Seeing him in a daze, Xiao Zao asked curiously, “Brother Qingsong, what’s wrong with you? You’re not really planning to stay there, are you? I’ve actually heard things at night, and I don’t even dare to go out.”

While others only spread rumors, she had genuinely heard something.

She was truly scared.

Wang Qingsong smiled and said, “It’s nothing, I’m just asking. I’ll take a look first, and if it’s not suitable, we won’t stay there. Alright, you go ahead with your work, I’ll go and tidy up over there.”

With that, he left.

In the past, he had been genuinely afraid. Choosing to live there after the family split up had been a spur-of-the-moment decision, and the previous experience had left him terrified.

But now, he was really curious about that house.

If it hadn’t been for the noodles and eggs, he might have been truly frightened, but having the eggs and noodles had eased his fear somewhat.

Now, all he could think about was finding something to eat.

Returning to Old Wang Xi’s place, he continued to work quietly.

But after working for a long time, he didn’t hear any sounds.

“That’s strange! What’s going on?”

Wang Qingsong went back to the spot where the incident had happened and stood there, looking around for a while.

Unable to figure it out, he decided to head back.

He planned to come back after dinner that night to stake out the place. He refused to believe that he couldn’t find a solution.

“Ugh… nucleic acid testing…”

Just as he was about to leave, a strange sensation came over him.

Before he could react, he had already disappeared from the spot.

“Ugh…”

When Wang Qingsong came to his senses, he found himself in a strange yet familiar scene again.

It was the same girl’s room as before.

As he regained his senses, he looked around.

“Residents of Building 5, please come down for nucleic acid testing…”

Wang Qingsong heard the same voice from the loudspeaker as before.

Although he didn’t know what it was for, he remembered that when he heard this voice last time, people had gone down to get checked.

Seeing that the room was empty, he thought for a moment and quickly opened the door to leave.

“Hey, why isn’t this person wearing a mask?”

“A mask?”

Hearing this, Wang Qingsong suddenly remembered the mask he had worn before.

He quickly pulled it out from his pocket.

It was somewhat different from the masks at the health center, but he understood what a mask was.

However, he didn’t understand why everyone was wearing masks.

But he noticed that as long as he wore the mask, the people who had been avoiding him before now passed by him without showing any strange or disdainful looks.

After closing the door, he hurried upstairs.

He had been on the rooftop that night.

When he reached the spot, he stood on the balcony, looking at the nearby buildings and the towering skyscrapers in the distance, his mouth agape.

It was so beautiful.

He didn’t think there were buildings this tall in the city.

Walking to the edge of the rooftop, he looked down.

“Ugh!”

An indescribable fear made him immediately pull back.

If a modern person saw him, they would probably laugh at him for being afraid of heights on such a low building!

Steadying himself with his hand on the concrete wall, he cautiously peeked out again.

This time, it was a bit better.

He saw a line of people below, doing something called “nucleic acid testing.”

He pulled his head back and looked around the rooftop.

Everything was so strange and fascinating to him.

“How much would this metal thing cost?”

Wang Qingsong looked at a water tank, staring at it curiously.

After wandering around for a while, he finally returned to the stairwell.

He sat down on the steps near the door.

He gently tapped the handrail.

It was made of metal.

They must be really rich to use metal instead of wood for the handrail. How much would that cost!

But after a moment of surprise, he didn’t dwell on it.

His mind was now occupied with another question.

Why hadn’t he heard any sounds today?

What was going on?

And why had he appeared in the same spot again?

What if someone discovered him the next time he appeared?

After thinking about it, he immediately felt nervous again.

Before, he had wanted to come here, but now that he was actually here, he was afraid he might never be able to return.

“No, no, I was able to go back last time, so I’ll definitely be able to go back this time.”

Wang Qingsong suppressed his unease and comforted himself.

Then he sat there quietly, waiting.

Since there were too many people in the stairwell, he decided to go and ask the girl for some information, as she was the only person he knew in this building.

Wait, no.

There were also those two people wearing strange white clothes.

After waiting for a while, until the stairwell was completely quiet, he cautiously went downstairs.

301.

Standing in front of the door of the room again, he hesitated for a moment before gently knocking.

Zhou Ying was lying on the sofa, feeling quite happy.

They were supposed to be released from lockdown yesterday, but it wasn’t until midnight that a message finally came in the group chat, saying that their building had been free of positive cases for 14 days and was now released from lockdown.

Although the entire neighborhood was still under lockdown, at least they could go downstairs for a walk.

But there were too many people downstairs now, so it was better to wait.

Better not get infected!

“Knock knock knock~”

Hearing the sound, Zhou Ying curiously got up from the sofa and walked to the peephole with her messy hair.

“Huh? It’s him. Why is he still here?”

Seeing the person through the peephole, she felt puzzled.

She wasn’t planning to open the door at first.

But after some thought, she finally opened it.

Looking at him, she asked suspiciously, “What’s wrong? Do you need something? Are you out of food again? Didn’t I just give you some last night?”

“Last night?”

Hearing her words, Wang Qingsong was stunned.

He had been gone for almost a day, but it seemed like not much time had passed here.

Since it was daytime now, judging by the sun, it should be morning.

What was going on?

Because when he returned to his side, only a short time had passed.

He didn’t have time to think too much, so he noted this information and didn’t foolishly ask about it.

Then, hesitating for a moment, he said, “Um… I… I once fell down a mountain, and I’ve been having trouble remembering things. Can you tell me something?”

Zhou Ying pouted her pink lips, first surprised, then filled with pity. “Ah? You fell down a mountain? You poor thing!!”

After saying that, she looked at him blankly. “Are you asking me to tell you something? Do you have amnesia?”

Hearing this, Wang Qingsong hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded. “Something like that.”

Zhou Ying looked him up and down and asked, “So what do you want to know?”

“Just… what year is it now? And what’s this ‘hand chicken’ thing you mentioned?”

After saying this, Wang Qingsong saw Zhou Ying’s wary expression and quickly explained, “I… I’m not a bad person. I won’t hurt you.”

To prove his point, he took a few steps back, pressing himself against the corner of the wall.

Zhou Ying hesitated.

She had been locked in this room for too long and felt like she was going crazy.

Seeing Wang Qingsong in such a pitiful state, she wanted to hear his story.

Besides, although the clothes he was wearing were old, they were clean, and his face and body were also clean.

His skin was just a bit sallow.

Other than the fact that he had suddenly appeared in her room that day, he spoke very politely.

He didn’t seem like a bad person.

But she still didn’t let him in, pointing to the doorway and saying, “You… don’t come in. If you have something to say, say it at the door.”

After saying that, she quickly left and brought back a small plastic stool, handing it to him.

“You… just sit there and don’t come closer. If you do, I’ll call the police.”

Then she placed another small round cloth stool at the doorway and said, “Alright, sit down and talk.”

Wang Qingsong looked at it, then finally took the stool and sat down.