Chapter 21
Chapter 21: Lingering stench
A family of four, his father is Jiang Yun, and his mother is Cai Chunqin.
The eldest daughter is 13 years old and the younger is 6 years old.
It seems that both daughters are attending central elementary school…at least the youngest daughter attends school there.
Four years ago, his father was injured at the construction site and went home to amputate his limbs, spending a lot of money.
So the second floor has no money to renovate, and it has always been a rough room?
But Yang Xuming still failed to find the reason why the family disappeared three years ago.
He turned over the entire bed and found nothing else.
So Yang Xuming turned his attention to other places.
He first opened the bedside table and found that there was nothing in it except a pack of unused sanitary napkins.
Yang Xuming’s gaze stayed in the box in the corner.
He walked over and found that the wooden box was not locked and the area was covered with dust.
But when Yang Xuming put his hand on the wooden box, he suddenly hesitated.
—What if something suddenly pops out of the box?
Don’t all horror movies act like this?
So Yang Xuming held the flashlight in his mouth, held the red candle in his right hand, and slowly placed his left hand on the box.
Gently pulled the lid of the box a seam.
Nothing seems to be happening?
In the dark bedroom, I can quietly hear my rapid heartbeat.
The red candle in Yang Xuming’s hand did not burn either.
So Yang Xuming took a strong breath and lifted the lid of the box directly.
Under the light of the flashlight, Yang Xuming could see the contents of the box clearly.
It’s all clothes.
But Yang Xuming’s eyes lit up.
Are the embroidered shoes in this box for clothes?
He placed the red candle next to him, and then started rumbling in the box with his torch.
However, Yang Xuming flipped through it for a long time, except for the old clothes that exuded the damp taste, only two pairs of black rubber-soled cloth shoes were found, but no red embroidered shoes were found.
Instead, a poor-quality pirated book was found among those clothes.
The title of the book is “Sorrow and Shame of a Beautiful Young Woman”.
Yang Xuming opened his eyes and rolled his eyes.
This male owner is quite affectionate, and he buys this kind of book to read when his leg is broken.
Throwing the poor-quality pirated book back into the box, Yang Xuming closed the box and got up and left.
He was a little disappointed.
It looks like embroidered shoes are not on the first floor.
But from the outside, the second floor seems to be all rough rooms. Could the embroidered shoes be on the second floor?
On the second floor, it should be the bedroom of the two daughters.
The girl wearing embroidered shoes mentioned in “Living and Death” should refer to one of the two daughters.
Embroidered shoes are more likely to be on the second floor.
Yang Xuming held a red candle and a flashlight and left the bedroom.
He did not stay in the outside room, but went straight out and returned to the stairwell leading to the second floor.
After coming here, Yang Xuming smelled the rotten stench again.
And the smell seems to be stronger.
It was the door on the opposite side that shocked Yang Xuming more than this rancid smell of unknown origin.
—The door that he locked to the living room opposite.
Now, silently opened.
Standing in the stairwell, looking across the hall, Yang Xuming could even see the dining table in the living room opposite.
Between Yang Xuming and the living room opposite, there were no obstacles except an empty hall.
Yang Xuming got goose bumps all over his body.
Isn’t this door locked? How did it open?
That dark figure in the living room did it?
But why didn’t he hear any sound?
Yang Xuming stared at the door fiercely, but didn’t see the dark shadow appear.
That dark shadow is still in the living room?
Or is it…it’s already here?
The darkness in front of and behind him suddenly became so terrifying.
It seems that in the dark corners in all directions, a strange figure will rush out at any time…
In silence, Yang Xuming swallowed and walked up the stairs silently.
Then stick the back to the wall.
As long as that dark shadow doesn’t face it, nothing will happen. Now that I walk with my back against the wall, it is impossible for that guy to rush out of the wall, right?
Although this move is a bit stupid, Yang Xuming has no better way.
He is not a fly, he does not have a 360-degree field of vision without blind spots.
No matter what he does, there must be a direction he can’t see.
Now this blind spot of vision can only be handed over to the wall.
If that dark shadow can really penetrate the wall, then Yang Xuming will admit it!
Holding the red candle and his back against the wall, Yang Xuming slowly moved on the stairs.
In the darkness, he wrapped him from all directions, seeming to swallow him at any time.
No matter how bright his flashlight is, it can only illuminate a small area in the dark.
Not to mention that his flashlight doesn’t light up at all…
And the rotten smell in the air is getting stronger and stronger.
It seems that the closer Yang Xuming is to the second floor, the stronger the smell.
Finally, he rubbed his back against the wall and came to the end of the stairs.
At the end of the stairs, there is a small corridor, sandwiched by two doors.
One of them was painted with red lacquer, but the other was not, still the dark yellow of the log.
The strong rancid smell seemed to come from the unpainted door.
In the darkness, Yang Xuming hesitated for a while and decided to go to the painted room with the door.
The rancid smell in the unpainted door is so strong, fools know there is a problem.
This dangerous area must definitely be left for the last to explore.
Gently, Yang Xuming opened the door painted with red paint.
After the flashlight light came in, it was a bedroom that appeared in front of Yang Xuming.
There is only one big bed against the wall in the bedroom, and a dirty white cloth mosquito net is also hung on it.
However, compared with the parents’ bedroom downstairs, there is a little more stuff in this bedroom.
There is a small old wardrobe. I don’t know if it was bought from the second-hand market or it has been used for too long. The paint on the surface of the wardrobe has fallen off.
And the enclosed darkness on the second floor is different from that on the first floor.
There are windows here.
The moonlight came in, making this bedroom dim, and it looked… even more gloomy.
Standing at the door, Yang Xuming looked tangled.
This is so wrong!
Obviously the light in the room should be at ease. Why is he more afraid?
However, considering the possible presence of black shadows in the darkness behind him, Yang Xuming did not dare to delay, and hurriedly slid into the bedroom, and then closed the door.
With his back against the cold wall, Yang Xuming found a little sense of security.
He continued to observe the bedroom in front of him.
Here, it should be the bedroom of the two sisters.
There are some cartoon drawings on the wall, although it is the same as the downstairs, only a layer of white paint is painted on the wall for decoration.
But the girl who lives here arranges the room very warmly.
Although those hand-made cartoon papers are awkward, the bare white walls have more embellishments and become much more cute.