After coming out, he felt a wave of joy.

The situation with Widow Feng was only temporary; he needed to catch his breath and make arrangements later. If necessary, he could take her to the school and leave her in the girls’ dormitory.

At worst, he could give them some grain.

After walking a few steps, he noticed a brick house not far away. After some thought, he decided to head over.

This was Old Wang Xi’s haunted house.

The reason he chose Widow Feng was also because this house was right next to hers, not too far away.

If the house was repaired, his younger sister could live here, and they could look out for each other.

But his younger sister would definitely be scared living alone.

This was a headache.

As he approached, he peeked over the courtyard wall to look inside.

In the countryside, people eat early, and using kerosene lamps at night is too expensive. They usually go to sleep as soon as it gets dark, rarely lighting the lamps.

Kerosene was also rationed; you couldn’t buy as much as you wanted.

After all this commotion, it was almost dusk.

The dilapidated brick house had several large holes in the roof, exposing the beams inside, which looked eerie in the dim light.

The courtyard, long uncleaned, was overgrown with weeds.

Not just the courtyard, but the house’s front door was wide open, and weeds had grown through the cracks in the bricks of the main room.

Sigh, cleaning this up would take a lot of time.

He shook his head, deciding to come back and clean the place after settling the family division.

Truth be told, he was a bit scared.

It was impossible not to be.

But there was no other choice now.

Then he prepared to leave.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly noticed something that sent chills down his spine.

No.

It was something he heard.

“Beep beep~~”

He heard a strange honking sound from inside, somewhat like a car, but not quite.

Wang Qingsong swallowed hard.

He looked around.

After hesitating for a while, and taking advantage of the remaining daylight, he decided to go in and take a look.

He really didn’t believe in ghosts!
Wang Qingsong was famously known in the village as Wang the Brave.

As he walked into the overgrown courtyard, he subconsciously took out a Bagua mirror and held it in his hand.

This showed that he was still a bit nervous inside.

“Damn it, what’s there to be afraid of! Cripple Zhang even dares to sleep on graves, what do I have to fear?”

Pumping himself up, he gritted his teeth and continued inside.

The front door had no latch; it had been removed during the steel-smelting campaign years ago, leaving only two empty door panels leaning to the side, wide open.

The main room was empty except for a tall incense table covered in a layer of dust.

Wang Qingsong, hearing the intermittent sound, controlled his urge to run away and, with trembling lips, approached the door of one of the rooms.

The intermittent sound was coming from this room.

“Zizi Brother Bear, Brother Bear, Bald Qiang is here to cut down trees again“

As he reached the door, a clear voice came through, sounding eerie.

“Oh my god! There really is a ghost!”

Hearing this eerie sound, Wang Qingsong turned to run.

Unfortunately, there was a hole in the roof, and snow that had fallen earlier had accumulated into a basin-sized puddle.

In his panic, he slipped and fell at the doorway, half his body landing inside the room.

“Oh my god! Help!”

Wang Qingsong, who had been so composed in front of Zhao Datian and Widow Feng, was now terrified and scrambled to get up.

At this moment, he didn’t notice.

The Bagua mirror in his hand had emitted a faint, almost imperceptible ripple.

The front door also had the same ripple.

Just as he stood up and was about to run.

But because he got up too quickly, his vision went black, and he fell to the ground.

Before he completely fell.

A ripple flashed, and Wang Qingsong’s figure disappeared from the spot.

“Ah!”

Third Ring Road, Sijiu City.

In a two-bedroom apartment, a woman’s scream was heard.

Zhou Ying was taking a shower when she heard a noise in the house. Frightened, she quickly wrapped herself in a towel and came out.

Seeing a strange man lying in her living room, she screamed.

In her panic, she ran into her room.

A stranger had inexplicably appeared in her house, which terrified her!
She went into the bedroom, locked the door, and only then did she feel a bit relieved.

Then she quickly looked around.

Looking for her phone to call the police.

But after searching for a while, she remembered that her phone was charging on the sofa in the living room.

Right next to that person.

She felt like crying.

After struggling for a moment, she quietly went to the door, pressing her ear against it to listen for any movement outside.

She listened for several minutes.

There was still no movement outside.

Finally, she decided she had to go out. Whether to call the police or the community, she needed her phone.

Looking around, she found a fruit knife in the bedside drawer.

Holding the knife, she felt much calmer.

If it were normal times, she would be less scared, but now, during the epidemic lockdown, the entire community was sealed off. As a girl living alone, how could she not be afraid?

Holding the knife, she listened at the door for a while, hearing nothing.

Only then did she cautiously open the door, scanning the area before peeking out.

Seeing that the person was still lying in the living room, she felt a bit relieved.

She walked out.

Looking at the person lying on the ground, dressed even more shabbily than a beggar, she felt a wave of panic.

Call the police!

She must call the police.

This was a burglar in her house!
As for how he got in, she didn’t care. These days, burglars are very skilled at breaking in.

Carefully, she went to the sofa, grabbed her phone, and ran to the side, simultaneously checking if there were any accomplices around.

She dialed the phone.

“Hello, is this 911? There’s a stranger in my house, possibly a burglar. Please come quickly. This is ** Community, Building 5, Unit 301.”

Zhou Ying anxiously explained over the phone.

Then she listened.

But after a while, she had no choice but to hang up.

She dialed another number: “Hello, community office? There’s a stranger in my house, please come and check! I don’t know, probably a man, yes, I don’t know him. Uh-huh, what? I know there’s a positive case in our building, but I don’t know this person. Ah, okay, please come as soon as possible!”

Zhou Ying hung up and finally felt a bit relieved.

Someone was coming, that was the important thing. She was afraid no one would come.

Then, holding her phone, she stood at a distance and kept an eye on the person.

After a while, she felt something was wrong.

“It’s been so long without any movement, is he… dead?”

She muttered, then carefully went over and pushed him.

“Hey! Hey! Wake up! I… I know Taekwondo!”

“Hey!”

…

After calling out many times with no response, she was terrified.

Oh no.

If he died in her house, how would she explain it?
“Big brother, wake up, don’t die!”

While muttering, she quickly went over and turned him over.

He had a sallow complexion, a pale face, and somewhat dark skin.

But he didn’t look very old.

It was Wang Qingsong, who had fainted.