An area on the fourteenth floor is allocated for the construction of public facilities, but it is located in the middle of the floor, with other residents living on both sides.

The greasy floor was a bit slippery, and long trails of blood were left in the corridor, with messy and irregular lines.

The public kitchen is an open kitchen, which is clean and bright, covers a large area and is divided into two parts. One side is used for cooking by apartment residents, and the other side is blocked by frosted glass and is a temporary dining area.

Walking to the door of the public kitchen, Chu Xiuning heard the sound of chopping meat and could smell the blood before he entered.

After entering, I didn't see anyone. There was a stench of grease and some black burnt tissue coming from the oven next to me.

I don't know what this public equipment was used for.

The table in the corner had not been cleaned yet. There was a black plastic bag on the table, with blood flowing out of the bag.

The white chopping board was covered with intricate knife marks. A piece of chopped meat lay on the board, with bright red spreading along the knife marks.

He was very familiar with the texture of that meat.

There is a wet yellow raincoat next to it. The owner of the raincoat is not here, only the clothes are left there, and he should be back soon.

There was no one in the cafeteria, he was the only one there.

On one of the tables were all the ingredients needed to make cookies, including butter, low-gluten flour, eggs, powdered sugar, piping nozzles, etc.

There is a "Public Kitchen Usage Guide" posted on the wall.

The apartment was full of rules, he noted calmly.

[1. The apartment advocates water conservation. If you see the faucet is turned on, please turn it off in time.

2. This apartment adheres to the principle of harmonious neighborhood and mutual assistance. If you are short of certain ingredients or seasonings when making dishes, you can borrow the ingredients and seasonings left here by the apartment residents, but remember to return them to their original places.

3. The public kitchen is only open from 6:00 to 22:00. If you hear any chopping sounds or screams during this period, please do not doubt it, it is your hallucination.

4. Please take good care of public property. If any items or electrical appliances are damaged, please contact the property management company for compensation.

5. Keep the public area clean and tidy. Please take away your garbage in time after finishing the work.

6. Some guys like to play pranks, so please don’t expose your back to them.

7. The temperature and time scales of some electrical appliances are worn out. In order to avoid wasting food, please pay attention to controlling the time and heat.

8. Please be careful of people wearing blue and yellow clothes, as they like to hang out in public areas. 】

Chu Xiuning was not sure about Jiang Ji's progress.

They didn't add each other as friends. They didn't think of it during the commercial break, and they didn't dare to add each other in front of the audience.

How can a normal couple not have each other's friends? This can easily be judged as OOC (out of character)

He was not sure whether the neighbors Jiang Ji contacted would give a strict time limit, so he needed to shorten the time as quickly as possible.

Chu Xiuning followed the cookie-making tutorial given by the program team and quickly opened the butter packaging.

In the blind spot of his vision, the yellow raincoat hanging aside suddenly fluttered up, appeared behind him, and was directly placed on his head.

The face was unexpectedly covered, and the gold-rimmed glasses fell to the ground. A gnawing sound and a slight groan of pain came from inside.

"Hmm...Hmm..."

Bright red blood kept flowing out of the raincoat, and the blue veins on the hands that were supporting the table became more and more hideous.

[My husband is dead. Let’s bury him.]

[You didn't raise your guard when you saw the yellow raincoat right next to you? Your level is too low. How did the director choose such a guest? ]

[I heard that they are a very popular couple recently. The specific information has not been made public. It seems that the audience watching the hidden camera in the Xincun Cinema voted for them a lot. ]

[This is too boring, I won’t watch it anymore! ]

Soon, the raincoat came loose and was draped over his body.

The audience originally thought they would see a bright red head that had been bitten beyond recognition, but what appeared before their eyes was the husband's bloodless face. His light-colored eyes were brewing blood red, and a black mist that looked like a curse lingered around his body. The corners of his mouth also raised a strange smile.

[Not dead? But the condition seems to be wrong. The wife just escaped from the pursuit of the blue raincoat, and the husband was controlled by the yellow raincoat? ]

[I searched the past of New World Apartment. It was found that this apartment was once blocked at some point. Because it was an unfinished building for many years, people did not know that there were some residents who secretly moved in before the houses were delivered, so they simply locked the door.

During this period, no volunteers came to the door, and no one provided food. This lasted for several months. The two takeaway workers were also trapped in the building at the time. When the blockade was lifted, they disappeared. No resident in the apartment admitted to having seen them. They just disappeared. 】

[I heard that although they were locked up for four months, no one died in the apartment. The apartment was later given the title of "Neighbors Help Each Other, United as One". The story of New World Apartment was publicized, and the local government specially allocated funds to build the building.]

[Who knows how many people lived in this building before? ]

After the gnawing sound disappeared, a pale-faced man walked out from behind the frosted glass. If Jiang Ji was here, he would have noticed that this was the man in the raincoat who had previously done business with the neighbor next door.

His hands and feet had disappeared without a trace, but he had been dead for a long time. There was no blood in his body, only cockroaches and insects. His tone revealed a trace of pain, "I found this new ingredient for you. This should be enough... I really don't have any extra meat to give you."

In front of the yellow raincoat, he looked fearful and humble.

Unexpectedly, the next second, his neck was cut by a silver light.

The head rolled to the ground, and the expression changed from fear to astonishment.

The headless body fell to the ground and the keys in his hand fell out.

The number above is Room 2601.

"Did you chop the rotten meat on the chopping board?"

The man leaned over to pick up his glasses. Under his silver-gray hair, his eyes were filled with uncontrollable madness. His voice was hoarse: "You destroyed the texture and direction of the muscles. The distribution of the thin blood vessels and each nerve is art. You don't care about the aesthetics of the flesh and bones or the feelings of the corpse.

You only care about yourself..."

The head's expression changed from astonishment to a barrage of swear words.

Are you crazy? Who the hell cares about the feelings of the ingredients!

The man picked up the head from the ground and continued in an obsessed and gentle tone: "What a beautiful cut! Look, this is art itself. It makes your ugly head more valuable...

Do you want me to sew your head back together?"

This head could no longer speak. Its broken throat could only make hoarse sounds, and it rolled its eyes and nodded with difficulty.

Jiang Ji was almost squeezed into a sandwich by an invisible force in the elevator, and was bombarded by a large number of comments pouring into his mind.

【？ ？ ？ ？ Husband! Husband, what’s wrong with you, husband? 】

[This person should be a resident of 2601. He should not harm the residents in the apartment without reason, right? There is the power of rules here, and ghosts can only escape the protection mechanism by tempting humans to break the rules. ]

[I understand now. If you wear a blue or yellow raincoat, you are no longer considered a resident of the apartment and do not have to abide by the apartment rules! ]

[Oh my Scarlet Lord! How can you skip class like this? ]

[Is this considered a breakdown of my husband's character? ]

[Of course not! What did the husband do wrong? This was not his intention at all. He was just manipulated by the yellow raincoat! ]

Jiang Ji: “…6.”