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Chapter 170 I want to burn some firewood in my room
Xia Yunze is an author of the End Novel Network, with the pen name "Xia Tian Da Xigua".

Before he started writing novels, he would go out with friends and colleagues from time to time to play and see the scenery outside.

But when he resolutely quit his job to write novels full-time due to setbacks at work, his stay-at-home attitude skyrocketed.

In the past six months, his daily activity has been to walk around the living room at home.

This kind of lifestyle naturally caused physical discomfort.

At the strong suggestion of his friends, he went to the hospital for a check-up, and then saw that his physical condition was about to develop high blood pressure.

After learning about the troublesome situation of suffering from high blood pressure, Xia Yunze began to force himself to move.

The house rented by the friend who took him to the hospital became his main place for exercise when he went out.

Recently, his friend moved to a new rental house and Xia Yunze went to help.

The new rental house is a duplex with two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom. Except for two bedrooms on the second floor, all other facilities are on the first floor.

Although it is a shared apartment, it is much better than my friend’s previous one-bedroom apartment.

The new house was shared by a friend and his colleague. Xia Yunze was not very familiar with the other person, so he went to his friend's house less often afterwards.

The incident happened in my friend's house.

Once, Xia Yunze went to play with his friends. As soon as he went upstairs and entered the room, he felt something was wrong.

The layout of my friend's house seems to have changed.

Because he and his friends cleaned the house together, and he came here every now and then, he was quite familiar with the layout of the room.

But this time when he came in, he was a little confused.

It seems like the things in my friend's room were swapped?

It's like things that were originally on the left are moved to the right, and things on the right are moved to the left, and they are swapped with the center line of the room door as the axis of symmetry!
There was no problem after the swap, but Xia Yunze just felt a little awkward.

It's like he used to eat with his right hand, but suddenly he switched to his left hand.

At that time, he asked his friend why the layout of the room had to be reversed.

But my friend's reaction was strange. He said he didn't swap.

Xia Yunze laughed at the time, thinking that his friend was teasing him, and just let it go with an "yes, yes, yes".

But this is just the beginning.

A few days later, when Xia Yunze went to his friend's house again, he was dumbfounded again.

The room layout that I had just adapted to last time was reversed again and returned to its original state.

Xia Yunze said that his friend was sick and was bored, so he moved furniture for fun.

My friend refuted it at the time, saying that he had not changed, and that he was very busy at work and did not have as much free time as Xia Yunze.

Hearing his friend say that he had free time, Xia Yunze's attention was diverted from the matter of 'swap'.

He is unhappy!

Ever since he started writing novels full-time, what he hates most is people saying that he has nothing to do.

I get up in the morning, sit in front of the computer and type until the early morning. Is this what you call leisure?
If you really want to have some free time, you should only work 2 hours a day instead of 16 hours.

Of course, this was Xia Yunze's own choice, and in order to prove that he did not make the wrong choice, he had to spend enough time to maintain his income from writing, so as to shut some people up.

But Xia Yunze didn't expect his friend to say this. All along, he thought his friend understood him.

So, the two of them parted unhappily that day.

After returning, Xia Yunze gradually calmed down and began to reflect. In the end, he felt that he was too sensitive.

Looking back, my friend’s work intensity is indeed very high. It is impossible for him to go home after a busy day and move furniture around at home!

It wasn’t a friend who moved there, so could it be his colleague who moved there?

Or was there something wrong with his own eyes?

At that time, Xia Yunze had too many doubts in his mind and didn't know who to tell. Finally, he posted this matter to the author group.

Immediately, his topic sparked a lot of heated discussion.

One author said, "Even if the furniture moves, the sockets on the wall won't move, right?"

Xia Yunze also gave an answer.

The layout of the second floor is two symmetrical houses.

Not only are the two bedrooms facing the door, the layout of the bedroom inside the door is also divided into left and right sides with the door as the central axis, and the sockets are also placed symmetrically on the left and right.

As for the air conditioner in the room, it is above the window opposite the door and also on the central axis, so no matter how you swap it, you can't tell it apart from the others.

Xia Yunze even sent out the photos he had taken of the room's changes twice before.

After looking at the photos, another author asked, "Why are the cabinets different the two times?"

Xia Yunze explained that when he took the photo for the first time, he took a photo of the left part of the cabinet.

The second time I took the photo, I took a picture of the right part of the cabinet.

This also shows that Xia Yunze did not do any mirroring on the photos.

Later, one author said, "The patterns on the wall are different."

Of course they are different. One was taken at noon, and the other was taken at dusk. The pattern is not obvious, and they are photos, so how can they be the same?

After several explanations, the authors in the group felt that they could not find any flaws, so they began to look for reasons related to Xia Yunze’s friends and Xia Yunze himself.

Some people said that his friend was sleepwalking.

But Xia Yunze sneered.

Not to mention that his friend wasn't sleepwalking, even if he was, wouldn't it be weird to swap the furniture in a mirror-image manner?

Some people also said that Xia Yunze had memory problems and suggested that Xia Yunze go see a doctor.

But Xia Yunze smiled and said that he was not the only witness to this incident, there was also a colleague who lived opposite his friend.

When this happened, Xia Yunze went to ask the colleague of his friend who lived opposite his friend, and it turned out that the other party had the same doubts as Xia Yunze.

