It was late at night and any sound would be amplified.

Huang Dan suddenly remembered that everything from Sun Siqing opening the door to discovering Liu DaNiang’s death to him talking to Sun Siqing and Sun Siqing calling out Liu DaYe actually happened in a very short period of time.

During this period, he didn’t hear any doors opening or closing, nor did he hear footsteps going up and down the stairs in the corridor.

However, if the murderer went up and down the stairs barefoot, the sound would be very soft, and the person could escape unscathed by taking advantage of this little noise.

In other words, the murderer had left long ago.

Huang Dan was a little gloomy, he should have ran out as soon as the door opened. An opportunity to discover the murderer was missed.

Sun Siqing read his mind, “You also saved your life.”

Huang Dan helped Liu DaYe up, “What?”

Sun Siqing was in shock, and he spat on the ground, “If you caught up, would the murderer let you live?”

Huang Dan was not thinking about that. He calmed down and thought about it carefully. The sensor lights in the corridor were flickering. Even if he chased it out on his own in time, he didn’t know whether to go upstairs or downstairs, and will still miss it.

The murderer knew this place very well, and he left after tossing the shoes up and down, deliberately alarming the people in the door, which was crazy.

Huang Dan glanced at Sun Siqing next to him, the other party had been with him all night. Liu DaNiang’s body which was put at the door, and constant tossing of shoes eliminated his disgust toward him.

But why did Sun Siqing behave strangely that night?

Moreover, Huang Dan came to this world after Old Zhang and the original owner died. Whether Sun Siqing had anything to do with their deaths and whether he knew something is difficult to say yet.

Huang Dan’s mind is a bit confused. Liu DaYe said that Liu DaNiang had left in the morning, but her body was found in front of Sun Siqing’s door. No one knows when she died. He is not a forensic doctor and could only wait for the police to come.

Sun Siqing took a breath, “What should we do now?”

Huang Dan said, “Call the police.”

Sun Siqing rubbed his face, “Xiao Ji, when the police ask you, you have to testify for me, this matter has nothing to do with me. The unluckiest one is me, and I got bad luck for no reason!”

Huang Dan said, “I will.”

Sun Siqing looked at the corpse on the ground and reacted violently, “Fuck, there’s a lot of space upstairs and downstairs. It’s not good to put the corpse anywhere, but why should it be left in front of my house?”

Huang Dan asked tentatively, “Do you have enemies?”

Sun Siqing said without thinking, “Enemy? Where do I get any enemies?”

Huang Dan said, “Sun Shushu, people don’t have filters in their mouth, and sometimes they say something that offends others, but they don’t even know it.”

Sun Siqing didn’t follow the line, “Don’t say anything else, help me move the body quickly.”

Huang Dan bent his legs and carried Liu DaYe on his back, “I will carry Liu DaYe into the house, and you will carry DaNiang on the ground.”

Sun Siqing didn’t carry her, directly and rudely grabbed Liu DaNiang’s arms and pulled her back, dragging her into the house with difficulty, “Damn it, DaJie usually looks skin and bones, why is she so heavy?!”

Huang Dan saw Sun Siqing throwing the old lady to the ground casually. He frowned and said, “Sun Shushu, show consideration to the deceased.”

Sun Siqing took a breath, the wine was strong, he was a little dizzy, and simply sat on the ground. “Don’t just say nice things, Xiao Ji, make the call.”

Huang Dan placed Liu DaYe on the bed. When he touched his pants pocket, his cell phone was missing, “I left it in your room.”

Sun Siqing said he would go back to the house to get it, “Wait here.”

Just as Huang Dan was about to put Liu DaNiang on the sofa, he heard Sun Siqing’s scream from outside. He ran out quickly, “What’s wrong?”

Sun Siqing climbed up with his hands on the wall. His fall was not light. He cursed and wiped his hands on his pants, “Why is the ground so wet?”

Huang Dan stomped his feet several times before turning on the sensor light. He saw a small puddle of water on the left side of Sun Siqing’s door, “Was it there before?”

Sun Siqing said he didn’t pay attention, “Things happen one after another, so how can I have that relaxed frame of mind?”

Huang Dan turned around and went to the old couple’s house. He found that the clothes on Liu DaNiang’s body were all dry. He moved his gaze downwards and squinted his eyes, “Where are the slippers on Liu DaNiang’s feet?”

Sun Siqing rubbed his waist and came in upon hearing his words, he subconsciously said, “Is it not at the DaJie’s……”

His words stopped abruptly, the corpse was bare feet.

There were four people in the living room, one dead, one unconscious, and two standing. The atmosphere was indescribably weird.

No one knew the presence or location of another person?

Huang Dan’s eyes searched around the sofa and the living room. He rubbed his eyebrows and realized that he had not paid attention to Liu DaNiang’s feet. “Sun Shushu, I carried DaYe into the house first, and you were behind.”

