Chapter 61 Chapter 61 Tonight’s peaceful home, no doors are locked…

"Oh my god, it's so dazzling." Wang Zixuan stretched out his hand to cover his eyes. As soon as he finished speaking, the flickering light in the master bedroom went out instantly, and it was pitch black.

The other three players: ...

Xiao Wang, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb.

But fortunately, the copy phone had a light, and the players who had received guidance from the seniors in renting a house had sent a message to Luo Qing as soon as possible.

Chen Fangli stood up with the props in his hand. His bedding was closest to the master bedroom door.

He illuminated the space with a flashlight and touched the door handle.

They didn't lock the master bedroom door, but the door handle could be pressed down, but the door couldn't be opened no matter what.

"The door is sealed. It might be locked from the outside," said Chen Fangli.

Standing at this door, the sound of footsteps going up and down the stairs and the sounds of people chasing each other with laughter became louder and clearer.

Zizilala... Zizilala, the light in the bedroom lit up again, went out, lit up again, and went out again.

It looked like there were two ghosts flipping a switch back and forth, and I couldn't tell if they were disagreeing or just playing around.

The warm yellow light flickers on and off, bright and dark, making people feel extra irritated and constantly challenging the patience of the four players.

"If I keep shaking like this, I'll almost go blind." Liu Haoran couldn't help but complain.

The bedroom had a window, and she was standing by the window, trying to estimate the possibility of jumping from the sixth floor to the first floor.

"This window is sealed." She checked it again, her face not looking good.

When they came to see the house during the day, they were only busy checking the things inside the house and didn't look closely at the window.

Fan Mingrui had also stood up. She stood on the bed and looked at the chandelier.

"In other words, we can now consider it a confined space."

"A closed room murder case?" Wang Zixuan asked.

The other three: ...

"Xiao Wang, at this tense moment, please control your thoughts." Chen Fangli felt helpless.

Wang Zixuan said awkwardly, "I don't think you guys are too nervous. Sorry, I haven't been thinking clearly before I speak."

It would be a lie for the players to say they weren't nervous. They were currently in a confined space, and they had no idea what the weirdness was going to do.

In just a few seconds, the chandelier in the master bedroom went dark again.

At the same time, the four of them heard a noise coming from the ceiling.

Gulu... Gulu, the sound comes and goes, vaguely but it feels like it's right next to my ear.

It sounded like the rolling of scattered glass beads, or like a chair with rollers moving back and forth.

The sound was getting closer and clearer.

Guluo...Guluo.

The sound was so close that it didn't seem to be coming from the ceiling on the upper floor, but rather from under the bed in the master bedroom.

Fan Mingrui took the oil painting frame refrigerator magnet prop in his hand, but until now, they could only hear the noise and could not find where this weirdness was!

It was pitch dark in the room, and the flashlight in Chen Fangli's hand went out in an instant.

Here it comes.

All four players understood this very clearly.

Suddenly, everything went dark before their eyes.

It’s not because of the darkness in the bedroom, but because it’s so strange that it blinds the eyes!

"Hide and seek, hide and seek. Brothers and sisters, father and mother, come and find us!"

The laughing voices of children are right next to my ears, but when I reach out to touch them, I can't touch anything. The props in my hands are useless!

No one said anything at this time, and Wang Zixuan kept his mouth shut.

The bedroom door was mysteriously locked. They had clearly heard footsteps outside the door before. Was the strange thing happening in the bedroom or outside the door?

What if this strange thing was the two children who originally lived in the second-floor attic, one outside the door? The other inside the door?

The silent darkness breeds fear. What is scary is not the weirdness, but the fact that you can’t see or touch it, and you don’t know where that thing is!

The props are in my hands, but I have nowhere to use them!

The four people were in a small bedroom. At this moment, Wang Zixuan could feel the hairs on his neck standing up.

Neck, something cold covered the back of his neck!

hiss!

He dared not move, completely unaware of what the other players were doing at the moment.

The players' vision was obscured, and they could not see anything. They could only hear a strange child's voice: "Brother, brother, if you didn't come to find me, I would have found you."

"The loser in hide-and-seek will be punished!"

Fuck! Wang Zixuan cursed in his heart, who is this weird thing's brother! Also, in this tiny place, there's no hide-and-seek game, there's no place for them to hide!

