The bathroom was filled with cold water vapor. Water droplets hanging on the wall gathered into streams and dripped down. When entering the bathroom, even breathing felt cold and damp.
Chi Shen watched Li Xu floating up and down in the bathtub. He seemed to want to drown himself in the bathtub, but when he was about to die, he suddenly felt a desire to survive, climbed out of the bathtub, and then sank again.
Chi Shen looked around the bathroom. It was very ordinary, even a little old. The daily necessities on the shelves were all for two people, which meant that someone must be living with Li Xu.
"I don't know if the person living with the boss is a human or a ghost," Chi Shen thought, "Our boss is pretty amazing, no wonder he can make a classic horror game."
Ghost Face said tremblingly: "He is the master of the dream. Wake him up and we should be able to get out."
"No," Chi Shen said, "We haven't accomplished the purpose of coming here yet."
The ghost face felt like it was about to crack: "Purpose? You are not still thinking of persuading the boss to stop you from working overtime! Wake up, your boss is so scary, you should find a chance to resign instead of not working overtime!"
Chi Shen didn't listen to what he said. He walked straight to the bathtub, grabbed Li Xu's collar, and pulled him out of the bathtub.
Li Xu was sinking in the bathtub with his clothes on, so Chi Shen felt that he was not taking a bath, but trying to drown himself.
As his head came out of the water, Li Xu's tightly closed eyes trembled and slowly opened. Suddenly, a strong force came from the bathtub and dragged Li Xu into the bathtub again.
At the bottom of the bathtub, black hair floated in the water like seaweed, entwined around Li Xu's legs, climbed up Li Xu's waist, dragged him towards the bathtub little by little, and sank into the water.
"Ghost!" Ghost Face yelled, "Let go, there's a ghost in there!"
Instead of letting go, Chi Shen used his other hand to grab the hair that was tangled around Li Xu's legs and pulled it off, pulling Li Xu out of the bathtub, and then threw Li Xu out of the bathroom window.
As Ghost Face stared in amazement, he raised his hand and peeled off Ghost Face as well, and threw it down as well, leaving a message: "Please ask him if he can stop working overtime in the future!"
"Kill the ghost--" a ghost face shouted from outside the window, "Ahhh help me--"
The rain was pouring down, and the ghost face was moving fearfully between the raindrops. He noticed that the rain also fell on the falling Li Xu. Perhaps because he was the master of the dream, the raindrops falling on him were real rain and did not turn into a crying transparent face.
Noticing this, Gui Lian gathered all his strength and rushed over to catch Li Xu. He found that whatever touched Li Xu's crying face would turn into rain, and it would immediately spread out like a pancake, hug Li Xu, and carry him down slowly.
The master of the dream is dead. They may get out, or they may be trapped in this scary and weird place. He dare not let Li Xu die easily.
There was a kindergarten downstairs. Guilian controlled the direction and dropped Li Xu off at the entrance of the kindergarten to shelter him from the rain.
A child's laughter was heard from the kindergarten. Guimian immediately shrank, became smaller, and hid in Li Xu's clothes.
And Chi Shen, who was upstairs, was staring at a female ghost.
The female ghost climbed out of the bathtub and originally wanted to chase Li Xu. As soon as she moved, she found that her hair was pulled. She could only look back at the depth of the pool with grimace.
Chi Shen calmly pressed the female ghost into the bathtub and asked politely, "Excuse me, do you live with your boss?"
The female ghost stretched out her swollen hand, grabbed Chi Shen's wrist and began to sink. She tried twice, but found that the person she caught did not move at all, which made her angry. She stretched out her hair again and tried to drag Chi Shen into the water, but still failed to drag him down as she wished.
"It seems not," Chi Shen looked at the ghost girl's face, "If it were, you would chase him instead of trying to pester me."
The female ghost seemed not to understand what he was saying, so Chi Shen could only choose his own way to communicate with her.
He looked at the female ghost.
This female ghost is not very powerful, and even her obsession is very weak. She just wants to do her own thing and cannot be communicated with. All Chi Shen sees of her memories are some broken fragments.
The fear of drowning, the cold water, the desire to drag people under the water...
Chi Shen also saw something special, and the subsequent scenes suddenly became interesting.
He saw the subdued female ghost and the gate of the Bai family's old house. She was brought into the old house. This memory was very flickering and vague. In a fragment, Chi Shen saw the profile of a handsome man standing outside the gate of the old house, standing in the sun.
That profile is almost exactly the same as Ji Xingchen's.
Afterwards, the female ghost herself didn't know what happened. She appeared beside Li Xu and entered Li Xu's dream. Here, she could drag Li Xu into the water without restraint and realize her wish to drown him. Since Li Xu always came back to life when he was about to drown, she could repeat this action.
A perfect cycle belongs to yes.
After watching everything, Chi Shen pushed the female ghost back under the water. There was a trace of pity in his eyes. The figure of the female ghost quickly turned into black gas and dissipated, and finally disappeared.
Unable to communicate and without thoughts, Chi Shen chose to end her soul that was drowning in pain.
This is Chi Shen’s redemption.
