Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Liu Yanran looks at the house 2
"This toilet is a bit dirty." Liu Yan then took two steps back, and Luo Qing immediately walked in after hearing that.
"Hmm? Is there some dust accumulated?" Luo Qing said, looking at the toilet drain, which was indeed a little dirty.
She pressed the flush button, and a vortex of water surged up and swept her away.
"Okay, it's probably the settled dirt." Liu Yanran looked again and saw that the strange thing in the toilet drain had indeed disappeared.
But when Luo Qing turned around to turn on the kitchen light, she watched helplessly as black filaments surged out of the toilet that had just been cleaned and climbed up little by little.
This thing looks like hair, but it's more than just hair. It's like a mixture of black hair and silk fibers, long and extremely disgusting to look at, making one's scalp tingle.
Liu Yanran: ...
This thing was definitely picking on its owner! She even watched it emerge from the shallow surface of the water and wave towards her eyes, as if to say hello, or as if to say, "What can you do to me?"
Liu Yanran turned around and left. No matter what, this house was ruled out.
"Ms. Luo Qing, let's go see the next one. This house is a bit small and doesn't seem very good." She said, shaking her head.
Not to mention the unknown creature in the toilet, Liu Yanran had to think about the old Mrs. Wu who lived opposite that Luo Qing mentioned.
"Oh, that's fine." Luo Qing was not too surprised that Liu Yanran looked down on the small house.
Ping An Homes are all early commercial housing, and some of their layouts are far less rationally planned than today's new houses.
"Shall we look at a two-bedroom apartment? Or a one-bedroom apartment?" she asked.
Liu Yanran thought for a moment, "Is the one-bedroom apartment still in this building?"
"Let's go look at two-bedroom apartments. Are there any vacancies in your building?"
Luo Qing was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Yes, of course. I live in Building 9. There's no sunlight blocking the front and back, and there's no mountain nearby. It's very comfortable to live in two rooms."
"I live in Unit 1, Building 9. There are vacancies on the second, fourth, and fifth floors. Come on, I'll show you around."
After looking at this apartment, Liu Yanran immediately decided that she could not stay too far away from Luo Qing.
The weirdness in this house depends on the person who plays it. Although she has only seen one hidden in the toilet so far, who knows if there are any other weird things in other places.
If something happened in the middle of the night, she, a human player living in this community surrounded by weird things and NPCs, would be helpless.
If you want to survive here tonight, the best option is to find a way to live near Luo Qing.
Building No. 9 is the core building of Ping'an Home Community. It is located in the most central location and is also one of the buildings with the largest room area.
The distance between the buildings here is very large, and there are basically flower beds and amusement facilities between each building. Liu Yanran observed that there are quite a few strange NPCs living here.
No, she paused, perhaps, the residents here should not be called NPCs. In their eyes, Ghost City is the city they live in, and this is the world they live in. Everything that is horrifying in the eyes of outside players is commonplace to them.
If Ghost City is really a special world, it might be more appropriate to call these NPCs who don't look like humans indigenous people.
If you want to survive here, your three views and cognition must regard the "abnormal" in reality as normal.
Liu Yanran followed Luo Qing into the corridor again and listened to her introduction, "The houses in our community are all on the seventh floor, and there is no rooftop on the top floor. Although it is a bit difficult to climb, it is not bad after getting used to it."
Luo Qing went up to the second floor first. "These two rooms on the second floor are both empty. No one lives there. Room 201 is the same as mine, 89 square meters, with two bedrooms and a living room. Room 203 is 96 square meters, and can be partitioned off to have an extra room."
She took out the key and took Liu Yanran into room 201 first.
"The two rooms on the third floor belong to the same family, Sister Wang and her husband. Sometimes they quarrel and live separately across from each other."
When Liu Yanran entered this room, she immediately felt that it was much more spacious than the previous small apartment she had seen. It was a standard apartment with north-south ventilation. She walked around the room and took a look.
"Is this a square apartment? It feels very square to me, without any missing corners," she asked.
After hearing this, Luo Qing gave a thumbs up: "Yes, that's what I was attracted to in the first place. Besides, this apartment is very reasonable. The areas of the several sections are neither too big nor too small, just right for use."
Liu Yanran looked at the toilet in the house. It was clean. She turned on the faucet. The water pressure was very strong and it made a splashing sound. But... it would be better if the liquid that flowed out was not bright red.
Luo Qing looked at it unconcernedly: "This house has never had any tenants. Just leave the faucet open. The pipes are full of old rust. It's normal."
Liu Yanran opened her mouth and said, "Don't bully her because she has never seen rust."
Rusty water shouldn't be such a bright color!
"The rent for this room is 1,700. It's fully furnished, and the plumbing and other things are reliable. The complex just had maintenance last year. I'm the agent, and I open the doors of vacant houses."
