sprite house

Ruan Yuan failed to open a wonton shop in the end.Instead, I was introduced by my family to work as a teacher in a private middle school, teaching Chinese and politics.

It's also interesting to say that his worst grade in high school was Chinese, and he actually chose Chinese language as his major in college.This profession can be regarded as a panacea, where it needs to be applied.Ruan Yuan only tutored one or two students, so he was very worried about it.

It doesn't matter if Chang An is here. Ruan Yuan has a gentle temperament and works in an orderly manner, so he should be very suitable for teaching.In short, the elder brother sees the younger brother, no matter how you look at it, it is good.

He wanted to find a job to support his younger brother at home, but he passed away for a long time, and when he returned, he felt somewhat uncomfortable.Not to mention work, not even a place to live.Living in Ruan's house all the time is not an option, and Ruan Yuan firmly forbids him to rent a house by himself.

After discussing with each other, the two went to rent a small apartment next to the school together under the pretext of being familiar with the work.

The apartment has been newly built for only two years, far away from the busy city.Ruan Yuan thought it was deserted, but when he moved in, he found that the eighteenth floor of a building with nineteen floors was overcrowded.

The ninth floor is left, and the rent is cheap, but the two houses are surprisingly empty.

I made an appointment with the landlord to see the house on the weekend, and the two rushed out early.It turned out that it was a coincidence that I came to the apartment and encountered elevator maintenance.

Seeing that it was still early, the two simply diverted to the stairs.

The stairwell was crowded in the corner of the apartment, so narrow that only one person could walk forward.

Since the haunted house, Ruan Yuan hated this kind of environment very much, but he didn't want to show his timidity, so he had to bite the bullet and go up.

The decoration of this apartment is also stingy, there are no windows installed in such a high stairwell, only the sensor lights above the head are on at times.

Ruan Yuan walked in front, and Chang An followed behind him.The shoe upper stepped on the ground paved with gray bricks, and was dragged by the empty compartment to produce a long echo. After listening for a long time, it seemed that there was an extra person following behind.

Ruan Yuan couldn't help but stop, Chang Anzai also stopped, and supported him slightly from behind, "What's wrong?"

Ruan Yuan tilted his head and listened carefully for a while before saying, "Brother, did you hear anything?"

Chang An was silent for a moment, there were indeed footsteps coming towards them from the ground floor, he didn't care much, and just said, "The elevator hasn't been repaired yet, there must be other people walking up the stairs."

Ruan Yuan frowned, it was difficult to say that what he heard was a girl singing upstairs.He just heard the footsteps, that person walked extremely fast, he had already reached the next floor, and he was about to meet them.

After thinking for a while, he took a few steps to the edge of the platform, and said in a low voice, "Maybe it's the landlord, let's wait for him to go up first."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Qingbai's small face suddenly appeared from the side.

Ruan Yuan was taken aback and hugged Chang Anzai's arm, "Brother!"

The corner of Chang An's mouth was slightly curved, his smile was fleeting, and he remained calm, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

The person on the side also turned the corner, but she was a girl of twelve or thirteen years old, with a round face, a pair of big watery eyes, but she was almost pale, her hair was also withered, and she wore a wide school uniform. On her body, it was as if she was wearing a wide skirt, the hem of which reached her knees.

She walked up lightly, without even looking at them, she passed by the two of them.

Ruan Yuan sniffed, a smell of earth almost obscured his sense of smell, he rubbed his nose vigorously, and when he moved his hand away to smell again, a slender jade-like hand stretched out from the side and covered it. his muzzle.

Ruan Yuan smelled the light lemon fragrance, which was the newly bought laundry detergent at home.

Chang An leaned over slightly, leaned against his ear and asked him, "Is your nose uncomfortable?"

Ruan Yuan moved his hand away from his nose, "It's okay, I just want to sneeze a little bit." After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but secretly took Chang Anzai's hand. His five fingers were delicate and warm, which belonged to living human temperature.

