The sound of a car whistle sounded, and there were several old-fashioned buildings on the edge of the road. Because they were relatively close to the city, outsiders often came to rent houses.

The landlord is an old lady in her sixties. She usually relies on collecting some rent and has no children. In the eyes of the neighbors, she is kind and has almost no bad reviews.

That evening, two 17 or 18-year-old children in school uniforms walked into the lobby on the first floor with three big suitcases.

The two children, the man's name is Ma Qiang and the woman's name is Liu Ru, were students who went to the city middle school to take the college entrance examination this year. They originally booked hotels near the examination room like most people, but unexpectedly, something unexpected happened and the room was occupied.

There was no way, both of them were rural children and they couldn't bear to spend more money to stay in high-end hotels. After asking them over and over again, they found this place, and it was said that the rent was half cheaper than the city.

In the hall, whether it is the desk, sofa, or even the portraits on the wall, everything looks so old. When I suddenly look at it, there are a few spider webs hanging in some places, full of strange atmosphere everywhere.

Liu Ru was a little scared when she saw this scene. She whispered to Ma Qiang: "I feel that it's strange here, otherwise we'll leave and look for something else!"

Ma Qiang glanced around and shook his head and refused: "It will be dark soon, so it is not realistic to find other places. Let's make do with it here for a night, and there will be an exam tomorrow. Besides, how much money did you bring? The cost of other places is very high!"

Liu Ru touched her pocket and nodded helplessly. Her money was all hard-earned money from her parents and she couldn't be spent randomly. Since so many people recommend it, there must be no problem.

"Is anyone?" Ma Qiang opened his throat and shouted hard.

There was no answer, and the voice did not dissipate in the empty hall for a long time, as if there were only two of them here.

"Strange!" Ma Qiang turned around, but was shocked to find that Liu Ru was missing, and only her suitcase was still alone on the ground, looking very lonely.

"Liu Ru! Liu Ru!" Ma Qiang began to shout. He was a classmate several months older than Liu Ru, and he treated her like a girl. Now he suddenly couldn't find anyone. For Ma Qiang, the sky fell.

"Young man, do you want to stay?" There was an old woman with white hair standing behind her. She was tilting her head and looking at Ma Qiang.

"Yes..., but now my friend can't find me...!" Ma Qiang was a little incoherent. He was really anxious. Why did the good people disappear in the blink of an eye?

"Brother Qiangzi, are you looking for me?" As he said, Liu Ru walked in from outside with a smile, as if nothing had happened.

Ma Qiang hurried over and looked at Liu Ruta carefully, fearing that the other party would be hurt. "What's wrong, where did you run just now? I'm so anxious!"

Liu Ru was a little shy: "I'm going to the toilet, it's okay, hehe!"

The old lady looked at the two of them and asked again: "Are you here to stay?"

"Well, yes, yes!" Seeing that Liu Ru was fine, Ma Qiang also started to laugh, "Old lady, how much does it cost to have a night?"

"One night? Twenty-five!"

"So cheap?" Ma Qiang and Liu Ru both grew up. You know, in those hotels in the city, they have to be 70 to 80 to 80 in a night, so what is the place that needs to be so small?

"Yes, are there any problems?" the old lady asked, "Are you students? Are you here to take the college entrance examination this year?"

"Yes! Are you the only one here in the old lady? Are you not afraid of such a big place?" Ma Qiang was a little curious, but the old lady did not answer him, but walked to the counter to grop.

"One room or two? There are single beds and double beds here. Don't worry, no one will come to check the rounds!"

"Uh!" Ma Qiang and Liu Ru were both embarrassed and waved their hands repeatedly, "It's good to have two rooms, we are students, hehe!"

"Okay! Go to the third floor, two adjacent rooms of 302 and 303, go up and find them yourself!" The old lady took out two keys from the drawer and threw them to Ma Qiang, then sat on the chair and closed her eyes to rest. It seemed that she didn't plan to lead the two of them up.

"Do we go find it yourself?" Ma Qiang looked a little disbelief. It was not the first time he stayed in a hotel. It was always taken by the waiter. This situation is really rare now.

"Let's go!" Liu Ru was not ready to ask any more, picked up his luggage and walked towards the stairs in the corner of the wall. Behind him was Ma Qiang who was sighing slightly.

