escape from the world

It was such an ordinary day that Fang Chen couldn't even remember what he had eaten in the morning.

It was the same as in the past, he got up early, had a casual meal and went to work, when the neighbor who lived across the door opened the door, the two greeted each other and got on the elevator together.

"So early?" the neighbor asked.

Fang Chen replied: "Well, go to work, if you are late and complete attendance, you will be gone." The perfect attendance award is quite important to him.

The two chatted a few more words, and the elevator quickly reached the first floor.On the left side of the first floor lived a middle-aged couple who looked over 50 years old. They usually tied up a matzah at the door and chatted with people.

The woman sitting on the saddle saw Fang Chen and greeted him warmly: "Are you going to work?"

Fang Chen nodded, called "Aunt Wu" and asked, "Where is my uncle?"

Mrs. Wu let out a "hey", then changed her face and rolled her eyes and said, "I'm playing money with other people again. You said it's early in the morning, and you can play without eating, and you are not afraid of sudden death on the table!"

Fang Chen smiled, turned the corner and continued walking, met Fan Yingying who came back from buying breakfast, and said hello.

Fan Yingying nodded slightly in response, lowered her head and hurried to the corridor, walked into the corridor and turned right into her room.

This is a very shy girl who doesn't talk much and always looks at people with a timid look.Mrs. Wu often spoke ill of her to others, saying that the girl opposite them was too gloomy, as if she was stained with something unclean, and walked around all day long, which was scary.

Old people probably like to chatter, and what they say is not very pleasant, so everyone just listens and laughs.Fang Chen guessed that the girl must have heard a lot of rumors about herself, but she couldn't be serious with the old man.

Fang Chen went home for dinner at noon, and when he was waiting for the elevator, someone entered the corridor. He was wearing a clean white shirt and suit pants, his leather shoes were polished, he was wearing glasses and had his pomade, and he looked like he had just returned from get off work.

Fang Chen didn't know his name, but he lived on the second floor. His surname was Xu. He seldom walked around with his neighbors. He was used to being alone. He had several pets at home.Mrs. Wu has been dissatisfied with his pets for a long time, and she often talked about them, saying that those cats and dogs barked in the middle of the night.Fang Chen hadn't heard of it, maybe he was too sleepy, or Mrs. Wu was deliberately finding fault.The residents in this building were more or less picked on by Mrs. Wu, and everyone took it for granted.

Seeing the back of the man going upstairs, Fang Chen subconsciously said "Good afternoon".

The man had already reached the corner, turned his head and responded politely: "Good afternoon, go home for dinner?"

"Ah."

The elevator opened at this moment, Fang Chen stepped in, and when he turned his head, the man had already walked upstairs.

Fang Chen lives on the fourth floor, and there is a couple living downstairs. The woman is young and the man is rich. He is energetic and bold every day. He dares to do it with the window open at noon. It came out of the window and into Fang Chen's ears.

He accepted the noise silently with his mouth pursed, and took two bites of the sandwich.In the hottest August, he couldn't close the window to suffocate himself, he was so depressed, the corners of his mouth drooped, and there was a thin layer of sweat on his neck, and a cool breeze blew away the heat from his forehead. There was another sharp female voice, and the sound downstairs gradually disappeared.

The community Fang Chen lives in is not a new building. It has been renovated a few years ago. It looks like the same thing from the outside, but it’s not the same when you live in it. The elevator often breaks down and the water is always cut off. , Those who go downstairs on a lower floor are used to taking the stairs.

Fang Chen heard someone calling his name. He was familiar but couldn't think of who it was. He searched for the sound and walked down the stairs. When he reached the first floor, the sound stopped. Distorted and deformed, he heard someone calling him again, the voice was very close, as if speaking close to his ear, with inexplicable tenderness, pronouncing his name too gently.

"Fang Chen."

The man is behind him.

Just as Fang Chen was about to turn his head, the alarm rang, and when he opened his eyes, his back was wet.

The lunch break was very short, and my mind was even more disturbed when I had some weird dreams. Fang Chen went out without pressing the elevator and went straight to the stairs. He wanted to take a few more steps to clear his head. Unfortunately, he ran into the couple on the third floor. The two leaned against the door frame and kissed wetly. Fang Chen wanted to leave quickly, but the man let go of the woman first, "Baby, I'll go first." Then he strode down and patted Fang Chen on the shoulder, "Go to work ah?"

Fang Chen was not frightened, but his eyes flicked aside and he gave a faint "hmm".He didn't like the couple very much, and he couldn't say why.

Fang Chen saw Fan Yingying again when he reached the first floor and didn't know whether he should say hello, but the girl moved first, nodded to him and said timidly, "Hello."

Fang Chen nodded lightly in response: "Hello."

Sitting in the shade by the door, Mrs. Wu's wife was waving a fan and talking about losing money because of bad luck today.

It was very hot today, Fang Shen woke up with wet hair, and his eyelashes seemed to be damp. He stood at the entrance of the corridor for a while, and was patted on the back. He turned his head and saw another family on the third floor. Fang Shen remembered that his name was Gao Cheng, he was not tall and a little fat, and he had a naive smile.

