Ning Wenxi is a white-collar worker in an office, with not particularly high salary, but very stable and easy job, with plenty of leisure time. However, after working in the office for a long time, even if it's idle, most people won't care about others' affairs. Everyone minds their own business, taking less responsibility, which is the thought of the majority of people here. "Hello, I'm Lu Xiaodan from Zone Three. To whom should I pay my fine?" "Oh, Lu Xiaodan, let me check the records. Give it to me." Ning Wenxi didn't even look up as she reached out to take the materials handed over by the person. Her hand hung in the air for a long time without seeing anyone giving her anything. She then looked up in confusion and found no one around. Strange, she clearly heard someone talking to her. She looked around and found that her colleagues were all looking at their computers, seemingly no one had the intention to get up. Wenxi rubbed her temples and frowned tightly. "Lu Xiaodan? This name sounds familiar." She quickly flipped through the documents in her hand and found that indeed there was a Lu Xiaodan who came to pay the fine a week ago. It was a very common thing, and she didn't put it in her mind, nor did she have any impression of this name. "Hey, maybe I'm dizzy from reading novels online and am hallucinating." Wenxi put down the materials, wore the earphones, opened a music website, and leaned back on the chair. "Do you take the money?" "I don't take money, I only register!" "Then who do I give the money to?" "Over there!" Wenxi habitually pointed to the front left. This pointing woke her up from the beautiful music. There was no one around. What's going on? Why does she keep hearing someone talking to her? Could it be that she has formed a conditioned reflex because of doing it so often? It's broad daylight, and Ning Wenxi started to get nervous. How could she hear voices twice? "Wenxi, help me sign!" The colleague turned around to pass her some documents. "Ah~" Wenxi suddenly screamed, scaring the colleague. "What are you doing? Is signing such a big deal?" Wenxi stared at her for a while, gradually calming down. "I thought I was hallucinating again?" she apologized. Alas, she couldn't do anything anymore, just wait until work is over! She closed her eyes and rested her head on the table. "Please help me sign!" "Don't bother me, I'm not feeling well today!" Wenxi said angrily. "Is it on the fifth floor?" "If the person is not here, to whom should I give the money? Should I go to the seventh floor to sign?" The eerie voice came again. Wenxi was very impatient and stood up angrily. "I've already told you not to bother me!" She looked around and found that her colleagues were all looking at her strangely or angrily. "What's wrong with you? Who's talking to you?" the finance supervisor said unhappily. Wenxi's spirit became somewhat confused, and she sat down unconsciously. In the following days, Wenxi always heard such voices. Sometimes someone really came to find her, sometimes no one came, but every time there was no one around, the name Lu Xiaodan would pop up. Wenxi's head was about to explode! She staggered on her way home after work, always feeling someone was following her behind, but when she turned around, she saw nothing but busy pedestrians who ignored her. "Excuse me, how to go to South Street?" "I don't know..." Wenxi was about to wave her hand impatiently when a car zoomed past her and hit her hard, causing her to fall heavily by the roadside. People gradually gathered around her, and her consciousness gradually became blurred. She saw a girl in a red skirt squatting beside her, with a bloodied face and a grim smile. "Are you okay? My name is Lu Xiaodan!" A week ago: "Husband, I'm in a bad mood. Today, I went to the company office to handle matters, and someone made me run up and down the building, exhausting me!" "Then go home and rest well!" "But, she was really disrespectful, didn't even look at me while talking, always pointing casually, making me confused, with a harsh and cold tone..." Bang, the girl in the red skirt was hit far away by a car speeding past... In this noisy city, people with serious expressions passed each other in a hurry, indifferent to each other, ignoring each other, but who would know that there is always someone watching you closely near you!
The evil dividing line: For good novels, please see 9 o'clock literature. The story dates back to thirty years ago, when Asen was still just a twenty-year-old boy from Hong Kong, unfamiliar with Beijing, planning to find a place to live first. But looking at the little money he had in his pocket, Asen didn't know where to find a cheap rental house, so he walked on the street for a whole day. Around 5:30 pm, Asen suddenly saw a house rental information posted on the wall by the road. It was a one-bedroom apartment, but the rent was surprisingly low. Asen was too tired to think much and followed the address to find the place. Passing through streets and alleys, the pedestrians became fewer and fewer, and almost no sound of vehicles could be heard. Asen looked at this somewhat old-fashioned dormitory building and thought: it must be here... He was tired and dialed the landlord's phone number: "Hello, I want to rent your house, I'm already at the door." "Wait ten minutes." The landlord answered simply. Asen sat quietly at the staircase entrance, it was really dark here. Asen carefully looked around, it was a courtyard surrounded by buildings on four sides, like a skylight yard. There were probably more than ten households on each floor, open-style, meaning you can see the doors of each household from outside. There was a distance left for people to walk, and iron railings formed a circle. However, strangely, it was only 7 o'clock, but only two or three households in the four buildings had lights on. Suddenly, drops of water started falling from above. Out of curiosity, Asen stretched his head out to look up and saw a huge water tank clearly on the rooftop. He thought the water supply of this building might come from there. Before he could turn his head, he suddenly heard someone speaking behind him: "Which room do you want to rent?" Asen broke out in a cold sweat, after all, it was already dark, and this place was so gloomy: "Ah! Are you the