Ghost Breath - C21

Slowly, some sounds entered his ears, as if something was moving. Its speed was extremely slow, and he was unable to determine its direction.

He looked at the wall to the left of the door and suddenly had an illusion. It was as if a snake was swimming inside the wall and gradually approaching him.

Suddenly, something appeared on the wall. When Zhu Mingyi saw this thing, he was so shocked that he almost cried out!

A set of strange hand seals!

Zhu Mingyi recognized it with a glance. It was a set of hand seals the size of a child’s palm!

It was different from what he had seen during the day. The hand seals were moving slowly, looking vivid and lifelike. Zhu Mingyi was shocked, he did not think that the handprint was not made by someone, but was something that was hidden inside the wall.

This thing seemed to have a life force of its own!

Zhu Mingyi panicked to the extreme, and at the same time, an alarmed cry came from downstairs.

It was Yang Faang’s voice.

“Something has happened!” Zhu Mingyi did not care about the strange handprints anymore, and immediately ran to the elevator and used his fingers to push the buttons.

As soon as he arrived at the door, Zhu Mingyi heard Zhu Yang crying. He quickly opened the door and rushed in.

Yang Faang hugged Zhu Yang as the two of them curled up into a ball. Although he knew that something must have happened, but seeing that they were safe and sound, Zhu Mingyi still heaved a sigh of relief.

“What is it?” Zhu Mingyi slowed down and asked.

“Dad, there! There! ” Zhu Yang’s face was covered in tears as he pointed to the ceiling.

Zhu Mingyi looked up and realized that there was nothing at all.

“Just now … There was a woman’s face on it just now! ” Yang Faang pointed to the ceiling and said weakly.

“Woman’s face?!”

“Yeah, Dad!”

“That …” Yang Faang swallowed her saliva, “After you left, Yang Yang and I heard a sound coming from the ceiling, and then we turned on the lights to look, and discovered that there was a woman’s face above, emerging from the side of the chandelier, staring at us! Not until you came into the room. What are you doing on the fourth floor? What exactly is going on?! ”

Zhu Mingyi could tell that both Yang Faang and Zhu Yang were frightened, but he already had an idea what was going on. That woman’s face must have been the ‘item’ inside the wall. Perhaps it was because he had alarmed his when he went upstairs that he had responded.

The structure of this apartment building was very simple. Every household’s roof, floor, and load-bearing walls were connected up and down like a track that connected all directions. Zhu Mingyi thought that it was probably because of this that the “thing” could come over.

But what exactly this “thing” was, Zhu Mingyi was evidently completely confused.

Even though the sunlight outside the window was glaring, Zhu Mingyi and Yang Faang was still awake.

Other than Zhu Yang falling asleep while lying on his mother’s body, Zhu Mingyi and his wife did not sleep for the entire night. Zhu Mingyi spent an entire night to comfort Yang Faang and explain to him, but Yang Faang was still afraid of what happened last night. She blamed Zhu Mingyi for letting his whole family move into a haunted apartment.

Yang Faang only had one wish, and that was to leave this place as soon as possible.

Zhu Mingyi naturally agreed, but before he left, he still wanted to clarify a few things.

“Great sir, are you busy? We talked. ” Zhu Mingyi knocked on the window of the guard room. An old guard sat inside and dozed off. Yang Faang and Zhu Yang also came together, for the time being, Zhu Mingyi did not dare to separate from them.

Zhu Mingyi planned to ask the old gatekeeper about this clearly.

“What is it?” When Zhu Mingyi first arrived, he immediately asked him about the traffic situation in the area. Zhu Mingyi also knew that the old man had been working in the residential complex for more than ten years, and the guard room was the closest to Zhu Mingyi’s apartment, so Zhu Mingyi guessed that he should be more familiar with this building.

Zhu Mingyi pushed open the door, and the moment he entered the guard room, he could smell a terrible stench, and the air inside was not flowing either.

