New World Apartments.

After a brief rest, Chu Xiuning went to the 14th floor again.

There was no one in the gym and the billiard room, the neighborhood living room at the innermost was locked, and only sounds came from the public kitchen.

In the kitchen, he saw the resident of Room 2601 holding a boning knife between his teeth and chopping pieces of a thawed human hand.

This strange platform was facing the door. When it looked up, it saw Chu Xiuning standing there. Its rotten brain hadn't reacted yet, but its body shuddered reflexively and it picked up the bleeding piece of meat and was about to run away.

Chu Xiuning didn't wear the bloody yellow raincoat today.

But the resident of Room 2601 was the former host of this raincoat, and he knew very well that the changes brought about by the raincoat would only increase people's appetite, so he couldn't cut off the other person's head without batting an eyelid, unless that was exactly the other person's nature!

It failed to escape and was blocked at the door.

"I want to ask you something." Chu Xiuning didn't waste any words with it.

He had just moved in and had become familiar with the patient and the old lady in Room 608. He didn't know the old lady's schedule, so he could only go to the sixth floor and knock on the door. He also had to call to make an appointment to visit neighbors.

And the 6th floor is too low to know much about the apartment.

Or this weirdo that's active in public kitchens is easier to scam.

26th floor - I guess you'll know a little more.

Being caught again, the resident of 2601 wanted to cry but had no tears, and felt that his luck was not good. In the reflection of the other party's light-colored pupils, it inexplicably felt that it looked like a poor old dog holding a piece of meat.

Chu Xiuning didn't know about his complicated mental journey, and he calmly said, "Do you know who lived in 2208 before?"

There were traces of glue on the door of Room 2208, as if it had been sealed before, and the furniture showed obvious signs of use.

I don’t know what happened before.

The resident of 2601 shook his head, obviously not knowing.

Chu Xiuning didn't hesitate and changed the subject, "Where did you get the raincoat from? What's the origin of the raincoat?"

I didn’t have time to ask it yesterday afternoon, but I finally asked it today.

The resident of 2601 lives in the New World Apartment on the 46th floor, which is not a very high floor. One of the raincoats fell into its hands, and its strength is far from that of the apartment, which makes people curious about how it got it.

Soon he had the answer, and the other party did not dare to refuse. He carefully placed the body parts on the chopping board and said, "I saw it when I came to the kitchen the day before yesterday. It was lying on the chair, and there was no one else around.

I knew I couldn't touch the raincoat, and when I turned around to leave, I was covered by it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to use the money to buy food with other ghosts.

Raincoats do not belong in apartments.

Everyone will run away as soon as they see it.

I met 2207 a few times and it was the only one I would sell it to. "

The night before? Chu Xiuning lowered his eyes.

It was exactly the night before they came in.

Is it really such a coincidence? Anyway, he didn't believe it.

They encountered raincoats on their first day, and it was obviously aimed at them.

Chu Xiuning thought for a moment, "Do you want a hand?"

The resident of 2601 nodded quickly: "Using your mouth will damage your teeth."

"Then answer my question honestly." Chu Xiuning changed his posture, "How many people will come to the evening talk tonight?"

With motivation, the resident of 2601 thought about it seriously: "The number of people who will come to the night talk is uncertain, it's hard to say, but everyone below the 35th floor may come, and the residents on higher floors generally don't come down easily.

The higher you go, the fewer people live there. The 40th floor and above are restricted areas, no one is allowed in. The raincoats that approached there before never came back.

We usually only dare to go for food below our own floor.”

The higher you go, the fewer residents there are.

Typical pyramid structure.

Chu Xiuning nodded, and then laughed, "One last question, do you know the child and the old lady on the sixth floor?"

To understand the apartment, start with the residents.

Rule 10 mentions this.

[There are no pets, elderly people, or children in the apartment. Please do not go out if you hear any related noises. ]

This rule is patently wrong.

He and Jiang Ji both saw the child appear on the sixth floor yesterday, and he also stayed in the old lady's house in Room 608 for a while.

The resident of 2601 looked at him with a gloomy look, and said something meaningful: "Are you sure they are really old people and children?"

Chu Xiuning frowned.

The lights in the corridor on the sixth floor were broken, so the details were not clear, but from his height and the shrill voice, I could tell it was a little boy.

There was only one candle lit in the old lady's room. Her face was indeed droopy and loose, with drooping eyes, and it was obviously an old face.

With a new idea in mind, Chu Xiuning went to the sixth floor to investigate again, and sure enough, he saw the child he had seen yesterday in the corridor.

The light during the day is much clearer than at night.

He successfully saw the appearance of the "little boy".

It does have a child-sized torso, but it looks noticeably stranger than an average child, with short and thick arms and legs, a large head, and a bulging forehead, much like a doll with a three-head body ratio.

Is this, dwarfism?

The "little boy" was holding a palm that was bigger than him. He had already eaten all the meat on it and was chewing each finger bone with great satisfaction, slurping the juice and marrow inside and smacking his lips.

"Uncle, can you take me home?"

There were red stains around his mouth and his tongue was scarlet.

Chu Xiuning threw him a piece of body part that he had taken from the resident of Room 2601.

"Uncle doesn't have time, go play by yourself."

If the child is fake, it is very likely that the old woman they thought was also suffering from a relatively rare premature aging disease.

Jiang Ji had said before that the old lady looked terribly old, but she was extremely strong. If this place had been closed for a period of time, and the residents of the apartment were starving to a certain extent and could only survive by "cannibalism", then the elderly, children, and stray cats and dogs would definitely be the first to suffer.

Even if they are hungry, these residents will not eat people with obvious illnesses or strange deformities. By keeping them, they can also use the characteristics of vulnerable groups to better trick others out of the room.

That is why the “Apartment Living Rules” mention that there are no pets, elderly people or children in the apartment.

Any related sounds heard are not credible.