Neighbourhood (9)

The Days I Clear Escape Games Pretending to be an NPCCh24 - Neighbourhood (9)

The competition between the players has begun.

They might not be able to outrun a tiger, but it doesn't matter as long as they could outrun their competitors. xK3OPs

In the evening, Ren Yifei took a shower and was squatting on the balcony to wash his clothes when the tenant on the first floor came up while cursing and knocked on the door beside his. She demanded to know if the new tenant had thrown dirty water down on her clothes.

Water was thrown down from upstairs, Ren Yifei was clear about this matter.

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Will Lin Yi next door get into a conflict with someone because of this?

However, what he was waiting to hear was for Lin Yi, who was next door, to admit his mistake and promise to pay for the cleaning fee as well as for the distress caused by this matter. xt9C8P

It was obviously not his responsibility, however, he had to immediately assume all losses thereafter.

It may seem like a loss now, but he could at least avoid more losses in the future. Doing so was a lot smarter than what Floral Shirt had done.

That said, the occupants of the third and fourth floors are not players, so it was unknown who did it.

Dozens of banknotes fell into the hands of the downstairs occupant and they immediately said, "Look that this, you're being too polite. It doesn't cost that much, just a few damaged pieces of clothing."

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"This is the right thing to do, I was in the wrong first."

The victim left contentedly.

"Ding Dong, Ding Dong," the phone on the coffee table began to vibrate.

Ren Yifei put down his clothes and walked over, "Hello?" hYEx5A

"Teacher Song, I have received the dry recordings of the remaining episodes. The quality is the same as always, and the editing teacher said that your vocalisation and breathing have improved significantly again."

"That's good, I thought I wouldn't be able to make it."

The editor on the other side laughed, seeming to be especially gentle after the recordings were handed in, "How come? I believe teacher Song, please rest well for the next two days. I'll come to you when the next book is selected."

"En." JuL MS

"Ah, by the way, you said last time that you wanted to move to a more secure apartment. Is that still the plan? I recently come into contact with some real estate agents."

Ren Yifei was taken aback before becoming more spirited, "Moving? When was the last time I told you?"

The other side paused for a moment, probably trying to recall the date, "A week ago, you said there might be a burglar in your house."

A burglar? KGyoCd

The first thing that came to Ren Yifei's mind was the 'ghost' that sneaked in at midnight, "Ah, there is such a thing. What else did I say at the time? It's a little hard to remember at this moment."

"That seems to be all."

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Turning off the phone, Ren Yifei sat on his sofa.

The 'ghost' came in here and knew his way around, it was by no means the first time. l256wQ

The other senses of a blind person tend to be more sensitive than ordinary people, so perhaps Song Bozhi has already felt that something was amiss. So, will he leave any hidden messages?

He began to search, from the computer files to the objects around the room, he looked at them all.

In the end, nothing was found.

Knowing that his room could be accessed, he would not put the information in a place where it could easily be found. He would especially choose to record it using a method for blind people. U5OomL

He looked at the bed against the wall, it was a wooden bed made out of pine which could easily be marked using a braille pen.

After examining it once, he did find a lot of inconspicuous poke marks on the bed frame on the inner corner.

Ren Yifei laid down, his hands naturally relaxed as his fingers touched those poke marks. He closed his eyes and gently stroked the holes:

124, initial f, followed by 236, final ang, fang.

1245, initial j/g, followed by 146, final ian, followed by i, followed by j, jian.

123, initial I, followed by 24, final i, li.

1256, vowel iou, independent syllable, you.

245, initial r, followed by 356, final en, ren.

Together: there is someone in the room.

This was a person who had a somewhat weak personality and does not want to cause trouble for others. So when they found out about this matter, they choose to not tell their powerful sister, and instead, wanted to deal with it by themselves.

What had Song Bozhi been thinking when he carved these braille characters on the bed frame?

Late at night, an unseen presence would stare at him from the bedside.