Thinking of the blood in the faucet, Liu Yanran hesitated and said, "The price is not a problem, but the sewer on the second floor will back up! I feel that the lower floor will also be prone to insects and noise."
"Then let's go directly to the fourth and fifth floors?" Luo Qing asked.
"I live on the sixth floor, and there aren't really that many bugs. The noise from downstairs is okay when I close the windows." She thought for a moment and said.
"But the empty room on the fourth floor is opposite Sister Zhang's house. She has a daughter and she beats her every night while she does her homework, making a deafening noise. If Miss Liu is afraid of noise, you can look at room 503 on the fifth floor. However, the family opposite me in room 603 has a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, so they might be a bit noisy." Luo Qing said.
Liu Yanran pretended to think. Luo Qing's house was 601, so the closest empty room to her should be 503.
"Then let's look at 503," she said.
"Okay." Luo Qing was easy to talk to, and the customer was the most important thing. But just as she opened the door to 201, Liu Yanran saw blood flowing on the concrete floor of the corridor.
Luo Qing:......
Liu Yanran:!!!
She only saw Luo Qing clear his throat and yelled towards the stairs twice, "Sister Wang, brother-in-law, I'm taking someone to look at the house, clean up the downstairs."
"The kids upstairs should be back soon!"
"Oh my god, sister, here I come. Your brother-in-law is such a loser. Hit him twice and make sure he bleeds all over the floor. It will be cleaned up in no time." A loud voice responded from the stairwell.
In an instant, it felt like a chaotic scene on the third floor. Liu Yanran watched helplessly as a blood-soaked man and woman ran down, carrying a mop and bucket. Blood was pouring down their bodies as they quickly mopped the floor, squeezing the blood into the mop bucket.
"Sorry, sorry, you two go inside first and clean up immediately."
Luo Qing closed the door, glanced at his watch, and said to Liu Yanran, "Wait five minutes."
Seeing Liu Yanran's expression turning pale and blue, Luo Qing hurriedly comforted her: "The couple upstairs are always like this, but the corridor will definitely be cleaned up, don't worry about that. If you accidentally spill blood while going up and down the stairs, you can go to their house and ask for dry cleaning fees. You'll get used to it, you'll get used to it."
Liu Yanran:.
Is this about dry cleaning fees?
People, ah no, won't the indigenous people die if they shed so much blood? What kind of people are the residents of you ghost city!
Five minutes later, Luo Qing opened the door and walked out on time. Liu Yanran looked at the freshly cleaned corridor and walked out silently.
She couldn't help but lift her feet to take a look. There was really nothing there! Apart from a slight smell of blood mixed with the scent of air freshener, the image of blood on the stairs just now seemed like an illusion.
"Come on, come on, let's go up to the fifth floor." Luo Qing called her. Liu Yanran looked at the doorsteps of the two houses facing each other on the third floor, where were placed floor mats with the words "A harmonious family brings prosperity" and "Safe travels".
Both of the two households on the fourth floor had complete couplets. When she reached the fifth floor, she heard Luo Qing say that the neighbor in 501 had been away on a business trip for a long time and even the door handles were as clean as new.
Liu Yanran walked into the third room, a 96-square-meter apartment also open from north to south. The kitchen was larger. She turned on a few faucets, and good, no blood. She opened the toilet, and good, no strange objects. She even turned on the lights in several rooms, and none of the filaments were burned out, suggesting they were durable.
Liu Yanran didn't believe it, so she walked around every room carefully, and there seemed to be nothing unusual about room 503.
Luo Qing watched Miss Liu carefully look at each room, and couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth. Only when she found a house she liked would a customer look at it so carefully.
It seems that Miss Liu is very satisfied with this house.
"The rent for this room is 2,200. It's quite spacious, and the extra space here can be used as a storage room. If you live alone, the second bedroom can be converted into a study or gym. However, if you can find friends to share the room, each with their own room, it's still a good deal."
Liu Yanran found it difficult to describe her thoughts. This room did not have the obvious abnormalities of the previous two rooms. It looked like a normal house, but the more so, the more she couldn't help but feel puzzled.
Does such a normal house really exist? Where could such a big mistake be hidden? Compared to the first two, 503 is even more luxuriously decorated. It's clearly a home for the owner, with a fabric sofa, a solid wood bed, and all the necessary furniture and appliances.
Seeing that Liu Yanran was still lost in thought, Luo Qing immediately spoke up, "If it's a long-term lease, the price is negotiable. If you rent for more than six months, we'll provide a full house cleaning service."
"Um, tour guide, no, Miss Luo Qing, I want to ask, can I try to stay in this house for one night? I will pay." Liu Yanran spoke after hesitating.