The stairs turned out to be wood, which was a bit surprising, but the material should be valuable. At the corner of the second and third floors, Liu Ru, who was walking in front, suddenly screamed. If Ma Qiang had not been hurriedly supported by him, he would have been at risk of falling.

"What's wrong?" Ma Qiang was a little surprised. He looked around and found nothing.

"Above! Above!" Liu Ru's voice trembled and pointed her finger at the entrance on the third floor. Her eyes were so wide that she seemed to be frightened by something.

Ma Qiang held Liu Ru and looked up from behind her. Unconsciously, his body trembled, and his brain was short-circuited and could not start. At the entrance of the third floor, there was a beautiful woman in a red dress with long hair and long hair. At this moment, she was staring at the two of them.

Time stopped, and no one of the three moved, just looked at each other. It took a full minute until the woman turned around and left, and all this ended.

"We...we...let's go!" It took a long time again, and the two of them felt as if they had been untied, and they were sweating profusely. After Liu Ru, who was beside her, immediately turned around and asked Ma Qiang with tears in her eyes. She was really scared just now!

Of course, Ma Qiang was also scared. The woman in red just now was indeed very beautiful, but her eyes were a little strange, like a dead person.

Ma Qiang looked out the window and it was already dark. It was impossible to find a car when he left now. Besides, he took the exam for one day and was really tired.

"It's okay, maybe it's the tenant here, don't scare yourself, go up!" Ma Qiang comforted Liu Ru and also comforted himself.

When I arrived at the third floor, I easily found the two rooms. Through the window, I couldn't see anything. I took out the key, and Ma Qiang opened the door for Liu Ru first and helped her make up the bed. Then I left and came to my room.

The decorations in the room are almost the same. Except for the wooden door that is a bit dilapidated, everything is still the same, and nothing is missing because of the little money spent.

Lying on the bed, Ma Qiang was thinking about the content of the exam tomorrow, but for some reason, there was a quarrel outside. It was probably a couple. After a while, many people were talking, as if they were persuading the fight.

"I always felt that this place was strange. I didn't expect that there would be so many people living here, so I should be able to have a good sleep!" Ma Qiang thought this way. If someone lives, it means it is safe. I met that woman before, probably a tenant, but it may be a bit alternative in appearance, so there is nothing strange about it!

The sound outside gradually disappeared, Ma Qiang entered a state of confusion, and everything seemed so natural. But not long after, an accident happened. There seemed to be many people walking around in the room and their speech was suppressed very low.

Ma Qiang wanted to open his eyes, but his brain lost control of all the organs and was unable to move while lying there. Walking around the room continued, and it felt like several more people even came to Ma Qiang's bed, and a cold hand kept stroking his cheek.

After a while, maybe not long, Ma Qiang woke up instantly and looked at the room where he was the only one empty. Everything just now seemed like a dream, and when the moment he opened his eyes, everything disappeared.

After being stunned, Ma Qiang turned over and got up, and the time was pointed at 11:45 in the middle of the night. There were still fifteen minutes before the legendary ghost gate was opened, and he shivered unconsciously.

Liu Ru didn't know how she was now, and she hadn't heard her movements. Is it so familiar to sleep in a strange place?

After leaving the room, the corridor was pitch black, and the faint incandescent lamps before were completely extinguished at this moment. I think it was because the old woman felt sorry for the electricity bill, so she didn't let it live forever all night?

Liu Ru couldn't see anything in her room, and it was very quiet inside, and she seemed to be asleep. Ma Qiang walked over and reached out to knock on the door. The thud sound immediately spread throughout the floor.

"Liu Ru! Are you asleep? I am Ma Qiang!"

No sound.

"Liu Ru!"

"Bang!" A huge sound came from the room. Ma Qiang was not prepared to take a few steps back because he was scared, and his back leaned against the wall behind him.

The "bang" sound came again, and Ma Qiang looked closely and his pale hands were placed from the inside out on the window glass on the door. The light problem could not be seen clearly, but based on his feelings, it was not the hand of a living person.

Ma Qiang couldn't move at all, and he couldn't scream even if he wanted to. He felt that his consciousness was hiding there and he didn't dare to move at all. The outside was just an empty shell.

