Chapter 5
, Zhang Xue, who lives upstairs from me, somehow returns.
She knocks on my balcony with a clothes pole.
"I don't have a signal either.
Maybe someone has installed something to block the signal.
I'll come down to help you find out." "Why are you suddenly...?" "Actually, I didn't want to bother, but if you die tomorrow, I guess I'll feel guilty for the rest of my life.
Just consider me an idiot." Zhang Xue says impatiently.
I suddenly notice that Zhang Xue's skin is very white.
Like snow.
It is also similar to the photo the merchant sent me earlier.
I fearfully swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva and pinch my palm.
What if that merchant is really powerful and heard our conversation just now, and went to her house in advance to control her? Just like what was done to the neighbor's house earlier.
He had already severed Zhang Xue's legs.
They were just not completely cut off.
Some flesh and skin were still connected, about to fall off.
As soon as she stepped on the railing of my house, her legs would completely break...
The more I think, the more afraid I become.
Various bloody scenes flash through my mind.
I want to see her legs.
But she didn't turn on the light, there was only moonlight, and I couldn't see clearly at all.
Why didn't she turn on the light...
I suspect even more.
I secretly turned on the flashlight function on my phone, took advantage of Zhang Xue not paying attention, and rushed out, shining the flashlight on her legs.
Her legs are intact, with fair skin and no signs of anything.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
"What are you doing!" Zhang Xue frowned.
"I thought I saw a bug on your leg just now." I made up a reason.
Zhang Xue immediately lowered her head to look at her own leg.
"Where is the bug?" "Maybe I saw it wrong, sorry." Zhang Xue didn't dwell on it anymore and said to me, "I'll go get a bedsheet and tie it around myself, then I'll climb down.
It'll be safer that way." She turned and left.
I went into the house and brought a higher stool to the balcony.
She will step on it to come down later.
I went to the peephole to take a look.
The merchant is still waiting there.
Wide-eyed, not blinking.
It looks terrifying.
I wait on the balcony, and Zhang Xue is gone for a long time.
Doubts start to arise in my mind.
Could it be that she regrets it again and doesn't intend to help me anymore? The sound of slippers hitting the floor gets closer and closer.
Zhang Xue comes over, carrying a bedsheet.
She ties the bedsheet to the railing and makes a tight knot.
I turn on the balcony light.
She lifts one leg and straddles the railing.
In the short time, Zhang Xue has also put on a pair of stockings and changed into pajamas.
We're not going out.
This idol burden is quite heavy.
I'm not sure if it's just my imagination, but I always feel like Zhang Xue has gained weight.
"Zhang Xue?" I called out to her.
She nodded.
"Do you need me to support you?" I asked.
Zhang Xue still didn't say anything and continued to climb down by herself.
"Zhang Xue?" I called out again.
Zhang Xue let out a "Hmm" from her throat.
Suddenly, the alarm bell rang loudly.
There might be something wrong with this Zhang Xue.
I took a few steps back and locked the balcony glass door.
I hurried to the door to check the situation outside.
The eyes at the door were still there.
What is going on? I looked towards the balcony and Zhang Xue had already climbed down.
She lowered her head, and I couldn't see her face clearly.
Zhang Xue didn't ask me why I locked the door either.
She quietly knocked on the glass door of the balcony.
My intuition told me that she was dangerous.
But outside the door...
I was so nervous that I almost vomited.
What should I do?