Sun Siqing licked his dry lips, “Yes, I was behind. I grabbed DaJie’s arm and dragged her into the house. When I got to the door, it hindered, and I dragged DaJie with all my strength……”

He yelled, “The slippers were left at the door!”

Huang Dan and Sun Siqing looked at each other, both of them ran outside, plunging headlong into the dark hallway

“I’ll go upstairs!”

Huang Dan and Sun Siqing spoke in unison and stopped in place at the same time, creating a stalemate and gloomy atmosphere with them as the center.

It was as if there was a third person standing around the corner, or watching them quietly from the stairs, and never left, always there.

The summer night was still hot, but they were forced to break out in a cold sweat.

Huang Dan said, “I’ll go downstairs.”

Sun Siqing held him back, “Xiao Ji, Shuhsu thinks it’s better to forget it and call the police first.”

The pull on Huang Dan was so strong that he couldn’t break free, “Okay.”

The corridor became quiet again. Huang Dan looked in the direction of upstairs, and then downstairs, thinking that in the past few minutes, the murderer had been there from beginning to end and had not left at all. He felt a chill running down his back and shuddered.

People are scarier than ghosts.

Sun Siqing took Huang Dan to his house, found his cell phone and informed the police. They were all a little tired and didn’t know what to say for a while.

Huang Dan turned on the flashlight of his cell phone and squatted at the door to check. He found some signs and suspected that the puddle of water on the ground was caused by the murderer constantly throwing up and dropping wet shoes.

At that time, Liu DaNiang was wearing trousers with very wide legs that covered her feet. Huang Dan couldn’t see carefully from that angle, and the incident happened suddenly, so his thoughts were very confused and didn’t have time to sort them out slowly.

Now Huang Dan guessed that the slippers on Liu DaNiang’s feet were the same pair that Old Zhang was wearing when he died, otherwise Liu DaYe would not be so frightened and even fainted.

He just doesn’t know if the pair of slippers tossed by the murderer is the same pair that Liu DaNiang was wearing before. If so, why did the other party risk taking them away after putting it on Liu DaNiang?

Acting in that way, for who?

It’s not just a simple prank to want to scare them, right?

Huang Dan stood up and avoided the water on the ground, “Sun Shushu, I’m planning to go upstairs and downstairs to have a look, are you going?”

Sun Siqing said he wouldn’t go, “You don’t go either, just stay still, the police will be here soon.”

Huang Dan pursed his lips. Before the case is solved, the police will never reveal anything to him, a small citizen. He has to investigate it himself first, as much as he can.

Sun Siqing dragged the young man back and shouted angrily, “Didn’t you hear what I said, ah? Don’t go!”

Huang Dan said, “I’ll go by myself.”

Sun Siqing’s eyes popped out, “Go where? You don’t want to live anymore, do you?”

Huang Dan narrowed his eyes, “Sun Shushu, you know……”

Sun Siqing interrupted loudly with a pale face, shoving and spitting all over him, “LaoZi don’t know anything!”

During the shoving, Huang Dan was pushed against the wall by Sun Siqing. His head made a thumping sound and the wound touched at once. He didn’t feel any pain, but his eyes were full of stars.

Sun Siqing’s face was full of embarrassment, “Xiao Ji, Shushu is also worried about you.”

Huang Dan said he knew.

Sun Siqing saw that the young man was fine, so he didn’t say anything else. He just said, “In short, just stay here with me.”

Huang Dan stood on the balcony and looked down, and there was dead silence in the community. Neighbors were either sleeping or emerging from their sleep to prepare to go in again, and no one knew someone was dead.

Huang Dan’s gaze paused and moved to the balcony of Liu DaYe’s house inadvertently. Some of the lights in the living room spilled out, illuminating this small area. There was a large row of plants on the balcony, and the insects hiding in the branches and leaves had nowhere to hide, so they hurriedly called their companions and ran all night to find a new home.

Huang Dan’s hands took support of the handrail and he leaned half of his body out. This is the third floor, and there is grass below. There is a water pipe in the corner, and he is thinking about whether it is feasible to climb up and down while holding the pipe.

Sun Siqing’s voice came from behind, “What are you doing?”

Huang Dan said, “I want to try if I can climb over to the DaYe’s balcony from here.”

Sun Siqing came over and stood aside to look, “Whoever is suitable? Shushu can do it, but you can’t.”

Huang Dan turned to look at the middle-aged man, “Really?”

Sun Siqing laughed, “My hands and feet are not flexible, the wrist strength and leg strength are not enough, and I can’t climb up and turn over the opposite side. But strength and courage alone are not enough, skills are required as well.”

Huang Dan’s eyes flashed slightly, and he deliberately used a questioning tone, “Sun Shushu, can you really flip over it? It’s impossible, right?”

Sun Siqing squinted his eyes, and the smell of alcohol in his mouth was still very strong, “What? Don’t believe it? Watch properly!”

Huang Dan watched Sun Siqing go up to the balcony, and quickly grabbed the water pipe, wrapping his feet firmly to prevent him from falling. He suddenly jumped sideways, grabbed the opposite window with his hands, and jumped back again.

