about your health.”

Liu DaYe didn’t appreciate it, “What’s there to worry about? I’m fine.”

He has a grudge in his heart and refuses to accept old age, “You young people really treat us old people like tofu. We can’t do this and that. We are not that old, being unable to walk!”

Huang Dan comforted Liu DaYe and kept glancing at the man with his peripheral vision.

Liu DaYe’s stern face softened, and he introduced, “Xiao Ji, this is Mr. Lu, Lu Fei. He just has returned to China and lives in 503.”

Huang Dan’s appearance was not very good. He was wearing washed jeans, a T-shirt that was about to fade away, head was wrapped, pale face, lips as well, and his body smelled like medicine, an injured person.

He raised the corners of his lips, stretched out his hand and said, “Hello, Mr. Lu, I am Ji Shiyu.”

Lu Fei put his hands in his pockets and showed no sign of taking them out, “Hello.”

Huang Dan’s eyes twitched. Didn’t he hear that the returnee upstairs is very polite? He put down his hand without care.

Liu DaYe couldn’t stand it, “Mr. Lu, Xiao Ji want to shake hands with you, why didn’t you take out your hand?”

“Xiao Ji has never studied abroad, but he is also a college graduate. He is a serious and good boy. He is no worse than anyone else.”

Lu Fei curled his lips and said, “DaYe misunderstood. My hands are sweaty and it’s rude to shake hands with others.”

Huang Dan glanced at it.

Lu Fei nodded, “Student Ji can understand, right?”

Huang Dan said, “I understand.”

Liu DaYe saw that Huang Dan really didn’t take it seriously, so he didn’t say anything further. He seemed to have some opinions about Lu Fei who came back from overseas and kept a distance.

“Xiao Ji, will you accompany me to the pavilion in front and sit for a while?”

Huang Dan said, “No.”

Liu DaYe didn’t force him. He stopped a neighbor who was passing by with a radio, and the two left talking and laughing.

The drama on the radio faded into obscurity.

Huang Dan looked at the man, “I live on the fourth floor, 401.”

Lu Fei pulled back the sweaty hair on his forehead, revealing his deep eyebrows, the outlines were clear and sharp, firm and resolute, “Oh, it’s the top of the roof of dead Old Zhang.”

Huang Dan，“……”

Lu Fei walked forward, and after taking two or three steps, he stopped. He turned around, his eyes changed from lazy to sharp. There was nothing in there, but something was restrained.

Huang Dan retracted his gaze from looking at the man’s butt and asked with his eyes.

Just then, a little girl playing on a pulley passed by and collided with Lu Fei.

There was nothing in Lu Fei’s eyes a moment ago, but this second it was swept by the storm, and the storm couldn’t help but surge out.

He frowned and held down the arm that was hit. He was irritable, angry, and crazy. There was hidden pain on his face, and his thin lips were tightly pressed together, giving people the feeling that he would cry at any time.

“Fuck!”

Lu Fei cursed with a livid face, breathing heavily, cold sweat on his forehead, and a light in his eyes. But it was impossible to tell whether it was a cold light or something else.

Huang Dan looked at the man in astonishment, his eyes getting weirder and weirder, “It was just a bump.”

Lu Fei swept his gaze coldly, turned around and left.

Huang Dan saw that the man was about to get out of his sight, so he ran up and stopped him.

Lu Fei waved his hand, and his facial features were distorted. He was holding back something, and the light in his eyes became more obvious.

Huang Dan staggered back a step after being waved and he frowned. Buttocks is correct and would not be mistaken.

“Are you crying?”

Lu Fei’s expression changed, his jawline tightened, and he was extremely cold, “No.”

Huang Dan took out a pack of tissues and said, “Wipe your nose.”

Lu Fei subconsciously touched his nose and found that he had been deceived. He didn’t get angry, but frowned, and there was a sharp scrutiny in his eyes, which made people unable to hide and made them very uncomfortable.

Huang Dan was very calm, not afraid to show it to the man, but afraid that the man wouldn’t be able to see it.

Lu Fei left without saying a word.

Huang Dan watched the man go up the wooden bridge, but this time he didn’t catch up. “San Ge, Lu Fei is the person I meet every time.”

He used a determined tone. He tried his best to control his actions just now. He only pulled him and made no other movements.

System, “Congratulations.”

Huang Dan pursed his lips, “Lu Fei’s reaction just now was abnormal. I suspect that his pain nerves are different from ordinary people’s, just like mine.”

This thought just flashed past his mind, and Huang Dan caught it, and after a cursory consideration, it made his heart tremble.

System, “Empathy is a lie. That kind of statement does not exist. One must experience it themselves to feel it.”

Huang Dan knew this truth, but he didn’t understand and couldn’t figure out some things.

Abnormal pain nerves accompanied him growing up. It was a kind of habitual pain that others could never understand or experience. He never thought that one day in the future, someone would be able to experience what he felt and endure what he endured.

There was something flowing in Huang Dan’s heart. He unconsciously covered his heart with his hands because it was beating too fast.

If the pain nerve was still there, he must be in pain.

There was a sudden sucking sound in Huang Dan’s head. He was stunned and asked, “San Ge, what are you doing?”

System, “I’m drinking Coke.”

Huang Dan，“……”

The previous Mr. System was very well-behaved, while Mr. Lu was strict and self-possessed, never showing his personal side.

Now this San Ge is an outstanding person, not someone with air. He feels fresh.

“San Ge, if the pain nerves are different from ordinary people, it will be very painful. If Lu Fei cries in pain, I will feel uncomfortable.”

