When he woke up, Qin Tiantian saw a familiar ceiling.

She found herself covered with a thin blanket and sleeping on a slightly hard bed.

Qin Tiantian, with sleepy eyes, soon saw that the bright sunlight was shining in through the window. Lu Ban was sitting in front of the computer, watching carefully a horror movie in which only a dog died from beginning to end. He paused and replayed the movie from time to time, and drew pictures and took notes on the tablet with a pen.

“…Is this my home or yours?”

Qin Tiantian blurted out.

She even realized a little late that her first reaction was not to check whether her clothes were on properly.

Of course, the clothes are neatly worn.

"Of course it's my home. You fainted last night from shock, and I don't know where you live. It's not convenient for me to go back and disturb the police officers in their investigation, so I can only bring you back."

Lu Ban paused the movie, and the scene froze on the protagonist couple acting suspiciously in the living room, which was a bit eerie.

"…I didn't do anything weird last night, did I?"

Qin Tiantian immediately sat up straight, and his two slender white legs immediately retracted into the blanket, with only his round toes protruding from the edge of the blanket.

"What's considered strange?"

Lu Ban frowned.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry about it!"

Qin Tiantian was about to climb out of bed as he spoke, looking like a playboy packing his clothes and running away after sleeping with a good woman.

"Have breakfast before you go. You've already bought everything."

Lu Ban pointed to the living room, where there were steamed dumplings, fried dough sticks and soy milk on the table.

"I'd like to borrow your bathroom for a minute."

Qin Tiantian slipped into Lu Ban's bathroom as if she was escaping. To her surprise, the bathroom was very clean and there was no scale. Even the toilet was brand new.

"Did he clean it specially?"

Qin Tiantian turned on the faucet and wanted to wash his face to wake himself up.

Last night's experience was really scary, and Qin Tiantian decided to ask Lu Ban about it later.

She was not wearing any makeup, so she didn't need any makeup remover. She just rubbed warm water on her face. Qin Tiantian scooped up a handful of water, moistened her cheeks, then raised her head and tried to dry her wet face.

At this time, Qin Tiantian saw himself in the mirror. His face was gloomy and black, his eyes were bloodshot and looked extremely ferocious.

"!"

Qin Tiantian was slightly frightened and was stunned.

At this moment, she saw herself in the mirror smiling at her.

“…”

Qin Tiantian rubbed his eyes, and the self in the mirror rubbed his eyes as well.

"Is this an illusion?..."

She tried to deceive herself and smiled at the mirror again.

Qin Tiantian in the mirror also smiled.

However, the smile in the mirror appeared half a second later than in reality.

"!!!"

Qin Tiantian hurriedly took two steps back.

She also saw that there seemed to be black hair blocking the drain of the sink.

This is obviously not his own hair, it is longer.

"Something's wrong."

Qin Tiantian wanted to walk out of the bathroom immediately, but when she put her hand on the door handle and was about to push the door out, she felt like there was someone standing at the door.

The man's shadow was reflected on the door through the light from the balcony, and it was blurry and unclear.

"Lu Ban?"

Qin Tiantian called out tentatively.

She felt that the shadow was growing thicker and thicker, as if it would break through the door at any time.

"Don't scare me, Lu Ban, I'm telling you..."

At the end, Qin Tiantian's voice trembled slightly.

At this moment, she felt the door handle tremble slightly.

Then, not against Qin Tiantian's will, the door handle slowly turned towards the unlocking direction.

“No…no no no…”

Qin Tiantian tried to stop the door handle, but due to its design, she could only watch the door handle twist and the bathroom door slowly opened.

Outside the door, stood Lu Ban.

"what you do?"

He asked.

"There's something wrong with your family!"

Qin Tiantian wanted to cry but had no tears, and grabbed the corner of Lu Ban's clothes.

"You mean... like this?"

When Qin Tiantian looked up after hearing Lu Ban's words, he saw that Lu Ban's face had turned ashen, and several cracks on his neck slowly opened up, like shocking wounds.

“You you you you…”

Qin Tiantian was incoherent and almost fainted again.

However, the wound on Lu Ban's neck healed quickly, and he returned to his original appearance.

"Didn't I tell you that there are many people in my family?"

He laughed.

Qin Tiantian was still in shock and stared at Lu Ban hesitantly for a long time.

"Don't scare me. If you scare me to death, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost!"

She struck a fierce pose.

"Hurry up and have breakfast."

Lu Ban made way for the bathroom.

When Qin Tiantian returned to the living room, he looked around the bathroom. Lu Ban in the mirror seemed a little scared, and the hair in the drain had shrunk back.

After breakfast, the frightened Qin Tiantian didn't stay long and went straight home.

Lu Ban sent her home and memorized her house number under Qin Tiantian's instructions.

Instead of rushing back, Lu Ban decided to take a walk around the community.

After all, the appearance of a serial killer still makes ordinary citizens like Lu Ban very worried.

What if one night when I go downstairs to throw away the garbage, it becomes wet garbage? What should I do?

Therefore, Lu Ban wants to contribute to the safety of the community.

While walking on the road, Lu Ban carefully observed the people around him and found that several people were acting suspiciously.

Some of them look like a couple walking together, but in fact, the two people are looking around and are not close at all.

Some of them looked like fruit vendors, but in fact they didn't shout anything. They just sat there and watched passers-by.

Others appear to be waiting for someone, but in fact they are not waiting at all, they are just quietly monitoring the surroundings.

So suspicious.

Lu Ban thought about it and decided to test the other party.

He came to the fruit stall and saw watermelons all over the stall, which was very unusual.

"Hey, buddy, how much is this melon per pound?"

Lu Ban asked.

"...two yuan a pound."

The stall owner was a little slow to react. He slightly withdrew his gaze from the others and sat up straight.

"Is the melon rind made of gold or is the melon seed made of gold?"

Lu Ban tried to provoke the other party.

"Look at where the melons are now. These are all grown in greenhouses. If you think they're too expensive, I think they're too expensive too."

The stall owner frowned slightly.

"Pick one for me."

Lu Ban looked around and was certain that the stall owner was not genuine, because the market price of watermelons in Jiangcheng was three or four yuan now, and watermelons at two yuan per pound were already considered cheap.

"How about this?"

The stall owner casually patted one of the watermelons.

“Is this melon ripe?”

Lu Ban came closer and knocked on the watermelon, making a crisp sound.

"I run a fruit stall, can I sell you some raw melons?"

The boss expressed disdain.

"I asked you if this melon is ripe?"

Lu Ban refused to give in, making the boss's expression even more serious.

"You are deliberately looking for trouble, right? Do you want to?"

"If your melon is ripe, I will definitely want it."

Lu Ban turned around and came to the boss's side, then picked a chair and sat down.

"What if it's not familiar?"

"If it's not ripe, I'll eat it myself. Are you satisfied?"

The boss's voice became a little irritable. Two passers-by came behind him. The boss put the melon on the scale and took a look.

"15 jin, 30 yuan."

Just as Lu Ban was about to continue speaking, he saw two passers-by suddenly approach him and raise their hands to grab his wrists and shoulders.

At the same time, the melon seller took out a pistol and ID from his pocket.

"Freeze, police!"

"?"

A question mark appeared above Lu Ban’s head.