Chapter 020 Crowded Home

The neighbor in room 404 must be home. It might be a powerful ghost, considering they all live in room 404. Lin Xi had observed this morning that the ghosts' strength varied, and the sizes of the black balls they transformed into also varied. The more powerful ghosts obviously became larger balls.

404 should be very strong, so that my wife can eat a few more bites, right?

But no matter how hard Lin Xi knocked on the door, the neighbor in room 404 didn't come out. Lin Xi had no choice but to put on a "kind" smile, and said to the neighbor in room 404 who could see her situation through the peephole: "We live next door, welcome to our home."

After saying that, she took Shen Sangning back to the door of room 403, opened the door with the key, and went home with Shen Sangning.

After returning home, Lin Xi started making lunch for herself. She subconsciously made two servings, intending to share them with Shen Sangning.

She asked Shen Sangning, "Wife, are you still hungry?"

"Hungry!" Shen Sangning patted her stomach, but her expression wasn't as greedy as before. She looked hungry, but not that hungry anymore. The neighbors had also helped Shen Sangning fill her stomach.

Lin Xi finished cooking and brought the food out to the table, asking Shen Sang Ning if she wanted to eat. Shen Sang Ning didn't refuse Lin Xi at all, and simply sat down and started eating. Ghosts eating human food shouldn't be a problem, after all, the four ghosts at home also eat it. However, human food can't fill Shen Sang Ning's stomach, so only ghosts can barely satisfy her.

In the afternoon, Lin Xi and Shen Sang Ning watched TV for a while. Just like yesterday, no one came out, and they just stayed in front of the TV and acted out the show. Halfway through, Lin Xi fell asleep. When she woke up, she saw Shen Sang Ning running away from her and squatting in front of the TV, watching the show.

Before Lin Xi could come to her senses, her first words were, "Don't get so close to the TV. You always tell me to be careful with my eyes."

Shen Sangning said "Oh" obediently before returning to Lin Xi's side. The TV in this house was larger than the one in the house Lin Xi and Shen Sangning rented. The TV in their rented house was provided by the landlord and was only 45 inches, so Lin Xi liked to sit closer to watch.

Every time Shen Sangning saw her so close, she would talk about her like an old lady. Over time, Lin Xi also remembered this incident in her heart.

So when Shen Sangning was so close just now, she felt a little proud, thinking that she could also say Shen Sangning. But when she saw that it was definitely a 75-inch TV, Lin Xi suddenly remembered: this is not her and Shen Sangning's home.

This wasn't home. It was a strange world of rules and strange stories. Shen Sangning was dead too. She wouldn't remind herself to change those bad habits anymore. She wouldn't remember to remind herself, nor would she take the initiative to correct herself... But it didn't matter. Now that Shen Sangning didn't remember, it was up to her to correct her.

They are lovers, and they will always support each other along the way.

It was four o'clock again, and the sound of keys opening the door could be heard from outside. Lin Xi let Shen Sangning return to her body, bent down to pick up Shen Sangning's slippers, and stuffed them back into the shoe cabinet. Mom returned home with her younger siblings. She was originally smiling, but when she saw Lin Xi, her smile froze.

At this moment, Lin Xi really wanted to say to her mother, "Are you surprised? Are you surprised?" But she held back and just looked at her mother with a smile. However, her silent smile was worse than saying a few words.

Obviously, Mom was a little surprised that Lin Xi was still at home. According to her guess, Lin Xi should have been taken care of by the ghosts in "home" or the stairs or elevator, but Lin Xi was just sitting there, not even a piece of his body was missing.

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Realizing this, the mother stopped even moving toward the door, and the younger brother next to her and the younger sister behind her also stopped moving toward the door.

Lin Xi stood at the doorway, the living room behind him. The world had been gloomy all day, with only a faint ray of light leaking in and spilling onto the floor. It was clearly four o'clock in the afternoon, but the room was incredibly dim. The three of them stood at the doorway, hesitant, not entering.

Everything was exactly the same as when Lin Xi first came to this house, except that the positions were swapped.

Lin Xi was the first to speak. She said, "Welcome home, Mom. What are you still doing standing at the door? Come on in." She stepped aside and let the three of them go in. Mom was a little hesitant, but her brother pulled her. Mom glanced at Lin Xi and gave in to her brother's push. She changed her shoes and went in.

The younger sister followed behind them, not caring that neither her mother nor her brother called her. She changed her shoes obediently and followed them into the house.