Sun Siqing is in his forties, but he can still perform such dangerous actions without difficulty. With all his life experience, he looks more experienced than young people.

Huang Dan is not capable, he has no experience.

Sun Siqing jumped in and stood firm, breathing heavily, “How is it? Shushu didn’t lie to you, did he?”

Huang Dan said, “It’s amazing.”

Sun Siqing had a proud expression on his face, “Don’t try randomly. If you fall from the third floor, when you are unlucky, your life will be lost.”

Huang Dan came up with the order of this floor. Sun Siqing’s house is next to Liu DaYe, and Liu DaYe is next to Old Zhang. Is it possible to climb from Liu DaYe’s balcony to Old Zhang’s house?

When Sun Siqing returned to the living room, he did not forget to call for Huang Dan.

Time passed by, and twenty minutes had passed since Liu DaNiang’s body was found. The police still haven’t arrived, but the tense nerves have unknowingly relaxed, and a feeling of fatigue has swept over them.

Sun Siqing yawned. He sat on the chair with his legs stretched out on the table. After a while, he closed his eyes under the influence of alcohol and began to snore.

Huang Dan，“……”

The wine was not finished, the cup was placed in its original position, and there were some peanuts and soy sauce beef left on the plate. If nothing had happened, Huang Dan would have gone back to his room to sleep, and Sun Siqing would have been drunk too.

Huang Dan went next door. Liu DaYe hadn’t woken up yet, he was just lying on the bed, his neck dry, thin and long, like an old tree root.

Covering the old man with a thin blanket, Huang Dan went to the living room to see the other person’s wife.

Liu DaNiang’s eyes were still open, and Huang Dan looked at her, “DaNiang, I heard DaYe said that you went out to your son’s place in the morning. You don’t feel relieved when you don’t see him, right? Wait for DaYe to wake up and get in touch with him, and then he will be back, so leave at ease.”

After finishing, Huang Dan reached out and covered Liu DaNiang’s eyes, and this time swiped downward.

Huang Dan went to the balcony. From Liu DaYe’s side, he could see the balcony of Old Zhang’s house. The windows were open, and it was dark inside without any light.

He didn’t rashly try to climb to the other side, but just stared at this angle for a while.

Liu DaYe’s house is between Sun Siqing and Old Zhang, the balcony of his house is connected to the other two houses, and each floor is the same.

The balcony of Zhao Xiao’s house on the fourth floor is connected to the balcony of Huang Dan’s house and Li Shun and Zhou Chunlian’s house.

The person in that position on the fifth floor is Wang Zhi.

Someone can climb from one house to another easily.

Huang Dan didn’t know if this clue was useful, so he sorted it out and put it away.

The door was open, and Huang Dan vaguely heard some sound, it was coming from upstairs. He ran to the fourth floor in one breath, and then to the fifth floor. The only sound in the corridor was his own heavy breathing.

Huang Dan wiped the sweat from his eyes. He climbed up, and pushed open the small door of the rooftop. The hot and humid night wind blew in his face, making his face sticky, dry and stuffy.

There are clotheslines on the rooftop, some with wires and some with ropes, crooked. There were a few clothes hanging on it, and looking at it at night, it looked like someone was standing there.

Huang Dan raised his phone, and the light from the flashlight swept around, but he didn’t see a figure. He pushed aside the clothes and walked forward. If he really has to confront the murderer, he doesn’t need to be afraid..

The time to leave this world has not come yet, Huang Dan has an immortal body.

However, it was hard to say if the body was dismembered and could not be put together, Huang Dan’s unconscious wild thoughts stopped in an instant. He carelessly kicked a small stone.

The small stone flew out and fell in the corner, making a crisp sound when it landed.

Huang Dan held his breath and walked towards the corner step by step. He heard the sound of the wind blowing on the clothesline, his own heartbeat, and the sound of sneakers scraping against the ground.

The flashlight shone directly, and everything in the corner was exposed to Huang Dan’s eyes, but there was nothing.

A drop of cold sweat slid down his back. Huang Dan reached behind and scratched through his T-shirt. He frowned and looked around, feeling a little disappointed, followed by heaviness.

The original owner had only arrived not long ago, and Huang Dan had been here even shorter. Obviously, the murderer is more familiar with this place than the two of them combined, and has hidden himself so that he can’t find it.

Huang Dan left from the rooftop, and when he was going down to the fourth floor, someone pushed him from behind. He fell forward, rolled down the steps, and fell into the corridor. Without any delay, he immediately got up and ran upstairs.

There was a sound of opening the door on the fifth floor. Huang Dan, who was about to go up to the rooftop, turned around and looked at Wang Zhi who was standing at the door.

Wang Zhi said, “Ji Shiyu, why are you here?”

Huang Dan looked at Wang Zhi and said nothing.

Wang Zhi’s eyes widened behind his lenses, “Fuck, your head is bleeding!”