"Brother and sister, mom and dad have both lost."

"You're going to be punished!"

"The loser must fulfill the winner's wish!"

"I demand that Dad, Mom, Brother, and Sister must—"

"Clang—"

The player in the bedroom only felt a huge noise coming, accompanied by a "clang" sound, and his eyes, which had been bound and covered, were able to open at this moment!

The lights in the bedroom came back on and everything seemed to be back to normal.

But...when did the master bedroom door disappear?

"Miss Luo Qing!"

They saw Luo Qing standing in front of the master bedroom door. Her hair was a little messy and she was wearing a pair of Crocs.

"Are you okay?" Luo Qing looked at the four new tenants.

"This is my husband. Let's fix the wires."

The expression on her face was much colder than it was in the art gallery during the day, and only then did they notice there was a man behind her.

"I'll go upstairs and take a look."

The four players immediately stood up. The chandelier in the master bedroom was now very bright and no longer flickered.

"How did she get in?" Liu Haoran asked. The four players looked at each other. They were trapped in the house and couldn't move at all. The outermost door was locked.

When they walked out, the wooden door of the master bedroom was gone, but when Chen Fangli squatted down and looked carefully, he found a pinch of sawdust powder at the joint of the floor at the door.

"The door is broken?"

Fan Mingrui hurried to the security door at the entrance. It was originally a large and heavy security door, but now it was missing.

"My sister sent a message on the phone a while ago." Liu Haoran looked at the copy phone.

After they sent the message, Luo Qing replied quickly. The most recent one was asking why no one opened the door, so she went in directly.

Fan Mingrui squatted on the ground and touched the threshold with his hand, and his hand was covered with dark blue residue like iron filings.

"I remember the security door was dark blue," she said slowly.

"Should we go up and take a look?" Wang Zixuan asked in a low voice.

As soon as Luo Qing came in just now, the strangeness disappeared immediately, but now they have gone up to the second floor and don’t know what is going on.

Liu Haoran hesitated a bit: "Will we get in the way if we go up there? Will we see something we shouldn't?"

"Oh my God!" Fan Mingrui, who was at the door, suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong, Sister Fan?"

Because the previous strangeness was noticed by Fan Mingrui, the other three thought she had seen something again.

Fan Mingrui raised his finger and pointed at Room 601 next door while standing at the door.

"The door is gone."

“The sauerkraut jar is gone too.”

Not only was the security door of their room 603 gone, but the security door of the next-door room 601 was also missing! And the pickled cabbage jar that was originally in the stairwell was also missing!

A young man in pajamas suddenly walked out of the empty door of 601. He must be an aboriginal. His eyes were blinking, and every time he closed his eyes, there was a pair of pupils on his eyelids.

He was crouching timidly at the door, carefully looking towards Room 603, holding his cell phone in both hands.

"What, what's going on? What happened to you?" He asked in a trembling voice with unclear words.

The appearance of this native scared several people, but looking at his appearance, it seemed that he was even more scared than them, the players.

"Do you have to pay compensation for breaking into a house in an emergency? Did Sister Luo Qing open the wrong door just now?" Liu Haoran whispered to the three of them.

But as soon as these words were spoken, the native of Room 601's expression changed drastically, and he immediately took a few steps back into the door.

He stumbled even more: "No, no, no, no need to compensate, no need to compensate, Qing, Sister Qing is here, I get it."

The door of 601, oh no, there was no door at all, and the bespectacled man just ran in without communicating with the four players anymore.

【Ping An Home Family Group X (500)】

[Building 1 - Call me if you have a red envelope]: What's going on? Why is our door missing?

[Barbell Expert]: If nothing unexpected happens, something might have happened in the community again...my new high-end security door is gone.

[Building 10 - Professional Eye Matching]: Help! Why is Sister Qing coming to Building 10? Our door is gone. I'm on the 6th floor!

[Her tiny neighbor across the street]: [Chuckling] Finally it's not our building 9 anymore. Don't worry, it's not a big deal, just the door is gone. No one in the neighborhood will be locking their doors tonight. Those in building 10, please tip me off! Who messed with this girl?

[The humble old man living upstairs in her house]: Which grandson did this again? I haven't dared to chop stuffing for days.