Hearing this request, Luo Qing was stunned, and then immediately reacted.
This requirement is easy to understand. For example, before she and her husband bought a house in this community, they had rented a house for a short period of time to familiarize themselves with the environment here, to see if they could receive noise and whether there were any obvious noise points or places with poor hardware in the community.
"Of course you can." Luo Qing nodded.
"But you're not going home tonight?" She originally thought that Miss Liu was going back to the dormitory where outsiders worked.
"I want to stay here for one night to get a feel for it, and then rent it if it's suitable." Liu Yanran said.
"Well, okay, but this house is a bit dusty. Then you come home with me first, and we'll clean up the bedroom. I'll bring you some bedding." Feeling Liu Yanran's decisiveness, Luo Qing immediately agreed.
"If you want to rent it by day, just pay fifty yuan. There's nothing here." There were not many customers looking for a house, and this was the first time Luo Qing received a request for a daily rental.
"Come home with me and have dinner first. It's already afternoon, and I see you didn't eat much at noon. It's hard to cook if you stay overnight. I have some ready-made dumplings at home. They'll cook quickly."
"Miss Liu, don't worry. I'll arrange everything for you to stay overnight. Feel free to contact me if you need anything. I guarantee you'll be comfortable."
Half an hour later——
Liu Yanran herself could not have imagined that her contact with the mysterious NPC Luo Qing would progress so quickly, and she could even directly enter her house and have dinner at her home!
Dinner was dumplings stuffed with shrimp, meat and other delicacies. Although they were frozen, you could tell they were hand-wrapped and were normal food.
"My husband made these dumplings. They taste pretty good, right?" Luo Qing was very proud as he looked at Liu Yanran's stunned expression while eating the dumplings.
"Of course, the main reason they're delicious is because I cooked them. The dumplings I cook, even if they're frozen, won't break when soaked in water, and the dough has just the right softness and firmness."
Luo Qing's expression said, "Ask me quickly, ask me quickly, I have a secret recipe," which made Liu Yanran even more stunned.
When in the dungeon, players tried to guess the tour guide's thoughts and guess the guide's camp, but at this moment, here, at this table, Luo Qing was just a young girl who received guests and showed off her dumpling cooking skills, just like a friend around her.
"Great! The dumplings I cook always break." Liu Yanran gave a thumbs up.
The meal was a great success for both the host and the guests. After dinner, Liu Yanran offered to wash the dishes, but Luo Qing flatly refused: "We have a dishwasher at home. Why would I ask a guest to do the work?"
After taking the cleaning tools from Luo Qing's house and going down to the fifth floor, the two of them cleaned the room together, having a lot of fun.
In reality, more than four hours have passed since the four players left the Yinhuai Village dungeon.
Teacher He, who lives in Beijing, has arrived at a special affairs bureau and completed the second round of remote video copy communication records.
"Teacher He, thank you for your cooperation." The official staff was thanking him.
He Zimei took out a business card from his pocket that he had sealed in a box and handed it over. "Captain Zheng, this is something Comrade Liu Yanran entrusted me to give to you."
"She said that if she couldn't come back, bringing this thing back to you would be more useful."
The short-haired woman who took the box was stunned when she saw the business card and was silent for a moment.
"Thanks."
"Captain Zheng, I'd like to ask, the official time for players who lose contact after the end of the copy to be considered dead is 24 hours, right?" Teacher He asked.
"Yes, 24 hours." Zheng Hao nodded.
"Then I wonder if Comrade Liu Yanran's time can be extended. Why don't we wait a little longer?"
"Look, we managed to survive in such a difficult dungeon. This proves that our tour guide Luo Qing is special. If Liu Yanran follows her, maybe she can really survive." Teacher He's tone was a little anxious.
Everyone knew that Liu Yanran might never come back, but they all held on to hope.
Zheng Hao wanted to laugh when he heard his words, but couldn't. "Thank you, Mr. He. We will consider temporarily classifying Liu Yanran's life status as missing."
That night, the official institutions in reality were brightly lit, and the surviving players were very cooperative in communicating about the dungeon, trying hard to recall the details and deduce the Yinhuai Village dungeon together.
In Room 503, Unit 1, Building 9, Ping'an Home, Liu Yanran lay on the made bed, feeling the soft and elastic cotton quilt, her spirit tense.
She had been lying there for two hours and had no desire to sleep.
Liu Yanran did not have as relaxed a mentality as Xiang Tianyi. She did not know if she was the first player to leave the dungeon. It was she who made the decision not to leave the dungeon, and everything she faced was unknown.
Tension, fear, confusion, and complex emotions enveloped her whole body. Even she herself was not sure whether she made the decision out of impulsiveness.