Huang Dan felt no pain, his hand reached out, when he saw the blood, he realized that his forehead was broken. He casually wiped his bloody hand on his clothes, “It’s so late, why are you at the door?”

Wang Zhi rolled his eyes, “I also want to ask you?”

Huang Dan said expressionlessly, “I asked you first.”

Wang Zhi said with a smile on his face, “Why are you so serious? So scary.”

He took off his glasses, smoothed the hair in front of his forehead and put on again, “Business is better at night than during the day. I’m busy here, and I have to research keywords in the early hours of the morning and adjust the prices of things in the store. There are a lot of things going on, so I can’t sleep until two or three o’clock.”

Huang Dan stared at Wang Zhi without saying a word.

Wang Zhi shrugged, “Originally, I wanted to make myself a bowl of instant noodles, but suddenly I heard footsteps running up and down outside, so I opened the door out of curiosity to see which lunatic was fooling around so late without sleeping.”

He smacked his lips, “To be honest, my brain also got clamped between the doors tonight. Normally, no matter how big the movement was, I wouldn’t have come out to see it.”

Huang Dan frowned, Wang Zhi was wearing Superman’s pajamas, with flip-flops on his feet. The alertness and inquiry in his eyes faded away, not disappearing, but hiding deeper.

Wang Zhi’s appearance was too timely.

As it happens, Huang Dan has to be suspicious of him.

Huang Dan listed him as the first suspect, “Then did you see something?”

Wang Zhi stretched out his hand and said with a smile, “Far away, yet so close.”

“Ji Shiyu, you are getting more and more awesome. There is blood on your head and you still act like nothing’s wrong.”

Huang Dan ignored Wang Zhi’s teasing. He looked at the stacked cardboard boxes. They were large and small, and were placed extremely messily. “Where did these cardboard boxes come from?”

Wang Zhi failed to understand the reason and said confusingly, “They were all collected at the supermarket and used for packaging.”

Huang Dan’s eyes fell on the larger cardboard boxes, and what he was thinking was unknown.

Wang Zhi raised his hand to hold his shoulders, “It’s already this time, why worry about the cardboard boxes? Come into the house with me quickly, and I’ll clean the blood on your head.”

Huang Dan pushed away Wang Zhi’s hand, bent down to pick up the cardboard boxes, and threw them out one by one.

Wang Zhi looked confused, “Hey, Ji Shiyu, what’s wrong with you?”

Huang Dan didn’t respond, and his speed became faster and faster, and soon there was only the last cardboard box left untouched.

Wang Zhi grabbed Huang Dan and said, “Bro, is hitting your head turned into stupidity?”

Huang Dan kicked the cardboard box with his feet. He didn’t show much disappointment. As expected, he found nothing.

The reason why he did this was to observe Wang Zhi’s expression.

Huang Dan raised his eyes to look at Wang Zhi, his sight looking past him and landing on the door of 501 behind him.

It has always been empty.

Wang Zhi’s house is in the middle, and he can climb to 501 from his balcony.

Huang Dan entered Wang Zhi’s house and went straight to the balcony.

Wang Zhi pulled Huang Dan back, who was leaning out, “Ji Shiyu, are you crazy?”

Huang Dan looked down and saw that there was a big difference in height between the fifth floor and the third floor. The bottom of the building was like a bottomless black hole, stirring up fear in people’s hearts.

Wang Zhi cursed, “What the hell are you looking at, ah?! Go back quickly.”

Huang Dan noticed something was wrong with Wang Zhi, his legs were shaking and so was his body, “Are you afraid of heights?”

Wang Zhi’s face turned red, “Yeah, yeah, I’m afraid of heights.”

Huang Dan looked at him without saying a word.

Wang Zhi gritted his teeth, “Laugh if you want to, don’t hold it in.”

Huang Dan said, “It’s not funny.”

Wang Zhi was stunned and rolled his eyes, “Ji Shiyu, you are not an ordinary person.”

“Bro, are you not afraid of pain, or are you unaware of pain? The blood is almost flowing from your eyes, but you can still push me around.”

Huang Dan couldn’t let anyone find out that he doesn’t feel pain. He frowned and looked uncomfortable, “I was running around and forgot about the pain.”

Wang Zhi gave him a thumbs up, “That’s great!”

Huang Dan didn’t let Wang Zhi treat his wounds. He went to the bathroom and did it himself in front of the mirror.

The person in the mirror had a bloody nose and swollen face, a broken forehead, and a piece of skin had fallen off.

Huang Dan took the medicine given by San Ge. He rolled up his trouser legs to look at his knees. Both sides were bruised and bloody, and his arms were also scratched in several places, which was shocking.

There was no pain, and Huang Dan handled it as if he were dealing with a plaster body or a sculpture.

Wang Zhi opened the door and came in, “Do you want me to help you?”

Huang Dan said no, he put down his trousers, straightened up and looked at Wang Zhi.

