Chapter 223 Cracks in the Wall
The burly man frowned even more tightly when he heard this.
"What's that 'dong dong dong'? Why didn't I hear it?" He walked straight into Lin Xiyue's room.
"Which wall are you talking about? Let me hear it."
It’s strange to say, but since the burly man came here, the thumping sound has really disappeared.
Both of them pointed at the wall of Lin Xiyue's room at the same time.
The burly man walked directly to the wall and listened for a while with his ear close to the wall.
There was no sound at all.
He immediately turned around in anger and said, "You are all crazy, there is no sound here, I am big and hard of hearing, I can't hear the sound even if there is one."
The burly man had taken over this small hotel for only a few days. He took over this shabby hotel because he had a fierce look and it was difficult for him to find a job.
Who would have known that not only would there be no business upon opening, but two customers finally came and caused trouble in the middle of the night.
At this moment.
Boom boom boom.
The burly man turned his head suddenly.
Boom boom boom.
"How could this be?!" He widened his eyes in horror and couldn't help muttering, "Could this place really be unclean and haunted..."
Hearing the sound, the two lovers huddled together again.
At this time, Lin Xiyue had already walked to the door. He stood between his room and his lover's room, and looked carefully at the wall between the two doors.
"Boss, why is this wall of yours so much thicker than the other walls?"
Hearing Lin Xiyue's words, the burly man walked out of the room quickly.
"How would I know? I took over this store less than a month ago, and the previous owner built the house himself."
Because this area is in the old city, many of the houses are privately owned.
This house is no exception.
"Is there really someone hiding in this wall... It's impossible..." The burly man gestured with his hand, "Although this wall is twice as thick as an ordinary wall, it is so narrow excluding the thickness of the bricks that a person can't squeeze in." When he said this, the burly man couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body. He always felt that the person in here was more like a ghost than a person.
It turns out that cheap goods are not good.
He thought it was strange that the original owner sold the house to him at such a low price. The original owner simply said that there was a funeral home across the street and it was too gloomy, which caused strange things to happen in this small hotel all the time. He was timid, so he wanted to sell it at a low price.
The burly man thought, this man looks fierce, nothing else he has but courage.
No matter how evil it is, we have to suppress it when we meet it.
So I bought the hotel without hesitation.
Of course the main reason is that the price of this house is half the price of other houses in the surrounding area, which is like getting it for free.
The sturdy man's idea at the time was very simple. Even if he didn't need to do business, he would still plan to live there himself.
Who would have thought that only a few days had passed.
He then realized the strangeness of the house.
Lin Xiyue didn't say anything, her hands kept touching the wall.
"Is that wallpaper you put up outside?"
Lin Xiyue's hand touched a crack.
The burly man nodded, "We are going to do business, so we just did some simple renovations. The house was previously painted white and many places were cracked, so I just had someone put up wallpaper all over it."
His idea was simple: redecorating would be too expensive, but simply sticking something on it to cover it up would not only improve the grade, but also make the hotel look a lot newer.
"Do you have a knife? I want to take off this wallpaper."
The burly man was a little hesitant. He had only put up the wallpaper for less than a month, and it would be ruined if he lifted it.
At this moment, the burly man heard a "dong dong dong" sound coming from the wall again.
Although he was brave, he was still frightened by the sound.
So he handed the blade he found to Lin Xiyue.
"If you can solve this problem, you can do whatever you want with me."
If the sound inside the wall is not resolved, even he would be a little afraid to stay here, let alone others.
The burly man was still thinking about his small hotel business, so he said this.
He even suspected that the previous landlord hurriedly sold the house at a low price after hearing the sound.
After all, at that price, if it weren't for the rumor that there was something strange about the house, he wouldn't have gotten it.
Lin Xiyue took the blade and cut open the wall cloth along the gap between the two walls.
After tearing off the wall cloth, a huge crack was revealed.
However, although the crack is large, it is only as wide as a finger, so it is basically impossible for another person to enter.
The burly man even looked inside along the gap out of curiosity, but it was pitch black inside and he could not see anything.
"No one can crawl in here..." the burly man muttered as he looked inside.
"Where is the outer perimeter of the front wall?" Lin Xinyue said as she walked out.
The burly man quickly followed.
The two young lovers were a little hesitant.
They were so scared that they didn't dare to go back to their room to get their things, so they had to follow Lin Xiyue and the others out.
If there really were only people stuck inside, there would be nothing to be afraid of.
But they are really afraid that there are ghosts instead of people inside.
After all, the cracks in the wall don't look like something a person can get into.
Boom boom boom.
Boom boom boom.
After the wallpaper was removed, the "dong dong dong" sound became more obvious.
The young couple was walking at the back, and they were so scared that they quickened their pace to catch up with Lin Xiyue and the burly man.
Finally they arrived outside the inn.
Lin Xiyue saw the room she had just lived in and her lover's room through the light in the window.
Their room was said to be on the second floor of the inn, but it was actually on the first floor.
Because the hotel is located in a low-lying area, the first floor is almost level with the ground, so the second floor is only less than one meter higher than the ground.
Lin Xiyue could directly reach the window of his room by standing outside.
But the boss is also very considerate and installed iron mesh outside to prevent theft, so it is still safe.
Lin Xiyue walked to the middle of the two windows. There were few street lights in this urban village, and it was pitch dark at night. Fortunately, the burly man found a flashlight.
He shone the flashlight on the wall and saw a crack as big as a bowl.
"It can't really crawl in from here." He didn't look carefully when he bought the house, and he really didn't know there was such a big crack underneath.
The most important thing is that the crack is blocked by an old electric pole next to it, so most people won’t pay attention to it.
"This place is too narrow, can a normal person get in?" The burly man glanced at the people around him. The smallest one among them was the girlfriend in shorts.
She was only about 1.5 meters tall and weighed no more than 70 or 80 kilograms, but even for her, it was quite difficult for her to get in.
"This... I can't get into this." The girlfriend in shorts saw the burly man's eyes falling on her and roughly understood what he meant.