The structure of this old community was neat and tidy. We came from a iron gate and on the right was the stairs and in front of the stairs is a corridor. The corridor was attached to the kitchen of another household. The window was open on the wall and the ventilation fan was also on the wall. When it was time to eat, the corridor would be filled with smoke from cooking.
When I was coming here, I could smell the smell of vegetables being mixed together and now I have no appetite anymore. Also, I don't hear the voices of the people downstairs anymore, the thin man and the fat man didn't make any noises either.
This sure is strange.
I held the doorknob and didn't turn my head for a long time. I didn't know how long it had passed and then I suddenly heard noises from downstairs.
"Thank you, sorry to bother you."
It was the fat man's voice.
I relaxed.
They probably entered the someone else's house before.
I turned my head and looked at the room in front of me.
The afterglow of the setting sun is particularly faint in the room, like a layer of dark red blood. Right when you enter the room is the meeting room, to the right is an office, the file cabinet was in the corner of that room. From outside, you can notice the file cabinet. But when I went in, the first thing I noticed was that. I don't know if it was because the last time I came, it was the first thing I noticed and I was impressed by it or maybe I guess it was just an curious coincidence.
I took out my phone and turned on the flashlight. The blood red light in the room was illuminated and then it returned to normal.
The last time I came here, I only looked at the filing cabinet. The other places were searched by the thin man and the police. This time I was not in a hurry and I went to open the window first.
The window was lock and it seemed like it was still rusty. I had to use a lot of effort to open the window. The hot wind blew from the outside into the room, but it only dispelled a little bit of the cold.
I shook the rust off my hands and looked at the reception room. In the middle are two leather sofas surrounded by glass coffee tables. The original brown-black color of the sofa is now gray due to the dust.
Fang Guoying and Yu Meng all sat on this sofa, telling them about their horror experience?
I flashed my phone's flashlight around the room and I saw at the corner a dead bonsai plant.
Doesn't this give people an uncomfortable feeling or is it because this place has been abandoned for too long?
I thought about it and entered the office next door.
The office had 4 desks, but only one has an computer. I opened all the drawers and they were all empty. It was only until I reached the desk with the computer that there was something inside. I saw a few pens and sticky notes left by the owner of the drawer. Apart from that, there wasn't anything else in it.
I turned my head to look at my side.
The filing cabinet is just there, but I always see it like it's showing its existence to me.
I could always just not go to the filing cabinet and I ignored it. I saw an dormitory with 5 beds, which was exactly the total number of people I had predicted that there would be in Qingye. Just like the desks outside, only one of the beds, only one had a blanket and a bed curtain and the rest of the beds were empty. There were only a few men's clothing in the closet. Looking at clothes, it looks like the style of a 1 meter and 90 centimeter young man. In the bathroom, there was only one toothbrush and in the kitchen there were various types of utensils and tableware, but there wasn't any ingredients or seasoning. The refrigerator was also empty.
These things made me feel uneasy and I thought about it again, is there only one person living here? For example, that "Tou Er" lives here and the others have their own places and goes to work everyday. Amongst them, there is also a woman. Four men and only one women couldn't possibly live together? The things in the kitchen were also easy to explain, it was a small office and when it was lunchtime, just find some time to cook food. But there wasn't any food...
As I thought about it, I opened another door which lead to a corridor. There were rooms at both sides and the end of the corridor. The rooms on the sides were all full. There were piles of cardboard boxes inside. Some were already disassembled and some were still sealed with tape.
I looked at the nearest opened box and inside was a computer. I looked at the other open boxes and they all had the same thing; a computer case, display screen, a mouse, and a keyboard...many many sets of them. It passed more than "four" sets of them.
I went to check the other room and just like the other room, it was piled up with boxes. There was only one opened one and it had a computer inside.
They weren't selling computers and nor were they a computer company. Why would there be so much computers?
A thought flashed through my mind and I suddenly looked at the unopened box next to me. Leaving my phone aside, I used the keys to open the box and a whiff of smoke came out. I subconsiously fanned the air with my hand and a pile of ashes rushed out like a goddess throwing flowers. I moved back two steps and waited until it calmed down. I covered my nose and mouth and grabbed my phone and searched the box.
The box was filled with ashes and it looked like the ashes of the paper money you burn during the Qingming Festival. I picked up a small piece of paper that was not burned and I saw a vague word on it. It didn't seem to be a word, but more like scribbles.
A thought flashed through my mind and I remember the amulet/talisman of Fang Guoying in the face in the water event.
Is...it that?
But, how did it get burned?
Self-ignition...
When I loosen my hand and the paper fell back into the box.
The cold feeling that just disappeared, appeared again.
"Qi Ge!"
I got shocked for a second and almost dropped my phone. I didn't think much and just quickly walked out of the room. I didn't know why I ran out and when I reached the door, I saw the thin man and fat man.
"When did you come here?" I asked.
"What happened to you?" The thin man jumped from the scare, "Why are you breathing so hard?"
I realized that I was breathing really hard. I had not notice it before.
"Qi Ge, are you ok?" The fat man asked with concern.
"I'm fine," I wiped off the cold sweat off my forehead.
"There definitely is something wrong here, right?" The thin man's face looked like 'I knew this was going to happen.' "Let's get out of here."
"You guys are all finished checking?" I asked.
"We asked everyone on the 5th floor and we were afraid that you got into any trouble so we came here to check," the fat man replied.
"Oh, that..." I opened my mouth to speak, but looked back.
The filing cabinet sat there quietly.
"What is it, Qi Ge? Did you hear anything?" The thin man asked nervously.
"No, I just wanted to say that I didn't check that filing cabinet yet. When you finish asking everyone in this building, call me," I said to the thin man.
The thin man gave a thumbs up. "What a man! What a real man!"
I laughed and my hand that was holding my phone was gripped so hard, veins popped out.
Man? No. You just...say it because it comes out naturally.
"If you have any problems, call us," said the fat man.
"Don't worry," I nodded.
The two headed down and watched their heads disappearing as they walk down the stairs. I slowly turned around and walked to the filing cabinet, opened it and searched.
I guessed right before, in addition to the time and number, the files were also classified according to "solved" and "unsolved." Last time, I randomly picked some up and they were all the unsolved ones. This time, I searched and chose the ones that they solved.
The thin man told me to look for the case they last handled. It turned out that we did not take this "Supernatural Office" seriously and that from this aspect, this office had some doorways. I will look carefully from now on.
CRASH!
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