Uncle, I have something to ask you.” “Is 402 in our No.10 building occupied or not?” Zhu Mingyi asked.

Old Man Han was startled for a moment, then took off half of his glasses and looked at Zhu Mingyi and his wife who was behind him.

Yang Faang felt a little uncomfortable. She thought that this old man must have felt it was strange, why did the whole family come over to find out about it?

“No, no one has been staying for a long time.” Old Man Han put on his glasses again.

“Was there a family living there that moved away?”

“Actually, it’s not moving away. That family member, something happened.”

“Huh?”

“Just over there for a while. Our side of the news is going to be very lively.” “He used to be a family of three, but his wife and children were suddenly lost. That man’s mind seems to be in trouble again. I heard he was sent to a mental hospital.”

“What …” Zhu Mingyi frowned, he was confused by what he heard, “You mean to say, the family’s wife and children are missing?”

“Yeah, you haven’t heard?”

“Oh, I just got here, not local. Then what was going on? Didn’t the Public Security Bureau send anyone to look for him? ”

“What’s the use of searching the Public Security Bureau, looking for relatives and friends, and even finding nearby people? If it’s gone, it’s gone! ” Old man Han said as he spread them out.

“Also …” What was the man doing in a mental hospital? ” This time, it was Yang Faang who asked.

“That man… It looked normal, except for the beard. But there’s something wrong with the mind. I hear them shouting here a lot, mostly because the man is mad at his wife and son. His wife and son were unlucky enough to have been beaten and scolded by him, especially his wife, who was beaten black and blue several times in the middle of the night. I remember the police coming twice in the middle of the night. Then, the day his wife and son went missing, he went crazy and shouted around the neighborhood at night. He kept saying that his wife and son had gone missing and had someone help him find them, but how could he not see them? Not long after, because he’s getting more and more sick, his brother sent him to a mental hospital. ”

“Oh …” “Then is there really no news about his wife and son?” Zhu Mingyi asked.

“Sigh …” It was obvious that they couldn’t stand him. They took their son and ran away. How could they find him again? “To be honest, if I were to meet such a man, I would have to run away too.”

“Yeah, that’s true.” Zhu Mingyi nodded his head, an idea suddenly appearing in his mind.

“Why are you asking so much?” Old man Han found it strange.

“Nothing important. Recently, a colleague was looking for a place to rent. I noticed that 402 seemed to be empty, and it was also upstairs, so I decided to ask about it. ” Zhu Mingyi lied.

“Alright, find the right person!” Old man Han’s face was full of excitement. “After that man was sent away, his brother took care of their house. He even hung up an intermediary in preparation to rent it. Now I have the key. ”

“Is that so? How about… Why don’t you take a look at the room first? I’ll take some pictures and let him look at them. ”

“Sure, but you have to wait for me to get off duty. I have no time during the day.” Seven o’clock tonight, come over. ”

When she came out from the guard room, Yang Faang looked at Zhu Mingyi in shock.

“Are you crazy!?” Why don’t we just move away? “What are you doing in that house? Don’t you know that the house is haunted?”

In the face of Yang Faang’s scolding, Zhu Mingyi didn’t want to explain too much either. He only said he was curious and went to Room 402 to take a look before leaving.

In fact, through chatting with Old Man Han, Zhu Mingyi had a vague answer in his heart, but it still needed further confirmation.

As night fell, Zhu Mingyi’s family arrived at the appointed time. Old Man Han was already waiting outside the door with an impatient expression.

Old man Han was used to bored as a gatekeeper, so he finally found something to do, looking especially excited.

On the way up, Zhu Mingyi saw the entrance that Zhu Yang had mentioned two days ago, and thought of the little big brother that Zhu Yang had mentioned.

“Old Han, are there any boys upstairs?” Zhu Mingyi casually asked.

“Not now. There used to be a boy, about your daughter’s age. ”

Hearing Old Man Han’s words, Zhu Mingyi and Yang Faang’s heart skipped a beat.

Soon, they arrived at the 402 door.