The female ghost disappeared, and the water vapor in the bathroom also disappeared. The water in the bathtub became calm, only the heavy rain outside the window was still falling.
Chi Shen looked at the rain outside the window and thought for a while. He felt that a normal person should take the elevator downstairs instead of jumping from here, so he opened the door of 8-2 and went to take the elevator. The handprints with moisture on the door also disappeared, and the whole floor became much drier.
Kindergarten downstairs.
Li Xu woke up at the entrance of the kindergarten. As soon as he opened his eyes, he found himself leaning against the door. It was raining heavily outside. A little girl stood next to him, smiling and saying goodbye: "Goodbye! My dad will come to pick me up later!"
Li Xu looked in the direction the girl was looking, and there was clearly no one there.
Gui Lian also looked at the little girl. He still remembered what Chi Shen said, asking him to help persuade the boss, but since the little girl was here, he didn't dare!
After talking to the air for a few more words, the little girl finally turned around and looked at Li Xu.
Guilian immediately hid himself, trying hard to reduce his presence and pretend that he didn't exist!
Although the current situation was very strange, Li Xu inexplicably did not feel scared. He was just stunned for a moment when he saw the little girl's face: "I've seen you before."
The little girl tilted her head and looked at Li Xu: "Uncle, are you also waiting for someone to pick you up?"
The sudden words interrupted Li Xu's train of thought. He struggled to get up from the ground and shook his head: "No, I don't know why I'm here. Are you waiting for your family to take you home?"
"Dad said he would come back to pick me up today!" She said with a little disappointment, "But Dad often works overtime, so I have to wait for a long time every time."
Li Xu smiled and said, "I'll wait with you."
The little girl laughed and said, "It's okay! I can go back by myself. It's just that the rain is too heavy today. I will go back by myself when the rain stops. It's okay. I am a little adult too!"
Looking at the sensible little girl, Li Xu smiled and said, "It's a pity that I didn't bring an umbrella, otherwise I could take you back."
The little girl shook her head again and again: "My dad said that I can't follow strangers!"
Li Xu smiled and said, "Then your father is right. Your father works overtime for your own good. You don't have to dislike your father. He just wants to make more money so that you can live a better life."
"I know." The little girl answered, but her tone couldn't hide her disappointment.
The rain became lighter and gradually stopped. The little girl said goodbye to Li Xu and ran out of the kindergarten on the water. Li Xu looked at the little girl's lively back and couldn't help laughing. The child was so cute and so sensible.
squeak--
A car came suddenly and the little girl who was smiling brightly just now was suddenly knocked away. Her legs were crushed into a bloody mess and her pretty little skirt was stained with blood.
The pupils of the ghost face lying on Li Xu trembled: Why is there a car here!
Chi Shen, who just walked downstairs and walked to the entrance of the community:... ?
Isn't it just ghosts here?
Li Xu immediately ran over and hugged the little girl: "Wake up!"
"Dad..." The little girl reached out her hand to Chi Shen, then closed her eyes in pain.
Li Xu raised his head and looked at Chi Shen, and Chi Shen also looked at Li Xu.
The road under his feet suddenly collapsed, and Chi Shen felt like he was spun around in a washing machine and suddenly thrown out. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the company's tea room.
Chi Shen looked at the time. Although he crossed bridges, climbed stairs and killed a female ghost in Li Xu's dream, only a few seconds had passed in reality.
At this time, the hand that stretched out from Li Xu's pocket disappeared, and the Buddhist beads on his wrist shone brightly with golden light. Some fine ghost energy dissipated from him, and the girl in the floral skirt and the little girl were also affected. They showed painful expressions, but leaned towards Li Xu even harder, unwilling to leave.
Chi Shen reached out and held Li Xu's wrist. The golden light of the Buddhist beads gradually dimmed. Although it did not disappear completely, it allowed the girl in the floral dress and the little girl to stay by Li Xu's side.
Li Xu also woke up. He covered his head in confusion. Chi Shen helped him get up from the ground. He asked in confusion, "What happened just now?"
Chi Shen didn't even blink: "You suddenly fainted when you came in."
Li Xu also thought about it and scratched his hair: "Maybe it's anemia. I heard the noise in the tea room and thought something happened, but it seems nothing happened."
Chi Shen said calmly: "Maybe you heard it wrong."
Li Xu nodded. He suddenly remembered something and reached into his pocket and took out a light red bead. The bead had broken into two pieces. He sighed, "It seems that this thing helped me avoid a disaster."
Chi Shen also looked over: "What is this?"
"Oh," Li Xu said, "I believe in these things. This is the amulet I got from a master before. I didn't expect it to be so useful."
Chi Shen suddenly smiled and asked, "Is that expert's surname Bai?"
Li Xu was surprised: "How did you know?"
"Just a random guess." Chi Shen said.
Li Xu didn't say much to Chi Shen. After confirming that the tea room was fine, he returned to his office. On his way back, he seemed to remember something and walked in with a heavy heart.
The ghost face also came out, and now he lay on Chi Shen's shoulder, staring for a long time, muttering: "He's out... He's finally out... This person is so scary... I give up!"