Gao Cheng said, "Is it hot today?"

Fang Chen looked up to the sky, "...it's quite hot."

Fang Chen got off work a little past six in the afternoon. On his way home, he met Fan Yingying at the door of the building. She seemed to have put on a little make-up, her lips were slightly red, and she looked much better.

The two of them looked at each other, and just as Fang Chen was about to say hello to her, he was stopped by Mrs. Wu. Mrs. Wu had a very loud voice, and she called his name from afar, and pulled him by the arm to her. He said to another group of people: "Hey, let me say that, is it good-looking? Is it worthy of your girl?"

Fang Chen was stunned for a moment, and was directly pulled in front of a group of elders and aunts.

They all lived in the same neighborhood, but they seemed to be seeing him for the first time. Those who stood stretched their necks to look at him, and those who sat on the saddle opened their mouths slightly.Fang Chen took a step back, and was pulled back again. Mrs. Wu gave him a look: "Why are you hiding? How old are you, and you are not happy to introduce someone to you? The girl is in good condition."

The sky has changed, gray and dark, as if it will be dark soon.

The group of people were still looking at Fang Chen, guessing his age, and chatting in twitter, like looking at an object, weighing the good or bad, and discussing how much they can sell it for.

"This looks too small, just graduated?"

Mrs. Wu was very enthusiastic: "How can you, the face is tender, this child is twenty..." She turned her head, "Hey, are you in your twenties? Look at my memory."

Fang Chen was suffocated, he instinctively didn't want to stay any longer, he waved his hand and said that he had to leave beforehand, and walked into the corridor without any regard for etiquette, leaving all the noisy voices behind, but fortunately no one caught up.

Fan Yingying returned to her home at some point, leaning against the door, the corridor was very dark, Fang Chen was startled.She looked at him and smiled, a very kind smile with a bit of shyness, but she put on lipstick, very light red, Fang Chen only noticed this, when the elevator door opened, he forgot to say hello, and walked straight away go in.

When he got home, Fang Chen saw the wall watch in the living room. He realized that it was only past six o'clock. He turned his head and looked out the window. He didn't know when the sky was overcast, with dark clouds and no wind. gas.

Fang Chen was about to cook the noodles, and turned on the fire to boil the water. While waiting for the water to boil, he felt that he should add more seasonings, such as carrots and spinach, but he picked up the knife and cutting board, and he thought that there were no vegetables at home, and he didn’t like them eat these things.He put down the knife, with a dazed expression on his face, the water started bubbling, and he had no time to think about anything else, so he quickly put the noodles in.

Before going to sleep, Shen took a shower to refresh himself, habitually lay down without drying his hair, and got up slowly after a while, plugged in the hair dryer to dry his hair.He felt strange but couldn't tell why it was so strange, as if many things were missing some steps, they shouldn't be like this... so what if it's not like this?

He can't think of it.

Fang Chen heard someone calling him again, one sound at a time, not in a hurry, close to his ear, he could feel the warm breath, someone was standing by his bed, fingers gently sliding on his ear .

When the elevator stopped on the first floor for a long time, it would emit a warning sound of "Didi". Fang Chen was woken up by the sound, got up and checked his phone. It was two o'clock in the morning, which was exactly the right time, no more, no less, 2:00.

He couldn't think of anyone who would move in the middle of the night and drag things in the middle of the elevator and couldn't close it.As he approached the entrance, he also heard some other sounds, a very strange "guji" sound, followed by that frightening "didi" sound.

Fang Chen didn't think about anything when he was holding the doorknob, something in his subconscious drove him to open the door, the door made a "squeaky" sound, the elevator opened, and the bright white light inside illuminated the entire quiet night.

Fang Chen first saw two people, one was lying down and the other was squatting beside them, hiding in the shadows, they couldn't see clearly, the light stretched their figures, Fang Chen also saw his own shadow, covering them, reflected in the opposite On the door, and then blood, dripping on the white tiles, flowing wet and slippery, as if it had flowed to his feet.

The person squatting on the ground stopped, it was very thin, very thin, skin covered with bones, Fang Chen couldn't even tell its gender.But these are not important, he saw blood, almost covering the entire corridor, would a normal person bleed so much?His mind was blank, the light in the elevator was too bright, it hurt his eyes, half of the body of the person lying down was hidden in the elevator.

The thin man raised his hand and stuffed the contents into his mouth to chew. His eyes were eager to try, but he seemed afraid of something and didn't dare to pounce on it directly.

Fang Chen closed the door with a "bang". It took him less than ten seconds for the series of actions from opening the door to closing the door. He only took a quick look, saw two people, saw blood... and saw one of them holding the door. A dark red mass.

He saw people eating people.

Fang Chen squatted down like a collapse, his hands were still holding on to the doorknob, his legs were weak, his heart was beating violently, there was a long mirror at the entrance, he stuck to it but he didn't dare to turn his head to look at his face in the mirror.

The surroundings were quiet, and the coolness of the mirror calmed him down a little, but his mind was still confused.

With the wind blowing gently, the window of the living room was open, his breathing became short of breath, and he clutched the doorknob tightly but didn't have the courage to open it again.

There are people in the house.

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