Zhu Mingyi took a deep breath, appearing relatively calm. But when Yang Faang first came back to this place, his mind was filled with those voices he heard in the middle of the night. Especially that terrifying woman’s face that appeared on the ceiling last night, it had left a deep impression on her. For a moment she felt his legs go limp.

Old man Han took out his key and opened the door.

After the lights went on, Zhu Mingyi saw that it was just an ordinary two room one hall. The furniture had all been moved, the floor was covered in dust, and there was a pile of junk placed at the corner of the hall.

“Is the house still being renovated?” After walking around for a bit, Zhu Mingyi felt that it was strange. The bathroom’s tile floor was half paved and the balcony was also smashed.

“Oh yeah, at that time, they were just renovating the house. Who knew that something would happen and they would stop halfway through. The result was that the house was like this, so it wasn’t easy to rent. Your colleagues probably don’t think much of it either. ”

“The renovations team you invited didn’t finish?” Zhu Mingyi asked again.

“Where did they get the money to invite the refurbishment team!?” That man is a builder himself, so he knows quite a lot. He also specializes in buying materials, so he got them all by himself. ”

Zhu Mingyi nodded.

“Is their child naughty?” Yang Faang asked.

“Oh, the boy? “Yeah, he’s pretty naughty. He’s always running around like he’s crazy and laughing out loud. He feels just like his dad, it’s not normal here.” Old man Han said as he pointed at his forehead.

Just then, Zhu Mingyi walked to one of the doors and touched the wall.

“Are these new walls?”

“Yes yes yes, I forgot to tell you. Originally 402 was a room, but later on they were afraid that the children would grow up and sleep together inconveniently, so they planned to go out and build a wall. The paint on the walls is different from the other walls. ”

Zhu Mingyi naturally noticed that the paint on the wall was new and the wall was very thick.

“Is it a concrete wall?”

Old Man Han thought for a moment before replying with a tone of affirmation, “Yes! I see the man carried the concrete. ”

Zhu Mingyi was a little doubtful. Generally speaking, only load-bearing walls would use concrete, so they rarely used structural walls. But the man did. Moreover, the other parts of the interior were all done in a sloppy manner. Only this wall was a complete mess. His hands trembled as he touched the wall, and the terrible conjecture in his mind was further confirmed and magnified.

“Old Han…” I thought you said that the man had been abusing his wife and son? ”

“That’s right!” That man is mentally ill. Otherwise, why would his wife and son run away? ”

“There’s only one entrance to the sector, if his wife and son ran out, how come you guys in the guard room can’t see them?”

“I know what you mean. Logically speaking, if his wife and son were to leave, they would definitely pass through the main gate, but since I was on duty that night, I really didn’t see them. I told the police about it, and they fucking blame me for missing it. “It’s not like they’re going to install a camera, otherwise they’ll know when they check it out!”

“Will he …” Zhu Mingyi realized that he couldn’t say it out loud, but his heart was filled with these words: That mother and son pair, did they really not go out at all?

“Could it be what?”

Zhu Mingyi was completely terrified. He forced himself to think positively. Maybe Old Han had really misjudged the situation, or the mother and son had gotten into someone’s car and left the house. But the more he avoided these thoughts, the more they gathered together. Every night there were movements of women and children upstairs, two sets of strange handprints, a woman’s face on the ceiling, the little brother Yang spoke of, a man who was good at decorating and abusing his wife and children for a long time, a new concrete wall, all of it an answer: The mother and the child’s body was inside the wall!

At the same time, an image appeared in Zhu Mingyi’s mind: a bearded man who committed domestic violence, a twisted personality, and a deranged mentality. In the end, he broke down and murdered his wife and children, and then used the opportunity to fix up the house to hide the two corpses and put them into the wall, pouring them all over with concrete. More likely, his wife and son were dead before he could lie to get sympathy. After that, the two spirits travelled back and forth throughout the entire apartment building, unable to calm down their anger and resentment.