Mom entered the kitchen and first glanced at the trash can. The bags had clearly been changed, leaving only some leftover lunch trash that couldn't be handled by the garbage disposal. Her face was expressionless, but she must have been thinking something terrible.

Lin Xi was going to go back to her room for a while. Even though they were no longer a threat to her, she didn't want to stay with them because they didn't behave like humans. They were wearing human skin, but their expressions and movements were subtly inhuman. She would really feel the uncanny valley effect if she was with them.

As she walked down the hallway, she looked towards the master bedroom, which was at the back. She had explored the house thoroughly and understood all the rules, but the master bedroom was the only one she had never entered because it was locked when she tried to go in before. But her parents definitely lived in the master bedroom; yesterday, when she asked her mother for pajamas and towels, she got them from there.

Lin Xi really wanted to go in and take a look, but the door to the master bedroom was probably locked. If she asked her mother for it, she probably wouldn't give it to her.

Lin Xi shrugged and returned to her sister's bedroom.

So far, there are only ten livestream rooms left. Most streamers have made it through the trash removal process, but none have chosen to go downstairs, instead standing in the kitchen to toss the trash bags downstairs. Those who did decide to go downstairs were urgently reminded: Don't go out! Absolutely not!

Lin Xi was the only one who went out to throw away the garbage.

When seeing Lin Xi throwing away the garbage, many viewers' faces turned green, and they kept posting in the barrage:

[Ah ...

[The other anchors didn't go out, why did you go out?! Aren't you just looking for death?!]

[What about the remaining chance? Remind her immediately! ]

The team watching Lin Xi's livestream also fell into a state of anxiety. Cai Hua's fingertips, gripping the pen, turned white. She gritted her teeth and rejected the idea of sending a message to Lin Xi. She knew that Lin Xi must understand how dangerous it was outside. But even so, if she went outside, even if they sent a message, Lin Xi would probably ignore it.

Cai Hua, a psychology major, had a pretty good grasp of Lin Xi's personality. Even without looking at previous intelligence, just looking at Lin Xi's actions over the past period, she knew that once Lin Xi made up her mind, there was no way to change it. So she could only force herself to remain calm and trust Lin Xi.

As everyone guessed, it was very dangerous outside. As soon as I reached the stairs, I encountered a ghost. The ghost was so creepy that the audience in the live broadcast room posted messages such as "protection" and "bullet screen protection". But Cai Hua

But holding the pen, I thought of something deeper.

The colorful little ball, the wretched ghost living downstairs, and the words of the old male ghost... Suddenly, an idea popped up in her mind: if these ghosts have a similar structure to human society, then would the ghost living upstairs be harmed by the old male ghost downstairs? Especially since they have two daughters at home.

"Sister Cai, there's a major breakthrough in the live broadcast room next door."

Cai Hua was stunned for a moment, she put down the pen in her hand, and asked what happened. Her student reported: "A host found the sister's whereabouts, but was later killed by her sister." Cai Hua asked the student to quickly bring the recorded video. The student handed over the tablet and Cai Hua pressed the play button.

The video had been edited and was divided into three parts. The first showed the host in his room, looking perfectly normal. While writing down the rules, his pen accidentally dropped to the floor. He instinctively bent over to pick it up, and the next second the screen went black. Cai Hua could imagine the audience in the livestream must be puzzled.

It's so weird. We were chatting happily one second, and the screen went black the next.

But if you think about it carefully, there must be something under the table that took the host away when he bent down.

The second video was played at full speed, and while it wasn't as smooth as the first, it ended up being a bit of a frame drop. But at this speed, you could clearly see what was happening. The moment the host bent down, a hand reached out from the gap under the desk and grabbed the person inside.

The host was pulled into the gap as if squeezed, and then the screen went black.

The hand was small and white. After the pause, it must have been verified by experts in the relevant field, and their approximate age was determined. The answer basically matched the role of "sister." Cai Hua was a little troubled, because based on the current performance, the strongest person in the family was not someone else, but the younger sister.

Then comes another question: How many people are there in this family?

Putting Lin Xi's situation aside, even the average streamer's "home" has more than five people. The streamer plus the family of four makes five people, but the strange story of the blood gushing out of the bathroom is a common occurrence in every livestream, which means the number of people has long exceeded five. If you include her younger sister, it's seven.

Lin Xi's "home" became even more crowded.