Wang Zhi stopped laughing and said, “Ji Shiyu, the way you are looking at me is very strange.”

Huang Dan said, “It’s nothing.”

Wang Zhi pulled at his eyebrows, a little aggressive, “You dare to say it’s nothing?”

Huang Dan said, “I was pushed down.”

Wang Zhi took a deep breath, “Fuck, what are you waiting for? Call 110 quickly!”

Huang Dan passed another issue, “Liu DaNiang is dead.”

Wang Zhi’s face was full of shock, murmuring after a long time, “Another one died.”

Huang Dan stared at Wang Zhi, and he recounted the entire incident.

Wang Zhi kept rubbing his arm, his face turned as white as a ghost, “Damn it, I’ve never been scared when watching a horror movie, but when I heard you talk about DaNiang’s death, I almost pissed in fear.”

He was incoherent in speech and seemed to be very frightened, “This building is a little older, why is it suddenly so weird all of a sudden? Fuck, I signed a one-year contract, nothing will happen again, right?”

Huang Dan said, “The person who pushed me was not on the fifth floor, but on the rooftop.”

Wang Zhi twisted his neck, “Eh? What did you say?”

Huang Dan didn’t repeat it. He looked towards the window and said, “The police are here.”

Wang Zhi said hurriedly, “Wait for me, I will go down with you.”

Huang Dan glanced at him, “Aren’t you scared?”

Wang Zhi pulled the corner of his mouth, “It’s okay if there are a lot of people, go, go.”

As soon as the police arrived, the neighbors came out one after another.

Everyone became aware that it was Liu DaNiang who had the accident, and they immediately fell into panic.

It’s the third floor again.

Huang Dan found that neither Li Shun nor Zhou Chunlian came downstairs, and Zhao Xiao was not there either.

Wang Zhi also discovered it, “The child in 403 is so young and inseparable from adults, and Zhao Xiao never watches the excitement.”

Huang Dan went to talk to Sun Siqing, but Wang Zhi followed him, greeting with a smile, which was very inappropriate for the occasion.

Sun Siqing didn’t like Wang Zhi, and it showed on his face. He pulled Huang Dan aside and whispered, “You didn’t tell that kid about it, did you?”

Huang Dan said, “I told him.”

Sun Siqing’s face twisted, he wanted to say something but didn’t say anything, and changed the topic, “Don’t listen to elders, now the loss is in sight. Is it okay now?!”

Huang Dan said, “I didn’t fall by myself.”

Sun Siqing’s expression became different, “Then you are really fortunate.”

His voice dropped, “Have you seen the face?”

Huang Dan looked towards Wang Zhi, Wang Zhi grinned at him, he withdrew his gaze, “I didn’t see, push was from behind. I went up to look for it right away and saw Wang Zhi.”

Sun Siqing didn’t look at Wang Zhi. He snorted coldly, “Bless yourself.”

The police concealed the cause of Liu DaNiang’s death and would not disclose it until the case was fully investigated, for fear of causing panic among residents.

Huang Dan only knew that Liu DaNiang had no external injuries, but did not know how she died.

The next day, Huang Dan and Sun Siqing were both taken for questioning.

Sun Siqing sat on the steps and smoked, “Xiao Ji, how was it? Did they make it difficult for you?”

Huang Dan said no, “I told whatever I know.”

Sun Siqing spat and wiped it with the sole of his shoe, “That’s fine, the case is in their hands, and now they are busy. One has not been investigated, and there is another neighbor.”

There was sarcasm in his words, “It’s none of our business anyway.”

Huang Dan said, “Will anyone move out because of this incident?”

Sun Siqing said, “That depends on whether there is that condition. Most people will not move. Whether it is the death of Old Zhang or the death of DaJie, it has nothing to do with them.”

He looked into the distance, “What’s more, many people have lived there for most of their lives. Where do you want them to move?”

Huang Dan said, “Then what about you?”

Sun Siqing said, “Me? When I get tired of living here, I’ll move at once, if there is something suitable.”

Huang Dan asked abruptly, “Sun Shushu, which school is Xiaojie in?”

Sun Siqing paused in his smoking motion, then continued, blowing a large puff of smoke into the void, “What made you ask about that boy? Have enough to support others?”

Huang Dan said, “Asking casually.”

Sun Siqing smoked in a muffled voice. After taking the last puff, he popped out the cigarette butt and said, “Don’t meddle in other people’s business.”

Huang Dan didn’t get the information he wanted. He sighed, the matter was not over yet.

Don’t know who will be next.

When going back, Huang Dan met Zhou Chunlian in the corridor. She was carrying the stroller down the steps one by one. When she raised her head, she smiled and said, “Xiao Ji, you’re back.”

“Zhou Jiejie, let me help you.”

Zhou Chunlian refused, “What did the police say?”

Huang Dan said, “Just asked a few questions, and I also don’t know much.”

Zhou Chunlian walked down and said, “A well living person is really gone even if you don’t accept. It feels like a dream.”

