Chen Meng's back revealed a sense of anxiety as she left.
Qiao Yan watched her bun disappear from her sight before she went into the house and closed the door.
Counting it up, on the fourth floor, apart from Chen Meng's boyfriend, it seems that only room 403 has not been seen.
Back in the house, she ate the buns first, and then checked the emails in her notebook. Good, there was no work for her for the time being!
Closing the notebook, Qiao Yan checked the balance in her bank card on her phone. She could afford to change the locks, but she couldn't afford to pay for a new house with a one-month deposit and one-month rent.
Moving is impossible for the time being, unless the company suddenly goes crazy and pays her three or four months' salary in one go.
"A penny can make a hero fall." Qiao Yan complained casually and took out the cleaning tools piled in the toilet. She planned to do a thorough cleaning and check again to see if there were any cameras.
She was still brooding over what happened last night and always felt that something was wrong.
Once she started working, time seemed to pass quickly. When she opened the window to clean it, she realized it was almost eleven o'clock.
The sky outside was at its brightest. Qiao Yan looked down from the window and found that two or three residents were already walking in. They were probably going home to rest after get off work, but she didn't know which house they lived in.
She quickly wiped the window, then left it open for ventilation and went back into the house to clean up the mess.
After she cleaned the last toilet and put away all the tools, she returned to the living room and the clock on the wall pointed to twelve o'clock.
A whole morning passed by like this, and Qiao Yan was a little dazed.
The buns on the table were already cold, but she didn't care much. She just sat on the sofa and nibbled on them, chewing very slowly, probably because she was tired.
How does it feel...?
I think so too...
【What? What do you think?】
【No vitality.】
[So abstract, what does it mean? ]
[It just feels like Sister Qiao has become listless and lifeless since entering this dungeon.]
[Yes, like a flower that has shriveled and drooped due to lack of water!]
[Now that you mention it, it seems so. I've watched Sister Qiao's videos, and in previous instances, she didn't seem this... quiet?]
I think it's normal. I'm in this state every day at work.
[Ha, we are all just living corpses.]
[Let's not talk about this anymore. Do you smell anything? Like something is burning?]
[Really?! Is it on fire?!]
Qiao Yan also smelled it. At first, the smell was not very obvious. It was brought in by the wind blowing in from outside and blew past her nose. It was so faint that she could not smell anything.
But slowly, the smell became stronger and came in by itself without the need for wind, and then quickly filled the entire room.
Qiao Yan quickly put down the half-eaten bun and walked quickly to the window.
It doesn't seem like there's a fire, otherwise there wouldn't be anyone running away downstairs.
Where does the smell of smoke come from?
Just when she was about to go out and take a look, the sound of a squeaking instrument rang out. Each note was long and trembling, sounding like a funeral song.
She suddenly became even more confused. What was going on?
In the end, Qiao Yan went out. She felt uneasy until she figured out the smell and the sound.
When I left the house, the music disappeared, probably because the song had ended.
Qiao Yan sniffed. At this time, the corridor of the residential building was a little brighter with the help of the sunlight. It was no longer so dim, but it still could not change its narrow reality.
Someone came upstairs carrying a bucket of water, wearing what appeared to be some kind of uniform. Qiao Yan leaned aside to let him pass, then looked at his back.
The clothes were indeed a uniform, with the name and contact number of the water delivery company printed on it.
She walked down the stairs along the wall, and apart from the man who had just delivered water, she didn't meet anyone else, which just confirmed her guess that it was not a fire.
It's so peaceful.
Following the smell of burning, she walked all the way to the outside of the community and turned left. Only then did she realize that there was a brick-red, gourd-shaped incinerator outside the wall on the left side of the community.
At this time, two people in white mourning clothes were facing the incinerator with their backs to her, throwing yellow and white printed paper money into it.
Qiao Yan hesitated for a moment before moving closer, wanting to see more clearly.
As you get closer, you can hear the suppressed crying of the two people in white clothes. They each hold a thick stack of paper money in their left hands, and use their right thumbs and index fingers to fold the paper money slightly and roll them together.
When a small pile of things accumulated in his right hand, he stretched his hand and body forward and put the entire small pile into the incinerator.
A breeze blew, and some of the grayish-white paper ash in the stove was blown out, floating in the air like dirty snow.
Some of the paper ashes were slightly larger, some were smaller, and some of them fell densely on Qiao Yan, and she had to reach out and pat them off.
But Qiao Yan didn't know that the paper ash was easy to scatter. There was no need to blow it, just pat it with your hands. It would only scatter on the clothes, leaving a gray mark on the clothes.
Looking at the gray marks on the clothes, Qiao Yan frowned slightly.
She looked at the two people again and decided to go back. After all, the source of the smell has been found. It is so quiet outside. Now that she has come to her senses, Qiao Yan always feels that it is not safe to stay here.
She turned and walked back, her shoes stepping on the paper ashes that had fallen to the ground, crushing them into a pool of powder. A lot of it also got on her soles, so that every step she took thereafter left a little mark on the ground.
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