Mysterious country

"Senior, really... really showed up!"

The appearance of the ghost ladder obviously frightened Zhao Anguo. Xia Qi signaled him to calm down and reassured him:

"Don't mess up your position. Ignore it for now. Let's go back."

Xia Qi patted Zhao Anguo on the shoulder, then went back to the sofa, turned on the TV and started watching as if nothing had happened.

Seeing Xia Qi being so calm, Zhao Anguo suddenly felt a little confident in his heart and muttered:

"What's so scary about a broken staircase..."

Watching TV absentmindedly, Shen Ruotong soon had the food ready and brought out large plates and small bowls from the kitchen.

Seeing this, Xia Qi and Zhao Anguo also stood up quickly, took the food from Shen Ruotong's hands, and carefully placed it on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

"I didn't expect Sister Ruotong to be a house-keeping woman, which makes up for your character flaws."

"Zhao Anguo! Are you going to eat or not?"

"eat."

"Eating can't stop your broken mouth!"

Shen Ruotong glared at Zhao Anguo so hard that Zhao Anguo blocked his mouth and smiled playfully at Shen Ruotong.

Xia Tian Qi ignored the quarrel between the two. At this time, he picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the food. After tasting it, he couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction and praised Shen Ruotong's cooking skills:

"Ruotong, your cooking skills are really good."

"Well...the fish is also delicious...the ribs are stewed very fragrant..."

Xia Qi felt that Shen Ruotong's cooking skills were on par with Nangong Yun's, and the food he cooked was much better than many big restaurants he had been to.

After being praised so much by Xia Qi and Zhao Anguo, Shen Ruotong's face became a little shy, and she quickly changed the subject and asked them:

"Um...what were you saying by the door just now?"

"What else can there be? That ghost staircase appears again."

Zhao Anguo was eating with enthusiasm, but when Shen Ruotong asked him about it, he put down his chopsticks and turned into a bitter face again.

"Is it the staircase we saw that day?"

"Well, it's out again, right outside the door."

After hearing this, Shen Ruotong hurriedly got up from the sofa and walked quickly to the door. After confirming the matter with her own eyes, she walked back with a solemn face.

After sitting down, she exhaled with some difficulty, turned to look at Xia Qi who was still eating vegetables and asked:

"What should we do next? Do you have any plans?"

"Watch TV, eat, sleep, and observe for a few days first." Xia Qi said his plan.

"Do nothing?"

"What do you want to do?" Xia Qi also put down his chopsticks at this time, then raised his finger and pointed at the top of his head, saying in a teasing tone:

"Are we still trying to die by going up that ghost ladder?"

"But...if we don't get up there, what's the point of moving in?"

"You're overthinking. Do you think that if we just stay in the house and don't do anything, the ghosts above won't trouble us?"

Do you think those victims went there out of curiosity? "

"Isn't it?" Shen Ruotong was somewhat doubtful of Xia Qi's statement.

"Perhaps, but I think it's more of a temptation."

Speaking of this, Xia Qi's expression suddenly became solemn, and he reminded him word for word:

“From now on, we must keep an eye on each other at all times, and if we hear, see, or feel anything unusual at any time, we must notify others as soon as possible.

We will hold a vigil by time slot tonight to ensure that two people are awake during each time slot.

Is there a problem? "

"No problem, no problem, but senior, are you sure the ghosts will attack us tonight?"

"Not sure, but since we have all moved in, we must be 120% vigilant, lest we die without knowing how we died."

"In that case, why should we sleep?"

"Rest is necessary. After all, we don't know when the ghost will attack us, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow night, or even later.

Do we still have to endure it without sleep? "

"Okay, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Zhao Anguo gave a thumbs up to Xia Qi, and was completely convinced by Xia Qi.

Perhaps considering the danger that might occur at night, Zhao Anguo and Shen Ruotong hardly used their chopsticks after that. However, Xia Qi didn't think too much about it and ate a lot of food to conserve energy.

Time passed by minute by second, and it passed midnight in the blink of an eye.

According to the "duty point" established by Xia Qi, he and Zhao Anguo were on duty from 1 to 2 o'clock. He and Shen Ruotong were on duty from 2 to 4 o'clock, and Shen Ruotong and Zhao Anguo were on duty from 4 to 6 o'clock.

Although Shen Ruotong didn't have much sleepiness, she could only try to let herself fall asleep in order to be energetic when she was on duty in the latter half of the night.

Seeing that Shen Ruotong was already resting in bed, Xia Qi and Zhao Anguo turned off the TV, leaving the room in a relatively quiet environment.

The unknown waiting is always the longest. Xia Qi and Zhao Anguo stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes. At the same time, their eyes were also intentionally or unintentionally looking at Shen Ruotong on the bed.

After waiting like this for about half an hour, Zhao Anguo finally couldn't hold back and said:

"Senior, let's find a topic to talk about. If we continue like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it to the shift."

"Concentrate, take a good look at me, take a good look at Ruotong."

Xia Qi had no intention of chatting with Zhao Anguo, because in his opinion, there was almost something going on upstairs.

He remembered that Zhang Xiaoxiao once said that he heard what sounded like running and jumping upstairs in the middle of the night.

"Okay, then I'll talk to myself."

Seeing that Xia Xia Qi was unwilling to pay attention to him, Zhao Anguo muttered pitifully.

"When this incident is resolved, you can talk whatever you want. Now focus on me." Xia Qi changed to a commanding tone this time.

"Senior, calm down, I..."

"Everything... clatter, clatter..."

Before Zhao Anguo could finish speaking, a series of loud noises came from upstairs.

Hearing the sound, Xia Qi hurriedly made a silence gesture to Zhao Anguo, and listened carefully to the sound that was still ringing.

"Everything..."

Xia Xia Qi listened for a while, but did not distinguish what kind of sound it was. Because it sounded like running and jumping, but also like a "thunk" sound like hitting a wall.

"senior……"

Just when Xia Qi was trying to distinguish the sound coming from upstairs, he heard Zhao Anguo's trembling voice suddenly coming from beside him.

"I heard."

Xia Qi thought Zhao Anguo was asking him if he also heard the noise coming from upstairs, so he answered without looking at him.

"Senior...it's not the sound...it's Sister Ruotong...Sister Ruotong has disappeared!"