She stopped in the corridor on the second floor, took a break and said, “DaJie was a good person. However there is no good outcome. God has no eyes.”

Huang Dan looked at the woman’s thin figure and found that when she was lifting the stroller, the blood vessels on the back of her hands popped out. “The police will clearly get to the bottom of it.”

Zhou Chunlian said hope so, “By the way, Xiao Ji, the man on the fifth floor is at your door.”

Huang Dan knew who it was when he heard it. He walked up the stairs in two- three steps, and met the man when he reached the fourth floor.

Lu Fei had stuffed his hands in his pockets. He looked down and said jokingly, “I haven’t seen you for a few days, and you had plastic surgery?”

Huang Dan said, “Someone pushed me.”

Lu Fei raised his eyebrows, “With your brain, it’s not surprising.”

Huang Dan wanted to bite him, but held back in fear of hurting him.

The two of them said nothing in a tacit understanding, and the atmosphere became quiet.

Lu Fei rubbed the hand in his pocket a few times. This was an unconscious action, not sure what it meant.

In the past few days since he left, Lu Fei had a very bad life. It could be seen from the blue bag under his eyes that he had the same dream every night.

In the dream, Lu Fei hugged someone, a man whom he knew, the student Ji Shiyu, in front of him.

In his dream, student Ji Shiyu did what he did that night, licking the mosquito bites on his hand, his tongue was warm and soft, and the touch seemed to enter his heart from the back of his hand, causing him to look at the mosquito bag when he had nothing to do. It was indescribably weird.

It was disgusting at first, but later I found out that the skin that had been licked couldn’t be cut off. I could only wash it a few more times. Later…… I adapted to it inexplicably and was also remembering it unconsciously.

When Lu Fei received the news of Liu DaNiang’s death, he stayed up late to catch up on work and took the earliest flight back.

He was in such a hurry to come back, not because of Liu DaNiang.

Lu Fei looked at the young man in front of him with a bruised nose and swollen face, and found that even forehead was broken. It had only been a few days, and he was already blue and purple, the most stupid person.

Huang Dan said, “Has the mosquito bite on your hand gone?”

It was okay not to mention this matter, but once it was mentioned, Lu Fei lost control, “Why did you lick me that day?”

Huang Dan said, “Saliva disinfection.”

Lu Fei looked at him like looking an idiot, “Disinfection? Haven’t you ever gone to school? Don’t know any common sense? The saliva itself is poisonous.”

Huang Dan said, “Fight fire with fire.”

Lu Fei，“……”

Huang Dan said, “You were looking for me, right?”

Lu Fei lit a cigarette and held it in his mouth, his face blurred by the smoke, “Looking for you? I’m not out of my mind yet.”

Huang Dan said, “Really? Zhou Jiejie said you were at my door.”

Lu Fei’s expression remained unchanged, “I’m here to find Zhao Xiao.”

Huang Dan oh and said, “Today is a working day, Zhao Xiao is in the company. You don’t know?”

Lu Fei’s forehead twitched.

Huang Dan did not continue to reveal the man’s thoughts, “Liu DaNiang is dead.”

Lu Fei said calmly, “All people will die.”

Huang Dan said, “It was a homicide.”

Lu Fei said, “There are police officers. Don’t even have this common sense, don’t foolishly worry about it.”

Huang Dan，“……”

He said, “It’s exactly that guy who pushed me.”

Lu Fei pinched the cigarette holder in his hand twice and stuffed it back into his mouth. The meaning of this action was obvious, it represented anxiety, “Don’t live here anymore, move out.”

He is used to giving orders, and his tone is full of dominance that cannot be refused.

Huang Dan shook his head, “I can’t leave.”

Lu Fei’s face was dark and he said coldly, “Are you stupid? If you don’t move away, then are you waiting to be pushed again?”

Huang Dan took out the key and opened the door, “Come in and sit down, I’ll treat you to a soda.”

Lu Fei said, “I’m not interested.”

After saying that, the person didn’t leave, but stuck at the door.

Huang Dan changed into slippers and said as he walked, “I also have Coke, popsicles, melon seeds, and watermelon.”

Lu Fei’s face twitched.

Huang Dan listened to the footsteps at the door. He was not surprised and got the man a soda from the refrigerator, “This is my favorite.”

Lu Fei unscrewed the lid and took a sip, then put it on the table in disgust, “It tastes bad.”

Huang Dan held his chin and said, “I didn’t think it tasted good the first time I drank it but started liking it after a few more sips.”

Lu Fei didn’t look at the young man, his eyes scanned the room, “It’s quite clean.”

Huang Dan said, “I don’t like mess.”

Lu Fei’s gaze turned twice, then to the young man’s face. He took two sips of soda, but it still tasted bad. “What happened last night?”

Huang Dan told the story and didn’t hide anything, including his suspicions about Wang Zhi.