She opened her dungeon phone, but couldn't access the "Rugui" forum, nor the official app "Jiansheng." However, the Yinhuai Village tour group was still there! Except for her, all the other players had left the group, leaving only Liu Yanran and Luo Qing as the remaining users.
I've already left the instance, so why is this group still there? Is it because I haven't completed the instance yet?
Liu Yanran tapped her phone and sent a message to try.
Suddenly, she realized a problem.
After she got off the bus, the copy prompted her to enter the "Ghost City" copy.
But until now, there has been no hint on what to do in the Ghost City copy.
What does she have to do to pass the level in the ghost city?
"Knock knock knock--" Liu Yanran heard a knock on the door outside the bedroom, which seemed to be her room.
Her whole body was tense, and her heart felt both heavy and relieved.
She felt heavy because she knew the house wasn't as safe as it appeared, but relieved because she now knew the problem.
“Knock knock knock—”
“Knock knock knock—”
The knocking on the door became faster and more frequent, like the sound of drums.
Thinking about what Luo Qing, the intermediary, had said to her before, Liu Yanran typed quickly on her phone.
Liu Yanran: @Tour Guide Luo Qingjie, are you knocking on my door? It sounds like someone is banging on the door frantically.
Tour Guide Luo Qing: Hmm? Don't be afraid. I'll go downstairs and take a look.
After hesitating on the bed for a while, Liu Yanran got out of bed and slowly walked to the door. The peephole on the door was sealed, so she couldn't see anything outside.
When Luo Qing saw the message from Liu Yanran, she jumped off the bed. She was comfortably video chatting with her husband and had even boasted that Miss Liu would definitely rent a house.
As a result, during this period of time, someone actually came to harass me.
If this client were to disappear, it would affect her reputation! Luo Qing was counting on Miss Liu to bring her more clients!
"Wife, wife, calm down, calm down, put on your shoes first, then put on your clothes!" In the mobile phone video, Yan Fufeng had already seen his wife's angry look from a distance.
"I know." Luo Qing was in a bad mood at this moment.
She angrily put on some clothes and went downstairs in her slippers.
"Wife, are the two naughty kids next door playing a prank?" Yan Fufeng asked in the video.
Luo Qing lay at the stairs and looked at the fifth floor. There was not even a shadow in the corridor. She knocked on the door of the next room.
"Brother Liu, sister-in-law, are Xiaoyun and Xiaoyu home?"
"I'm at home, Luo'er. What's wrong? I'm pinching myself in the room."
"Have you been at home all the time?" Luo Qing asked.
"I've been here all the time. It's already so late. I just took a shower and I don't want to go to bed." Brother Liu looked at her obviously angry expression and spoke carefully.
"What's going on? What did those two naughty kids do during the day? You tell me, fight us first, then you fight." Mrs. Liu also became anxious.
Luo Qing waved her hand: "It's okay, I arranged a tenant, saying that they were harassed and knocked on the door. It shouldn't be the two children."
She walked down the stairs, and the couple in room 603 watched through the crack in the door, lip-syncing and gesturing frantically.
"Xiao Yun and Xiao Yu, get out here right now and tell me what you two did today." Mrs. Liu rushed into the room, and Brother Liu immediately sent a message on his mobile phone.
"Wife, wife, please go downstairs first and ask Sister Wang and brother-in-law to deal with it. I'll ask the security guard to go over, okay?" Yan Fufeng said in a gentle voice.
"Why should I bother others with something I can handle?" Luo Qing went down to the fifth floor and observed carefully.
【Ping An Home Family Group X (500)】
[Her tiny neighbor across the street]: I%…&**Who the hell messed with her? And she picked a time when her brother-in-law wasn't around! Everyone, get ready! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! @All members
[The weak couple on the third floor of her house]: Huh? Shit, my brother-in-law isn't here.
The next moment, Liu Yanran, standing at the security door, suddenly felt the ground shaking. Was it an earthquake? Could there be earthquakes in the strange world?
She rushed to the window. The windows here could be opened, and with the player's physical fitness, she would not die even if she jumped down.
But when Liu Yanran reached the window, the tremors seemed to have stopped. The other buildings that could be seen outside the window were all dark, with no lights flickering, and as quiet as a chicken.
Was it an illusion? Liu Yanran frowned. No way, just now she felt like a landslide and the earth was shaking noticeably.
But when she looked back at the room, even the tables and chairs were not tilted.
There is a new message on the phone.
[Tour Guide Luo Qing]: I have taken care of it, you can sleep well tonight.
Liu Yanran hurried to the door, opened it, and saw Luo Qing standing at the door opposite.
"Miss Luo Qing, was there an earthquake just now?"
Luo Qing's face was filled with a familiar bewilderment. "Ah? Really? No? Is Miss Liu having an illusion?"
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