He was scared, fearful and helpless. He could only control his trembling hands while touching the holes on the bed frame over and over again under the cover of the quilt. DAQT8a

Using this method would constantly simulate and force him to harden his resolve to move out of this place.

Song Bozhi had only been here for half a year, who was this 'ghost' in the end? Why was there such a deep obsession?

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Furthermore, what was the reason for the 'ghost' to be so persistent, was it because he 'cannot be obtained' or was it because Song Bozhi was the 'perfect work'.

He thought of a person, someone who was also crazy about the 'perfect work'. iPg5f

"A Fei, why are you being so disobedient? Didn't mum tell you that you can't eat sweets? No one will like you if you gain weight."

Ren Yifei's face gradually turned pale, his stomach cramped and he wanted to vomit.

"Mum..." Ren Yifei crouched on the sofa with fear in his eyes.

In front of that shadow, he still looks like that five or six-year-old child who couldn't escape the fate of being controlled by others. GHZd6I

The bloody halo appeared in the depth of his eyes and the red string on this wrist untied itself slightly as a voice chuckled softly, "Pitiful thing."

Ren Yifei 'woke up' and held it down with a finger, "Get lost."

He has grown up and she is already dead, so utterly dead that no crumbs were left.

He raised his head and looked at the window beside the bed. qPuctM

If the trait that made her crazy was his 'talent for acting', then what was Song Bozhi's trait that drove the 'ghost' crazy?

Using the 'Happy Funeral' instance as a reference for the 'Neighbourhood' instance, its name is the main subject.

The word neighbourhood, even if it was not the obsession of the 'ghost', must be closely related to the 'ghost'.

The administrator has always put emphasis on the harmony in their apartment and neighbourhood every day, yet there are all kinds of conflicts underneath the harmony. Otherwise, how could there be keywords with such negative connotations as 'Dragon's Back Mountain' and 'Ranger'. rwfSTM

Since the 'ghost' hates these things, then his obsession with Song Bozhi would be caused by completely opposite qualities that he finds attractive.

For example, being pure both on the outside and inside.

For example, a soft and non-aggressive personality.

Paranoia...how should he utilise paranoia to expose the other's weakness? 86mgO9

Enduring the nauseating feeling, Ren Yifei used his mother as a reference. If it was her, what could be done to make her lose her cool?

He seems to know what to do.

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That night, Ren Yifei forced his eyelids open and waited until eleven o'clock.

The card heated up for a while, it was notifying an information change at eleven o'clock. Then, he heard the soft sound of the door lock turning. 2Nb3es

The door opened and then gently closed.

The room was a little different today, and probably because the owner had been careless, he left one side of the window open. The curtains were blown open by the night breeze, the cold moonlight shone through the glass into the room and onto the bedside as well as the sleeping owner.

The owner was wearing white pyjamas; the soft cotton fabric wrapped around his porcelain white skin.

The light enhanced the contours of his eyebrows and eyes, and as if a filter had been applied, the person on the bed looked stunningly beautiful. Compared to his usual appearance, he seemed to have an additional air of coolness. TQtB6r

The breath of the person who had intruded into this world became more laboured.

He walked over carefully and eagerly, but when he came up to the moonlight, he seemed to hesitate. The darkness was his camouflage, especially at this time.

The man on the bed seemed to be sleeping restlessly, he turned around and the moonlight flowed over him like rivers of stars flowing through the sky, undulating across the curves through the thin quilt.

The intruder couldn't help but take two steps closer and broke through the protection of the darkness as he stood under the moonlight. PnotBf

The light travelled from his trembling fingers up to his chest. The intruder still felt that it was not enough, so he slowly and carefully crouched down, letting himself be fully exposed in the light. With one knee pressed against the ground, he greedily gazed at the face that was close to his own. The face seemed to be sculpted more delicately by the moonlight and purple shadows.

Just as he was about to take a step closer, the eyelashes trembled under the shadow and the once closed eyes suddenly opened.

"Cold..."