Chi Shen turned his head: "What are you giving up?"
Ghost Face immediately became timid: "It's okay, it's okay! I choose to follow you, you are the big brother!"
Chi Shen thought that this was a nice thing to say. Finally, there was a ghost with a better look. He said happily, "Okay, you will follow Big Brother from now on."
Ji Xingchen looked at the man and the ghost, pushed his glasses and reminded them, "You stayed in the tea room for too long."
Chi Shen then returned to the office and continued to spend the day.
With half an hour left before the end of get off work, Chi Shen felt that even if he had any ideas now, he would forget them by next week, so he chose to continue studying.
After opening a classic horror game again and playing it for a while, Chi Shen put his hand on a cup of hot water that he had poured out and refilled. Then he raised his head and looked at the little girl sitting on his table.
Here, the little girl has no lower body and her clothes are covered in blood. She looks extremely horrifying and not as sweet and lovely as in the dream.
The little girl raised the corner of her mouth and looked at Chi Shen with a sinister smile: "Brother, am I doing well?"
The ghost face hiding on Chi Shen's clothes stood up immediately, and suddenly realized: "You got the car! You were acting! You were not killed by the car at all!"
The little girl was still smiling, looking at the ghost face strangely with her lifeless eyes. In the dream, her smile was sweet, but in reality it was terrifying.
"It's five o'clock, you can go home," the sudden words broke the weird atmosphere here. Li Xu looked around the office and his eyes fell on Chi Shen many times, as if he wanted to ask something alone, but in the end he didn't ask, only said, "Go home early, spend more time with your family, and do the unfinished work next week."
A question mark popped up in Ma Caijin's head, and he cautiously tested: "Aren't you working overtime tomorrow?"
This makes it a bit difficult for him to adapt his body to 996.
"You can write the plan next week," Li Xu said, "You can't finish it even if you write it now. Don't worry, wait until you recruit more people. I remember you have a girlfriend, go back and spend more time with her, or she'll run away."
"Oh, okay." Ma Caijin showed an expression as if the sun was rising from the west today, and muttered to himself, "Is there also a day when I, the King of Rolls, get off work at five o'clock?"
Chi Shen quickly turned off his computer, picked up his phone, stood up from his seat, and patted the little girl on the head: "You did a good job, but your acting is too bad. Don't do it again next time, Liu Lingling."
Liu Lingling is the daughter of Liu Huangqiang, the serial killer of Hong Kong.
When Chi Shen said the three words "Liu Lingling", the little girl suddenly became gloomy. Although she was already very scary, the ghostly aura emanating from her body at this moment really made people feel as if they were in the cold winter, and even her face shuddered.
"Children should not lie." Chi Shen touched the little girl's head again, and the ghost energy disappeared as soon as it touched his hand. "Also, I'm not your father, don't call people randomly."
Liu Lingling looked at Chi Shen with her strange eyes. This time she did not smile, her face was cold and indifferent. Soon she disappeared from the spot and returned to Li Xu. Holding the corner of Li Xu's clothes and twisting her neck behind her, she looked at Chi Shen and followed Li Xu into the office.
Chi Shen smiled. Today he helped a kid who was about to go astray, and successfully persuaded the boss not to work overtime. It was a wonderful day.
He had long understood that in Ledao culture, the problem of overtime was caused by the company's atmosphere. Everyone thought that overtime was necessary in the game company, and Li Xu's salary was too generous, so even if there was nothing to do, they had to pretend to be working hard to show Li Xu. However, Li Xu was also a roll caller, and he thought that this situation was motivating. So as long as Li Xu spoke up and took the initiative to change everyone's mindset, everyone could leave work early together.
This is also the reason why Chi Shen wanted Gui Lian to persuade Li Xu. Although some problems occurred in the process, the purpose of persuading Li Xu was still achieved, and he was very satisfied.
"Chi Shen, let's go eat together..." Ma Caijin just turned around and found that the brother who had just joined the company a few days ago was gone. He blinked and asked in confusion, "When did he leave?"
Two hours later, Chi Shen had finished dinner and returned to the door of the old house.
Winter was getting closer and the days were getting shorter. When Chi Shen returned to the door of the old house, it was already completely dark. He said as he walked: "The commute is too far. I have to find a house and move out as soon as possible."
Ji Xingchen followed him and helped him analyze: "The average monthly rent for a single room in the city is 2,000 yuan. You need to pay one third of the deposit, a total of 8,000 yuan, and you still need to work..."
Ghost Face also said: "Let me help you steal money. Although I have never tried it, I am very good at it!"
He originally wanted to run away, but he had failed and was caught once, so he didn't dare to run away again, so he chose to follow Chi Shen.
Ji Xingchen glanced at the ghost face coldly: "The normal way for people to deal with it is to wait until they have enough money to move out."
"I know." Chi Shen suddenly stopped and smiled. "I think everyone is quite welcoming and I am used to living here. I am really reluctant to leave. It's just that... living here, there are too many people disturbing me."
Outside the old house, the shadows of the trees were swaying, and two people were squatting under the trees, rubbing their hands and looking over here.
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