Lu Fei was concerned about the trust that the young man has in him. He was confused and found it incredible that a person would give all his trust to someone who was not even a friend. People in this era are more and more energetic, trying to get benefits from others. Is there still someone stupid to this extent?

But there were other things that worried him more. The other party dared to run around alone and wanted to catch the murderer. He threw the soda on the table, “Why didn’t you fall to death?”

Soda water dripped from the mouth of the bottle, sizzling and bubbly.

Huang Dan lifted the bottle up and wiped off the soda with a rag. “The situation was special at that time, and even if I didn’t chase him, I would still be pushed. The murderer was warning me not to meddle in other people’s business.”

Seeing the bruise on the young man’s elbow, Lu Fei’s breathing was stagnant and his temples palpitated. He pressed it with his hands and pinched it with his fingertips, but it was still useless.

The chair was pushed, making a screeching sound as it scratched against the ground.

Huang Dan didn’t notice that Lu Fei was standing behind him, very close. He turned his head and bumped his forehead into the other person’s nose.

There was severe pain in his nose, and Lu Fei kept gasping for air. The pain nerves all over his body were stretched to the extreme at the same time. He covered his nose and blood flowed through his fingers.

Huang Dan went to get a tissue for the man, “Don’t hold it in, cry out if it hurts, I won’t laugh at you.”

Lu Fei’s brows were furrowed, his thin lips pursed into a sharp and forbearing arc, his eyes were half-closed, and the pain caused him to lose his ability to think. His whole body was in a state of being unable to be strict, and there was only one voice in his ears.

Huang Dan saw the corners of the man’s eyes were red, because of crying. He pursed his lips, imitated the way the man treated him in the past, and coaxed softly, “Okay, be good, don’t cry anymore.”

The voice in his ears was gentle, full of bewitching and seductive. Lu Fei restrained the young man’s hand, his breath was rough and his complexion was not good, “Tell me, what the fuck are you doing?”

Huang Dan said, “Coaxing you.”

Lu Fei pushed the person away and walked away covering his nose with his hand, dripping blood all the way.

Huang Dan pulled the man at the door and confessed to him for the first time, “Lu Fei, I’m not gay. And I like you.”

Lu Fei didn’t look back, he sneered, “Contradicting yourself, it seems that your knowledge in Chinese language is not up to standard.”

Huang Dan was speechless for a moment, “I like you, and you happen to be a man. Lu Fei, can you understand the meaning this time?”

Lu Fei turned around. He had a nosebleed and was enduring the pain, his voice was extremely hoarse, but his aura was still powerful and intimidating. “There are so many people who like me, and don’t know how many versions of confessions I’ve heard, and yours is the worst one so far. If you confess to someone next time, do your homework and don’t treat people like fools.”

This was the most childish remark Lu Fei had ever made in his thirty years of life. It was simply ridiculous. He was glad that none of his subordinates were present.

Huang Dan said, “Just pretend I didn’t say anything.”

Lu Fei was furious, “Are you playing with me?”

Huang Dan crossed his arms, “Do you like hearing it or not?”

Lu Fei’s eyes were filled with murderous intent, “Boy, haven’t you heard a saying? If you say something out loud, it is spilt water. You can’t take it back.”

The second childish remark. A thing should not be attempted more than three times. There won’t be a third time.

(*a thing should not be attempted more than three times (idiom) = don’t repeat the same mistake again and again)

Huang Dan laughed, “I fooled you.”

Lu Fei cursed in a low voice, feeling baffled like his tail being pinched for no apparent reason. His expression was irascible, “You were originally ugly, and now after fall, it’s even more unsightly.”

Fuck, the third time! To hell with it!

Lu Fei remembered what his friend said at the time of giving him a divination. He will encounter many peach blossoms when he returns to China, and one of which is his marriage.

It seems that there is something strange about this matter, and it is necessary to let the other party give him a divination after reference.

In the past, no matter whether it was a man or a woman, Lu Fei had never lost his temper, but this time it was so repeatedly abnormal that he can’t bear to face it.

Huang Dan saw that the man was distracted, “Don’t talk nonsense, I’m obviously not ugly at all. You have a lot of nosebleeds, go back and stop the bleeding.”

Thereupon, Lu Fei, who just came back, went on a business trip again.

Liu DaYe’s son is a successful man and has to attend to numerous affairs. He finally shows up.

After finishing the old mother’s funeral that day and negotiating with the police, he flew back. Before leaving, he greeted the neighbors and asked them to help him take care of his old father.

The neighbors received high-end gifts and verbally agreed.

Liu DaYe’s health was fine, could eat and drink. He went out and walked around the community with his hands behind his back, whenever he saw someone, he happily greeted them, “Must come, you must come tomorrow!”

That old fellow didn’t understand, “Old Liu, what did you say?”

Liu DaYe’s cloudy eyes were shining, “Comrade Li Huifang and I will get married tomorrow. We will serve wine in my courtyard. Don’t forget it.”