landlord? You scared me to death, any room will do, as long as it's clean." The landlord led Asen to a room at the far end without any expression. Without saying much, he took the rent and silently left. Asen entered the room and started unpacking his luggage, but he heard a thumping sound coming from the bathroom. Afraid to stand up, Asen just stared wide-eyed at the direction of the bathroom. Suddenly, the light in the bathroom started flashing incessantly, and the water on the ground slowly flowed into the living room. A skeleton-like hand slowly grabbed the door frame, making a creaking sound, and then disappeared. Just as Asen was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly noticed footprints appearing on the wet floor, getting closer and closer to him, closer and closer to him, and then suddenly, a woman appeared with wide-open eyes, soaked in water, her skin already rotten, revealing whitened flesh. Asen closed his eyes and screamed. The bathroom suddenly went silent. Asen slowly opened his eyes, and there was nothing on the living room floor. The room was exactly the same as when he first entered. Maybe it was too tiring, a hallucination, Asen thought. Not long after, he fell asleep due to exhaustion. The next day, Asen got up early and walked to the bathroom half-asleep to brush his teeth and wash his face. Drowsily, he filled a glass of water and started brushing his teeth. Asen drank a mouthful of water and then furrowed his brow. Carefully examining the glass of water, he saw that it was very turbid and had something resembling lard in it. Asen spat it out immediately and took a long time to recover. Furious, he called the landlord, who arrived soon. Asen glared at the landlord: "Where does your water come from? What are these things?" The landlord didn't even look: "The water comes from the water tank on the roof, no filtration, inevitably not clean enough. You can boil the water and use it." After saying that, he quickly disappeared. Seeing no room for negotiation and the cheap rent, Asen didn't care much. In the evening, Asen returned home with a weary body, having failed to find a job again. He walked dejectedly towards the bathroom to wash his face. The smell of the water was unbearable. Asen couldn't help but vomit into the toilet bowl. Suddenly, a pair of rotting hands slowly emerged from inside... Asen froze, and the next second reacted, immediately covering the lid. The bathroom emitted knocking sounds again. Asen went crazy: "Who is it! I haven't done anything bad, why are you targeting me!!" Asen was extremely agitated but didn't notice a sobbing woman appear in the mirror, dripping water, her face bloody and mangled... Asen rushed out of the door and knocked on the doors of the few neighbors nearby, "Have you noticed anything strange about where we live? The water is problematic, and there are strange noises in the bathroom." Upon hearing this, the neighbors all shut their doors one by one, showing expressions of helplessness. Disappointed, Asen returned home. Well, whatever, with no money, he could only stay here. Back at home, he brushed his teeth to prepare for sleep. When drinking the nauseating water, Asen completely broke down this time because he bit into something hard. Looking at it in his hand, it turned out to be a woman's nail. Asen sat on the ground, as if his soul had been taken away. At this moment, there was a knock on the door. He stumbled to open it and saw an old man standing at the door: "Young man, may I come in and talk?" Asen nodded. "Young man, don't investigate further, it's useless and will only bring disaster upon yourself.." The old man sighed. Asen became even more curious: "Did something happen here?" "Yes, before, we were full of residents, all neighbors got along well, often eating together and visiting each other's homes. Later, the landlord's wife suddenly disappeared, and strange events kept happening. Some families had their water pipes make noise nonstop, some children said they saw a woman, and then everyone who could move out did. Some say the landlord's wife is dead, and this is her cursing the people in this building. Until now, there are only three households left, including you, making it four. I live with my granddaughter, and we also have no money and no choice but to continue living here.." After finishing, the old man hurriedly bid farewell.. Asen became increasingly determined to find out the reason. Since all the incidents were related to the water pipes, the problem must lie in the pipes or the large water tank on the roof.. It was already 10 o'clock, and the night was pitch black. The small courtyard was almost pitch black, but some force drove Asen to investigate the roof. So, Asen brought a flashlight and felt his way to the roof in the dark. Suddenly, a shadow appeared and strangled Asen's neck. On closer inspection, it was the landlord desperately strangling him, muttering: "You're being nosy, you're being nosy!" Asen pushed with all his strength, pushing the landlord off the building. Asen immediately ran home, but when opening the door, he saw the landlord with a bloody face rushing towards him. With no time to enter the house, Asen rushed straight to the roof, with the landlord hot on his heels. On the roof, Asen had nowhere to escape. The landlord laughed maniacally and rushed over: "Where do you think you're running?" Then he hit Asen unconscious with a stick. After an unknown amount of time, Asen vaguely woke up, finding the landlord gone, leaving only him on the roof. Suddenly, the water tank made a huge sound. Unable to resist, Asen climbed up to take a look inside. What he saw was shocking - the landlord was struggling in the water. Asen was about to reach out to pull him, but suddenly a rotted woman appeared in the water tank, dragging the landlord down. Asen quickly ran downstairs to gather the three remaining households, and they all rushed to the roof together. Only the eerie cries could be heard on the roof: "Karma retribution! He deserves to die! He deserves to die! Hahahahahaha!" Everyone was scared speechless. The next day, the police came and fished out two bodies from the water tank. One was the landlord, and another tightly hugged the landlord's body. She was the landlord's wife, missing for nearly half a year...