“Where’s Yang Yang?” Where did you run off to?! ”

Just as Zhu Mingyi was deep in thought, he suddenly heard Yang Faang call out to him.

Yang Faang’s face suddenly changed, she went all the way to the door.

“Was she just behind you?” Zhu Mingyi also rushed out of the door.

“I don’t know! I just reached out my hand and found that it was empty, and then I realized that she was gone. ”

“Kids are all like that. They like to run around.” Old man Han smiled. He didn’t understand why the two of them were so nervous.

Zhu Mingyi and Yang Faang were extremely anxious, and did not have time to bother with Old Han. Seeing that Zhu Yang was not on the fourth floor, he decided to split up and search. Yang Faang would be in charge of the upper floors while Zhu Mingyi would be in charge of the lower floors.

Because Zhu Yang did not bring a key with him, he could first rule out the possibility of her returning home on her own accord.

Therefore, Zhu Mingyi started walking up and down the third floor, walking layer after layer, but Zhu Yang still did not appear. He was outside again, scanning the night, and there was no one there but an old man walking.

When he was about to go upstairs and meet up with Yang Faang, he suddenly thought of a place, which was the lower floor entrance where Zhu Yang had skipped rope two nights ago.

Zhu Mingyi anxiously headed to the entrance of the pavilion. The corridor was still frighteningly dark, but Zhu Yang was not there.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard some faint sounds, as if they were caused by the friction of his shoes on the ground. He looked for the sound and walked slowly to the bottom of the stairs. He discovered a small hole in the wall that had been smashed open by someone. Zhu Yang hugged his knees, and sat upright in the cave.

“Yang Yang, what are you doing here?” Zhu Mingyi asked softly.

“Little Big Brother is looking for me to play.” Zhu Yang replied.

“There’s no little big bro here, hurry up and come out!” Without waiting for Zhu Yang’s response, Zhu Mingyi pulled Zhu Yang out of the corner of the wall and patted on the dust on his pants. At this moment, Zhu Mingyi felt something unusual going on behind him.

He jerked his head back and saw two figures, silhouetted against the wall, or rather, covered in plastic bags.

Compared to the strange hand seals from before, this time, both of them were complete. A woman, a boy, stood hand in hand. There was no doubt that it was the mother and her son.

Time seemed to stand still as both sides stared at each other.

“Little big brother!” Zhu Yang pointed with his finger and grinned. Because she was still young, she hadn’t realized what was wrong with the situation in front of her.

The boy returned the smile, but it was a strange one. They even clapped.

His mother looked at Zhu Mingyi deeply.

Zhu Mingyi felt that he was about to suffocate, he had no time to think further, he quickly carried Zhu Yang and rushed out.

However, when he took a few steps, his remaining rationality caused him to suddenly stop. He tried his best to calm his mind, took a deep breath and turned around.

What Zhu Mingyi saw were two miserable souls.

After a moment of silence, he finally said:

“I will have someone smash that wall and rescue your remains!”

The woman’s sorrowful wail came from the corridor once again.

After meeting up with Yang Faang, Zhu Mingyi didn’t have much time to explain. He only said that they had to leave quickly and that they couldn’t stay here anymore.

They hastily packed up some toiletries and clothes, and Zhu Mingyi booked a hotel.

In the taxi, Zhu Mingyi still had some lingering fear towards the scene that just happened, so he did not say anything.

As for the future, he decided that no matter how the situation developed, he definitely could not live in that building any longer. Therefore, he must pack up all his luggage tomorrow and temporarily stay at the hotel. In addition, he had to fulfill his promise to the deceased, inform the police, and smash the wall. The mother and child, he was sure, must have been built into the wall. It was a great sorrow for the mother and son to meet a psychopathic man.

After getting off the car, Zhu Mingyi carried Zhu Yang, who took his luggage and walked towards the hotel.

At this moment, Zhu Mingyi sincerely rejoiced that he and his family were still alive.

Oh no!