The old fellow understood now, but felt that it was better to not understand. He sighed, “Huifang, she…… Old Liu, ah, you are broken hearted and in grief, but life still has to go on……”

Before he finished speaking, Liu DaYe had already left, humming a little tune in his mouth, not to mention how good his mood was.

The old fellow froze in place for a while, then chased after him, and heard Liu DaYe calling another person to stop, saying the same words, full of energy.

Soon, everyone in the community knew that Liu DaYe went crazy with grief after his wife left.

Huang Dan heard about this and went to 302.

Liu DaYe sat on the threshold, muttering to the void.

Huang Dan stood by and listened. He listened with difficulty and couldn’t hear it completely, it was all broken. The old man babbled about most of his life, making people feel that life is like a dream and not real.

Liu DaYe let out a long sigh, patted the dust on his butt, and returned to the house with his back bent.

The door was closed in front of Huang Dan.

He pinched his eyebrows, turned around and went up to the fourth floor, opened the door and entered the house, “San Ge, DaYe think that he is living in the year decades ago.”

System, “People have their own fate.”

Huang Dan said, “Whether people are? Sometimes I feel that the world I travel through is illusory.”

System, “That’s only right. Life is just truth and false.”

Huang Dan，“……”

The phone rang. Huang Dan glanced at the unfamiliar number and said, “Hello.”

The other end hung up.

Huang Dan put his cell phone on the bedside table. After a while, it rang again. He called out a single name, “Lu Fei.”

A voice came from the other end, “How do you know?”

Huang Dan said, “Intuition.”

There was no sound on the phone again. He sat on the bedside, listening to the faint sound of breathing, but he didn’t feel bored.

After a while, Huang Dan’s ears heard the sound of flipping through papers. He became aware that the man is doing work, “Lu Fei, Liu DaYe is crazy. I’m a little scared.”

The sound of flipping through papers stopped, followed by Lu Fei’s unrestrained taunt, “Ask for trouble yourself.”

Huang Dan can’t move out now. Once the mission is completed, it doesn’t matter, he can go anywhere. He wants to continue the unfinished trip with the man, “Lu Fei.”

Lu Fei made a nasal sound, “Hmm?”

Huang Dan asked, “When will you come back?”

Lu Fei said, “I have a lot of things on my hands, rather busy, don’t have time, and won’t go back for the time being.”

Huang Dan said, “Oh, I’ll go find Wang Zhi tomorrow and sleep with him at night.”

The other end hung up.

As soon as Huang Dan sat up, his cell phone rang, and the man’s cold voice came, “You are suspecting Wang Zhi, and still going to find him. You are tired of living, right?”

After a pause, Huang Dan said, “The police can’t find any clues. I might be able to provide them with some help.”

Lu Fei said sternly on the other end, “What help can you provide? Don’t fucking seek death!”

The next sentence has a soft tone, with a sigh of compromise, “I will be back tomorrow.”

After saying that, he hung up.

Huang Dan missed Lu Fei very much.

Emotional matters are like a thread connecting him and Lu Fei, which has been drawn long ago. No matter how far apart they are, Lu Fei can follow along that thread and walk up to him.

At around nine o’clock, Sun Siqing came back. He didn’t drink much, just stuffed it between his teeth. At the time of opening the door, it was very difficult, the key was turned in the keyhole, along and vice versa, but the door couldn’t be pushed open.

Huang Dan’s door was open upstairs. When he heard the door being kicked downstairs, he threw away the broom in his hand, put on his slippers and ran down, “Sun Shushu, what’s wrong?”

When Sun Siqing said the door was broken, his face was dark, “I don’t know what happened, when I returned in the morning and opened the door, it was fine.”

Huang Dan said, “Is the key rusty? Why don’t you ask DaYe for some rapeseed oil or lard and try applying it on it?”

Just as he was about to knock on the door, Liu DaYe came out.

Liu DaYe smiled and patted Huang Dan’s arm several times in succession, each one harder than the last, “Must come, must come tomorrow.”

Huang Dan said, “Okay, I will go.”

Sun Siqing shook his head, “This old couple is good, one is dead and the other is crazy.”

Liu DaYe was originally cheerful, but when he glanced at Sun Siqing’s door, he suddenly became angry and said, “Comrade Li Huifang, why are you blocking the door of other people’s homes, grabbing the door handle, and preventing people from entering the house!”

As soon as these words came out, Huang Dan’s eyelids twitched. He looked at Sun Siqing whose expression was extremely ugly.

Li Huifang is Liu DaNiang. She is dead, so how could she appear at the door now and still hold the door handle?

An evil wind blew in the corridor for no reason.

Huang Dan and Sun Siqing looked at the empty door and neither made a sound.

Liu DaYe was still berating, glaring with both eyes, and called out while panting, “I’m talking to you, do you hear me? Get out of the way, take a look at yourself, what it looks like!”

Huang Dan saw that Sun Siqing was motionless, so he held the key sideways and turned it, and gently pushed it in.

The door opened.