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"Ah!"
I let out a scream and suddenly woke up.
I was stunned to find that I was still lying on the bed,maintaining the posture of looking at my phone.However,the screen of the phone was already dark.
Did I fall asleep?
I was taken aback,then suddenly turned over and got up.I ran over and locked the door of the room.
I also turned on the light in the bathroom before I felt a little more at ease.Leaning against the bed,I looked at the unfamiliar room.
Fortunately,there was no human head or any other terrifying objects.
I tried my best to calm my ragged breathing,still feeling lingering fear.
All of a sudden a thought crossed my mind:Leave!Leave right now!
However,when I thought about having to return the thousand dollars and having to walk down the eighteen floors of the stairs in the dark,I immediately lost my courage.
I reassured myself that it was just a nightmare.In the worst case scenario,I wouldn't sleep tonight,and I would play games all night.
But!
When I opened my phone,I found that it had been less than half an hour since I entered the room.
When did I fall asleep?
I clearly wasn't sleepy at all!
However,no matter how much I thought about it,I couldn't figure it out.Instead,I became more and more nervous.
Never mind.Playing games would keep me from thinking too much.
After being absent-minded for a short time,my attention was soon successfully diverted by the game.
Creak...Creak...
The sound of something scratching or biting came again.
My hand froze right there in the middle of the game,and that human head subconsciously popped into my mind.
Just like my dream,the scratching sound became louder and clearer.I even had an illusion that the scratching sound was right behind me.
I couldn't help but suddenly turn my head,looked at the wall behind me,and knocked on it with my hand.
Hmm,it was very solid,and there was no hidden compartment.
Don't be such a sissy and psych yourself out.
I looked at the door lock,confirmed that it was locked,and then let out a sigh of relief.
I had already decided to stay put and defend myself.I would stay here no matter what,even if the mice caused an absolute chaos outside, I won’t give a damn!
Suddenly,my finger that had been nimbly clicking on the phone screen froze,and so did I.
A news article from years ago popped up on my phone screen.
A heinous murder occurred in a funded building on the outskirts of town.
A woman was caught having an affair by her husband.Her lover panicked and tried to escape through the window but fell to his death.
The woman actually killed her husband and then committed suicide.
Later,the police searched for a long time but couldn't find her husband's head.
The location of the crime somehow looked familiar.
I sat up abruptly, my eyes widened,and my gaze fell on the photo of the victim...
Wasn't this the head that fell out of the cabinet of the washstand in my dream?
I felt my hands and feet turn cold,and I almost dropped my phone.
No!
The head couldn't be in the cabinet of the washstand!
The police had already searched the house thoroughly at that time.How could that cabinet have been overlooked?
Besides,this house had obviously been renovated.That cabinet was installed later.
Unless the person who renovated the house deliberately put the head in the cabinet.
The face of the man with the greasy hair suddenly flashed in my mind.Could it be that everything was his conspiracy?
But what was his motive for doing this?
I recalled the process of meeting him and thought carefully about what he offered me.
The more I thought about it,the more I was certain that something was off!
I had been having bad luck these days.How could I have encountered such a good thing that seemed too good to be true?
I felt all the blood in my body turn cold.I looked at the door of the room.Suddenly,I felt that one lock wasn't safe enough.
So,I pushed the big bed in front of the door and immediately tried to call the police.However,the call didn't go through.
No signal?
I tried again.Sure enough,all the signals were cut off,and the internet was also dead.
I looked at the window and subconsciously swallowed.
This was the 18th floor!
In the news,that lover fell to his death after jumping out of the window.I didn't want to end up the same way.
Besides,I wasn't an adulterer!
Just as I was thinking about this,I suddenly shivered and sneezed.
At this moment,I felt that the temperature seemed to have dropped a lot.
It couldn't be possible.It was summer now.Even if the temperature dropped at night in the suburbs,it wouldn't drop this much!
My head suddenly buzzed,and I remembered what the old people had said before.Evil and filthy things naturally carry negative energy with them.When their energy is strong enough,it will naturally be cold.
I wasn't sure if it was my mind playing with me or a coincidence,but the sound came again as if right beside me.
This time,I heard it clearly.It wasn't a scratching sound, it’s a knocking sound.
Knock...
Knock...
Knock...
I instinctively looked at the door,took a few steps back,and once again,just like in the dream,picked up the bedside lamp as a weapon and looked at the door in panic.
