A Surprise (4)

Emperio Electronics.

"Sir we have secured a million preorders for the new game capsules and the game, the preorders are still increasing by the minute and powerful figures have bought some in advanced with ridiculously high prices, we are expecting to make massive profits on this sir but our supply cant keep up with the demand"

"And why can't we keep up? I'm paying you all to 'keep up' with the demand, tell the factory workers to work extra hours and promise them a double on their paycheck, that should be enough motivation for them"

"But Mr.Wang Yu, the employees are already over fatigued if we keep this up we might get involved with the authorities"

"Haha just do what I tell and I'll take care of the rest, got that pu jian?"

"Yes sir understood!"

Pu jian walked away from his boss to perform the task handed to him with utmost importance, he called the factory that was manufacturing the machines and ordered the managers in a high and mighty tone that he could never use against his boss.

"Tell the workers to work overtime and that the boss will double the pay, if we don't make up for the gap between supply and demand by the end of the week I will personally... "

...

Xi Hu Apartments

"Sister feng we will take care of you for the rest of your recovery"

"No no its fine, I'll be okay and to ensure that doesn't happed again Im gonna need to buy and internal lock, the key card security is easily bypassed so you guys can't enter even with the key card now but you guys are always welcome to visit"

Feng ling had a blank expression but one could tell that it saddened her that her friends needed to knock before they enter due to security reasons, she also realized that the digital security the apartment had was flawed and she needed to double up her security with physical devices.

Fu meng and Jia fu escorted her to her apartment before they said their goodbyes again, jia fu had installed a chain lock inside the apartment for feng ling since he knew she had little strength which was apparent by the light weighted furnishings she had.

Feng shut her door and locked it properly this time, she entered her room with a glass of warm milk and attempted to sleep once more, surprisingly even after she was attacked sleep didn't elude her and the fatigue caught up knocking her out.

She began dreaming once again of the time with her family and this time there were no anomalies, the sky was clear and it was always day in her dream, time passed in the dream peacefully but that wasn't applicable to the physical world.

Inside room 123 in the building.

"Who knew there was a murderer on our floor, the authorities should do better at their job haaiz"

A granny stated while sitting on her recliner, she looked rather relaxed but seemed a bit worried of their safety, her eyes were fixed on the TV that was showing nothing but static, the room was dark and snoring can be heard from the bedroom, the clock showed it was 3 am.

"Yeah yeah, I know we cannot blame them for being dumb since humans really are slow beings"

The old ladys voice became hoarse as she stated those lines, the room was empty and there was nothing there except for photo frames on the drawers nearby, it captured a perfect family of 3, a 10 year old child, mother, and father but no old lady.

"But the murderer did benefit us since he was able to forcefully let the citizens of this building produce lots of negative emotions"

The old lady said with a smile that had no teeth, her eyes began to bleed and her gums showed signs of decay, she wore a white garb.

The old lady stood up and walked towards the door of the family bedroom where she then phased through it, screams echoed minutes after her entry and within the room wafted the smell of decay as the entire apartment room seemed to age, the wallpaper began to peel to reveal black lines that looked like veins, the TV shut off on it owns and the room was covered by a thick mantle darkness.

Room 127 at 9 am.

Feng ling awoken feeling quite rested which she hasn't felt for a long time ever since she started her job, she went and cooked eggs and made fried rice out of her left over the day before that she left in the fridge. After her breakfast she went and done her dailies before turning on the TV and tuning on the news.

"last night there was a murder in xi hu apartments room 123... "