The person on the bed seemed to feel uncomfortable, he slurred out a word before he curled up again and closed his eyes. Gqewk2

The intruder's body was stiff for a long time, waiting for the person to fall asleep again before standing up slowly.

Instead of fear, a kind of madness was shown in his eyes.

It was a pity that he didn't actually wake up, otherwise, he would have been able to kill his little lamb in the process and use the best poison to completely relax his muscles.

He always felt that the grim faces people make before death were very ugly. QhIWs9

"Did you receive the rose I sent you? Do you like it?" The hoarse voice was very low, as if the owner was trying desperately to restrain and endure, and was suffering because of it.

"You'll love it, I know you will – if you can see. Give me another day, tomorrow will be fine, I'll be very careful not to break any part of your body."

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The man-eating monster was standing in front go the bed, the thin chains around his neck tightened.

The thin chains were called 'restrictions'. jCATEu

The restrictions that the 'ghost' can't hurt NPCs.

But at that moment, Ren Yifei could hear the sound of the thin chains cracking, the restriction was being broken and it could no longer restrain this terrible devil.

"One more day, just one more day," the voice seemed to be talking and murmuring to himself, "The bruises on your body, they should be healed by tomorrow."

Ren Yifei held the Ghost Card but did not move, he only listened quietly. ylYdtR

"It must've hurt when you fell down, right? I'm sorry I didn't come to save you. I just wanted to make sure that you were really you."

Hw was a little excited, "Fortunately, you're still here. It's so delightful, so let me give you one last gift. I know, you must hate those people too, they're so disgusting."

Burning with bloodlust, the monster left for a new hunting game.

Ren Yifei opened his eyes, as long as there was the slightest misjudgment, he's afraid that this little life wouldn't be here. KaTfcl

The last gift... so to speak, 'he' has decided to make a move and it will be tomorrow.

It's not the first time he's faced this kind of paranoia, and it won't be the last.

Because of acting, he has come into contact with many prison inmates.

Those murderers, perverts and sociopaths do not look murderous. Most of them looked very harmless, some were even graceful, gentle and friendly; the type that you would want to get close to. Vkq9oS

For these guys, murder was not the goal, but a means to get there.

Ren Yifei's looks and temperament seem to be very much to their liking.

While inquiring and learning, these people kept on trying to destroy him, or assimilate him. They like to destroy the good; the rarer and the more unavailable, the happier they would be to destroy it.

"If you die in my hands, it will surely be the proudest work of my life." 29Nbo8

"Oh."

Thanks to the unbridled malice emanating from these people, he knew how to act as these scum of society, and was even better at knowing the ways to attract these people.

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This was a risky move, but it works very well.

The 'ghost' couldn't wait, and neither could he. JhsQ5V

Thinking about the face exposed in the moonlight, Ren Yifei felt his body temperature rise, and the quilt became warm.

He saw its face, but at the same time, he knew that he had provoked the 'ghost'.

Eleven o'clock card information update:[ The third night: The Woman With The Long Tongue. ]

Was it the only middle-aged woman left among the players? dkNj w

Soon, the second message came:[ Three players have died, three-eighths of the 'ghost' seal is unlocked. ]

Sure enough, that player died.

She was found on the stairs in the morning.

That's right, it was the stairs in front of Ren Yifei's door and the one to discover it was still the aunt next door who got up early to buy groceries. C2nod0

The scream woke Ren Yifei, who came out in his pyjamas.

He saw the aunt next door who had fallen limp and shivering in the corridor along with the twisted corpse on the stairs.

Human joints usually have a limit on how much they could bend, such as how the arms don't turn outwards. But the corpse in front had all her joints twisted. Arms, legs and neck were all twisted abnormally; her entire body resembled a dead spider.

The most bizarre thing was that the face had a big clown-like smile painted on it, with curved eyes and blood-red lips. 23Z6Lf

Ren Yifei seemed to be able to hear the voice of the 'ghost', with pride and excitement:

"Do you like it? My gift."