System said, “Xiao Di, listen to San Ge, no matter what happens, you must face the world with a smile.”

Huang Dan said, “I understand.”

System said, “If you need anything, just tell me. You don’t need to redeem it with points, I’ll give it all to you.”

Huang Dan was stunned, “Thank you.”

System said, “Want to watch a movie? I have tens of thousands of action movies here.”

Huang Dan asked in surprise, “Can we also watch movies?”

He didn’t hear the answer, and some pictures appeared in his mind.

“……”

Huang Dan said not watching, “Stop it now and play it again when I will have sex with him.”

Probably because Huang Dan’s tone was very serious, and there was not a single hint of lust in it, and it was neither a joke nor a ridicule. System was so confused that it didn’t even make a “ding” for a long time.

When Huang Dan went back, he went to Wang Zhi’s house to visit.

Wang Zhi was on the phone, flattering one by one, his face turned green. He hung up the phone and continued to work after a few minutes of sluggishness.

Huang Dan stayed at his place, helping with packing, but the door of the next room was stills.

Huang Dan was too hot to sleep at night, so he went downstairs to enjoy the cool air, thinking about finding a time to ask someone to come and check the air conditioner.

It was quiet in the corridor. Some neighbors had dogs, but there was no sound at the moment.

Huang Dan went down to the third floor and found slippers at the door of Liu DaYe’s house. Maybe it’s because they’re old and forget things, and can’t remember to take them back.

The sensor light in the corridor was on and off. Huang Dan stamped his feet several times. He looked at the slippers and thought about them for a few moments before deciding to ignore them for now and look at them when he came back.

Huang Dan continued walking down. He didn’t bring anything for self-defense.

Firstly, he won’t die until it is time, and secondly, if he brought something for self-defense, it won’t be of much use.

Because he couldn’t feel pain. He wouldn’t feel anything if someone stabbed him in the back, even if it was stabbed directly from one end to the other, and all his internal organs were dug out, leaving only a piece of skin.

Huang Dan didn’t go far and stood at the bottom of the building. There were many mosquitoes. He saw several on his arms, but he didn’t look at his legs and just let them be.

At this point, there are still lights in some windows. Night owls will not become less, but will only become more and more.

Huang Dan felt the night breeze for a while, feeding the mosquitoes in this area.

The mosquitoes were reluctant to leave him, even after they were full. Some of them were lying on Huang Dan’s body, while others were buzzing around him, flying around, trying to get close to him, hoping that he would come back tomorrow.

Huang Dan was about to enter the building when he saw a figure coming this way from a distance.

It’s Sun Siqing.

As he got closer, Huang Dan smelled the pungent smell of alcohol on the middle-aged man’s body and knew that he had drunk a lot.

It’s okay for people to be poor, but they are afraid of being poor first and then one day becoming rich and then poor again. A roller coaster life is not something ordinary people can have.

The business failed, and the friends who called each other XiongDi in normal times, and had been helped by him, started to distance themselves. His wife ran away with someone, and his life fell into a trough, leaving him with nothing.

When a person is drunk, his consciousness is blurred and fragmented.

Sun Siqing took off his shoes and threw them somewhere. He stepped barefoot on the gravel road and hummed a vague tune.

Huang Dan was hesitating whether to say hello or not when he saw Sun Siqing lying down on the grass. It seemed that he was going to spend the night there.

“Meow”

A white cat came out to look for food. Passing by here, it looked at Sun Siqing on the grass and walked around twice curiously.

Sun Siqing suddenly yelled. The cat was frightened, backed away, turned around and ran into the bushes.

Huang Dan was also startled. He looked at Sun Siqing who was already up.

Sun Siqing climbed to the third floor, put on the slippers that Liu DaYe had left at the door, and just went to pat the opposite door which was 301.

That’s Old Zhang’s house.

Don’t know if it was because of drinking or catching a cold. Sun Siqing’s voice was hoarse and it didn’t sound like his usual voice, “Xiaojie, please open the door.”

Xiaojie is the nickname of Old Zhang’s son, and Huang Dan knew it. Hearing Sun Siqing’s words, he thought it was the father’s tone towards his son.

Sun Siqing sighed, “Xiaojie, please open the door first. I won’t drink anymore. I really won’t drink anymore. I promise. Just open the door, Xiaojie……”

The rest of it is all about compromise, repentance, and pleading.

Huang Dan’s back felt cold. It felt like a dead person was lying on his back and strangling his neck. It was cold and stiff. He looked back and saw no one.

The corridor was extremely dark.

“Why didn’t you open the door yet? Xiaojie, please be obedient and open the door for me to come in.”

Sun Siqing knocked on the door twice, talked to himself for a while, then sat at the door of Old Zhang’s house with his head hanging, motionless.

Huang Dan didn’t move, his whole body was hidden in the darkness. His breathing was as light as possible, and his palms were wet with sweat. He would need to take a shower when he goes back, hoping nothing would happen to him.

Sun Siqing suddenly stood up from the ground. He opened the door of his house with the key and went in. He was accurate and his figure was not swaying, as if he had never drank.

Huang Dan was instantly horrified.

Isn’t this world not a supernatural world? There shouldn’t be ghosts.

Huang Dan’s eyelids twitched, but what happened to Sun Siqing just now? Looking at it in the summer, it feels colder than blowing on the air conditioner, and it makes him feel cold to the bottom of his heart.

There were sudden footsteps upstairs, and Huang Dan held his breath.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer. As he listened, he could tell that they were not slippers but leather shoes. The sensor light in the corridor turned on and off, then on again.

Huang Dan looked up and made eye contact with Lu Fei who came downstairs.