[Building 2 - Humble Planner]: The water pipes were just fixed after a day of quiet, and I want to get some sleep. Are you tired? When will our homeowners' committee be established? Please, I don't have to do anything, let's just get this sorted out first and do a thorough inspection of the community. [Tired]

[The weak couple living on the third floor of her house]: The problem is that this girl likes to do everything herself.

[Building No. 2 - Humble Planner]: [Crying] This is too condescending. How can I ask me to replace the water pipes and security doors for the entire community?

[Building 4 - I have sent it, don't rush me]: @Building 2 - Humble planner, you don't understand, I am bringing us a brand new experience, imitating the ancient times where people did not pick up things on the road and did not lock their doors at night, to show the top level of public security in our community!

In the second-floor attic, Luo Qing stood in the only bedroom with a frown. In front of her and Yan Fufeng, two shadows, no more than waist height, were looking dejected.

Luo Qing has lived for 26 years and is the worst at dealing with children!

She spoke in a forced tone, "Where are you two from, little ones? Hide and seek?"

Luo Qing was very familiar with the top-floor house 603 in Unit 1, Building 10. It was originally occupied by a family of six with three generations living together. Later, they upgraded their living conditions and moved to a larger flat in the new district. The house was then sold again and then returned to Ping An Real Estate.

There shouldn't be two kids here anyway.

Neither of the two children said a word.

"Come on, kids, tell uncle, who are you playing hide-and-seek with? This big sister doesn't mean to scold you. It's so late, why don't you go home? Where do you two live? Tell uncle, I will take you home." Yan Fufeng squatted down and spoke with a smile.

"Really?" a child asked.

"Yes, we came here to play hide-and-seek with our friends during the day. An uncle said there was a vat at the stairs and we would never be found, so we hid in it. At night, it was dark and we were afraid to go home. When we saw the door open, we came in." The other child confessed everything like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.

"What are your names?"

Don't speak.

"Who are your friends?" Luo Qing asked.

"Liu, Liu Xiaoyun and Liu Xiaoyu."

Hearing these two names, the couple looked at each other, and Yan Fufeng immediately took out his mobile phone and made a call.

"Hey, Brother Liu, are you and your sister-in-law at home? Xiaoyun and Xiaoyu are there too?"

"There are two children in Building 10 who ran into our guest room to play hide-and-seek. Yes, my wife and I are here. They said they came to play with your Xiaoyun and Xiaoyu during the day. They haven't come home yet so late. Can you see if you can contact their parents?"

No one knew what was said on the other end of the phone; Luo Qing only heard the child's screams.

"Okay, Building 10, Unit 1, Room 603, we'll be waiting for you." Yan Fufeng hung up the phone.

"These two children live next door at Harmony Home, and their parents are still searching everywhere for them. Honey, let's go downstairs and wait."

Luo Qing frowned at the children in the Harmonious Community. That place was also within her agency scope, but Ping'an Home had been busy recently and she had not been there. Besides, she did not live in the Harmonious Community and did not know the two children.

I just came up and grabbed the two children. Fortunately, my husband took action first, otherwise she might not be able to control her emotions and would have beaten them up.

【Ping An Home Building X Family (500)】

[Her tiny neighbor across the street]: It's over, disaster is coming. Unruly children and their careless friendships can lead to disaster! !!! Tonight, if anyone hears any noise from beating my kids, please forgive me. You understand. [Breaking down in tears]

Yan Fufeng went downstairs first, carrying a child in one hand. Luo Qing walked around the second floor before going downstairs.

"Hey, hey, hey, brother-in-law, sister, these are the parents of the two children." Brother Liu, who lives opposite Luo Qingyan and Fufeng couple, smiled flatteringly.

"Come on, these two kids of ours said they couldn't find anyone and ran back home. I thought they went home on their own. Your sister-in-law is beating them at home! Look, these two rebellious sons and daughters deserve to be punished."

At this moment, the players were stunned, watching the middle-aged man showing the video call screen on his mobile phone.

In the picture, two half-grown children were being beaten with pork on a bamboo chopstick and cried loudly, "Auntie Luo, we will never dare to do it again. We will never play hide-and-seek again."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's our family's fault for not taking good care of the child. We've caused you trouble." Behind Brother Liu was a frightened couple, bowing so deeply that their heads were about to touch the ground.