My pale hands were placed on the glass and I never moved for a moment. The lights outside were illuminated, which should be caused by cars that occasionally drove on the road.

Time passed, and Ma Qiang kept his posture against the wall and had not changed. He only had those pale hands in his eyes. As for what to do next, he didn't know at all.

He moved, and the pale hands finally left the side under Ma Qiang's gaze. But just a few seconds later, something even more terrifying happened. A pale woman's face appeared on the glass, and her black eyes stared straight at Ma Qiang.

Without any lights, the pale face was like a night pearl with its own light. In addition, the distance was close, Ma Qiang could see it clearly.

Ma Qiang opened his mouth, but there was still no sound. At this moment, it was completely lost. The woman's face moved, and she showed a slight smile, and it seemed to be conveying something.

More than ten seconds later, the woman's face disappeared, as if the dust was blown away by the wind.

The exhausted Ma Qiang collapsed to the ground, sweat wet his clothes, and he was so nervous that he could only keep breathing heavily.

After a long time, Ma Qiang, who came to his senses, seemed to have thought of something. His pale face looked so similar to Liu Rushi, and it was simply carved from the same mold.

"Liu Ru!"

Ma Qiang got up from the ground, but before he could take two steps, a dizziness came and he fell to the ground.

After turning over, Ma Qiang, who was soaked all over, got up and suddenly realized that he was sleeping in the bed. Everything just happened was just a dream.

"Dream? Why is it so real?" Ma Qiang wiped his sweat and looked at the time by the way, but was scared. The minute hand pointed to the number nine, and it was eleven:45 late at night, just like in the dream just now.

Goosebumps suddenly popped up. Is this really that coincidental?

Thinking of Liu Ru's pale face just now, he was still scared and stunned for a while, so he decided to go and take a look.

After all, Liu Ru is like a real sister!

The corridor is still the same, very calm and I can't see anything at all.

When he walked to the door of Liu Ru's room, Ma Qiang stood there and stopped moving. He looked at the glass and thought about the previous scene in his mind. He hesitated and decided to knock on the door, but halfway through the movement, the light inside turned on, and a girl's voice came out: "Brother Qiangzi, is it you?"

Liu Ru?

Ma Qiang quickly responded: "It's me, are you okay?"

With a light sound, the worn wooden door slowly opened, and Liu Ru walked out of it with a tired look on her face.

"Brother Qiangzi, this place feels so weird. I just had a dream, it's so scary!"

"You dreamed too? What kind of dream is it?"

Liu Ru looked carefully in the corridor, and she could not see anything except darkness.

"Come in and talk!"

Walking into the room, Ma Qiang closed the door. With a click, the light on his head suddenly dimmed a little, and then returned to normal.

Liu Ru sat on the bed with a little panic. After a while, she spoke: "Brother Qiangzi, I always feel that it was a mistake to come here this time. It's still early before dawn, so I don't know what else will happen!"

Ma Qiang sat next to her and asked quietly for a while: "You said you were dreaming just now?"

"Well, a very scary dream. There was a little girl living in this room. She kept calling me sister. But I could only open my mouth but couldn't speak. Finally, I followed her, right there..." Liu Ru pointed to the balcony with her fingers, "I saw my parents. They were holding the little girl and kissing and dancing, but I was completely like a stranger..."

"This is just a dream..." Ma Qiang was of course full of fear of this place, but now, as a man, he cannot show it.

"I know, but...but...do you know? In the end, my dad walked towards me with a knife. Those eyes..., no..." At this point, Liu Ru began to sob and her whole body began to tremble.

Ma Qiang didn't know how to comfort him, but he felt that he seemed to be on the verge of death and would fall into the abyss by accident and would never be restored.

"Are you hungry?" Ma Qiang asked this very suddenly, and even he seemed to be surprised after saying that.

Liu Ru didn't come to her senses. It took her a while before she touched her belly. After lunch, the two of them did not eat a grain of rice and drink a sip of water.

"A little...but no appetite..."

"You smell it..."

Liu Ruyi was dazed and noticed the fragrance coming from the air, which was a unique smell that only food could have. And not only this, the sound of the woman humming softly also came faintly.
Chapter completed!