The girl saw that she had already gone upstairs first.Ruan Yuan Yuguang glanced over, and saw that she was leaning forward slightly, her back heels were raised slightly while walking, and the sneakers on her feet were covered with wet and sticky mud.

It's clearly a big sun outside, where did you step on this wet mud?

This question only slipped around in my mind for a while, and was forgotten again.

When they reached the ninth floor, the landlord hadn't arrived yet.

The door was naturally locked, and the two waited at the door of Room 901.

The corridor outside is quite spacious, with floor-to-ceiling windows welcoming the bright sunshine.

Ruan Yuan went to the window and looked out. He happened to be able to see the playground of the opposite school. A few or two students occasionally passed by in the shade of green trees. The plastic track rolled out a large area. At the end was an open-air swimming pool. .

Ruan Yuan watched intently, suddenly there was a click behind him, he turned his head, and saw the door of room 902 next door opened a crack, the inside was pitch black, it didn't look like there was anyone.

Chang Anzai was leaning against the wall and looking down at his phone.

Ruan Yuan has shadows about everything now, and seeing the crack in the door, he almost doubts that another ghost will protrude from inside.

He stared at the crack in the door, leaned against the wall and walked to Chang Anzai's side in three or two steps, "Brother, is there someone next door?"

Chang An only raised his head at this moment, and Ruan Yuan was next to him with a tense expression, like a cat with a bowed back and fur.He couldn't help but want to tease him, but he was afraid of scaring his younger brother, so he said, "There is no one in these two rooms. We were still talking about renting this room yesterday. Maybe the landlord didn't close the door tightly before."

As he said that, he strode over and opened the door a little wider. The lighting inside was not good, and he could barely see it after his eyes adapted to the dimness. It was also a well-decorated apartment, but the furniture was covered with a white cloth, obviously it hadn't been lived in for a long time.

Ruan Yuan stuck behind him and probed his head, finally heaving a sigh of relief.

The two were talking by the door when the elevator diagonally opposite made a "ding" sound, and the metal door opened to both sides, and a thin middle-aged man walked out from inside.

He was burying his head on the phone, his eyes casually passed over both of them, his face changed suddenly, "What are you doing!"

Chang An closed the door calmly, Ruan Yuan was startled by his voice, and hurriedly said, "The door of your room just opened, we will close it for you."

"How is that possible! I locked it..." The man hung up the phone directly. He walked over quickly, but stopped in front of the door of Room 901. He tentatively asked, "Which room do you want to rent?"

Ruan Yuan said, "No, the lighting in this room is too poor."

The man heaved a sigh of relief. He took out a large bunch of keys and opened the door. "Sorry, the elevator broke down just now. I'm waiting for the elevator to be repaired. I kept you waiting," he opened the door and pushed in. , turned around and asked, "Come in, what time did you guys come?"

Ruan Yuan glanced at his watch, "We arrived at ten o'clock."

"I was waiting there at ten o'clock, why didn't I see you?" He was talking to himself, and suddenly turned his head. Because of his thinness, a pair of bloodshot eyes almost protruded from the eye sockets, " Are you taking the stairs?"

Ruan Yuan was really fed up with his surprise, so he took a few steps behind Chang Anzai.

Chang Anzai said, "Yes, why? Is there a problem with the stairs?"

"No!" The man quickly denied it, and then felt that his tone was too exaggerated, and hurriedly added, "This is the ninth floor, I'm afraid you are climbing too hard."

Ruan Yuan felt that his appearance was too wrong, and almost wanted to drag Chang An away on the spot, but after another thought, other buildings nearby were still under construction.This is the only community that has been built. There are no more than five buildings in the community. Those who rent are only these two, or they have to live in a dormitory... But I heard that the dormitory at the school has bunk beds for four people. Could he still bring his own? Family members?

Ruan Yuan was thinking about unimportant thoughts, and then took a few steps behind. Unexpectedly, there was another click in the next room. His head did not turn around, and he subconsciously looked sideways, and saw that the door of room 902 was opened again.

This time the gap was a little bigger, the little girl in the corridor before was lying on the door, staring straight at him.