Luo Qing looked at the couple who were dressed somewhat shabbily and sighed.

Children are ignorant, but adults are sensible after all.

"I'm just an intermediary. I wasn't the one who was disturbed tonight, so I should apologize to them." Luo Qing said.

Luo Qing was really angry today. He had specifically recommended this top floor, but in the end, he was slapped in the face.

These are just two children. If it were something else, it would not be something that can be solved by an apology now.

"I'm sorry, come on, apologize, both of you, get over here!"

The two children were grabbed by their parents and pinned to the ground, with their heads pressed down to apologize to the four players.

Fan Mingrui, Liu Haoran, Wang Zixuan and Chen Fangli had no idea what expression to use at this moment.

Luo Qing asked the strange natives to apologize to them. This was the first time she had seen such a scene. It was exciting, too exciting.

"This, this is our apology gift." The child's mother took out two white envelopes from her pocket, handed one to Luo Qing and the other to the player.

Luo Qing's expression eased a little. This couple of parents was pretty good. They knew to take the initiative to compensate for mental damages.

"We, we will beat the child when we get home. No, no, no, we will beat him now, we will beat him now." The child's father immediately raised his hand.

"That's enough." Luo Qing shouted.

"You've been looking for the child for quite some time now, right? Go home quickly. Beating the child at night is disturbing others. Let's go, let's go back to sleep."

She waved her hand and said, "Hubby, please send them down. I want to talk to the tenant."

Yan Fufeng escorted Brother Liu downstairs, and the parents took their child downstairs. Luo Qing turned to look at the four tenants, looking at them with a gentle and concerned expression: "It's okay, everyone."

"I was frightened tonight."

"Sister, sister, this is for you." Liu Haoran held the white envelope in his hand and handed it to Luo Qing.

"No need. This is an apology to you. Just accept it." Luo Qing shook his head.

"Everything is fine tonight, you can sleep peacefully. Don't worry about the door, it will be taken care of tomorrow. No one will come in, and the door next door is open too."

"Yes, yes, yes, no one dares to come in." Four Eyes from Room 601 next door stuck his head out again.

"I'm leaving. You guys should rest. Xiao, Xiaolou, right? You should rest too." Luo Qing glanced at the bespectacled man and thought about his name.

"Okay, okay, sister, take your time and get some rest."

Luo Qing went downstairs and saw that her lover was not there. She waited for another two minutes before she saw her husband come back.

"Husband, are they all gone?"

"Let's go. I'll take them to the gate of the community."

Yan Fufeng put his arm around her and put his lit cell phone into his pocket with the other hand, and the couple walked home together.

"This kid nowadays is really..." Luo Qing shook his head.

"It's a good thing we don't want children."

"They gave me three thousand as compensation." Yan Fufeng said, handing her the white bag in his pocket.

The night returned to silence again. For the residents of Ping'an Home, it was just a matter of sleeping with their doors open.

As for what happened afterwards, two eight-hour videos of mixed doubles of children from both sexes came out from Ping'an Home and Harmonious Community, which were enough to stop all the children in Guicheng from crying at night and became the "other people's children" who taught other children. That's another story.

On the morning of May 31st, the eight players shared what happened last night, said hello to several officials, and prepared to take the subway back to reality.

When they arrived at the gate of the community, they found that there were reporters and photographers who looked like they were from a TV station or a newspaper interviewing the residents.

"Hello, are you a resident of Ping'an Home? I heard that last night your community imitated the ancient practice of leaving doors unlocked at night to enhance public safety in the old city, and even every household removed their doors. Is this true?"

The person being interviewed was a fat otaku who was trying to pass by quickly by covering his face with eighteen tentacles. When he heard the question, he immediately put down his tentacles.

Eighteen tentacles formed a colorful bow. He looked at the camera with a firm tone, trying his best to show his fat face: "Yes, that's right, of course it's true."

"All this is because we have a warm-hearted, beautiful, kind, generous, helpful... good neighbor in our community, Ms. Luo Qing."

"With her here, our safe home is very peaceful and secure, with harmonious neighborhoods and no problems whatsoever!"