But the other party obviously didn't care about this matter, and only Xia Yunze was trying to get to the bottom of it.

The matter continued until the end, when an author suggested that he go to his friend's house and make a mark on the wall, one different mark on the left and one on the right, so that he would have evidence if he discovered the swap.

Xia Yunze thought this was a good suggestion, so he did it and even told his friends about the mark.

But a week has passed since he marked it, his friend has gone on a business trip, and the furniture swap has not yet occurred.

Originally, Xia Yunze thought that he was the only one who could solve this problem.

But who knew that things would take a turn that even Xia Yunze could not have imagined. Xia Yunze's novel editor "Traveling Through the Heavens" contacted him.

Originally, Xia Yunze thought that he would be criticized by the editor because of his poor update performance during this period.

But the message he received from the editor afterwards left him stunned.

The editor-in-charge was actually also paying attention to what he was saying!
He immediately talked a lot with his editor. He thought it was over, but his editor actually came to his place to check on the situation in his friend's room.

This is something Xia Yunze can’t do.

Are 'editor-in-charge' so responsible these days?
Do you also care about the mental state of your authors and solve their various doubts?

Xia Yunze didn't want to agree at first, but the editor said that he had learned some tricks from the village teacher and might be able to solve the problem.

These words directly touched Xia Yunze.

All along, he was the only one who thought it was a supernatural event, and no one believed him.

But now, his editor not only believes in him, but also wants to help him solve the problem!
It would be totally wrong not to agree to this!

So, Xia Yunze gave his home address to the editor, and then, at 10 o'clock that evening, the editor arrived.

This serious attitude made Xia Yunze wonder for a moment if he had exaggerated something, causing the editor to mistakenly believe that the matter was serious?
"Hello, you are 'Summer Watermelon', right? I am 'Traveling in the Heavens', Ye Chang."

"Hello, hello. I finally meet Chang Da in person."

Xia Yunze felt a little embarrassed.

This is my editor-in-chief!
Thinking about the bad side, if he writes a book for someone else and offends the other person, wouldn't his book never be published?
"Then let's go look at the house first? The sooner we resolve it, the sooner you can return to normal."

Ye Chang said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll get a key then."

Xia Yunze was stunned for a moment, then went back to get the key and took Ye Chang to his friend's place.

Because the distance was not far, the two of them arrived there after walking for about twenty minutes.

"My friend and his colleagues are on a business trip. The house is empty now, so he asked me to help look after it."

Xia Yunze said to Ye Chang after opening the door.

Ye Chang nodded and tightened his grip on the backpack.

"Is it on the second floor?"

"Yes, shall we go up?"

"Hold on."

Ye Chang put the backpack behind him on the ground.

It's sizzling!

The zipper was opened, and Xia Yunze saw Ye Chang take out a dark red rope from his backpack.

This was already very strange, but at a quick glance, Xia Yunze saw the stone basin with a diameter of 30 cm in the backpack, and the backpack full of tied branches.

Originally, Xia Yunze didn't care much about Ye Chang coming to "see things".

But now...

"Let's go."

Ye Chang said while holding the rope.

Xia Yunze swallowed and hurriedly led the way.

As soon as he went up the stairs, Ye Chang, who was following behind Xia Yunze, felt his heart tighten.

He didn't know if it was an illusion or a psychological effect, but he always felt a cold breath after going up the stairs, which was very similar to the coldness in his home.

While he was on guard, Xia Yunze had already opened the door of his friend's room.

"Changda, this is it."

Ye Chang nodded and walked in holding the rope.

Once inside, the gloomy feeling became more obvious.

"Are you feeling cold?"

Ye Chang asked.

"cold?"

Xia Yunze touched his arm, looked down at his protruding belly, and shook his head.

"No... maybe the duplex will be cooler."

Ye Chang nodded and said nothing more.

After walking around the room, he returned to the door.

"Changda, did you find anything?"

"No."

Hearing Ye Chang say this, Xia Yunze was a little disappointed.

"I want to do something in this room. Can you take charge?"

"whats the matter?"

"Burn the wood!"

Xia Yunze stared at Ye Chang.

"Is it literally burning wood?"

"Correct."

"..."

Xia Yunze hesitated. After all, this was his friend's house, and burning wood... wouldn't be appropriate.

Ye Chang saw Xia Yunze's hesitation and sighed in his heart. If he couldn't light the Wangpen, he couldn't be sure whether there was a ghost in this house.

Looking at the hesitant Xia Yunze, Ye Chang suddenly thought of his child.

If there really are ghosts here, does that mean that someone else will experience what his child experienced?
His child escaped danger because of his help, but what about Xia Yunze’s friends?

Do you really want to give up like this?

Ye Chang was silent for two seconds, then asked, "Is he your good friend?"

"Of course!"

"Then don't hesitate. It's better to believe it than not. It's just like burning some wood. At most, your friends will scold you if they find out. But if it works, then... it's a life!"

Xia Yunze stared at Ye Chang in a daze. These words made his heart tremble.

Yes, it’s just a scolding, what are you afraid of?
Gritting his teeth, Xia Yunze nodded and said:
"Then burn it!"

……

(End of this chapter)